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: 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
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
Vilna: Tomor Publishing Co. 1940. First edition. Softcover. 8vo. 268pp. Original three color photo-illustrated wrappers. Two title pages: English and Yiddish. Some pages unopened. An rare example of an journalistic account of China. Contains three chapters: 1st. Today's China, on Chinese literature, culture, theatre, politics, industry, economy, communication, religion, prejudices... 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
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
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
Paris: Arthus Bertrand, 1866. First edition. Softcover. Quarto (11 x 9"). [4], 142pp (Text), 3 leaves (Plates). Uncut and unopened copy. Original printed wrappers, with publisher's logo on front cover and title page. Written by the famed Russian Orientalist Nikolaï Vladimirovich Khanykov (also spelled Khanikoff), "Mémoire Sur l'Ethnographie de la... 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
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
Cambridge: Printed for The Hakluyt Society, 1905. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. LXXXII, 394, [2], 40pp. Uncut and unopened copy! Original gilt-, and blind-stamped blue cloth, with gold lettering on spine. Decorative head-, tailpieces and initials. This volume deals with the first years of the seventeenth century, one of the most... More
London: The Hakluyt Society, 1948. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. XXIII, [1], [677]-984pp. Uncut and unopened copy! Original gilt-, and blind-stamped blue cloth, with gold lettering on spine. Frontispiece. This third volume tells the story of the Abbé's journey back to France with dispatches sent by de la Haye, the French... 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
Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus, 1909. First edition. Hardcover. 2 volumes. Ex library. xviii,405pp. x, 406pp. Brown cloth with illustrated color paste-down. Library inventory plates with numbers near tail of spines. Split on both sides along library plate and on side on head of spine on Vol. I. Some staining and scuffing... More
Kathmandu, Nepal: Ratna Pustak Bhandar, 1976. Second edition. Hardcover. Octavo (10 x 7 3/4"). 362, [2]pp (Vol. 1); 363, [1]pp (Vol. 2). Original illustrated dust-jacket over blue cloth, with gold lettering to spine. Pictorial endpapers. Title page in blue and black lettering. Ribbon marker. Second edition of Perceval Landon's monumental work... More
Paris: Librairie Académique Didier Perrin et Cie. 1900. First edition. Hardcover. large 12mo. Contemporary 3/4 cloth over paper covered boards with original front cover pasted on front board. Frontispiece. Remarkable study on the French Protectorate of Laos, exquisitely illustrated with 5 photographic plates (including frontispiece) and a large folding map... More
New York: Garden City Publishing, (1925). First Am edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xi. 544 pp. Illustrated tan cloth binding. Head and tail of spine bumped and worn. Corners worn. Some stains to front and back cover. Age toning to endpapers. Adventures of the Swedish explorer Sven Hedin. Illustrated with b/w drawings... More
Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus, 1903. Autorisierte Ausgabe. Hardcover. 8vo. x,570pp. Illustrated, decorated gray cloth. Some staining to boards and spine. Decorated endpapers. Frontispiece with tissue guard. Fascinating account of Hedin's expedition to Asia from 1899-1902. Sven Hedin was a famous Swedish explorer and adventurer. Illustrated with reproductions of photographs in... More
Paris: B. Arthaud, 1959. Softcover. 8vo. 507pp. Pictorial wrappers with purple, red and black lettering in mylar dj. Caligraphic frontispiece. Travel account on Japan, illustrated throughout with full-page b/w photographs, one color photograph (by the author), two maps of Japan [a full-page map at beginning, a fold-out map at the... More
San Francisco: Paul Elder and Company, 1916. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 168pp. Mottled olive cloth with maroon lettering to cover and spine. Corners slightly rubbed. Inscribed on endpaper by previous owner. Tipped-in frontispiece, depicting a street scene in India. Printed on parchment. Fore- and bottom page edges untrimmed. Some pages... More
Leipzig: F.V. Brockhaus, 1925. Hardcover. 8vo. 159 pp.Half beige cloth over green paper boards. Frontispiece, author's portrait. b&w illustrations, including some photographs. Series: Reisen und Abenteur 23. Text in German. Very small dent at bottom of boards, otherwise fine. More