London: 1773-1788. Hardcover. Large quartos. All volumes finely bound in uniform brown leather, with blind-stamped ruling, tooling and lettering on front covers and spines. Raised bands. Volumes with in continuous Roman numerals across all nine spines. Top edges of book blocks in gilt. Blind-stamped dentelles. This collection is most notable..... More

London: Printed by T. Bensley for G. Nicol, B. and J. White, and J. Robson, 1796. First edition. Hardcover. Elephant folio. [4], iv, [12], 149, [3]; [2], 62pp. Period brown leather boards, with gilt ruling. Spine re-backed with gilt lettering, ruling and tooling on the spine. Raised bands. Edges of..... More

Wien (Vienna): Friedrich Jasper, 1894 (Vol. 1) - 1895 (Vol. 2). Limited First edition. Hardcover. 1/160. Elephant folio (18 3/4 x 14 1/4"). [12], 67, [1]pp (Text), [44] leaves (Color map and Photo plates) (Vol. 1); [12], 73, [1]pp (Text), [32] leaves (Color map and Photo plates) (Vol. 2). Uncut..... More

Clivis (Kleve), Germany: Tobias Silberling, 1660. Second edition. Hardcover. Duodecimo. [16] 664 [21]pp., 8 folding plates. Original vellum in yap binding over boards with handwritten lettering on spine. Red edges. With one original engraved, and one printed title page. Portrait of I. Mauritius with coat-of-arms and armorial with descriptive text..... More

Milano: Gualassini e Bertarelli, 1893. First edition. Hardcover. 2 volumes. Oblong Quarto. Half leather with brick cloth binding. Gilt stamped with black border and decorations. The first volume covers Judea and Galilee, and the second volume Syria, Cyprus, and Aegyptus (Egypt). Encompasses the Franciscan missions throughout the Middle East. Each..... More

London: Tylston and Edwards, 1893, 1894. Memorial 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

Nurenberg: Johann Hofmann, 1688. Hardcover. 4to. [1] 200 [4] + 400 [8] pp. Bound in leather with gold lettering on spine. Raised bands on spine. Illustrated with 38 (complete in 39) copper - engraved plates and maps. Double-paged 21, (of which 2 were are hand-colored.) Frontispiece and 8 full page..... More

Prague: Editions Orbis. Tschechischen Akademie der Wissenschaften und Künste mit Unterstützung des Ministeriums für Auswärtige Angelegenheiten der Tschechoslovakischen Republik, (1935). Softcover. Ex-library. Elephant folio (17 1/4" x 17 1/4"). Tan cloth illustrated in color with the code of arms of the Czech Republik. Brown lettering on front cover and spine..... More

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: Tinsley Brothers, 1869. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. xii, 443, viii, 478 (2)pp., 1 folding map. Original green cloth with gilt-stamped illustrations and blind-stamped decorative borders on covers, gilt lettering and ruling on spines. Frontispiece engravings. Illustrated title pages. Preface by author's wife. "In this classic work Burton describes his..... More

London: Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davis, 1804. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. ix (i), (1) 632pp., 8 plates, two of them double-paged, incl. frontispiece. Rebound in orange leather over marbled boards with gilt lettering and ruling on spine, raised bands. Frontispiece. Five plates in colored aquatints, three uncolored line-engravings..... More

London: John Murray, 1820. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xi, 545, (1) 300pp. Bound in contemporary three-quarter calf over marbled bards, rebacked with original gilt lettered spine laid down; raised bands. Marbled edges. . Mariana Starke was an English author who made a name for herself with her ground-breaking travel guides..... More