Travel

1. Baddeley, M. J. B.: The English Lake District London: Dulau & Co., 1895 7th. edn., thoroughly revised. xxxii, 254 pp plus publisher’s list and adverts.15 maps. One of the Through Guides series. Ownership signature and address to half-title. Inner front hinge weak. Red cloth gilt rather rubbed and worn. A good copy.  (Stock ref 2813) £10.00

2. Barr, William & Williams Glyndwr (eds.): Voyages to Hudson Bay in Search of a Northwest Passage, 1741-1747 London: The Hakluyt Society, 1994-95 1st. edn. 2 vols., xii, 333 and xv, 393 pp. 31 b/w illus. and maps. Vol. i is The Voyage of Christopher Middleton, 1741-1742 and vol. ii is The Voyage of William Moor and Francis Smith, 1746-1747. D/w’s very slightly rubbed on edges otherwise a fine set.  (Stock ref 1269) £50.00

3. Barratt, Glynn: The Tuamotu Islands and Tahiti Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 1992 1st. edn. xvii, 298 pp. 18 b/w plates, maps. Russia and the South Pacific, 1696-1840 series volume 4. D/w very slightly creased on spine foot otherwise a fine copy.  (Stock ref 1175) £9.00

4. Beaton, Cecil: Portrait of New York London: B. T. Batsford, 1948 Revised edn. of “Cecil Beaton’s New York”. viii, 136pp. Numerous b/w photos. with line drawings by the author. Lengthy gift inscription to ffep. D/w somewhat rubbed and worn on edges with some loss to spine tail but, internally, a clean, bright copy.  (Stock ref 2960) £50.00

5. Becher, Captain A. B.: Navigation of the Atlantic Ocean: containing a brief account of  the winds, weather and currents prevailing therein according to the most experienced authorities and Navigation of the Indian Ocean, China and Australian Seas. London: J. D. Potter, 1859. 2nd edns., two vols bound in one. (4)139pp:xv, 262pp Four fold-out maps, tables. 1/2 calf gilt over rather rubbed marbled boards. A clean, sound copy.  (Stock ref 6006) £250.00

6. Bishop, George.: Travels in Imperial China: the explorations and discoveries of Pere David.. London: Cassell Publishers, 1990. 1st. edn. 192pp. 20 cold. plates and numerous b/w illus. D/w a little dust marked and rubbed on edges but a very good copy.  (Stock ref 4117) £8.00

7. Brennan, Michael G.(ed.): The Origins of the Grand Tour: the travels of Robert Montagu, Lord Mandeville (1649-1654), William Hammond  (1655-1658) and Banaster Maynard (1660-1663) London: The Hakluyt Society, 2004. 1st. edn. xviii,331pp. Many b/w illus. D//w, a fine copy.  (Stock ref 6940) £20.00

8. Brown, Catherine.: Travels Across an Empty Map: journeys through Kazakhstan and Tibet. Published privately by the author, 2022. 1st. edn.(6)262pp. Numerous cold. photos. Signed by the author on half-title. D/w, a fine copy.  (Stock ref 9559) £25.00

9. Brown, F. Hume (ed.): Early Travellers to Scotland. Edinburgh: James Thin, 1973. Facsimile text of the 1891 edn., no. 181 of 500 copies. xxvi,300pp. Three fold-out maps. D/w rather tanned with some rubbing to edges and corners and small, closed tears at spine tail but, internally, very clean and sound.  (Stock ref 8142) £20.00

10. Bruce, Erroll.: Cape Horn to Port: the official account of the Round-the-World Race. Lymington: Nautical Publishing, 1978. 1st. edn. 175 pp. Cold. and b/w photos., text figures. D/w very slightly rubbed on corners and faded on spine otherwise a fine copy.  (Stock ref 8745) £10.00

11. Burckhardt, John Lewis.: Travels in Arabia, comprehending an account of those territories in Hedjaz which the Mohammedans regard sacred. London: Henry Colburn, 1829. 2nd. edn. Two vols.,I. xx11,452pp, II. (4)431pp. One foldout map and four plans. Armorial bookplate with the name Chambers to both front pastedowns. Some offsetting from the map and folded plans. 1/2 maroon calf gilt over marbled boards, rubbed on edges and corners and faded on spine. Overall, a clean, sound set.  (Stock ref 6007) £1500.00

