Donald Mennis; Putnam Weale

The Pageant of Peking

Shanghai, China, A S Watson and Co , 1920. First edition. Cloth. A very bright copy of this beautiful photogravure work on Peking/Beijing at the start of the twentieth century. One of only 1000 copies printed of this edition. This is number 716. With 66 photogravure plates by Donald Mennie. With accompanying text by Putnam Weale. Former owner's inscription to the recto of front endpaper, dated 1929 in Shanghai, China. ''To my dear Mother & Father from Harry&apos. Collated, complete with the original silk ribbon marker loosely inserted.A fantastic work, which depicts early twentieth century China in all its glory. In the original blue silk binding. Slightly faded to the edges, with bumping to the corners. A few light marks to the boards. Former owner's inscription dated 1929 to the recto of front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright. Occasional light spots to pages. Near Fine . Ill.: Donald Mennie. Near Fine .

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Book number: 762L21

Catalogue: Asia

Keywords: Peking Shanghai China Limited Edition Shanghai Donald Mennie

Dorothy Menpes

The Durbar

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1903. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this brightly illustrated work on the Durbar. First edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and ninety-nine colour plates with tissue guards. Collated complete. A detailed commentary on the Durbar, with chapters on the state entry, the proclamation, the review of the troops, different camps, the Viceroy, Lord Kitchener, and more. Illustrated by Mortimer Menpes, an Australian-born British painter, author, printmaker and illustrator. Written by Dorothy Menpes, a British writer and the daughter of Mortimer. In the original pictorial cloth binding. Externally, worn with rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Fading to the spine and the odd mark to the boards. Splits in the cloth to the joints with light fraying. Loss to the head of the spine with part of the cloth detaching from the binding. Minor loss to the tail of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd spot and minor age toning to the endpapers. Good Only . Ill.: Mortimer Menpes. Good Only .

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Book number: 898T44

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Keywords: Durbar India Menpes India Mortimer Menpes

Dorothy Menpes

Japan

London , Adam & Charles Black , 1905. Cloth. A bright richly illustrated guide to Japan by Mortimer Menpes. This volume contains Mortimer Menpes's impressions of Japan and is transcribed by his daughter Dorothy Menpes. The illustrations explore the gardens, workers, children and characteristics of Japan. Mortimer Menpes was an Australian-born British painter, author, printmaker and illustrator. With seventy five colour plates.Collated, complete. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, lovely with some light bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Mortimer Menpes. Very Good Indeed .

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Book number: 851B48

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Keywords: Japan mortimer menpes dorothy menpes Asia mortimer menpes Mortimer Menpes

Mortimer Menpes; Dorothy Menpes

World Pictures

London, Adam and Charles Black, c1913. Cloth. A bright copy of this extensive collection of illustrated scenes from around the world, written and illustrated by Mortimer and Dorothy Menpes. An extensive collection of beautifully illustrated scenes from around the world, including countries in Europe, Asia, Africa, and Central America.Written by Dorothy Menpes, and illustrated by Mortimer Menpes. A early impression of this work. Illustrated with one hundred colour plates, collated and complete. Containing eight pages of publisher's adverts to the rear.Containing a previous owner's ink inscription to the front free-endpaper, dated 1913. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, bright, with some shelf wear to the boards and bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. Slight fading to the extremities, and some wear and rubbing to the tail of the spine. Cloth slightly split to the head of the rear joint. Containing a previous owner's ink inscription to the front free-endpaper, dated 1913. Internally, front hinge is strained, remaining binding is generally firm. Pages are generally bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: Mortimer Menpes. Very Good .

