London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1810. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. (i) ii, 50pp., 50 plates. with tissue guards. Original three-quarter calf over marbled, paper-covered boards with gilt lettering and ruling, blind-stamped tooling on spine; raised bands. Marbled endpapers. 50 hand colored aquatint plates on thick paper with ruled and..... 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: Printed for C. Dilly, 1775. Second edition with large additions and amendments. Hardcover. Octavo. vii, 267, two folding plates; iii, 299 (1)pp., two plates, one folding. Rebacked with beige leather spine retaining original calf boards,with gilt lettering on red label and gilt ruling on spine; raised bands. Frontispiece. With..... 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: Richard Bentley, 1851. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. viii, 368pp., 1 folding map, 4 tinted plates, incl. frontispiece, with tissue guards. Rebound in contemporary dark green three-quarter leather over textured green cloth with gilt ruling on cover and spine, gilt lettering on spine; raised bands. Top edge gilt. Textured green..... More
London: John Murray, 1818. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. Original brown calf with gilt ruling and blind-stamped decorative border on covers, gilt lettering on black label and gilt tooling and ruling on spine; raised bands. Gray endpapers. Color frontispiece. With an Appendix, containing Charts, and various Hydrographical and Scientific Notices... and..... More
London: Mr. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Letter-Press by T. Bensley, from Figgins's types, 1794. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. vii, (1 leaf) 48pp. (13 leaves of Urdu script), 29 plates, 4 folding maps, one in color. Original green textured paper-covered boards with gilt lettering on red label of spine. Urdu frontispiece and..... More
Boston: Wells and Lilly, 1823. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. ix, (1) 372pp., 1 folding map, 5 plates. Rebound in peach leather over cloth with gilt lettering on black leather label, gilt ruling and raised bands. Frontispiece folding map of the River of Don-Nai. Illustrated with four plates of b/w engravings..... More
London: Day & Son, Limited, 1865. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 2 vols. (complete). XIV + 360 + XIV + 275pp. Original green blind-stamped cloth with gold title on spine. Folding map frontispiece in each volume. Fascinating account of the author's journey in the Levant. Newton was vice-consul between 1852 and..... More
London: Day & Son, Limited, 1865. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 2 vols. (complete). XIV + 360 + XIV + 275pp. Full brown cloth with gold title on spines. Marbled paper edges. Folding map frontispiece in each volume. Fascinating account of the author's journey in the Levant. There, Newton was vice-consul..... More
London: Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davis, 1806. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. xviii,(1) 447pp., 18 plates, 2 folding maps. Original red Morocco over marbled boards with gilt lettering on green and brown labels of spine, and gilt and blind-stamped decorative ruling on spine, raised bands. Marbled endpapers. Annexed an..... More
London: Printed for Benj. Tooke, 1698. Second edition. Hardcover. Octavo. (20) 517 (10)pp., 5 plates, incl. frontispiece and 3 of them folding, 1 folding map. Bound in three-quarter reddish brown leather over marbled boards with gilt lettering and blind-stamped tooling on spine; raised bands. Marbled endpapers. "The best account of..... More
London: Henry Colburn, 1834. New edition. Hardcover. 2 volumes. 8vo. xii. 338pp. vii. 352pp. Three-quarter calf over marbled boards. Title plate with gilt lettering. Embossed and gilt decorated spine. Raised bands. Decorated page edges. Minor age wearing to leather. Corners bumped and worn. Piece of backstrip to head of spine..... More
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1818. First edition. Hardcover. Folio (12 3/4 x 9 3/4"). xix, [1], 435, [1]pp (Text), [19] leaves of plates. Contemporary burgundy morocco. Rebacked. Gold lettering and tooling to spine, and dentelle along covers. Marbled endpapers. Engraved frontispiece. "James Justinian Morier (1780-1849) was an..... More
Warsaw: Yudish, 1918? - 1924. Hardcover. Three volumes bound in one. 8vo. 162pp. 111pp. 40 pp. From the series "Lender un Felker" Eshtes bukh. Pictorial decorative b/w facsimile photograph of an elegant lady in fine traditional Chinese garb holding a fan sitting in picturesque scene pasted on blue cloth. Rebacked..... More
London: John Murray, 1820. Third edition as stated. Hardcover. Large Octavo. (4) 339 (1)pp., 5 aquatints, 4 folding color lithographs, 3 folding maps. Modern brown half leather over brown cloth with gilt lettering and ruling on spine. Tan endpapers. Frontispiece of Capt. Sir Murray Maxwell, drawn and engraved by T...... More
Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1859. Ex-Library First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xiii, (1) 492, 496pp., 20 color lithographs, incl. frontispiece, 5 folding maps. Modern three-quarter brown leather over decorative paper-covered boards with gilt lettering on red label of spine, gilt and black ruling and black tooling on spines..... More
Paris: Ernest Leroux, 1911. First edition. Hardcover. Large quarto (11 1/4 x 7 1/2"). [4], xii, 470, [2]pp. Modern orange cloth, with gold lettering to spine. The author of this scarce study, Henri Marie Gustave d'Ollone, better known under the name of Henri d'Ollone (1868-1945) was a French military and..... More
Shanghai: A. S. Watson & Co., 1920. First edition. 791/1000. 4 leaves, 40pp., 66 plates. Original blue silk-covered boards with stamped circular dark blue Chinese characters and debossed gilt lettering and Chinese characters on cover. Titles page with red stamp of Chinese characters. Silk shows some fading, sunning of spine..... More
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1817. First UK edition. Hardcover. Quarto. xxvii, 565 (2)pp. Rebound without half-title in modern half calf over marbled boards with gilt lettering on spine; raised bands. Dubois was a French Catholic missionary in India, called Dodda Swami by the local people. Dubois is..... More
Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, 1884. First American edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 325pp., 24 plates, incl. frontispiece. Original decorated plum cloth with with gilt and black lettering on cover, gilt lettering and black decor on spine. Green endpaper. Frontispiece with tissue guard. Illustrated with twenty-four b/w reproductions of artwork, including frontispiece, depicting..... More
Philadelphia: Robert Campbell, 1799. First American edition. Hardcover. Large octavo (8 1/2 x 5 1/2"). xxiii, [1], 297, [1]pp (Vol. 1); 267, [1], xxivpp (Vol. 2). Modern brown cloth, with gold lettered leather title label to spine. Engraved frontispiece to both volumes. Lacking the separately printed atlas, as usual. First American..... More
Frankfurt am Mayn: Philipp Fiebet, 1693. Hardcover. Octavo. (18) 419 (18), (2) 285 (15), (4) 228 (10)pp. Original vellum and handwritten lettering on spine. Illustrated half-title. Three title pages: first printed in red and black with decorative initial, second in black, and third in black with printer's device. All three..... More
Paris: Chez Furne et C., Libraries-Editeurs, 1839. Jules Boilly. Hardcover. Large 8vo. Two sections; one for Asia and one for Africa. Section one is 426 pp. and section two is 160 pp. 3/4 green leather over marbled boards. Illustrated in gravure by Jules Boilly. Frontispiece. Some light foxing, minorly affecting..... More
Berlin: Vossische Buchhandlung, 1791. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xxviii, 544pp., 3 fold outs (2 maps, 1 diagram). Original three quarter leather over decorative paper-covered boards with gilt decorations and lettering on spine. Decorative endpapers. Accounts of the journeys of Mr. von Lessep to the Kamchatka Peninsula in the Far East..... More