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  • Fifth edition
    Fifth edition

    BAEDEKER, Karl.
    Frankreich. Riviera Das Südöstliche Frankreich Korsika. 1913
    £45.00

  • The brothers Alexander and G. J. Gerard explored the Himalayan district from 1817 to 1828.
    The brothers Alexander and G. J. Gerard explored the Himalayan district from 1817 to 1828.

    GERARD, Alexander.
    Account of Koonawur, in the Himalaya, 1841.
    £2,250.00

  • Dressed as Turks and accompanied by an Irishman, James Curtin, two Maltese, and a setter dog named Anubis, they ascended the Nile as far as Meroe
    Dressed as Turks and accompanied by an Irishman, James Curtin, two Maltese, and a setter dog named Anubis, they ascended the Nile as far as Meroe

    WADDINGTON, George; HANBURY, Rev. Barnard.
    Journal of a Visit to Some Parts of Ethiopia. 1822.
    £1,650.00

  • Giosafat Barbaro traveled as a merchant to Tana on the Sea of Azov, and was selected as an ambassador to Persia in 1472. Ambrogio Contarini was a Venetian diplomat known for an account of his travel to Iran.
    Giosafat Barbaro traveled as a merchant to Tana on the Sea of Azov, and was selected as an ambassador to Persia in 1472. Ambrogio Contarini was a Venetian diplomat known for an account of his travel to Iran.

    BARBARO, Josafa; CONTARINI, Ambrogio.
    Travels to Tana and Persia; [with] A Narrative of Italian Travels in Persia in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries. 1873.
    £200.00

  • Last and most comprehensive edition
    Last and most comprehensive edition

    BAEDEKER, Karl
    United States with Excursions to Mexico, Cuba, Porto Rico, and Alaska. 1909.
    £250.00

  • In and Around Poona by Goerge Franks is a highly unusual set of guide-books to various walks in and around Poona in India. Very scarce.
    In and Around Poona by Goerge Franks is a highly unusual set of guide-books to various walks in and around Poona in India. Very scarce.

    FRANKS, H. George.
    In and around Poona. c.1929.
    £1,100.00

  • A wonderfully detailed "birds-eye" view of Emuda, in German Emden, the capital of East Frisia. Taken from the famous work "Civitates Orbis Terrarum".

    BRAUN, Georg and HOGENBERG, Franz.
    Emuda vulgo Embden urbs Frisia orientalis primaria. c1575].
    £600.00

  • First of two editions. This first edition appears to be very scarce.
    First of two editions. This first edition appears to be very scarce.

    BAEDEKER, Karl.
    Deutschland. Schlesien, Riesengebirge, Grafschaft Glatz. 1923
    £300.00

  • This is an interesting guide published by Intourist (a Soviet agency).
    This is an interesting guide published by Intourist (a Soviet agency).

    INTOURIST.
    Pocket Guide to the Soviet Union 1932
    £150.00

  • A very scarce first edition of Baedeker's Great Britain, which rarely appears on the market.
    A very scarce first edition of Baedeker's Great Britain, which rarely appears on the market.

    BAEDEKER, Karl.
    Great Britain. 1887.
    £450.00

  • Original hand-coloured lithograph on fine paper mounted on card as issued from the subscription edition of Roberts' 'Egypt'.

    ROBERTS, David; HAGHE, Louis.
    Approach to the Temple of Wady Saboua, Nubia. 1849].
    £300.00

  • This series was first published in 1851 and ran until 1870 when it was superseded by the title Süd-Deutschland and Oesterreich in 1872.
    This series was first published in 1851 and ran until 1870 when it was superseded by the title Süd-Deutschland and Oesterreich in 1872.

    BAEDEKER, Karl.
    Deutschland nebst Theilen der Angrenzenden Länder 1867
    £300.00

  • Scarce account by a professional travel writer, who later produced works on the Sandwich Islands, the Levant, and Central & South America.
    Scarce account by a professional travel writer, who later produced works on the Sandwich Islands, the Levant, and Central & South America.

    HILL, S[amuel]. S.
    Travels in Siberia. 1854.
    £850.00

  • DESCRIPTIO GERMANIAE INFERIORIS.

    ORTELIUS, Abraham.
    DESCRIPTIO GERMANIAE INFERIORIS. 1598.
    £750.00

  • John Gould is widely considered the greatest and most ambitious of all Victorian ornithologists

    WOLF J. & RICHTER, H.C.
    Tetrao Urogallus [Western Capercaillie]. 1872.
    £650.00

  • Rare first edition, uncut and partly unopened in original blue marlbed wrappers, with twelve hand-coloured engraved plates
    Rare first edition, uncut and partly unopened in original blue marlbed wrappers, with twelve hand-coloured engraved plates

    VIALLA DE SOMMIERES, L.C.
    Voyage Historique et Politique au Montenegro, 1820.
    £1,750.00

  • A superb copy of Ferer Maldonado's account of a spurious 1588 voyage, during which the Spanish navigator claimed to have discovered the Northwest Passage.
    A superb copy of Ferer Maldonado's account of a spurious 1588 voyage, during which the Spanish navigator claimed to have discovered the Northwest Passage.

    FERRER MALDONADO, Lorenzo.
    Viaggio dal mare Atlantico al Pacifico per la via del nord-ouest fatto 1811.
    £5,000.00

  • Includes views of Aden, Mocha, Muskat, Bagdad, Babel, Nineveh, Abydos, Smyrna, Magnesia, and Ephesus
    Includes views of Aden, Mocha, Muskat, Bagdad, Babel, Nineveh, Abydos, Smyrna, Magnesia, and Ephesus

    DAPPER, Olfert.
    Naukeurige Beschryving van Asie: behelfende de Gewesten van Mesopotamie, Babylonie, Assyrie, Anatolie, (...) 1680.
    £3,750.00

  • First editions of two articles relating to the Endurance expedition from April and May of 1916.
    First editions of two articles relating to the Endurance expedition from April and May of 1916.

    [ENDURANCE]; MILL, Hugh Robert.
    The Position of Sir Ernest Shackleton's Expedition; 1916.
    £250.00

  • Original hand-coloured lithograph on fine paper mounted on card as issued from the subscription edition of Roberts' Egypt and Nubia.

    ROBERTS, David.
    General View of the Ruins of Karnac from the West. 1846-49
    £2,500.00

  • Black's Picturesque Tourist of Ireland.1875
    Black's Picturesque Tourist of Ireland.1875

    BLACK'S GUIDE
    Black's Picturesque Tourist of Ireland. 1875
    £100.00

  • [Colombo to Kandy Railway].

    [SCOWEN, CHARLES & CO. (attributed to)].
    [Colombo to Kandy Railway]. [c.1880].
    £200.00

  • The second edition was not issued until 1894.
    The second edition was not issued until 1894.

    BAEDEKER, Karl.
    Palestine and Syria. 1876.
    £1,400.00

  • Important association copy from the library of Wilfred Thesiger, who explored Iraq, the home of the Marsh Arabs, Kurdistan, and Persia from 1949-1958
    Important association copy from the library of Wilfred Thesiger, who explored Iraq, the home of the Marsh Arabs, Kurdistan, and Persia from 1949-1958

    FRASER, James Baillie.
    Travels in Koordistan, Mesopotamia, etc. 1840.
    £1,500.00

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