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ABBOTT C.M. & N.B. Voyage of the Othello taking 117 passengers from Liverpool to Australia in 1833 returning by Indonesia, journal kept by Surgeon Thomas Mitchell & a story of an emigrant family. Ebor Press, York. 1988. 91pp. 1st ed., fine in pictorial card covers. Well illustrated with line drawings and old plates. £9

ADAMS M. Penang illustrated guide. Municipal Council of George Town, Penang. 1952. 98pp + folding map. Many fine photo plates. £14

ALDERMAN H.M. The charm of old Surrey. Trefoil Pub. Co. 1931 (circa). 205pp + index. 2nd revised ed., clean in slightly worn orig. blue cloth. Illustrated with attractive line drawings in text. £9

ALLOM T. Constantinople and the scenery of the seven churches of Asia Minor illustrated. In a series of drawings from nature by Thomas Allom. With an historical account of Constantinople and descriptions of the plates by the Rev. Robert Walsh. Fisher Son & Co., London. 1838. 2 vols. xxxvi, 84pp; [iv], 100pp + 94 steel engraved plates and two maps, one folding. 1st ed. Quarto. A very fine copy in fine contemporary quarter calf with decorated spine and marbled boards. All edges gilt. Remarkably clean inside. £650

AMY P.E. Sunny Jersey. An historical and descriptive guide. Jersey Commercial Assoc. 1900. 94 large pp, oblong folio. 1st ed., minor water staining to edge of rear pages, clean in orig. worn card covers. Well illust. guide with attractive folding panoramic view of St Helier harbour. £25

ANDERSON - MORSHEAD A.E.M. The history of the Universities' Mission to Central Africa 1859 - 1898. London. 1899. xxxii + 494pp + folding map. 2nd ed., clean in blue pictorial cloth. Many photo plates and some engravings in text. Includes missions in Pemba and Zanzibar and Tanganyika. £50

ANDRE Rev. P. de S. Marie, C.D. Dans l'Inde Malabare. Souvenirs & recits de nos missionnaires Belges. Ypres. 1905. 245pp. 1st ed., fine but loose in orig. worn and damaged blue paper binding. Well illust. account of Belgium missionary work in India. £40

ANDREWS B. The guide to Swaziland. Winchester Press, Johannesburg. 1970. 194pp + folding map. 1st ed., clean in pictorial card covers. Well illustrated. £12

ANON Indian Records, with a commercial view of the relations between the British Government and the Nawabs Nazim of Bengal, Behar aand Orissa. G. Bubb, London. 1870. xxxvi + 347pp + frontispiece with tipped in real photographic portrait of the Nawab. 1st ed., very fine in original green cloth with the colour restored to the worn boards. An early work incorporating a photographic illustration. £75

ANON The narrative of Captain David Woodward and four seamen, who lost their ship while in a boat at sea, and surrendered themselves up to the Malays in the island of Celebes.. Dawsons of Pall Mall, London. 1969. xxxii + 235pp + 2 folding maps. Facsimile reprint of 1805 second ed., very fine in cloth. £50

ANON Facts about Nepal. Department of Information, Nepal. 1970. 53pp + two plates. 2nd ltd. ed. of 2000 copies. Clean in card covers. £12

ARASARATNAM S. Francois Valentijn's description of Ceylon. Hakluyt Society. 1978. 395pp + folding maps. 1st ed., fine in slightly faded D/W. Early history of Ceylon. £20

ATKINSON Rev. J.C. History of Cleveland. Ancient and Modern. M.T.D. Rigg Publications. 1988. 3 large vols. 350 + 120 + 250pp + tinted plates. Facsimile reprint of 1874 ed. in a limited numbered edition of 300 copies. Very fine in quarter calf, t.e.g. £95

BAEDEKER K. Southern France including Corsica. Karl Baedeker. 1902. 548pp + folding maps and plans. Mostly clean in orig. cloth. £12

BAKER S.W. Eight years' wanderings in Ceylon. Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. 1855. xii + 423pp + 6 col. chromo-litho plates. 1st ed., clean in old half morocco binding in fine condition, a.e.g. £185

BARBOUR P.L. The three worlds of Captain John Smith. Macmillan & Co. 1964. xix + 553pp + plates. Fine in worn D/W. Biography of the famous adventurer and explorer. John Smith was born in 1580. In 1606 he sailed with the first Jamestown settlers. Smith was also famous for capturing the affections of Pocahontas and was saved from being clubbed to death. £30

BARBOUR P.L. The three worlds of Captain John Smith. Macmillan & Co. 1964. xix + 553pp + plates. 1st ed., fine in fine D/W. Biography of the famous adventurer and explorer. John Smith was born in 1580. In 1606 he sailed with the first Jamestown settlers. Smith was also famous for capturing the affections of Pocahontas and was saved from being clubbed to death. £36

BARKLY F.A. From the Tropics to the North Sea, including sketches of a Colonial Life; Five years in the Seychelles, Gordon's Garden of Eden; with an interlude at the Falklands in the South Pacific; followed by promotion to Heligoland, the Gem of the North Sea. Roxburghe Press. 1890 (circa). 252pp + plates. 1st ed., small owner's h/s on title page otherwise very fine in original faded and worn red cloth. The author was daughter of the Bishop of Mauritius. Her husband was appointed Chief Commissioner of the Seychelles and later made governor of Heligoland for the two years prior to its cession to Germany. £125

BARON S. A description of the Kingdom of Tonqueen. London. Circa 1700. 40pp + 6 plates and map. Folio. Very fine bound in marbled papers. From Churchill's Collected Voyages. Description of Tonkin, China with fine engraved views of City of Cha-Cho and others showing the people including jugglers and acrobats. £80

BIRD I.L. The Hawaiian archipelago: six months amongst the palm groves, coral reefs, and volcanoes of the Sandwich Islands. John Murray. 1905. 318pp. Fine in worn orig. cloth. Contains some attractive engravings. £35

BLACK A. & C. Black's picturesque tourist of Ireland. A. & C. Black, Edinburgh. 1879. 423pp + folding maps and ads. 16th ed., clean in worn orig. pictorial cloth. Early guide book. £35

BLUTSTEIN H.I. Area handbook for Costa Rica. Washington D.C. 1970. 323pp. 1st ed., fine in orig. cloth. U.S. Government handbook with historical, geographical and economic information on the country. £15

BLUTSTEIN H.I. Area handbook for Honduras. Washington D.C. 1971. 225pp. 1st ed., ex libre, still fine with very few marks, in orig. cloth. U.S. Government handbook with historical, geographical and economic information on the country. £15

BOLITHO H. The British Empire. B.T. Batsford. 1948. 246pp + plates. 1st ed., contents clean, some foxing to page edges, orig. red cloth slightly discoloured but sound in price clipped and slightly worn D/W. Survey of the Empire with attractive plates, some in colour. Recommended. £6

BONNARD G.A. Gibbon's journey from Geneva to Rome. His journal from 20 April to 2 October 1764. Thomas Nelson & Sons. 1961. xxiv + 268pp + 12 plates. De luxe ltd. ed., no. 70 of 105 copies on large thick laid paper in full vellum gilt binding. Bonnard's long preface in English. Gibbon's text in French. A very fine copy. £100

BOUR C. Auvergne. Costumes ou Puy de Dome dessines et lithographies par Bour et Bertrand. Publie par Talbot. 1856 (circa). Title page and 16 hand coloured plates. Some very light tone spotting mostly confined to margins otherwise fine in fine original blindstamped cloth, top of spine with some wear. 9 x 6" £275

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BRADLEY J.T. The history of Seychelles. Clarion Press, Victoria. 1940. 2 vols. 2nd ed. 465pp + appendicies, folding maps and plates. Fine in original blue card covers which are worn at head and tail of spine. Detailed historical study plus chapters on the flora and fauna and a general guide to the islands. Vol III which is advertised in Vol II was I believe never issued. A rare work with fine photo plates. £300

BRADY E.J. Australia unlimited. George Robirtson & Co., Melbourne. 1920 (circa). 1083 + lvi large pp. 1st ed., fine in worn and shaken orig. cloth. Monumental work describing Australia, profusely illustrated with photos. £65

BRAZIL Brazil. Resources, possibilities. Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Rio de Janeiro. 1946. 280pp + col. plates. 1st ed., fine in worn and slightly damaged card covers. Detailed guide to the country with many B & W photos and very attractive reproductions of coloured paintings. £25

BRIDGE H. Journal of an African Cruiser. Comprising sketches of the Canaries, the Cape de Verds, Liberia, Madeira, Sierre Leone, and other places of interest on the West Coast of Africa. Dawsons of Pall Mall. 1968. x + viii + 179pp. Facsimile reprint of 1845 ed., fine in orig. cloth. £30

BRINK J.N. Recollections of a Boer Prisoner-of-War at Ceylon. H.A.U.M., Amsterdam - Cape Town. 1904. [1] + 220pp + photo plates and frontispiece. 1st ed., very fine in very fine original green blindstamped cloth with photo image tipped on front board. Description of Ceylon and the Boer prisoner of war camps. £175

BROUGHTON F. Views of the Overland Journey to India from original sketches. London. 1847 (circa). 12 large pp + title, loose in modern case. Tinted zincographs set of plates, 11 x 15." Slight browning in margins only at edge and occasional marks in margins otherwise fine. Attractive views of Cairo, Alexandria, Malta, Aden, Suez, Karnak and two of Gibraltar. Probably privately produced for distribution to Broughton's (and Delamotte's friends) Abbey 522. £2,750

