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CURLEY, Thomas M.
Samuel Johnson and the Age of Travel
8vo [24 x 16 cm]; [xii], 285 pp, frontis portrait drawing, illus, index. original green pictorial gilt cloth, gilt spine title lettering, dj (not price clipped), very slight foxing at outer edge of text block, else near fine and clean. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. An interesting study in which the author followed Johnson's itinerary through Scotland, Wales and France, with sections on the age of travel during Johnson's lifetime, travels with the Thrales, morality and metaphor of travel, mythic and historic travel, philosophic art and travel in the Highlands, etc.
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DE BEER, Sir Gavin
Early Travellers in the Alps
8vo [21 x 14.5 cm]; xx, 204 pp, frontis, 40 plates, 37 other illustrations, maps including folding, bibliography, index. original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, owner inscription on endpaper, clean very good+ in lightly worn dust jacket (not price clipped). A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The classic on the Alps first printed in 1930 in London, this apparently first US edition with a supplementary bibliography with later works cited. Well-written account with 16th century travelling conditions, the earliest alpine tourists, famous alpine expeditions, war in the Alps, the greatest Alpine tourist and other fascinating information. Neate D13.
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DUPIN, Charles
A Tour through the Naval and Military Establishments of Great Britain in the Years 1816, 1817, 1818, 1819 and 1820
8vo [22 x 13.5 cm]; iv, 116 pp, two plates including folding fronts which has two illustrations. later cloth with title lettering on spine label, minor corner wear, slight lean, interior is clean and near fine. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. A remarkable work where this Frenchman was allowed to gather detailed information on the British army and navy over a five year period of residence in England, after many conflicts between France and Britain. "I was constantly employed in visiting ad viewing every object and institution worthy of notice relative the British army and navy". The plate of flogging as practiced by the British Army is often lacking, here has a light stain at one side, mostly marginal. The frontis shows a military building at Chatham at top and light artillery equipment on bottom.
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DURRELL, Lawrence (preface
Lear's Corfu; An Anthology Drawn from the Painter's Letters
4to [28 x 21 cm]; 40 pp, 8 plates and title page vignette from Lear's paintings, from the original lithographs, notes to his letters. orig heavy paper pictorial wraps, title lettering, slightly rubbed at spine, else fine & clean, with the loose leaf from the publisher that includes Lear's limerick on Corfu and a drawing being an ad promoting travel to Corfu, as issued but often lacking. Durrell, who had lived in Corfu, describes Lear's work in the preface and the major influence of Greek scenery and culture on his work. The plates are scenes.
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ELWELL, Charles
Corsican Excursion
8vo [22 x 15 cm]; 152 pp, frontis map, illustrations including many full-page from drawings by Edward Lear's 1870 book (Journal of a Landscape Painter in Corsica), bibliog, index. original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, fine and clean in good dj (clear tape repair, price clipped). A picture of this book is available upon request by email. A narrative of the author's extensive travels on this Mediterranean island, which he first visited in 1949.
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FARRER, Reginald
Among the Hills; A Book of Joy in High Places
8vo [22 x 15 cm]; 326, [i, ads] pp, 14 fine colored plates mounted on art paper, each with tissue and letterpress, 8 other plates from photos, folding map showing author's route, index. original cloth, gilt title lettering on spine and cover, spine lettering faded, light edge wear, corner of half title page removed, interior is clean with only slight foxing in few margins, very good. A picture of this book is available upon request by em The author was a botanist, explorer, plant hunter and author of the English Rock Garden and many others, who here describes his travels and climbs in the Alps and other parts of Europe. Neate F06. Cox p. 103: 'Copies of the first edition usually have the lower three lines of the title covered by a gummed slip, London, the Swarthmore Press'. This copy has the slip present. The later edition did not have tissue guards and were printed on ordinary paper rather than the finer production that were mounted in this first edition.
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FINLAY, Ian
The Highlands
8vo [22.5 x 15 cm]; 208 pp, frontis and illustrations from photos, maps, index. original red cloth, spine title lettering in gilt, cover lightly faded, dj (price clipped, light wear at upper edge), near fine in very good jacket. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Detailed descriptions of each region of the highlands of Scotland.