12. Cell, Gillian T. (ed.): Newfoundland Discovered: English attempts at colonisation 1610-1630 London: The Hakluyt Society, 1981 1st. edn. xviii, 310 pp. Two b/w illus., three maps. D/w very slightly rubbed on extremities otherwise a fine copy.  (Stock ref 1267) £20.00

13. Clark, Ronald W.: An Eccengric in the Alps: the story of W.A.B.Coolidge, the great Victorian mountaineer. London: Museum Press, 1959. 1st. edn. 224pp. 16 b/w photos. Blue cloth boards spotted and stained, particularly on spine and heavily dust-marked d/w with two tiny, closed tears in top and bottom edges else a clean, sound copy.  (Stock ref 10127) £20.00

14. Cummings, E. E.: EIMI New York: Civici, Friede, 1933. 1st. edn. (1)432(2)pp. No. 915 of an edn. of 1381 copies representing the number of orders received at the publisher by 15th. February, 1933. Signed by the author. Front epp. with several stamped and written addresses for members of the Klein family. Yellow cloth boards with black lettering rather grubby and rubbed on corners otherwise a sound copy.  (Stock ref 6810) £250.00

15. De Nerval, Gerard.: Journey to the Orient: an exotic quest for women, hashish and eastern mystery. London: Panther Books, 1973. 1st. UK P/B edn. 283(4)pp. Ownership signature. All pp somewhat tanned. Pictorial card covers a little rubbed on corners otherwise aclean, sound copy.  (Stock ref 5429) £6.00

16. Delaney, Carol.: Columbus and the Quest for Jerusalem. London: Duckworth Overlook, 2012. 1st.. UK edn. xvi,319pp. B/w illus., maps. D/w very slightly rubbed on corners otherwise a fine copy.  (Stock ref 7775) £15.00

17. Denham,H.M.:: The Ionian Islands to the Anatolian Coast: a sea-guide. London, John Murray, 1982. 1st. edn. xx, 224 pp. 32 b/w plates, 111 drawings and maps. D/w , fine. Gives detailed advice on all aspects of sailing in the area together with historical and archaeological information.  (Stock ref 6083) £7.50

18. Douglas, Norman.: Together. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1945. 1st. Penguin edn. 127(1)pp. Card covers a little tanned on spine and rubbed on edges else a clean, sound copy.  (Stock ref 9529) £10.00

19. du Cane, Florence.: The Flowers and Gardens of Japan. London: A. & C. Black, 1908. 1st. edn. x,249pp plus 6pp publisher’s list. 50 cold. plates by Ella du Cane. teg. Neat gift inscription and ownership signature to ffep.Ivory cloth boards with green decioration and gilt lettering. Boards dust marked, tanned on spine and bumped on bottom corners. Clean and sound internally.  (Stock ref 8746) £50.00

20. Durrell, Lawrence: Caesar’s Vast Ghost: aspects of Provence London: Faber, 1990 1st. edn. xiv, 210 pp. Numerous cold. photos. D/w ver slightly rubbed on corners otherwise a fine copy.  (Stock ref 1437) £7.50

21. Dutton, Ralph & Lord Holden.: The Land of France. London: B. T. Batsford, 1952. 4th. edn. xvi, 158pp. Cold. frontis., numerous b/w photos., maps. Ownership signature to front pastedown. Price-clipped Brian Cook d/w chipped and worn with loss to both panels but clean and sound intenally.  (Stock ref 4779) £4.00

22. Eibi-Eibesfeldt, Iraneus.: Galapagos. London: Macgibbon & Kee, 1960. 1st. UK edn. 192pp. Five cold. and many b/w photos. Translated from the German by Alan Houghton Brodrick.  D/w rubbed at spine head and tail  otherwise a clean, sound copy.  (Stock ref 9775) £6.00

