London: Richard Bentley, 1851. Second edition. Hardcover. Octavo. viii, 297 (1), vi, 309pp. Rebound in three-quarter blue leather over marbled boards with gilt ruling on covers, gilt lettering, tooling and ruling on spines; raised bands. Gilt top edges. Marbled endpapers. An account on Pakistan and India, written by Burton while..... More
London: Tylston and Edwards, 1893, 1894. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. Original black cloth with gilt-stamped illustration and lettering on cover, gilt lettering on spines; housed in three matching slipcases. Red top edges. Frontispiece portrait of Lady Burton with frontispieces in color, b/w in all other volumes, tissue guards. Contains 3..... More
London: Longman's Rees, Lime, Brown & Green, ca 1829. Hardcover. 8vo. Decorated paper-covered boards, crudely rebacked with heavy age wear. Front board almost detached but still holding. Hinges starting. Small plate with printed name "William Lunn, F.R.G.S. and handwritten "from Phyllis, 1926" on inside of front board. Sporadic foxing throughout..... More
Oaxaca: Fondo Estatal para la Cultura y las Artes, 1996. Softcover. 8vo. 93pp. Pictorial wrappers with brown, black and white lettering to wrappers and spine. Minor scuffing and rubbing to wrappers. Brown endpapers. Wonderful work on the customs and traditions of the Zaachila. Beautifully illustrated with b/w photographs. In Spanish..... More
Bologna: Tipografia di Giuseppe Vitali, 1867. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto (9 x 6 1/4"). xii, 283, [1]pp. Original blind-stamped olive cloth, with gold lettering to spine. Tissue-guarded albumin photographic portrait of the author. Title page inscribed by Giuseppe Capellini to the First Secretary of Prince Umberto (who will become King..... More
London: Fisher, Son & Co., 1842. Later printing. Hardcover. Quarto. (8), viii, 80; 76; 100pp., 120 plates. Original orange-brown calf with decorative tooling and ruling on covers and spine, gilt lettering on spines; raised bands. Gilt edges. Yellow endpapers. Frontispiece and three vignette titles. Illustrated in a series of 120..... More
London: Peter Jackson, Late Fisher, Son & Co., 1842. Later edition. Hardcover. Large quarto. [6], II, 80, [2], 44, 45-76, [2], 100, [4]pp.Original 3/4 calf over marbled paper covered boards with gold tooling along edges of covers and gilt-tooling and lettering on spines. Marbled endpapers. All edges marbled. frontispiece portrait..... More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1923. Second edition. Hardcover. Quarto (9 1/4 x 6 1/4"). XV, [3], 319, [1]pp. Original illustrated dust-jacket over gilt-, blue-, dark blue-, and purple-stamped cloth, with gold lettering to spine and front cover. Frontispiece. Title page in red and black lettering. Splendidly illustrated throughout..... More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1923. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto (9 1/4 x 6 1/4"). XIII, [3], 273, [1]pp. Original illustrated dust-jacket over gilt-, blue-, and purple-stamped cloth, with gold lettering to spine and front cover. Frontispiece. Title page in red and black lettering. Splendidly illustrated throughout with 129..... More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1924. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto (9 1/4 x 6 1/4"). XIV, [2], 285, [1]pp. Original illustrated dust-jacket over gilt-, blue-, purple-, orange- and black-stamped cloth, with gold lettering to spine and front cover. Pictorial endpapers. Frontispiece. Title page in red and black lettering. Splendidly..... More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1923. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto (9 1/4 x 6 1/4"). XIV, [2], 298pp. Original illustrated dust-jacket over gilt-, blue-, dark blue-, and purple-stamped cloth, with gold lettering to spine and front cover. Frontispiece. Title page in red and black lettering. Splendidly illustrated throughout with..... More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1924. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto (9 1/4 x 6 1/4"). XV, [3], 319, [1]pp. Original illustrated dust-jacket over gilt-, blue-, dark blue-, and olive-stamped cloth, with gold lettering to spine and front cover. Pictorial endpapers. Frontispiece. Title page in red and black lettering. Splendidly..... More