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FORBES, James D.
Travels Through the Alps
large 8vo [24 x 17.5 cm]; xxxviii, [ii], 572 pp, engraved frontis (port), numerous illus, 6 maps including 2 folding maps in rear pocket, one being colored, 9 topographical sketches, bibliog, index. original cloth, gilt title lettering on front cover and spine, gilt ruled, top edge gilted, expertly rebacked preserving original boards and most of spine, rubbed, bookplate of Orace Nerreshoff on endpaper, very good solid copy. A picture of this book is Neate 274: 'Forbes was a Scottish scientist and traveler. He made many observations and mountain expeditions in the Alps, Norway and Dauphine.. . . His books are the first English accounts of systematic Alpine exploration and description of various regions.' He made the fourth (first British) ascent of the Jungfrau and the first British ascent of the Stockhorn. This work consists of all of his Alpine works including Travels Through the Alps of Savoy (first published in 1843), Journals of Excursions in the High Alps of Dauphine, Berne and Savoy, Pedestrianism in Switzerland and Topography of the Chain of Mont Blanc. Abbey Travel 62 lists the first work. The introduction by Coolidge, an American mountaineer and former editor of the Alpine Journal, provides a good historical overview. Cox, Classics in the Literature of Mountaineering 9: 'Regarded as the father of British mountaineering, the distinguished Scottish scientist was the first British mountaineer to engage in a series of expeditions in the Alps. Travels Through the Alps was the first book in English which described a series of Alpine climbs'.
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FORD, Alice
The 1826 Journal of John James Audubon; An Account of His Journey to England and Scotland to Arrange the Publication of The Birds of America, transcribed from the original
8vo [23 x 16 cm]; 447 pp, frontis (port), plates. original cloth, dj, fine. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Audubon's travels, beginning in 1826, in Liverpool, Manchester, Edinburgh, etc, with a foreword by Ford, who is the recognized expert on Audubon and who was the first to transcribe his manuscripts.
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FORESTER, Thomas (editor)
Norway and its Scenery; Comprising the Journal of a Tour by Edward Price, esq, with considerable additions and a Road-Book for Tourists with Hints to Anglers and Sportsmen
sm 8vo; xii, 470 pp, 21 finely engraved plates after E. Price, frontispiece (complete, mezzotints). original blind stamped cloth, gilt lettering, slight soiling on some leaves, original endpaper publisher's ads, very good+. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. An interesting description of Norway including a large section with details for later travellers. The plates are very attractive.
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FOSTER, Birket
Beauties of English Landscape; engraved by Dalziel Brothers, J. Cooper, E. Evans, H. Harral and others
4to [25.5 x 21 cm]; xvi, 301, [i], [ii, publisher's ads] pp, 167 finely engraved illus, mostly full-page (complete). original pictorial green cloth with elaborate gilt decorations and lettering, a. e. g., spine ends worn and frayed, lightly foxed confined mainly to margins, internal hinges cracked but holding, very good in attractive original covers, gilt bright. A pict Views and landscapes by one of the most popular artists of the time.
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FRANKLAND, Captain C. Colville
Narrative of a Visit to the Courts of Russia and Sweden in the Years 1830 and 1831
8vo [22.5 x 14 cm]; 2 volumes, xii, 399; viii, 464 pp, foldout aquatint frontis to volume I, engraved folding map (short split at fold, crease) in volume II. dark brown morocco and marbled boards, edges & endpapers, raised bands, gilt spine title lettering, covers bit rubbed, light stain on inner margin of endpaper, clean very good set,. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The narrative text is complete but volume I lacks pages 385-399 (provided in photocopy) which consist of most of the section in French on the silk industry in Georgia. Abbey Travel 27. Nerhood 195: 'British Royal Navy captain describes life of court and of the military during journey, September-July, with a special note on cholera and its impact'. The author's travels in Sweden included Halsingborg, Jonkoping, Stockholm, and Karlskrona. No copies were recorded at auction in the last 25 years. The frontis in Volume I shows the Krasnoi Ploschtchad and the map details the planned dykes to spare St. Petersburg from floods.
