SMITHERS (ed.) L.C.

The Transmigrations of the Mandarin Fum-Hoam (Chinese Tales). 680 COPIES WERE PRINTED

J.S. Nichols,, 1894. 8vo., First Edition, with title in red and black; pictorial cloth elaborately blocked in gilt, gilt back, gilt top, uncut, backstrip lightly pulled at head and tail else a very good, bright, clean copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 680 COPIES

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Book number: 10769

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Keywords: asia, china, folklore, folk-tales, smithers, l.c. smithers, travel, exploration, asia, the, transmigrations, the, mandarin, fum-hoam, (chinese, tales)

SMYTHE Frank S.

Alpine Ways. [With Photographs by the Author.] NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

A & C Black,, 1942. 4to., First Edition, with frontispiece, 46 fine plates in photogravure and full-page map in the text, some mild offsettinjg from fold-ins to free endpapers; green buckram, upper board and backstrip lettered in ivory, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter chipped at head and tail of backstrip.

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Book number: 42467

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration0

Keywords: travel, europe, alps, alpine, smythe, frank smythe,

SMYTHE Frank S.

Peaks and Valleys. [With Photographs by the Author.] BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

A & C Black,, 1938. 4to., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece and 75 fine plates toned in sepia; oatmeal holland, upper board and backstrip lettered in brown, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter frayed at edges and with large closed tear on front panel.

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Book number: 42468

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration0

Keywords: travel, europe, alps, alpine, himalaya, himalayas, smythe, frank smythe,

SMYTHE Frank

The Valley of Flowers. IN FULL MOROCCO

Hodder & Stoughton,, [1938]. 8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with coloured frontispiece (original captioned tissue guard present), 15 fine coloured plates (all captioned tissue guards present), full-page map in the text and folding map; 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, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Combines plant collecting and climbing in the Garwhal Himalaya and the Bhyundar Valley. An elegant copy. Neate 734.

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Book number: 43157

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration0

Keywords: india, garwhal himalaya, bhyundar valler, nilgiri parbat, rataban, banke plateau, nilkanta, dunagiri, plant hunting, plant collecting, climbing, mountaineering, frank smythe, travel, exploration, india, the, valley, flowers

SOLAR Domingo Amunategui

Historia de Chile. Texto Aprobado por el Ministerio de Educacion NEAR FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS

Editorial Nascimento, Santiago,, 1933. 2 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus, with illustrations (a number full-page) in the text, page edges lightly tanned; original printed wrappers, yapped edges, backstrips lightly browned else a near fine copy. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 37886

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Keywords: travel, americana, chile, solar, domingo solar

SORGE Ernst

With 'Plane, Boat & Camera in Greenland. An Account of the Universal Dr. Fanck Greenland Expedition. REMARKABLY BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

Hurst & Blackett,, [1935]. 8vo., First Edition, with large folding frontispiece, numerous plates, and illustrations and facsimiles in the text; blue cloth, boards framed in blind, gilt back, blue top, a very good, bright, clean, crisp copy. With 16pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 47622

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Keywords: travel, europe, greenland, sorge, ernst sorge, fanck

STAFFORD Lieut.-Col. Ronald Sempill Howard

The Tragedy of the Assyrians. THE ORIGINAL EDITION IN FULL MOROCCO

Allen & Unwin,, [1935]. 8vo., First Edition, with large folding map on japon as frontispiece, and folding map on japon; 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, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. With small blind stamp on title. With 4pp contemporary catalogue from publisher John Murray loosely inserted. Elegant copy of a scarce and important work.

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Book number: 20034

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Keywords: travel, exploration, middle east, assyrians, persia, iran, ronald stafford

STAGG Frank Noel

The Heart of Norway. A History of the Central Provinces. With a Foreword by the Bishop of Trondheim. SIGNED BY AUTHOR AND EDITOR

Allen & Unwin,, 1953. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, 28 plates on 14 and endpaper maps in blue, fore-edges lightly mottled; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR (AND ANNE ROPER, EDITOR) ON TITLE. One of Stagg's acclaimed monographs on the history of Norway, this is first study in English of Central Norway from the earliest times to the German invasion of 1940. SCARCE IN THE DUSTWRAPPER; SIGNED COPIES ARE PARTICULARLY RARE.

