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Photo of "The mediterranean pilot.."
[MEDITERRANEAN PILOT]. The mediterranean pilot... London. Printed for the Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, by Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1905-08 Fourth edition. 8vo. In four volumes. With five maps and five plates. Original publisher's brown cloth, lettered in gilt. A trifle rubbed and marked, spines sunned. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 29502
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LEIGHTON, John M.. Select views of glasgow and its environs.. Glasgow. Published by Joseph Swan, 1828. First edition. Quarto. [6], xvi, [2], 91, 4pp. With an engraved portrait frontispiece, a further 27 engraved plates, and a terminal list of subscribers bound in. Finely bound by Ramage (stamp-signed to verso of FFEP) in later navy half-morocco, marbled boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Marbled endpapers, T.E.G. Very lightly rubbed. Light scattered spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 34376
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LEIGHTON, John M.. Select views on the river clyde. Glasgow. Joseph Swan, engraver, 1830. First edition. Quarto. [4], iv, [8], 168, 4pp. With an engraved title page, a further 42 engraved plates, and a terminal list of subscribers. Finely bound by Ramage (stamp-signed to verso of FFEP) in later navy half-morocco, marbled boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Marbled endpapers, T.E.G. Very lightly rubbed. Scattered spotting, mostly to margins. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 34377
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STIRLING, Major William. The Rivers of Paradise and Children of Shem, with a copious appendix, and a disquisition concerning the expedition of sesostris into india. London. Rivingtons, 1855. First edition. 8vo. 88pp. With two lithographed plates. Original publisher's blind-stamped navy cloth, lettered in gilt to upper board. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine dulled. Internally clean and crisp. With two A.L.S. in the hand of the author, both addressed to Sir William Stirling Maxwell; the first (dated 20th January, 1855) presenting this copy, the second (dated 2nd October, 1855) apologising for his unsuccessful attempt to procure from ... More > £ 625.00 Antiquates Ref. 30993
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[JAPAN]. WHITNEY, W. N. [compiler]. A Concise Dictionary of the principal Roads, chief towns and villages of japan... Tokyo. Z. P. Maruya & Co., 1889. First edition. 8vo. [2], v, [1], 248pp, [4]. Printed in double columns. With an engraved folding map and a tipped-in errata slip. Original publisher's blind-stamped limp red cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Lightly rubbed and marked. One preliminary leaf detached, short tears to map at gutter, scattered spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 33349
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BERNAYS, Robert. "Naked Fakir". London. Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1931. First edition. 8vo. 351pp, [1]. With half-title. Original publisher's black cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Lightly rubbed and marked, with chipping to head of spine. Inked ownership inscription to FEP. Leaves lightly browned, spotting throughout. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 34863
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[BOOTH LINE]. Booth line: six weeks' cruise portugal madeira & the river amazon. Liverpool. The Booth Steamship Co. Ltd., [s.d.] 8vo. 29pp, [1]. With a chromolithograph frontispiece, one further terminal chromolithograph plate, numerous in-text photographic illustrations, several engraved maps, and an additional loosely inserted hand-coloured map of the River Amazon. Sewn, as issued, in original publisher's printed pictorial paper wrappers. Lightly rubbed, with spotting and browning to wrappers. Internally clean & crisp. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 34530
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[BERN]. Gemmi-pass von bern nach leuk Route de la gemmi de berne à louëche.. [Zurich]. [Photoglob], [1915]. First edition. Oblong quarto. [18]pp. With 36 large photographic illustrations depicting the sights of the journey between Bern and Leukerbad, Switzerland. Original publisher's pictorial paper wrappers. Rubbed and marked, with spotting and toning to wrappers. Light scattered spotting and browning to illustrations. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 34529
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[TASMANIA]. The new album of 31 Tasmanian Views . [Hobart]. [J. Walch & Sons], [s.d., c.1910s] First edition. Oblong octavo. [24]pp. With a title page and 31 photographic illustrations depicting the landscapes of Tasmania, Australia. Sewn, as issued, in original publisher's gilt-tooled red paper boards. Rubbed and marked, with small losses to head and foot of spine. Light scuffing to title. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 24164
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[DOWLING, Francis]. Fights for the championship; and celebrated prize battles; or accounts of all the prize battles for the championship from the days of figg and broughton to the present time... London. Published at "Bell's Life" Office, 1855. First edition. 8vo. iv, 432pp. Original publisher's blind-stamped green cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Lightly rubbed, marked, spine sunned, corners bumped. Early inked ownership inscription of Charles W. A. Oakeley to FEP, single manuscript correction to text, annotations concerning the 1858 fight between Tom Sayers and Tom Paddock to verso of terminal leaf and RFEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 33820
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CARRINGTON, N[oel] T[homas]. Dartmoor: a Descriptive Poem. London. Published by Hatchard and Son, 1826. First edition. 8vo. cv, [3], 204pp, [8]. With an engraved frontispiece, a further 11 engraved plates, a list of subscriber's, and two terminal leaves of publisher's advertisements. Uncut in original publisher's red paper-backed marbled paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece to spine. Heavily rubbed, spine worn, lower board detached, corners bumped. Recent book-label of J. O. Edwards to FEP, near contemporary inked gift inscription to recto of FFEP, some ... More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 32416
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ROUSSEL, Napoléon. Mon voyage en algérie raconté à mes enfans . Paris. Librarie Ch. Meyrueis et Ce., [s.d., c.1840] Third edition. 8vo . 141pp, [3]. With an engraved title page, six engraved plates, and several in-text illustrations. Contemporary gilt-tooled, blind-stamped red paper boards. Lightly rubbed and marked, with small losses to head and foot of spine, light wear to extremities, spine sunned. Endpapers browned, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 34667
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YOUNGHUSBAND, Sir Francis. The heart of a continent: Commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of his journey from Peking to India by way of the Gobi Desert and Chinese Turkestan, and across the himalaya buy the Mustagh Pass. London. John Murray, 1937. 8vo. xvi, 246pp, [2]. with a half-title, a photographic portrait frontispiece, two further photographic plates, and a folding map. Original publisher's green cloth, lettered in gilt. Without dustwrapper. A trifle rubbed. Presentation copy, inked inscription to recto of FFEP: 'Esther Waldegrave with sincerest good wishes from her old friend Francis Younghusband. June 22. 1938'. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 25319
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COTTON, Thomas. Oriental roundabout. [Nottingham]. Private publication [Thos. Forman & Sons], [1957]. First edition. 8vo. Number 131 of an unspecified limitation. [6], 122pp. With five photographic plates. Original publisher's navy cloth lettered in gilt. A trifle cocked. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author beneath foreword. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 28754
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SCHOUTEN, [Wouter]. Voyage de gautier schouten aux indes orientales. Commencé l'an 1658. & fini l'an 1665... Rouen. Chez Pierre le Boucher, 1725. Nouvelle edition [i.e. new edition]. 12mo. In two volumes. [4], 603, [1]; [4], 582pp. Titles in red and black. With an additional engraved title page to each volume and a further seven engraved plates (four folding). Later gilt-tooled dark green morocco-backed marbled paper boards, marbled edges. Lightly rubbed. Hinges partially exposed, slight loss to lower corner of title page of Vol. II, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 34709