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FULLER, Henry B.
Gardens of this World
sm 8vo [19 x 14 cm]; [viii], 225, [iii, ads] pp. original cloth a bit faded, dj (wear and small chips at edges), else near fine in good dj. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Travels in many parts, including Spain, Portugal, Italy, Sicily, Greece with mainly personal experiences with the people encountered.
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GIBBINGS, Robert
Coming Down the Seine
8vo [22 x 14 cm]; [vi], 217 pp, pictorial title page in red and black, numerous attractive wood-engraved illustrations. original red pictorial gilt cloth, gilt spine vignettes and title lettering, blank front endpaper removed, else clean and near fine. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. A narrative of the author's travels along the Seine in France with his fascinating description and sketches.
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GILMOUR, J. S. L. (editor)
Thomas Johnson, Botanical Journeys in Kent & Hampstead; A Facsimile Reprint with Introduction and Translation of his Iter Plantarum 1629, Description Itineris Plantarum 1632
4to [27.5 x 19.5 cm]; ix, 167 pp, maps including large folding with route in red, facsimiles, illus, bibliog, index. original simulated leather, gilt spine title lettering, fine and clean copy, in dj (short tear at edge, lightly foxed), with the original prospectus for the book, with a loose dedication to author from the Botanical Magazine, signed by author. A picture o Contains a loose review of this book in German. The book, besides reproducing the original works, includes a detailed introduction by Gilmour and short essays by a number of other authors on different aspects of the work, including R. E. Latham, R. Rose, P. W. Richards, C. E. Raven, appendices, etc
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GOODMAN, E. J.
New Ground in Norway; Ringerike, Telemarken, Saetersdalen
8vo [22 x 15 cm]; xvi, 224, [xxiii, ads for local businesses including hotels] pp, frontis, plates and illustrations from photos by Paul Lange, color foldout map showing routes, steamer routes, roads, paths. original cloth with elaborate gilt picture of building, gilt title lettering on front cover and spine, edges rubbed, front hinge cracked but firm, map lightly foxed, corner of margin of leaf chipped, very good copy. A picture of this book is available upo The author explored areas not travelled by tourists up to that time, in particular the interior of Southern Norway, which until then was not easily accessible.
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GOURBILLON, M.
Travels in Sicily and to Mount Etna in 1819
8vo [22 x 13.5 cm]; 112 pp, 3 plates including frontis, map and plan, engraved title page vignette of Etna. later cloth with title lettering on spine label, minor corner wear, map bound upside down, interior is clean and near fine. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The author spent many months touring the area and provides insightful observations on the countryside, customs, people, volcano, politics, government, etc.
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GRONOW, Captain
The Reminiscences & Recollections of Captain Gronow Being Anecdotes of the Camp, Court, Clubs & Society 1810-1860
8vo [22.5 x 14.5 cm]; 2 volumes, xxviii, 353; xi, 340 pp, 33 fine hand colored plates including frontis in each volume, one being a portrait, with the half titles, index. contemporary three quarter red crushed morocco, gilt ruled, raised bands, gilt spine title lettering, orig silk ribbon bookmark in each volume, marbled endpapers, joint lightly rubbed, signature of Augusta W. Harrison on blank endpaper, clean fine set. A The very attractive costume, fashion and genre plates are by Joseph Grego. Gronow, a British officer, traveled widely in Europe over many years and provides some interesting comments on society, nobility, culture, the court of Napoleon III, the Duke of Wellington, Chateaubriand, Louis XVIII, Madame de Stael, fashionable society, etc.
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HOLLEY, Marietta
Samantha in Europe, by Josiah Allen's Wife
8vo; xv, 714, [i, ad] pp, frontis, numerous illustrations in text and full-page. original pictorial cloth and spine, light rubbing, minor shelf wear, front hinge starting to crack but firm, overall a very good copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email.