23. Evans, A. J.: The Escaping Club Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1939 1st. Penguin edn. 248pp plus 7 pp. publisher’s list and adverts. All pp. somewhat tanned.  Card covers a little rubbed on edges otherwise a clean, sound copy.  (Stock ref 2976) £5.00

24. Farson, Negley.: Going Fishing. London: Country Life, 1943. Reprint. 144pp. Many woodcut illus. by C. F. Tunnicliffe. D/wchipped and worn with several small tears and some loss at spine head otherwise a clean, sound copy.  (Stock ref 8485) £12.00

25. Fielding, Xan.: The Stronghold: an account of the four seasons in the White Mountains of Crete. London: Secker & Warburg, 1953. 1st. edn. xviii,317pp. B/w photos., fold-out map. Small ownership signature to ffep and bookplate to half-title verso.Tanned d/w rubbed and worn with considerable loss but clean and sound internayy.  (Stock ref 7908) £40.00

26. Fisher, Margery and James.: Shackleton. London: James Barrie Books, 1957. 1st. edn. xvi,559pp. 48 b/w photos. with many b/w drawings and maps in the text. D/w with several tiny, closed tears at spine head and tail and lightly tanned spine otherwise a very sound, clean copy.  (Stock ref 9327) £80.00

27. Flannery, Tim (ed.): The Life and Adventures of John Nicol, Mariner. Edinburgh: Canongate Books, 2000. 1st. edn. (8)198pp. B/w illus. D/w, a fine copy.  (Stock ref 3601) £6.50

28. Foreman, John.: The Philippine Islands: a political, geographical, ethnographical, social and commercial history of the Philippine Archipelago London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co., 1899. 2nd edn., revised and enlarged. xvi,653pp. Many b/w photos. and other b/w illus., two maps(one fold-out) plus a third map in pocket on back board. Front inner hinge cracked, ownership signature to ffep verso. Some pp uncut. Blue pictorial boards with gilt lettering, rather rubbed on edges and corners and with a small piece missing from spine. Overall, a clean, sound copy.  (Stock ref 7002) £200.00

29. Forester, C. S.: The Annie Marble in Germany. London: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1930. 1st. edn. viii,311pp plus 8pp publisher’s list. 39 b/w photos., two maps. Binding slightly cocked. Worn d/w with considerable loss to top of front panel and spine head and tail. Internally, clean and sound  (Stock ref 9044) £250.00

30. Freely, John.: The Western Shores of Turkey. London: John Murray, 1988. 1st. edn. xiv,405pp. 22 b/w photos., maps. D/w, a fine copy.  (Stock ref 7823) £10.00

31. Gascoigne, John.: captain Cook: voyager between worlds. London: Hambledon Continuum, 2007. 1st UK edn. xvi,288pp. B/w illus., maps.. D/w, a fine copy.  (Stock ref 7772) £15.00

32. Gordon, Nick:: Tarantulas, Marmosets and Other Stories: An Amazon Diary. London, Metro, 1997. 1st. edn. 238 pp. Many cold. photos. D/w, a fine copy. Living and filming wildlife in the Amazon rainforest.  (Stock ref 6097) £5.00

33. Green, Lawrence G.: Panther Head: the story of the South African bird islands London: Stanley Paul, 1955 1st. edn. 256 pp. 18 b/w photos, three maps. Some edge foxing not affecting text or plates. D/1 somewhat rubbed and worn woth several closed tears otherwise a clean, sound copy.  (Stock ref 2232) £10.00

34. Hakluyt, Richard.: Virginia Voyages from Hakluyt. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. 1st. edn. xxviii,195pp. B/w illus., fold-out map. Edited with an introduction by David B. Quinn and Alson M. Quinn. Price-clipped d/w otherwise a fine copy.  (Stock ref 8143) £10.00

35. Jeal, Tim.: Explorers of the Nile: the triumph and tragedy of a great Victorian adventure. London: Faber & Faber, 2011. 1st. edn. xviii,510pp. Cold. and b/w illus. D/w a little rubbed at spine head else a clean, sound copy.  (Stock ref 9256) £6.00

