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Anson, George. A Voyage Round the World, In the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV... fifth edition, 42 folding engraved plates and charts, a few with slight tears, contemporary calf gilt, worn, boards detached, bookplate of Coker Court, 4to, London: For the Author, 1749 £100-150
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Armstrong, John. The History of the Island of Minorca, second edition, folding engraved map, torn, 4 folding engraved plates, 2 with fore-edge torn and soiled with slight loss, lacking final blanks, contemporary half calf, worn, 8vo, London: L. Davis, 1756 £80-120
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Baretti, Guiseppe Marc Antonio. A Journey from London to Genoa, through England, Portugal, Spain and France, 4 volumes, (?)first edition, contemporary calf, spines tooled gilt in compartments, joints a little rubbed and cracked, 8vo, London: T. Davis, 1770 £70-90
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Broderick, Thomas. Letters from Several Parts of Europe and the East. Written in the Years 1750, &c., 2 volumes, first edition, some spotting, contemporary calf, rebacked, bookplate of Bath Public Reference Library, blindstamps, 8vo, London: L. Davis, 1753 £50-80
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Brookes, Richard. The General Gazetteer: or, Compendious Geographical Dictionary, fourth edition, 9 folding engraved maps, some creased, some spotting, Kk2-3 loose, contemporary calf, chipped, joints cracked, 8vo, London: J.F. and C. Rivington, 1768 £60-80
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Burton, Richard Francis. Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El Medinah and Meccah, 2 volumes, second edition, half-titles, 18 plates and plans, including 5 in colour, 8 tinted and 2 folding, some light spotting, a few leaves with very light staining to upper margin, contemporary polished calf, spines gilt, 8vo, London: Longmans, et al., 1857 £300-400 See illustration
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Byron, John. The Narrative of the Honorable John Byron (Commodore in a Late Expedition round the World) containing An Account of the Great Distresses Suffered by Himself and His Companions on the Coast of Patagonia, from the Year 1740, till their arrival in England, 1746, first edition, half-title, engraved frontispiece, contemporary calf, joints cracked, rubbed, bookplate of John Walker Heneage, 8vo, London: S. Baker and G. Leigh, 1768 £200-250
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Caillie, Rene. Travels through Central Africa to Timbuctoo; and Across the Great Desert, to Morocco, performed in the Years 1824-1828, 2 volumes, first English edition, portrait frontispiece, 5 plates, one folding, lacks maps, somewhat browned, contemporary half calf, spines defective, bookplate of G.H. Walker Heneage, 8vo, London: Henry Colburn, 1830 £50-80
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Chateaubriand, Francois Rene de. L'Itineraire de Paris a Jerusalem, second edition [but later], contemporary cloth, 8vo, Londres: Dulau et Cnie, 1823 This would appear to be an unsanctioned edition of the text, described by the publisher as a 'second edition'. The title has a contemporary ink annotation that states, 'Full of mistakes'. £40-60
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[Combe de Vrigny, M. de la] Travels through Denmark and some Parts of Germany: by way of Journal in the Retinue of the English Envoy, in 1702, first English edition, folding map of Huen by William Blaeu, contemporary panelled calf, neatly rebacked, bookplate of Bath Public Reference Library, blindstamps throughout, 8vo, London: J. Taylor, 1707 £70-90
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Cook, Captain James. A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. Undertaken by the Command of His Majesty, for making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere... In His Majesty's Ships the Resolution and Discovery. In the Years 1776, 1778, 1779, and 1780, 3 volumes, engraved portrait frontispiece, 28 folding engraved plates and charts, one slightly torn, folding table, some browning, contemporary mottled calf, rubbed, bookplate of John Walker Heneage, 8vo, Dublin: H. Chamberlaine, et al., 1784 £300-500 See illustration