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HORNBY, Lester G.
Balkan Sketches; an Artist's Wanderings in the Kingdom of the Serbs
sm 4to; xvi, 223 pp, 77 attractive illustrations and plates by the author, some with color, colored map endpapers. original quarter cloth and paper cover bds, paper spine label (faded), corner wear but very good clean copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email.
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IRVING, R. L. G. [Robert Lock Graham]
The Alps
8vo [21.5 x 14 cm]; viii, 120 pp, colored frontis from painting,131 illustrations from photos on plates, plan and illus, endpaper maps index, with the errata sheet tipped in (often lacking). original cloth, spine title lettering, dj (light wear at edges, price clipped), very good, clean condition. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The author provides a detailed description of the Alps as they cover Switzerland, Germany, France and Italy, including the mountains, the people, activities, homes, flora and fauna. Neate I13. The author, mountaineer and teacher, took a number of pupils climbing in the Alps, the most famous being Mallory. He later wrote a number of mountaineering books including A History of British Mountaineering, Ten Great Mountains, etc.
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JOHNSTON, Robert
Travels Through Part of the Russian Empire and the Country of Poland, along the Southern Shores of the Baltic
4to [28 x 21.5 cm]; vii, xvi, [17] - 460 pp, 20 hand colored plates including frontis, uncolored plate of ploughs, other illus, 2 engraved maps, tables, half-title page is present. contemporary half red morocco, gilt spine title lettering, covers worn and rubbed, spine head chipped, interior has slight foxing of some leaves, mostly unfoxed, interior is very good and unmarked, nice wide margins. A picture of this book is available up Tooley 286. Hardie 141. Abbey Travel 15. Nerhood 164: 'British scholar journeys from St. Petersburg through Moscow to Smolensk, shortly after Napoleon passed there, June-October 1814. Friendly to Russia, he laments the destruction of Moscow'. The maps are the northwest part of Russia and the northwest part of Europe (including Baltic). The attractive colored plates are mostly views and people including Copenhagen, Hamburg, Stralsund, Tilsit, Hermitage, Moscow, Kremlin, Borodino, Smolensko, Lithuanian Jewess, Cronstadt Boatmen, village scene, etc.
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JONES, Sydney R.
London Triumphant
8vo [25 x 15.5 cm]; 278 pp, many illustrations from the author's sketches, index. original blue cloth with gilt building on front cover and spine and gilt spine title lettering, signatures on margin of title page, very good. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Notable for the drawings of buildings, many of which no longer exist.
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KNIGHT, Max, photos by Gerhard Klammet
Return to the Alps
folio [35 x 27 cm]; 160 pp, 64 pages of color photos, including double page plates, double page map, other illus. original cloth, dj (price clipped), pictorial endpapers, fine. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Superb photographs with interesting text, including selections from Alpine literature.
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KNIGHT, Max, photos by Gerhard Klammet
Return to the Alps
folio [35 x 27 cm]; 160 pp, 64 pages of color photos, including double page plates, double page map. original cloth, dj, fine. A picture of this book is available upon request by email.
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LAING, Samuel
Observations on the Social and Political State of Denmark, and the Duchies of Sleswick and Holstein in 1851
8vo [23 x 15 cm]; xvi, 446, [ii], 32 [ads] pp, map frontis Battle of Idstedt, with the half title page, endpaper ads. original brown blind-stamped cloth, gilt spine title lettering, frontis slightly foxed, but interior quite clean and fine, unmarked, minor fading on part of cover, near fine. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The author of numerous works on his travels in Europe, especially in Scandinavia, describes the people and country of Denmark, topography, towns and villages, customs, politics, glaciers, trade, battles, newspapers, shops, scenery, Copenhagen, museums, royalty, education, etc.
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LANG, Andrew and John Lang
Highways and Byways in the Border
8vo [20.5 x 13 cm]; xvi, 439, [iv] pp, frontis and numerous illustrations from drawings by Hugh Thomson, folding map. original cloth, gilt title lettering on spine and cover, top edge gilted, edges a little rubbed, corner bumped, very good. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. With much on the history, ruins, legends, ballads and nature of the border between England and Scotland, beautifully illustrated.
