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London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1913. [Polar Exploration] RARE DUST-JACKETS, the first pocket edition. Two volumes. Duodecimo (16 x 11cm), pp.478; [2]; pp.477; [3]. With eight photographic plates, including a frontispiece to each volume, and a folding map at the rear of volume I. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles..... More
London: Harrap, 1939. SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp. 284. Bound in publisher's light blue cloth titled in pale silver to spine, in a pictorial dustjacket depicting modes of transport heading towards the North Pole. Cloth in excellent condition with limited signs of wear. Endcaps a little pushed, with superficial rubbing..... More
London: Little, Brown, 2005. [Biography] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8] 503 [1]. With three suites of four double-sided black and white photographic plates. SIGNED by the author in black ink to titles page. Publisher's burgundy cloth with gilt titles to spine, a gilt device to upper, and..... More
Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1890. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Two volumes, octavo. Illustrated, with three folding maps housed in pockets to the rear of each volume. Publisher's green cloth, pictorially stamped in gilt and black. Some edgewear and rubbing to extremities, spine tips frayed, loose maps with some expected wear..... More
London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, 1890. [African Exploration] FIRST TRADE EDITION. Two volumes. Octavo (23 x 16cm), pp.xvi; 529; [1]; pp.xvi; 472; [2]. With 150 woodcut illustrations and maps, including three folding. Also with a copy of John Speke's map of eastern equatorial Africa loose to preliminaries of..... More
New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1890-1891. [African Exploration] FIRST US EDITIONS. Two volumes. Octavo (23 x 16cm), pp.xvi; 547; [1]; pp.xvi; 540; With two steel engravings, and one hundred and fifty illustrations and maps, pockets containing loose maps to the rear of each volume.Elegantly hand-bound in mid-green half calf..... More
London: John Murray, 1958. [Travel literature] FINELY BOUND FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.xxiv; 283 [1]. With 21 black and white photographic plates, as well as vignette title page illustration by Reynolds Stone, in-text illustrations by the author, maps, and an index. Recent blue half morocco with raised bands..... More
London: John Murray, 1937. [Iraqi Travel] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.xiv; 269 [3]. With 23 of the 25 double-sided black and white photographic plates, and the green folding sketch map at rear. In a contemporary or slightly later library binding of brown quarter morocco, with gilt titles..... More
London: John Murray, 1954. [Travel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[xxiv]; 263; [1] blank. Publisher's blue cloth titled in gilt to spine and upper board, pictorial dust-jacket priced at 30s net, sketch map drawn by E.G. Morton, photographic plates and in-text drawings by the author. Spotting to endpapers, toned..... More
London: John Murray, 1936. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.xvi, 525 [3]. With six photographic plates, a map, and a frontispiece and title-page vignette by Arthur Rackham.In publisher's orange cloth with gilt titles to spine. Light spotting to prelims and edges. Spine sunned and rubbed. Good overall. More
London: Mills and Boon, Limited, 1912. [African Travel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.x; 305 [35]. With 40 black and white photographic plates, including a frontispiece. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper board. Light spotting and some dustiness to edges, with some offsetting to endpapers..... More
London: Ivor Nicholson, 1937. [Colonial Biography] AUTOGRAPH LETTER FROM AUTHOR. First edition, fourth printing. Octavo (27 x 17cm), pp.[2]; xviii; 624. With seventeen illustrations including a frontispiece, and four maps, some folding. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine and a gilt device stamped to upper. Top edge blue..... More
London: Humphrey Milford [Oxford University Press], 1927. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.xii; 140. With 48 illustrations including a frontispiece, some on clay paper plates. In publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine. Small illustrated bookplate of Adam A. Chalmers to front pastedown. Slight reading lean, otherwise very good indeed... More
London: Adam and Charles Black, 1908. [Illustrated Satire] FIRST EDITION with fine colour plates. Oblong quarto (23 x 30cm), unpaginated. 36 chromolithographic plates, each with a facing leaf of explanation. Publisher's cream buckram, with titles and decoration blocked to upper in black, white, red, blue and gilt. Heavy spotting to..... More
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1979. [American Travel] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[10] 340 [2]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to a bookplate on the half-title. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles to spine, and maps to endpapers. Top edge red. With the dust-jacket designed by Peter..... More
London: Chatto and Windus, 1999. INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.287. Bound in publisher's blue cloth with silver titles and publisher's imprint to spine, grey map endpapers, showing map of Siberia. Pictorial dustjacket shows snowfield, with titles in white to front cover and spine, rear cover displays quotations from prominent reviewers;..... More
London: T. Nelson and Sons, 1894. [Children's Canadian Nature Tale] REISSUE. Octavo (18 x 13cm), pp.[2] 188. With 19 engraved plates, including a frontispiece and a vignette title page. Publisher's brown cloth with titles and decoration in black and gilt to spine and upper. Green patterned endpapers. Three separate black..... More
London: A. and C. Black Ltd., 1922. [Travel] SECOND EDITION, REVISED. Octavo (21 x 16cm), pp.x; 220. Publisher's blind stamped blue cloth, gilt titles to spine and in blind to upper, blue top edge, dust-jacket. With thirty two plates in colour and a sketch map of the country. Ownership to..... More
London: John Camden Hotten, 1870. [Travel literature] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[iv]; 256; [xxviii]. Publisher's green cloth, neatly rebacked with the original spine laid on, with some loss, blind stamped design to boards, brown coated endpapers. Advertisements at front pp.i-ii and rear pp.i-xxviii; 'Very Important New Books..... More
New York, NY: D. Appleton & Company, 1871. [Alpine Climbing and Mountaineering] FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.xii; 473 [9]. With seven engraved plates, including a frontispiece, and occasional in-text illustrations. Publisher's brown cloth, with gilt titles to spine, and black panelled decoration to boards. Lightly toned throughout..... More
London: The Hogarth Press, 1961. [Anthropology]. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.256. Publisher's red cloth, gilt titles to spine, in pictorial dust-jacket designed by Maurice Wilson. Illustrated with numerous drawings by Maurice Wilson. Very occasional spotting, cloth slightly rubbed to extremities. Dust-jacket shows very well with slight rubbing at..... More
Natal: Lloyd's Greater Britain Publishing Company, 1906. [South African Topography] FIRST EDITION. Quarto (32 x 26cm), pp.667; [1]. Printed on clay paper with frequent photographic illustrations. Contemporary red full morocco with raised bands and gilt titles and decoration to spine. All edges gilt; marbled endpapers. Light sunning to spine, with..... More
London: The Foreign and Colonial Compiling and Publishing Co., 1910-1911. [South African Topography] FIRST EDITION. Quarto (32 x 26cm), pp.792. Printed on clay paper with frequent photographic illustrations. Contemporary dark green full morocco with raised bands and gilt titles and decoration to spine. A large gilt motif showing four national..... More
London: John Cassell, 1853. [Irish Travel Guide] SECOND EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[84] 248 [64]. With a frontispiece engraving, a folding map of Ireland / plan of the Irish Industrial Exhibition building, and numerous in-text engravings by various artists. Publisher's blind-decorated 'pea' green cloth, with gilt titles to spine..... More
London: George Newnes, July to December 1913. [Literary Magazine] FIRST APPEARANCES. Octavo (24 x 18cm), pp.iv; 802; viii. With frequent black and white, and occasional dichromatic, illustrations. Publisher's cyan cloth with gilt titles to spines and black titles and decoration to uppers. All edges speckled red. Ink library stamps of..... More