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AA, Pieter van der.
Nieuhoff’s China - Asiatische en Afrikaense Dieren / Animaux d’Asie et d’Afrique. 1665, 1st.
£95
John Nieuhoff was an explorer whose travels were recorded in this first French edition of ‘L’Ambassade de la Compagnie Orientale’. These beautiful prints brought...
Copper engraving. Uncoloured. Fine condition Size: 30 x 21.5 cm. Read more
(Africa Sudan)
BIRDS EYE VIEW OF THE SOUDAN AND SURROUNDING COUNTRIES 1882
£250
Decorative view with two oval portraits on the upper left. General Gordon and Colonel Stewart. Top right corner has four small view of Khartoum, Mudir’s Palace, the defile of...
Lithograph. Original colour. Good condition. Top margin trimmed close to border. Size: 56 x 40 cm. (22 x 15½ inches) Size: 56 x 40 cm. (22 x 15½ inches) Read more
[ALEXANDER, William]
The Costume of the Russian Empire. 1803
£1,250
First Edition (but a later issue), with the uncommon imprint of Howlett and Brimmer on the title and verso of the last page of letterpress. Both Abbey and Colas call for S. Gosnell...
Folio. Contemporary green straight-grained morocco, gilt lettered and decorated spine, blind stamped and gilt decoration to boards. With 73 fine handcoloured... Read more
ALGUE, P. Jose.
Atlas De Filipinas. Atlas of the Philippine Islands. 1899–1900
£475
First Edition.
Large quarto. Original black cloth. Lithographed title & 30 coloured lithographed maps. Cloth rubbed and bumped. Read more
ALGUE, P. Jose.
Atlas De Filipinas. Atlas of the Philippine Islands. 1899–1900
£475
First Edition.
Large quarto. Bound in recent half black morocco, marbled boards. Lithographed title & 30 coloured lithographed maps. Small scuff to board otherwise fine. Read more
ALLAN, Sir William.
The Slave Market (Constantinople). 1842
£1,450
Sir William Allan (1782–1850) was apprenticed to a coach painter, but his skill at rendering coats-of-arms led to his commission to paint anatomical preparations in Edinburgh...
Aquatint with etching, etched by C. G. Lewis, engraved by William C. Giller, after the original painting by Sir William Allan. Uncoloured. Very good condition. Size:... Read more
ALLDRIDGE, Thomas Joshua.
The Sherbro and its Hinterland. 1901
£245
First Edition, Presentation Copy, inscribed “With the Author’s Compliments. October 1901”. This is the first of Alldridge’s two published studies of Sierra Leone,...
Large octavo. Original blue cloth, spine lettered gilt, two West African carved figures gilt on front cover, edges uncut and partly unopened. Folding map and coloured... Read more
ALLEN, Thomas.
The History and Antiquities of London, Westminster, Southwark and Parts Adjacent. 1827 - 1829
£400
First edition. George Virtue issued an updated 2nd edition in 1837 with a 5th volume covering the suburbs. In vol.1 the illustration plate titled ‘ Map of Roman London’ is...
4 volumes, octavo (210 × 133mm). Contemporary black half calf over marbled boards, red morocco spine label, spine decoratively blocked in blind and gilt-ruled in... Read more
ALLEN, W.E.D.
Guerrilla War in Abyssinia. 1943
£30
First and only edition. Captain Allen was serving as a cavalry subaltern in the Middle East when he volunteered for the guerrilla campaign in Ethiopia and was attached to Military...
Original light card wraps. Frontispiece map and 2 more to the text, 8 plates. Slight chip at the head of the spine, else very good. Read more
(ALLINGHAM, Helen) HUISH, Marcus B.
Happy England. 1904
£145
Octavo. Publisher’s dark blue cloth with a floral design printed in green and red on the front and spine, top edge gilt. With 80 colour plates and photogaphic portrait of the...
Octavo. Publisher’s dark blue cloth with a floral design printed in green and red on the front and spine, top edge gilt. With 80 colour plates and photogaphic... Read more
[ALLOM, Thomas, & Robert Walsh]
Fisher’s Illustrations of Constantinople and its Environs. [c.1845]
£1,250
An early reprint of Fisher’s monumental publication. An important nineteenth century work on the great city, its architecture and its people.
2 volumes in 1, quarto. In a late 19th century half burgundy morocco binding by J. Wright, titles and elaborate decoration to spine gilt, raised bands, marbled paper... Read more
(AMERICANA)
Leyden Documents relating to the Pilgrim Fathers. 1920
£200
Limited Edition of 400 copies, this number 182. Published in celebration of the Tercentenary of the departure of the Speedwell from Holland.
Folio. 74 full-page “phototypic” facsimiles. Endpapers browned, the free endpapers particularly so, hinges a little tender, otherwise very good in the... Read more
AMERY, Leo (ed.)
The Times History of the War in South Africa, 1899-1900. 1900-09
£1,250
Volume I second edition, the rest firsts. Volumes I and II inscribed on the front free endpapers by Joseph Chamberlain to William Crowninshield Endicott the Younger, son of the...
