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: 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
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
Shanghai: Printed at the "North China Herald" Office, 1872. Limited first edition. Hardcover. 1/500. Quarto. [2] 260pp. [1] 17pp. Rebound in modern half-green cloth over red stiff paper boards. The original front cover with green lettering on white paper has been cut out and pasted to the front board. White..... 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: 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
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: 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: 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: 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
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
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
New York: Scribner, Armstrong & Co., 1877. Second edition. Hardcover. Quarto (9 1/4 x 6"). xii, 411, [1]pp, [4]pp (Publisher's catalogue) (Vol. 1); viii, [2], 463, [1]pp (Vol. 2). Unopened copy. Original gilt and black-stamped burgundy cloth, with gold lettering to spines. Tissue-guarded frontispiece in each volume. "Eugene Schuyler, who..... More
London: Trubner & Co., 1868. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xxxvi,(2),388pp. Index. Pictorial, gilt, blue cloth, spine slightly darkened. Illustrated with 8 woodcut plates after photographs by D. Tresham, plus several text woodcuts (the frontispiece has been re-inserted at page 120). Some foxing of the plates and outer leaves. Binding with..... More
Paris: Librairie de L. Hachette et cie, 1864. Hardcover. 2 volumes. 428pp. 427pp. 3/4 maroon leather over marbled boards. Marbled page edges and marbled endpapers. Travel account of renowned explorer Henry Russel-Kilough. Illustrated with fold-out map at rear in each volume, as issued. Boards of both volumes detached but present..... More
New York: Macmillan Company, 1906. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed "To Mr. William Naumburg With kind regards and a Happy New Year from his friend and neighbor, the author A. V. Williams Jackson New Year 1907" on front free endpaper. Quarto. xxxi, 471 (2)pp., 112 plates, incl. frontispiece, 1 large folding..... More
New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1905. First American edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xii, (1) 285 (5)pp., 16 plates, incl. frontispiece. Original decorated red cloth with b/w photograph laid to cover and white lettering on cover and spine, in original dustjacket (scarce). Frontispiece photograph with tissue guard. Decorative head..... More
Paris: Librarie Hachette et Cie. 1883. First French language edition. Softcover. Original paper wrappers, pages uncut. 556 pp. An account of Piassetsky's Russian expedition to China and Mongolia from 1874-75. Text in French. Ninety gavures and one map. Quarto. Front wrapper is detached but present, back cover is missing. A...... More
Springfield, Ohio: Published by the author, 1899. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto (9 1/4 x 6 3/4"). xxxi, [1], 548pp. Original gilt-stamped olive cloth, with gold lettering to spine. Top edge gilt. tissue-guarded frontispiece. Lavishly illustrated throughout with numerous in-text and full-page b/w photographic reproductions, this book is the result of..... More
Stuttgart: Strecker und Schroder Verlag, 1939. Hardcover. 8vo. xv, 186 (8)pp. Color maps and advertisements at rear. Tan cloth spine over brown boards with dj. With b&w illustrations (some fold-out). Frontispiece. Front board bowing. Dj chipped along edges. Dj with 1/2 inch tear at head of spine, and 1-inch tear..... 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
Philadelphia: John C. Winston Co./The International Press, 1902. First edition. Hardcover. 2 vols. x,377,(1);vi,374pp. Index in each vol. Original red linen dust jackets with gilt lettered spines (a bit darkened). Pictorial red cloth beautifully stamped in gilt. T.e.g. Illustrated with 50 photogravure plates, each with a printed tissue guard. Large..... More
Philadelphia: Carey, Lea, and Carey, 1828. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. (4), viii, 507, 395pp. Original red half clothe over tan paper-covered boards with black lettering on labels of spine, housed in black pebbled cloth slipcases with gilt lettering on red and black labels of spines. Four pages of publisher's advertisements..... More
Paris: Challamel Aine, (1878). Fourth edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 108pp. Decorated paper covered boards with red title plate. Title plate faded. Spine sunned. Age wearing to binding. Corners bumped and rubbed. Frontispiece. Heavy worming throughout pages. One loose fold-out map which is also heavily wormed. Text in French. Binding in good..... More
Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus, 1903. Autorisierte Ausgabe. Hardcover. 2 volumes. Ex library. 8vo. xiv,559pp. x,570pp. Decorated tan cloth and spine. Age wearing throughout binding. Library inventory numbers on spine. Head and tail of spines chipped and frayed. Corners bumped and worn. Staining and discoloration to boards. Hinges starting. Decorated endpapers. Ex..... More