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Vol III. North-Eastern Japan.","description":"\u003ch4 class=\"srb-faux-head\"\u003ewith original dust-jacket and slipcase\u003c\/h4\u003eThis detailed guide includes Tokyo and Yokohama and was third in this comprehensive series of guides compiled by the Imperial Government Railways of Japan. The project was started in 1909 by the then minister of communications Baron Goto. The idea was to produce 'A Japanese Baedeker' for Asia and this they did successfully replicating the quality and detail of the maps and information. This fine example has the original dust-jacket and the original slipcase.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst edition. Small 8vo, x, 488pp, numerous maps and plans, some illustrations in text, one full page colour plate: publisher's brown cloth gilt, original brown printed dust-jacket (small hole on spine), housed in original slipcase, printed label; a very good copy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"[EASTERN ASIA].","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55486454923639,"sku":"118621","price":450.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4694\/1233\/files\/118621_1df1ddd0-3e2d-42d9-9227-d9e408f55e3c.jpg?v=1780909676"},{"product_id":"baedeker-dalmatien-adria-1929-118837","title":"Dalmatien und die Adria.","description":"\u003ch4 class=\"srb-faux-head\"\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003eThis volume describes a much wider area than just Dalmatia. It covers the Danube from Vienna to Romania, including Budapest and Belgrade. This is an extremely scarce volume. Issued c. 1930.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst edition. L, 272pp, 37 maps and 34 plans; publisher's red cloth gilt; original pictorial dust-jacket, slightly worn along edges; overall a very good copy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHinrichsen D419.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"BAEDEKER, Karl.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55486458724727,"sku":"118837","price":250.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4694\/1233\/files\/118837.jpg?v=1780911013"},{"product_id":"alexander-expedition-discovery-1838-first-edition-114495","title":"An Expedition of discovery","description":"\u003ch4 class=\"srb-faux-head\"\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003eAlexander spent most of his life in the British military, serving as aide-de-camp to Governor Benjamin D'Urban in the Kaffir War of 1835. Afterwards, he undertook a twelve-month, round-trip expedition north from Cape Town through the western interior, to a latitude of 23°. His small party consisted of seven companions (four Europeans and three natives) and an ox-drawn wagon stocked with expedition supplies, bartering items, and scientific equipment. They left Cape Town on 6 September 1836, passing through territory of the Great Namaquas and Boschmans, and by April reached their northernmost point, on the coast at Walvisch Bay (today's Walvis, Namibia). From there, they headed east into the land of the Hill Damaras and then returned via a slightly more easterly southern route. All who had started the trek arrived safely in Cape Town on 21 September 1837. During their 3900-mile journey, the men had collected numerous specimens of plants, birds, and mammals, and Alexander had taken useful notes on the activities of the colonists and the native tribes he had encountered. He was subsequently knighted for these exploratory efforts. (Delaney).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst edition; 2 vols, 12mo; 7 etched plates by William Heath, 7 wood-engravings, large folding map; contemporary half calf gilt, marbled sides, light fading to spines, light toning to edges of plates, offsetting to titles, a very good set; xxiii, 302; viii, 306 pp.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCzech p.4; Gay 3126; Mendelssohn I, p20.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"ALEXANDER, James Edward.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55501660914039,"sku":"114495","price":1350.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4694\/1233\/files\/114495_b6073287-b5ad-459b-ac66-5c60b0f60636.jpg?v=1780910476"},{"product_id":"andrew-lang-grey-fairy-book-first-edition-118370","title":"The Grey Fairy Book.","description":"\u003ch4 class=\"srb-faux-head\"\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003eAn impressive example of this the sixth in the 'Rainbow Fairy Books' series by Mr \u0026amp; Mrs Lang; thirty-five stories from all over the world and in this volume they are from Lithuania, Africa, Germany, France, Greece, and other countries. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Langs' Fairy Books were instrumental in a general re-evaluation of both the societal role of fairy tales and their suitability and relevance to children.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst edition, first impression; 8vo (190 x 135); numerous plain plates and vignette illustrations, all by H.J. Ford, coated endpapers, some light spotting, mostly to preliminary leaves but predominantly clean and bright; publisher's gilt-pictorial grey cloth, gilt edges, very slight dulling to the cloth at spine, rubbing to extremities, otherwise a very good-plus copy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"LANG, Andrew (editor); FORD, H.J. (illustrator).","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55508904509815,"sku":"118370","price":750.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4694\/1233\/files\/118370_a9557e5e-c35c-442b-997c-d5893f7b639a.jpg?v=1780910641"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4694\/1233\/collections\/15_Under_August.png?v=1777563468","url":"https:\/\/shapero.com\/collections\/15-under-1500-august-2025.oembed","provider":"Shapero Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}