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London: Printed For The Hakluyt Society [Second Series: No. 74], 1934., 1934. 8vo. pp. lxx, 164. with half-title. 3 coloured maps (incl. folding frontis.). original blind & gilt-stamped cloth. dw. (dw. faded). "The author was one of two Dutchmen who made the seventh voyage for the East India Company in the Globe commanded by Capt. Anthony Hippon (1610-1615). The Globe was the first English vessel to engage in the trade of the Bay of Bengal and Gulf of Siam." (NMM) National Maritime Museum Cat. I 414. Howgego F52.. Hardcover.

New York: Harper & Brothers, [c1882]. Captain Burnaby of the British Horse Guards embarked on a dangerous journey from St. Petersburg to Transcaspia in December 1875. He planned to investigate any possible threat to British trade from Russian expansion into Central Asia. cfNerhood 322. 8vo. pp. 403, [1]blank, iv(ads). wood-engraved frontis. portrait. 3 folding coloured maps in front & rear pockets. original black & gilt-stamped cloth (some staining & soiling to cloth, spine ends bit chipped, a few tears & repairs along map folds - no loss). elala5477

Montreal: R. And C.Chalmers; London: Longman And Company; New York: Berford And Company, 1848., 1848. small 8vo. pp. 390, [1]ads. original blind-stamped cloth (some fraying to joints & extremities). First Edition. A detailed account of the First Afghan War by a participating soldier in the 40th Regiment. The work was written after Wilton’s retirement and emigration to Canada. A list of subscribers occupies pp. [5]-18. Dionne III 559. Gagnon I 3719.. 1st Edition. Hardcover.

London: Keagan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd., 1906. Translated from the Tibetan of the Kah-Gyur By F. Anton von Schiefner Done Into English From The German With An Introduction By W.R.S. Ralston. 8vo. pp. lxv, 368. index. cloth

London: Printed for W.Homer, 1764., 1764. 2 Volumes. 8vo. pp. ix, 387; 1 p.l., 499. 1 folding engraved map. contemporary sprinkled calf, rebacked (covers rubbed, corners worn, light foxing to outer leaves). First Octavo Edition (originally published Glasgow: 1763, in 4to.). A British expatriate, Bell accompanied the embassies of Peter the Great to Ispahan in Persia in 1715-18, to Peking in China through Siberia in 1719-21, to Derbent in Persia in 1722, and to Constantinople in 1737-38. In addition to accounts of these travels, which contain full and interesting descriptions of the countries visited and the manners and customs of the inhabitants, the present narrative also includes a translation of De Lange's journal relating to the court of Peking in 1721-22. Cordier 2093. Cox I 256. Crowther 2031. Nerhood 78. cfLust 314.. Soft cover.

Philadelphia: American Baptist Publication Society, [c1853]., 1853. 12mo. pp. 432. folding map, 5 engraved plates (1 of script) & numerous text illus. (1 full-page). original blind & gilt-stamped cloth (very worn & chipped & frayed at extremities, one gathering sprung, some foxing to plates & adjacent leaves, marginal dampstains to 3 plates). Ninth American Edition. cfCordier IS 419. cfSmith M42.. Hardcover.

London: H.Fisher, R.Fisher & P.Jackson, [1835]., 1835. 2 Volumes in 1. 4to. pp. 68; 64. colour-printed wood-engraved frontis. by G.Baxter, 2 steel-engraved additional titles, & 61 steel-engraved plates drawn by Prout, Stanfield, Cattermole, Purser, Cox, Austen, & others after original sketches by Commodore Robert Elliot. contemporary half chagrin, gilt edges, recased (binding worn, some marginal browning to plates, scattered foxing - generally light). Lust 219.. Hardcover.

London: Edward Lumley, 1839., 1839. 8vo. pp. 1 p.l., xvii, [v]-xii, 326. wood-engraved frontis. & title vignette & numerous woodcut text illus. contemporary calf, rebacked with gilt spine mounted. armorial bookplate of J.A.Swan. First printed by Wynken de Worde in 1499 and long considered to be an authentic and valuable account of travels in Egypt, Palestine, Tartary, India and the East Indies, the present work is now known to be a spurious relation compiled from various sources by one Jehan dOutremeuse, a citizen of Liège. The present edition is based on the authoritative edition of 1725. cfCox I p. 319.. Hardcover.

London: Printed For The Hakluyt Society [Second Series: No. 75], 1934., 1934. 8vo. pp. lvi, 316. with half-title. frontis. map, 3 maps in the text & 1 facsimile signature in the text. largely unopened in original blind & gilt-stamped cloth. dw. (dw. faded). "Best commanded the tenth voyage sponsored by the East India Company (1612-1614). With two ships, the Dragon and Hoseander, he reached India in September 1612, set up a factory at Surat, and then proceeded to Achin, Sumatra. He returned to England with a valuable cargo in the Dragon, June 1614." (NMM) National Maritime Museum I 415. Howgego B86.. Hardcover.

Paris: H.J.Jansen, An VII De La République Française [1799]., 1799. 2 Volumes. 8vo. pp. 386; 361, [6]errata & ads. complete with half-titles. 2 folding engraved maps & 4 engraved plates (3 folding). modern quarter calf over 19th century marbled bds. (some foxing & browning, piece clipped from half-titles, old ms. notes on verso of plates, short tears along map folds & 1 longer tear repaired - no loss). [WITH:] STAVORINUS, J[ohan] S[plinter]. Voyage Par Le Cap De Bonne-Espérance À Batavia, À Bantam Et Au Bengale, En 1768, 69, 70 Et 71.Avec Des Observations sur la Navigation et le Commerce de ces Contrées, ainsi que sur le Caractère, les Moeurs et la Religion des Peuples qui les habitent. Traduit Du Hollandois par H.J.Jansen. 8vo. pp. viii, 434 [pp. 417-20 misbound]. with half-title. 3 folding engraved maps. modern quarter calf over 19th century marbled bds. (binding & condition uniform with above). Paris: H.J.Jansen, L'An 6me [1798]. First Editions of the French Translations… Leer más