MUIRHEAD, ed. L. Russell

The Blue Guides: Switzerland. Third Edition. BRIGHT, CRISP COPY

Ernest Benn,, [1952]. 8vo., Third Edition, with numerous coloured maps on japon (a number folding or double-page); original series binding of blue cloth, gilt back, two blue silk markers, a very good, bright, crisp copy.

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Book number: 39007

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration0

Keywords: travel, switzerland, blue guides, russell muirhead, alps, alpine, guide books

MUIRHEAD Findlay

The Blue Guides: North-Eastern France. Second Edition. SOUND WORKING COPY

Macmillan,, 1930. Sm. 8vo., Second Edition, with 4 folding coloured maps (one very large at rear), 28 double-page coloured maps, 4 full-page coloured maps, 9 full-page maps and numerous smaller maps in the text, and front and endpaper maps in red on yellow; original blue cloth, gilt back, marbled top, two 2ilk markers, backstrip mildly faded (but all gilt wholly legible), a sound, clean working copy. Mounted on title verso is the separately printed slip confirming that the atlas-maps intended for this edition were destroyed by enemy action: 'It is impossible to replace them exactly for this edition; but the entire area is covered by the folding map at the end of the book'. Muirhead's Blue Guides are renowned for their immense assembly of factual information and finely detailed maps and plans. First issued in 1922 NE France includes a large section on the War Area, with maps of battle-lines and other such data. From the third impression, issued later in the same year, a particular feature was the inclusion of all general maps as an atlas at the end, but enemy action prevented this from the second edition onwards.

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Book number: 16385

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MULLEN Richard

Birds of Passage. Five Englishwomen in Search of America.. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Duckworth,, [1994]. 8vo., First Edition, with 25 plates on 12; maroon cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped, lightly sunned dustwrapper. Mullen's acclaimed account of Rebecca Burlend, Fanny Wright, Fanny Trollope, Lady Wortley and Catherine Hopley whose stories collectively bring nineteenth-century America to life in a vivid and enduring way.

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Book number: 48734

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Keywords: travel, exploration, americana, america, usa, rebecca burlend, fanny wright, fanny trollope, frances trollope, lady wortley, catherine hopley, richard mullen, richard mullen

MUNDY Captain [Godfrey Charles]

Pen and Pencil Sketches, being the Journal of a Tour in India. NOTABLE ASSOCIATION XL COPY IN PERIOD ROAN

John Murray,, 1832. 2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with engraved frontispieces, 17 engraved plates and large folding map, THE MAP COLOURED BY HAND IN OUTLINE, frontispieces and plates mildly spotted (mainly marginal); firmly and attractively bound in period red half roan, marbled sides, backs with flat bands in gilt, second compartments lettered and numbered in gilt, patterned endpapers, uncut, a very good, bright, crisp copy. Sold from an institution with presentation bookplate and press-mark on front paste-downs, and discreet blind embossed stamp on frontispieces, titles and plates. THIS COPY, BOUND COMPLETE WITH HALF-TITLES, WAS PRESENTED TO BATH PUBLIC REFERENCE LIBRARY BY MRS. MILES IN 1920 IN MEMORY OF HER HUSBAND SAMUEL BARRETT MILES. A scarce, important and well-illustrated account; Czech considers the plates of tiger hunting from howdahs 'quite striking'. Miles (1838-1914), British Army officer and dipmomat, served widely throughout Arabic-speaking countries, especially Oman, in which he was a recognised authority. His many notes were collected and published posthumously by his widow as 'The Countries and Tribes of the Persian Gulf' in 1919. A NOTABLE ASSOCIATION COPY IN BRIGHT PERIOD BINDING. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Czech p.145.

