Bernhard Kellermann

Sassa Yo Yassa Japanische Tanze

Berlin, Paul Cassirer Verlag, c1912. Leather. A charmingly illustrated book about Japanese dances and culture. Written in the original German. A book about Japanese dances, and culture in Japan. Some of the dances described in this book are 'Der Tanz des Waschebleichens', 'Der Tanz der Fichte', and 'Der Teufelstanz&apos. Written by Bernhard Kellerman, who wrote many widely translated novels. He was a member of the Prussian poet academy, and travelled widely during 1926-1928, to Russia, India, Vietnam, and China. His novels include 'Yester and Li', 'Ingeborg', 'Das Meer', and 'The Ninth November&apos. Illustrated by Karl Walser, a Swiss painter, illustrator, and set designer. With a tipped-in frontispiece, a further eleven tipped-in plates, and eleven monochrome plates. Undated, dated using Copac. In the original publisher's quarter morocco binding with paper to the boards. Externally, sound. Rubbing to the spine has caused a little loss, mostly to the joints and to the head and tail of spine. A little rubbing to the extremities. Minor marking to the boards, resulting in some discolouration. Ribbon marker is detached but present. Light offsetting to the recto to the front endpaper, and to the verso to the rear endpaper. Internally, generally firmly bound, being lightly strained in places. Pages are lightly age-toned to the edges, and generally clean, with the odd spot throughout. Very Good . Ill.: Karl Walser. Very Good .

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Book number: 606P21

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Keywords: yassa yo sassa dance japanese japan dance Karl Walser

John Kelman

From Damascus to Palmyra

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1908. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this insightful travel guide to Syria, with a folding map and colour illustrations. First edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, eighty-five colour plates, and a folding map. Collated complete. A detailed travel guide to Syria, with chapters on Damascus, oasis villages, Arab life, the desert, the ancient city of Palmyra, and much more. Written by John Kelman, a Scottish minister, lecturer, and author. Illustrated by Margaret Thomas, a British painter. In the original cream pictorial cloth binding. Externally, smart with light shelf wear to the extremities and light fading to the spine. Marks to the rear board. Hinges starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd spot. Age toning to the endpapers. Very Good . Ill.: Margaret Thomas. Very Good .

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Book number: 888T24

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Keywords: Damascus Palmyra Syria Kelman Palmyra Margaret Thomas

Henry Keppel

The Expedition to Borneo of H.M. S. Dido for the Suppression of Piracy

London, Chapman and Hall, 1846. Cloth. The second edition of Henry Keppel's account of his expedition to Borneo on the H.M.S. Dido, illustrated throughout, including with folding maps. The second edition of this work.Complete in two volumes.Half-title is present to each volume.Volume I illustrated with two folding maps, and five plates.Volume II illustrated with a frontispiece, four folding maps, one folding table, and five plates.Rebound in a modern cloth binding.Twenty-four pages of publisher's adverts to the rear of Volume II.An account of the expedition of the H.M.S. Dido to Borneo in the 1840s.This work recounts the 1843-44 campaign against Borneo pirates.It was during this expedition that the author met and became friends with James Brooke, who had been made rajah of Sarawak.Volume I discusses Brooke's time in Sarawak from 1838 to 1842, before he met Keppel. Volume II looks at the exploits of the two men together with Sir Edward Belcher.Written by Henry Keppel, a prominent Victorian Royal Navy officer. He was the commanding officer of the corvette of HMS Dido.With extracts from the journal of James Brooke.From the library of Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, the 3rd Baronet of Belfield. He was Governor of South Australia, and grandson of the social reformer Sir Thomas Foxwell Buxton. Rebound in a modern cloth binding. Externally, smart. A few light marks to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and generally clean with the odd spot, spots a little heavier to the folding maps. Closed tear to the tail of the folding map to the rear of Volume I. Light tidemark to the head of the frontispiece of Volume II. Ink inscription and institutional stamp to the title pages. Institutional stamp to page one of each volume, and to a couple of pages of text. Small chip to the tail of the plate facing the dedication page of Volume I, not affecting image. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .

