Travel & Exploration
Excitement, adventure and really wild things. Filling in the blanks on the maps and visiting far flung places unspoilt by the modern world and tourism.
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1915-16 London Underground BookletsLondon: 1915-16Twelve very scarce booklets promoting London and the city's surrounding areas, illustrated pamphlets produced by the Underground and the LGOC.
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1936 - 1937 Shipping Wonders of the World: A Saga of the Sea in Story and PictureLondon : 1936-1937A complete set of the popular naval weekly magazine 'Shipping Wonders of the World', a beautifully illustrated work with many colourful plates.
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1936 Don Gypsy: Adventures with a Fiddle in Barbary, Andulusia and La ManchaLondon: 1936The first edition of this charming travelogue by Walter Starkie, illustrated throughout and in the scarce original dust wrapper.
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1830 Guide Through Switzerland and SavolParis: 1830A very scarce early edition of G. Downes informative guide book on Switzerland and Savol, in full calf binding.
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1927 The First Flight Across the Polar SeaLondon: 1927An uncommon work on aerial polar exploration by Amundsen and Ellsworth, the first edition of this illustrated work.
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1818-1820 An Account of the Great Flood; The Siege of Newcastle; Des Chemins de fer en AngleterreNewcastle-upon-Tyne; Paris: 1818-1820Three very scarce works about Newcastle, including an account of flooding in the region, a reprint of a seventeenth century work about a siege of the city, and a French language discussion of the local railway.
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1933 Central IndiaLondon: 1933The first edition of this very scarce illustrated guide to central India by Edward H. Whitley.
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1914 Vizagapatam. Proposals For the Improvement and Development of the Harbour.London: 1914The very scarce first edition proposal on a harbour to be built at Vizagapatam, led by civil engineer Sir John Wolfe Barry.
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1936 The Times of India AnnualBombay : 1936A 1936 copy of this uncommon annual on India, profusely illustrated with colour plates and advertisements, providing a glimpse into the history of India.
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1916 Three Days at Delhi (The Capital of India): A Guide to Places of InterestLondon: [1916]The fourth edition of this scarce helpful travel guide for the city of Delhi in India, written by Herbert Andrews Newell.
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1915 Indian Memories: Recollections of Soldiering Sport, EtcLondon : 1915A first edition of Sir Robert Baden-Powell's enthralling memoir of his time serving in India, with beautiful colour and monochrome illustrations by the author.
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1945 Kashmir: Eden of the EastAllahabad: 1945The scarce first edition of this 1945 celebration of the state of Kashmir, illustrated with folding maps and photographic plates.
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1888 Turbans and Tails; or, Sketches in the Unromantic EastLondon: 1888The first edition of this scarce travelogue exploring India and China by Alfred J. Bamford.
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1899 India: Ceylon Straits Settlements British North Borneo Hong-KongLondon: 1899The first edition of this scarce work on India from Kegan Paul's 'British Empire' series, with folding maps.
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1899 Ivory, Apes & PeacocksLondon : 1899A very scarce first edition of Israfel's unique collection of essays, with beautiful art nouveau cloth design.
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1933 A Handbook for Travellers in India, Burma and CeylonLondon: 1933A smart fourteenth edition of this detailed travel guide to India, Burma, and Ceylon, with maps and plans.
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1891 Beast and Man in IndiaLondon: 1891A smart first edition copy of John Lockwood Kipling's work on India, an illustrated study of this work from the library of Kipling's agents.
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1903 Switzerland: Its Mountains, Valleys, Lakes and RiversLondon: 1903A wonderfully illustrated, new edition of this study of the mountains, valleys, lakes and rivers of Switzerland.
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1823 An Essay Towards a History of HexhamAlnwick: 1823The first edition of this uncommon topographical essay on the northern market Town Hexham.
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1815 The New Manchester Guide; or, Useful Pocket CompanionManchester: 1815A very scarce 'pocket companion' guide to Manchester in the early nineteenth century.
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1833 Local Records; or, Historical Register of Remarkable Events, Which Have OccurredNewcastle: 1833An expanded edition of this detailed topographical study on Northern England by John Sykes.
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1910 A Trip Through the Land of Sunshine and SurpriseLondon: 1910A vanishingly scarce promotional work by the East Indian Railway, a colourfully illustrated guide to India.
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1912 Burma Painted & DescribedLondon: 1912Robert Talbot Kelly's beautifully illustrated travel work on Burma.
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1948-1952 12vols The Collected Edition of the Works of W. Somerset MaughamLondon: 1948-1952A scarce set of the Collected Edition of twelve of W. Somerset Maugham’s works, in the original unclipped dust wrappers.
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1931 All About Mysore: A Comprehensive Handbook Up-to-Date & IllustratedBangalore City: 1931The very scarce first edition of D. V. Gundappa's guide to the city of Mysore in India, illustrated throughout.
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1933 Indian Defence ProblemPoona: 1933A vanishingly scarce military study on India, written and published by Captain G. V. Modak, with a dust wrapper.
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1904 A Lonely Summer in KashmirLondon: 1904The first edition of Margaret Cotter Morison's personal account of a summer spent in Kashmir.
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1823 Switzerland; or, A Journal of a Tour and Residence in that Country in the Years 1817, 1818 and 1819London: 1823The two volume second Edition of Louis Simond's informative account of his travels in Switzerland between 1817 and 1819.
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1773 An Account of the Voyages Undertaken By the Order of His Present MajestyDublin: 1773The first Dublin edition of this vivid account of the naval voyages undertaken during the reign of George III, including the official account of James Cook's expedition.
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1771 A New Geographical, Historical, and Commercial GrammarDublin: 1771The very scarce second edition of William Guthrie's noted 'Geographical, Historical and Commercial Grammar', complete with many folding maps.
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1788 An abridgement of Captain Cook's First and Second VoyagesLondon: 1788The fourth edition of this single volume abridged edition of Captain James Cook's account of his famous first two voyages.
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1885 An Ascent of Parnassus by Way of MendaciaLondon: 1885The first edition of this very scarce autobiographical work on the author's expedition to mount Parnassus.
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1839 Historical, Literary, and Artistical Travels in ItalyParis: 1839The corrected and enlarged second edition of C. E. Clifton's English translation of M. Valery's guide to travel in Italy.
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1820 Flowers of Modern Voyages and TravelsLondon: 1820The first edition of this vanishingly scarce four volume work describing major voyages between the years 1806 and 1820.
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1949 Memoirs and Reminiscences, Volume IICape Town: 1949A smart first edition of the second volume of South African legal figure Sir John Gilbert Kotzé.
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1888 The War of the Axe: or, Adventures in South AfricaLondon: 1888The first edition of this thrilling adventure novel by Percy J Groves set in an historical South African trading post, illustrated by John Schonberg.