BRYANT A.T. The Zulu People as they were before the White Man came. Shuter & Shooter, Pietermaritzburg. 1949. 2 vols. 769pp. 1st ltd. ed., no. 49 of 100 copies signed by author on f.e.p. Clean in slightly worn maroon cloth. £70

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE Records of Buckinghamshire, or papers and notes on the history, antiquities and architecture of the county; together with transactions of the architectural and archaelogical society. Aylesbury. 1858 - 1870. 4 vols. 1st ed., some tone spotting otherwise very fine in half calf bindings with decorated spines. The first 4 vols. of this series containing many engraved views and some early coloured prints as well as early examples of tipped in photographs. £275

BUCKLEY C.B. An Anecdotal history of Old Times in Singapore. (With portraits and illustrations). From the Foundation of the settlement under the Honourable the East India Company, on February 6th, 1819, to the Transfer to the Colonial Office as part of the Colonial Possessions of the Crown on April 1st, 1867. Fraser & Neave, Singapore. 1902. Vol II only, pp 407 - 790 + xxii + folding frontispiece and plates. 1st ed., light toning to title page otherwise very clean in fine contemporary half calf with raised bands. £85

BURROWS S.M. The Visitor's guide to Kandy and Nuwara Eliya. With a short historical sketch, engravings and maps. Colombo. 1894. xii + 62 + xx + iv pp + two folding maps and engraved plates. 3rd ed., very clean in orig. card covers. Some rusting near staples to a few pages at rear. A most attractive early guide. £125

 

BUTT-THOMPSON Cap. F.W. Sierre Leone in history and tradition. H.F. & G. Witherby. 1926. 275pp + plates. 1st ed., fine condition, rebound in modern cloth. Scarce history of the colony. £40

CAIRNES J.E. The slave power. Its character, career and probable designs being an attempt to explain the real issues involved in the American contest. David & Charles. 1968. 410pp. Reprint of 1863 ed., ex libre still fine in D/W. Classic study of the background to the American Civil War. £16

CAMPBELL J. A concise history of Spanish America. Dawsons of Pall Mall, London. 1972. viii + 330pp. Facsimile reprint of 1741 first edition, very fine in brown cloth. Much on Spanish treasure fleets. £18

CAMPBELL T. Map Collectors' Circle No. 24 New light on the Jansson-Visscher maps of New England. London. 1965. 20pp + 24 plates. 1st ed., fine in orig. buff card covers (7.5 x 10"). £16

CANTERBURY The Pilgrim's guide to the Royal and Ancient city of Canterbury. Canterbury Chamber of Trade. 1925. 124pp + folding map. Clean in slightly torn pictorial card covers. Well illustrated guide. £3

CARDINALL A.W. A bibliography of the Gold Coast. Issued as a companion volume to the census report of 1931. Govt. Printer, Accra. 1931. xix + 384pp. 1st ed., 8vo. Occasional light tone spotting, still fine in fine orig. cloth. The first attempt at a full bibliography of the Gold Coast, now Ghana. Includes a considerable number of references to Dahomey, Ivory Coast, Togoland and Upper Volta. Scarce. £85

CARERI Dr J.G. Travels through Europe, by Dr John Gemelli Careri. In several letters to the Councellor Amato Danio. London. 1700 (circa). 100pp. (43-142) Folio. Complete extract from Churchill's Collected Voyages. Vol. VI. Very fine in old style grey card covers with paper label. Descriptions of Lyon, Paris, Milan, Naples, Padua, Turin, Venice and Vicenza in 1686. £120

CARLETTI F. My voyage around the World. A 16th Century Florentine merchant. Translated from the Italian by Herbert Weinstock. Methuen & Co. 1965. 270pp. 1st English ed., fine in D/W. Includes 91pp on West Indies and the remainder describes his adventures in the East Indies. Initially the author set out on a slave trading voyage but lengthened out into a circumnavigation of the globe. £15

CESNOLA L.P. di Cyprus: Its ancient cities, tombs, and temples. James Bendon, Limassol. 1991. 456pp. Facsimile reprint of 1877 ed., clean in D/W. Important early work on Cyprus antiquities. £36

CEYLON Island of Ceylon. Harrison & Son. 1892. Tinted map 5 x 7" Attractive map showing railway lines. £8

CEYLON Ceylon. Survey Dept., Ceylon. 1933. Tinted map 8 x 12" Attractive economic map showing land use. £8

CHESTERTON C. Young China and new Japan. G.G. Harrap & Co. 1933. 311pp + plates and folding map. 1st ed., occasional tone spotting, shaken in orig. cloth. Description of travel through China and Japan. £9

CHEVALIER M. Lettres sur L'Amerique du Nord. Paris. 1838. 2 vols. 439 + 536pp + folding map. Third and best ed., fine in orig. half calf. Sabin 12585, Howes 359. £160

CHURCHILL The Mosqueto Indian and his Golden River; being a familiar description of the Mosqueto Kingdom of America. With A true relation of the strange customs, ways of living, divinations, religion, drinking bouts, wars, marriages, buryings, &c. of those Heathenish People; together with an account of the product of their country. Written [in, or about the year 1699] by M.W. London. Circa 1700. Pages 285-298 of Churchill's Collected Voyages. Folio. Very fine bound in marbled papers. Description of Honduras. £50

CLARK J.D. The Victoria Falls illustrated. A handbook to the Victoria Falls, the Batoka Gorge and part of the Upper Zambesi river. Northern Rhodesia. 1952. 160 large pp + plates (4 in colour) and maps. 1st ed., fine in pictorial card covers. Well illustrated guide book with chapters on animals and birds, native tribes and prehistoric man. £20

COLONIAL SURVEYS Aden. War Office, London. 1948. Coloured folding map of the island showing roads and boundarys. 14½ x 8" £6

COLONIAL SURVEYS Cyprus War Office, London. 1948. Coloured folding map of the island showing roads and railways. 14½ x 8" £6

COLONIAL SURVEYS Fiji Islands. War Office, London. 1948. Coloured folding map of the island showing roads and railways. 14½ x 14.5" £6

COLONIAL SURVEYS Gambia. War Office, London. 1948. Coloured folding map of the country showing roads and boundarys. 14½ x 8" £6

COLONIAL SURVEYS Gold Coast. War Office, London. 1948. Coloured folding map of the country showing roads and railways. 14½ x 14.5" £6

COLONIAL SURVEYS Kenya Colony. War Office, London. 1948. Coloured folding map of the country showing roads and railways. 14½ x 14.5" £6

COLONIAL SURVEYS Malta. War Office, London. 1948. Coloured folding map of the island showing roads. 7 x 5" £6

COLONIAL SURVEYS Nigeria. War Office, London. 1948. Coloured folding map of the country showing roads and railways. 14½ x 14.5" £6

COLONIAL SURVEYS North Borneo. War Office, London. 1948. Coloured folding map of the island showing roads and railways. 14½ x 14.5" £6

COLONIAL SURVEYS Northern Rhodesia. War Office, London. 1948. Coloured folding map of the country showing roads and railways. 14½ x 14.5" £6

COLONIAL SURVEYS Nyasaland Protectorate. War Office, London. 1948. Coloured folding map of the country showing roads and railways. 8 x 14.5" £6

COLONIAL SURVEYS Pemba. War Office, London. 1948. Coloured folding map of the island showing roads. 5.5 x 8" £6

COLONIAL SURVEYS Sarawak and Brunei. War Office, London. 1948. Coloured folding map of the island showing roads and railways. 14½ x 8" £6

COLONIAL SURVEYS Seychelles. (Mahe Island) War Office, London. 1948. Coloured folding map of the island showing roads. 5.5 x 8" £6

COLONIAL SURVEYS Sierre Leone. War Office, London. 1948. Coloured folding map of the country showing roads and railways. 14½ x 14.5" £6

COLONIAL SURVEYS Solomon Islands Protectorate. War Office, London. 1948. Coloured folding map of the island showing roads. 14½ x 14.5" £6

COLONIAL SURVEYS Somaliland Protectorate. War Office, London. 1948. Coloured folding map of the country showing roads and railways. 14½ x 8" £6

COLONIAL SURVEYS St Helena. War Office, London. 1948. Coloured folding map of the island showing roads. 5.5 x 8" £6

COLONIAL SURVEYS Tanganyika. War Office, London. 1948. Coloured folding map of the country showing roads and railways. 14½ x 14.5" £6

COLONIAL SURVEYS Tristan da Cunha. War Office, London. 1948. Coloured folding map of the island showing roads. 5.5 x 8" £6

COLONIAL SURVEYS Uganda Protectorate. War Office, London. 1948. Coloured folding map of the country showing roads and railways. 14½ x 14.5" £6

COSTA RICA Report for the year 1910 on the trade and commerce of Costa Rica. Edited at the Foreign Office and the Board of Trade. H.M.S.O. 1911. 14pp. 1st ed., small library h/s's on title page otherwise clean in paper covers. Much on the banana and coffee trade. £8

CYPRUS A brief history and description of Bellapais Abbey. Nicosia. 1964. 9pp + 3 photo plates. Revised ed., fine in green card covers. £6

CYPRUS A brief history and description of Salamis. Nicosia. 1966. 19pp + 4 photo plates. Revised ed., fine in blue card covers. £6

CYPRUS A brief history and description of New Paphos. Nicosia. 1967. 19pp. 1st ed., fine in green card covers. £6

D'URVILLE D. New Zealand 1826-1827. An English translation of the Voyage de l'Astrolabe in New Zealand waters with an introductory essay by Olive Wright. Wingfield Press. 1950. 251 large pp + plates. 1st ed., fine in faded cloth, signed by Olive Wright on title page. £24

DAVIES A. Polish studies. Le Play Society. 1934. 66pp + 12 plates. 1st ed., fine in card covers, occasional pencil underlining in text. Series of articles by different authors on Poland with much on peasant life. £15