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Book number: 730P5

Catalogue: Asia

Keywords: The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy H.M.S. Dido The Expedition to Borneo borneo H.M.S. Dido henry keppel expedition Not Stated

Dudley Kidd

The Essential Kafir

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1904. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this serious travel work on the Kafir, with illustrations throughout. First edition. Illustrated with one hundred photographic plates and a folding map to the rear. Collated complete. A serious travel work on South African life, with reference to magic, witchdoctors, customs, domestic matters, folklore, and much more. Written by Dudley Kidd, a British ethnologist. In the original blue cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Light fading to the spine and the odd mark to the board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light scattered spotting and light age toning to the endpapers. Bookseller's label to the rear pastedown. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Book number: 867T52

Catalogue: Asia

Keywords: Essential Kafir Kidd Kafir None

A. W. Kinglake; S. L. Bensusan

Eothen: Or, Traces of Travel Brought Home from the East

London, Sampson Low, Marston & Co. LTD. 1913. Cloth. Frank Brangwyn's colourfully illustrated edition of the Asian travels of Kinglake, a smart copy of this work. The standard edition, published concurrently with a limited edition of one hundred copies.Illustrated with twelve colour plates by Frank Brangwyn.'Eothen' describes the author's experiences travelling in Syria, Palestine, and Egypt. These travels documented in this work were undertaken in about 1835, and Kinglake travelled with his Eton contemporary Lord Pollington.Kinglake's style has been greatly praised in this work as being refined with subtle humour. He states in the preface that he wished to steer away from other travel works, and records his own personal impressions and recollections, rather than outward facts.At the time that this was written, Kinglake was a well to do young gentleman, who founded the restrictions of respectability and country life to be confining, and so wished to escape to the East. He travels across countries that are rife with plague, meets Lady Hester Stanhope, and gains an interested in magic and the occult.With an introduction by S. L. Bensusan.Undated, dated from Jisc from a copy held at the British Library. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. Spine is faded, with light bumping to the head and tail, and lighter bumping to the extremities. Small tear to the head of the front joint. Only a few light marks to the boards and spine, and very light rubbing to the joints. Prior owner's ink inscription to the recto of the front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Frank Brangwyn. Very Good Indeed .

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Book number: 891P80

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Keywords: Eothen: or, Traces of Travel Brought Home From the East eothen travel asia eothen kinglake Frank Brangwyn

Alexander William Kinglake

Eothen

London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1885. Leather. A new edition of Alexander Kinglake's famous work of travel in a charming prize binding from Harrogate college. Alexander William Kinglake's first literary venture. A successful work narrating of his travels through Syria, Palestine, and Egypt with his Eton contemporary Lord Pollington, originally published in 1844. Prize binding from Harrogate College awarded to W. Croysdale, 1st in the IV form in 1888. Rebound in full polished calf binding with five raised bands, gilt tooling to spine, gilt school blind stamp to front board, gilt to edges, new marbled endpapers. Externally smart with minor shelf wear, minor rubbing and chipping to extremities of spine and boards. Prize bookplate to front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Book number: 821A70

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Keywords: new editions travels travelogue prize binding travels None

Arthur May Knapp

Feudal and Modern Japan

London, Duckworth and Company, 1898. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this detailed and fascinating study on Modern and Feudal Japan, illustrated with many beautiful plates. The first edition of this work. Complete in two volumes. This detailed work is an authoritative account of the political and social developments of Japan. Volume I illustrated with a frontispiece, and eleven plates. Volume II illustrated with eleven plates. Collated, complete. Collated from Jisc from a copy held at the British Library. Written by Arthur May Knapp. Library labels to the front pastedowns. Numerical ik inscription to the verso to the front free endpapers. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. Cracks to the joints of Volume II. Light marks and some discolouration to the boards and spines. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spines and to the extremities. Institutional label to the front pastedowns. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with only a couple of light spots. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .

