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Travel 2026

First set sail through the Pacific with Captain Cook and land in Southeast Asia, where you’ll find elephants and sketches from Java. Venture into Tibet from Central Asia before journeying down into the Persian Empire. Travel through the Arabian Gulf with Alexander Carnegy and meet David Roberts in Egypt. Finally, pass through the Zambesi River before completing your adventure with Shackleton’s Antarctic expeditions. Browse our latest Travel Catalogue from specialist Tomos Nutt below, or download the PDF.

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  • First edition in the original boards of Richard King's Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Arctic Ocean, the Trolle-Bonde copy of this arctic rarity.
    First edition in the original boards of Richard King's Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Arctic Ocean, the Trolle-Bonde copy of this arctic rarity.

    KING, Richard.
    Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Arctic Ocean, 1836.
    $12,992.00

  • First edition of James Ross's A Voyage of Discovery and Research, first voyage to enter the Ross Sea, the first to sight the Admiralty Mountains, the first to see Victoria Land, Ross Island, Mounts Erebus and Terror, and the Ross Ice Shelf.
    First edition of James Ross's A Voyage of Discovery and Research, first voyage to enter the Ross Sea, the first to sight the Admiralty Mountains, the first to see Victoria Land, Ross Island, Mounts Erebus and Terror, and the Ross Ice Shelf.

    ROSS, James.
    A Voyage of Discovery and Research 1847.
    $6,154.00

  • First edition of General Views and Special Points of Interest of the City of Lucknow by David Scott Dodgson, a rare work depicting Lucknow during the siege of 1857.
    First edition of General Views and Special Points of Interest of the City of Lucknow by David Scott Dodgson, a rare work depicting Lucknow during the siege of 1857.

    DODGSON, David Scott.
    General Views and Special Points of Interest of the City of Lucknow. 1860.
    $10,257.00

  • Neumann's Elephant Hunting is one of the most important, and also one of the scarcest, books on elephants.
    Neumann's Elephant Hunting is one of the most important, and also one of the scarcest, books on elephants.

    NEUMANN, Arthur H.
    Elephant-Hunting in East Equatorial Africa. 1898.
    $2,052.00

  • First edition of South Australia Illustrated by George French Angas, a fresh and bright copy bound in the original parts.
    First edition of South Australia Illustrated by George French Angas, a fresh and bright copy bound in the original parts.

    ANGAS, George French.
    South Australia Illustrated. 1847.
    $34,188.00

  • Rare complete first French edition of Le Flambeau de la Navigation by Johannes Janssonius after Willem Blaeu, on of the great books of Dutch cartography.
    Rare complete first French edition of Le Flambeau de la Navigation by Johannes Janssonius after Willem Blaeu, on of the great books of Dutch cartography.

    JANSSONIUS, Johannes [BLAEU, Willem (after)].
    Le Flambeau de la Navigation, 1620.
    $82,050.00

  • First edition of Fifteen Months' Pilgrimage through untrodden tracts of Khuzistan and Persia by Joachim Stocqueler, rare and sought after account of a journey from Muscat up through Kuzistan and the Bakhtiari Mountains.
    First edition of Fifteen Months' Pilgrimage through untrodden tracts of Khuzistan and Persia by Joachim Stocqueler, rare and sought after account of a journey from Muscat up through Kuzistan and the Bakhtiari Mountains.

    STOCQUELER, Joachim Hayward.
    Fifteen Months' Pilgrimage through untrodden tracts of Khuzistan and Persia, 1832.
    $10,257.00

  • First edition of the Muallaqat printed by the Chiswick press, 1903.
    First edition of the Muallaqat printed by the Chiswick press, 1903.

    BLUNT, William Scawen.
    [Mu'allaqat] The Seven Golden Odes of pagan Arabia, known also as the MoAllakat. 1903
    $1,641.00

  • First edition of Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia by Phillip King, in a handsome contemporary binding and with the often missing half titles, errata leaf, and final colophon.
    First edition of Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia by Phillip King, in a handsome contemporary binding and with the often missing half titles, errata leaf, and final colophon.