Danzig: Danziger Verlags-Gesellschaft m.b.H., 1924. First edition. Softcover. Duodecimo. 43 (1)pp., 1 Pharus-Plan, map of Danzig laid in. Original orange wraps with black lettering and ruling on cover, protected by modern mylar. Illustrated title page. The guide list the outstanding sightseeing sites, provides basics worth knowing about Danzig and a...... More
London: S. Ballard, J. Senex, G. Innys, J. Osborn and T. Longman, 1731. Sixth Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. viii, 180pp. plus 27 fold out maps. Brown blind-stamped calf. Title page printed in red and black. A Latin geography book designed as an aid to the study of the Old and New..... More
Teheran: Imperial Organization for Social Services / Pahlavi commemorative Reprint Series, 1976. Facsimile edition. Hardcover. 1/1000. Duodecimo. (48) 460 (8)pp. Original brown paper-covered broads with gilt ornamentation on covers, gilt vignettes and lettering with red label and ruling on spine. Brown decorative endpapers. Frontispiece. Publisher's devices on title pages, including..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1887. First American edition. Hardcover. Quarto. xlvi, 514 (2)pp., 1 folding map. Original blue cloth with embossed decorative vignette and gilt lettering on cover, gilt lettering on spine. Gilt top edge. Brown endpapers. Frontispiece engraving, with tissue guard. Folding map indicating the Toltec Migrations, with..... More
Paris: L. Hachette et Cie. 1860-61. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. VIII, 424, 426, [2], 426pp. Original half red crushed morocco over red cloth with gold lettering and borders on spines. First three volumes of the renown French Geographic adventure magazine of the 19th century. The Nouveau Journal des Voyages compiles..... More
New York: Van Winkle and Wiley, 1814. First American edition. Hardcover. Large octavo (8 1/2 x 5 1/4"). 471, [1]pp, 46pp (Appendix and Index). Original full-calf boards. Rebacked. Gold lettering to spine. Illustrated with six full-page wood- and copper engravings, as well as a folded plan of Jerusalem, this work narrates..... More
Paris: NP, 1931. First edition. Hardcover. Oblong 16mo. Unpaginated. Decorative marbled paper covered boards with gold lettering and decoration on front cover. Book housed in publisher's slipcase, with gold lettering on front cover and spine. For the Exposition Coloniale Internationale de Paris held in 1931, the organizers published a series..... More
Paris: Société d'Éditions Géographiques, Maritimes et Coloniales, 1931. First edition. Hardcover. Large quarto. [4], 240pp. Uncut. Modern cloth with gold lettering on spine. Remarkable survey of the French colonial territories of Cameroon and Togo, exquisitely illustrated with numerous full-page photogravures. This work was published at the occasion of the Paris..... More
Neuchatel: Editions du Griffon, 1946. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. 48pp. Uncut. Original glassine over pictorial wrappers. Printer's device on title page. Captivating work on Payerne. The earliest traces of settlements near Payerne include Neolithic objects and traces of a Bronze Age settlement. There are also burial mounds from the Hallstatt..... More
Paris: Editions Duchartre & Van Buggenhoudt, (1930). Softcover. 8vo. xliv, 298 pp. Brown paper binding. With 16 plates. Part of the Collection Laque Orange Aventures et Voyages. Most pages uncut. Cover foxed and spine sunned. Binding and page edges lightly chipped. Text and plates not affected. Overall, in good+ condition..... More
London: Robert Scott, 1910. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 269pp. Green cloth with gold lettering on front board and spine. Frontispiece protected with a tissue-guard. Captivating narrative of the author's journey in the Pacific Islands of Tahiti and the Marquesas profusely illustrated with 64 illustrations, including 2 folding maps and numerous..... More
London: Printed for The Hakluyt Society, 1918. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. XLVII, [1], 386, [2], XXXIX, [1]pp. Uncut and unopened copy. Original gilt-, and blind-stamped blue cloth, with gold lettering on spine. Pedro Cieza de León (c. 1520-1554) was a Spanish conquistador and chronicler of Peru. He is known primarily..... More
Cambridge: Printed for The Hakluyt Society, 1913. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. XII, 212, XXXVIpp. Uncut and unopened copy. Original gilt-, and blind-stamped blue cloth, with gold lettering on spine. This remarkable volume is mostly a translation of the third book (1543-44) of Cieza's "Civil Wars of Peru," translated and edited..... More