Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs

De Wit, Frederick Africa Totius Africae Accuratissima Tabula denuvo correcté revisa, double page engraved map, 487 x 573mm, Amsterdam [after 1685]...

Greenwood, C. & J. Map of London made from an Actual Survey in the Years 1824, 1825 & 1826 Extended and Comprising the Various Improvements to 183...

Homann, Johann Baptiste - Ottoman Empire - Turkey and Arabia Imperium Turcicum in Europa, Asia, et Africa Regiones. Nuremburg, c. 1720, 48.5 x 56...

Kitchin, Thomas A General Atlas describing the whole Universe, being a Complete Collection of the Most Approved Maps Extant, corrected with the gr...

Langlands, George, & Son Map of the District of Kantyre in Argyllshire [Campbeltown], 1793. Large hand-coloured engraved map on 4 sheets, approx. ...

Manuscript estate plans, Perthshire, Forfarshire, and Fife Baikie, Brydieston, Cardean, Meigle Plan of the Estate of Baikie, the Property of Mr Ja...

Martin, R. Montgomery Tallis's Illustrated Atlas and Modern History of the World. London & New York: John Tallis and Co., 1851. Folio, additional ...

Scotland - [Bellin, Jaques Nicholas] Carte reduite des Isles Britanniques... [No place], 1757. Hand coloured, two sheets, each approx. 640 by 950m...

African travel 19 volumes including:Johnston, H.H. The Kilima-Njaro Expedition. London, 1886. First edition, 8vo, 4 folding maps, plates, illustra...

[American Revolution] Mémoires de Paul Jones Où il expose ses principaux services, et rappelle ce qui lui est arrivé de plus remarquable pendant l...

Angas, George French New Zealanders Illustrated Auckland: A.H. Reed, 1966. Large folio, number 230 of 750 copies, 60 coloured plates, facsimiles o...

Australia 3 works Terry, Frederick C. Landscape Scenery, Illustrating Sydney, Paramatta, Richmond, Maitland, Windsor and Port Jackson, New South ...

Australia and Solomon Islands 3 volumes Spencer, Sir Baldwin and F.J. Gillen. The Arunta. A Study of a Stone Age People. London: Macmillan, 1927. ...

Australia manuscript - New South Wales - Tasmania Wentworth, William Charles 'A Statistical, Historical and Political Description of the Colony of...

'Geographical and Descriptive Delineations of Tasmania, commonly called Van Dieman's Land, one of the Southern Islands of Australia principally co...

Bankes, Thomas, Edward W. Blake and Alexander Cook A New Royal Authentic and Complete System of Universal Geography ... Captain Cook's Voyages Rou...

Beeverell, James Les Delices de la Grande Bretagne Leiden: Pierre Vander Aa, 1727. 8 volumes, 8vo, additional folding engraved title pages and 242...

Bell, John Travels from St Petersburg in Russia, to Diverse Parts of Asia Containing a Journey to Ispahan ... Part of a Journey to Pekin in China,...

Blakiston, Thomas W. Five Months on the Yang-Tsze with a Narrative of the Exploration of its Upper Waters, and Notices of the Present Rebellions i...

Borneo 3 volumes Hose, Charles and William McDougall. The Pagan Tribes of Borneo. London: Macmillan, 1912. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, 211 colo...

Semedo, Alvaro The History of that Great and Renowned Monarchy of China wherein all the particular Provinces are accurately described... written ...

Fitzroy, [Captain] Robert Great Circle Sailing [No place, no publisher, 18th February 1858]. Single unsigned gathering of 8 leaves, stitched in co...

Gordon, Alexander Itinerarium Septentrionale Or, a Journey thro' most of the Counties of Scotland, and those in the North of England London: print...

Graziani, Antonio Maria Histoire de la guerre de Chypre Paris: André Pralard, 1685. First French edition, 4to, [xii], 414, [2], engraved device o...

Greece 4 works Chandler, Richard. Travels in Greece, or an Account of a Tour made at the Expense of the Society of Dilettanti. Oxford: Clarendon ...

Grose, Francis The Antiquities of England and Wales [...] Scotland [...] Ireland London: Hooper & Wigstead, 1785-97 [England and Wales], Hooper & ...

Guattani, Giuseppe Antoni Roma descritta ed illustrata Rome: Stamperia Pagliarini, 1805, 2 volumes in one, 8vo, engraved frontispiece, folding pla...

Hariri, Abu Muhammad al-Qasim al- Maqamat al-Hariri [Arabic title] Hariri eloquentiae Arabicae principis tres priores consessus. E codice manuscri...

Heath, Leopold (1817-1907) Hong Kong &c. as seen from the Anchorage. Drawn by Lieut. L.G. Heath of HMS Iris 1846. London: Published according to ...

