MAGGS BROS

Bibliotheca Asiatica Et Africana Part V. Nos. 501-1300. Maggs Catalogue No 521. 1929

London: Maggs Bros, 1929. First Edition. Cream card cover. 240mm x 190mm (9" x 7"). 184pp + plates. In original postal envelope.. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket as issued .

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Book number: mgg521

Catalogue: Exploration

Keywords: Exploration Travel

BROWNE, G F

Ice-Caves of France and Switzerland. A Narrative of Subterranean Exploration

London: Longmans, Green & Co, 1865. First Edition. Maroon hardback cloth cover. 210mm x 140mm (8" x 6"). ix, 315pp. 13 b/w illustrations.. G : in good condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed. Spine faded .

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Book number: r0790a

Catalogue: Exploration

Keywords: Exploration Topography 1850 - 1900 Antiquarian Europe

BRUCE, JAMES

Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile in the Years 1768, 1769,1770,1771,1772, and 1773. 5 Volume Set

London: G G J and J Robinson, 1790. First Edition. Brown hardback leather cover. 310mm x 240mm (12" x 9"). lxxxiii, 535pp; viii, 718pp; viii, 759pp; viii, 695pp; xiv, 230pp, [x[[] + plates. 3 engraved plans, 3 folding maps and 55 engraved plates. Volume V is entitled 'Select Specimens of Natural History collected in 'Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile, in Egypt, Arabia, Abyssinia, and Nubia'.. Cover rubbed and lightly bumped with some corner wear. Joints repaired to volumes I and III. Volumes II and IV some joint cracking to upper boards. Very minor worming [defunct] to extreme margin of first few leaves of volume I. Short tears at crease to folding maps in volume V without loss. Heraldic bookplates on paste-downs. Content overall VG .

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Book number: r7103

Catalogue: Exploration

Keywords: Exploration Africa 1750 - 1850 Antiquarian Natural History

BULLEN, FRANK T

The Cruise of the "Cachalot"; Round the World After Sperm Whales

London: Smith Elder & Co, 1900. Second Edition. Blue/gilt hardback cloth cover. 210mm x 140mm (8" x 6"). 379pp. illustrations and fold out map. Sixth Impression.. G : in Good condition without dust jacket. Cover lightly rubbed. Ownership details on half title page.

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Book number: g2103cc

Catalogue: Exploration

Keywords: Exploration Natural History Sea & Sailing

BURNABY, CAPTAIN FRED

On Horseback Through Asia Minor. Two Volume Set

London: Sampson, Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1877. Second Edition. Green hardback cloth cover. 220mm x 150mm (9" x 6"). xxxii; 352pp; 24pp; xx; 399pp. 3 fold out maps. Heraldic book-plate of Sir James Miller Bart. Manderston. 'Omne Bonum Superne.'.. G : in Good condition. Cover rubbed and lightly marked. Repaired tear on frontispiece map. Some light spotting. Heraldic book-plate on paste-downs .

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Book number: L0907b

Catalogue: Exploration

Keywords: Exploration Asia 1850 - 1900 Antiquarian

BURPEE, LAWRENCE J

The Search for the Western Sea

London: Alston Rivers Ltd, 1908. First Edition. Green hardback cloth cover. 230mm x 150mm (9" x 6"). lx, 651pp + plates. 56 plates (7 fold-out, 1 colour).. G : in Good condition without dust jacket. Cover heavily rubbed with edge-wear. New eps. Some foxing and marks within. Loss to fold America map .

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Book number: t1260b

Catalogue: Exploration

Keywords: Exploration American History North America Geography

BURTON, RICHARD F

The City of the Saints and Across the Rocky Mountains to California

London: Longman, Green, Longman, & Roberts, 1861. First Edition. Blue hardback cloth cover. Library rebind. 210mm x 140mm (8" x 6"). xii, 707pp. 8 plates, 9 text illustrations and 2 fold out of maps/plans.. G: good condition without dust jacket. Ex lib. Plate page 116 replaced with photo-copy. Minor tape repairs to pages 145 and 225 .