Octavo, 7 volumes including index, original red cloth with titles and gilt medallions to the spines, tope edges gilt. Photogravure frontispieces to all text volumes... Read more
AMIS, Martin.
The Moronic Inferno and Other Visits to America. 1986
£125
First Edition, First Impression.
Octavo. Original black boards, titles to spine gilt. With the dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket. Read more
(AMSTERDAM)
Le Guide Ou nouvelle description d'Amsterdam, 1720
£800
Third, enlarged and best edition, with running text for the first time instead of dialogues and with 20 instead of 17 plates, of this mercantile guide to Amsterdam. The plates show...
Octavo (166 × 105 mm), in 2 parts as issued. Rebound in antique-style panelled calf, red morocco label, date in gilt at foot, edges uncut. 20 double-page folding... Read more
ANDERSEN, Hans Christian.
The Improvisatore or Life In Italy [c. 1872]
£325
First photographically illustrated edition of a translation first issued in 1845. This appealing production was imported in sheets from England and beautified with an expensive...
Octavo. Original full vellum by Casciani of Rome, decoration and titles to boards and spine gilt extra, all edges stained green, floral patterned endpapers. With 39... Read more
ANDERSON, John Corbet (illus.)
To India and Back by the Cape. 1859
£1,500
A handsome work illustrated by a fine series of plates, all but two showing sailing ships, either in seascapes or harbour views; the others show the ceremony of crossing the line and...
Large quarto (308 × 248 mm), pp. [iv], 28. Publisher’s blind-block green morocco-grain cloth, gilt vignette of ship on front cover with gilt lettering... Read more
(ANGLO BOER WAR)
South Africa. Supplementary Reconnaissance Reports. 1899
£500
First and only edition, published December 1899, classified “Secret.” Last-minute updates following the outbreak of war, particular concentration upon the state of stores...
Octavo. Original buff printed wraps, heavily chipped and detached. Sketches in the text. Ex-Staff College Library, stamps to verso of title page, classmark inked to... Read more
(ANGLO-ZULU WAR)
Précis of Information concerning Zululand. 1895
£1,500
First edition, print run of just 250 copies. Uncommon, just 8 copies showing on OCLC, along with one copy each of the 1886 and 1893 issues. “The contents include notes on the...
Octavo. Original blue cloth backed printed boards. Housed in red cloth drop-back box. Folding coloured map in end-pocket. Boards a little browned, as are the... Read more
ANSON, George.
A Voyage Round the World in the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV by George Anson, Esq; Now Lord Anson, 1753
£625
First published 1748. Anson was in command of a squadron sent to plunder Spanish trading territories on the Pacific coast of South America during the War of Jenkins’ Ear. His...
Octavo (205 × 125 mm). Contemporary sprinkled calf, raised bands, new red morocco label, double ruled gilt panel to the boards, Folding map frontispiece and 2... Read more
ANSON, George.
A Voyage Round the World in the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV. ... 1748
£3,750
First Edition. Anson was in command of a squadron sent to plunder Spanish trading territories on the Pacific coast of South America during the War of Jenkins’ Ear. His...
Quarto (249 × 202 mm), pp. [xxxiv], 417, [1] blank, [2] directions to binder. Superbly bound to style in mottled calf, red morocco label, spine gilt in... Read more
ANSON, George.
A Voyage Round the World in the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV. ... 1749
£2,200
Large Paper Copy, first published the previous year. Anson was in command of a squadron sent to plunder Spanish trading territories on the Pacific coast of South America during the...
Quarto (292 × 225 mm). Contemporary mottled calf, red morocco label, double gilt rules, raised bands, red sprinkled edges. 42 engraved plates, plans, charts and... Read more
ANTEPARA, José María.
South American Emancipation. Documents Historical and Explanatory, 1810
£775
First edition. Uncommon, two copies on COPAC only, Oxford and BL. Sebastián Francisco de Miranda y Rodriguez (1750 - 1816) is better known as Francisco de Miranda. A Venezuelan...
Octavo (215 × 128 mm) contemporary half calf on marbled boards, dark green morocco label. Portrait frontispiece. Armorial bookplate of Rear Admiral Sir Hugh... Read more
ANTES, John.
Observations of the Manners and Customs of the Egyptians, 1800
£600
First edition. Antes was born in Frederick, Pennsylvania, his father Heinrich, a member of the German Reformed Church being largely responsible for the establishment of the Moravian...
Quarto (260 × 204 mm) contemporary half calf on marbled boards, rebacked with the original spine laid down. Large folding map frontispiece of the Nile from... Read more
![A Resumé of Thirty-four Years' Army Service [together with;] Incidents and Occurrences during my Thirty-four Years' Service.](/content/store/products/5541/2/6406.jpg)
APPLEYARD, Frederick Ernest.
A Resumé of Thirty-four Years' Army Service [together with;] Incidents and Occurrences during my Thirty-four Years' Service. [c.1905]
£825
First and only editions. Rare, privately-printed memoirs of service, COPAC has just BL and Cambridge for the first item, Oxford, Cambridge and BL for the second. Account of...
2 volumes, octavo, original purple cloth, title gilt to upper boards of both and spine of the second-named. Portrait frontispiece to each. Cloth slightly rubbed and... Read more
