Early Printed Books, English Literature & Fine Bindings, Maps, Prints & Documents

Baker (Samuel W). Ismailia. A Narrative of the Expedition to Central Africa for the Suppression of the Slave Trade, organized by Ismail, Khedive o...

Barrow (John). A Collection of Authentic, Useful, and Entertaining Voyages and Discoveries, 3 volumes, London: printed for J. Knox, 1765, 4 foldin...

Bartlett (William Henry, Purser, William & others, illustrators). Syria, The Holy Land, Asia Minor, &c. Illustrated. In a series of views drawn fr...

Bishop (Isabella, née Isabella L. Bird). Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, including a summer in the Upper Karun Region and a visit to the Nestori...

Cameron (Verney Lovett). Across Africa, 1st edition, 2 volumes, London: Daldy, Isbister & Co, 1877, half-titles, frontispiece to each volume, 31 p...

Catrou (Francois). The General History of the Mogol Empire, from its foundation by Tamerlane, to the Late Emperor Orangzeb. Extracted from the Mem...

Corbett (Julian S.) Drake and the Tudor Navy. With a history of the rise of England as a maritime power, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Longmans,...

Flamsteed (John). Atlas Céleste de Flamstéed publié en 1776 par J. Fortin...., E. Bertaux, Editeur-Géographe Successeur de Grosselin - Delamarche,...

Franklin Expedition. Ephemera from Rear-Admiral Noel Wright to Commander John Minter relating to the Franklin expedition, 1952-65, two manuscript ...

Gebhardt (Victor). La Tierra Santa, su historia, sus monumentos, sus tradiciones, sus recuerdos, su estado actual, 2 volumes, new edition, Barcelo...

Graimberg (Carl von). 118 lithograph views of landmarks near the Rhine, 2 vols., [Heidelberg?], c.1811-1824, 118 lithograph views by Pierre Langlu...

* [Harding, Edward]. A collection of plates from Costume de l'Empire Russe, London: J. Stockdale, 1811, title-page and 46 hand-coloured stipple en...

Hastings (Warren). Debates of the House of Lords on the Evidence Delivered in the Trial of Warren Hastings, Esquire: Proceedings of the East India...

Hay (Robert). Illustrations of Cairo..., Drawn on Stone by J. C. Bourne under the Superintendence of Owen B. Carter, Architect, Tilt & Bogue, 1840...

Heber (Right Reverend Reginald). Narrative of a Journey through the Upper Provinces of India, from Calcutta to Bombay, 1824-1825 (with notes on Ce...

Hurston (Zora). Voodoo Gods, an enquiry into native myths and magic in Jamaica and Haiti, 1st UK edition, London: J.M. Dent & Sons, 1939, black & ...

[Johnson, Samuel, translator]. A Voyage to Abyssinia, by Father Jerome Lobo, a Portuguese Jesuit... with a Continuation of the History of Abyssini...

Johnston (Harry). George Grenfell and the Congo, a History and Description of the Congo Independent State and Adjoining Districts of Congoland, 2 ...

Ker (David). On The Road to Khiva, 1st edition, London: Henry S. King & Co, 1874, half-title, 7 mounted albumen prints, folding colour map to rear...

Koldewey (Karl). The German Arctic Expedition of 1869-70, and narrative of the wreck of the "Hansa" in the ice, 1st English edition, London: Samps...

La Perouse (Jean-Francois Galaup, comte de). The Voyage of La Perouse Round the World, in the Years 1783, 1786, 1787, and 1788, 3 volumes, London:...

Lander (Richard & John). Journal of an Expedition to explore the course and termination of the Niger; with a narrative of a voyage down that river...

Luynes (Honoré Théodore Paul Joseph d'Albert duc de). Voyage d'exploration à la mer Morte, à Petra, et sur la rive gauche du Jourdain, 4 volumes (...

Mongolia. A portfolio of 98 collotypes of Mongolian life and culture, no publisher or date, c. late 1950s, illustrations from photographs, 19.5 x ...

Monteiro (Joachim John). Angola and the River Congo, 1st edition, 2 volumes, London: Macmillan and Co, 1875, folding map frontispiece to volume 1,...

Moore (John Hamilton). A New and Complete Collection of Voyages and Travels, 2 volumes, London: Alexander Hogg, 1778, 57 engraved maps & plates on...

Nolan (E.H.). The Illustrated History of the War Against Russia, 2 volumes, London: James S. Virtue, [1857], additional engraved titles, engraved ...

Palestine. Le Pelerin veritable de la Terre Saincte. Auquel soubs le discours figure de la Jerusalem antique et moderne de la Palestine est enseig...

Reinhardt (Johann Christian). A Collection of Swiss Costumes, in miniature, designed by Reinhardt. Each plate represents a view taken on the spot;...

