Exploration & Travel
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The Journal of John Jourdain, 1608-1617,
JOURDAIN, John.Original price £120.00 - Original price £120.00Original price £0.00£120.00£120.00 - £120.00Current price £120.00| /John Jourdain (d.1619) was a captain in the service of the English East India Company (EIC), and the first president of the EIC Council of India. ...
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Printed photograph album.
PHILIPPINES.Original price £2,000.00 - Original price £2,000.00Original price £0.00£2,000.00£2,000.00 - £2,000.00Current price £2,000.00| /An evocative series of colour photographs of the Philippines, ranging from views of Manilla harbour, to domestic scenes such as a butcher's shop, ...
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A Nursing Sister in Baluchistan.
MORRIS, Jessie Marjorie.Original price £250.00 - Original price £250.00Original price £0.00£250.00£250.00 - £250.00Current price £250.00| /A charming collection of letters written by nursing sister Jessie Marjorie Morris (d.1964) during her posting in the Quetta, the capital of Baluch...
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Travels to Tana and Persia; [with] A Narrative of Italian Travels in Persia in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries.
BARBARO, Josafa; CONTARINI, Ambrogio.Original price £200.00 - Original price £200.00Original price £0.00£200.00£200.00 - £200.00Current price £200.00| /Giosafat Barbaro (1413-1494) was a member of the Venetian Barbaro family. He was a diplomat, merchant, explorer and travel writer. From 1436 to 14...
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The Canarian, or the Book of the Conquest and Conversion of the Canarians
BETHENCOURT, Jean de; BONTIER, Pierre and VERRIER, Jean le (editors).Original price £200.00 - Original price £200.00Original price £0.00£200.00£200.00 - £200.00Current price £200.00| /Jean de Béthencourt (1362–1425) was a French explorer who in 1402 led an expedition to the Canary Islands, landing first on the north side of Lanz...
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History of the Two Tartar Conquerors of China,
D'ORLÉANS, Père Pierre Joseph; WITSEN, Nicolaas.Original price £350.00 - Original price £350.00Original price £0.00£350.00£350.00 - £350.00Current price £350.00| /Ferdinand Verbiest, (1623-1688) was a Flemish Jesuit missionary in China during the Qing dynasty. He was an accomplished mathematician and astrono...
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The Voyage of François Pyrard of of Laval
PYRARD, François.Original price £375.00 - Original price £375.00Original price £0.00£375.00£375.00 - £375.00Current price £375.00| /François Pyrard de Laval (c.1578-c.1623) was a French navigator who is remembered for a personal written account of his adventures in the Maldives...
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Les Navigations, Pérégrinations et Voyages,
NICOLAY, Nicolas de.Original price £6,500.00 - Original price £6,500.00Original price £0.00£6,500.00£6,500.00 - £6,500.00Current price £6,500.00| /One of the prototypes for Levantine costume plates. a work whose illustrations helped shaped the West's popular imagination of the Islamic world. T...
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The Heart of Africa
SCHWEINFURTH, Georg.Original price £1,250.00 - Original price £1,250.00Original price £0.00£1,250.00£1,250.00 - £1,250.00Current price £1,250.00| /.As a trained botanist and accomplished artist, Schweinfurth expanded knowledge of the flora and fauna of central Africa as well as the ethnology ...
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Travels to the city of the Caliphs,
WELLSTED, James Raymond.Original price £4,000.00 - Original price £4,000.00Original price £0.00£4,000.00£4,000.00 - £4,000.00Current price £4,000.00| /Wellsted's classic work on Arabia and the Persian Gulf. Much of this work is based on the travels of Lieut. Ormsby, conveyed to Wellsted verbally ...
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In the Nicobar Islands
WHITEHEAD, George.Original price £150.00 - Original price £150.00Original price £0.00£150.00£150.00 - £150.00Current price £150.00| /George Whitehead's 1883-1950) account of his lengthy stay in the Nicobar Islands. Includes accounts of dress, houses, diet, hospitality, trade, ag...
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Camera adventures in the African wilds.
RADCLYFFE DUGMORE, Arthur.Original price £250.00 - Original price £250.00Original price £0.00£250.00£250.00 - £250.00Current price £250.00| /Dugmore's classic account of his camera safari in Kenya, particularly the Athi Plains. Much on Rhino and plains game.First U. K. edition; 29 x 22 ...
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Picturesque Palestine, Sinai and Egypt.
WILSON, Col. Sir Charles.Original price £2,500.00 - Original price £2,500.00Original price £0.00£2,500.00£2,500.00 - £2,500.00Current price £2,500.00| /A beautiful and exhaustive work exploring several areas of the Levant, including territories of modern day Israel and Egypt, as well as parts of L...
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Seven Pillars of Wisdom.
LAWRENCE, T.E.Original price £3,750.00 - Original price £3,750.00Original price £0.00£3,750.00£3,750.00 - £3,750.00Current price £3,750.00| /The complete facsimile text of the fabled Oxford 1922 printing of Seven Pillars, with the 48 plates which accompanied the 1926 Subscriber's issue,...
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Environs De Sincapour. Plate 74.
Vaillant, Auguste NicholasOriginal price £750.00 - Original price £750.00Original price £0.00£750.00£750.00 - £750.00Current price £750.00| /Singapore. Auguste-Nicolas Vaillant (2 July 1793 - 1 November 1858) was a French sailor who worked his way up through the ranks from common seaman ...
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The West Indies and the Spanish Main.
TROLLOPE, Anthony.Original price £675.00 - Original price £675.00Original price £0.00£675.00£675.00 - £675.00Current price £675.00| /A handsome copy of Trollope's first travel book. It treats the issue of colonialism sensitively and points to the United States as a model for wha...
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The Horse of the Desert.
BROWN, William Robinson.Original price £6,500.00 - Original price £6,500.00Original price £0.00£6,500.00£6,500.00 - £6,500.00Current price £6,500.00| /Signed by the author. The signed limited edition of William Robinson Brown's The Horse of the Desert, a comprehensive account of the Arabian horse ...
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The Three Voyages of Vasco da Gama and his Viceroyalty.
CORREA, Gaspar.Original price £250.00 - Original price £250.00Original price £0.00£250.00£250.00 - £250.00Current price £250.00| /Vasco da Gama, 1st Count of Vidigueira (c.1460s-1524), was a Portuguese explorer and the first European to reach India by sea.His initial voyage t...
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Henry Hudson the Navigator:
HUDSON, Henry.Original price £150.00 - Original price £150.00Original price £0.00£150.00£150.00 - £150.00Current price £150.00| /Henry Hudson (c. 1565-1611) was an English sea explorer and navigator during the early 17th century, best known for his explorations of present-da...
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The Discovery and Conquest of Terra Florida,
SOTO, Don Ferdinando de; HAKLUYT, Richard (translator).Original price £200.00 - Original price £200.00Original price £0.00£200.00£200.00 - £200.00Current price £200.00| /Hernando de Soto (c.1497-1542) was a Spanish explorer and conquistador who was involved in expeditions in Nicaragua and the Yucatan Peninsula. He ...
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The Voyages of Pedro Fernandez de Quiros,
QUIROS, Pedro Fernandez de.Original price £400.00 - Original price £400.00Original price £0.00£400.00£400.00 - £400.00Current price £400.00| /Pedro Fernández de Quirós (1563–1614) was a Portuguese navigator in the service of Spain. He is best known for leading several Spanish voyages of ...
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