SCHOMBURGK Robert

The Guiana Travels of Robert Schomburgk 1835-1844. Edited by Peter Riviere. [Complete set.] NEAR FINE SET IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS

Ashgate [for] Hakluyt Society,, 2006. 2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, plates and illustrations in the text; original Society binding of navy cloth, upper boards blocked with sailing vessel in gilt, gilt backs, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. The set comprises: Vol. I: Explorations on behalf of the Royal Geographical Society 1835-1839; Vol. II: The Boundary Survey 1840-1844. Hakluyt Society, Third Series, Vols. 16, 17.

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SCHUVER Juan Maria

Juan Maria Schuver's Travels in North East Africa 1880-1883. Edited by Wendy James, Gerd Baumann and Douglas H. Johnson. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Hakluyt Society,, 1996. 8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, plates and maps; original Society binding of blue cloth, upper board with multiple frame border in blind enclosing sailing vessel blocked in gilt, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Hakluyt Society, Second Series, No. 184.

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SCORESBY the Younger William

The Arctic Whaling Journals of William Scoresby the Younger. Edited by C. Ian Jackson. [With Appendices by George Huxtable and Fred M. Walker.] NEAR FINE SET SET IN DUSTWRAPPERS

Ashgate [for] Hakluyt Society,, [2003-2009]. 3 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with frontispieces, plates, illustrations and maps; original series binding of black cloth, upper boards blocked in gilt, gilt backs, a near fine set in dustwrapper. The set comprises: Vol.I: The Voyages of 1811, 1812 and 1813.; Vol. II: The Voyages of 1814, 1815 and 1816; Vol. III: The Voyages of 1817, 1818 and 1820. Hakluyt Society, Third Series, vols. 12, 20,21 respectively. COMPLETE SETS ARE VERY SCARCE.

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Book number: 43142

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SCOTT Robert Falcon

Scott's Last Expedition. Vol. I: The Journals of Captain R.F. Scott. Vol. II: The Reports of the Journeys and the Scientific Work undertaken by Dr. E. Wilson and the surviving Members of the Expedition. Arranged by Leonard Huxley with a Preface by Sir Clements Markham. NEAR FINE COPY

John Murray,, [1947]. 2 vols., 8vo., with portrait frontispieces, plates and 2 large folding maps; blue ribbed cloth, gilt backs, a near fine copy. Crisp copy of a reissue of the original two -volume edition. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Spence 1071 (recording the first edition thus of 1927).

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SCOTT Robert Falcon

Scott's Last Expedition. Diaries, 26 November 1910 - 29 March 1912. [Preface by Clements R Markham]. SCOTT AND PONTING REUNITED AFTER ALMOST A CENTURY

Amberley, [Stroud],, [2012]. 8vo., First Edition thus, with map as frontispiece, and numerous coloured and monochrome plates; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Whilst Scott's Diary has never been out of print since it was first published in 1913, this is the first time for almost a century that it has been reunited with Ponting's iconic photographs.

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SCOTT Captain Robert Falcon

Scott's Last Expedition. Vol. I: The Journals of Captain R.F. Scott. Vol. II: The Reports of the Journeys and the Scientific Work undertaken by Dr. E. Wilson and the surviving Members of the Expedition. Arranged by Leonard Huxley with a Preface by Sir Clements Markham. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS

John Murray,, [1947]. 2 vols., 8vo., with portrait frontispieces, plates and 2 large folding maps; blue cloth, gilt backs, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Crisp copy of a reissue of the original two-volume edition. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Spence 1071 (recording the first edition thus of 1927).

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SEMENOV Petr Petrovich

Travels in the Tian'-Shan', 1856-1857. Edited and annotated by Colin Thomas. Translated by Liudmilla Gilmour, Colin Thomas and Marcus Wheeler. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Hakluyt Society,, 1998. 8vo., First Edition, with coloured plates and maps; original Society binding of blue cloth, upper boards framed in blind enclosing sailing vessel blocked in gilt, gilt backs, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Hakluyt Society, Second Series, No. 189.

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SERGEANT Philip Walsingham

The Ruler of Baroda. An Account of the Life and Work of the Maharajah Gaekwar. IN FULL MOROCCO

John Murray,, 1928. 8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece (original tissue guard present) and 20 plates, some very light and mainly marginal age-spotting; handsomely bound in full dark red 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 and backstrip preserved and mounted on new and separate leaves at front, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 19681

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Keywords: travel, exploration, india, baroda, gaekwar, maharajahs, philip walsingham sergeant

SEVERIN Tim

Crusader. By Horse to Jerusalem. Photographs by Peter Essick.

