Exploration & Travel 2023

First edition in English. Small 8vo [8], 105 pp., with initial imprimatur leaf (small holes repaired, tear at inner margin repaired), lacks final blank, title slightly defective at lower outer corner not affecting text, F8 with small repair to lower margin, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, joints just cracked but firm, light edge wear, a very good copy.

Second edition. 8vo, 323 pp., engraved portrait frontispiece, five hand coloured aquatint plates, a little spotting, etc., contemporary half calf marbled boards, rebacked, a very good copy.

First edition. 8vo, xvi, [i], 361 pp., 6 plates, 2 folding maps, original blue cloth gilt, neat repairs to extremities, a very good copy.

First edition, second issue (with Chinese characters on title, errata & 9 extra leaves), 4to, [ii], xvi, viii, ii, 2-page errata, 566, 56 pp., lacks half-title, occasional toning and light spotting, old illegible markings to title and verso, modern half calf gilt, a good copy.

First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, xiii, 291; v, 327 pp., 15 plates (bit foxed), maps, and charts (some folding), contemporary half calf, neatly rebacked to match preserving old label, a very good copy.

4to, engraved portrait frontispiece of Pardoe, additional engraved title, engraved map and 85 plates, contemporary red half morocco gilt, all edges gilt, offsetting from frontispiece to title with slight spotting, generally a very clean, fresh copy, joints lightly rubbed.

First edition. 8vo, xii, 431 pp., frontispiece and 49 photographic illustrations, 3 maps (1 large folding, 2 on 1 sheet), original blue cloth gilt, blindstamped vignette to upper cover, light wear, a very good copy.

First English edition, royal 8vo, xviii, 597 pp., frontispiece and 32 full-page plates, illustrations in text, large coloured map (repairs to folds) in pocket at end, original green pictorial cloth gilt, occasional scattered light foxing, a very good copy.

First edition, deluxe issue. Folio (57.5 x 44.2 cm), chromolithographic additional title, hand-coloured tinted lithographic frontispiece and 30 hand-coloured plates by Lemoine, Lehnert, Mouilleron, Le Roux and others after Prisse d'Avennes, printed by Lemercier, all mounted on card and loose as issued, titled in pencil below image. Letterpress title, dedication, plate list and 60 pp. of descriptive text by St. John with 35 wood-engraved illustrations, original plain wrappers. Original morocco-backed portfolio with gilt-lettered morocco cover label, rebacked, flaps with morocco renewed, new ties, minor wear to card edges and corners, old waterstain to end leaves, portfolio covers rubbed and a little worn, plates clean and fresh, a very good copy.

5 volumes, 4to (26 x 19.5 cm), comprising the text in 4 volumes, pp. xvi, 741, [1](errata); [iv], viii, 485, [1](errata); xv, [i](blank), 629, [1](errata); [iv], viii, 770, [1](errata), [1](blank), with a portrait and four plates, half-titles present, small flaw in a few lower margins of vol. IV; and an atlas, pp. [iv], 28, with 50 maps and 23 tables, half-title inlaid by binder; contemporary calf, spines gilt, some light wear, slight cracks in joints, a very good set.