Exploration & Travel
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7 volumes bound in 6, 4to, additional engraved pictorial title, 40 Tallis maps, 7 portrait frontispieces, 24 engraved portraits, 7 engraved views, contemporary polished calf gilt extra, a choice set, clean and fresh.
£3,750 -
First edition. 2 vols, 8vo, [2 (blank)], xxx, 348, [1], [3 (blank)]; [2 (blank)], xiii, [1 (blank)], 337, [1], [4 (imprint, blanks)] pp., with numerous illustrations and charts in text, photographic frontispiece portraits (captioned on tissue guards) and 218 plates (many with multiple illustrations), of which 9 double-page and 18 printed in colour (each captioned on a tissue guard), 3 large folding maps with printed colour loosely inserted in vol. II; short marginal tear to plate facing I, p162; publisher's dark blue cloth gilt, upper boards pictorially blocked in silver; a very good copy.
£1,150 -
First edition. 2 volumes, folio, half-titles, additional chromolithographed title bound before plates in volume one, 152 lithographed plates (on 149 sheets), 8 of them coloured, modern brown half morocco gilt, plates 18 & 19 lightly browned, plate 147 with traces of old creases and short marginal tears closed, else a fine clean set.
£25,000 -
Second edition. Small 4to, xix, 112 pp., 24 illustrations, folding map and 4 maps on 2 sheets, original cloth-backed red pictorial boards, edges worn, lightly soiled a good copy.
£165 -
4to, [x], 359, xxxii pp., frontispiece chart, 3 photogravure illustrations on two sheets, 52 charts on 53 sheets, many folding, some in colour, modern green calf-backed marbled boards, red morocco label, a very good copy.
£2,500 -
First edition. 8vo., xxiv, [i], 407 pp., frontispiece, 11 plates, 2 maps in pocket at end, original green cloth gilt, pictorial vignette to upper cover, short tear to first tissue guard, previous owner's stamp to title, a very good bright copy.
£850 -
First edition, royal 8vo, vii, 124 pp., folding map, 5 photographic plates, illustrations in the text, original brown cloth gilt, beveled edges, a fine copy.
£1,000 -
First U.K. edition. 2 volumes, 8vo, xiii, 335; ix, 397 pp., engraved frontispieces, 3 maps( 2 folding), numerous photographic illustrations throughout, original blue-green decorated cloth gilt, spines lightly faded, corners bumped, slightly rubbed, a good copy.
£850 -
First edition. 8vo., 316 pp., 12 pages ads at end, frontispiece, 3 maps, 29 photographic plates, illustrations in text, original black cloth lettered in light blue, pictorial vignette to upper cover, a very good copy.
£475 -
4to, xxviii, 687, [1] pp., 6 folding maps (the large folding map of Maritime Arabia with short tear to fold, the Chart of the Persian Gulf with longer tear), original brown cloth gilt, dust-wrapper, light toning to paper, a very good copy.
£350