MILLAIS, John Guille.

A breath from the Veldt … With numerous...

London, Henry Sotheran and Co., 1899.

Second edition, a handsome work, recounting...

£150

PALGRAVE, William Coates.

Cape of Good Hope. Ministerial Department...

Cape Town, Saul Solomon, 1877.

Uncommon first edition. ‘From 1869 until...

£175

BELL, John.

Travels from St Petersburgh in Russia,...

Edinburgh, printed for William Creech...

Edinburgh edition (first Glasgow 1763)...

£650

BRUCE, Peter Henry.

Memoirs of Peter Henry Bruce, Esq. a military...

Dublin, J. and R. Byrn, 1783.

Dublin edition (first London 1782) of the...

£450

FRASER, James.

The history of Nadir Shah, formerly called...

London, W. Strahan for the author, 1742.

First edition of ‘the first book in English...

£650

BONVALOT, Gabriel.

Across Thibet, being a translation of ‘De...

New York, Cassell Publishing Company, 1892.

Second edition (first 1891) relating the...

£200

[TICHBORNE, Herbert.]

Rambles in Polynesia by ‘Sundowner’ …

London, European Mail Ltd, 1897.

First edition, with a presentation inscription...

£125

STEIN, Aurel.

Sand-buried ruins of Khotan. Personal narrative...

London, Hurst and Blackett, 1904.

‘Cheaper edition’ (published a year...

£500

BRETON DE LA MARTINIÈRE, Jean Baptiste Joseph.

China, its costume, arts, manufactures,...

London, for J.J. Stockdale, 1813.

Fifth edition (first 1812) of this popular...

£950

SMITH, Albert Richard.

The Story of Mont Blanc …

London, David Bogue, 1853.

First edition of Smith’s famous book...

£1275

SIMPSON, Alexander.

The life and travels of Thomas Simpson,...

London, Richard Bentley, 1845.

First edition of this account of the life...

£650

[SCHLOSSER, Johann Albert.] BODDAERT, Pieter. 

Epistola ad virum celeberrimum Johannem...

Amsterdam, apud Cornelium van Tongerlo, 1770.

First and only edition of Boddaert’s...

£500

[RICHMOND.]

The Belvidere: a Poem. Inscrib’d to Joseph...

London: Printed in the Year 1749.

First edition, rare (British Library and...

£2750

KIRAM, Zeki Hasmet. 

Vocabularium anatomiae latine-turcice. ...

Berlin, Morgen- und Abendland-Verlag, 1923.

First edition of a comprehensive glossary...

£375

KIRAM, Zeki Hasmet. 

Vocabularium anatomiae latine-arabice. ...

Berlin, Morgen- und Abendland-Verlag, 1923.

First edition of an uncommon glossary of...

£375

BAUR, Fidelis. 

Geschichte der Hohenzollernschen Staaten...

Sigmaringen, Bucher & Liener, 1834-6.

First edition.  Perched on the Zollenberg,...

£350

BALBI, Girolamo. 

Oratio habita ab eloquentissimo viro Hieronymo...

[Rome, Francesco Minucio Calvo, 1523.]

First(?) edition of Balbi’s celebrated...

£550

ORLEANS, Pierre Joseph d’ and Francis EGERTON, 1st Earl of ELLESMERE (editor and translator).

History of the two Tartar conquerors of...

London, The Hakluyt Society, 1854.

First edition thus, a Hakluyt society translation...

£175

PEISSEL, Michel.

Tibetan pilgrimage. Architecture of the...

New York, Harry N. Abrams Inc., 2005.

‘Tibetan Pilgrimage … is the result...

£75

STAPLETON, Thomas. 

Promptuarium Catholicum ad instructionem...

Antwerp, Pierre Beller, 1592. 

Rare third edition, expanded, of Stapleton’s...

£700