    KING, Phillip Parker.
    Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia. 1827.
    $5,129.00

  • The author's copy, with his bookplate, of A Visit to the Indian Archipelago by Henry Keppel, an important explorer of Borneo, Philippenes and South China Sea.
    The author's copy, with his bookplate, of A Visit to the Indian Archipelago by Henry Keppel, an important explorer of Borneo, Philippenes and South China Sea.

    KEPPEL, Henry.
    A Visit to the Indian Archipelago 1853.
    $4,103.00

  • The Earl of Carnarvon's copy of Thomas Braddell's rare pamphlet Singapore and the Straits Settlements Described, that laid the ground work for the establishment of Singapore as an independent colony and its first constitution.
    The Earl of Carnarvon's copy of Thomas Braddell's rare pamphlet Singapore and the Straits Settlements Described, that laid the ground work for the establishment of Singapore as an independent colony and its first constitution.

    BRADDELL, T[homas].
    Singapore and the Straits Settlements Described; [1858].
    $20,513.00

  • First and only edition of "My Log" by Alexander Carnegy, a rare account of travel through the Arabian Gulf, stopping at Bahrain and Kuwait before travelling up the Euphrates. Owned by the author's nephew and cousin.
    First and only edition of "My Log" by Alexander Carnegy, a rare account of travel through the Arabian Gulf, stopping at Bahrain and Kuwait before travelling up the Euphrates. Owned by the author's nephew and cousin.

    CARNEGY, Alexander.
    "My Log." 1878.
    $19,829.00

  • First edition of this scarce book by J. Henry Skewes, Sir John Franklin, recounting the events of Franklin's disappearance.
    First edition of this scarce book by J. Henry Skewes, Sir John Franklin, recounting the events of Franklin's disappearance.

    SKEWES, J. Henry.
    Sir John Franklin. 1889.
    $2,052.00

  • The 1777 London edition of Thomas Haselden's The Seaman's Daily Assistant, the reprint of which was the first American printed navigational guide.
    The 1777 London edition of Thomas Haselden's The Seaman's Daily Assistant, the reprint of which was the first American printed navigational guide.

    HASELDEN, Thomas.
    The Seaman's Daily Assistant, 1777.
    $2,052.00

  • James Wyld's Military Staff Map of Central Asia, Turkistan, and Afghanistan, issued in 1878 to coincide with the start of the Second Anglo-Afghan War.
    James Wyld's Military Staff Map of Central Asia, Turkistan, and Afghanistan, issued in 1878 to coincide with the start of the Second Anglo-Afghan War.

    WYLD, James.
    Military Staff Map of Central Asia, Turkistan, and Afghanistan. 1878.
    $2,052.00

  • First edition of Henry Tozer's Turkish Armenia and Eastern Asia Minor, a scarce work on Armenia and Kurdistan covering Mount Ararat and Lake Van.
    First edition of Henry Tozer's Turkish Armenia and Eastern Asia Minor, a scarce work on Armenia and Kurdistan covering Mount Ararat and Lake Van.

    TOZER, Rev. Henry Fanshawe
    Turkish Armenia and Eastern Asia Minor. 1881.
    $3,419.00

  • The Currer copy of Narrative of a Voyage of Observation among the colonies of Western Africa by James Edward Alexander, owned by Frances Mary Richardson Currer, one of the eminent female book collectors of the nineteenth century.
    The Currer copy of Narrative of a Voyage of Observation among the colonies of Western Africa by James Edward Alexander, owned by Frances Mary Richardson Currer, one of the eminent female book collectors of the nineteenth century.

