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— Henry Ward Beecher

London: John Murray, 1956. [Religion and Travel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[8] 200. With a black and white photographic frontispiece, and a sketch-map to preliminaries. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Wildsmith, priced at 18s. Heavy spotting to edges and preliminaries..... More
London: China Inland Mission, 1956. [Christianity in Malaysia] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.190 [2]. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine, and green map endpapers. With the green dust-jacket, priced at 6/6. Spotting to edges. Light rubbing to jacket edges with a few closed tears. Very good..... More
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1924. [African Travel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (26 x 18cm), pp.xii; 254 [4]. With 50 lithographic plates after illustrations by the author, H.R. Millais, and from photographs. Recent green half morocco with raised bands, gilt titles to spine and green cloth over boards. Light occasional spotting..... More
London: Christopher Johnson, 1957. [Pedagogy and Travel] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION, EX LIBRIS CLEMENT ATTLEE. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.183 [1]. With seven half-tone plates, including a frontispiece, as well as a few in-text maps and illustrations. INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink to flyleaf: 'with the author's | every..... More
Edinburgh: Oliphant, Anderson & Ferrier, 1886. [Travel and Exploration] FINELY BOUND, a new edition. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[10] 349 [3]. With an engraved portrait of each explorer. Contemporary red full calf for Beaconsfield School by RELFE BROS of London, with gilt titles to black label and further gilt decoration..... More
London: Lutterworth Press, 1950. [Antarctic exploration] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION WITH TLS. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.xvi; 172. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt titles to spine, cartographic endpapers, dust-jacket with printed price of 12s. 6d. net. Illustrated with photographic plates. Warmly inscribed by the author to W.G. Whincop to the half title..... More
London: William Heinemann, 1911. FIRST EDITION, 2 volumes. Quarto, pp.xi; 383. Quarto, pp.415. Publisher's decorated blue cloth, with artistic sunset motif in gilt adorning front board, with borders stamped in blind, gilt titles to spine. Tipped-in colour frontispiece with tissue guard at front of each volume, illustrated with several maps..... More
London: Archibald Constable and Company, 1897. [Polar Travel] FIRST EDITIONS. 2 volumes. Quarto (25 x 18 x 12cm) Numerous illustrations and 4 folding maps, several in colour. Publisher's blue/green cloth with gilt illustration to upper. A used but presentable set; contents shaken within case, owner inscription to first volume, bindings..... More
London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1878. [Arctic Exploration] FIRST EDITION. Complete in two volumes. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[2] xl; 395 [3]; pp.[2] viii; 378 [2]. With six very fine photographic plates, including a frontispiece to each volume, seven full page illustrated plates, 38 in-text illustrations, and two..... More
London: John Murray, 1958. [Travel and Exploration] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.xii; 240. With eight double-sided black and white photographic plates. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to navy background on spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Maurice Bartlett. Spotting to edges and preliminaries. Price-clipped jacket rubbed and..... More
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1952. [Indian Ocean] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.viii; 322; [2]. Publisher's blue cloth, titles in silver to spine, cartographic endpapers, pictorial dust-jacket designed by Graham. Four double sided black and white photographic plates. Bookseller's stamp to rear endpapers. Neat ownership to flyleaf, some..... More
London: A. and C. Black Ltd., 1928. [Travel] SECOND EDITION, REVISED. Octavo (21 x 16cm), pp.x; 250; [2]. 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..... More
London: A. & C. Black, 1906. [Flemish History and Topography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 17cm), pp.x; 187 [5]. With 37 half-tone colour plates, including a frontispiece, each with a tissue guard. Publisher's navy cloth with gilt titles and blue and green decoration to spine and upper. Top edge gilt..... More
Toronto: Harper Collins, 1996. SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Small quarto, pp.351; [1]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title-page. Filled with colour illustrations. In publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles to spine. With original pictorial dust-jacket. Jacket lightly sunned to spine, otherwise very good indeed. More
Singapore: Printed by Jitts and Co., April 1946. [South-East Asian History] SECOND EDITION, the seventh-thousand. Octavo, (23 x 16cm), pp.[8] 208 [14]. With an appendix including a map and glossary. Publisher's simple illustrated turquoise paper-covered boards, with titles to spine and upper. Blue stamp of the Commercial Trading Co. to..... More
Singapore: Papineau Advertising, July 1963. [City Guide] SECOND EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.202. Filled with advertisements and illustrations, some in colour. Publisher's colour-illustrated card wraps. Blue ink inscriptions to front and rear pastedowns. Heavy rubbing to joints and cover edges. Good. More
London: Michael Joseph an imprint of Penguin Books, 2018. [Travel] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.xiv; 382; [4]. Publisher's black cloth, titles in metallic blue to spine, blue endpapers, dust-jacket designed by Kate Barsby with printed price of £20. Signed by the author to the title page. Slight..... More
London: Bembrose and Sons, n.d. [1873]. FIRST EDITION PAMPHLET. (295 X 190mm), pp.i, 56 [10]. First page of adverts dated 1873. With an illustrated map of the railways and steam boat routes of England, Wales and southern Scotland to verso of front cover. In publisher's yellow paper covers with black..... More
London: Thomas Nelson, 1889. FIRST EDITION. Quarto. pp. 330. With 123 in-text engravings and an engraved frontispiece, all from the author's drawings. In publisher's dark green cloth with black and gilt stamping to spine and upper board. All edges gilt; brown end-papers. Blind stamp of G.D. Croker, Waterford, to front..... More
London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1946. [Malay Archipelago] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.viii; 151 [1]. With six illustrated plates, including a frontispiece. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the red and white dust-jacket priced at 6s. Blue ink ownership to front pastedown. Light spotting to..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1950. [African Travel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.428; [4]. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt titles to spine, top edge blue, dust-jacket priced at 12s. 6d. Bookplate of G, Lillywhite to flyleaf. Spotting to preliminaries, edges toned and marked. Jacket darkened to spine with some small chips..... More
London: Chatto and Windus, 1882. FINELY BOUND FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.xi, 290. With 52 engraved illustrations including frontispiece. In contemporary prize binding for Hanley Castle Grammar School, by BICKERS. Full tan calf with raised bands, gilt titles to navy morocco label and gilt school stamp to upper board. All edges..... More
Paris: Firmin Didot Freres, 1844. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.398. With 22 engraved plates to rear. Text in French. In contemporary quarter tan calf with gilt titles to black labels on spine. Marbled boards and end-papers. Black ink ownership inscription to title page. Gilt nearly all worn from labels. Spine head..... More
London: Stanley Paul and Co., 1939. [Military, Medicine and Travel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.256. With four black and white photographic plates, one being a frontispiece, and the others double-sided. Publisher's red cloth with black titles to spine. Light offsetting to endpapers, with some spotting and browning to..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1913. [Polar Exploration] FIRST COLONIAL EDITION. Two volumes. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.xviii; 497; [11]; pp.x; 431; [1]. With eight photographic plates including a frontispiece to each volume, and a folding map at the rear of each volume. Publisher's light blue cloth with gilt titles and..... More