London. Macmillan and Co. Limited. 1897. Photographic frontispiece of 'The Shah returning to Teheran', and numerous full page photographic illustrations, four folding printed colour maps (marginal spotting), xii + 275 pages 23 x 15 cm, original red glazed red cloth boards, occasional spotting, the cloth a little marked and flecked..... More
Paris. P. Dufart, 1840. Half title, vii + 296 pages, 21 x 13.5 cm, quarter flecked calf over marbled boards, vellum tips, spine gilt decorated (worn), two small spots of loss to the paper on the front and back board, light spotting, but in very good original condition, with the..... More
London. Longmans, Green. 1868. Full page hand coloured map, lacks folding map in rear pocket, 40 full page lithographs 4 folding, xviii + 564pp, recased, new endpapers, backstrip laid down, neat ownership details half title. Some occasional largely light foxing, some leaves stained at lower margin but generally very good..... More
Paris. Abel Ledoux. 1833. First edition, half-title, engraved frontispiece (spotted at margins), 481 pages and 'table des chapitres' on final leaf, 21.6 x 13.1 cm, occasional spotting and browning of text, two leaves with small marginal loss at the lower outer corner, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, calf rubbed at the..... More
London. Hurst and Blackett. 1872. Second edition. xii + 346 + [18] pages publisher's catalogue, original green cloth boards, gilt spine, cloth rubbed, half title, pastedowns and fore-edges foxed, lacks free endpapers, in good condition. Detailed analysis of the varied resources of Turkey, its mines, fisheries, and agricultural products with..... More
London. Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington. 1878. Two volumes, 19.5 x 13 cm, xv + 339 pages ; x + 356 pages + 32 pages of publisher's advertisments, engraved frontispiece in each volume and thirteen full page illustrations and text vignettes, folding map with the route picked out in..... More
Metz: Périsse Frères, Paris & Lyon, Jules Veronnais, 1856(but 1855). Two parts in one volume, title page, 580 pages, 24 x 15.5 cm, numerous full-page and text illustrations after drawings by Gentil, three floor-plans bound in at the end: one double-page, one folding; contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards, foot..... More
London. Religious Tract Society. 1880. 1st edition. 24 photogravure plates with tissue guards, half-title, title printed in red & black, original gilt-pictorial cloth, the cloth on the spine has a slight depression and spine ends and corners are a little bumped and worn, light surface soiling, front endpaper has a...... More
London. T. Cadell, Jun. & W. Davies. 1799. Folding frontispiece map, xvi +277 pages, ii pages of publisher's advertisements, five full page illustrations engraved by William Cooke, original half calf with marbled boards, corners rubbed and bumped, the map foxed, a couple of text leaves spotted, the front pastedown marked..... More
[Tokyo]. 堺屋仁兵衛. [Sakaiya Jinbei]. 1871. Part 9 Egypt and London. 2 woodblock volumes illustrated in black and white. Volume 1: 14 double folded leaves; Volume 2: 17 double folded leaves. Neat four hole Japanese stab binding with title labels on the upper cover of each volume. Very good. 18.5 x...... More
Paris. Amyot, 1862. Half title, 403 pages, postscript and table of contents, 22.7 x 14 cm, spine renewed, early marbled boards, new endpapers, title and half title spotted and a few of the final leaves, in good condition. Scarce account of the French Expedition to Syria, after the events in..... More
London. James Madden. 1854. Two volumes: xvi +365 pages; x + 315 pages, 20 x 12 cm, original half calf over marbled boards, marbled fore-edges, black spine title labels lettered in gilt between gilt-ruled raised bands, spines a little scuffed minor loss to the marbled back board of the second..... More
Edinburgh and London. William Blackwood and Sons. 1856. Chromolithographed frontispiece of The Battle on the Ingour and three other full page illustrations, folding plan and map, title vignette and in the text, 19.3 x 12.3 cm, original calf, gilt-ruled boards, spine gilt decorated in compartments with raised bands, crimson title..... More
London. John Murray. 1828. Half title, vi, 128 pages, 19.3 x 12 cm, original green half calf over marbled boards, gilt decorated spine, maroon title label between raised bands, with the armorial bookplate of Chichester Samuel Fortescue Parkinson, 1st Earl Carlingford, and an early inscription likely in his hand on..... More
London. Chapman and Hall, Limited, 1881. Half title, linen-backed frontispiece map of Asia Minor showing the route of the Scott-Stevensons, viii + 400 pages, 22 x 14 cm, fine half red morocco 19th Century parliamentary binding, with the gilt arms of the New South Wales Library of Parliament on the..... More
London. Macmillan. 1876. 2 Volumes. Volume I: The Geography with Narratives by Majors St. John, Lovett, and Euan Smith and an Introduction by Major-General Sir Fredric John Goldsmid, C.B., K.C.S.I. 3 folding coloured linen backed maps, black and white frontispiece, 1 colour plate, lviii + 443pp, appendices, index, ribbon bookmark..... More
London. Smith Elder and Co., 1860. Two volumes in one, 19 x 12cm, extra pictorial title, half title and frontispiece in the first volume only, 6 tinted plates on card, xii + 283 pages, and 293 pages, final leaf of notes, with the blind stamp of the South Australian Institute..... More
Bruxelles. Société Belge de Librairie, 1837. Two volumes 16 x 10.2 cm, half titles, 368 pages + [i]; 364 pages, marbled fore-edges, attractive period-style binding, quarter red calf over marbled boards, new endpapers, prelims spotted, the first half title with loss to the top corner, early owner's signature in each..... More
William Nicholson & Sons. (Circa 1890). Black & white frontispiece, blue cloth covered boards lettered in black & gilt. Egdes and spine discoloured, browning to endpapers but internally clean. 254pp and 2 pages adverts. Prior owner inscription dated June 13. 1890. The history of the 'Kingom of Judah' from the..... More
London. Murray. Vol.I 1904Vol.II 1906. Volume I: 8 folding maps, one loose, 2 black and white illustrations, ix + 280pp, appendices, index. Vol.II. The Advance to Pretoria After Paardeberg, the Upper Tugela Campaign, Etc: 8 folding maps (of 9), 6 black and white illustrations, vii + 374pp + 8pp publisher's..... More