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LETTS, Malcolm
Francis Mortoft: His Book; Being his Travels Through France and Italy 1658-1659
8vo [23 x 15 cm]; xxxiv, 216 pp, folding frontis panorama of Rome with tissue guard, 2 folding map, each showing author's route, bibliog, index. original blind-stamped cloth, gilt vignette on covers, gilt spine title lettering, slight wear at spine edge, near fine clean copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. A superb copy of the first publication of this work, whose manuscript was found in the British Museum. Interesting 17th century travels through France and Italy on the Grand Tour, with descriptions of villages, towns, cities, and much on Rome.
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LETTS, Malcolm (editor & trans)
The Travels of Leo of Rozmital through Germany, Flanders, England, France, Spain, Portugal and Italy 1465-1467
8vo [22.5 x 15 cm]; xv, 196 pp, frontis, plate, illus, folding maps, bibliog, index. original blind-stamped cloth, gilt vignette on covers and gilt spine title lettering, dj (lightly chipped and light edge wear), else fine, covers bright, clean and unmarked. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The Journey, described in a most readable and entertaining way, took them through most of Europe, where they met the rulers, observed the customs and ways of life. In his retinue were two chroniclers who each described the journey. There stay in Brussels 'is an unrivaled record of the Burgundian court'. There is a good 17 page introduction by Letts.
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LINNAEUS, C.
Lachesis Lapponica, or a Tour in Lapland, now first Published from the Original Manuscript Journal of the Celebrated Linnaeus, by James Edward Smith
8vo [22 x 14 cm]; 2 volumes bound in one, xvi, 366; 306 [ii, ads] pp, illustrations are woodcuts by Richard T. Austin, index, errata at end of volume II. contemporary full leather, rebacked with matching spine with gilt rules, gilt title lettering on spine leather spine label, marbled edges, small scratch mark on cover, interior is clean and fine in sound and tight vg binding. A picture of this book is ava Cox i, 188: "An important and interesting work on Lapland and parts of Norway and Sweden. This famous botanist was himself the instigator of a large number of scientific voyages." Catalogue of the Works of Linnaeus in British Museum (1933) #188. Soulsby 192. Hulth 160. Junk p. 59: 'wichtung und selten'. Sansbergs Bokhandel, catalogue 12, p. 117: "Linnaeus started his work of investigation during his early manhood with his journeys to the Swedish provinces, where he noted the natural resources of the country-side. In the summer of 1741 he visited Oland and Gotland, in 1746 Vastergotland and Bohuslan and Skane in 1749. His accounts of these trips are his most often read works. They are of great topographical interest and abound in his observations of nature, animal and plant life as well as in ethnographical and economical matters. His geological remarks are of particular interest. The style is Linnaeus's usual: short, direct and to the point, often shot through with humour and touched with a lyrical love for nature." Smith bought Linnaeus's manuscripts and brought them back to England. The first Swedish edition was not until 1888.
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LINNAEUS, C.
Lachesis Lapponica, or a Tour in Lapland, now first Published from the Original Manuscript Journal of the Celebrated Linnaeus, by James Edward Smith
8vo [20.5 x 13.5 cm]; 2 volumes, xvi, 366; [ii], 306 pp, illustrations are woodcuts by Richard T. Austin, index. later cloth backed marbled boards, gilt spine title lettering on spine, few discrete and light library stamps, a very good+ set, sound and clean. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Cox i, 188: "An important and interesting work on Lapland and parts of Norway and Sweden. This famous botanist was himself the instigator of a large number of scientific voyages." Catalogue of the Works of Linnaeus in British Museum (1933) #188. Soulsby 192. Hulth 160. Junk p. 59: 'wichtung und selten'. Sansbergs Bokhandel, catalogue 12, p. 117: "Linnaeus started his work of investigation during his early manhood with his journeys to the Swedish provinces, where he noted the natural resources of the country-side. In the summer of 1741 he visited Oland and Gotland, in 1746 Vastergotland and Bohuslan and Skane in 1749. His accounts of these trips are his most often read works. They are of great topographical interest and abound in his observations of nature, animal and plant life as well as in ethnographical and economical matters. His geological remarks are of particular interest. The style is Linnaeus's usual: short, direct and to the point, often shot through with humour and touched with a lyrical love for nature." Smith bought Linnaeus's manuscripts and brought them back to England. The first Swedish edition was not until 1888.
