Carter's rare views of Gibraltar, here in the deluxe issue with hand coloured lithographs. Carter was from a military family and kept up the famil...

First collected edition of Chardin's Voyages, with the complete account of the voyages, along with with that of the coronation of Soleiman III.Wit...

A fine example of the first edition of one of the most celebrated Voyages pittoresques.Choiseul-Gouffier's masterpiece is the first publication of...

A scarce title by a key figure in the history of British and Russian relations in nineteenth-century Central Asia.It was Conolly who coined the ph...

A fine copy of William Daniell's masterpiece . Prince of Wales Island is William Daniell's masterpiece. The colouring is of the highest quality and...

A brief but valuable description of Safavid Persia in the years 1075-76/1664-65 (Encyclopaedia Iranica).Daulier Deslandes (1621-1715) visited Pers...

Inscribed by the author. Written primarily for the traveller, Dunning's book is the result of ten journeys to Palestine.First edition, 8vo, [ii], v...

A lovely copy of the limited edition of Lawrence of Arabia's epic masterpiece, Seven Pillars of Wisdom, 1926 in which he 'reveals how by sheer wil...

Pitman outlines various proposals for constructing a canal through Central America in order to avoid having to sail round Cape Horn. The map shows...

The late seventeenth century saw Morocco at the peak of its power, first under Emperor Al Rashid, who had united the ancient kingdoms of Fez and M...

Plans include Bridgetown, Port of Spain and Georgetown.Sir Algernon Aspinall was secretary of the West Indian committee for forty years and this b...

This is the first English edition to include both 'The Rhine' and 'Northern Germany' in one volume. After the fourth edition in 1870 both 'The Rh...

Rare presentation copy of this scarce title. Rare presentation copy from the publisher Karl Friedrich Baedeker (1910-1979) dated 1953.Karl Friedric...

Publisher's presentation copy . Rare presentation copy from the publisher. Karl Friedrich Baedeker (1910-1979), grandson of Fritz Baedeker, revived...

Unusual guide to Majorca.8vo (size 18 x 12 cm); 269 pp, numerous illustrations, 2 folding maps at front and rear ; publisher's red cloth, gilt let...

A highly unusual set of guide-books to various walks in and around Poona in India. Very scarce.Poona, no known as Pune, lies in the west of India ...

Rare first edition. This volume extends from Sienna in the north to Rome in the south. However the folding map in the pocket covers South Italy and...

Maps include Milan, Genoa, Turin and Venice. This is the first handbook to be published since the unification of Northen Italy. Endpapers dated J...

This is the third of four editions of this series. A very comprehensive guide with the first 'account' of Korea in a 'English language Guidebook'....