36. Lancaster, Roy.: Travels in China: a plantsman’s paradise Woodbridge: Antique Collectors’ Club, 1989. 1st. edn. 515pp. 413 cold. and 253 b/w illus. D/w, a fine copy.  (Stock ref 8980) £25.00

37. Lubbock, Basil: Adventures by Sea From the Art of Old Time London: The Studio, 1925 No. 915 of an edn. limited to 1750 copies. x, 40 pp. 22 cold. plates with tissue guards, 93 b/w plates. Edited by Geoffrey Holme with a preface by John Masefield. Purple buckram boards with gilt lettering and decoration slightly faded on edges. D/w slightly faded on spine and rubbed on corners with minimal loss. A very good copy.  (Stock ref 1786) £200.00

38. Lubbock, Basil: Barlow’s Journal of His Life at Sea in King’s Ships, East and West Indiamen and Other Merchantmen From 1659 to 1703 London: Hurst & Blackett, 1934 No.10 of an edn. limited to 100 copies signed by the author. Two vols., 575 pp. 16 cold. and 64 b/w illus. Transcribed from the original mauscript by Basil Lubbock. Ownership signature and date to half-title. Dark blue quarter calf and buckram binding very slightly dust-marked and rubbed on corners. Inner hinges cracked in volume 1 but this does not affect the binding. Overall, a very good, bright set.  (Stock ref 1787) £500.00

39. Lubbock, Basil: The Blackwall Frigates Glasgow: James Brown & Son, 1922 1st. edn. xv, 332 pp. Three cold. and numerous b/w plates. Some light foxing throughout. Front inner hinge just showing some splitting but this does not affect the binding. D/w a little chipped and worn on edges and with three small tears in back panel but, overall, a nice, clean copy. Difficult to find in this state.  (Stock ref 2243) £80.00

40. Lubbock, Basil: The Log of the Cutty Sark Glasgow: James Brown & Son, 1924 1st. edn. xii, 422 pp. Many b/w illus., plans. Some edge foxing. Rather tatty d/w chipped and worn with fairly substantial loss to spine head and back panel. A very good copy and unusual in this state.  (Stock ref 2050) £50.00

41. Maddock, Shirley.: Islands of the Gulf Auckland: Collins, 1967. Reprint. 286pp. Numerous cold. and b/w photos. by Don Whyte. Boards bumped on corners. D/w slightkly faded on spine and chipped and rubbed at spine head otherwise a clean, sound copy.  (Stock ref 6052) £6.00

42. Marston, Annie W.: The Great Closed Land: a plea for Tibet London: S. W. Partridge, nd (c1894) Presumed 1st. edn. 112 pp. B/w frontis. map and 24 b/w illus. neat ownership signature to ffep. Grey paper covered boards with gilt lettering and b/w illus. on front panel, paper spine. Covers rubbed on edges and corners bumped with some slight external splitting of hinges.Internally, some staining to bottom, inner corners of ep’s otherwise clean and sound.  (Stock ref 2414) £50.00

43. Martin, Esmond Bradley & Chryssee Perry.: Cargoes of the East: the ports, trade and culture of the Arabian Seas and western Indian Ocean. London: Elm Tree Books, 1978. 1st. edn. xii,244pp. Many cold. and b/w photos., text figures, maps. Two library stamps to title page signs of label removal to ffep and front pastedown otherwise a clean, sound copy in  a very good d/w.  (Stock ref 6282) £15.00

44. Maxwell, Donald.: Adventures with a Sketch Book. London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1914. 1st. edn. xxiv,214pp. Over 200 cold. and b/w illus. Grey cloth over bevelled boards with dark grey lettering and decoration to front board and gilte lettering to spine. Cloth  generally rather grubby, slightly stained and rubbed with gilt lettering very dull but clean and bright internally.  (Stock ref 10044) £50.00

