Travel And Exploration from Paul Foster Books

Duckworth. London. 1930. FIRST EDITION. 1st printing. 8vo. (8.8 x 5.9 inches). Frontispiece illustration after a drawing by Waugh, double-page route map, sketch map of Port Said and seven mono photographs on 3 leaves. Publishers purple cloth with gilt lettering to the spine. Attractive illustrated bookplate to the front pastedown endpaper. A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper… Read more about this item

Printed by Elizabeth Pursloww, and are to be sold by Nichlas Bourne, at his shop at the South Entrance of the Royall Exchange. 1633. Folio, in 6's. (13.5 x 8.9 inches).Woodcut coats-of-arms frontispiece, 8 unnumbered leaves, 939 pages, 14 unnumbered leaves (the 2 tables). Finely illustrated with coats of arms and decorative head and tail pieces. Frontis and Title pages… Read more about this item

NP. ND. . HAND TOOLED FINE BINDING. Large 4to. (7.4 x 5 inches.). A collection of maps, engraved views, bank notes, photographs and hand written letters, one detailing the writer's travels which accompanies the photo's. Engraved views and maps, some hand coloured, letters (one relating to travels across Kurdistan dressed as a Cossack, one an ill fated ships travels around… Read more about this item

Longmans, Green and Co. London. 1936. FIRST EDITION. 1st printing. Tall 8vo. (8.8 x 5.8 inches). Some very light spotting to just a few few pages but generally a very good copy in recent fine leather binding of full red morocco. Spine with raised bands, gilt. Decorative gilt border on boards. Top edge gilt.

Chapman & Hall Ltd. London. 1939. FIRST EDITION. 1st impression. Tall 8vo. (8.7 x 5.9 inches). A very good, bright and clean copy throughout in the publishers dark blue cloth binding with gilt lettering to the spine. The gilt is bright and vibrant. A little rubbing to the edges of the binding but overall a very good copy indeed.

Henry T. Coates & Co. Philadelphia. 1895. TWO VOLUMES. 8vo. (8.2 x 5.5 inches). Illustrated with 47 mono photographic plates, each with a printed tissue guard. Fine copies in publishers green cloth with elaborate gilt decoration to front board and spine. Spine also lettered in gilt. Top edges gilt. Previous owners name on front free endpapers otherwise fine, bright copies… Read more about this item

Thomas Nelson and Sons. London. 1902. EARLY EDITION. 8vo. (7.1 x 5 inches. Illustrated with 12 full page plates. Contemporary prize binding by Bickers & Son of full navy blue calf. Spine with raised bands, each with gilt piping. The compartments triple ruled, lettered and decorated in gilt. Gilt double ruled lines to both boards. School arms of Berkhamsted School… Read more about this item

John Murray. London. 1929. REPRINT OF CHEAP EDITION, published just 3 months earlier. 8vo. (7.7 x 5.2 inches). Illustrated with 16 full page mono plates, one from a drawing of the discovery by Dr Edward A. Wilson, the rest from photographs. Illustrated map endpapers in the front. A very good copy in an early leather binding by Morrell of London.… Read more about this item

Simpkin Marshall, ltd. London. 1929. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. Illustrated with 27 maps and plans, one with small amount of sellotape repair to edge. Publishers red cloth, lettered in gilt. A very good copy in the original rare red paper dustwrapper, printed in black. Creasing and rubbing to edges. Some chipping with loss to top of spine and small piece of… Read more about this item

G. G. J and J. Robinson......London. 1786. New edition. 5 volumes. 8vo. (8.3 x 5.6 inches). Previous owners name written neatly on title pages. A very good set in contemporary full tree calf bindings. Spines ruled in gilt. Red title and circular number labels, gilt. The hinges are cracked and rubbed but all still holding. Top and bottom of spines… Read more about this item

Printed for C. Rivington. London. 1738. FIRST EDITION. Two volumes. 8vo. (7.9 x 5.3 inches). Fold out map by Moll opposite title page of volume 2. Frontis engraving showing the Parliament of the German Empire in volume 1. Some light foxing to the edges of some pages but generally a very good clean set bound in recent half tan calf.… Read more about this item

Chapman and Hall. London. 1866. FIRST EDITION in bookform. 8vo. (7.7 x 5.2 inches). Bright clean, unread copy. Gatherings unopened. Bound without the publishers adverts found in some copies. A very good copy in the publishers red cloth, front board lettered in gilt. Two gilt ruled lines to spine. Some light fading and spotting to cloth but overall in very… Read more about this item

Ptarmigan Publishing Ltd, Devizes, Wiltshire 2002. FIRST EDITION. 4to. (11.4 x 10.2 inches). Illustrated with 115 beautiful colour photos and a couple of maps of the region. English text. Delux edition in Publishers full dark green morocco leather with gilt lettering to the spine and the front board decorated with the Oman coat of arms, below a royal crown, all… Read more about this item

Oliver & Boyd. Edinburgh. 1833. SECOND EDITION. 8vo. (6.9 x 4.5 inches). Folding map and nine engravings by Jackson. A clean copy in original publishers brown cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt. Yellow coated endpapers. Inner hinges cracking. Some gatherings still unopened. Spine a bit rubbed and with some chipping to the cloth at the top and bottom of… Read more about this item

University Press of New England. Hanover, New Hampshire. 1974. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (8 x 5.3 inches). Illustrated with 25 mono photos and plans, plus 2 large foldout panoramas of the views from the summit, plus a extra, colour printed large folding map, published by the Appalachian Mountain Club, complete with New Hampshire State Police accident report form printed… Read more about this item

Lami Denozan. Paris. 1826. FIRST EDITION. Oblong 4to. (13.8 x 9.8 inches). Illustrated with 12 fine hand coloured lithographs, engraved by de Villain. A complete copy with the 12 plates and printed brown paper front wrapper and plain rear one mounted onto tabs and bound in a late 20th century half dark red cloth binding with gilt lettering to the… Read more about this item

J. Johnson. London. 1796. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (8.6 x 5.4 inches). [4], 262, [4], [2] pp. Complete as issued, with the listing of Wollstonecraft's book in the back (her first bibliography). A little spotting to some pages but generally a very good copy in contemporary full brown calf, re-backed with the original calf spine, ruled in gilt, laid… Read more about this item

Printed by Jules Didot, for Baudry. Paris. 1824. FIRST PARIS EDITION. Two volumes. 8vo. (7.4 x 4.7 inches). Vol. 1:xxxix, 344pp. - Vol. 2: viii, 312pp. Very good copies, untrimmed in the original publishers printed wraps. Neat engraved booksellers label (Langues etrangeres vivantes Bobee et Hingray, Libraries, Paris) stuck onto the front free endpaper of volume one. Edges untrimmed.… Read more about this item

Macmillan and Co. London. 1875. FIRST EDITION. Small 4to. (8.3 x 6.4 inches). Illustrated with a frontispiece, title page vignette and two other full page mono plates. Finely bound in late 19th/early 20th century arts and crafts style leather binding of full dark green Morocco. Spine with raised bands, each with three gilt dots. The compartments rule, lettered,… Read more about this item

T. Nelson and Sons. London 1858. FIRST EDITION. 12mo. (5.8 x 3.8 inches). 48pp of text, with 14 vignette engravings among the text, and 12 colour tinted plates. Original publishers paper wraps, printed in gold, both front - which is illustrated, and rear, are bound in. Attractive early leather binding of full red pebble grained morocco. Gilt ruled and… Read more about this item