Central Asia

Second Amsterdam edition. Folio (35 x 22 cm). Title, [6], 472, [12] pp. index and instructions to binder, with engraved allegorical title after B. Picart, engraved portrait plate, 11 folding, 55 double-page and 40 full-page engraved plates with 260 numbered subjects and 36 engravings in text; neat marginal repair to portrait. Early twentieth century half morocco over marbled boards, flat spine ruled and lettered in gilt; rubbed, upper spine slightly chipped.

Second edition. 8vo, iv, 364 pp., folding engraved map, lithograph frontispiece, 4 engraved plates, modern green morocco gilt extra, a fine example.

Large paper edition, no. 54 of 100 copies, 2 volumes, 4to (32 x 25 cm), xxii, 278; x, 295pp., two photogravure frontispieces and 72 photogravure plates, all printed on thin paper and mounted, 4 folding maps, 3 folding photographic panoramas, 2 other photographic plates reprinted from the Royal Geographical Society. Original vellum-backed buckram, top edges gilt, others uncut, some marks to spines, corners bumped, covers slightly faded, a very good set.

8vo, xvi, 376 pp., 15 engraved illustrations, one folding, 3 maps, 2 folding. Original blue cloth gilt, light wear, neat repairs to extremities, a very good copy.

First edition; landscape folio (33 x 45 cm); [4], 68pp., with a frontispiece and 21 etching plates engraved by Beilet and Forestier after Zaleski's drawings, with tissue guards, light spotting throughout, shelf number and private library stamps to title-page; contemporary red calf, title in gilt to upper cover with blind stamped decorative border, small numbered label to upper cover, wear to spine, a good copy.

First edition. 8vo. 2 volumes, viii, 382; ix, 477 pp., engraved frontispiece to each volume, modern calf-backed marbled boards gilt, a good copy.

Limited edition: number 33 of 500 copies; folio (39 x 29 cm). Suite of 50 colour plates with 'Croquis de route et notes de voyages' in a separate volume. Original card folder; some light soiling and spotting.

First edition. 2 volumes, 8vo., half-title in volume 1 (not called for in volume 2), 3 plates, a few illustrations in text, contemporary half calf, neat repairs to joints, a very good set.

First edition, 8vo, inscribed presentation copy from the author, xxiv, 342pp., 2 pages ads at end, 147 illustrations including some in colour, folding map, top edge gilt others uncut, original tan cloth gilt, gilt medallion to upper cover, original white pictorial dust-wrapper lettered in black, a fine copy.

First edition. 8vo., x, 370 pp., original blue cloth gilt, rubbed, light markings to cover, inner hinge split, a good copy.