[BLIGH, WILLIAM / BURNEY, JAMES]:

Captainens vid engelske ammiralitetet William Bligh's resa i Söderhafvet åren 1788, 1789, 1790. Hans half-årige vistande på ön O-Taheiti och hemresa från ön Timor till England. Part I. (all published). Nyköping, Joh. Pet. Hammarin, 1795.

. Pp. xvi, 220. Modern boards, title label on spine. A Swedish version of Bligh's famous "Voyage to the South Sea", anonymously translated by Carl Fr. Landell from the German edition (Berlin 1793), including the Forster introduction. The main purpose of the expedition was to introduce the breadfruit plant from the South Sea Islands to the West Indies. Rare. Du Rietz, Bibliotheca Polynesiana 96. Ferguson 216. Cf Howgego B107. Kroepelien 96. Not in Hill.

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Book number: 44010

Catalogue: Oceania incl. Pacific

Keywords: Oceania incl. Pacific, pacific, travel, exploration, tahiti, south sea, voyage

[VICTORIAN PLAYBILL - CONCERT, BIRMINGHAM].

DAY'S. On Monday, November 22nd, 1880, and Every Evening. Birmingham 1880.

. Single leaf advertising playbill. Size: 75.5 x 24.8 cm. Printed in red, yellow and black on card board. A well-preserved playbill announcing a performance at the Concert Hall in Smallbrook street in Birmingham: "The great Witty Watty Walton will make his first appearance in Birmingham with his new and unique entertainment, The Excursion Train", etc.

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Book number: 120500

Catalogue: Design

Keywords: Design, england, uk, concert, performance, playbill, advertising,

[KIRKBY, CHARLES MAJOR]:

A Forced March from My Home in Old England, to My Home in the Regiment. Bangalore, Printed at the Columbian Press, by Thomas Beare, 1848.

. Small 8vo. Pp. (iv), 203, (1) with errata leaf tipped in. Original cloth, rubbed and spine ends chipped. Rare travelogue of a journey made in 1846 by an officer returning through Europe to his regimental base in India. The authorship is attributed to Charles Foveaux Kirkby, then a captain in the Fourteenth Madras Native Infantry. The account describes the visit to Paris and then is mainly devoted to his stay in Rome. From there he passed through Naples, Sorrento, Malta and Alexandria before taking a steamer from Cairo to Madras. This work is one of only two known from the Colombian Press at Bangalore! The second work is a Tamil language book printed in 1850. See: D.E. Rhodes article in The British Museum Quarterly, vol. 34 no. 3/4 (1970), pp. 83-86. Seems scarce, we've only found two library copies (British Library and Princeton University). Not in Diehl.

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Book number: 99981

Catalogue: South Asia

Keywords: South Asia, india, indian, inde, bangalore, travel, exploration, italy, italian, asia, asie, asien, asiatic,

[EHRENBORG, ANNA FREDRIKA]:

Några brev från England 1852-1853. Upsala, Wahlström & Co., 1854.

. 12mo. Pp. 339. With wood engraved vignette on title. Contemporary half cloth on marbled boards,flat spine gilt. Old ownership signature. Bookplates. No endpapers. One quire loose. First edition. Contains letters written by Ehrenborg during her stay in London. Discusses i.a. Swedenborg's theology and spirituality, and other religious movements in England at the time. Some browning.

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Book number: 99166

Catalogue: Europe

Keywords: Europe, england, english, travel, exploration, euorpe, european,

[MAP: NEW SOUTH WALES - AUSTRALIA].

New South Wales. Map, Illustrations, and Decorative text. Sydney, Thomas Richards, 1884.

. A large tinted folding map titled: Principal towns and districts in New South Wales possessing railway communication with Sydney. Size: 88 x 62 cm. With accompanying text with illustrations on verso. One tear at fold and another tiny tear also at fold (without any loss). Some minor browning. Kept in 4to size original pictorial brown cloth stamped in black and gold. Two maps printed on paste downs. An excellent copy. Not in Ferguson.

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Book number: 99281

Catalogue: Oceania incl. Pacific

Keywords: Oceania incl. Pacific, australia, australiana, oceania, sydney, north south wales, map, maps, exploration, travel, voyage

ANSON, GEORGE:

Resa rundt omkring jorden aaren 1740, 41, 42, 43, 44, daa han, saasom chef oefwer en engelsk oerlogs-escadre, war afsaend til Soederhafwet ... Stockholm, L. Grefing, 1761.

. Pp. (xvi), 516, 20. Without endpapers. Contemporary wrappers, slightly worn. A Swedish abridgment. Original published in London 1748. Cf Borba Moraes I, 38.

