CHRISTIAN Carol

God and One Redhead. Mary Slessor of Calabar. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Hodder & Stoughton,, [1970]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates and endpaper maps; brown cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 29519

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration0

Keywords: travel, africa, calabar, mary slessor, missionaries, christian missions

CLARKE Moma

Paris. [The Picture Guides series]. NEAR FINE COPY

Medici Society,, [1929]. 4to., First Edition, with sepia-toned title-vignette and very numerous sepia-toned photographs in the text; original series binding of buff cloth, upper board lettered in blind, gilt back, a near fine copy. Combining history and travel, Medici's profusely illustrated 'Picture Guides' series is notable for its generous use of period photography. Each volume is filled with evocative images complementing a deceptively detailed text.

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Book number: 32338

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration0

Keywords: travel, europe, france, paris, medici society, picture guides,

CLARKSON T.

Memoirs of the Public and Private Life of William Penn. New Edition, with a Preface in reply to the Charges against his Character made by Mr. Macaulay in his 'History of England' by W.E. Forster.

Bradshaw and Blacklock (London) and Joseph Scattergood (Philadelphia),, 1849. 12mo., with an engraved frontispiece, a large folding engraved street plan of Philadelphia (coloured in outline) and a folding engraved map of Pennsylvania and New Jersey; original blind-blocked cloth, gilt back, an unusually crisp, clean copy with only the very lightest browning to text. With 2pp publisher's adress and 2pp publisher's advertisement bound in at end

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Book number: 3989

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Keywords: americana, quakers, society of friends, pennsylvania, t. clarkson, travel, exploration, americana, memoirs, the, public, private, life, william, penn

CLIFFORD H.

Bush-Whacking and other Asiatic Tales and Memories. IN FULL MOROCCO

Heinemann,, [1929]. 8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, fore-edges lightly spotted; handsomely bound in dark red full morocco, sides with double frame border stopped at corners with gilt rosettes, back with five raised bands ruled in gilt, second and fourth compartments lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled with gilt lozenge, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Includes recollections of the Pahang Disturbances of December 1890 - September 1891, and the expeditions into the 'Benighted Lands' of 1894 and 1895. VERY SCARCE

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Book number: 19624

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration0

Keywords: far east, malaysia, pahang, hugh clifford, h. clifford, travel, exploration, far east, bush-whacking, other, asiatic, tales, memories

CLIFFORD Hugh

Further India. Being the Story of Exploration from the Earliest Times in Burma, Malaya, Siam, and Indo-China. Maps by J.G. Bartholomew. IN FULL MOROCCO

Lawrence and Bullen,, 1904. 8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with 35 plates on 34 plates, 11 full-page maps and plans, a large folding panorama and 2 large folding coloured maps on one folder; handsomely bound in dark red full crushed morocco, 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, pictorial gilt from original front board preserved and mounted on new leaf at front, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. With 2pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end. Published in the series 'The Story of Exploration', edited by J. Scott Keltie. Sold from an institution with its stamp on three leaves. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION

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Book number: 19785

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Keywords: travel, exploration, india, burma, malaya, siam, indochina, hugh clifford, hugh clifford

COATES Austin

Myself a Mandarin. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Frederick Muller,, [1968]. 8vo., First Edition, some very faint offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; brown cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped, lightly browned and dust-soiled dustwrapper.

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Book number: 25356

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Keywords: far east, hong kong, china, austin coates, a. coates, travel, exploration, far east, myself, mandarin

CODRINGTON K. de B.

Cricket in the Grass. COLONEL PHELPS HODGES' COPY

Faber,, [1959]. 8vo., First Edition, some faint ofsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; green cloth, backstrip lettered in red, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Dustwrapper artwork by Charles Stewart. This copy was formerly in the library of Colonel Phelps Hodges, leader of the British Military Mission to Siberia and author of 'BRITMIS', and bears his holograph pencilled signature on front free enpaper.

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Book number: 36866

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Keywords: travel, india, raj, codrington, phelps hodges

COLLIS Maurice

Foreign Mud. Being an Account of the Opium Imbroglio at Canton in the 1830's and the Anglo-Chinese War that followed. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

Faber,, [1956]. 8vo., First Edition, with 24 plates, and 5 full-page maps in the text; original yellow cloth, gilt back, covers lightly dust-soiled else a very good, bright, clean copy.