Hutchinson,, [1989]. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous coloured plates and monochrome illustrations in the text; purple cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper

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Book number: 13563

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Keywords: middle east, jerusalem, travel, tim severin, tim severin, travel, exploration, middle east, crusader

SHACKLETON Ernest Henry

Arctic Journeys. The Story of the Oxford University Ellesmere Land Expedition 1934-5. With a Preface by Lord Tweedsmuir. IN FULL MOROCCO

Hodder & Stoughton,, [1937]. 8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece, 2 plates on one folder, 2 double-page plates, 38 full-page plates, 4 maps and plans (one full-page) in the text, 11 tail-pieces and a large folding map at rear; handsomely bound in full navy crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame borders, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered in gilt, all other compartments ruled and tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation.

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Book number: 35575

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SHACKLETON Sir Ernest

South. The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition 1914-17. Edited by Peter King. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Century,, [1991]. 4to., First Edition thus, with frontispiece, and numerous photographs and illustrations in the text; grey cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, blue endpapers, backstrip lightly sunned else a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Excellent modern edition of the original work of 1919.

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Book number: 47948

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SHIPTON Eric

Mountains of Tartary. Photographs by the author. BRIGHT COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Hodder & Stoughton,, [1951]. 8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with frontispiece, plates, and endpaper maps in green, endpapers lightly browned; green cloth, gilt back, green top (faded as often), a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter taped at edges. Includes Muztagh Ata and Bogdo Ola. Neate *699.

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Book number: 49485

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Keywords: travel, exploration, asia, china, pamirs, karakoram, muztagh ata, bogdo ola, shipton, eric shipton

SIKHIM.

The Gazetteer of Sikhim. [Facsimile reissue.] 1000 COPIES WERE PRINTED

Manjusri, New Delhi,, 1972. Roy. 4to., with title in blue and black, folding plate, illustrations, diagrams and pedigrees in the text and large folding map; blue cloth, boards framed in blind, gilt back, blue top, blue silk marker, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter frayed and worn at edges. EDITION LIMITED TO 1000 NUMBERED COPIES (THIS COPY NO. 315). Bibliotheca Himalayaica Series 1 Volume 8. High quality facsimile reissue of the original edition of 1894.

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Book number: 36294

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Keywords: travel, india, sikhim, bibliotheca himalayica

SMITH Vincent A.

Akbar. The Great Mogul 1542-1605. SIR REGINALD SPENCE'S COPY IN FULL MOROCCO

Clarendon Press, Oxford,, 1917. 8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, 14 plates, 5 full-page maps in the text and 3 folding maps on japon, title lightly dust-soiled; handsomely bound in full burgundy 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, custom-made-slip-case, an elegant copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. THIS COPY WAS FORMERLY IN THE LIBRARY OF SIR REGINALD SPENCE AND BEARS HIS FINE ENGRAVED ARMORIAL BOOKPLATE ON FRONT PASTE- DOWN. IT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY PRESENTED BY SPENCE TO THE LIBRARY OF CHRIST'S HOSPITAL SCHOOL, HORSHAM, AND BEARS THAT INSTITUTION'S PRESENTATION BOOKPLATE ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. Sir Reginald Spence, prominent merchant, philanthropist and educationalist, spent much of his career in India. He was a prominent wine merchant (Master of the Worshipful Company of Distillers 1949-1950) and an eminent freemason (District Grand Master of Bombay and Northern India); the Lodge Reginald Spence was founded in his memory. A fervent educationalist, he co-founded Barnes School in Devlavi, one of the finest institutions of its type in Western India where a school house now bears his name. A NOTABLE ASSOCIATION COPY OF A WORK SELDOM FOUND IN THE ORIGINAL EDITION.

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Book number: 20036

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SMITH Vincent A.

The Early History of India from 600 BC to the Muhammadan Conquest including the Invasion of Alexander the Great. Third Edition, revised and enlarged. IN FULL MOROCCO

Clarendon Press, Oxford,, 1914. 8vo., Third and Best Edition, with frontispiece, 11 plates (including 2 of coins), map coloured in outline, 4 folding maps, full-page map in the text and folding chart, short closed tear on title neatly repaired; handsomely bound in full burgundy crushed morocco, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled and ruled in gilt, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, uncut, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Bright copy of the considerably enlarged version of the original edition of 1904. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 21102

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