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Book number: 16374

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Keywords: europe, norway, stagg, scandinavia, frank noel stagg, travel, exploration, europe, the, heart, norway

STALLARD Patricia Y.

Glittering Misery. Dependents of the Indian Fighting Army. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Presidio, [San Rafael CA],, [1978]. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, photographs in the text and pictorial endpapers; black cloth, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 35006

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration0

Keywords: travel, americana, usa, wild west, indian wars, us cavalry, patricia stallard

STANLEY Henry Morton

The Exploration Diaries of H.M. Stanley. Now first published from the Original Manuscripts. Edited by Richard Stanley and Alan Neame. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Kimber,, [1961]. 8vo., First Edition, with 13 plates on 8 and endpaper maps; pale grey cloth, gilt back, dark green top, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 47876

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Keywords: travel, africa, livingstone, stanley, diaries, exploration, congo, henry morton stanley

STARK Freya

The Coast of Incense. Autobiography 1933-1939. AUTHOR'S SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY TO JULIAN HUXLEY

John Murray,, [1953]. 8vo., First Edition, with title in green and black, 56 plates on 40, illustrations in the text and full-page map on green stock; original green buckram gilt, gilt back, green top, uncut, a near fine copy. THE AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY TO JULIAN HUXLEY WITH THE FORMER'S SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON HALF-TITLE, AND HUXLEY'S SIGNATURE ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER.

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Book number: 48362

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STARK Freya

Dust in the Lion's Paw. Autobiography 1939-1946. [Second Impression]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

John Murray,, [1962]. 8vo., Second Impression, with title in red and black, and 28 plates on 16; original green buckram, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, green top, uncut, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The fourth volume of Stark's inimitable autobiography. First published in the previous year. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 13299

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Keywords: modern first editions, modern firsts, stark, freya stark, travel, middle east, aden, euphrates

STARK Freya

East is West. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

John Murray,, [1945]. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, title in red and black, 64 plates and full-page map in the text; green cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped, lightly age-soiled dustwrapper. With personal bookplate on front free endpapr. The author's wartime experiences in the Near East. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 49161

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Keywords: modern first editions, modern firsts, travel, middle east, autobiography, stark, freya stark

STARK Freya

Freya Stark Letters. Edited by Caroline Moorehead. NEAR FINE SET IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS

Michael Russell, [Wilton,, 1974-82]. 8 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with endpaper maps; black cloth, gilt back, coloured endpapers, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. The set comprises Vol. I: The Furnace and the Cup 1914-30 (1974); Vol. II: The Open Door 1930-1935 (1975); Vol. III: The Growth of Danger 1935-1939 (1976); Vol. IV: Bridge of the Levant 1940-1943 (1977); Vol. V: New Worlds for Old 1943-1946 (1978); Vol. VI: The Broken Road 1947-1952 (1981); Volume VII: Some Talk of Alexander 1952-1959 (1982); Vol. VIII: Traveller's Epilogue 1960-1980 (1982). COMPLETE SETS IN THIS CONDITION ARE NOW EXTREMELY SCARCE.

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Book number: 24991

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STARK Freya

The Lycian Shore.

John Murray,, [1956]. 8vo., First Edition, with title in red and black, wood-engraved title-vignette by Reynolds Stone, 66 plates on 50, numerous illustrations in the text and 3 maps on one folder (the folder present in photo-facsimile); original coarse-grain cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, uncut, backstrip lightly sunned (but all gilt entirely legible) else a good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The second volume of Stark's exploration of the coast of Asia Minor, with photographs and illustrations by the author

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Book number: 13359

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Keywords: modern firsts, travel, exploration, asia minor, freya stark, travel, exploration, freya stark, lycian, shore