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Cunningham Graham, R.B. Cartagena and the Banks of the Sinu, first edition, frontispiece, original cloth, 8vo, London: William Heinemann, [n.d.]; A Vanished Arcadia, first edition, some spotting, original cloth, 8vo, London: William Heinemann, 1901; Hernando de Soto, first edition, original cloth, 8vo, London: William Heinemann, 1903; and 5 others by the same author, 8vo (8) £60-80
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[Dameto, Juan] The Antient and Modern History of the Balearick Islands; or of the Kingdom of Majorca... translated from the Original Spanish [by Colin Campbell], first English edition, folding engraved map, title soiled, rather spotted throughout, contemporary calf, neatly rebacked, bookplate of Bath Public Reference Library, occasional blindstamps throughout, 8vo, London: William Innys, 1716 This copy would seem to lack a folding map. £120-180
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Dampier, William. A New Voyage Round the World, 3 volumes, mixed edition, 9 folding engraved maps and one single page, 14 engraved plates, including 4 of island profiles, ?pp.88-89 in volume 3 supplied as cancel, loose, 4pp. of advertisements at the end of volume 1, somewhat browned, volume 2 with some leaves waterstained, contemporary mottled calf, spines tooled gilt in compartments, rubbed, hinges a little cracked, 8vo, London: James Knapton, 1703-1705 Volume one is a fifth edition and volume two a third edition. £150-250 See illustration
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De La Clede, M. Histoire Generale de Portugal, 8 volumes, engraved plates and maps, mostly folding, contemporary calf, worn, 8vo, Paris: Rollin, 1735; and 14 others, Portugeuse interest, all with the bookplate of Bath Public Reference Library, 8vo, (22), sold w.a.f. £50-100
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Erman, George Aldoph. Travels in Siberia, 2 volumes, first edition, half-titles, folding engraved map, contemporary polished calf, spines gilt, 8vo, London: Longmans. et al., 1848 £150-250
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Eton, William. A Survey of the Turkish Empire, third edition, light browning, contemporary calf, joints cracked, bookplate of Bath Public Reference Library, occasional blindstamps, 8vo, London: T. Cadell, 1801 £100-150
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Franklin, John. Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the Years 1819-20-21-22, 2 volumes, third edition, 4 folding engraved maps, one hand-coloured in outline, some browning, contemporary calf, volume one with spine chipped with loss, upper board loose, 8vo, London: John Murray, 1824 £70-90
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Garran, Andrew. The Picturesque Atlas of Australia, 42 original parts bound in 3 volumes, wood-engraved illustrations, some spotting, modern buckram, original wrappers bound in, bookplate of Bath Public Reference Library, folio, Sydney and Melbourne: Picturesque Atlas Publishing Co. Limited, [c.1888] £100-150
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[Gueffier, Claude Pierre] Description historique des curiosites de l'eglise de Paris, first edition, 5 [of 6] engraved plates, contemporary calf, rubbed, bookplate of Bath Public Reference Library, occasional blindstamps throughout, 12mo, Paris: C. P. Gueffier, 1763 £50-80
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Hill, Aaron. A Full and Just Account of the Present State of the Ottoman Empire, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, stained, 7 engraved plates, one torn, rather browned and spotted, lacks all after p.388, modern cloth, worn, folio, London: Printed for the Author, 1709; Griffiths, J. Travels in Europe, Asia Minor and Arabia, engraved portrait frontispiece, plates, defective, original boards, worn, 4to, London: T. Cadell, 1805 (2), sold w.a.f. £70-100
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Hobhouse, John Cam. A Journey through Albania and other provinces of Turkey in Europe and Asia, to Constantinople, during the Years 1809 and 1810, first edition, engraved frontispiece, slightly cropped, 18 hand-coloured engraved aquatint plates, 7 double-page, some cropped, 2 folding engraved maps, one repaired along folds, 2 facsimile plates, double-page plate of music, minor browning, contemporary green morocco gilt, neatly rebacked, 4to, London: James Cawthorn, 1813 £700-900 See illustration