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MACCULLAGH [MAC CULLAGH], Richard John
Viking's Wake; Cruising Through Southern Scandinavian Waters
small 4to [26 x 20 cm]; xiv, [ii], 239 pp, frontis, plates from photos, illustrations from drwgs, maps, index. original dark green cloth with gilt decorative design on front cover and gilt spine title lettering, fine and clean in very good dj (chip at lower edge). A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The story of a small boat cruise, with pilotage notes at end of each chapter, through Kiel Fiord and Canal, all Danish waters, islands and ports, Southern Sweden, the Kattegat and the North Sea, with excellent illustrations by the author-artist and maps.
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MACKENZIE, Sir George Steuart
Travels in the Island of Iceland, During the Summer of the Year 1810
4to [27.5 x 22 cm]; xx, 491, [i, directions to binder] pp, 3 maps, including frontis, another folding & hand colored, 4 folding tables, 14 plates including 8 hand colored aquatints, some foldout, other engravings , sheet of music, complete, index. contemporary half leather, marbled boards and edges, gilt title lettering on black leather spine label, joints cracked but firm, internal hinge reinforced, minor foxing on a few margins but mostly quite clean, interior near fine. A picture of this book is Abbey Travel 160. The attractive hand colored plates are aquatints and are mounted as issued (see Abbey). Tooley (English Colour Plate Books) 313. The plates include views, caldron of boiling mud, geysers, costume, view of Reikiavik, other towns, etc. The author travelled with Henry Holland and Richard Bright, who each contributed chapters. The text includes narratives of three excursions, descriptions of the state of education, literature, laws, government, religion, commerce, as well as zoology, botany, mineralogy, mineral waters, with several appendices giving further details. The second edition of 1812 was somewhat abridged. 'Contains much information of permanent interest on the social and economic condition of Iceland' [DNB].
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MACKENZIE, Sir George Steuart
Travels in the Island of Iceland, During the Summer of the Year 1810
4to [28.5 x 23 cm]; xx, 491, [i, directions to binder] pp, 3 maps, including frontis, another folding & hand colored, 4 folding tables, 14 plates including 8 hand colored aquatints, some foldout, other engravings , sheet of music, complete, index. contemporary leather boards with newer leather spine, gilt title lettering on red leather spine label, corners repaired with leather, lightly foxed on few leaves, mainly marginal and on tissue guards, very good sound and solid copy. A picture of this book Abbey Travel 160. The attractive hand colored plates are aquatints and are mounted as issued (see Abbey). Tooley (English Colour Plate Books) 313. The plates include views, caldron of boiling mud, geysers, costume, view of Reikiavik, other towns, etc. The author travelled with Henry Holland and Richard Bright, who each contributed chapters. The text includes narratives of three excursions, descriptions of the state of education, literature, laws, government, religion, commerce, as well as zoology, botany, mineralogy, mineral waters, with several appendices giving further details. The second edition of 1812 was somewhat abridged.
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MACKY, John [published anonymously]
A Journey Through the Austrian Netherlands, Containing the Modern History and Description of all the Provinces, Towns, Castles, Palaces, &c. of that Fruitful Populous Country, so long the Scene of Wars and dreadful Ravages, etc
8vo [20.5 x 13 cm]; xxx, [ii, ads], 205, [xxx, index] pp, with errata leaf bound after title page, publisher's ad printed on verso half-title page, engraved headpieces, tailpieces and initials, table, index. original boards with new spine and gilt title lettering on spine, boards a little scuffed, lightly foxed on some leaves but mainly clean, very good solid copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Cox i, 125. The first edition was in 1725. It is composed as a series of letters, travels through parts of Belgium and Holland with mention of many places including Ypres, Flanders, Bruges, Brussels, Antwerp, Louvain, Liege, Lisle, Douay, Calais, etc.
