BUHLER G.

Indian Palaeography. [Edited by Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya. Biographical note by F Max-Muller. Introductory Note by J.D. Fleet]. BUHLER IN ENGLISH

Indian Studies Past & Present, Calcutta,, [1962]. 4to., with diagrams in the text; original boards, covers lightly age-marked else a good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly frayed and creased at edges. Buhler's classic study was first published in the German language in 1898; the first English translation (prepared by Fleet) appeared in 1904 as an appendix in 'Indian Antiquary'. There the situation rested for over fifty years until the work was reissued in 'Indian Studies' in 1959, when for the first time the separately printed portfolio of plates and transliteration tables appeared with English captions. This edition was rapidly exhausted and thus the present reissue was produced. This reissue provides a verbatim reproduction of the 1959 edition, together with Max-Muller's Obituary Note on Buhler originally published in the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society in 1898, and Fleet's Introductory Notes to the text as published in 1904 Sadly the rare separate portfolio is not present with this copy, which is quite sufficiently elusive in its own right.

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BURGOYNE Elizabeth

Gertrude Bell from her Personal Papers. Vol. I: 1889-1914. Vol. II: 1914-1926. SPLENDID SET IN FULL MOROCCO

Ernest Benn,, [1958-61]. 2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with frontispieces and plates; elegantly bound in full dark green crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border stopped with roundels at corners, backs with raised bands, second and fourth compartments framed and lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt edges, gilt doublures, hand-made endpapers, ribbon markers, a crisp, elegant set ideal as a gift or for presentation. The set comprises Vol.I: 1889-1914 (1958); Vol. II: 1914-1926 (1961). SCARCE.

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BURGOYNE Elizabeth

Gertrude Bell from her Personal Papers. Vol. I: 1889-1914. Vol. II: 1914-1926. NEAR FINE SET IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS

Ernest Benn,, [1958-61]. 2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with frontispieces and plates; terracotta cloth, gilt backs, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper, the wrappers very lightly chipped at extremities. The set comprises Vol.I: 1889-1914; Vol. II: 1914-1926. COMPLETE SETS ARE VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

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BURMA 1947 Act of Parliament

A Bill to Provide for the independence of Burma. As a Country not within His Majesty's Dominions and not entitled to His Majesty's protection, and for consequential and connected matters. INDEPENDENCE OF BURMA

HMSO,, 1947. 8vo., 16pp., First Edition; original wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, very light rust marks else a very good, clean copy. II Geo 6; ordered to be Printed, 23 October 1947. The Bill was presented to the House of Commons by the Prime Minister (Clement Attlee), supported by Sir Stafford Cripps, Mr. V.A. Alexander, Mr. Secretary Henderson and Lieut.-Colonel Rees-Williams. A LANDMARK DOCUMENT IN THE HISTORY OF BURMA, now MYANMAR. SCARCE

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BURTON Captain Sir Richard

Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Mecca. Edited by his Wife, Isabel Burton. Memorial Edition. BRIGHT, CLEAN XL COPY OF THE MEMORIAL EDITION

Tylston & Edwards,, 1893. 2 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus, with portrait frontispieces (one in colour), coloured or tinted plates, woodcut illustrations in the text, plans on japon (2 folding; one double-page) and large folding coloured map, half-title of first volume lightly spotted; original black cloth, upper boards blocked in gilt, gilt backs, red tops, black endpapers, neatly rebacked with old backstrips laid down, a very good, bright, clean, crisp copy. Sold from an institution with its bookplates on front paste-downs and free endpapers, and neat blind stamp on titles. 'It will thus be seen that this edition is very complete, as it has the various appendices from all the past editions. There is also a full index. As in the second edition [1857] there are thirty-four chapters instead of the original thirty-five, owing to two being made appendices, 'The Damascus Caravan' being numbered as a separate chapter' (Penzer). Burton's classic account was first published in 1855. Penzer, p.54.

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BYFORD-JONES W.

Forbidden Frontiers. IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Hale,, [1958]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates, half-title, title and Contents lightly spotted, neat signature on front free endpaper; black cloth, gilt back, fore-edges lightly spoted else a good, firm copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Early and well-written account of the Arab-Israeli conflict.

