London: Henry Colburn, 1839. Second edition, (first published in 1838). 12mo. 2 volumes: xii, 361; iv, 377, (1, errata) pp. Engraved frontispiece view in each volume. Cairo, the Pyramids, Thebes, Mount Sinai, Suez, Akaba, Bethlehem, Jerusalem, Jericho and the Dead Sea, Jordan, Palmyra, and Damascus, among other places visited. Later..... More
London: John Murray, 1896. Second edition. 8vo. xiii, (2), 206 pp. Illustrated from photographs, frontispiece and 12 plates, folding map. Hogarth (1862-1927), a British archaeologist who worked in Turkey, Syria, Cypress, and Egypt, was Keeper of the Ashmolean Museum, 1909-1927. Original gilt-stamped olive cloth. Small book label on pastedown, owner’s..... More
London: John Murray, 1852. Second, abridged edition (first published in 1839 and 1841). Small 8vo. xvi, 510 pp. Two folding maps, six folding plates, many illustrations in the text. Fellows made to journeys into Lycia, in 1838 and 1839, publishing journals of those explorations in 1839 and 1841; he discovered..... More
London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1854. Second edition (same year as the first; a third edition was also issued in 1854). Small thick 8vo. xi, 353, (2, publisher’s ad leaf) pp. Includes entries from spots around the Mediterranean, Constantinople, Troy, The Hellespont, The Bosphorus, Rhodes, The Dardenelles, Athens, Marathon..... More
London: John Murray, 1883. First edition. 8vo. ix, (2), 430 pp. Frontispiece portrait of the subject in Arabic dress, facsimiles. Palmer (1840-1882), an Orientalist by training, was killed in the Suez while on a mission for the British government. Inscribed on the front endpaper, “A. M. Charrington / from the..... More
New York: Brentano’s, (c1906). 8vo. 2 volumes: xxix, (1), 359, (1); (8), 386, (1) pp. 40 plates, title pages designed by T. M. Cleland. Contemporary red three-quarter morocco and cloth, gilt, spines gilt with title and ornaments between raised bands, marbled endpapers, tOop edge gilt, by MacDonald. Corners and lower..... More
London: Macmillan & Co., 1871. First edition. Two volumes. 8vo. xii, 277; vi, (2), 272 pp. 31 plates; erratum slip tipped in. Large engraved bookplates of Johann & Dora Kruse in each volume; Kruse (1859-1927) was an Australian violinist and conductor. Later red three-quarter morocco and marbled boards (corners rubbed)..... More
Bombay and London: Bombay Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society & Truebner, 1877. First edition, Journal of the Bombay Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, Vol. XII, No. XXXIVa, Extra Number. 8vo. iv, 90, clxxi pp. Account of the tour, with lists of purchased manuscripts. Inscribed by the author at..... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, nd [1912]. First edition with the Thomson illustrations, 1/350 copies (this #21) signed by the illustrator. 4to. (4), 197, (1) pp. Mounted color plates, in-text line drawings; advertisement for Thomson’s drawings and watercolors laid in. Publisher’s green and gilt-stamped decorated vellum (some browning), top edge gilt..... More
Albany, NY: J. Munsel, 1864. First edition, 1/25 unnumbered large paper copies (Munsell printed a trade edition of 250 copies the following year). Tall 8vo. 249 pp. Engraved portrait frontispiece. Doddridge (1702-1751), born in London, became one of the most influential Nonconformist (Congregationalist) ministers in 18th-century England, especially well-known as..... More
New York: William E. Rudge, 1924. First edition, 1/520 copies (this #452). 4to. 133 pp. 29 plates, from the medallion portraits. Subjects include Chesterton, Conrad, Hardy, Housman, Joyce, Masefield, Shaw., Wells, and Yeats, among others. Original white cloth-backed, gilt-stamped tan boards, publisher’s board slipcase (top edge taped), light board chemise..... More
Cambridge: At the University Press; Boston: Little, Brown, 1899. Second edition, American issue (American publisher at base of spine; originally published in 1895). Large 8vo. 2 volumes: xxxviii, (2), 688; xiv, (2), 691 pp. Original navy cloth, gilt spine titles. Very good untrimmed copy. More