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Book number: 838J15

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Keywords: world pictures art travel travelling art africa europe Mortimer Menpes

Dorothy Menpes

World Pictures

London, A. & C. Black, 1902. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this colourfully illustrated artistic look at the world, illustrated with the beautiful plates of Mortimer Menpes. The first edition of this work.A beautiful work travelling around the world, taking the reader across the Earth looking at the stunning scenery and different cultures of different countries.Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, forty-nine colour plates, fifty monochrome plates, and in-text illustrations.Collated, complete.Illustrated by Mortimer Menpes.Written by Dorothy Menpes.Prior owner's ink inscription to the recto to the front free endpaper, 'Mary Florence Martin, 1 January 1903&apos.Two pages of publisher's adverts to the rear. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. Spine is a little faded. Minor marks to the boards and spine. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Light spots to the fore edge. Front hinge is starting but firm. Bookseller's label to the front paste down. Prior owner's ink inscription to the recto to the front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: Mortimer Menpes. Very Good .

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Book number: 774P23

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Keywords: World Pictures mortimer menpes dorothy menpes travel mortimer menpes Mortimer Menpes

Mortimer Menpes

World Pictures

London, Adam & Charles Black, 1902. First edition. Cloth. Mortimer and Dorothy Menpes' beautiful travelogue of the world, the first edition. The first edition of this work. Illustrated with on-hundred full page plate, some in colour, as well as further line drawings in text. Collated, complete. Containing a series of delightful illustrations by Mortimer Menpes, beautifully capturing his many travels around the world. Included is descriptive text by his daughter Dorothy Menpes sharing observations and impressions of each place visited. Featuring notes and drawings of England, Holland, France, Italy, Spain, Morocco, Greece, Egypt, South Africa, India, and many more.  In the original publisher's red cloth binding. Externally smart with minor shelf wear, lightly bumped to head and tail of spine and extremities of boards, light fading to back strip, gentle cockling of cloth to front board. Internally, occasional leaf loose but present due to gutta percha binding. Pages bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: Dorothy Menpes. Very Good .

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Book number: 851A23

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Keywords: first editions menpes travel explore menpes Dorothy Menpes

Theodor F. Meysels

This Is Jerusalem Twelve Miniatures in Color

Tel Aviv, E. J. Herzfelder, c1950. First edition. Paperback. A charming selection of plates depicting Tel Aviv, with commentary by Theodor F. Meysels. In the original landscape portfolio. Disbound, as issued. With an introductory leaflet and twelve tipped in colour plates. Collated complete. Twelve miniatures in colour, by Czech artist Curt Singer. Singer was known for his oil on canvas works depicting daily life and city scenes. This charming collection depicts the landscape of Tel Aviv, including the Jemin Moshe, Mount Moriah and Damascus Gate. With commentary by Theodor F. Meysels, an Austrian journalist. In the original landscape portfolio. Disbound as issued. Externally sound with spotting to the wraps. Slight chipping to the extremities. Internally disbound as issued. Scattered spotting, heavier to the introductory leaflet. Plates remain generally clean with just the occasional spot. Very Good . Ill.: Curt Singer. Very Good .

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Book number: 870K2

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Keywords: Tel Aviv Israel Illustrated Books Israel Curt Singer

Louise Jordan Miln

When We Were Strolling Players in the East

London, Osgood, McIlvaine and Co. 1894. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon first British edition of this memoir, detailing time spent in the East in the late eighteenth century. This book is non-fiction, with the author describing the tales of various travels with her family.Louise Jordan Milne (1894-1933) was an American novelist. Her works were often inspired by a blend of Western and Asian culture, with her other novels including 'Mr. and Mrs. Sen', 'It Happened in Peking', 'Quaint Korea' and 'The Soul of China&apos.This was her first work. In the publisher's original full cloth binding. Externally generally smart, with a little bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. Ownership inscription to the front pastedown. Internally firmly bound, pages are generally bright and clean, bar the occasional instance of spotting. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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Book number: 762R7

Catalogue: Asia

Keywords: East China Travel Writing Illustrated China Not Stated

[Thomas Milner]

The Turkish Empire: The Sultans, the Territory, and the People

London, The Religious Tract Society, 1876. Cloth. A very scarce new edition of this fascinating and extensively detailed look into the history of the Turkish Empire, illustrated with a folding map. A very scarce work. An in-depth work discussing the history of the Turkish Empire in great detail, a fascinating study on the Empire. Illustrated with a colour folding map. Written by Thomas Milner. Undated, dated from Jisc from a copy held at the British Library. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. Light discolouration to the spine. Minor marks to the boards. A little rubbing to the spine. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Hinges are strained. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with the odd light mark. Folding map with edge wear and a few small tears and chips, and light spots to the folding map. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .

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Book number: 702P25

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Keywords: turkish empire thomas milner turkish turkey thomas milner histor Not Stated

Robert B. Minturn, Jr.

From New York to Delhi, by Way of Rio de Janeiro, Australia and China

New York, D. Appleton & Co, 1858 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Robert Bowne Minturn Jr.'s account of his voyages around the world. The first edition of this work.Illustrated with a folding map frontispiece.Minturn was an American shipping magnate of the firm, Grinnell, Minturn & Co, which is best known as being the owners of the clipper ship 'Flying Cloud&apos. This work details his voyages and travels in connection with his work.With the former owner's inscription C. B. Failey to a front blank.With a four page publisher's catalogue to the rear. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to back strip head and tail, with small losses to cloth in these regions. Joints starting, with boards a touch tender. Inscription to a front blank. Internally, pages 193 to 214 detached and loosely inserted, with text block separated between pages 192 and 215. Pages generally clean and bright. Significant closed tear to folding map. Fair . Ill.: Not Stated. Fair .

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Book number: 898F30

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Keywords: Robert Bowne Minturn Jr. shipping magnate Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad shipping magnate Not Stated

G. E. Mitton

A Bachelor Girl in Burma

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1907. First edition. Cloth. An entertaining travelogue about early twentieth century Burma, with ninety five photographic plates. Interspersed with interesting snippets of history and insights into the lives of Burmese women, Geraldine Edith Mitton shares her experiences of Burma in this entertaining travelogue. With ninety five photographic plates, collated and complete. The top corner of the half title is missing. In the publisher's original decorative cloth binding. Externally, smart. Lightly rubbed to the boards and the spine, with some marginal wear to the extremities. The rear hinge is starting, but firm. Internally, generally firmly bound, with a little tenderness between pages 40 and 41. The plate between pages 12 and 13 is disbound, but present. Aside from the end papers which are rather age-toned, pages are bright and clean throughout. Very Good . Ill.: G. E. Mitton; Sydney H. Reynolds; J. MacGeorge; Mrs Bingham; Captain J. H. Brunskill. Very Good .

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Book number: 851N17

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Keywords: A Bachelor Girl in Burma Burma travelogue Geraldine Mitton First Edition Burma travelogue Very Scarce G. E. Mitton; Sydney H. Reynolds; J. MacGeorge; Mrs Bingham; Captain J. H. Brunskill

[Gaspard Theodore Mollien]

Resor I Asien

Stockholm, Ecksteinska Tryckeriet, 1828 . First edition. Paperback. A very scarce Swedish language collection of six narratives of travels in Asia and the Middle East. A very scarce Swedish language work.A very scarce collection of six accounts of travels and voyages in Asia. This volume presents the following narratives: Lady Graham's Journey in Bengal; Lord Amherst's Embassy to China; Mr. Golownin's Voyage and Captivity in Japan; Mr. Morrier's First Journey in Persia; Mr. Johnson's Journey through the same country, and Captain Beaufort's Voyage in Asia Minor.The New York Public Library credits authorship to French diplomat and explorer Gaspard Theodore Mollien.With the bookplate of F. Diba to the verso of the front marbled paper wrap. Diba published a bibliography of Persia in 1981.A very scarce work gathering together diverse eighteenth and nineteenth century narratives. Disbound, loosely inserted in marbled paper wraps, with are in turn held in modern paper wraps with a typed spine label. Bookplate to verso of front marbled paper wrap. Lacking a preliminary blank. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Good Only . Ill.: None. Good Only .

