Travel

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We stock Western books in European languages, generally – but not exclusively – published before circa 1850. We are especially interested in early travel accounts – from the late fifteenth to the eighteenth centuries – in all areas beyond Europe.

Geographical regions in which we have tended to specialise include the Pacific and its surrounding countries – South America, the Northwest Coast of America, Japan, China, the maritime regions of Asia, including the Philippines and Indonesia, and Australia. Books on Africa, the polar regions, manuscripts and separately published maps are also handled.
  1. [ISELIN, Isaak].

    Träume eines Menschenfreundes. Erster Theil.

    Basel, Johannes Schweighauser, 1776.

    Uncommon first edition, part one only (very...

    £150

  2. KOTZEBUE, August Friedrich Ferdinand von.

    Travels from Berlin, through Switzerland,...

    London, Richard Phillips, 1804.

    First edition in English, quickly translated...

    £500

  3. BURCKHARDT, Johann Ludwig (John Lewis).

    Travels in Arabia, comprehending an account...

    London, Henry Colburn, 1829.

    First edition, in one volume, recounting...

    £3750

  4. [JESUITS.]

    The Travels of several learned Missioners...

    London, for R. Gosling, 1714.

    First English translation of twenty-two...

    £1250

  5. SHAW, Thomas.

    Travels, or observations relating to several...

    London, A. Millar and W. Sandby, 1757.

    ‘Second and most valued edition’ (ODNB)...

    £1200

  6. BROOKE, Arthur de Capell, Sir.

    Travels through Sweden, Norway, and Finmark,...

    London, printed for J. Rodwell, 1831.

    Second edition (first 1823) of this account...

    £400

  7. DENNYS, Nicholas Belfield, editor.

    The Treaty Ports of China and Japan. A...

    Shortrede and Co., 1867.

    First edition, complete with all twenty-nine...

    £4750

  8. LÉVI-STRAUSS, Claude.

    The Tupí-Cawahíb.

    Washington, United States Government Printing...

    A set of offprints of four articles by...

    £300

  9. COPPERTHWAITE, R.H.

    The Turf and the Racehorse, describing...

    London, Day & Son, 1865.

    First edition of a scarce account of mid-nineteenth-century...

    £160

  10. PACIFICUS, Sacerdos.

    Two letters signed regarding religious...

    [?Hong Kong, 1846.]

    Two interesting letters referring to paintings...

    £1100

  11. [NILE, Battle of the.]

    View 1st. of the memorable victory of the...

    London, published by G. Riley, 1799.

    This view of Nelson’s victory at the...

    £750

  12. [NILE, Battle of the.]

    ‘View 3d. of the memorable victory of...

    London: Alexander Riley, 1st December 1800.

    This engraving depicts the dramatic escape...

    £600

  13. [MAISTRE, Xavier de.]

    Voyage autour de ma chambre par M. le Chev....

    Turin, 1794 [Lausanne, Isaac Hignou, 1795].

    First edition, rare, of the celebrated...

    £2800

  14. SAINT AULAIRE, Achille.

    Voyage autour du monde par St. Aulaire.

    [Clichy, Maurice Loignon for] Paris, Arnauld...

    A hand-coloured copy of this scarce and...

    £1250

  15. DEVILLE, Albéric.

    Voyage aux grottes d’Arcy, suivi de poésies...

    Paris, Munier for Gérard, an XI (1802-3).

    Scarce first edition, presented by the...

    £250

  16. [LOQUET, Marie-Françoise].

    Voyage de Sophie et d’Eulalie, au Palais...

    Paris, Charles-Pierre Berton, 1781.

    First edition of this rare utopian voyage...

    £1500

  17. SPON, Jacob.

    Voyage d’Italie, de Dalmatie, de Grece,...

    Lyons, Antoine Cellier, 1678.

    Very rare first edition of ‘one of the...

    £4750

  18. KOTZEBUE, Otto von.

    A voyage of discovery into the South Sea...

    London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and...

    First edition in English, translated from...

    £3000

  19. M’LEOD, John.

    Voyage of His Majesty’s Ship Alceste,...

    London, John Murray, 1818.

    Second edition (first 1817), with five...

    £275

  20. MENDES PINTO, Fernão. 

    The Voyages and Adventures of Fernand Mendez...

    London, Printed by J. Macock, for Henry...

    First edition in English, translated by...

    £6500