DAVIES H. The South American Handbook 1931. Trade & Travel Pubs. 1931. 742pp + folding map, fine in faded orig. cloth. Chapters on each country. Includes British Honduras, Cuba and Mexico. £9

DE SILVA C.R. Ceylon under the British Occupation. 1795-1833 Colombo Apothecaries' Co. 1953-62. 2 vols. xi + 341 + xvi, vii + pp 342-639 + folding map. Vol. 1 third impression, Vol II 1st ed. Contents of Vol II slightly browned as usual otherwise fine in original blue boards. £55

DERRICK R.A. A history of Fiji. Volume One. Suva, Fiji. 1963. 250 + xxviii large pp + plates and folding map. Revised ed., fine in D/W. Authoritative history covering the period up to 1874. £25

DERRICK R.A. The Fiji Islands. A geographical handbook. Suva, Fiji. 1965. 336 + xix large pp + plates. Revised ed., fine in D/W. Attractive and informative study. £20

DEVEZE P. DE LA Les Petits Coeurs sous les Lambas. Editions de l'Apostolat de la Priere, Toulouse. 1929. 153pp. 1st ed., very fine in fine pictorial boards. 7.25 x 9" Missionary work in Madagascar with many good photo illustrations. £35

DOUGLAS Maj. A.J.A. The South Seas of To-day. Being an account of the cruise of the Yacht St George to the South Pacific. Cassel & Co. 1926. 296pp + plates. 1st ed., occasional tone spotting otherwise fine in orig. cloth. Descriptions of the Galapagos islands and Tahiti. £24

DOYLE R. The Foreigh Tour of Messrs Brown, Jones and Robinson. Being the history of what they saw, and did in Belgium, Germany, Switzerland and Italy. Bradbury & Evans, London. 1854. [iii] + 80pp printed on one side only. 1st ed., fine in orig. slightly worn blue cloth. 9.5 x 11.5" Humourous line drawings illustrating the Grand Tour. £40

 

DWYER BALL J. Things Chinese being notes on various subjects connected with China. Sampson, Low, Marston & Co. 1892. 419 + xiii pp + errata slip. 1st ed., clean in worn orig. cloth. £60

De Silva R.K. 19th Century Newspaper Engravings of Ceylon (Sri Lanka) 1800 - 1900. Accompanied by original texts with notes and comments. Serendib Publications, London. 1998. viii + 404 large pp. 1st ed., very fine in fine D/W. £60

EAST AFRICA East Africa. George Philip & Son. 1926. Coloured map 11 x 13" £8

ELLIADI M.N. Crete, past and present. Heath Cranton Ltd., London. 1933. 217pp + plates and large folding map. 1st ed., clean in orig. blue cloth with faded spine. Good history to the island including a chapter on Knossos by Sir Arthur Evans. £30

EVANS O.C. Map Collectors' Circle No. 54. Marine plans and charts of Wales. London. 1969. 46pp + 24 plates. 1st ed., fine in orig. buff card covers (7.5 x 10"). £16

EVERARD R. A Relation of three years sufferings of Robert Everard, upon the coast of Assada near Madagascar, in a voyage to India in the year 1686. London. 1732. 24pp. Folio. Very fine bound in grey papers. From Churchill's Collected Voyages Vol. VI, pp 259-282. The author was an apprentice on the ship 'Bauden' who had the misfortune to be attacked by a pirate. £80

FENNING D. An Encyclopaedia of North and South America. 1786. Unwin Bros. 1976. 158 large pp. Facsimile reprint of 1786 edition. Clean in limp cloth pictorial covers. £8

FINCH J.R. The Cape of Good Hope. Being the Official Handbook of the city of Capetown. Capetown. 1926. 175pp + plates. 4th ed., some tone spotting, original card covers lacking card spine. Guide book with many photo plates. £9

FORBES A. California: A history of upper and lower California from their first discovery to the present time, comprising an account of the climate, soil, natural productions, agriculture, commerce, &c. A full view of the missionary establishments and condition of the free and domesticated indians. With an appendix relating to steam navigation in the Pacific. John Henry Nash, San Francisco. 1937. 228 + xxxi + folding map. Ltd. ed. reprint of 1839 ed., fine in orig. cloth. £50

FORBES Lieut. Six months service in the African Blockade, from April to October, 1848, in command of H.M.S. Bonetta. Dawsons of Pall Mall, London. 1969. ix + 145pp + coloured folding map. Facsimile reprint of 1849 1st ed., very fine in green cloth. Attempts to surpress the slave trade. £40

FORDHAM A. Map Collectors' Circle No. 11 Falkland Islands. A bibliography of 50 examples of printed maps bearing specific reference to the Falkland Islands. London. 1964. 18pp + 12 plates. 1st ed., fine in orig. buff card covers (7.5 x 10"). £22

FOWLER J. Journal of a tour through the State of New York in the year 1830 with remarks on agriculture in those parts most eligible for settlers. Augustus M Kelly, New York. 1970. 333pp. Facsimile reprint of 1831 ed., clean in green cloth. £12

FRANCK H.A. Tramping through Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras. Being the random notes of an incurable vagabond. Century Co., New York. 1917. 378pp + plates. 2nd ed., fine in slightly loose pictorial boards. Interesting description of the author's journey across Central America. £25

FRASER M. The New Zealand official year-book, 1914. Wellington, N.Z. 1914. 1017pp. 1st ed., fine in pictorial cloth. £40

FULLERTON W.Y. The romance of Pitcairn Island. Carey Press. 1930 (circa). 112pp + 8 plates. 1st ed., fine in rig. green cloth. History of the island. £25

GARDE Le Compte A. de la Brighton, scenes detachees d'un voyage en Angleterre. Paris. 1834. 407pp + 4 fine litho plates. 2nd ed. clean in later boards requiring rebinding. Fine litho. views of 'Le Pavillon,' 'Brunswick Terrace,' 'La Jettee Suspendue' (Brighton pier) and 'Kemp-Town.' £80

GARDI R. Tambaran. An encounter with cultures in decline in New Guinea. Constable. 1960. 201pp + plates. Fine in D/W. Description of native life in north east New Guinea. £7

GATONBE J. A Voyage into the North West Passage. Undertaken Anno 1612. London. 1732. 14pp + map. Folio. Very fine bound in grey papers. From Churchill's Collected Voyages Vol. VI, pp 243-256. Fine engraved map of United Kingdom, Greenland and Iceland and engraved diagrams and views in text. £80

GERMAN R.L. Handbook to British Malaya. London. 1938 (circa). 201pp + plates and two folding maps (one in rear pocket). 1st ed., fine in decorated boards. Well illustrated guide book. £45

GOEBEL J. The struggle for the Falkland Islands. A study in legal and diplomatic history. Yale Uni Press. 1982. 482pp. Reprint of 1927 ed., fine in D/W. £10

GOLD COAST Gold Coast Colony 1886. Harrison & Son. 1886. Tinted map 7 x 5" Attractive map showing lighthouses and telegraph line. £10

GOODWIN R. A brief and true report concerning Williamsburg in Virginia: Being an account of the most important occurrences in that Place from its first beginning to the present time. August Dietz, Virginia. 1941. 141pp + plates. Fine in faded pictorial cloth. £20

GORDON-BROWN A. The Year Book and Guide to East Africa. 1960 edition. Kenya, Uganda, Tanganyika, Zanzibar, Portuguese East Africa, Congo, Mauritius, Seychelles, etc. with atlas, folding map and town plans. Robert Hale Ltd. 1960. 113 + xxxiv + 342pp + 16pp atlas + plates and folding maps in front pocket. Fine in orig. red cloth. £12

GORDON-BROWN A. Madeira and the Canary Islands. A concise guide for the visitor. Robert Hale Ltd. 1966. 152pp + photo plates. 4th ed. clean in pictorial boards. £8

GOVERNMENT Reports The Past and Present State of Her Majesty's Colonial Possessions. Transmitted with the Blue Books for the year 1849. Part 1. H.M.S.O. 1850. 133pp. 1st ed. Folio. Orig. paper covers. Reports on Newfoundland, West Indian Islands, C.O.G.H., Gold Coast, Ceylon and Hong Kong. £40

GOVERNMENT Report from the select committee on Aborigines (British Settlements) with the minutes of evidence, appendix and index C. Struik (Pty) Ltd., Cape Town. 1966. 2 folio vols. 841 + 212 large pp. Facsimile reprint of 1836 edition, fine in maroon cloth. Report taking evidence from Southern Africa, Canada, Newfoundland, New South Wales, Van Dieman's Land, New Zealand and the South Sea Islands. Affects of European colonisation on the native inhabitants. £45

GRACE J. Domestic slavery in West Africa with particular reference to the Sierre Leone Protectorate, 1896 - 1927. Frederick Muller Ltd. 1975. 294pp. 1st ed., very fine in D/W. £16

GRAHAM S. Children of the slaves. Macmillan & Co. 1920. 315pp + plate. 1st ed., clean in worn orig. cloth. State of negroes in America after the abolition of slavery. Much on colour prejudice. Chapters on Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, North Florida and New Orleans and Mississippi. £10

GRANT D. The fortunate slave. An illustration of African slavery in the early eighteenth century. Oxford Uni Press. 1968. 231pp. 1st ed., fine in D/W. Story of a Moslem from Gambia who was captured and sold into slavery in 1731, taken to Maryland before being rescued and brought to London before returning to the Gambia. £15

GREENWALL H.J. Unknown Liberia. Hutchinson & Co. 1936. 283pp + plates. 1st ed., slightly shaken in orig. worn green cloth, contents mostly clean. Description of journey through the country with much on slavery and local customs, well illustrated with photo plates. £32