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Irby, Charles Leonard, and James Mangles. Travels in Egypt and Nubia, Syria, and Asia Minor; during the Years 1817 and 1818, first edition, 9 plates and plans, 2 folding, folding engraved map, somewhat spotted, contemporary calf gilt, 8vo, London: T. White and Co., 1823 £100-150
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Le Comte, Louis Daniel. Memoirs and Observations... made in a late Journey through the Empire of China, third edition, engraved frontispiece, folding engraved map, 3 engraved plates, 2 folding, folding table, rather browned, occasional minor rust marks, modern cloth, bookplate of Bath Municipal Reference Library, occasional blindstamps, 8vo, London: Benjamin Tooke, 1699 £150-250
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Lister, Martin. A Journey to Paris in the year 1698, first edition, 6 engraved plates, 2 folding, one with short tear, rather spotted, contemporary ink annotations throughout, D5 with section of margin neatly removed, modern cloth, bookplate of Bath Public Reference Library, occasional blindstamps throughout, 8vo, London: Jacob Tonson, 1699; [Lucas, William] A Five Weeks Tour of Paris, Versailles, Marli, &c., third edition, half-title, advertisement leaf at end, contemporary calf-backed boards, bookplate of Bath Public Reference Library, blindstamps throughout, 8vo, London: T. Waller, 1754 (2) £100-150
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[Lozano, Pedro] A True and Particular Relation of the Dreadful Earthquake Which happen'd At Lima, the Captial of Peru, and the neighbouring Port of Callao, On the 28th of October, 1746, second edition, 9 folding engraved plates and plans, a few rather browned, minor rust-marks, 3pp. of publisher's advertisements at end, modern cloth, bookplate of Bath Public Reference Library, title-page with blindstamp, 8vo, London: T. Osborne, 1748 £100-150
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[Lozano, Pedro] A True and Particular Relation of the Dreadful Earthquake Which happen'd At Lima, the Captial of Peru, and the neighbouring Port of Callao, On the 28th of October, 1746, first edition, 9 folding engraved plates and plans, 3pp. of publisher's advertisements at end, contemporary calf, rubbed, bookplate of Bath Public Reference Library, occasional blindstamps throughout, 8vo, London: T. Osborne, 1748 £120-180 See illustration
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M'Clintock, Francis Leopold. The Voyage of the 'Fox' in the Arctic Seas, first edition, large folding engraved map, folding chart, folding facsimile, 16 wood-engraved plates, some light spotting, contemporary half calf, 8vo, London: John Murray, 1859 £100-150
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Millar, George Henry. The New and Universal System of Geography: being a Complete Modern History and Description of the Whole World, engraved frontispiece, 93 engraved plates, 28 engraved maps and plans, 12 folding, some rather creased, browned, title inscribed by previous owner, offset, contemporary calf, worn, boards detached, bookplate of Bath Public Reference Library, blindstamped throughout, folio, London: Alex Hogg, [c.1783] £300-400 See illustration
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Misson, Maximilian. A New Voyage to Italy, 2 volumes, first English edition, engraved additional title, 15 engraved plates, some folding, one defective, a few torn, titles with upper margin cropped, some spotting, contemporary calf, rubbed, bookplate of Bath Public Reference Library, occasional blindstamps throughout, 8vo, London: R. Bentley, 1695 £200-300 See illustration
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Misson, Maximilian. A New Voyage to Italy, 2 volumes, second English edition, engraved additional title, 23 [?of 27] engraved plates only, some folding, rather browned throughout, a few leaves with minor repairs, modern cloth, bookplate of Bath Public Reference Library, occasional blindstamps throughout, 8vo, London: T. Goodwin, 1699 £100-150
