Travels from Bryars and Bryars

London: for the author and sold by Edwards in Pall Mall, also by Edwards's in Halifax,, 1788. 2 parts only (of 4) in one volume, 4to. pp. iv, 27, [i], [25 leaves]; 11, [i], [25 leaves], the 50 unnumbered leaves printed on the rectos only: etched illustrations on india paper, somewhat browned, are mounted as headpieces on each leaf, with… Read more about this item

Paris, chez Regnault, 1789. 3 vols. 8vo. pp. [iv], iv,368, [ii]; [iv], 382; [iv], 402, [ii] + 3 engraved folding maps (Spain, Madrid and Cadiz, engraved by Pierre François Tardieu) and 9 folding plates. Occasional wormholes in lower margin, one or two small spots and stains, contemporary calf, some wear to joints, headcaps and extremities. Author’s name, ‘Bourgoing’, given… Read more about this item

Paris, Pillet Ainé, 1830. First French edition. 2 vols. 8vo. pp. [ii], lx, 294, [ii]; [iv], 361, [iii] +2 folding frontispieces, folding map of the island of Mannicolo (Vanikoro) and single-page plate, all b/w, lithographed by Godefroy Engelmann; a few trivial spots and blemishes; contemporary green quarter-calf over pebble-grained cloth, lettered direct, with ‘Ambassade de France à Constantinople’ at… Read more about this item

London: Rowland Ward Ltd, 1904. First edition, 8vo. pp. 302, with 113 b/w photographic illustrations, both full-page and in the text + two colour-printed folding maps prepared by Stanford’s, both with Demidoff’s route marked in red (one general map bound in at the end, one of Kamchatka folding into pocket on rear pastedown), light spotting to frontispiece, modern red… Read more about this item

[London], Printed for Private Circulation [by B. Clay, Sons, and Taylor], , 1882. 8vo. Original green cloth gilt; corners bumped, sporadic light foxing, a few marginal tears and light creases to maps, otherwise a very good copy. Contemporary armorial bookplate of William Frederic Lawrence, Cowesfield, Wilts.Only edition. Presentation copy, inscribed ('From the writer') and initialled by the author, dated… Read more about this item

London: Harding, Triphook and Lepard, , 1825. With the author's presentation inscription to a Monsieur Bléton: 'offert en témoignage / de ma sincère affection…'. Original publisher's boards, somewhat chipped, marked and worn, with spine partially defective (although barely affecting text). Scarce thus.The second edition of Voyage de Moscou à Vienne, par Kiow, Odessa, Constantinople, Bucharest et Hermanstadt: ou lettres… Read more about this item

London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown , 1823. 2 vols. 8vo. pp. xvi, 381, [i]; vii, [i], 447, [i] + 4 aquatint plates with original hand colour (one, ‘Chateau Duing’, supplied from another, shorter copy), and with numerous woodcut illustrations in the text. Contemporary calf, blocked in gilt and blind, neat restoration to joints and headcaps, marbled edges.… Read more about this item

London: Freemantle & Co , 1902. 2 vols. 4to. Number 16/150, signed by the artists. pp. xvii, [i], 211, [i]; xi, [i], 208 + 40 leaves of plates, and numerous illustrations in the text, japanese vellum blocked in gilt, a touch dusty and with a light half-ring stain to upper cover of volume one; bookseller’s ticket to front pastdown:… Read more about this item

Edindurgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1853. Second edition. 8vo. pp. xiv, [ii], 380, 16 (publisher’s ads) + and tinted lithographic frontispiece and 2 b/w lithographed maps by W. and A.K. Johnston, the second of which (tracing the author’s route in red) is folding; numerous wood engraved b/w vignettes in the text. Spotting at intervals, folding map foxed… Read more about this item

Bath: Meyler and Son,, 1819. 12mo. pp. xii, 329, [i] + 21 plates engraved by Henry Sargant Storer, occasional trivial spotting, uncut in the original cloth-backed printed publisher’s boards, somewhat rubbed with rounded corners. The author of ‘Boxiana’ and of the hugely successful ‘Life in London’, which was illustrated by Cruikshank, Egan was also the most popular sportswriter of… Read more about this item

London, 1816. 4to. pp. 292 + lithographed folding map with original hand colour in outline, with short tear, and 20 single-page black and white maps and plans all lithographed by brothers James and Josiah Neele, with a view of St. Alphege Church by R. H. Best lithographed by Josiah Neele alone. Publisher’s blue embossed cloth, lettered in gilt on… Read more about this item

London, Chapman and Hall,, 1856. First edition, 8vo. pp. viii, 316. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards, a little wear, headcap and part of the lettering pice on the spine neatly renewed. Inscription dated 1969 in red ink to verso of title-page. Walter White (1811-1893) trained as a cabinet maker in his father’s business, but for forty years served… Read more about this item

London: Archibald Constable and Co.,, 1825. 8vo. pp. xx, 374. Scattered foxing throughout. Worn contemporary cloth, lettered direct on spine, rebacked, endpapers renewed. ‘Proctor was the agent for a British loan to Peru. He relates his arrival at Buenos Aires, his journey across the Pampas of Argentina, then over the cordilleras to Santiago and Valparaiso, and by sea to… Read more about this item

Manchester: At the University Press, 1918. 8vo. pp. xiv, 198, [ii] ads. 4 plates, 9 text illustrations, 4 maps, one folding. Occasional light underlining in pencil. Publications of the University of Manchester. Ethnological Series, No. III, publisher’s cloth, a little rubbed. 1936 dated ownership inscription to pastedown. Book

London: Rodwell & Martin , 1822. 4to, engraved title and 64 steel engraved plates by Charles Heath, E.J. Roberts, John Rolfe and others after Batty, interleaved with text. Title slightly cropped, old ownership signature partially washed out from upper margin; plate 57 misbound with plate 13. Modern half calf. Batty was a talented amateur artist who served with the… Read more about this item

Basiliae [Basel], per Ioannem Oporinum,, [1550]. Folio. pp. [xii], 297, [xv]. Lacks final blank and two folding tables at the end. With historiated woodcut initials. Some light toning and spotting. Signature P slightly loose. (Bound with Casaubon’s Commentary and notes from his excellent 1587 edition of Strabo, printed by Vignon in Geneva. pp. [viii], 223. With woodcut title border.… Read more about this item

London: Tinsley Brothers , 1864. First edition. 2 vols. 8vo. pp. xvii, 386; vi, 412. Bound without half titles. Wood engraved frontispieces to both volumes, slight spotting to first. Small ink stains to vol. 1, p. 113, which has worked loose. Page 181 of volume 2 misnumbered as page 381 (first issue). Contemporary plain green cloth, trivial wear to… Read more about this item

Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood & Sons, , 1951. 8vo. pp. viii, 324. Very good example in lightly worn dust wrapper. Recollections of an Indian Civil Servant in Burma, and on retirement in rural England. Book

London: George Philip & Son, , 1889. 8vo pp. xviii, 488 + 2 folding maps, lithographed in colours, and 31 full-page plates; with 4 further maps and 37 illustrations in the text. Contemporary prize calf (Proprietary School, Ealing), rebacked, retaining original spine, somewhat worn; modern morocco lettering piece. Thomson also travelled extensively in eastern and southern Africa; Thomson’s Gazelle… Read more about this item

London: Printed for Joseph Johnson,, 1809. 4to. pp. xii, 238, 89, [i] + engraved portrait frontispiece, view of the British and French positions before Corunna, and two folding maps: Plan of the Action near Coruna and a general map of Spain and Portugal with the march of the British columns (troop movements picked out with original hand-colour, some offsetting… Read more about this item