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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Collection of five printed scrolls awarded to the Governor of Bengal.
[FELICITATION SCROLLS].Original price $9,605.00 - Original price $9,605.00Original price $0.00$9,605.00$9,605.00 - $9,605.00Current price $9,605.00| /Collection of felicitation scrolls presented to the Governor of Bengal. A unique collection of felicitation scrolls, all in fine condition, all pre...
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History of the recent discoveries at Cyrene,
SMITH, Captain Robert Murdoch; E.A. Porcher.Original price $3,522.00 - Original price $3,522.00Original price $0.00$3,522.00$3,522.00 - $3,522.00Current price $3,522.00| /Early photography. An attractive description of the excavations of the long neglected site at Cyrene in Libya between Tripoli and Benghazi, with al...
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Oriental Field Sports.
WILLIAMSON, Thomas; HOWETT, Samuel.Original price $16,008.00 - Original price $16,008.00Original price $0.00$16,008.00$16,008.00 - $16,008.00Current price $16,008.00| /Valuable record of the sporting activities of British officers serving in India. Williamson's Oriental Field Sports is a valuable record of the spo...
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A picturesque illustration of the scenery, animals, and native inhabitants of the island of Ceylon.
DANIELL, Samuel.Original price $32,015.00 - Original price $32,015.00Original price $0.00$32,015.00$32,015.00 - $32,015.00Current price $32,015.00| /Fine pictorial record of Ceylon. Samuel Daniell's Ceylon is the finest pictorial record of the island.Samuel Daniell (1775-1811), the youngest of t...
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Views in the Himala Mountains.
FRASER, James Baillie.Original price $48,023.00 - Original price $48,023.00Original price $0.00$48,023.00$48,023.00 - $48,023.00Current price $48,023.00| /First edition of Fraser's Himala Mountains, the finest illustrated work on the Himalayas.James Baillie Fraser (1783-1856) was the eldest son of a ...
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India ancient and modern.
SIMPSON, William; KAYE, Sir John William.Original price $64,030.00 - Original price $64,030.00Original price $0.00$64,030.00$64,030.00 - $64,030.00Current price $64,030.00| /The rarest of all the Indian view books. Simpson's views of India is one of the rarest of all the Indian view books and a fine record of the countr...
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Twenty four views taken in St. Helena,
SALT, Henry.Original price $57,627.00 - Original price $57,627.00Original price $0.00$57,627.00$57,627.00 - $57,627.00Current price $57,627.00| /Fresh, clean copy of Salt's very fine large format views. A fresh, clean copy of the set of Salt's very fine large format views of India, Abyssinia...
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Eighteen views taken at & near Rangoon [with]
MOORE, Lieut. Joseph.Original price $22,411.00 - Original price $22,411.00Original price $0.00$22,411.00$22,411.00 - $22,411.00Current price $22,411.00| /From the library of a protagonist in the war. Moore's views of Rangoon constitute the finest depiction of events during the first Burmese War. This...
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Graphic scenes in the Japan expedition.
HEINE, William.Original price $12,806.00 - Original price $12,806.00Original price $0.00$12,806.00$12,806.00 - $12,806.00Current price $12,806.00| /Commodore Perry's expedition to Japan. An important work recording Commodore Perry's expedition to Japan.William Heine was the official artist on C...
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General Views and special points of interest
DODGSON, Lieut.-Col. D[avid] S[cott].Original price $4,803.00 - Original price $4,803.00Original price $0.00$4,803.00$4,803.00 - $4,803.00Current price $4,803.00| /The rebellion of 1857 produced a spate of publications, many of which were illustrated books and prints after sketches by army officers. Dodgson, ...
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A series of fifteen views of Ceylon
O'BRIEN, Captain C.Original price $6,403.00 - Original price $6,403.00Original price $0.00$6,403.00$6,403.00 - $6,403.00Current price $6,403.00| /A copy of the first edition of O'Brien's Ceylon with later hand-colouring. O'Brien was employed as Assistant Surveyor in Ceylon, a position which ...
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Reise des Grafen Emanuel Andrasy in Ostindien.
ANDRASY, Graf Emanuel [Mano].Original price $24,972.00 - Original price $24,972.00Original price $0.00$24,972.00$24,972.00 - $24,972.00Current price $24,972.00| /Plates of Hong Kong and Calcutta. Andrasy's Ostindien contains a particularly beautiful set of plates of Hong Kong and Calcutta, elephant, rhinocer...
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Ruins of Mandoo,
HARRIS, Capt. Claudius.Original price $8,324.00 - Original price $8,324.00Original price $0.00$8,324.00$8,324.00 - $8,324.00Current price $8,324.00| /Captain Harris (1826-62) served in the 8th Madras Light Cavalry between 1845 and 1860, becoming a captain in 1858. When his regiment was posted to...
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Nederlandsch-Indië Teekeningen.
RAPPARD, Josias Cornelis (illustrator); PERELAUER, M.T.H; VAN REES, Willem Adriaan.Original price $19,209.00 - Original price $19,209.00Original price $0.00$19,209.00$19,209.00 - $19,209.00Current price $19,209.00| /Rare complete set consisting of Batavia, Java, Buitenzorg, and De Buitenbezittingen (outer possessions). The work presents a romanticised account ...
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Exploration of Kina Balu.
WHITEHEAD, John.Original price $16,008.00 - Original price $16,008.00Original price $0.00$16,008.00$16,008.00 - $16,008.00Current price $16,008.00| /Unique author's presentation copy to his parents with all plates and text illustrations specially hand-coloured. A unique copy of Whitehead's Kina ...
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Letters written in a Mahratta camp during the year 1809,
BROUGHTON, Thomas Duer.Original price $2,882.00 - Original price $2,882.00Original price $0.00$2,882.00$2,882.00 - $2,882.00Current price $2,882.00| /With 10 hand-coloured aquatints. Broughton was Commander of the Resident's Escort at the Court of Scindia. His march commenced in Agra and took in ...
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Egypt, the Sinaitic Desert and the Holy Land.
AGATE, Margaret M.Original price $1,921.00 - Original price $1,921.00Original price $0.00$1,921.00$1,921.00 - $1,921.00Current price $1,921.00| /Scots in the Sinai. Margaret Agate kept a diary of her journey in Egypt between Autumn 1901 and Spring 1902. She made an excursion on the Nile and ...
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The costumes of the various tribes,
RATTRAY, James.Original price $38,418.00 - Original price $38,418.00Original price $0.00$38,418.00$38,418.00 - $38,418.00Current price $38,418.00| /The finest illustrated book on Afghanistan. Rattray's is the finest illustrated book on Afghanistan, of great value for showing us the ways of life...
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Scenery and reminiscences of Ceylon.
DESCHAMPS, John.Original price $10,886.00 - Original price $10,886.00Original price $0.00$10,886.00$10,886.00 - $10,886.00Current price $10,886.00| /In his preface to Scenery and Reminiscences of Ceylon, Deschamps states that the views he has selected represent some of the most familiar scenes ...
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The Autobiography: Traveller's Prelude; Beyond Euphrates; The Coast of Incense; Dust in the Lion's Paw.
STARK, Freya.Original price $1,281.00 - Original price $1,281.00Original price $0.00$1,281.00$1,281.00 - $1,281.00Current price $1,281.00| /Complete set of Stark's autobiography. Freya Stark is one of the most well known female travellers associated with the Middle East. She was one of ...
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