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: 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: 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 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
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
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: 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
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
Simla: Government Monotype Press, 1907. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 2 leaves, iv, xix, 592pp., 9 maps, one of them folding in pocket at end of book, missing map in front pocket. Original three-quarter calf over green cloth with gilt lettering on red leather labels on spine; raised bands. No. 517..... More
Philadelphia; Baltimore: E. L. Carey & A. Hart, 1833. First American edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xii, 13-262, (i) iv, 5-259 (1)pp. Modern half calf over marbled boards with gilt lettering and ruling on red leather label of spine, and blind-stamped tooling on spine; raised bands. Light green endpapers. Does not include..... More
London: H. Fisher, R. Fisher & P. Jackson, 1835. First edition. Hardcover. Large quarto (10 3/4 x 8 1/2"). 68pp (Vol. 1); 64pp (Vol. 2). Later blind and gilt-stamped full calf, with gold lettering and tooling to spine. Raised bands. Marbled endpapers and paper edges. Engraved frontispiece in each volume..... 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 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
NP: NP, 1880. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. xiii, 1-242pp (Part 1); [243]-644pp (Part 2). Original marbled paper covered boards rebacked with binders tape, with handwritten white lettering to spine. This scarce work tells of the annual feasts and customs of the Chinese community living in Emoy, in the island of Java..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1865. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto (9 1/4 x 6"). xvi, [17]-493, [1]pp, 2pp (Publisher's catalogue). Original blind-stamped burgundy cloth, with gold lettering to spine. Beveled edges. Tissue-guarded frontispiece. This work describes the extraordinary journey undertaken by Ármin Vámbéry in 1862-63 from Teheran, across the Turkoman..... More