DAVIES P.N.

Trading in West Africa 1840-1920. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Croom Helm,, [1976]. 8vo., First Edition, with map; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 38398

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration0

Keywords: travel, africa, west africa, slave trade, slavery, slavers, liverpool, merseyside

DEBRAYE Henry

Touraine and its Chateaux. [The Picture Guides series]. NEAR FINE COPY

Medici Society,, [1926]. 4to., First Edition, with map as frontispiece, sepia-toned title-vignette and very numerous sepia-toned photographs in the text, original series binding of green 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: 32334

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration0

Keywords: travel, europe, france, touraine, loire, chateau, chateaux, medici society, picture guides,

DECLE Lionel

Three Years in Savage Africa. Facsimile reproduction with new Publishers' Introduction and Foreword. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Books of Rhodesia, Bulawayo,, 1974. 8vo., with portrait frontispiece, illustrations (a number full-page) in the text and 6 maps (3 coloured and 2 folding), contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; terracotta cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, top moderately spotted else a very good, bright,clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly browned at backstrip. High-quality facsimile reissue of the Methuen edition of 1900. NOW SCARCE IN ITS OWN RIGHT. Hosken, p.57 (recording the first edition).

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Book number: 41115

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Keywords: travel, africa, decle, lionel decle

DELLENBAUGH Frederick S.

The Romance of the Colorado River. The Story of its Discovery in 1540, with an Account of the Later Explorations, and with Special Reference to the Voyages of Powell through the Line of the Great Canyons. [Facsimile reuissue.] NEAR FINE COPY

[Time Life],, [1982]. 8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, and numerous illustrations (a number full-page) and maps in the text; brown leather, upper board blocked and lettered in gilt and blind, gilt back, gilt edges, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker, a fine copy. Facsimile reissue of the original Putnam edition of 1902. With 4pp publisher's catalogue retained at end.

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Book number: 48737

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration0

Keywords: travel, exploration, americana, america, usa, wild west, colorado, grand canyon, dellenbaugh, fredrick dellenbaugh

DER LING Princess

Old Buddha (Empress Tzu Hsi). IN FULL MOROCCO

John Lane The Bodley Head, 1929. 8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and plates; handsomely bound in dark red full morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands ruled in gilt, second and fourth compartments lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, yellow top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, uncut, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation.

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Book number: 32172

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration0

Keywords: travel, far east, china, empress dowager, tzu hsi, old buddha, ch'ing court

DEZHNEV Semen

The Voyage of Semen Dezhnev in 1648: Bering's Precursor. With Selected Documents by Raymond H Fisher. [Hakluyt Society]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Hakluyt Society,, 1981. 8vo., First Edition, with 20 maps in the text and a large folding map; Hakluyt Society binding of blue cloth, upper board with multiple frame border in blind enclosing a sailing vessel blocked in gilt, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 19790

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Keywords: travel, hakluyt society, asia, dezhnev, semen dezhnev, bering strait

DICKENS Francis

Dickens of the Mounted. The Astounding Long-Lost Letters of Inspector F. Dickens NWMP. Edited by Eric Nicol. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

McClelland & Stewart, Toronto ON,, [1989]. 8vo., First Edition, with endpaper map; grey cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 35403

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration0

Keywords: travel, canada, mounted police, nwmp, north west mounted police, francis dickens, eric nicol

DINGLE E.J.

China's Revolution 1911-1912. A Historical and Political Record of the Civil War. CIVIL WAR IN CHINA

T Fisher Unwin,, 1912. 8vo., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece (original tissue guard present), title in red and black, 35 plates on 31 and 2 large folding maps on japon, half-title lightly spotted otherwise some very light and occasional marginal spotting to text; original pictorial blue cloth, upper elaborately blocked and lettered in gilt, gilt back, gilt top, uncut, upper hinge cracked (but binding wholly sound), a remarkably bright, fresh, clean copy. Sold from an institution with its faint tape-marks on covers, bookplate on front paste-down, press-mark on front free endpaper and small blind stamp on title. Well-illustrated account of the revolution at Wuchang, Hankow and Hanyang. One of the first Caucasians to live in China for any length of time, Dingle was resident in Hankow at the outbreak and remained throughout the revolt. Includes a valuable set of otherwise unpublished photographs of localities, military detail and leading personalities (many of the images are from the Upward collection). The author was appointed FRGS and later founded the School of Mentalphysics in California. RARE.

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Book number: 20061

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DiSalvo Charles

The Man before the Mahatma. M K Gandhi, Attorney at Law. [Indian Edition.] NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Random House India, Noida UP,, [2012]. 8vo., First Edition thus; white cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, brown endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 38985

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration0

Keywords: travel, india, gandhi, mahatma gandhi, disalvo, charles disalvo

DODSON E.G.