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Book number: r0276

Catalogue: Exploration

Keywords: Exploration History 1850 - 1900 Antiquarian

BURTON, R F [TR.]; BEADLE, B A [TR.]; BEKE, C T

The Lands of Cazembe: Lacerda's Journey to Cazembe in 1798. Also Journey of the Pombeoros: P.J. Baptista and Amaro Jose, Across Africa from Angola to Tette on the Zambeze. And a Resume of the Journey of MM. Monteiro and Gamitto

London: John Murray, 1873. First Edition. Blue hardback cloth cover. 220mm x 150mm (9" x 6"). vii, 271pp. Frontispiece fold out coloured map.. G: in good condition without dust jacket. Cover marked. Edge-wear. Spine darkened with rubbing to outer hinges and chipping to ends. Inner hinge cracking. Tear to fold-out map, slightly impinging on content .

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Book number: e2352

Catalogue: Exploration

Keywords: Exploration Africa 1850 - 1900 Antiquarian

BURTON, RICHARD F

The Source of the Nile. The Lake Regions of Central Africa. 1996

London: The Folio Society, 1996. Reprint. Brown/gilt/black illustrated hardback cloth cover. 260mm x 180mm (10" x 7"). xxv, 604pp. B/w plates & illustrations + loose map of "the routes between Zanzibar and the Great Lakes". Fold out map included. Heavy book - extra shipping needed for overseas.. VG: in very good condition with rubbed black slipcase .

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Book number: fol119aa

Catalogue: Exploration

Keywords: Exploration Folio Society

BURTON, RICHARD F

Ultima Thule; or, a Summer in Iceland. 2 Volume Set

London: William P. Nimmo, 1875. First Edition. Blue hardback pictorial cloth cover. 230mm x 150mm (9" x 6"). xix, 380pp, + ads; vii, 408pp. 11 plates, 2 folding coloured maps and other illustrations.. G : in Good condition. Cover rubbed and slightly soiled. Re-backed retaining most of original spines. Ex.-lib. Cruising Association .

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Book number: e8700

Catalogue: Exploration

Keywords: Exploration Scandinavia 1850 - 1900 Antiquarian

BYLES, MARIE BEUZEVILLE

By Cargo Boat & Mountain. The Unconventional Experiences of a Woman on Tramp Round the World

London: Seeley, Service & Co, Ltd, 1931. First Edition. Blue/gilt hardback cloth cover. 220mm x 140mm (9" x 6"). 315pp, + ads.. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket. Spotting to fore edge and some light scattered browning. Ownership details on fep .

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Book number: g8865

Catalogue: Exploration

Keywords: Exploration Travel Mountaineering

CAMPION, J S

On the Frontier. Reminiscences of Wild Sports, Personal Adventures, and Strange Scenes

London: Chapman & Hall, 1878. First Edition. Brown/gilt hardback cloth cover. 230mm x 150mm (9" x 6"). xv, 372pp + plates & ads. 8 b/w woodburytype tipped in plates. Explorations on American frontier in nineteenth century.. Worn condition. Inner hinge cracking. Binding loose, but content in overall good condition .

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Book number: r2657

Catalogue: Exploration

Keywords: Exploration Travel North America 1850 - 1900 Antiquarian

CANDLER, EDMUND

The Unveiling of Lhasa

London: Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd, [1910]. [First Edition]. Red hardback cloth cover. 190mm x 130mm (7" x 5"). 375pp.. G : in good condition without dust jacket. Covers edge-worn; spine sunned. Pages browned .

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Book number: k4528

Catalogue: Exploration

Keywords: Exploration Travel

CAPELLO, H; IVENS, R; ELWES, ALFRED [TRANSL.]

From Benguella to the Territory of Yacca. Description of a Journey Into Central and West Africa. Volume I [of II]

London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1882. First English Edition. Brown hardback cloth cover. 230mm x 160mm (9" x 6"). lii, 395pp + plates. 17 b/w plates + fold-out map of 'South Equatorial Western Africa' + in-text illustrations.. G: in good condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed and marked. Splitting to rear outer hinge. Loss to spine ends. Inner hinge cracking. Foxing. Tear to fold of map (no loss) .

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Book number: e7217

Catalogue: Exploration

Keywords: Exploration Africa 1850 - 1900 Antiquarian

CHAPMAN, F SPENCER

Northern Lights. The Official Account of the British Arctic Air-Route Expedition 1930-1931

London: Chatto & Windus, 1934. Reprint. Blue hardback cloth cover. 250mm x 170mm (10" x 7"). xiv, 264pp. Fold out map and 32 plates.. VG : in very good condition with slipcase. Spine and titles faded. School prize label on fep .

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Book number: w0224b

Catalogue: Arctic Exploration

Keywords: Arctic Exploration