GUATEMALA Tourist map. Guatemala. 1979. Folding coloured map showing roads and archaelogical sites. 16 x 23" £4

HALL Cap. B. Extracts from a journal written on the coasts of Chili, Peru and Mexico, in the years 1820, 1821, 1822. Edinburgh. 1824. 2 vols. 379 + 304 + 71pp (appendix) + folding map. 1st ed. fine in orig. full calf, rebacked. The author, a Royal Navy captain describes his impressions of the countries. £180

HARCUS W. South Australia: Its history, resources, and productions. Sampson Low. 1876. 432pp + 66 engraved plates and adverts. 1st ed., fine in worn orig. cloth. Good handbook with fine engraved plates. £90

HARRISON C.W. An illustrated guide to the Federated Malay States London. 1920. 356pp + plates (7 in colour) and folding map in rear pocket. Third impression, fine in faded orig. cloth. Useful and attractive early guide. £55

HARTWIG Dr. G. The Tropical World: a popular scientific account of the natural history of the animal and vegetable kingdoms in the Equatorial regions. Longman, Green, London. 1863. 566pp + 8 chromolitho col. plates + publisher's catalogue. 1st ed., clean in orig. cloth, rebacked. Many attractive line drawings in text. £30

HEARN L. Kokoro. Hints and echoes of Japanese inner life. Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston & New York. 1896. 388pp. 1st ed., fine in orig. green cloth, spine faded. £20

HEARN L. Japan. An attempt at interpretation. Macmillan Co., New York. 1904. 541pp + col. frontispiece. Clean in worn and marked orig. pictorial cloth. £9

HODSON D. Map Collectors' Circle No. 53. Printed maps of Hertfordshire. Part 1. London. 1969. 60pp + 11 plates. 1st ed., fine in orig. buff card covers (7.5 x 10"). £12

HODSON D. Map Collectors' Circle No. 59. Printed maps of Hertfordshire. Part 2. London. 1970. 54pp + 6 plates. 1st ed., fine in orig. buff card covers (7.5 x 10"). £12

HODSON D. Map Collectors' Circle No. 65. Printed maps of Hertfordshire. Part 3. London. 1970. 58pp + 6 plates. 1st ed., fine in orig. buff card covers (7.5 x 10"). £12

HODSON D. Map Collectors' Circle No. 75. Printed maps of Hertfordshire. Part 4. London. 1971. 38pp. 1st ed., fine in orig. buff card covers (7.5 x 10"). £12

HODSON D. Map Collectors' Circle No. 83. Printed maps of Hertfordshire. Part 5. London. 1972. 30pp + 2 plates. 1st ed., fine in orig. buff card covers (7.5 x 10"). £12

HUES R. Tractatus de Globis et eorum usu. A treatise descriptive of the globes constructed by Emery Molyneaux and published in 1592. Edited with annotated endices and an introduction by Clements R. Markham. Hakluyt Society. 1889. lviii + 229pp + folding map and 'Sailing directions for the circumnavigation of England and for a voyage to the Straits of Gibraltar,' 37pp bound in at end. Slight tone spotting mostly to page edges otherwise very clean in original blue cloth. Boards very bright but spine faded. £100

HUES R. Tractatus de Globis et eorum usu. A treatise descriptive of the globes constructed by Emery Molyneux, and published in 1592. Edited with annotated endices and an introduction by Clements R. Markham, C.B., F.R.S. Hakluyt Society. 1889. lviii + 229pp + 37pp + 16pp publishers catalogue + folding map and frontispiece. 1st ed., some foxing to page edges only otherwise clean in original slightly worn blue pictorial cloth, the spine a little rubbed and faded. £90

HYDE R. Map Collectors' Circle No. 38 Ward maps of the City of London. London. 1967. 40pp + 16 plates + loose errata slip. 1st ed., fine in orig. buff card covers (7.5 x 10"). £12

IMAGO MUNDI Vol. 34 UK. 1982. 135 large pp. 1st ed., fine in orig. cloth. Articles on various aspects of map collecting. £25

IMAGO MUNDI Vol. 36 UK. 1984. 135 large pp. 1st ed., fine in orig. cloth. Articles on various aspects of map collecting. £25

IMAGO MUNDI Vol. 38 UK. 1986. 134 large pp. 1st ed., fine in orig. cloth. Articles on various aspects of map collecting. £25

 

JOBSON R. The Golden Trade or A Discovery of the River Gambra, and the Golden Trade of the Aethiopians. With a new introduction by Walter Rodney. Dawsons of Pall Mall, London. 1968. xv + xvii + 210pp. Facsimile reprint of 1623 first edition, very fine in orange cloth. One of the earliest English protests against the African slave trade. £30

JOHANNESBURG 52 Views of Johannesburg and District, Mines, native life and scenery. Johannesburg. 1905 (circa). 26 large pp. 1st ed., clean in slightly worn orig. brown cloth. 10 x 7" Fine photo views with many good street scenes noted. £75

JOHNSON C. Highways and byways of the South. Macmillan Co., New York. 1905. 362pp + plates. Fine in pictorial cloth, spine loose. Impressions of life in the Southern States at the turn of the century with many fine photo plates. £18

JOHNSTON Sir H. The Uganda Protectorate. An attempt to give some description of the physical geography, botany, zoology, anthropology, languages and history of the territories under British protection in east central Africa, between the Congo Free State and the Rift Valley. Hutchinson & Co. 1904. 2 vols. 1018 large pp + plates. 2nd ed., mostly clean in worn orig. cloth. Exhaustive work with 48 full colour plates, 9 maps and 510 illustrations. £140

KEITH A.B. A historical geography of the British Colonies. Vol. IV South Africa. Part III Clarendon Press. 1913. 332pp + folding map. Revised ed., ex libre with label on inside cover and h/s on f.e.p. but otherwise clean, still fine in orig. green cloth. Authorative history of the colony. £16

KEITH E. Eastern Windows. An artist's notes of travel in Japan, Hokkaido, Korea, China and the Philippines. Hutchinson & Co. 125 large pp + 12 tipped in colour plates. 1st ed., fine in worn D/W. Fine colour plates of paintings by the author. £70

KELLER Prof. Dr C. Madagascar, Mauritius and the other East African Islands. Swan Sonnenschein & Co., London. 1901. xiii + 242pp + coloured maps (1 folding) and 64 plates. 1st ed., orig. worn red pictorial cloth, spine badly faded, front hinge weak but contents fine and clean. Large 8vo. 6.5 x 9.5" With the bookplates of 'Robert Martin Harring' and 'S.Y. Zenaida.' An important work on these islands. £200

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KING F.H.H. Survey our Empire! Robert Montgomery Martin (1801?-1868) A bio-bibliography. Uni of Hong Kong. 1979. 444 large pp. 1st ed., fine in orig. cloth. Detailed biography of the writer with bibliography of his work. £45

KINVIG R.H. A history of the Isle of Man. Uni Press of Liverpool. 1950. 180pp + plates. 2nd ed., fine in D/W. Well researched study. £22

KOREA Korea. Past and present. Kwangmyong Pub. Co., Seoul. 1972. 443pp. 1st ed., in D/W in slipcase. D/W faded and slipcase marked. Well illustrated with many colour photos. £10

LANDER R. Records of Captain Clapperton's last expedition to Africa. Frank Cass Ltd. 1967. 2 vols. xxiii + 310pp + vi + 293pp. Facsimile reprint of 1830 edition, fine in orig. red cloth. £60

LANTIS G. Cyprus. Island of Aphrodite. Phaedros Editions, Nicosia. 1967. 128 large pp. 2nd edition. Fine in original card covers. Small stain in margin of front cover. 9 x 12" Book of black and white and colour photographs of the island. £25

LATROBE Rev. C.I. Journal of a visit to South Africa, in 1815 and 1816. With some account of the missionary settlements of the United Brethren, near the Cape of Good Hope. New York. 1818. 395pp. 1st ed., light overall browning and some tone spotting, old library h/s's on title page and one other page, owner's h/s on title page otherwise sound in worn orig. boards. Front board very loose and spine with tatty paper label. No plates present but none appeared to be called for in this edition. £40

LEGARD Maj. D'A. Cavalry on Service illustrated by the advance of the German cavalry across the Mosel in 1870. Translated from the German of General v. Pelet-Narbonne. Hugh Rees, London. 1906. xviii + 350pp + 11 folding maps at rear. 1st ed., fine in orig. red cloth, spine slightly faded. Study of the Franco-Prussian War. £95

LETHBRIDGE A. Madeira. Impressions and Associations. Methuen. 1924. xxiii + 199pp + 12 photo plates. 1st ed., end papers foxed otherwise clean in original green cloth. History and description of the island. £22

LEWIS R. Sierre Leone. A Modern portrait. H.M.S.O. 1954. 263pp + plates and folding map. 1st ed., clean in worn D/W. Good history and description of the country. £8

LORANT S. The New World. The first pictures of America made by John White and Jacques Le Moyne and engraved by Theodore De Bry with contemporary narratives of the Huguenot settlement in Florida 1562-1565 and the Virginia colony 1585-1590. Theodore Brun, London. 1954. 292 large pp + errata. 1st English ltd. ed., no. 34 of 250 copies. Clean in rubbed and worn full leather binding. Descriptions of the first European settlements in North America with reproductions of many engravings by De Bry. £65

LORD H. A Discovery of two Forreigne Sects in the East Indies, viz. The sect of the Banians, the antient natives of India, and the sect of the Persees, the ancient inhabitants of Persia: together with the religion and manners of each sect. In two parts. London. 1700 (circa). 42pp. (301-342) Folio. Complete extract from Churchill's Collected Voyages. Very fine in old style grey card covers with paper label. The author was a resident in Surat. £120