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Book number: 49086

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Keywords: travel, exploration, india, field sports, tiger hunting, elephants, mundy

MURRAY, ed. George

The Antarctic Manual for the Use of the Expedition of 1901. Edited by George Murray. With a Preface by Sir Clements R. Markham. Presented to the Expedition and issued by the Royal Geographical Society. [Facsimile reissue]. 500 COPIES WERE PRINTED

[Explorer Books, Plaistow, Sussex],, [1994]. 8vo., with 3 large folding maps and very numerous illustrations, diagrams and tables in the text; blind-blocked cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 500 COPIES. This work, prepared for Scott's British Antarctic Expedition 1901-1904, contains a valuable and wide-ranging storehouse of scientific and practical Antarctic data by acknowledged authorities. It includes a particularly extensive bibliography of Antarctic exploration and research compiled by Hugh Robert Mill (formerly librarian to the RGS). Spence, 829 (recording the scarce original edition of 1901).

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Book number: 38888

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Keywords: mstock, polar, antarctic, scott, exploration, discovery, voyages, rgs, royal geographical society, bibliography, george murray, travel, exploration, polar, antarctic, manual, use, expedition, 1901

MURRAY JNR A.G.

Going Back. [The Princeton University Football Team 1933-34]. PRIVATELY PRINTED

Princeton University Press, Princeton NJ,, 1934. Sm. folio, First Edition, with numerous photographs throughout and pictorial endpapers; orange cloth, upper board lettered in black with title and facsimiles of team signatures; backstrip lettered in black, covers lightly age-soiled else a very good, clean copy. VERY SCARCE

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Book number: 26989

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Keywords: princeton university, american football, a.g. murray jnr, travel, exploration, americana, going, back

MURRAY'S HANDBOOK

A Handbook for Travellers in India, Burma and Ceylon, including all British India, The Portuguese and French Possessions, and the Protected Native States. Tenth Edition. SPLENDID AND UNIQUE COPY IN SIGNED HATCHARDS BINDING

John Murray,, 1920. Sm. 8vo., Tenth Edition, on India Paper, with 38 folding coloured maps, 11 full-page maps and plans (a number coloured), numerous illustrations, plans and tables (several full-page) in the text, and a very large folding coloured map mounted on cloth in pocket at rear, some mild offsetting to blank preliminaries, endpapers very lightly age-soiled; handsomely bound in full crushed red morocco BY HATCHARDS, upper board lettered in gilt, back with five shaped raised bands, second compartment lettered in gilt, all edges gilt, wide gilt doublures elaborately tooled in gilt with a floral border enclosing multiple frames, laid paper endpapers, red, yellow and green silk head- and tail-bands, red buckram pocket, a splendid and ornate copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. THE BINDING IS SIGNED ON FRONT PASTE-DOWN. IT WAS COMMISSIONED BY GUY WESTMACOTT WHOSE NAME IS LETTERED IN GILT ON FRONT BOARD (this could well be Guy Randolph Westmacott of the Grenadier Guards). A SPLENDID AND UNIQUE COPY OF THE ONE OF THE BEST EDITIONS OF THE FINEST TRAVELLER'S GUIDE TO INDIA AND SURROUNDING REGION. VERY SCARCE IN ANY CONDITION.

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Book number: 14589

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MUSGRAVE Rev. George

A Ramble into Brittany. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN PUBLISHER'S BINDING

Hurst & Blackett,, 1870. 2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with engraved frontispieces, engraved title-vignettes, titles in red and black, frontispieces and titltes very lightly spotted; original terracotta cloth, upper boards framed in gilt and black enclosing gilt titles and printed illustrations, bevelled boards, gilt backs, black endpapes, uncut, a remarkably bright, crisp, clean copy. With the original binder's ticket of Leighton Son & Hodge on rear paste-down, and publisher's catalogues (2pp and 16pp respectively) bound at end of volumes. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 46317

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration0

Keywords: travel, exploration, france, brittany, musgrave, george musgrave

MYRES, ed. Sandra L.

Ho for California! Women's Overland Diaries from the Huntington Library. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Huntington Library, San Marino CA,, 1980. 8vo., First Edition, with illustrated title-spread, illustrations in the text and endpaper maps; ivory tweed cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 48733

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MYSORE.