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Book number: 36213

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Keywords: travel, china, opium, collis, maurice collis, canton, anglo-chinese war

COLLIS Maurice

The Great Within. THE ORIGINAL EDITION IN DUSTWRAPPER

Faber,, [1941]. 8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with title in red and black, plates, maps in the text and large folding map at end, neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; original purple cloth, gilt back, yellow top, boards lightly faded at lower edge else a very good, bright, crisp, clean copy in dustwrapper, the latter lightly chipped and frayed at edges. Crisp copy of Collis's chronological account of Peking, the Forbidden City, and Chinese dynastic history from the end of the Ming period. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 34029

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Keywords: mstock, far east, china, peking, beijing, forbidden city, collis, maurice collis

COLLIS Maurice

Raffles. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Faber,, [1966]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates and maps; red cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly rubbed at extremities.

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Book number: 38548

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Keywords: far east, singapore, stamford raffles, java, collis, maurice collis, travel, exploration

COLUMBUS Christopher

Select Documents illustrating the Four Voyages of Columbus. Including those contained in R.H. Major's Select Letters of Christopher Columbus. Translated and edited with additional Material, an Introduction and Notes, by Cecil Jane. [Complete set.] BRIGHT, CLEAN SET IN ORIGINAL SERIES BINDING

Hakluyt Society,, 1930-33. 2 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 very good, bright, clean set. The set comprises: Vol. I: The First and Second Voyages; Vol.II: The Third and Fourth Voyages. With a Supplementary Introduction by E.G.R. Taylor. This edition enlarges on that published as First Series no. 43 in 1870. COMPLETE SETS IN THIS CONDITION ARE SCARCE. Hakluyt Society, Second Series, Nos. 65, 70. Bridges & Hair, pp.277-278.

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Book number: 43138

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Keywords: mstock, travel, hakluyt society, columbus, christopher columbus, america

COMBER Leon

Chinese Ancestor Worship in Malaya. [Second Impression.] NEAR FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS

Donald Moore, Singapore,, 1954 [1955]. 8vo., Second Impression, with coloured frontispiece and 20 plates in monochrome, neat contemporary signature on front inner wrapper; original yellow wrappers printed in red, a near fine copy. With the trade ticket of University Book Store, Singapore, on front inside wrapper. Published in the series 'Malayan Heritage Books'. SCARCE.

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Book number: 46869

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Keywords: travel, far east, malaya, malaysia,leon comber, chinese ancestor worship

CONDER] [Josiah

The Modern Traveller. A Popular Description, Geographical, Historical and Topographical, of the various Countries of the Globe. Colombia. BRIGHT, CRISP COPY

Printed for James Duncan [and others],, 1825. Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with folding engraved map as frontispiece and 3 engraved plates, some light offsetting to title and some light age-staining to a few leaves; contemporary half calf, marbled boards, expertly rebacked in calf to style, back with gilt bands, second compartment lettered in gilt, red sprinkled edges, a remarkably bright, crisp copy. An early account of the Republic of Greater Colombia formed in 1819. SCARCE.

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Book number: 28149

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Keywords: americana, south america, latin america, colombia, greater colombia, josiah conder, modern traveller

CONSOLO, Vincenzo

La Terra di Archimede. Fotografi di Mimmo Jodice. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Sellerio, [Syracuse,, 2001]. 4to., First Edition, text in Italian, with numerous fine full-page coloured photographs throughout, neat inscription on front free endpaper; blue cloth, upper board with coloured illustration (repeated from text) and lettered in gilt, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Superb and lavish photography.

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Book number: 28197

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Keywords: europe, italy, syracuse, la, terra, di, archimede

COOK Thomas

The Traveller's Handbook for Belgium and the Ardennes. New Edition, thoroughly revised and remodelled. NEAR FINE COPY

Thomas Cook,, 1911. Sm. 8vo., with folding coloured map on japon as frontispiece, 3 folding maps and plans on japon and full-page plan in the text, small contemporary signature on front free endpaper, endpapers lightly browned; original burgundy cloth gilt, gilt back, sprinkled edges, radial corners, a near fine copy. With 66pp of advertisements (many illustrated) at end. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 11100

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration0

Keywords: travel, europe, belgium, ardennes, low countries, thomas cook, guide books