LOWTH A. Emerald hours in New Zealand. Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd. 1906. 128 large pp + plates and ads. 1st ed., fine in faded pictorial cloth. Description of tour through the islands with fine photo plates. £20

LUGRIN C.H. New Brunswick: (Canada) Its resources, progress and advantages. New Brunswick. 1886. 191pp + tinted folding map and plates. 1st ed., few tone spots on title page otherwise very clean in orig. blue card covers. Good description of the colony with advice for intending settlers. £75

LUKE H.C. The handbook of Palestine and Trans-Jordan Macmillan & Co. 1930. 505pp + coloured frontispiece and folding map. 2nd ed., clean in orig. rubbed cloth. Fine guide book. £55

MACBRAYNE D. Summer tours in Scotland by David MacBrayne's Royal Mail Steamers Columba, Iona &c. Glasgow. 1901. 112pp + plates, maps and adverts. Fine in pictorial red cloth, a.e.g. Guide book issued in conjunction with the Glasgow International Exhibition. Many photo plates. £45

MACDONALD M. Borneo People. Jonathan Cape. 1956. 376pp + plates. 1st ed., mostly clean in D/W. Well illustrated account of the author's travels through Sarawak. £20

MACROW D.W. Nigeria A quarterly magazine of general interest. Nos. 57 and 59 Government of Nigeria. 1958. 2 vols. 82 + 86pp + ads. Clean in card covers. Articles on Ife Bronzes, Bamenda Art, Lagos steam tramways, Wovea Islanders and Yoruba Town. Well illustrated. £9

MADEIRA Souvenir da Ilha Madeira. Edicao de Leopoldo Wagner, Lisboa. 1885 (circa). Sepia tinted chromolithograph views of the island on long folded sheet in original red decorated embossed cloth. Very fine. Contains 27 views. £145

MALAYA Malay Peninsula. Waterlow & Son. 1910. Tinted map 14 x 16" Corner crease. Shows British Possessions, Federated Malay States and Protected States. £25

MALAYA Malay Peninsula. Waterlow & Son. 1912. Tinted map 14 x 16" Shows British Possessions, Federated Malay States and Protected States. £25

MALAYA Map of British Malaya including the Straits Settlements, Federated Malay States and Malay States not included in the Federation. Surveyor General, F.M.S. 1922. Tinted map 17 x 21" £20

MALAYA Malaya 1927. Surveyor General, F.M.S. 1927. Tinted map 17 x 21" £20

MALAYA Malaya 1929. Surveyor General, F.M.S. 1929. Tinted map 17 x 21" £20

MALAYA Malaya 1933. Surveyor General, F.M.S. 1933. Tinted map 16 x 22" £20

MALINOWSKI H. Map Collectors' Circle No. 56. The Malinowski collection of maps of Poland. Part IV. London. 1969. 40pp + 8 plates. 1st ed., fine in orig. buff card covers (7.5 x 10"). £12

MALINOWSKI H. Map Collectors' Circle No. 57. The Malinowski collection of maps of Poland. Part V. London. 1969. 30pp + 8 plates. 1st ed., fine in orig. buff card covers (7.5 x 10"). £12

MALINOWSKI H. Map Collectors' Circle No. 84. The Malinowski collection of maps of Poland. Part VI. London. 1972. 42pp + 4 plates. 1st ed., fine in orig. buff card covers (7.5 x 10"). £12

MALINOWSKI H. Map Collectors' Circle No. 86. The Malinowski collection of maps of Poland. Part VII. London. 1972. 40pp + 8 plates. 1st ed., fine in orig. buff card covers (7.5 x 10"). £12

MALTA New album of Malta views. Malta. 1890 (circa). 20 chromolitho sepia tinted engraved views folded concertina style including two panoramic views. Fine in decorated gilt boards. 5.5 x 7.5" Fine panoramic views of the harbour noted. £75

MAORI A.P. Old New Zealand. A tale of the good old times and a history of the war in the north against the Chief Heke, in the year 1845, told by an old chief of the Ngapuhi tribe also Maori traditions. Whitcombe & Tombs. 1922. 386pp + plates. Rebacked, fine in worn orig. cloth. Attractive plates. £8

MARRYAT Cap. F. The mission or scenes in Africa. Rex Collings, London. 1970. 308pp. Reprint of 1845 ed., fine in D/W. Early Colonial novel. £12

MARSHALL M. Sark. Guernsey Press Co. 1961. 68pp + photo plates. 1st ed., clean in pictorial card covers. History and description of the island. £8

MARTENS O. The African handbook. A guide to West, South and East Africa. George Allen & Unwin. 1938. 726pp + 6 folding maps. 2nd ed., clean in orig. blue cloth. Tourist and traveler's guide. £15

MAURITIUS Report for the year 1966. H.M.S.O. 1968. 180pp + 3 maps and folding table. 1st ed., ex libre, clean in orig. card covers. Government report. £8

MAY C. An account of the wonderful preservation of the ship Terra Nova of London, Peter Daniel Commander, homeward bound from Virginia. Written by Charles May, Mate in the said ship. Circa 1700. Pages 345-358 of Churchill's Collected Voyages. Bound with 'An account of the King of Mocha, and of his Country.' (Pages 355-357). Very fine bound in marbled papers. The Terra Nova arrived at Port Royal in Jamaica in 1688 and sailed from there for England but was badly damaged in a storm. There is a description of the cargo which included a large quantity of gold. £50

MAYOR F.S. The Azores. Traveller's guide to St Michael's. Evaristo Ferreira Travassos, Azores. 1911. 65pp + [3] + advertisments. 3rd ed., very fine in original red cloth. Early guide book to the islands. £45

MCGECHAEN A. Map Collectors' Circle No. 88. Maps in the Parliamentary Papers by the Arrowsmiths. A finding List. Part 1. London. 1973. 38pp. 1st ed., fine in orig. buff card covers (7.5 x 10"). £8

MCGECHAEN A. Map Collectors' Circle No. 89. Maps in the Parliamentary Papers by the Arrowsmiths. A finding List. Part 2. London. 1973. 30pp. 1st ed., fine in orig. buff card covers (7.5 x 10"). £8

MCLEOD J. Narrative of a voyage, in His Majesty's Late Ship Alceste, to the Yellow Sea, along the coast of Corea and through its numerous hitherto undiscovered islands, to the island of Lewchew; with an account of her shipwreck in the Straits of Gaspar. John Murray, London. 1817. 288pp + frontispiece and 4 hand coloured plates plus tipped in errata slip. 1st ed., mostly clean in contemporary half calf. Water stain on frontispiece only and some occasional tone spotting. Colour plates in fine condition. McLeod, surgeon aboard the Alceste describes the journey of Lord Amherst's embassy to Cape of Good Hope, Batavia, the west coast of Korea and the island of Loo Choo (Leechew). Abbey Travel 559. £275

MELLAND F.H. In witch-bound Africa. An account of the primitive Kaonde tribe and their beliefs. Frank Cass. 1967. 316pp + plates and folding map. Reprint of 1923 ed. Fine in orig. cloth. Detailed study of native beliefs of a tribe from what is now Zambia. £35

 

MELVILLE E.H. A residence at Sierre Leone. Described from a journal kept on the spot, and from letters written to friends at home. Frank Cass. 1968. 335pp. Reprint of 1849 ed., fine in orig. cloth. Good description of life in the colony. £18

MOFFATT W. Shetland: the isles of nightless summer. Heath Cranton Ltd., London. 1934. 240pp + plates. 1st ed., signed by author on half title. Fine in slightly marked orig. blue cloth. Description of the islands with good photo plates. £25

MORRELL W.P. British overseas expansion and the history of the Commonwealth. A select bibliography. Historical Association. 1970. 48pp. 1st ed., clean in card covers. £4

NAIRNE W.P. Greatheart of Papua. (James Chalmers) Oxford Uni. Press. 1935 (circa). 229pp + plates. 1st ed., clean in orig. green cloth. £6

NATAL Colony of Natal. Harrison & Son. 1892. Tinted map 5 x 7" Attractive map showing roads, railways and railway lines under construction. £8

NATAL Natal Province. Descriptive guide and official hand-book. Durban. 1911. 574 large pp + folding plates and maps and map in rear pocket. 1st ed., clean in slightly worn orig. cloth. Many photo plates. £60

NATHARETH Nathareth Autrefois et Aujourd'hui avec une notice sur l'Orphelinat de Jesus Adolescent Nice. 1908. 114pp. 1st ed., fine in card covers. Some photo illustrations. £16

NEVE Maj. A. The Tourist's Guide to Kashmir, Ladakh, Skardo, &c. Lahore. 1938. vii + 200pp + large folding map. 16th ed., fine in worn original red cloth. Attractive early guide book with interesting advertisments and front and back. £32

NEW SOUTH WALES Landscape Scenery illustrating Sydney, Paramatta, Richmond, Newcastle, Windsor and Port Jackson, New South Wales. John Sands, Sydney, and Sands & Mc Dougall, Melbourne. 1862 (circa). 19 engraved plates + title page with tissue interleaves. Second issues of Terry's series. Minor tone spotting throughout otherwise clean in original decorated blue cloth, corners slightly bumped not affecting contents. 10.25 x 7" £750

NEW SOUTH WALES Tinted map. Harrison & Sons. 1892. 7.5 x 5" Fine and attractive. Shows railways and proposed railway lines, gold fields and mineral deposits. £8

