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Travel & Exploration
Excitement, adventure and really wild things. Filling in the blanks on the maps and visiting far flung places unspoilt by the modern world and tourism.
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1923 Berlin and its EnvironsLeipzig : 1923A pleasing guide to 1920s Berlin, complete with folding maps and plans. With early descriptions of the S-Bahn electric railway. -
1923 Berlin and its EnvironsLeipzig : 1923A smart Baedeker handbook to Berlin, published the year after the introduction of their electric railways. -
1885-1935 29 Vols Oxford Historical Society PublicationsOxford; Chippenham: 1885-1935A substantial twenty-nine volume collection published for the Oxford Historical Society, offering comprehensive documentary insight into the history, topography, and scholarly life of Oxford. -
1761 Halifax and its Gibbet-Law, Placed in a True LightHalifax: 1761An excellent example of the very scarce second edition of William Bentley's thrilling history of the Halifax Gibbet, a guillotine which decapitated nearly 100 people. -
1741 Manwood's Treatise of the Forest LawsIn the Savoy: 1741A bright example of the fifth edition of William Nelson's expansion of John Manwood's 16th century account on the forest laws of England. -
1893 Weird Tales From the Northern SeasLondon: 1873Uncommon copy of the first English translation of this illustrated title, in lovely condition. -
1886 Kaffir Folk-loreLondon: 1886A scarce collection of fascinating African folklore tales in the publisher's original cloth. -
1904 Arts and Crafts of Old JapanEdinburgh; London: 1904An uncommon limited first edition of this 1904 title, signed by the published, and bound in paper vellum. -
1914 Russia with Teheran, Port Arthur, and PekingLeipzig : 1914A pleasing first edition of Baedeker's Russia handbook, complete with folding maps and plans. -
1905 Austria-Hungary Including Dalmatia and BosniaLeipzig : 1905A very smart handbook to Austria-Hungary from German publisher Karl Baedeker, complete with folding maps. -
1901 Fairy Tales from the SwedishLondon: 1901A good copy of this illustrated collection of Swedish folklore and fairly tale stories translated by H. L. Braekstad, in the publisher's original pictorial cloth. -
1906 2Vols Virgin Soil I and A Sportsman's Sketches IILondon: 1906A lovely set of two illustrated novels by Russian writer Ivan Turgenev, in the publisher's original cloth. -
1911 The Fauna of British India: Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & PolyzoaLondon: 1911The first edition of this scarce and curious biological study in the publisher's original cloth, with many black and white illustrations of freshwater fauna and organisms found in British India. -
c.1912 On the Borders of Pigmy-LandLondon: [c.1912] dated from a copy held by The London LibraryA copy of the uncommon fourth edition documenting Fisher's missionary work. -
1900 Personal Narrative of Occurrences During Lord Elgin's Second Embassy to China in 1860London: 1900A very scarce copy of this work, in publishers original brown pictorial boards, featuring illustrations, and a folding map. -
1905 The Voice of the SouthLondon: 1905An uncommon 1905 edition of this illustrated journey through Algeria, with very scarce pictorial boards. -
1906 Algiers and BeyondLondon: 1906A very scarce first edition copy detailing the travels of the author, including plates of original photography, and map. -
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1936 A Sentimental Journey Through France and ItalyHigh Wycombe: 1936A charming private press limited edition of Sterne’s celebrated 1768 travel narrative, signed by the illustrator and designer, with the original slipcase. -
1886 The Wide World and Our Work In ItLondon: [1886] Dated from a copy held by Spurgeon's CollegeA very scarce 1886 first edition, in original blue cloth boards, with folding map, in good condition. -
1913 With the Russian Pilgrims To JerusalemLondon : 1913A smart half vellum copy of this account of the journey of Russian peasants to Jerusalem, with a frontispiece, 37 plates and a coloured map. -
1924 Selected Papers On Anthropology, Travel & ExplorationLondon : 1924A comprehensive selection of travel papers by Victorian British explorer Sir Richard Burton. -
1864 The Life and Travels of Mungo ParkEdinburgh: 1864A very scarce 1864 edition, in handsome morocco prize binding, with marbled page edges, and gilt motif to front board. -
1887 London and its EnvironsLeipsic : 1887A smart sixth edition of this classic London guidebook from authoritative German publisher Karl Baedeker. With many folding maps and plans. -
1873 Northern GermanyCoblenz: 1873A very scarce copy of this Baedeker handbook, being the first edition solely dedicated to Northern Germany. -
1897 Twenty-Six Years of Missionary Work In ChinaNew York : 1897An illustrated second edition of this account of missionary work in China, with a frontispiece and 7 plates. -
1925 Life In French CongoLondon : 1925A fascinating first edition of this exploration of the French Congo, with a frontispiece and 30 plates. -
1926 An African Eldorado The Belgian CongoLondon : 1926An illuminating first edition of this account of central Africa, abundantly illustrated with folding maps. -
1924 With My Wife Across Africa by Canoe And CaravanLondon: [1924]A fascinating autobiographical account of a Colonel's trip to Africa with his wife, with a frontispiece and 19 double sided plates. -
1928 Eastern Love (Volume VII, VIII & IX)London: 1928A smart morocco-bound volume of Oriental folk tales from E. Powys Mather's limited edition series, 'Eastern Love'. -
1909 The Life of George Grenfell Congo Missionary and ExplorerNew York; Chicago; Toronto : 1909A first U.S. edition of George Hawker’s richly illustrated biography of Congo missionary and explorer George Grenfell, portraying his faith-driven expeditions and pioneering work in mapping and mission-building across Central Africa. -
1910 The Wonders of Asiatic ExplorationLondon: 1910A first edition in an elegant full morocco prize binding of Archibald Williams’s lively account of Asian exploration. -
1929 Dalmatien und die Adria: Westliches Sudslawien, Bosnien Budapest, Istrien, Albanien, KorfuLeipzig : 1929A pleasing German-language first edition handbook from authoritative publisher, Karl Baedeker. -
1881 Rural England; Loiterings Along the Lanes, the Common Sides, and the Meadow-PathsLondon: 1881Beautifully illustrated throughout and in the publisher's vellum binding, this is a scarce limited edition study of rural England and the British countryside. -
1868 Southern Germany and the Austrian EmpireCoblenz : 1868The scarce first edition of this Karl Baedeker handbook to southern Germany and the Austrian Empire.