London: G. Willis, 1853. Second edition (originally published in 1849; first with the supplement). 8vo. xxxii, 305, 72 pp. Original embossed purple cloth (spine faded to brown, spine ends a little worn), gilt spine title. Very good, partly unopened copy. More
London: John Murray, 1854. First edition. 3 volumes (a supplemental volume, not present here, was published in 1857): lx, 430; v, 503; vi, 486 pp. 32-page publisher’s catalogue, dated April 1854, at rear of volume three. Original patterned burgundy cloth (joints with some wear and repair), gilt spine title. Gift..... More
Paris: Alexandre Mesnier, 1830. Troisieme edition, entierement revue et augmentee. 8vo. 4 volumes: xxviii, 416; (4), 442; (4), 435; (4), 426 pp. Contemporary quarter-calf and marbled boards, gilt rules and ornaments and red leather labels on spines, all edges yellow. Rather persistent foxing, but a very good copy, the binding..... More
Lyon: Chez Anisson et Posuel, 1695. Originally published in 1617 and reprinted many times in English and French during the 17th century. 12mo. (22), 478 pp. Printed label on front pastedown: “Se Vend, A. S. de la Mare, Impr. / & Marchand Libraire devant / l’Eglise Cathedrale. / 1696.” Engraved..... More
London: Printed for the author and sold by Charles Dilly and James Buckland, 1788. First edition. 8vo. 4 volumes: (26), 504; (8), 584; (8), 499; (8), 446, (34, index) pp. Nine engraved folding maps and plans. Gordon sympathized with the Colonials so much that he resigned his pastorate in England..... More
London: Printed by John Streater, for Henry Twiford, 1663. Fifth edition, corrected and amended (first published 1641), with an exact table of the matters therein contained. 16mo in eights. (32), 200 [i.e., 373] pp. Wing W1361. Contemporary calf (rubbed, corners and spine ends worn. Several leaves bound out of place..... More
London: Impensis I. S[pencer], 1630. First edition. Small 12mo. (4), 187 pp. Engraved frontispiece, title page woodcut device; with the initial blank. A humorous satire. Lowndes: “Written to expose the ignorance and arrogance of the common lawyers.” STC 21445. Contemporary vellum (darkened, spine with small chip), manuscript spine title. Outer..... More
London: Printed in the year 1648. First edition. 12mo (13 cm). (18), 96, (16) pp. Engraved frontispiece; title printed within a double-rule border, dedication signed in print “Philocrates.” Royalist officers executed during the Civil War. Wing L3364. 20th-century half-calf and marbled boards. Text soiled and browned, two leaves with old..... More
London: Printed for Thomas and Joseph Allen [and others], 1826. A new edition, carefully revised and corrected. 12mo in sixes. 259 pp. [largely printed double column]. Engraved portrait frontispiece of Johnson. Contemporary flame calf, leather label and gilt rules and ornament s on spine. Very good. More
London: John Bale Sons & Danielson, 1901. First edition, 1/200 copies (this #35) initialed by the author. 4to. 2 volumes: xvi, 360; (2), 82 pp. Illustrated from photographs, old art, facsimiles, etc., plates, portraits, maps & plans, folding genealogical tables; the second volume is the catalogue of the house’s contents..... More
Winchester & London: Jacob & Johnson and Simpkin, Marshall & Co., 1888. First edition. 4to. x, 173 pp. Illustrated from old engravings, maps, floor plans, plates, vignettes. The Vyne is a 16th century estate and country house in Hampshire, now owned by the National Trust. Original half-vellum and gray cloth..... More
Dublin: George Faulkner, 1752. First Dublin edition. 12mo. 265 [i.e., 262] pp. [Pages 55-58 and 77-84 are cancels, pages 85-86 omitted in numbering.] Eleven tracts, published separately 1721-1752, each with a separate title page. Includes A Proposal for the better supplying of Churches in our Foreign Plantations, and for converting..... More
London: William Pickering, 1852. 12mo. (4), xxiv, (4), 349 pp. Title in red and black, printed within an arch; 4-page publisher’s catalogue at the front. Original rose cloth (spine darkened), printed paper spine label (rubbed and darkened). A little fraying to spine ends, but very good. More