NEW SOUTH WALES Coloured map. Department of Lands, Sydney. 1917. 14 x 11" Fine and attractive. Shows railways and proposed railway lines, gold fields and mineral deposits. £8

NEW SOUTH WALES Mineral Map of New South Wales. Department of Lands, Sydney. 1932. 14 x 11" Fine and attractive. Shows railways, gold fields and mineral deposits. £6

NEW YORK Census of Suffolk County, New York, 1776. Hunterdon House. 1984. 56pp. Fine in card covers. £6

NEW ZEALAND The Carriage of Cargo in the steamers of the New Zealand Shipping Co., Ltd. and Federal Steam Navigation Co., Ltd. London. 1929. 374pp + appendix, maps and index. 1st ed., tear to title page otherwise clean in worn and shaken orig. maroon cloth. Includes tinted harbour plans of many ports around the World. Detailed plans of ships within the fleet. £45

NEW ZEALAND Map of South Island, New Zealand. Land & Surveys Department. 1957. Large folding coloured map, scale 1:1,000,000 £6

NORTH BORNEO Map of the State of North Borneo. Stanfords. 1930. Tinted map 14 x13" Shows telegraph line, railway line and roads. £20

NORWOOD Col. A Voyage to Virginia. London. 1732. 26pp. Folio. Very fine bound in grey papers. From Churchill's Collected Voyages Vol. VI, pp 145-170. Voyage undertaken in 1649. £60

OLIVER R. History of East Africa. Oxford at the Clarendon Press. 1963. 2 vols. xiii + 500pp and li + 766pp + maps. 1st ed., fine in D/W's. (Volume 3 was finally published in 1976) These first two volumes cover the period up to 1945. £48

OVINGTON J. An historical account of the discovery of the island of Madeira, abridged from the Portuguese original. To which is added, an account of the present state of the island in a letter to a friend. J. Payne and J. Bouquet, London. 1750. x + 88pp. 1st ed., 8vo, very fine in fine modern half calf binding. Rare. £1,750

OWEN N. Journal of a Slave dealer. A view of some remarkable ancedents in the Life of Nics. Owen on the Coast of Africa and America from the Year 1746 to the Year 1757. George Routledge & Sons, London. 1930. 120pp + plates, frontispiece and prelims. 1st ed., clean in worn orig. blue cloth. Stains to e.p.'s. Journal of an Irish slaver. £36

PAPUA NEW GUINEA Territory of New Guinea Administered by the Commonwealth under mandate from the League of Nations and Papua, a territory of the Commonwealth of Australia. Waterlow & Sons. 1935. Map showing boundaries. 13 x 11" £15

PEACE HANDBOOKS British Possessions, II: The Congo. Kenya, Uganda and Zanzibar, British Somaliland and Sokotra, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Belgium Congo. Greenwood Press, New York. 1969. 110 + 39 + 174 + 135 + 49pp. Reprint of 1920 ed., fine in orig. cloth. Handbook to this area with much on history and contemporary economy. £10

PENFOLD P.A. Maps and plans in the Public Record Office, 3 Africa. H.M.S.O. 1982. 426pp. 1st ed., fine in D/W. Detailed catalogue listing the collection. Useful. £36

PINTO F.M. The voyages and adventures of Fernand Mendez Pinto, A Portugal: During his travels for the space of one and twenty years in the Kingdoms of Ethiopia, China, Tartaria, Cauchin-China, Calaminham, Siam, Pegu, Japan, and a great part of the East-Indiaes. Dawsons of Pall Mall, London. 1969. 318 large pp. Facsimile reprint of 1653 London ed. translated into English by H. Cogan. Very fine in brown cloth. 7 x 11" £85

PONTING H.G. In Lotus-land Japan. Macmillan & Co. 1910. 395pp + 8 col. plates and 96 monochrome photo plates. 1st ed., fine in orig. pictorial cloth, slightly rubbed. Description of Japan with very fine photo plates by a noted photographer. £60

PORTINARO P. The cartography of North America 1500-1800. Facts on File, New York. 1987. 320 large pp. 1st ed., fine in D/W. Includes 170 full colour plates. £8

PRAGUE Kralovske hlavni mesto Praha. Vydano. 1908. 30 mostly B & W tipped in photo plates of old Prague, clean in worn pictorial cloth. 9 x 11" Includes four very attractive coloured prints plus photos of views of Prague and statues. £15

RAGATZ L. March of the Empire. The European overseas possessions on the eve of the first world war. International Editions, Tokyo. 92pp + maps. 1st ed., fine in card covers. Authorative overview of how the world had been divided up between the European powers with useful bibliography. Recommended. £30

RAIKES C. Notes on the revolt in the North-Western Provinces of India. Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans & Roberts, London. 1858. viii + 195pp + ads and folding table. 1st ed., very clean in orig. maroon blind stamped cloth, rather faded and with wear to top and tail of spine. Overall a very fine copy. The author was a judge at Agra and gives a good impression of the mood of the time during May to September 1857. £175

REYNOLDS B. Paris with the lid lifted. A new sort of a 'Travel Cocktail' that works fast and kicks hard, and opens the gates to a million dollars worth of frolic - in Paris. London. 1927. 281pp. 1st ed., clean in pictorial cloth. Guide for young American gentlemen wishing to enjoy the high life in Paris with many humourous line drawings in text. Includes details of brothels and prostitutes. £15

RICH E.E. Minutes of the Hudson's Bay Company 1679-1684 Champlain Society for The Hudson's Bay Record Society. 1945. 2 vols. 378 + 368pp + frontispiece. 1st ltd. ed., clean in orig. blue cloth. History of the Hudson Bay Company. £40

RICH E.E. Letters Outward 1679-1694 Champlain Society for The Hudson's Bay Record Society. 1948. 415pp + 5 folding maps. 1st ltd. ed., clean in orig. blue cloth. History of the Hudson Bay Company. £20

RICHARDS T. New South Wales in 1881: Being a brief statistical and descriptive account of the colony up to the end of the year, extracted chiefly from official records. Sydney. 1882. 144pp + folding table and folding col. map. 1st ed., fine in orig. paper covers. Detailed description emphasising the growth of the colony. £80

ROBERTSON G. The discovery of Tahiti. A journal of the second voyage of H.M.S. Dolphin round the World, under the command of Captain Wallis, R.N., in the years 1766, 1767 and 1768. Edited by Hugh Carrington. Hakluyt Society. 1948. 292pp + folding maps and plates. 1st ed., Couple of tone spots on folding frontispiece and end papers otherwise very clean in bright orig. blue cloth. £45

ROBSON R.W. Handbook of Papua and New Guinea, 1954 Pacific Pubs. 1954. 319pp + folding map. Fine in worn original boards with cloth spine. £20

ROGERS R.A. The Lonely Island. London. 1927. 223pp + plates and 3 maps. Clean in orig. red cloth, spine faded. Description of Tristan da Cunha. £20

ROSCOE T. Wanderings and excursions in South Wales, with the scenery of the River Wye. Henry G. Bohn. 1854. 336pp + 50 engraved plates and hand coloured folding map. 1st ed., loose in orig. green cloth, spine frayed at edges, t.e.g. Contents fine and clean. Contains fine steel engravings after drawings by Harding, Fielding, Cox, Creswick and Cattermole. £125

ROTARY CLUB A handbook of information presented by the Rotary Club and municipal commissioners of the town of Singapore. Singapore. 1937. 112 large pp. 1st ed., fine in damaged card covers. Well illustrated guide. £32

ROWE J.W.F. Report on the economy of the Seychelles and its future development. Government Printer, Seychelles. 1959. [4] + 95pp. 1st ed. Ex War Office library with h/s's on title page and last page and m/s number on front cover otherwise clean in original card covers. £18

SAMPSON M.J. Gold Coast men of affairs. (Past and Present). Dawsons of Pall Mall, London. 1969. 224pp + plates. Facsimile reprint of 1937 first ed., very fine in blue cloth. £36

SAMS W. A tour through Paris, illustrated with twenty one coloured plates, accompanied with descriptive letter-press. London. 1824-5 (circa). 21 hand coloured aquatint plates after V. Auger and others plus descriptive text. 1st ed., fine in contemporary half calf with raised bands. Small folio. (15 x 10.5") All plates very fine and fresh but minor tone spotting affecting some pages of text. The finely coloured plates depict scenes of everyday life in Paris. Abbey Travel I, 113-4; Colas 2898; Tooley 443. £2,400

SANSOM J. Travels in Lower Canada, with the author's recollections of the soil, and aspect; the morals, habits, and religious institutions, of that country Sir Richard Phillips, London. 1820. 116pp + plate. 1st ed., fine in modern half leather. Includes attractive engraving of Quebec from the Plains of Abraham. £65

SARAWAK Sarawak. Waterlow & Sons. 1929 (circa). Map at scale of 40 miles to one inch. 12 x 9" Shows railway and roads. £12

 

SARGEAUNT B.E. The Isle of Man and the Great War. Brown & Sons, Douglas. 1920. 211pp. 1st ed., contents clean in worn orig. red cloth. Spine sunned and front top corner discoloured and weak. £75

SAVIGNY J.B. Henry Narrative of a voyage to Senegal in 1816; undertaken by order of the French Government, comprising an account of the shipwreck of the Medusa,.. Dawsons of Pall Mall, London. 1968. xii + 360pp. Facsimile reprint of 1818 first edition, very fine in green cloth. £24

SCHRIRE D. Map Collectors' Circle No. 17 The Cape of Good Hope 1782-1842 from De La Rochette to Arrowsmith. Being some notes on the development of the early mapping of European-occupied South Africa by English cartographers. London. 1965. 16pp + 15 plates. 1st ed., fine in orig. buff card covers (7.5 x 10"). £15

