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.-
[SASSOON, Siegfried.] SURTEES, [Robert Smith]; Lionel GOUGH, editor.
Hunting Scenes from Surtees.
London, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1953.
Sassoon’s proof copy of Hunting Scenes...
£850
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[SERRÉ, Jean-Baptiste-Adrien-Joseph.]
Livre utile aux négocians de l’Europe,...
Paris, chez Valade; Brussels, chez Emmanuel...
£100
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[SEVILLE.]
Mercantile contract between Sebastián...
Seville, 25 July 1576.
A commercial document from the heyday of...
£1200
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SHAGINYAN, Marietta Sergeevna.
Puteshestvie v Veimar [Journey to Weimar].
Moscow & Petrograd, Gosizdat, 1923.
First edition of Shaginyan’s account...
£600
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[SHANGHAI.]
“So–this is Shanghai”.
[Shanghai, A. S. Watson & Co. and Kelly...
Rare first edition of a photographic souvenir...
£350
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[SHANGHAI.]
Shanghai of To-day. A Souvenir Album of...
Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Singapore, Kelly...
Third edition, revised and enlarged (first...
£1250
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SHAW, Thomas.
Travels, or observations relating to several...
London, A. Millar and W. Sandby, 1757.
‘Second and most valued edition’ (ODNB)...
£1200
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SHERIDAN, Richard Brinsley.
The Speech … in the House of Commons,...
London: Printed for John Stockdale … 1802
First edition of Sheridan’s impressive...
£75
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SICARDO, José.
Christiandad del Japon, y dilatada persecucion...
Madrid, Francisco Sanz, 1698.
Rare first edition of this important and...
£12000
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[SINO-JAPANESE WAR, 1894–95.]
Terrible war of General Sakamoto, leader...
Tokyo, Sekiguchi Masajiro, 1894.
A portrait of General Sakamoto at the battle...
£350
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[SINO-JAPANESE WAR, 1894–5.]
Punitive forces attacking Pyöngyang.
Tokyo, Tsujiokaya Bunsuke, Meiji 27 [1894].
First edition. The battle of Pyöngyang,...
£850
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SMITH, Albert Richard.
The Story of Mont Blanc …
London, David Bogue, 1853.
First edition of Smith’s famous book...
£1275
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SMITH, Albert Richard.
The new Game of the Ascent of Mont Blanc.
London, printed by Hall, 43, South Molton...
Rare first edition of this attractive board...
£3750
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SOONE, William, and Pomponius MELA.
Gulielmi Sooni Vantesdeni Auditor, sive...
Cologne, Johann Birckmann, 1572.
First edition of English jurist and cartographer...
£1750
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[SPANISH FISHING.]
Artes, aparejos e instrumentos de pesca...
[Madrid, Artes Gráficas ‘Mateu’?, 1920?]
First and only edition, very rare, a striking...
£2000
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SPILBERGEN, Joris van, and Jacob LE MAIRE.
Speculum orientalis occidentalisque Indiae...
Leiden, Nicolaes van Geelkercken, 1619.
First Latin edition of one of the classic...
£20000
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SPON, Jacob.
Voyage d’Italie, de Dalmatie, de Grece,...
Lyons, Antoine Cellier, 1678.
Very rare first edition of ‘one of the...
£4750
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SPURR, George Graham.
The Land of Gold. A Tale of ’49. Illustrative...
Boston, A. Williams & Company, 1881.
First edition. ‘This narrative ... is...
£100
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[STANHOPE, Hester Lucy, Lady.] [MERYON, Charles Lewis, editor.]
Memoirs of the Lady Hester Stanhope, as...
London, [Frederick Shoberl for] Henry...
First edition, the entertaining memoirs...
£650