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30 manuscript accounts and depictions covering all four corners of the globe, selected by Travel specialist Tomos Nutt. Download the catalogue PDF here.

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  • Rare survivals of early photographs of the newly married Samuel and Florence Baker between their return from the Nile and expedition on behalf of Khedive Ismail.<br />

    [BAKER, Samuel White].
    Samuel and Florence Baker Signed Pair of Carte-de-Visite. circa 1865-1869].
    £2,000.00

  • A rare pair of manuscripts revealing the attempts made to revive horse breeding in the Gujarat, especially the Kathiawar peninsula, and the Deccan, namely in Pune (Poonah) and along the Bhima River, in the 1820s and 1830s.
    A rare pair of manuscripts revealing the attempts made to revive horse breeding in the Gujarat, especially the Kathiawar peninsula, and the Deccan, namely in Pune (Poonah) and along the Bhima River, in the 1820s and 1830s.

    [INDIAN HORSES; BOWER, Colonel John].
    Summary of Proceedings regarding the improvement of the breed of horses in Guzerat &c. [circa 1813-1840]; 1838-39.
    £15,000.00

  • Farewell Address to The Honourable J.B. Norton.
    Farewell Address to The Honourable J.B. Norton.

    [MADRAS; NORTON, John Bruce.]
    Farewell Address to The Honourable J.B. Norton. 1871.]
    £4,750.00

  • Manuscript Account Book of an East-India Company merchant.
    Manuscript Account Book of an East-India Company merchant.

    [EAST INDIA COMPANY; AGNEW, William].
    Manuscript Account Book of an East-India Company merchant. 1787-97.
    £7,500.00

  • Farewell Address of the Native Inhabitants of Madras
    Farewell Address of the Native Inhabitants of Madras

    [MADRAS; LORD ELPHINSTONE].
    Farewell Address of the Native Inhabitants of Madras 29 August, 1842.
    £85,000.00

  • Manuscript Account of a Voyage to Melbourne, Australia in 1871 in the SS <em>Great Britain</em>.
    Manuscript Account of a Voyage to Melbourne, Australia in 1871 in the SS <em>Great Britain</em>.

    [AUSTRALIA].
    Manuscript Account of a Voyage to Melbourne, Australia in 1871 in the SS Great Britain. 1871.
    £2,750.00

  • Manuscript Founding Documents for the First Convent in India, the Mosteiro of Santa Monica in Goa.
    Manuscript Founding Documents for the First Convent in India, the Mosteiro of Santa Monica in Goa.

    [FIRST INDIA CONVENT].
    Manuscript Founding Documents for the First Convent in India, the Mosteiro of Santa Monica in Goa. 1874.
    £3,500.00

  • An Album of Sketches and Drawings Around the World Owned by a French Lady of Court.
    An Album of Sketches and Drawings Around the World Owned by a French Lady of Court.

    [COLOMBIA; ROWE, George James et al].
    An Album of Sketches and Drawings Around the World Owned by a French Lady of Court. 1826-1829.
    £1,850.00

  • A Geographical Analysis of the Date Palm Industry of Iraq.
    A Geographical Analysis of the Date Palm Industry of Iraq.

    AL DABBAGH, Abdullwahhab H.
    A Geographical Analysis of the Date Palm Industry of Iraq. 1948].
    £1,750.00

  • Manuscript Trench Orders of Mesopotamia Campaign,
    Manuscript Trench Orders of Mesopotamia Campaign,

    [SIKH; WWI]
    Manuscript Trench Orders of Mesopotamia Campaign, 1917.
    £850.00

  • Travel Journal to Egypt, the Holy Land, and Australia.
    Travel Journal to Egypt, the Holy Land, and Australia.

    [BROCKLEHURST, William Walter].
    Travel Journal to Egypt, the Holy Land, and Australia. 29 September 1848 - 7 April 1853.
    £4,750.00

  • A War Diary 1914-1915.
    A War Diary 1914-1915.