SENDEN-HAN GUN Nippon-Go Simplified. Malayan Printers, Kuala Lumpur. 1950 (circa). 64pp. 1st ed., small stain affecting margin of some pages, otherwise reasonable in paper covers. Language guide. £7

SERGE Londres Secret et ses fantomes. Editions Erge, Paris. 1946. 147 large pp + index. 1st ltd. ed., no. 2861 of 4000 copies. Uncut in orig. limp card pictorial card covers, front cover with corner crease. 9 x 11.5" Artist's line drawings depicting street life in London. £30

SEYCHELLES Praslin and Group. Part of the Seychelles Archipeligo. Waterlow & Sons. 1910. Tinted map 7 x 5" Also similar map of Mahe, 7 x 5" £12

SEYCHELLES Colonial Office annual report on Seychelles for the year 1946. H.M.S.O. 1948. 48pp + folding map and plates. 1st ed. Ex War Office library with h/s on front cover otherwise clean in original pictorial card covers. £8

SEYCHELLES Colonial Office annual report on Seychelles for the year 1947. H.M.S.O. 1948. 32pp + coloured map and plates. 1st ed. Ex War Office library with h/s on front cover otherwise clean in original pictorial card covers. £8

SEYCHELLES Colonial Office annual report on Seychelles for the year 1948. H.M.S.O. 1949. 26pp + coloured map and plates. 1st ed. Ex War Office library with h/s on front cover otherwise clean in original pictorial card covers. £8

SEYCHELLES Colonial Office annual report on Seychelles for the year 1949 and 1950. H.M.S.O. 1951. 31pp + coloured map and plates. 1st ed. Ex War Office library with h/s on front cover otherwise clean in original card covers. £8

SEYCHELLES Colonial Office annual report on Seychelles for the year 1951 and 1952. H.M.S.O. 1953. 48pp + coloured map and plates. 1st ed. Ex War Office library with h/s on front cover otherwise clean in original card covers. £8

SHORTEN J.R. The Johannesburg Saga. J.R. Shorten. 1970. 1159 large pp + col. plates. 1st ed., fine in worn D/W. Well illust. history of the city with much on gold mining. £30

SIERRE LEONE The West Africa settlements. Harrison & Son. 1890. Tinted map 5 x 7" Shows settlements of British, French and Portuguese including Gambia, Sierre Leone and Liberia. £8

SIERRE LEONE Map of Sierra Leone Protectorate. Waterlow & Sons. 1931. Outline colour showing roads and railways. 14 x 16" £15

SIMOND L. Travels in Switzerland in 1817, 1818 and 1819 Sir Richard Phillips & Co, London. 1822. 128pp + 2 folding engraved plates. Fine in modern half leather. Two very attractive engravings of Berne and Vevey. £65

SIMONIN L. Le Grand-Ouest des Etats-Unis. Paris. 1869. v + 364pp + map and 20pp publisher's catalogue. Clean in orig. yellow paper covers. Slightly loose. Description of the Western U.S.A. in 1867. £50

SINGAPORE Singapore: view of the town and harbour from Government Hill. Lithograph by Day & Thomson, c 1850. Unknown. 1950 (circa). Coloured reproduction print. 7 x 5" £6

SKELTON R.A. Explorers' maps. Chapters in the cartographic record of Geographical discovery. Routledge & Kegan Paul. 1960. 337 large pp. 2nd impression. Lacking f.e.p. otherwise clean in worn orig. cloth. Well illustrated study. £18

SKELTON R.A. Map Collectors' Circle No. 41 County Atlases of the British Isles 1579-1850. Part 3. (1627-1670) London. 1968. 50pp. 1st ed., fine in orig. buff card covers (7.5 x 10"). £6

SKELTON R.A. Map Collectors' Circle No. 49 County Atlases of the British Isles 1579-1850. Part 4. (1671-1703) London. 1968. 68pp. 1st ed., fine in orig. buff card covers (7.5 x 10"). £6

SKELTON R.A. Map Collectors' Circle No. 63 County Atlases of the British Isles 1579-1850. Part 5. (1579-1703: appendixes). London. 1968. 42pp + folding plate. 1st ed., fine in orig. buff card covers (7.5 x 10"). £6

SKIPPON P. An Account of a Journey made thro' part of the Low Countries, Germany, Italy, and France. London. 1700 (circa). 376pp (361-736)pp. Folio. Complete extract from Churchill's Voyages (Vol VI). Very fine in attractive old style grey card covers with paper label. Account of a journey from London in 1663. £160

SMITH A. Virginia 1584-1607. The first English Settlement in North America. A brief history with a selection of contemporary narratives. Theodore Brun, Fine Editions Ltd., London. 1957. 117pp + folding plate. 1st ed., fine in faded D/W. Fine edition. £16

SOUTH AFRICA South Africa. George Philip & Son. 1930 (circa). Coloured map 9 x 12" £6

SOUTH AUSTRALIA Map of Australia with the region of South Australia tinted pink. Surveyor's Generals Office, Adelaide. 1906. 12 x 10" Fine and attractive. £6

SOUTH AUSTRALIA Map of Australia with the region of South Australia tinted pink. A. Vaughan, Adelaide. 1911. 12 x 10" Fine and attractive. Showing railways and telegraph lines. £6

SOUTH AUSTRALIA Large folding coloured map of South Australia. A. Vaughan, Adelaide. 1917. 17 x 20" Fine and attractive. Showing existing railways and 'authorised' railways £8

SOUTH AUSTRALIA Large folding coloured map of South Australia. H. Powell, Adelaide. 1933. 14 x 16" Fine and attractive. £8

ST HELENA St Helena. Longwood, Napoleon's Wohnung. Nach der natur gez. v.E.v.L. Germany. 1830 (circa). Engraved view of Jamestown from the sea with sailing ships in the foreground. 6 x 4" £30

ST HELENA Souvenir of St Helena. E.J. Warren, Pharmacy, St Helena. 1920 (circa). 32 large pp. 1st ed., clean in pictorial card covers with tipped in plate of Napoleon on front cover. Well illustrated guidebook. £60

STONEHEWER COOPER H. Coral Islands. Richard Bentley & Son, London. 1880. 2 vols. viii + 349pp + iv + 370pp + tipped real photo plates. Clean in original pictorial blue cloth. Inscribed 'Charles Fraser Esq., with the authors kind regards Jany 1881' on front end paper. Spines worn and re-cased. Tear in margin of one page noted and one photo plate in vol. 2 adhering to adjoining page. An important work on the Pacific Islands. £275

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STONELAKE A.R. Congo past and present. World Dominion Press. 1937. 202pp + folding maps. 1st ed., fine in card covers. Survey of the Christian missions in the Belgium Congo. £15

STOPP K. Map Collectors' Circle No. 35 Maps of Germany with marginal town views. London. 1967. 21pp + 22 plates. 1st ed., fine in orig. buff card covers (7.5 x 10"). £10

STRAITS SETTLEMENTS Colonial Report for 1906. H.M.S.O., London. 1907. 35pp, clean in paper covers. Reports from all government departments. £12

SUDAN Sudan Almanac 1956. Sudan Government. 1956. 274pp + folding map and photo plates. Clean in orig. worn card covers, front hinge weak. Includes a short history of Sudan. £20

SYME R. Isles of the frigate bird. Michael Joseph. 1975. 235pp + plates. 1st ed., fine in D/W. Description of life on the Cook Islands. £9

SYNGE M.B. A book of Discovery. The history of the World's exploration, from the earliest times to the finding of the South Pole. Thomas Nelson & Sons. 1910 (circa). xxvii + 554pp + 9 col. plates + numerous B & W plates. 1st ed., clean in pictorial cloth. A fascinating work with chapters on the great explorers. Fine col. plates of early maps. £18

TAUVEL R.P.P. Vie du Pere Damien, l'apotre des lepreur de Molokai, de la Congregation des Sacres Coeurs (Picpus). Societe de Saint Augustin, Bruges. 1890. 215pp + [1] + portrait frontispiece and double page plate showing facsimile of his hand written journal. 1st ed., mostly clean in original very worn quarter cloth with marbled boards. The facsimile plate with small tears and loose. Journal in French of a missionary working in Hawaii with attractive woodcut engravings in text. £60

TAYLOR & SKINNER Survey and Maps of the roads of North Britain or Scotland. Old Hall Press, Leeds. 1980 (circa). 2pp + 61 plates + folding map. Ltd. ed. no. 497 of 500 copies. Facsimile reprint of 1776 ed., fine in orig. cloth with marbled boards. 10 x 20" Fine reprint of this scarce work containing strip maps of the roads. £90

TAYLOR E.M. Madeira: its scenery and how to see it. With letters of a year's residence, and lists of the trees, flowers, ferns, and seaweeds. Ed. Stanford, London. 1882. xvi + 261pp + folding maps and engraved frontispiece. 1st ed., clean in orig. green decorated cloth. Front hinge slightly loose and both maps with repairable small tears. A scarce early history and guide to the island. £160

TEMPLE Sir R.C. The World Encompassed and analogous contemporary documents concerning Sir Francis Drake's circumnavigation of the World. Argonaut Press. 1926. 235 large pp + plates. Special ltd. ed. on Japon Vellum, no. 315 of 975. Vellum spine slightly soiled, boards a little faded and corners bumped, internally very fine. Very attractive edition comprising reprint of the 1628 edition plus documents concerning Drake. £75

TEMPLE Sir R.C. The World encompassed And analogous contemporary documents concerning Sir Francis Drake's circumnavigation of the World Argonaut Press, London. 1926. 235 large pp + maps. Ltd. ed. of 975 on Japon vellum. A fine edition of this work. £75