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MACLEAN, Fitzroy
Bonnie Prince Charlie
8vo [23 x 16 cm]; xii, 386 pp, illus, colorplates, map, genealogical chart. original cloth, dj, fine. A picture of this book is available upon request by email.
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MARTINEAU, G. R.
Nagel's Guide Books; Italy in One Volume
12mo [16 x 11 cm]; liv, 516, [iv], xlviii pp, 64 colored maps and plans including many folding and double-page, endpaper map. original cloth faded, original ribbon bookmark, but very good copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. There are detailed street plans of 42 cities and town and detailed listings of sites, historical, artistic and tourist related.
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MORRAH, Herbert Arthur, paintings by Berenger Benger
Highways & Hedges
8vo [22.5 x 17 cm]; xv, 144 pp, 20 fine color plates including frontis from paintings by Benger, each mounted on heavy art paper, each with captioned tissue guard, index. original pictorial cloth, gilt title lettering on spine and cover, top edge gilted, spine end bit rubbed, name on endpaper, interior clean, very good+ overall. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Inman 158. Only 3,000 copies of this first edition were printed, some later printings had less plates. The charms of English country life in pictures and narrative as the author travelled the lanes, highways and byways through the year.
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PHILIP, George & Son
Philips' Mercantile Map of Europe
4to [29 x 25 cm, 11.5 x 9.7 inches]; large folding colored map measuring 78 x 122 cm or 37.5 x 48 inches that folds to 29 x 25 cm. original cloth covers, title lettering on cover and spine, joint cracked but firm, marbled endpapers, original ribbon ties, map near fine and clean, linen-backed sectional map as originally issued, in very good original cover. A picture of this book is av A very detailed map, showing all of Europe including Western Russia to Iceland, part of north Africa, Lebanon, most of Caspian Sea. It shows cities, railways, mail and other steamers routes, wireless stations, canals, Lloyd's signal states, each country is shown in different color, also shows altitudes, etc. The scale is 72 mile to the inch or 1:4,500,000.
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MILTOUN, Francis
The Automobilist Abroad
8vo [22 x 15 cm]; x, 381 pp, 38 plates including colored plates and frontis from paintings, each with tissue guard and letterpress, photo plates, many other illustrations from drawings, maps including 2 folding, one being detailed roadmap, index. original pictorial cloth with mounted color plate, gilt title lettering on spine and cover, top edge gilted, title printed in red & black, pictorial endpapers, spine stained, hinge cracked but firm, interior clean and near fine in good sound cover. A pict The many illustrations are by Blanche McManus. Early car travel through England, France, Germany, Pyrenees, Holland, etc with a section on travelling by car, hotels, roads and routes. Appendices on road signs, account of European road races, famous hills abroad, map-making, etc.
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MOTLEY, John Lothrop
The Rise of the Dutch Republic
12mo; 3 volumes, xvi, 485; xii, 527; viii, 518 pp, index to the 3 volumes. contemporary full calf, raised bands, giltdec, giltlettering on red and black labels, scuffed and wear at edges, bookplates, very good set. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. "A great book . . . for its descriptions. His account of the seige of Leiden is a real classic." (Bob Moore in Best Books)
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MUIRHEAD, Findlay
The Blue Guides; Wales
12mo [15.5 x 11 cm]; lvi, 260 pp, 22 maps and plans, almost all colored and folding, glossary, index. original blue cloth with gilt title lettering on spine and front cover, original ribbon bookmark, slightly rubbed at edge, a clean, unmarked and near fine copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Divided into north, central and south Wales, each city and town, together with each sight that a traveller might want to visit with details on transportation, history. The introduction includes history, welsh language, books on Wales, railways, postal, hotels, motoring, notes for fishermen.
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MUNRO, Ion S.