45. McIntyre, Kenneth Gordon.: The Secret Discovery of Australia: Portuguese ventures 200 years before Captain Cook. London: Souvenir Press, 1977. 1st. UK edn. xxii,427pp. Eight b/w plates, mnay text figures. D/w very slightly creased at spine head otherwise a fine copy.  (Stock ref 6939) £20.00

46. Meier, Andrew: Black Earth: Russia after the fall London: HarperCollins, 2004 1st. edn. (12), 511 pp. B/w photos., maps. D/w, a fine copy.  (Stock ref 1960) £7.50

47. Monfreid, Henry de: Hashish Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1946 1st. Penguin edn. 285pp plus 3pp publisher’s list. Translated from the French by Helen Buchanan Bell. All pp somewhat tanned. Pictorial card covers Slightly faded on spine otherwise a clean, sound copy.  (Stock ref 2953) £4.00

48. Moyne, Lord.: Atlantic Circle. London: Blackie & Son, 1938. 1st. P/B edn. xii,201pp. 80 b/w photos., epp maps. Pictorial d/w a trifle frayed at  spine head over plain grey card covers. A very good copy  (Stock ref 9328) £10.00

49. Muller, George:: Mentone and its Neighbourhood: the past and the present London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1910 1st. edn. xvi, 464 pp. Numerous b/w illus., fold-out map. Edited by J.E.Somerville. Dark green cloth gilt a little grubby and slightly rubbed on corners otherwise a very good, sound copy.  (Stock ref 6104) £20.00

50. Musson, Spencer C.: Sicilly. London: A. & C. Black, 1911. 1st. edn. xii,312pp. 48 tissue-guarded, mounted cold. plates by Alberto Pisa. T.e.g. Decorated cloth boards a little bumped on corners, scratched on back board and with a small split at spine head. A very clean, sound copy internally.  (Stock ref 6796) £50.00

51. Nerval, Gerard de: The Women of Cairo: scenes of life in the Orient London: George Routledge & Sons, 1929 1st. edn. in English. 2 vols. xiii, 283, viii, 402 pp. Red cloth boards a little bumped on corners and showing minimal shelf wear. Overall, a clean, bright set.  (Stock ref 2424) £100.00

52. Oliphant, Laurence.: The Land of Gilead: with excursions in the Lebanon. Edinburgh: Wiliam Blackwood & Sons, 1880. 1st. edn. xxxviii, 538pp plus 4pp publisher’s list. Nine b/w plates, two maps, one folding. Dark blue, decorated cloth boards, rebacked with original, faded spine laid on. Slightly rubbed on edges otherwise a clean, sound copy.  (Stock ref 4511) £75.00

53. Omond, George W. T.: Belgium. London: A. & C. Black, 1908. 1st. edn. x,390pp plus 8pp publisher’s list  77 tissue-guarded cold.plates by Amadee Forestie, fold out map. Decorated cloth binding  very slightly rubbed on corners otherwise a very clean, sound copy.  (Stock ref 6794) £20.00

54. Pearse, R. O.: Barrier of Spears: drama of the Drakensberg Cape Town: Howard Timmins, 1973 1st. edn. xii, 304 pp. Many cold. photos, maps. Price-clipped d/w rubbed and worn on extremities otherwise a very good copy.  (Stock ref 1392) £10.00

55. Philbrick, Nathaniel:: In the Heart of the Sea: the epic true story that inspired Moby Dick. London: HarperCollins, 2000. 1st. edn. xvi, 302 pp. 25 b/w illus., text figures, map. D/e, a fine copy.  (Stock ref 6114) £8.00

56. Schalansky, Judith.: Atlas of Remote Islands: fifty islands I have never visited and never will. London: Penguin Books, 2010. 3rd. impression. 144pp. Numerous maps. Translated from the German by Christine Lo. Pictorial paper-covered boards with black cloth spine with white lettering (no d/w issued), a fine copy.  (Stock ref 9588) £10.00

