1777. 240 mm x 205 mm. Unbound. c 1777. An early hand-coloured engraved map, showing Arabia, India, Persia, Moguls Empire, Tibet, China, Tartary, Japan, Great Russian Empire. Illustrated name plate at bottom left showing plants. Minor wear at edges but else a very handsome small map. Height 205mm Width 240..... More
Foldpress, 2011. 4to. Cloth. pp 200. Art catalogue from Island6's The Red Road collection. Limited edition of 1000 copies. Still sealed in original plastic. More
1777. 205 mm x 240 mm. Unbound. c 1777. An early hand-coloured engraved map, showing Cyprus, Candia, Syria,Arabic, Eyraca, Curdistan, Armenia, Aladulia, Carmania, Turkomania, Natolia, border with Turky in Europe, Constantinople, Amasia, Georgia and Black Sea and Mediterranean Sea. An illustrated name plate shows a building and two Turks. Tear..... More
Edinburgh: McIntyre. Unbound. c. 1780s. Original coloured, engraved, hemisphere map of the world depicting three views of Africa, Asia, New Hollande (Australia) & America. Free-floating but protected by mount & mylar.Size of image 310mm x 189mm, with mat, 460mm x 355mm. A very handsome map. More
Boston: Henry Hoyt, 1871. 8vo. Hardcover. pp. 152. Frontispiece, original cloth, aeg. A fine copy in the original cloth. More
London: The Author, 1839. 8vo. Cloth. pp.vii,643-650+22 blanks. Early green cloth, folding frontispiece of the Solar System. Australasian content. More
London: Sampson Low, 1884. 1st Edition. 8vo. Half Calf. pp xvi, 438. complete with 2 coloured plates, all engravings, illustrations and folded map. Half calf with decorative gilt spine. Some wear to extremities. Neat gilt stamp on front board. Marbled endpapers and page edges. Foxing to title page, otherwise good..... More
Calcutta: W. Newman, 1896. 8vo. Original Cloth. Complete in 3 volumes, original brown cloth hardcover, Crest (gilt on front board) and title pages, gilt lettering on spine, slight foxing but otherwise very good set. More
Rutland, Vermont & Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle & Company, 1996. 1st Edition. 4to. Hardcover. 215 pp, photographic plates. Riddell was a late 19th C missionary who worked extensively with lepers, eventually working independently of the other missionaries. More
London: John Murray, 1864. 8vo. Half Calf. 2 Volumes. Vol I, pp vii, 556, frontis (portrait) ; pp v, 578, frontis (portrait). Half calf and marbled boards. Some rubbing to leather. Small gilt crest to lower spines, no other markings. Marbled page edges and endpapers. Some foxing to prelim pages..... More
London: Greening & Co., 1900. 8vo. Cloth. pp 294, map and illustrations, red cloth binding with gilt, in good condition, a very nice copy. More
New York: G.P. Putnam, 1917. 1st Edition. 4to. Original Cloth/gilt. pp.xviii, 444 [4] "with 96 illustrations". Very good in original red cloth binding, gilt titles, gilt and black designs to front boards and spine. Gilt top page edges. This heavy volume may require additional postage for overseas delivery. More
London: Cassell, 1937. 8vo. Original Cloth. pp 417, x, folding map, illustrations, some stamps including gilt stamp on front board. More
Paris. Unbound. c. 1790. Orig, hand-coloured engraved French map of the Eastern Hemisphere, showing Asia, Africa , Europe & Australia. Plate No. 9. Surrounded by ornate b&w boarder of scrolls & flowers and two panels of text Image size, 555mm x 385mm, full size 650mm x 490mm. Freefloating & protected..... More
London: Allen & Co., 1880. 8vo. Pictorial Cloth. pp xiii, 202, black, white & blue plates. pictorial cloth with gilt , good condition. More
Calcutta, London: Thacker, Sprink & Co, 1883. MACRE, F C. 8vo. Half Morocco. pp. 216. b&w illustrations throughout incl. frontis & title page. Contemp burgandy half morrocco and green cloth boards. Neat gilt stamp on spine and frontboard. Aiken was an officer in the Indian Army during the Afgan War..... More
London: Sampson Low, 1881. 8vo. Original Cloth. 2 vols. Two coloured frontispieces. Contemporary half morocco. Neat gilt stamps to front board and spine. A handsome copy of this rare work covering the entire campaign in Turkey and the Crimea. Battles of Alma, Balaclava, Inkerman and Sebastepole. An account of the..... More
London: John Haddon, 1893. 8vo. Original Pictorial Cloth. Pp. 491, xv, Frontispiece, illustrations & large folding colored map in rear pocket complete, foxing on foreedge of book, erased stamp on front board, and stamp obliterated from title page with a little loss. More
London: Thos. De La Rue, 1880. 8vo. Half Morocco. 2 Volumes. Vol I, pp xxxii, 432; Vol II, pp 403. Red half morocco binding with raised bands and gilt panelling to spines. Some slight edgewear to corners. Gilt crest to front boards and lower spines, no other markings. Marbled endpapers..... More
London: Bodley Head, 1905. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. pp. xii, 404, Illustrations, photos. Original green cloth, gilt spine titles and gilt image, lion's head, to front boards. Hinges weakening and tape repaired on the inside but binding still firm. Edgewear and some rubbing..... More
London: Sampson Lowe, Marston & Co, 1933. 1st Edition. 8vo. Hardcover. xv, 336 pp, frontispiece, 7 plates, original cloth, dust jacket. An account of pirating and notable pirates in the Indian and Asian seas by Charles Grey, a retired soldier living in Lahore. Scarce with dust jacket. More
Edinburgh: Douglas, 1898. 8vo. Original Cloth. Pp. xii, 412. Frontispiece, vignette & 9 plates & 1 double-page map. . Neat gilt stamps to front board and spine. Naval Action. Sebastopol. China. India etc) A good copy in original cloth. More
London: Archibald Constable & Co, 1905. 8vo. Cloth, Orig. Frontis photographs + plates and folding map. Contemporary Cloth. Gilt stamp on frontboard. Stain on front board and light foxing to frontpages but else a good copy. Account of the petroleum industry in the Caucasus, written by the editor of Petroleum..... More
London: T Passenger, 1682. Folio. Hardcover. 6th edition. 4 vols in 1. Pp. [12], 303, [1], 226, [2], 230, [2], 162 + index [19+1]. Engraved, illustrated title page but no maps. Contemporary calf boards. Neatly re-spined in matching early 19th C. calf, rubbed on raised bands. Note: The 4 books..... More
Auckland: 1862. 235x160mm. Unbound. Image size 235x160mm, including margin 265x195. John Dower, FRGS from Illustrated London News, November 8 1863. Shows forts, battery & placement of ships. A hand coloured map kept in excellent condition. More