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Book number: 702P28

Catalogue: Asia

Keywords: japan feudal modern arthur may knapp feudal modern japan Not Stated

S. G. C. Knibbs

The Savage Solomons As They Were & Are

London , Seeley Service & Co. 1929. First edition. Cloth. A bright first edition copy of this work exploring the history of the people of the Solomon Islands, with illustrations. A first edition copy of this work. The Savage Solomons As They Were & Are is a record of the people of the Solomon Islands, with a description of their ways and the beauty of the islands. The British Solomon Islands Protectorate was first declared over the southern Solomons in 1893 when Captain Gibson declared the southern islands a British protectorate. With fifteen plates and a frontispiece and a folding map to the rear. Collated, complete.With six pages of adverts to the rear of the volume. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart with some marks to the spines and boards and bumping to the head and tail of the spine. A previous owner bookplate to the front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound with bright and generally clean pages with some scattered spots to the first few pages. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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Book number: 843B20

Catalogue: Asia

Keywords: The Savage Solomons As They Were & Are british solomon islands oceania british solomon islands Not Stated

G. E. O. Knight

Intimate Glimpses of Mysterious Tibet and Neighbouring Countries

London, The Golden Vista Press, 1930. First edition. Hardback. A thorough and early Western account of Tibet by G. E. O. Knight, and with a dedication from the author. G. E. O. Knight, F.R.G.S, waas a corresponding member to the Royal Botanic Society of London, and he led a British expedition to Tibet between 1922 and 1923. This volume details his travels in Tibet, Nepal and Sikkim for the pleasure of his reader.Contains a frontispiece illustration of the author. With an inscription by the author reading, 'From the author with every son's wish to Winifred Sellens.'In the publisher's original binding with an unclipped dustwrapper. In a card binding with an unclipped dust wrapper. Externally lovely, minor fading to the spine. Dust wrapper has had the spine reinforced with card, spine has some fading and rubbing. Inscription from the author to endpaper. Internally firmly bound, pages bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed.

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Book number: 752R62

Catalogue: Asia

Keywords: tibet history of exploration asia history of exploration None

W. Knight

Scenes and Incidents of Missionary Labour

London, Seeley, Jackson, and Halliday, 1860. Cloth. A very scarce volume of missionary tales from around the world, beautifully illustrated with many plates. A very scarce work.An interesting travel work telling the tales of various scenes and incidents during missionary expeditions.This volumes discusses missionary tales from China, India, Japan, Smyrna, Africa, North America, South America, the West Indies, New Zealand, and Russia.Illustrated with a frontispiece, vignette title page, and forty-six plates.Bookplate of Henry Birkbeck to the front paste down.Collated, complete. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart, with a few minor marks. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Bookplate to the front paste down. Internally, binding is strained with many gathering detaching. Pages are bright and generally clean with a few spots. Good Only . Ill.: Not Stated. Good Only .

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Book number: 830P28

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Keywords: Scenes and Incidents of Missionary Labour missionary japan china missionary america Not Stated

W. Knight

Scenes and Incidents of Missionary Labour

London, Seeley, Jackson, and Halliday, 1860. Cloth. A very scarce volume of missionary tales from around the world, beautifully illustrated with many plates. A very scarce work.An interesting travel work telling the tales of various scenes and incidents during missionary expeditions.This volumes discusses missionary tales from China, India, Japan, Smyrna, Africa, North America, South America, the West Indies, New Zealand, and Russia.Illustrated with a frontispiece, vignette title page, and forty-six plates.Bookplate of Henry Birkbeck to the front paste down.Collated, complete. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. A little light rubbing to the boards and spine. Very light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Spine is very lightly faded. Bookplate to the front paste down. Bookseller's stamp to the verso of the front endpaper. Internally, binding is strained in places with some gatherings working loose. Pages ar bright and clean. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .

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Book number: 830P26

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Keywords: Scenes and Incidents of Missionary Labour missionary china japan missionary america Not Stated

William O. Krohn

In Borneo Jungles Among the Dyak Headhunters

London, Gay and Hanncock, 1927. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon work on the Borneo Jungles by William Krohn, complete with illustrations, and the scarce to see dust wrapper. The first edition of this uncommon work.In the original very scarce price-clipped dust wrapper.An evocative travel work on Borneo and its people, a detailed-oriented work written by Doctor William O. Krohn, who was commissioned on this trip by the Field Museum of Natural History.Whilst mainly focusing on Borneo, this work also details Krohn's journey to Borneo through Hawaii, Japan, Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Milan.Including chapters on Dyak marriage, music, arts and crafts, feasts, headhunting, and more.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and thirty-one plates.Collated, complete. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original price-clipped dust wrapper. Externally, smart. Some light marks to the boards and extremities. Very light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Prior owner's pencil inscription to the recto of the front endpaper. Dust wrapper with some edge wear, heavier to the head of the spine and rear wrap. Some light marks to the wraps. Small chip to the tail of the front wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed/Very Good.