57. Skene, James Henry: The Danubian Principalities, the Frontier Lands of the Christian and the Turk London: Richard Bentley, 1854 3rd. edn. Two vols., viii, 423 and viii, 421 pp. Engraved frontis. to vol.I and a foldout map in vol.II. Some foxing throughout. Both vols. have the bookplate and ownership signature of R. A. Scott Macfie to the front pastedown and ffep respectively. Rear inner hinge of vol. II is cracked and a handwritten page of information about the author tipped in to the rear pastedown. Green cloth binding with blind stamped decoration and gilt lettering. Boards bumped on corners and somewhat faded on spines but, overall, a nice, clean set.  (Stock ref 1873) £150.00

58. Smeeton, Miles.: Because the Horn is There. Lymington: Nautical Publishing Co., 1970. 1st. edn. (10)169pp. B/w photos., map. Bookplate to ffep verso. D/w slightly rubbed at spine head and tail otherwise a fine copy.  (Stock ref 7909) £10.00

59. Spender, Stephen & Hockney, David.: China Diary. London: Thames & Hudson, 1982. 1st. edn. 200pp. 84 cold. and 74 b/w illus. Gift inscription to ffep. D/w slightly dust marked otherwise a very clean, sound copy.  (Stock ref 8640) £8.00

60. Strasburger, Edward.: Ranbles on the Riviera. London: Fisher Unwin, 1906. 1st. UK edn. xxiv, 444pp. 87 cold. illus. by Louise Reusch. Translated from the German by O. and B. Comerford Casey. Rear inner hinge cracked. Green decorated cloth gilt dulled on spine and generally rather rubbed and worn on corners and edges but, otherwise, a pretty clean, sound copy.  (Stock ref 5160) £50.00

61. Taylor, Stephen: The Mighty Nimrod: a life of Frederick Courteney Selous, African hunter and adventurer, 1851-1917 London: Collins, 1989 1st. edn. xv, 312ppp. B/w photos., endpaper maps.Foreword by Wilfred Thesiger. D/w very slightly creased on edges otherwise a fine copy.  (Stock ref 1435) £40.00

62. Thrower, Norman J. (ed.): The Three Voyages of Edmund Halley in the Paramore, 1698-1701 London: The Hakluyt Society, 1981 1st. edn. 2 vols., the second being a portfolio of three maps. 392 pp. 15 b/w illus.  D/w’s very slightly rubbed and with a few tiny tears otherwise a fine set.  (Stock ref 1266) £25.00

63. Tilamn, H. W.: Mischief in Patagonia. London: Cambridge University Press, 1957. 1st. edn. 185pp. B/w photos., maps. Bookplate to ffep.Dust-marked d/w chipped and worn with some loss at spine tail otherwise a clean, sound copy.  (Stock ref 7913) £25.00

64. Tracy, Honor.: Silk Hats and no Breakfast: notes on a Spanish journey. London: Methuen & Co., 1957. 1st. edn. 221pp. Map. D/w slightly faded on spine, chipped and worn with several small, closed tears and tape stains otherwise a clean, cound copy.  (Stock ref 8846) £10.00

65. Williams, Roland.: Where the World is Quiet. London: H.F. & G. Witherby, 1965. 1st. edn. 224pp. Many cold. photos. Foreword by Edmund de Rothschild. D/w rather tanned on spine and very slightly rubbed on corners. A very good copy.  (Stock ref 8878) £6.00

66. Winser, Nigel.: The Sea of Sands and Mists: desertification, seeking solutions in the Wahiba Sands. London: Century, 1989. 1st. edn. xxii,199pp. Cold. photos., maps. Price-clipped d/w, a very good copy.  (Stock ref 6269) £5.00

67. Wraxall, Nathaniel: Memoirs of the King of France, of the Race of Valois, interspersed with interesting anecdotes. To which is added, A Tour Through the Western, Southern and Interior Provinces of France in a series of letters London: Edward & Charles Dilly, 1777 1st edn. Two vols, xii, 396, vi, 414 pp (plus 2 pp publisher’s catalogue). Bookplate of Richard Oliver to front pastedowns.  Some foxing throughout. Mottled calf with gilt decoration to spines somewhat rubbed on edges. Hinges to vol I starting to crack but still holding firm. Overall, a bright, clean set.  (Stock ref 1821) £150.00