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Book number: 889F18

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Keywords: Mr. Golownin's Journey and Captivity in Japan Lord Amherst's Embassy to China Captain Beaufort's Voyage in Asia Minor travel Lord Amherst's Embassy to China None

Captain C.A.W. Monckton

Some Experiences of a New Guinea Resident Magistrate

London, John Lane, The Bodley Head Ltd, 1921. Cloth. The second edition of this illustrated first-hand account of explorer and magistrate Captain C.A.W. Monckton during his time spent in New Guinea. A fascinating first hand account of explorer and magistrate Captain Arthur Whitmore Monckton of his time in New Guinea. Monckton was an official member of executive and legislative councils, resident magistrate and warden for Goldfields, High Sheriff and High Bailiff, and Senior Officer of Armed Constabulary in New Guinea.The second edition of this work, published the same year as the first. Illustrated with thirty-seven plates and a folding map, collated and complete. In full blue cloth binding. Externally, very smart, with just a touch of shelf wear and bumping to the extremities. A previous owner's small sticker to the front free-endpaper. Internally, front hinge is starting, remaining binding is firm. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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Book number: 836J13

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Keywords: monckton new guinea magistrate asia new guinea pacific Not Stated

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu

Letters of the Right Honourable Lady M---Y W----Y M-----E

London, T. Becket; P. A. De Hondt, 1763. Leather. The three volume second edition of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu's letters, written whilst she was travelling with her husband through Europe, Africa, and Asia The three volume second edition of this work, published in the same year as the first.With all three volumes bound in one, with individual pagination, and an individual title page and half title to each volume.These letters show Lady Mary Wortley Montagu's experiences travelling through Europe, Asia, and Africa. The letters begin in 1716, when her husband, Edward Wortley Montagu, was appointed Ambassador at Constantinople. With him, Mary travelled to Vienne, Adrianople, and Constantinople.These letters document her visiting Rotterdam, the Hague, Cologne, Nuremberg, Prague, Leipzig, Hanover, Belgrade village, Tunia, Geneo, Lyons, Paris, and finally to Dover on her journey back.The letters show a unique look at the early eighteenth century modes and methods of travelling internationally, at a time when travelling could still be a dangerous endeavour. She also shows the reader the culture and societies in each city she visits. As she was writing the letters to her friends, they are written in a vivid and entertaining manner.Montagu was also well known for introduction and advocating for the smallpox inoculation to Britain, after having travelled to Turkey. She is best known for her letters written in Turkey. In a full calf binding. Rubbing to back strip head and tail, and joints. Front hinge strained, but firmly held. Adhesive paper residue to front free endpaper. internally, firmly bound. Pages a touch age toned, but generally clean and bright, with only the odd handling mark. Trimmed ink inscription to head of volume I title page. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Book number: 905F34

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Keywords: Lady Mary Wortley Montagu Letters of the Right Honourable Lady M--y W-----y M------e europe asia Letters of the Right Honourable Lady M--y W-----y M------e None

John Morris

Traveller from Tokyo

London, The Cresset Press, 1943 . First edition. Cloth. A presentation copy of the first edition of this fascinating account of a British traveller's experiences in Tokyo prior to and following Pearl Harbour. The first edition of this work, relaying the author's experiences in Japan and Tokyo in the late 1930s and early 1940s, during an important period in the country's history.A presentation copy, this is signed by author John Morris to the title page: 'To Boo from JM&apos.Part 1 details 'My Life in Japan', October 1938 - December 1941, and Part 2 is titled 'After Pearl Harbour', 7th December 1941 - 29th July 1942. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Discolouration to back strip, with spotting to head of front board. Inscription to title page. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Book number: 790F42

Catalogue: Asia

Keywords: Tokyo Japan Pearl Harbour Travelogue Japan None