For the Armchair Explorer: Books on Travel and Exploration
Curated by Julian MacKenzie and Lucinda Boyle, our travel and exploration collection encourages you to travel the globe from the comfort of your own home. Their selections offer an unparalleled escape into the world of adventure, making perfect gifts for the travel-hungry soul or the history enthusiast.
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A fine pair of marine drawings depicting East India Company ships.
HOOD, John.Original price £7,500.00 - Original price £7,500.00Original price £7,500.00£7,500.00£7,500.00 - £7,500.00Current price £7,500.00The Tryton, Gilbert Slater commander latitude 20. 30' South Mer: Dist from Java Head 32' West 26th Jan.y 1751/2 … Signed "John Hood at Limehouse 1...
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A Kabuki Album.
KUNISADA (Toyokuni III)Original price £5,750.00 - Original price £5,750.00Original price £5,750.00£5,750.00£5,750.00 - £5,750.00Current price £5,750.00Toyokuni III was one of the greatest exponents of such depictions of Kabuki classical Japanese dance-drama scenes and actor portraits, vividly cap...
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Reizen over Moskovië door Persië en Indië:
BRUIN [BRUYN], Cornelis de.Original price £7,500.00 - Original price £7,500.00Original price £7,500.00£7,500.00£7,500.00 - £7,500.00Current price £7,500.00With superb engraved plates. An exceptionally fresh copy of Le Brun's account of his trans-Asia expedition, noteworthy in particular for its superb...
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View of Cairo
PIERRON, Charles.Original price £3,000.00 - Original price £3,000.00Original price £3,000.00£3,000.00£3,000.00 - £3,000.00Current price £3,000.00Watercolour over graphite, on wove paper. Signed ch. Pierron lower right. 28 x 62 cm.(11 x 24 1/4 in)
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Memoirs of a captivity among the Indians of North America,
HUNTER, JohnOriginal price £750.00 - Original price £750.00Original price £750.00£750.00£750.00 - £750.00Current price £750.00John Dunn Hunter (ca. 1796–1827), was a leader of the Fredonian Rebellion, the first attempt by Anglo settlers in Texas to secede from Mexico. Bef...
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The narrative of Robert Adams,
ADAMS, Robert.Original price £2,250.00 - Original price £2,250.00Original price £2,250.00£2,250.00£2,250.00 - £2,250.00Current price £2,250.00Robert Adams was an American seaman, the son of a New York sail maker and an Afro-American mother. His real name was Benjamin Rose. Having set sai...
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Resolution of the House of Lords and the House of Commons
KITCHENER, Horatio Nerbert, Earl.Original price £5,000.00 - Original price £5,000.00Original price £5,000.00£5,000.00£5,000.00 - £5,000.00Current price £5,000.00Remarkable relic of Britain's Imperial past. Printed entirely on vellum and bound in the finest morocco, a magnificent tribute to the participants ...
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A voice from within the walls of Sebastopol.
HODASEVITCH, Captain R.Original price £300.00 - Original price £300.00Original price £300.00£300.00£300.00 - £300.00Current price £300.00Scarce account by a Polishman (actual name Chodasiewicz) who was forced to join the Russian army before changing his allegiance to the allies. He ...
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Travels, comprising observations made during a residence in the Tarentaise,
BAKEWELL, Robert.Original price £2,000.00 - Original price £2,000.00Original price £0.00£2,000.00£2,000.00 - £2,000.00Current price £2,000.00The account of a lengthy tour made by the geologist Bakewell (1767-1843), accompanied by his second wife. The work contains an early description i...
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Group of ten courtly scenes.
[CHINESE EXPORT WATERCOLOURS ON PITH PAPER].Original price £12,500.00 - Original price £12,500.00Original price £0.00£12,500.00£12,500.00 - £12,500.00Current price £12,500.00Fine scenes showing rich interiors and fine costumes - this album of especially large format.Pith came into use for painting to satisfy the increa...
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The mountains and lakes of Switzerland,
HERING, George E[dwards].Original price £3,750.00 - Original price £3,750.00Original price £0.00£3,750.00£3,750.00 - £3,750.00Current price £3,750.00Hand-coloured & mounted on card. Fresh example of these lovely hand-coloured views. George Hering (1805–1879), landscape painter, was the young...
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Descrizione della Palestina.
FERRARIO, Giulio.Original price £1,500.00 - Original price £1,500.00Original price £0.00£1,500.00£1,500.00 - £1,500.00Current price £1,500.00First separate edition, revised and significantly expanded; originally published as part of Ferrario's immense Il Costume Antico e Moderno, issued...
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Scenery of Great Britain and Ireland,
ABBEY, J. R.Original price £120.00 - Original price £120.00Original price £0.00£120.00£120.00 - £120.00Current price £120.00Reprint of the 1952 first edition. "In this Bibliographical Catalogue, the word 'Scenery' is not strictly confined to landscape but includes archi...
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Journal of a visit to some parts of Ethiopia.
WADDINGTON, George; HANBURY, Rev. Barnard.Original price £1,350.00 - Original price £1,350.00Original price £1,350.00£1,350.00£1,350.00 - £1,350.00Current price £1,350.00Waddington and Hanbury, both Cambridge fellows, decided to embark on an antiquarian tour of Egypt. They were received by the Governor, Mohammed A...
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Flamingos on Lake Nakuru, Kenya.
HOPPE, Emil Otto.Original price £125.00 - Original price £125.00Original price £0.00£125.00£125.00 - £125.00Current price £125.00Gelatine silver print (25 x 20 cm). Ink stamp with photographer's signature, printed title pasted on reverse; corners creased.
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