THOMPSON Capt. F.W. Butt The first generation of Sierra Leoneans. Govt. Printer, Sierre Leone. 1952. 65pp + index. Clean in worn orig. green cloth. Chapters on the early settlers, the Nova Scotians, the Maroons, Kru people and Liberated Africans. Useful for genealogists. £24

THOMPSON G. The Palm Land or West Africa, illustrated. Being a history of missionary labors and travels, with a description of men and things in western Africa. Also a synopsis of all the missionary work on that continent. Dawsons of Pall Mall, London. 1969. xi + 456pp + folding map. Facsimile reprint of 1858 first ed., very fine in grey cloth. Includes map of Sherbro country. £24

THOMSON B. The diversions of a Prime Minister. Dawsons of Pall Mall, London. 1968. xiii + 407pp. Facsimile reprint of 1894 first edition, very fine in red cloth. Description of life in Tonga. £24

THORSTEINSSON T. Iceland 1946 Reykjavik. 1946. 295pp + plates and folding map. 4th ed., clean in orig. blue cloth. Fine guide with good illustrations, some in colour. £12

TOOLEY R.V. Map Collectors' Circle No. 5 The printed maps of Tasmania. A chronological list from 1777-1900. London. 1963. 36pp + 14 plates. 1st ed., fine in orig. buff card covers (7.5 x 10"). £15

TOOLEY R.V. Map Collectors' Circle No. 23 Early maps of Australia. The Dutch period. Being examples from the collection of R.V. Tooley. London. 1964. 27pp + 30 plates. 1st ed., fine in orig. buff card covers (7.5 x 10"). £12

TOOLEY R.V. Map Collectors' Circle No. 8 California as an island. A geographical misconception illustrated by 100 examples from 1625 to 1770. London. 1964. 28pp + 40 plates. 1st ed., fine in orig. buff card covers (7.5 x 10"). £25

TOOLEY R.V. Map Collectors' Circle No. 26 The maps of South West France with special reference to Cognac. London. 1965. 14pp + 24 plates. 1st ed., fine in orig. buff card covers (7.5 x 10"). £12

TOOLEY R.V. Map Collectors' Circle No. 44 The printed maps of New South Wales. 1773 - 1873. London. 1968. 49pp + 30 plates. 1st ed., fine in orig. buff card covers (7.5 x 10"). £18

TOOLEY R.V. Map Collectors' Circle No. 61. Printed maps of Southern Africa and its parts. London. 1970. 39pp + 24 plates. 1st ed., fine in orig. buff card covers (7.5 x 10"). £10

TOOLEY R.V. Map Collectors' Circle No. 64. Printed maps of Australia. Part 2. London. 1970. 34pp + 24 plates. 1st ed., fine in orig. buff card covers (7.5 x 10"). £8

TOOLEY R.V. Map Collectors' Circle No. 66. Printed maps of Australia. Part 3. London. 1970. 26pp + 18 plates. 1st ed., fine in orig. buff card covers (7.5 x 10"). £8

TOOLEY R.V. Map Collectors' Circle No. 72. Printed maps of Australia. Part 4. London. 1970. 18pp + 20 plates. 1st ed., fine in orig. buff card covers (7.5 x 10"). £8

TOOLEY R.V. Map Collectors' Circle No. 79. Printed maps of Australia. Part 5. London. 1970. 30pp + 12 plates. 1st ed., fine in orig. buff card covers (7.5 x 10"). £8

TOOLEY R.V. Map Collectors' Circle No. 85. Printed maps of Australia. Part 6. London. 1970. 28pp + 16 plates. 1st ed., fine in orig. buff card covers (7.5 x 10"). £8

TOOLEY R.V. Map Collectors' Circle No. 68 Printed maps of America. Part 1. London. 1971. 24pp + 24 plates. 1st ed., fine in orig. buff card covers (7.5 x 10"). £12

TOOLEY R.V. Map Collectors' Circle No. 69. Printed maps of America. Part 2. London. 1971. 14pp + 18 plates. 1st ed., fine in orig. buff card covers (7.5 x 10"). £12

TOOLEY R.V. Map Collectors' Circle No. 80. Printed maps of America. Part 3. London. 1972. 34pp. 1st ed., fine in orig. buff card covers (7.5 x 10"). £12

TREMEARNE Maj. A.J.N. The ban of the Bori. Demons and demon dancing in West and North Africa. Frank Cass. 1968. 497pp + 61 plates. Reprint of 1914 ed. Light red stains to edges of some pages otherwise clean in orig. cloth. Important work on African customs. £45

TREVES Sir F. Uganda for a holiday. Smith, Elder & Co. 1910. 233pp + plates, folding map and ads. 2nd impression, clean in worn pictorial cloth. Well illustrated account and well written by the noted travel author. £18

TUNBERG S. Histoire de L'Administration des affaires etrangeres de Suede. Traduit du Suedois par Alfred Mohn. Almquist & Wiksell, Upsal. 1940. 573 large pp. Fine in orig. stained card covers. History of Swedish foreign affairs to 1940. In French. £50

VAN DER AA J.B. Ile de Ceylan. Croquis, Moeurs & Coutumes. Lettres d'un missionnaire. Brussels. 1900. x + 331pp + folding col. map. 2nd ed., clean in later boards and spine. Well illustrated study of the island. £45

VAQUERO Adventures in search of a living in Spanish America. John Bale, Sons & Danielsson, Ltd., London. 1911. viii + 304pp + photo plates, colour plate and maps. 1st ed., very fine in worn and faded original cloth. The author visited Mexico, Peru and Chile. Many fine photo plates. £36

VERNER C. Map Collectors' Circle No. 18 Maps of the Yorktown campaign. 1780-1781. A preliminary checklist of printed and manuscript maps prior to 1800. London. 1965. 64pp. 1st ed., fine in orig. buff card covers (7.5 x 10"). £10

VILLARD A. Histoire du Senegal. Ars Africae, Dakar. 1943. 263pp + 3 folding maps and 10 plates. 1st ed., very fine in fine original pictorial card covers. A scarce work. £60

VILNAY Z. Israel Guide. Jerusalem. 1960. 521pp + ads and index + folding maps in rear pocket. 4th revised ed., clean in red covers. £4

WADSTROM C.B. An essay on colonization particularly applied to the Western coast of Africa with some free thoughts on cultivation and commerce. David & Charles. 1968. 196 + 363 large pp + index and 7 folding maps or plates. Reprint of 1794 ed., fine in orig. cloth. An important and extensive work on slavery and European colonization of Africa containing large folding plan of a slave ship. Recommended. £120

WARD H.J.B. Mysterious Morocco and how to appreciate it. Travellers Vade Mecum Series. 1920 (circa). 268pp + folding map and plates. 1st ed., minor tone spotting otherwise fine in red orig. cloth. Guide book with attractive illustrations. £32

WESLEY A Missionary Present about the Red Children. London. 1870 (circa). 32pp. 1st ed., fine in original pictorial card covers. Description of the life of Red Indian children and the work of the missionarys illustrated with many attractive woodcuts. £60

WESLEY A Missionary Present. Stories and pictures of India. London. 1870 (circa). 32pp. 1st ed., fine in original pictorial card covers. Description of the life of Indian children and the work of the missionarys illustrated with many attractive woodcuts. £60

WESTON F & M Camera pictures of Malta. Hood & Co., Middlesborough. 1930 (circa). 80 large pp (approx.) 1st ed., clean in orig. cloth. Fine photo views of the island. £40

WHETTEN N.L. Guatemala. The land and the people. New Haven, Yale Uni Press. 1961. 397pp + plates. 1st ed., fine in D/W. Rural sociological study with evaluation of the results of the social revolution of 1944. £14

WILKES C. Narrative of the United States exploring expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842. Volume 1. New York. 1856. lx + 434pp + 8 engraved plates and 2 maps. 1st ed., usual tone spotting to margins of plates otherwise clean in damaged orig. cloth binding. Includes two fine engraved views of Madeira, view of Patagonia, view of Tierra del Fuego and 3 of Peru. Good description of Madeira. £75

WILKINSON R.J. A history of the Peninsular Malays with chapters on Perak and Selangor. Kelly & Walsh, Singapore. 1923. 159pp. 3rd revised ed. very fine in slightly worn orig. cloth retaining orig. paper label. A handsome copy of this scarcer work. £75

WILSON G.H. The history of the universities' mission to Central Africa. Uni. Mission to Central Africa, London. 1936. 278pp + plates. 1st ed., clean in orig. blue cloth. Includes Pemba and Zanzibar. £18

WINSTEDT R.O. A history of Malaya. Singapore. 1935. 270pp + plates, folding table and large folding map. 1st ed., occasional light browning otherwise clean in orig. green worn and faded cloth. Scarcer locally printed history. £48

WOOFTER T.J. Black yeomanry: Life on St Helena Island. Henry Holt & Co., New York. 1930. 291pp + photo plates. 1st ed., slightly browned but clean in very worn orig. cloth with faded spine. History of slavery on the island of St Helena. £25

WRIGHT M.R. The New Brazil. Its resources and attractions, historical, descriptive, and industrial. George Barrie & Sons, Philadelphia. 1907. 494 large pp with tipped in engraved plate on frontispiece. 2nd revised ed., very fine with a.e.g. in orig. decorated green cloth. 10 x 12.5" Guide to the country profusely illustrated with photo plates. A lavish work. £125

ZAMMIT T. Malta. The islands and their history. Valletta. 1929. viii + 504pp + plates. 2nd revised ed., some light browning to text otherwise clean in slightly marked orig. cloth. £30

 

 

 

 

 
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