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Moore, John Hamilton. A New and Complete Collection of Voyages and Travels, 2 volumes bound in one, 77 engraved plates and 19 engraved maps only, some torn with loss, title and preliminaries detached and defective, disbound, folio, London: Alex Hogg, [1778-1780], sold w.a.f. £200-300
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Nieuhoff, Jan. An Embassy from the East India Company of the United Provinces to the Grand Tartar Cham, or Emperor of China, second edition, engraved additional title, double-page engraved map, 18 engraved plates, one double-page, 93 engraved vignettes, Fff2 and Iiiii torn and crudely repaired, folio, London: Printed by the Author, 1673; bound with, Montanus, Arnoldus. Atlas Chinensis: Being a Second Part of a Relation of Remarkable Passages in two Embassies from the East-India Company of the United Provinces, to the... Emperor of China and East-Tartary, translated by John Ogilby, first edition in English, 38 engraved plates, including 28 double-page and 4 folding, 57 engraved vignettes, the maps lacking, rust hole in O4, slightly affecting text, folio, London: Tho. Johnson, 1671, [Wing M2484], contemporary calf, worn, boards detached, bookplate of Bath Public Reference Library, occasional blindstamps throughout £2500-3500 See illustration
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Nugent, Thomas. Travels through Germany, 2 volumes, first edition, folding engraved map, 10 folding engraved plates, some spotting, contemporary calf, rebacked, 8vo, London: Edward and Charles Dilly, 1768; Wynne, John Huddlestone. A General History of Ireland, 2 volumes, some spotting, contemporary calf, chipped with loss, 8vo, London: Edward Cox, 1772; and 15 others European travel, all with the bookplate of Bath Public Reference Library, blindstamps, 8vo (19) £100-150
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Petrie, Graham. Tunis, Kairouan and Carthage, first edition, number 63 of 100 copies, signed by the artist, the free-endpaper inscribed 'To my friend Sandro, Graham Petrie, Nov. 17th 1908', 48 tipped-in coloured plates, tissue guards, original full vellum gilt, soiled, top edge gilt, others uncut, 4to, London: William Heinemann, 1908 £100-150
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Pinelli, Bartholomeo. Raccolta di cinquanta costumi pittoreschi incisi all acqua forte..., 50 engraved plates, some light soiling, engraved title severely cropped and laid down, clipped signature of Boyd Alexander on front free endpaper, contemporary full morocco gilt, extremities rubbed, landscape folio, Roma: Lorenzo Larrazi, 1809 Lieutenant Boyd Alexander (16 January 1873-2 April 1910) was an British Army Officer, explorer and ornithologist. £500-700 See illustration
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Polar Exploration. 27 volumes, mostly post-1930, original cloth, some with dust-jackets, v.s. (27) £50-100
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Roberts, David. Picturesque Sketches in Spain, taken during the years 1832 and 1833, first edition, tinted lithographed title, dedication leaf, 25 tinted lithographed plates, one loose with margins torn, some soiling to edges of leaves, spotted, tissue guards, original morocco-backed cloth boards, folio, London: Hodgson and Graves, 1837 £1000-1500 See illustration
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Rycaut, Paul. The History of the Present State of the Ottoman Empire, 3 parts in one volume, fourth edition, engraved frontispiece and 28 engravings in text, mostly full-page, Aa3 with corner missing, H3 with minor inkstain, contemporary calf, rebacked, bookplate of Bath Public Reference Library, blindstamps throughout, 8vo, London: John Starkey and Henry Brome, 1675 £120-180
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Scoresby, William. An Account of the Arctic Regions, with a History and Description of the Northern Whale-Fishery, 2 volumes, first edition, large folding engraved map, 4 folding tables, 23 engraved plates and charts, 2 folding, somewhat spotted, contemporary calf, spines chipped, boards partially loose, bookplate of G.H. Walker Heneage, 8vo, Edinburgh: Archibald Constable, and Co., 1820 £100-150
