Casson, Lionel.

Reisen in der Alten Welt.

München, Prestel Verlag, 1976. 18.6cm x 11.2cm. 450 pages. With historic illustrations. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear on dustjacket.

Chapman, Abel.

On Safari. Big-Game Hunting in British East Africa. With Studies in Bird Life. With 170 Illustrations by the Author and E. Caldwell. Sketch-Maps and Photographs.

First Edition. London, Edward Arnold, 1908. 21 x 14 cm. xvi, 340 pages. Illustrated. Fine dark half morocco over cloth covered boards. Gilt title on spine. Top edge gilt. Marbled end papers. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Small abrasion to rear board (see images). Edges dust dulled and mildly foxed. Occasional mild foxing, mainly to first and last few pages. Ex Libris of previous owner (Alan Francis Brooke) on front paste down (see notes below). Internally clean. A very nice copy in a sturdy very attractive binding.

Chicago and Grand Trunk Railway, in Connection with the Grand Trunk R’y of Canada. Including Great Western Division forming the Niagara Falls Air Line.

Chicago, Jones Stationary and Printing Co., 1886. 18 x 10 cm folded. 36 x 76cm folded sheet with various time tables, advertisements and a large map (33 x 52 cm). Blue and black printing. Issued August 24, 1886. Very good condition. Mildly age darkened. Some tears along the folded lines. A few small brown spots.

Crawford, Robert.

Across the Pampas and the Andes. With a Map and Illustrations.

First Edition. London, Longman, Green, & Co., 1884. 19 x 12.5 cm. xxii, (2), 344 pages. Complete with nine Plates and a large folded colour map in the back of the book. New (2022) maroon cloth with gilt title on spine. New end papers. Authors ‘Compliment Slip’ on front free end paper (see photo). Very good condition. New binding and end papers. Edges dust dulled. Internally clean. A very nice copy.

Darwin, Charles.

Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries visited during the Voyage of H.M.S. ‘Beagle’ Round the World. Under the Command of Capt. Fitzroy.

Eighteenth Thousand. London, John Murray, 1888. 13 x 18 cm, x, 519 pages. With a few small B&W Illustrations in the text. Original decorated leather spine with gilt decorations and title on new boards and new marbled end papers. Professonally rebound in 2017. Marbled edges. Very good condition. New boards and marbled end papers. Original spine plate a little worn and darkened. Internally clean and bright. Some foxing, mainly to end papers and first / last pages. Gift insription on ‘half title’ page, dated 1943. A handsome little book.

Dodd, C.E.

An Autumn Near the Rhine; Or, Sketches of Courts, Society, Scenery, &c. in some of the German States bordering the Rhine.

First Edition. London, Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1818. 21 x 13 cm. 525 pages. Half title and title page are preceeded by two pages of publishers list. No maps or illustrations. Later quarter cloth over paper covered boards. Dark blue morroco label with gilt title on spine. Very good condition. A bright clean copy in a sturdy binding.

Fanshawe, H.C.

Delhi. Past and Present. With Maps and Illustrations.

First Edition. London, John Murray, 1902. c. 22 x 14 cm. xxii, 337 pages and six pages publishers list. With all 50 Illustrations listed. With eight Plans and Maps, lacking the two maps originally stored in a pocket at the end of the book. New (2026) half cloth over marbled boards. Hard cover. New end papers. Very good condition. New binding. Edges dust dulled. Gift inscription, dated Christmas 1912. Occasional mild foxing, dust dulling.

Fischer, Frederick Augustus.

Travels in Spain in 1797 and 1798. With an Appendix on the Method of Travelling in that Country. Translated from the German.

First English Edition. London, Printed by A. Strahan for T.N. Longman and O. Rees, 1802. 21 x 13 cm. xv, (1) [Publishers List], 405 pages, (2) [Publishers List / Blank]. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards. Red spine label with gilt title. Good condition. Binding seriously rubbed and bumped (see images). Marbled boards faded. Edges age darkened. Ex Libris of ‘Fullerton of Carstairs’ and paper label of ‘Coupar Angus Library’ on front paste down (see image). Bookworm tracks on first 20 – 25 pages, not affecting text. Mild damp staining to rear end papers and last few pages. Text complete and binding sound. A good reading copy or candidate for rebinding.

Flood, J.M.

In Five Provinces. A Journal of [Unconventional] Wanderings in Ireland. Contains the following Chapters: A Walking Tour in Kerry / In the Black North / Iar Connacht / In the Midlands / The Fifth Province / Royal Meath / A Day on Lough Righ / Memories of Ardagh.

First Edition. Dublin, Thomas Kiersey Palmerston Gardens, 1918. 18 x 12 cm. 115 pages. With eight Plates (B&W Photos). Original dark green paper wrappers. Small B&W Photo on front board. Black titles and decorations. Very good condition. Some shelf wear and creasing. Internally dust dulled and occasioanlly foxed, otherwise clean.

Fortune, Robert.

Three Years’ Wanderings in the Northern Provinces of China. Including a Visit to the Tea, Slik, and Cotton Countries: with an Account of the Agriculture and Horticulture of the Chinese, New Plants, etc. With numerous Illustrations.

Second Edition. London, John Murray, 1847. 21.5 x 13.5 cm. xxiv, 420 pages. With a Map, illustrated title page, three tinted lithographed Plates and Illustrations in text. Illustrations complete, as listed. Later dark cloth (leather texture). Hard cover, with gilt title on spine. Later end papers. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Name of previous owner (made unreadable) on front paste down. Small book seller / binder paper label ( ‘Ye Olde Printerie, Ltd. China Building Hong Kong’ on front paste down (see image). Name and address of a previous owner on verso of frontispiece (see image). Internally mildly age darkened and occasionally foxed. See images. Large corner of page 415/416 missing and later repaired (see image). Overall a nice copy in a sturdy modern binding.