Beyond the Alps
8vo [22 x 14 cm]; xii, 298, [i] pp, frontis, plates from photos, drwg vignette on title page, endpaper maps, index. original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, minor foxing on outer edge of text block and endpaper, else clean, and very good+ sound copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. A narrative of the author's extensive travels in Italy and including travels in Libya, which was Italian colony at the time.
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MUSSON, Spencer C., with illustrations by J. Hardwicke Lewis
The Upper Engadine
small 8vo [20 x 14.5 cm]; xii, 212 pp, 24 color plates from paintings including frontis with tissue guard, foldout map at end, index. original pictorial cloth with decorative border, spine decorations and gilt lettering, top edge gilted, lightly rubbed at edges, picture of Upper Engadine pasted on endpaper, very good+, with a loose photo of an Engadine room at Zuoz. A picture of this bo Inman 274. Attractive color plates of this part of the Alps.
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NUTTING, Wallace
Ireland Beautiful
large 8vo [26 x 1`8 cm]; [ii], 302 pp, 304 illustrations from photos, including some full-page, engraved illustrations on title page, index. original green cloth, gilt title lettering on cover and spine, spine lettering faded, endpaper inscription, interior near fine, clean and unmarked, overall very good. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The author of numerous books, covering New England states, furniture and antiques, here describes all of the 32 counties of Ireland, based on his extensive travels. Very well-illustrated from the author's photographs.
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O'DONEVEN, Captain the
A Skillet of the Balkans
12mo [19 x 13]; [ii], 210 pp, frontis and plates, plus headpiece illustrations to each chapter, all from drawings by A. Ross Thomas. original green cloth, gilt shamrocks, gilt title lettering on spine and cover, spine repair, interior is clean and fine in very good cover. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. A description of the author's extensive travels in the Balkans including Serbia, Sibenik, Dalmatian Coast, Dubrovnik, Skutari, Montenegro, Tirana, Skumbi, etc.
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OMOND, George W. T.
Brabant and East Flanders
8vo [22.5 x 17 cm]; vii, 127 pp, 20 color plates (complete) from paintings by Amedee Forestier, including frontis, each captioned on the tissue guards, index. original pictorial cloth, gilt title lettering on spine and cover, top edge gilted, light staining on rear cover, minor foxing on few leaves, else clean, unmarked and very good. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Inman 128. A nicely illustrated work on this part of Belgium, including Ghent, Brabant, Antwerp, etc.
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PARKER, Eric, illustrations by Hugh Thomson
Highways and Byways in Surrey
8vo [20 x 13.5 cm]; xxi, 452, [iii, ads] pp, frontis, attractive illustrations from drwgs, endpaper maps. original cloth, gilt lettering on spine, minor crease on front cover, else fine. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The ads list the other books in the Highways and Byways series.
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PATERSON, M. Malcolm
Mountaineering Below the Snow-Line or the Solitary Pedestrian in Snowdonia and Elsewhere
12mo [18 x 13 cm]; viii, 307, [i, index], 38 [publisher's catalogue dated September 1886] pp, 4 etched plates (complete) including the frontis with tissue guard, the plates from drwgs by Mackaness. original cloth with gilt spine title lettering, gilt emblem on cover, spine ends chipped, edges rubbed, interior clean, partly unopened and very good in good cover, signed presentation inscription by Paterson. A picture of this book is available upon requ Neate P21 : 'Hill walking in the British Isles and Norway', including Wales and the Cambrians.
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PFEIFFER, Ida
A Journey to Iceland and Travels in Sweden and Norway
12mo [19 x 13 cm]; 273 pp, folding frontis map of South West Coast of Iceland (tears). orig pictorial gilt cloth, with gilt picture on front & rear covers, gilt title lettering on spine with gilt design, spine ends frayed, title page slightly spotted but clean, very good copy with colored map on endpaper from other source showing Iceland. A Robinson p. 25: 'She was the first full-time woman traveller'. The author describes her travels in 1845 in interesting detail with some emphasis on the people and their customs, scenery, notable buildings and events.
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