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Scrap Album. A nineteenth century album of amateur watercolours, engravings, etc., including a series of 19 cabinet photographs of Scotland by G.W. Wilson, 61mm x 102mm; 14 lithographed view of bull-fighting scenes, 167mm x 110mm; 7 large albumen prints by James Robertson of the Crimea, 292mm x 248mm; and numerous other prints, many of Spanish interest, contemporary half morocco, 4to £300-400
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Schottus, Franciscus. Italy, in Its Original Glory, Ruine and Revival, Being an Exact Survey of the Whole Geography, and History of that Famous Country; With the Adjacent Islands of Sicily Malta, &c.... translated out of the Originals, for General Satisfaction by Edmund Warcupp, first edition in English, 2 double-page plates, lacks engraved additional title, rust-mark on Pp, final leaves affected by damp, contemporary calf, spine chipped, joints cracked, bookplate of Bath Public Reference Library, folio, London: S. Griffin, 1660 [Wing S891] £150-250 See illustration
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Seally, John, and Israel Lyons. A Complete Geographical Dictionary, or Universal Gazetteer, 2 volumes, engraved frontispiece, 58 engraved plates and maps, many folding, a few shaven, rather spotted and browned throughout, contemporary calf, rebacked, bookplate of Bath Public Reference Library, occasional blindstamps throughout, 4to, London: John Fielding, [c.1784], sold not subject to return. This work includes 'Extracts from the private Manuscripts of one of the Officers who accompanied Captain Cook in his Voyage to the Southern Hemisphere'. £120-180
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Shelvocke, Captain George. A Voyage Round the World By the Way of the Great South Sea, Perform'd in the Years 1719, 20, 21, 22, in the Speedwell of London..., first edition, engraved title vignette, 4 engraved plates, 2 folding, lacking the folding map, title imprint shaved with loss, title soiled, some browning, modern full period calf, 8vo, London: J. Senex, 1726 £800-1200 See illustration
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Stanfield, Clarkson. Sketches on the Moselle, the Rhine and the Meuse, tinted lithographed title, dedication and 25 tinted lithographed plates, 2 loose with margins torn, some spotting, guards, original morocco-backed boards, soiled, folio, London: Hodgson and Graves, 1838 £200-300
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Staunton, George. An Authentic Account of An Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China, 3 volumes, 3 folding engraved maps, one slightly torn, folding table, some browning, contemporary mottled calf gilt, joints cracked, bookplate of G. H. Walker Heneage, 8vo, London: G. Nicol, 1797 £70-90
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Strahenlenberg, Philip Johann von. An Historico-Geographical Description of the North and Eastern Parts of Europe and Asia; but more particularly of Russia, Siberia, and Great Tartary, first English edition, 8 [?of 10] engraved plates, including 3 folding, folding table 'Harmonialinguarum', folding woodcut map 'Tab. XIX', 8pp. of large woodcuts in text, lacking large folding map, title soiled, some rust-marks, contemporary calf, rubbed, neatly rebacked, bookplate of Bath Public Reference Library, occasional blindstamps throughout, 4to, London: W. Innys, 1738 £200-300
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Swart, Stephen. The Netherland-Historian, containing a true and exact Relation of what hath passed in the late Warrs between the King of Great britain, and the Frnech King with their Allyes... half-title, 17 engraved plates [?only], mostly folding, contemporary calf, rebacked, 8vo, Amsterdam: Stephen Swart, 1675; Du Ryer, P. Histoire de la guerre de Flandre, 3 volumes, 23 engraved plates, many folding, contemporary calf, rubbed, joints cracked, 8vo, Bruxelles, Joseph T'Serstevens, 1712; and 6 others, all with the bookplate of Bath Public Reference Library, blindstamps, 8vo (10) £50-100
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Townsend, Joseph. A Journey through Spain in the Years 1786 and 1787, 3 volumes, second edition, engraved map, 9 engraved plates, some spotting, contemporary calf, rubbed, labels loose, bookplate of John Walker Heneage, 8vo, London: C. Tilly, 1792 £100-150
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