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Book number: 15078

Catalogue: Travel general

Keywords: Travel general, exploration, travels, voyages, navy, naval, military, pacific, explore, , pacifica, england, travel, viajes, viaggio, reisen, pazifik

BACKHOUSE, JAMES:

Extracts from Letters of James Backhouse now Engaged in a Religious Visit to Van Dieman's Land, and New South Wales. Accompanied by George Washington Walker. Ten parts in one volume. London, Harvey and Darton, 1838; 1837-41.

. Pp. 94; 78; 86; 80; 66 (wrong pagination); 83, (1); 91,(1); 94; 99, (1) and ; 100. Each part published separately with individual title pages. First editions except part one which is in third edition. Contemporary half calf on papercovered boards, rebacked with the original back preserved, rubbed. Bookplate. Light foxing to endpapers. A small hole on title page with loss of one letter. Comprises: Parts 1-5 devoted to Australia; part 6 to Mauritius and parts 7-10 to South Africa. Backhouse was a Quaker missionary who lived in South Africa during the years 1838-41. Ferguson 2434-7 & 2703-4.

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Book number: 29099

Catalogue: Oceania incl. Pacific

Keywords: Oceania incl. Pacific, australia, mauritius, south africa, africa, africana, travel, voyage, exploration, oceania, afrique

CAMPBELL, MRS. PATRICK ("MRS. PAT"):

[Four original playbills printed on silk]. Prince of Wales' Theatre & Princess of Wales' Theatre, London and Theatre Royal, Dublin. 1899-1900.

. Mrs. Patrick Campbell (1865-1940), born Beatrice Rose Stella Tanner, was one of the most acclaimed English stage actresses of her time. Contains:1. "The Sacrament of Judas" and "The Canary". Under the Management of Mr. Forbes Robertson and Mrs. Patrick Campbell. At the Prince of Wales' Theatre, Covent Garden, London: Tonight at 8.15. No month or year (1900). Printed at Harmsworth & Co, Covent Garden. Size: 26.5 x 29.5 cm. 2."Magda". Mrs. Patrick Campbell and her London Company. At the Theatre Royal, Dublin: March 8th,1899. Size: 23.2 x 28.5 cm. 3."Carlyon Sahib" Mrs. Patrick Campbell and her full West-end Company. At Princess of Wales' Theatre, Kennington, London. June 22nd and 29th (1899). Size 17.5 x 27 cm.4."The Canary". Mrs. Patrick Campbell. At Theatre Royal, Dublin. Wednesday, August 22nd, 1900. Size:18 x 27.5 cm.

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Book number: 121257

Catalogue: Europe

Keywords: Europe, theatre, theater, plays, england, london, dublin, playbill, advertising

CAWTHRONE, G. (Editor):

A Complete View of the Chinese Empire. Exhibited in a Geographical Description on its Antiquity, and a Genuine and Copius Account of the Earl Macartney's Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China. London, printed and published by G. Cawthorn, 1798.

. Pp. (8), lxxii, 224, 275- 456. Pagination irregular. With one engraved frontispiece. Without last leaf with advertisement. First few leaves with some spotting. Contemporary mottled calf, flat spine richly decorated in gilt and with red title label, rubbed. First edition. An anonymous, accurate account of the British embassy headed by Earl Macartney to China during the years 1792-94. Cordier BS 2392. Löwendahl 701. Provenance: Copy of Jacob Lothsack, enobled Kjerrmanskiöld (1745-1818), Swedish captain who headed the Swedish East India Company ship Gustaf III to China in 1796-98.

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Book number: 99963

Catalogue: East Asia

Keywords: East Asia, china, chine, kina, chinese, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, travel, exploration, voyage,

CUNNINGHAM, PETER MILLER:

Two years in New South Wales Comprising Sketches of the Actual State of Society in that Colony; of its Peculiar Advantages to Emigrants; of its Topography, Natural History &c.&c. Second edition, revised and enlarged. Two volumes in one. London, Henry Colburn, 1827.

. Large 12mo. Pp. xvi, 346; iii-viii, 336. With one large folding map (with tear repaired on verso). Later half green calf, spine gilt with four raised bands and red title label, speckled edges, extremities rubbed. Bookplate. Cunningham was a surgeon in the Royal Navy and spent four years in New South Wales. His work is considered to be one of the best decriptions of the life and manners in the colony at this time. This edition is enlarged and includes a map not found in the first edition. Ferguson 1110. Kress C. 1869.

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Book number: 29097

Catalogue: Oceania incl. Pacific

Keywords: Oceania incl. Pacific, oceania, australia, explore, exploration, oceanie, australie, explorations, expéditions, ozeanien, pazifisch, oceanie, pacifique, travels, voyage, exploration, explore, NSW, news south wales

EDINBURGH.

