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. [GEOGRAPHY.]

    Primi principi di geografia ad uso de’...

    [(Colophon:) Bergamo, Pietro Lancellotti,...

    Extremely rare second edition (first 1745)...

    £375

  2. ‘G.’ [i.e. Terence Ian Fytton ARMSTRONG].

    Annotations on Some Minor Writings of “T.E....

    London: W. Graves for Eric Partridge,...

    First edition, no. 484 of 500 copies. Annotations...

    £75

  3. GIOIA [or GIOJA], Melchiorre.

    Indole, estensione, vantaggi della statistica....

    Risposta alle obbiezioni fatte alle Tavole...

    First and only edition of this rare work...

    £1250

  4. [GOLD and SILVER.] 

    Bando generale per gli orefici, argentieri,...

    Rome, ‘nella stamperia della Rev. Camera...

    Rare edict governing goldsmiths, silversmiths,...

    £475

  5. GONZÁLES DE MENDOZA, Juan, and Robert PARKE, translator

    The Historie of the great and mightie Kingdome...

    London, Printed by J. Wolfe for Edward...

    First edition in English, rare, of the...

    £50000

  6. [GREAT BRITAIN: PARLIAMENT].

    [Drop-head title:] ‘An act for repealing...

    London, Charles Eyre and Andrew Strahan, 1787.

    Rare first edition of the consolidation...

    £2750

  7. [GREECE and TURKEY.]

    Sketchbook of a tour in Greece and Turkey.

    May–August 1884.

    An album of attractive pencil and watercolour...

    £1500

  8. [GROUX, Charles Jacques (engraver).]

    Planches relatives a l’instruction concernant...

    Paris, Magimel, ‘An X’ [1801].

    Second edition, expanded, of a set of French...

    £275

  9. GUIGNES, Chrétien-Louis-Joseph de.

    Voyages à Peking, Manille et l’Île...

    Paris, l’Imprimerie Impériale, 1808.

    First edition, the complete four-volume...

    £6500

  10. HAKLUYT, Richard.

    The Principal Navigations, Voiages, Traffiques...

    London, George Bishop, Ralph Newberie,...

    Second edition, first issue of ‘Hakluyt’s...

    £20000

  11. HANWAY, Jonas.

    An historical Account of the British Trade...

    London, Dodsley, Nourse, Millar, Vaillant,...

    First edition of Hanway’s narrative of...

    £1400

  12. HARDY, Campbell.

    Sporting Adventures in the New World; or,...

    London, Hurst and Blackett, 1855.

    First edition of this most interesting...

    £575

  13. HAREL, Charles.

    Ménage sociétaire ou Moyen d’augmenter...

    Paris, Bureau de la Phalange, à la librairie...

    First edition of this work by the entrepreneur...

    £975

  14. HARLINGUE, L. [Albert].

    'Baktiaris Persans'.

    [Iran, c. 1905-1911].

    An impressive press image of the Bakhtiari...

    £1500

  15. HAWTREY, George Procter.

    Caramella. A Story of the Lotus Eaters...

    Bristol, J. W. Arrowsmith; London, Simpkin,...

    First edition of this utopian novel exploring...

    £250

  16. HEBER, Reginald, and Nicolas BARKER (editor).

    A Letter from India.

    The Roxburghe Club, 2020.

    'I do not expect that with fair prospects...

    £100

  17. HERSHBERGER, H.R.

    The Horseman: A Work on Horsemanship, containing...

    New York, R. Craighead for Henry G. Langley,...

    First edition of a rare military manual...

    £450

  18. [HIGHLANDS.]

    Fifth Report of the Commissioners for Roads...

    [London, Hansard, 1811.]

    A rare Parliamentary report on the construction...

    £300

  19. HILL, Rowland.

    Journal of a Tour through the North of...

    London: Printed by T. Gillet … and sold...

    First edition, an account of a Scottish...

    £325

  20. HODSON, Thomas.

    The Accomplished Tutor; or, complete System...

    London, H. D. Symonds, and Vernor and...

    Second edition, revised, of a voluminous...

    £300