Ridsdale (Benjamin). Scenes and Adventures in Great Namaqualand, 1st edition, London: T. Woolmer, 1883, black & white portrait frontispiece, publi...

Ross (George). The Cape of Good Hope Calendar, and Agriculturist's Guide; containing a correct account of all the public offices, military forces,...

Salt (Henry). A Voyage to Abyssinia, and Travels into the Interior of that Country, 1st US edition, Philadelphia: M. Carey, 1816, half-title, fold...

Savage-Landor (Arnold Henry). Across Unknown South America, 1st US edition, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1913, frontispieces to each, black...

Schuyler (Eugene). Turkistan, Notes of a Journey in Russian Turkistan, Khokand, Bukhara, and Kuldja, 1st UK edition, 2 volumes, London: Sampson Lo...

Semple (Robert). Walks and Sketches at the Cape of Good Hope; to which is subjoined, a journey from Cape Town to Blettenberg's Bay, 1st edition, L...

Soley (Ramon). Atlas de Barcelona, 2 volumes, Barcelona: Editorial Mediterrània, 1998, illustrations throughout (many in colour), original pictori...

South Polar Times. The South Polar Times, 3 volumes, Centenary Edition, London: Orskey, Bonham, Niner, 2002, numerous facsimile maps and illustrat...

Speke (John). Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile, 1st edition, London: William Blackwood & Sons, 1863, frontispiece, 25 plates, 46...

Staehlin (Jakob von). An Account of a new Northern Archipelago, lately discovered by the Russians in the seas of Kamtschatka and Anadir, 1st Engli...

Stanford (Edward, publisher). Atlas of the Chinese Empire, containing separate maps of the eighteen provinces of China proper on a scale of I:7,50...

Stanley (Henry Morton). How I Found Livingstone; Travels, Adventures, and Discoveries in Central Africa; including four months' residence with Dr....

Stout (Benjamin). Cape of Good Hope and its Dependencies, an accurate and truly interesting description of those delightful regions, 1st edition, ...

Thomson (Joseph). To the Central African Lakes and Back: the narrative of the Royal Geographical Society's East Central African expedition, 1878-8...

Wilkins (Henry St Clair). Reconnoitring in Abyssinia: A Narrative of the Proceedings of the Reconnoitring Party, prior to the arrival of the main ...

Woolf (Joseph). Narrative of a mission to Bokhara, in the years 1843-1845, to ascertain the fate of Colonel Stoddart and Captain Conolly, 2nd edit...

Bacon (G. W.). Commercial and Library Atlas of the British Isles from the Ordnance Survey, 1895, additional half-title, 103 (complete as list) col...

Baines (Thomas). Lancashire and Cheshire, Past and Present, 2 volumes in four, London: William Mackenzie, [1871-1877], engraved titles and plates,...

Blomefield (Francis). An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk, 3 volumes (of 5), Fersfield: W. Whittingham, 1739-69, lac...

Britton (John). The Cathedrals of England, 9 volumes, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1814-35, steel-engraved frontispieces to each...

Clutterbuck (Robert). The History and Antiquities of the County of Hertford, 1st edition, 3 volumes, London: Nichols, Son, and Bentley, 1815-27, 5...

[Dodsley, Robert]. London and its environs described. Containing an account of whatever is most remarkable for grandeur, elegance, curiosity or us...

Great Domesday Book. Great Domesday Book, Penny Edition, London: Alecto Historical Editions, 1986-1992, comprising 2 facsimile volumes bound from ...

Ellis (George). Ellis's New and Correct Atlas of England and Wales, being an Entire New Set of County Maps..., 1819, frontispiece of a map of Engl...

Hasted (Edward). The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent, 4 volumes, 1st edition, Canterbury: Printed for the Author, by Simmon...

Johnson (Thomas). Johnson's Atlas of England; with all the Railways Containing Forty Two Separate Maps of the Counties and Islands, Manchester, 18...

London Directory. Post Office London Directory, 1853, London: Frederic Kelly, 1853, large folding map frontispiece, all edges gilt, contemporary d...

Mackerell (Benjamin). The History and Antiquities of the Flourishing Corporation of King's-Lynn in the County of Norfolk, London: E. Cave, 1738, w...

Neale (John Preston). Jones' Views of the Seats, Mansions, Castles, etc, of noble gentlemen in England, 2 volumes, London: Jones & Co, circa 1830,...

Parkin (Charles). The Topography of Freebridge hundred and half, in the county of Norfolk, containing the history and antiquities of the borough o...

Plot (Robert). The Natural History of Oxford-Shire. Being an Essay towards the Natural History of England, 2nd edition, Oxford: Leon. Lichfield fo...