Herbert, Sir Thomas Some Yeares Travels into Divers Parts of Asia and Afrique Describing especially the two Famous Empires, the Persian, and Great...

Inwood, Henry William The Erechtheion at Athens Fragments of Athenian Architectures and a few remains in Attica, Megara and Epirus. London: John...

Keyssler, Johann Georg Travels through Germany, Bohemia, Hungary, Switzerland, Italy, and Lorraine London: for A. Linde, 1756-7. Second edition in...

Ladoire, Fr. Marcel, [Vicaire de la Terre Sainte] Voyage fait a la Terre Sainte en l'année MDCCXIX Contenant la Description de la Ville de Jerusal...

Lamb, A. C. Dundee, its Quaint and Historic Buildings Dundee: George Petrie, 1905. First edition, number 12 of 16 copies on Japanese paper signed ...

◆ Lawrence, T.E. Seven Pillars of Wisdom, a Triumph [Privately Printed, 1926]. 4to, 250 x 187mm), the subscribers' or "Cranwell" edition, one of 3...

Malaysia - Malaya Skeat, Walter William and Charles Otto Blagden. Pagan Races of the Malay Peninsula. London: Macmillan, 1896. First edition, 2 vo...

Marmol y Carvajal, Luis del L'Afrique De la traduction de Nicolas Perrot sieur d'Ablancourt [ ... Histoire des Cherifs, et des royaumes de Maroc, ...

Mason, George Henry The Costume of China With Explanations in English and French. London: W. Miller, 1800. First edition, quarto (34.6 x 25.5cm), ...

[Mazier de Heaume, Hippolyte] Voyage d'un Jeune Grec à Paris Paris: F. Louis, 1824. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, lithographed frontispiece, hal...

Montagu, Edward Memoirs of the late Edw. W-ly M-tague, Esq. With Remarks on the Manners and Customs of the Oriental World. London: J. Wallis, 177...

Netherlands - [Gribius, Johann] The Netherland-Historian containing a true and exact Relation of what hath passed in late Warrs between the King o...

Penzer, N. M. The Harem An Account of the Institution as it existed in the Palace of the Turkish Sultans. London: G. Harrap, 1936. First edition, ...

Petre, Hon. Henry William An Account of the Settlements of the New Zealand Company London: Smith, Elder, 1842. Fourth edition, 8vo, folding map a...

Polar exploration Collection of travel narratives Shackleton, Ernest H. The Heart of the Antarctic. London: William Heinemann, 1909. First edition...

[Rickman, John] Journal of Captain Cook's Last Voyage to the Pacific Ocean on Discovery performed in the Years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779. Faithfully ...

Robson, George Fennell Scenery of the Grampian Mountains London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1819. Large folio (53 x 36cm), 19th-centur...

Rycaut, Sir Paul The Present State of the Ottoman Empire containing the Maxims of the Turkish Politie, the most material points of the Mahometan R...

St John, Sir Spenser Buckingham Life in the Forests of the Far East London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1862. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, contemporar...

Stein, Sir Marc Aurel Ancient Khotan Detailed Report of Archaeological Explorations in Chinese Turkestan. Carried out and described under the Orde...

Waring, Edward Scott A Tour to Sheeraz, by the Route of Kazroon and Feerozabad with Various Remarks on the Manners, Customs, Laws, Language, and L...

Wilson, Samuel Sheridan A Narrative of the Greek Mission, or Sixteen Years in Malta and Greece: including Tours in the Pelopennesus, in the Aegea...

Wise, Henry An Analysis of One Hundred Voyages to and from China performed by Ships in the Honble East India Company's Service; with Remarks on th...

Young, William The History of Athens London: J. Robson, 1786. First edition, 4to, contemporary tree calf, lightly rubbed; Chandler, Richard. The H...

Greece Two folio works Aligny, Théodore. Views of the most celebrated Sites of Ancient Greece drawn from nature and etched by Théodore Aligny. At...

2 volumes including Conway, Sir Martin With Ski and Sledge over Arctic Glaciers London: J.M. Dent, 1898. First edition, 8vo, frontispiece, folding...

Annan, Thomas University of Glasgow, Old and New illustrated with views and portraits in photogravure. Glasgow: T. & R. Annan, 1891. Folio, number...

Carte-de-visites Collection of portraits including:4 of Royal family, including the Queen, Balmoral, 1863, on horse with John Brown, by G.W. Wils...

[China] Mennie, Donald The Grandeur of the Gorges. Fifty Photographic Studies, with Descriptive Notes, of China's Great Waterway, the Yangtze Kian...

Hong Kong and Canton Acetate paper negatives of villages, towns, river scenes, junks, temples, street scenes, 124 x 102mm, in envelope printed on...

Hong Kong, China, Japan, Algiers, Suez Canal, Singapore, India Album of 25 albumen print photographs, c. 1870 pasted onto both sides of card leave...