    ALEXANDER, James Edward.
    Narrative of a Voyage of Observation among the colonies of Western Africa, 1837.
    $2,394.00

  • Signed presentation copy of Scott's Last Expedition, from Scott's Widow Kathleen to Edward Nelson, biologist of the Terra Nova.
    Signed presentation copy of Scott's Last Expedition, from Scott's Widow Kathleen to Edward Nelson, biologist of the Terra Nova.

    SCOTT, Robert Falcon.
    Scott's Last Expedition. 1913.
    $10,257.00

  • The enlarged second edition of George Barrington's An Account of a Voyage to New South Wales and The History of New South Wales, with an additional supplement and plate.
    The enlarged second edition of George Barrington's An Account of a Voyage to New South Wales and The History of New South Wales, with an additional supplement and plate.

    BARRINGTON, George.
    An Account of a Voyage to New South Wales. 1810 [i.e. 1811].
    $4,103.00

  • First edition of Vivian Webber's Journal of a Voyage Round Cape Horn, a scarce account of a journey around Cape Horn to Coquimbo, Chile, and back.
    First edition of Vivian Webber's Journal of a Voyage Round Cape Horn, a scarce account of a journey around Cape Horn to Coquimbo, Chile, and back.

    WEBBER, Vivian A.
    Journal of a Voyage Round Cape Horn. 1859.
    $2,394.00

  • First edition of Shelvocke's A Voyage round the World, one of the great accounts of buccaneering and privateering in the eighteenth century and an important description of California.
    First edition of Shelvocke's A Voyage round the World, one of the great accounts of buccaneering and privateering in the eighteenth century and an important description of California.

    SHELVOCKE, George.
    A Voyage round the World by Way of the Great South Sea, 1726.
    $4,787.00

  • First edition of Sharard Osborn's Stray Leaves from an Arctic Journal, the account of his search for the Franklin expedition.
    First edition of Sharard Osborn's Stray Leaves from an Arctic Journal, the account of his search for the Franklin expedition.

    OSBORN, Sherard.
    Stray Leaves from an Arctic journal; 1852.
    $1,710.00

  • Anniversary edition, 1 of 50 specially bound copies (no. 158), signed by Admiral of the Fleet Mountbatten, of Captain Cook's manuscript Anniversary edition, The Journal of H.M.S. Resolution 1772-1775
    Anniversary edition, 1 of 50 specially bound copies (no. 158), signed by Admiral of the Fleet Mountbatten, of Captain Cook's manuscript Anniversary edition, The Journal of H.M.S. Resolution 1772-1775

    COOK, James.
    The Journal of H.M.S. Resolution 1772-1775. 1981.
    $3,419.00

  • Second edition of John Narbrough's An Account of Several Late Voyages and Discoveries, the preferred edition with additional map and text on Greenland.
    Second edition of John Narbrough's An Account of Several Late Voyages and Discoveries, the preferred edition with additional map and text on Greenland.

    [NARBROUGH, Sir John]; ROBINSON, Sir Tancred (editor).
    An Account of Several Late Voyages and Discoveries: 1711.
    $8,205.00

  • Scarce first edition in book form of Barrington's Possibility of approaching the North Pole, with added papers by Beaufoy, published the same year as Sir John Ross's first Arctic expedition.
    Scarce first edition in book form of Barrington's Possibility of approaching the North Pole, with added papers by Beaufoy, published the same year as Sir John Ross's first Arctic expedition.

    BARRINGTON, Hon. Daines; BEAUFOY, Colonel.
    The possibility of approaching the North Pole asserted 1818.
    $1,847.00

  • Rare exhibition catalogue of Herbert Ponting's photographs of the 1910-1913 British Antarctic Expedition. Invaluable accompaniament to Ponting photos.
    Rare exhibition catalogue of Herbert Ponting's photographs of the 1910-1913 British Antarctic Expedition. Invaluable accompaniament to Ponting photos.

    PONTING, Herbert G.
    The British Antarctic Expedition 1910-1913. n.d. [1914].
    $1,710.00

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