EDINBURGH. Set of the City of Edinburgh, with the Acts of Parliament. Edinburgh 1783.

. Pp. x, 145. Contemporary calf, slightly stained. With 4 raised bands and title-label on spine. Fine, interleaved copy.

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Book number: 13057

Catalogue: Europe

Keywords: Europe, europe, europa, england, scotland, edinburgh, royaume umi

GARRARD [JEWELLERY TRADE CATALOGUE]:

Rings. Garrard, Jewellers to the Crown (24, Ablemarle Street, London W1). Paris, Draeger, ca 1935.

. 4to. Pp. (12) and two blank leaves. Text in English. With five plates, of which three in colour and two in b/w monochrome. Original white paperboard wrappers, blind-pressed illustrating two fingers with rings and title printed in black on front cover, black silk cord. Label of Éditeur Draeger on front endpaper. A luxurious catalogue which recounts the history of the ring through centuries and countries together with relevant lavish pictures. Deals with rings of the ancient Egyptians, the Borgia poison rings, the famous ring given by Queen Elizabeth to the Earl of Essex, the history of wedding rings and the Coronation ring. The House of Garrard is the oldest existing jeweller in the world. It was founded in 1735 by George Wicks who opened a store in central London. It was the beginning of a long relationship with the British royal family.

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Book number: 121236

Catalogue: Design

Keywords: Design, jewellery, jeweller, england, british, english, trade, advertisement, design, rings,

GREY, THERESA GEORGINA:

Dagbok under en resa till Egypten, Konstantinopel, Krim och Grekland, i prinsens och prinsessans af Wales suite. Stockholm 1870.

. Pp. (ii), vi, (2), 162. Contemporary half calf, spine (faded), decorated in gilt with title label. A Swedish edition translated from the English (London 1869). The author, Swedish born von Stedingk, accompanied the princess of Wales as her lady-in-waiting on a journey to to the Near East in 1869. They visit Alexandria, Cairo) Constantinople, Athens, Corfu and the Crimea. CfIbrahim-Hilmy I, p. 277.

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Book number: 120746

Catalogue: Near East

Keywords: Near East, egypt, turkey, greece, levant, oriental, egyptian, turkish, greek, travel, exploration, grekland, egypten, resa

HOYLAND, JOHN:

A Historical Survey of the Customs, Habits, & Present State of the Gypsies; Designed to Develope (sic) the Origin of this Singular People, and to Promote the Amelioration of their Condition. York, Hargrove, Gawthorp & Cobb, 1816.

. Pp. 266, (2). Contemporary half calf on marbled boards, somewhat rubbed, small repair to head of spine. Bookplate. First few leaves with minor foxing. First edition. Printed for the author who was a lapsed Quaker said to have fallen from grace when he fell in love with a gypsy girl. This work based on a study made on gypsies living in Northampton, Bedford and Hertford, is one of the first works to consider the relationship between state governments and gypsies. The author was especially interested in the problem of educating gypsy children. Some of the historical information is based on Grellman's work. Black, Gypsy, 2086. Goldsmith 21379. Kress B6713.

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Book number: 18029

Catalogue: Europe

Keywords: Europe, gypsies, travel, exploration, romany, romi, england, britain, united kingdom, british, gypsy

KOOPS, MATTHIAS:

Historical Account of the Substances which have been used to Describe Events, and to Convey Ideas, from the Earliest Date to the Invention of Paper. London, Printed by Jaques & Co., 1801.

. Pp. 274. With engraved frontispiece of an Egyptian papyrus. Old ownership signature on title. Contemporary calf on marbled boards, expertly rebacked to style, with title label. The second, revised and much enlarged edition (first 1800). This edition was printed on remanufactured white paper and became the first book printed on recycled paper in the West! The appendix (pp. 259-274) is printed on paper made from wood pulp. Matthias Koops was a pioneer in mechanical paper making with extensive experience in paper manufacture from recycled paper at the Neckinger mill in South London. He invented new processes for making paper from wood pulp rather than rags, and for recycling paper so that it could be used for printing. Between 1800 and 1801 Koops was granted three patents for making paper from a number of unusual substances. The first edition of this work was printed entirely on yellow paper made from straw. This version of the second edition was printed on recycled paper with the exception of the frontispiece which was printed on straw paper. Contains much statistical information about the paper industry in Britain and elsewhere in Europe at the time. Dard Hunter (1947), pp. 332-40, 375-6, & p. 523. Cf. Bigmore & Wyman p. 399.

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Book number: 100478

Catalogue: Travel general

Keywords: Travel general, papyrus, egypt, paper, history, paper, recycling, manufacturing, england, english, british, papermaking,