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BYRON Robert

The Road to Oxiana. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION

Macmillan,, 1937. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, 15 plates and 5 full-page maps in the text; original blue cloth, gilt back, blue top (somewhat faded), boards a little darkened at fore-edges else a very good, bright, crisp, clean copy. With 2pp of publisher's advertisements at end. First issue of the most celebrated travel book in English of the 1930s. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

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CAMERON Commander Verney Lovett

Across Africa. BRIGHT, CLEAN SET OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION

Daldy, Isbister & Co.,, 1877. 2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with frontispieces (original tissue guards present), plates and facsimiles (a number folding), woodcut illustrations in the text and large folding coloured map in pocket at end of first volume; original navy cloth, upper boards framed, blocked and lettered in gilt, gilt backs, chocolate endpapers, uncut, hinges tender (but binding entirely sound), a very good, unusually bright, crisp, clean copy. With the nineteenth century engraved armorial bookplate of John Davies Enys on front paste-down of first volume, and 4pp and 8pp publisher's catalogues bound in at end of first and second volumes respectively. Hosken, p.38.

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CAMERON Mary Lovett

The Inquiring Pilgrim's Guide to Assisi. to which is added the First Life of S. Francis of Assisi by Thomas of Celano. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Methuen,, [1926]. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and plates, some mild offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers, fore-edge lightly spotted; burgundy cloth, upper board lettered in blind, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with minor loss at edges and wanting top quarter of backstrip. SCARCE IN THE DUSTWRAPPER.

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CARCOPINO Jerome

Daily Life in Ancient Rome. The People and the City of the Height of the Empire. Edited with Bibliography and Notes by Henry T. Rowell. Translated from the French by E.O. Lorimer. [First English Edition.] BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE FIRST ENGLISH EDITION

F Beyer, Bergen,, [1887]. 8vo., First Edition thus, on laid paper, with frontispiece and plates; red cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a very good, clean copy.

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CARRE Abbe

The Travels of Abbe Carre in India and the Far East, 1672-1674. Translated from the manuscript Journals of his Travels in the India Office by Lady Fawcett, and edited by Sir Charles Fawcett with the assistance of Sir Richard Burn. [Complete set.] NEAR FINE SET IN SERIES BINDING

Hakluyt Society,, 1947-48. 3 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with illustrations and maps; original Society binding of blue cloth, upper boards with multiple frame border in blind enclosing sailing vessel blocked in gilt, gilt backs, uncut, a near fine set. With personal bookplate on front paste-downs. The set comprises: Vol. I: From France through Syria, Iraq and the Persian Gulf to Surat, Goa and Bijapur; Vol. II: From Bijapur to Madras and St. Thome; Vol. III: Return Journey to France with an Account of the Sicilian Revolt against Spanish rule at Messina. COMPLETE SETS IN THIS CONDITION ARE SCARCE. Hakluyt Society, Second Series, Nos. 95, 96, 97. Bridges & Hair, p.282.

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CARRIER Else Haydon

Water and Grass. A Study of the Political Economy of Southern Europe. IN FULL MOROCCO

Christophers,, [1932]. 8vo., First Edition, with map and 3 diagrams in the text, and 3 folding maps on japon (one neat repair); 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, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Elegant copy of the first and sole edition. RARE.

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CARTELLIERI Otto

The Court of Burgundy. [Translated by Malcolm Letts. Second Edition].

Routledge & Kegan Paul,, [1972]. 8vo., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece, 24 plates and a large folding pedigree, some very light offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; pictorial cloth gilt, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published in the series 'The History of Civilization' and itself now very hard to find, this is a much-needed reissue of the rare original edition of 1929. Many of the photographs were commissioned especially for this work.

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CATO Frederick John

Growing Together. Letters between Fredrick John Cato and Frances Bethune, 1881 to 1884. Edited and introduced by Una B. Porter. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Privately Publixhed, [Carlton, Victoria],, [1981]. Sm. Folio, First Edition, with plates; red cloth, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, patterned endpapers, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. EXTREMELY SCARCE.

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CHATWIN Bruce

In Patagonia. FIRST ISSUE OF THE AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK: A TRAVEL LANDMARK

Jonathan Cape,, [1977]. 8vo., First Edition, First Issue, with frontispiece map, plates, and endpaper maps, some light offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; dark navy cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter mildly spotted at fold-ins but with virtually no trace of the usual fading at backstrip. The author's first book and a landmark in twentieth century travel literature. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

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