    LOWTHER, Sir Cecil.
    A War Diary 1914-1915. August 13th 1914 - August 21st 1915.
    £2,750.00

  • A rare firsthand account of France in the immediate aftermath of Napoleon's abdication in 1814, kept by Frederick Shaw, a British soldier as he marched home across the country having served in the final battles of Wellington in south-west France.
    A rare firsthand account of France in the immediate aftermath of Napoleon's abdication in 1814, kept by Frederick Shaw, a British soldier as he marched home across the country having served in the final battles of Wellington in south-west France.

    SHAW, Frederick.
    Manuscript journal of a British soldier marching home through France in the aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars. 1814.
    £1,500.00

  • Zhou Peichun was a famous Beijing folk artist and export painter in the late Qing Dynasty.
    Zhou Peichun was a famous Beijing folk artist and export painter in the late Qing Dynasty.

    ZHOU PEICHUN.
    Album of Chinese Export Watercolours Depicting the People of Beijing. fl.1880-1910.]
    £12,500.00

  • a collection of signed printed ephemera from Shackleton's first Antarctic expedition, with the provenance of the Ship's chief engineer.
    a collection of signed printed ephemera from Shackleton's first Antarctic expedition, with the provenance of the Ship's chief engineer.

    [SHACKLETON, Sir Ernest. NIMROD EXPEDITION].
    Signed Menus and Ephemera of Henry Dunlop, 1907-1913.
    £19,500.00

  • A rare large-scale watercolour view of Hong Kong Island painted in the first ten years of colonial rule. The absence of St John's Cathedral amongst the urban waterline dates this painting before 1849.
    A rare large-scale watercolour view of Hong Kong Island painted in the first ten years of colonial rule. The absence of St John's Cathedral amongst the urban waterline dates this painting before 1849.

    [HONG KONG].
    Watercolour view of Hong Kong Island from the Harbour. c.1849].
    £18,500.00

  • An excellent example of rare Chinese album on pith paper on tea cultivation depicting each process in detail
    An excellent example of rare Chinese album on pith paper on tea cultivation depicting each process in detail

    [CHINA; SUNQUA (studio of)].
    Album of Chinese Export Pith Paper Paintings Depicting the Manufacture of Tea. circa 1830-1870].
    £25,000.00

  • Archive from the family of the 1st White Rajah of Sarawak: Sir James Brooke,
    Archive from the family of the 1st White Rajah of Sarawak: Sir James Brooke,

    BROOKE, Sir James.
    Archive from the family of the 1st White Rajah of Sarawak: Sir James Brooke, [1847].
    £37,500.00

  • Manuscript Expedition Notes and Original Illustrations and Artwork,
    Manuscript Expedition Notes and Original Illustrations and Artwork,

    [HILLARY, Edmund].
    Manuscript Expedition Notes and Original Illustrations and Artwork, 1960-1961].
    £4,250.00

  • Journal of H.M.S. "Royal George".
    Journal of H.M.S. "Royal George".

    [CRIMEAN WAR]; GRANT, A.D.
    Journal of H.M.S. "Royal George". 1853-1856.
    £7,500.00

  • Archive of letters to Verney Lovett Cameron compiled by his wife Amy,
    Archive of letters to Verney Lovett Cameron compiled by his wife Amy,

    CAMERON, Verney Lovett.
    Archive of letters to Verney Lovett Cameron compiled by his wife Amy, 1870-1894; London, Daldy, Isbister & Co, 1877.
    £12,500.00

  • Journal of our Voyage from Liverpool to Melbourne, Australia in the Ship Marco Polo.
    Journal of our Voyage from Liverpool to Melbourne, Australia in the Ship Marco Polo.

    [AUSTRALIA].
    Journal of our Voyage from Liverpool to Melbourne, Australia in the Ship Marco Polo. 22nd June - 8th or 9th November, 1854.
    £3,750.00

  • Manuscript Commonplace Journal
    Manuscript Commonplace Journal

    ROSS, Sir John.
    Manuscript Commonplace Journal 1815-1817; 1854.
    £22,500.00

  • A Large Collection of Lantern Slides Depicting the Discovery of Tutankhamun's Tomb.
    A Large Collection of Lantern Slides Depicting the Discovery of Tutankhamun's Tomb.

    CARTER, Howard; BURTON, Harry.
    A Large Collection of Lantern Slides Depicting the Discovery of Tutankhamun's Tomb. 1924].
    £13,500.00

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