Speakers and Clerks of the Virginia House of Delegates 1776-1955. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY

[Privately Printed], Richmond VA,, 1956. 8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with numerous portraits; blue cloth gilt, gilt back, a very good, clean copy. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR TO PROFESSOR J E MORPURGO, WITH THE AUTHOR'S SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER.

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Book number: 20156

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Keywords: americana, america, virginia, e.g. dodson, travel, exploration, americana, speakers, clerks, the, virginia, house, delegates, 1776-1955

DOUGHTY Charles Montagu

Travels in Arabia Deserta. With a New Preface by the Author, Introduction by T.E. Lawrence, and all original Maps, Plans and Cuts. [Second English Edition.] 500 COPIES WERE PRINTED; SECOND ENGLISH EDITION; CAPE'S FIRST BOOK; NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS

Philip Lee Warner [for Medici Society] and Jonathan Cape,, 1921. 2 vols., 8vo., Second Edition thus, with fine portrait frontispiece (original tissue guard present), numerous plates (a number in collotype and a number folding), illustrations, maps and plans in the text and large folding coloured map mounted on cloth in pocket at end of first volume, neat contemporary signature on half-title of first volume, small sticker on front paste-downs; original dark green cloth, upper boards blocked in gilt and framed in blind, gilt backs, gilt tops, black endpapers, uncut, a sharp, bright, crisp, near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the wrappers moderately sunned at backstrips. EDITION LIMITED TO 500 COPIES. With the trade ticket of WH Smith of Bournemouth on front paste-down. 'Lawrence had long admired Doughty's classic and was instrumental in getting the second English edition published by the fledgling firm of Jonathan Cape in conjunction with the Medici Society' (paraphrased from O'Brien). VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION, AND ESPECIALLY IN THE DUSTWRAPPERS. O'Brien A013.

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Book number: 41193

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Keywords: travel, exploration middle east, arabia, doughty, charles montagu doughty, te lawrence, lawrence of arabia,

DOUGHTY Charles Montagu

Travels in Arabia Deserta. With a New Preface by the Author, Introduction by T.E. Lawrence, and all original Maps, Plans and illustrations. [Fourth English Edition, Third Impression.] NEAR FINE COPY OF THE THIN-PAPER EDITION

Jonathan Cape [with] Medici Society,, [1926]. 8vo., Fourth Edition thus, Third Impression, with fine portrait frontispiece, numerous plates (a number in collotype and a number folding with original tissue guards present), illustrations, maps and plans in the text and large folding coloured map mounted on cloth, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; original navy cloth, boards framed in blind, gilt back, a near fine copy. 'Lawrence had long admired Doughty's classic and was instrumental in getting the second English edition published by the fledgling firm of Jonathan Cape in conjunction with the Medici Society' (paraphrased from O'Brien). The single-volume, thin paper edition was first published in March 1926; this third impression appeared in the September. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. O'Brien A015.

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Book number: 45205

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Keywords: travel, exploration middle east, arabia, doughty, charles montagu doughty, te lawrence, lawrence of arabia,

DOWNTON Nicholas

The Voyage of Nicholas Downton to the East Indies, 1614-15. As recorded in contemporary Narratives and Letters. Edited by Sir William Foster. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN ORIGINAL SERIES BINDING

Hakluyt Society,, 1939. 8vo., First Edition, with illustrations and maps; original Society binding of blue cloth, upper board with multiple frame border in blind enclosing sailing vessel blocked in gilt, gilt back, uncut, a very good, bright, clean copy. With personal bookplate on front free endpaper. Hakluyt Society, Second Series, No. 82. Bridges & Hair, p.280.

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Book number: 33987

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Keywords: travel, hakluyt society, nicholas downton, east indies, far east

DRAKE Sir Francis

Sir Francis Drake's West Indian Voyage 1585-86. Edited by Mary Frear Keeler. NEAR FINE COPY

Hakluyt Society,, 1981. 8vo., First Edition, with double-page map as frontispiece, plates and maps (a number folding); 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. With personal bookplate on front paste-down. Hakluyt Society, Second Series, No. 148. Bridges & Hair, p.291.

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Book number: 39443

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Keywords: travel, hakluyt society, west indies, drake, francis drake

DRUMMOND Roscoe

Duel at the Brink. John Foster Dulles' Command of American Power. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Doubleday. New York NY,, 1960. 8vo., First Edition; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM DRUMMOND WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 23539

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration0

Keywords: john foster dulles, eisenhower, state department, r. drummond, g. coblentz, travel, exploration, americana, duel, the, brink