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Book number: 836P16

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Keywords: In Borneo Jungles Among the Dyak Headhunters borneo jungles william o. krohn borneo Not Stated

Alphonse de Lamartine; Robert Huish [trans.]

Travels in the Holy Land; or a Visit to the Scenes of Our Redeemer&Apos;S Life

London, William Wright, 1837. First edition. Hardback. An excellent first English edition of this scarce and notable travelogue of the Holy Land by Alphonse de Lamartine. The first English edition translated from the original Paris edition by Robert Huish, smartly rebound in a lovely half morocco binding.A remarkable travelogue by Alphonse de Lamartine, important French author who played a fundamental role in the foundation of the Second Republic. Lamartine recounts his journey through the Holy Land in 1832-33, which was considered a journey of recovery and immersion in specific Christian icons, symbols, and terrain. It was during this travel that the author's only remaining daughter died at the age of ten.He believed that the region could bring about the rebirth of a new Christianity and spirituality, and save Europe from destruction. Collated, complete with six beautiful full page plates, as well as the illustrated frontispiece and title page. In a half morocco binding with cloth covered boards, four raised bands, and gilt to the spine and boards. Externally lovely with minor shelf wear only and a a minor rubbing to the spine and extremities. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean. Collated, complete with six beautiful full page plates, as well as the illustrated frontispiece and title page.  Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine .

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Book number: 778A44

Catalogue: Asia

Keywords: lamartine holy land travel holy land None

M. de Lamartine

Voyage En Orient, Detache Textuellement Des Souvenirs, Impressions, Pensees, Et Paysages

Malines et Brussels , P.J. Hanicq Et Editeurs, 1836. Leather. A smart, pocket-sized copy of this uncommon work about the author's luxurious journey throughout Asia, made from 1832 to 1833, illustrated throughout. A smart, pocket-sized work the author's journey through Asia, including memories and observations.Written by Alphonse de Lamartine, a nineteenth-century French author and poet, and the Former Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs of France. This work is an account of the author's grand journey he made to the countries of the Orient, a journey made in royal luxury. The journey was made between July 1832 and September 1833.Lemartine describes his travels in a brilliant and bold style, richly describing the East as it was at the beginning of the nineteenth century. The author also had a great fascination for the Orient.Including an engraved vignette frontispiece, with seven further vignette plates, some of which are in colour. Collated and complete. Containing some ink notations from previous owners, including to the front free-endpaper, half title page, verso of the frontispiece, frontispiece, and rear free-endpaper. In half calf binding with marbled boards. Externally, smart, with some rubbing to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. Some light shelf wear to the boards. Previous owners' ink inscriptions to the front free-endpaper, half title page, verso of the frontispiece, frontispiece, and rear free-endpaper. Internally, front hinge is tender, but remaining binding is firm. A few spots to the endpapers, but otherwise pages are generally bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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Book number: 810J3

Catalogue: Asia

Keywords: orient asia lamartine exploration asia voyage Not Stated

Alphonse de Lamartine

Voyage En Orient

Paris, Hachette et Cie and Furne, Jouvet, et Cie, 1881. Leather. A smartly bound original French edition of Alphonse Lamartine's important travel work on his time spent exploring the Middle East. Complete in two volumes. Bookplate of Thomas Enfield Harbottle to the front paste downs. Harbottle was a Theosophist who was in the inner circle of Madame Blavatsky. In the original French.This work is an account of the author's grand journey he made to the countries of the Orient, a journey made in royal luxury between July 1832 and September 1833.Lamartine describes his travels in a brilliant and bold style, richly describing the Middle East and South Eastern European as it was at the beginning of the nineteenth century. During the course of this journey Lemartine lost his only daughter. In a full calf binding. Externally, smart. Small chip and patch of lifting to the head of the spine of Volume I. Minor marks to the boards. Light bumping to the extremities. Spines are lightly faded. Bookplate to the front paste downs. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with scattered spots. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Book number: 842P1

Catalogue: Asia

Keywords: Voyage en Orient orient asia travel orient alphonse de lamartine thomas benfield harbottle None