Tipu Sultan and the Rulers of Mysore. A RARE SURVIVAL

Tourist Bureau, Lansdowne Buildings, Mysore,, [c.1950]. Sm. 8vo., printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a very good, bright, clean copy. EXTREMELY SCARCE.

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Book number: 46888

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Keywords: travel, india, mysore, tipu sultan, tippoo sultan

NAJITA Tetsuo

Conflict in Modern Japanese History. The Neglected Tradition. Edited by Tetsuo Najita and J. Victor Koschmann. IN FULL MOROCCO

Princeton University Press, [Princeton NJ],, [1982]. 8vo. First Edition; handsomely bound in full dark green crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, in custom-made-slip-case, an elegant copy ideal as a gift or for presentation.

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Book number: 27421

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Keywords: travel, exploration, far east, japan. japanese history, tetsuo najita, victor koschmann

NANSEN Fridtjof

Farthest North. Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-96 and a of a Fifteen Months' Sleigh Journey by Dr. Nansen and Lieut. Johansen with an Appendix by Otto Sverdrup. BRIGHT, CRISP COPY OF THE FIRST ENGLISH EDITION

Constable,, 1897. 2 vols., roy. 8vo., First English Edition, with an etched portrait frontispiece (original tissue guard present), titles in red and black, 16 coloured plates, very numerous illustrations (several full-page) in the text and 4 folding coloured maps (one map neatly repaired on reverse and loosely inserted); original green pictorial ribbed cloth, upper boards blocked and lettered in gilt, backstrips lettered in gilt, very neatly recased with new endpapers to style, a remarkably bright, crisp, clean copy.

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Book number: 23150

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NANSEN Fridtjof

Farthest North. Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-96 and a of a Fifteen Months' Sleigh Journey by Dr. Nansen and Lieut. Johansen with an Appendix by Otto Sverdrup. [Second English Edition]. SECOND ENGLISH EDITION IN FULL MOROCCO

George Newnes,, 1898. 2 vols., roy. 8vo., Second Edition thus, with 2 frontispieces, coloured plate, 111 plates in monochrome, 90 illustrations (a number full-page) in the text and large folding coloured map; handsomely bound in full navy crushed moroccoo, sides with gilt frame borders, backs with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled and ruled in gilt, gilt tops, hand-made endpapers, ribbon markers, uncut, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation.

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Book number: 24641

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NANSEN Fridtjof

The First Crossing of Greenland. Translated from the Norwegian by Hubert Majendie Gepp. [First Single-Volume Edition]. HARROW PRIZE COPY IN HALF CALF

Longmand Green & Co.,, 1906. 8vo., First Edition thus, with portrait frontispiece (original tissue guard present), numerous illustrations (a number full-page) in the text and full-page map; handsomely bound in contemporary green haldf calf, sides ruled in gilt, back with five bands tooled in gilt, seconf compartment ruled and lettered in gilt, all other compartmnents elaborately tooled in gilt, giltop, marbled endpapers, backstrip very lightly dulled else a most attractive, bright, crisp copy. With the prize bookplate of Harrow School (dated 1907) on front paste-down. A handsome copy of the first single-volume edition, based on the two-volume first edition of 1890. This edition retains Nansens's preface, adds a new preface by Longman and preserves the great majority of the illustrations of the original.

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Book number: 30321

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Keywords: travel, exploration, polar, greenland, nansen, fridtjof nansen, harrow school

NANSEN Fridtjof

Through Siberia. The Land of the Future. Translated by Arthur G. Chater. [First English Edition]. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION IN FULL MOROCCO

Heinemann,, 1914. Roy. 8vo., First Edition thus, with frontispiece (original tissue guard present), title in red and black, 155 plates on 94 and 3 large folding maps, some light and occasional age-staining; handsomely bound in full navy crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, uncut, gilt from original front board preserved and mounted on new leaft at front, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. An account of the Siberian Company's 1913 attempt to navigate the Kara Sea, to open a commercial route linking the Siberian interior with Europe.

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Book number: 19752

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration0

Keywords: travel, exploration, polar, arctic, nansen, siberia, kara sea, fridtjof nansen