1. Petherick, John.

Egypt, The Soudan and Central Africa. With Explorations from Khartoum on the White Nile to the Regions of the Equator Being Sketches from Sixteen Years’ Travel.

Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1861. 15 cm x 23 cm. XII, 482 pages. With large, fold-out ‘Sketch Map of John Petherick’s Travels in the years 1853-1858’. Hardcover / Original green publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Design to front board. One corner stronger bumped. Otherwise in very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. The map in excellent condition. Very Rare !

2. Baert-Duholant, Charles-Alexandre-Balthazar-François de Paule baron de / Jean-Denis Barbié du Bocage.

Tableau de la Grande-Bretagne, De L’Irlande et des Possessions Angloises dans les quatre parties du Monde. [With five (5) large, folded Maps by Jean-Denis Barbié du Bocage: Large, oblong folded Map/Plan of Gibraltar / England / Scotland / Ireland / India] / [With four (4) stunning copper-engravings: Grotte de Fingal, Chaussée des Géants / Plan et vue de Gibraltar / Combat de Boxe (Pugilists)] / [With two (2) portraits: 1.Portrait of William Pitt (after William Owen) and 2. Portrait of Charles Jacques Fox (after Karl Anton Hickel)].

Four Volumes (complete set). Paris, Chez H.J.Jansen, L’An 8me [1800]. Octavo (20 cm x 13.5 cm). Collation: Volume I: (8), 459, (1), 11 pages with Eleven (11) copper-engravings of which are: 5 Maps / Plans and 4 Engravings: The folded view of Fingals Cave (″Grotte de Fingal dans l’Ile de Staffa” – (19.5 cm x 31 cm) / “Folded Plate of the Giants Causeway (″Vue occidentale de la Chaussee des Geans et des Caps voisins” (19.5 cm x 31 cm)) / Fantastic, large Map/Plan of Gibraltar by Jean-Denis Barbié du Bocage, with a Birds-Eye-View of the Ville de Gibraltar (19.5 cm x 63.5 cm) [also showing the Ville Irlandaise on Gibraltar] / Scenic View of Gibraltar (″Vue de Gibraltar, prise du cote de l’Espagne” (19.5 cm x 32 cm) / Large Fold-Out-Map of England by Jean-Denis Barbié du Bocage with an Inset-View of Stonehenge (43 cm x 48.5 cm) / Large Fold-Out-Map of Scotland by Jean-Denis Barbié du Bocage, including the Western Isles and Shetland, with a stunning Inset-View of the irish pilgrimage-mountain Croagh Patrick [Craig-Phadrick] in Westport, Ireland (33 cm x 39 cm)/ Large Fold-Out-Map of Ireland with an Inset-View of the Lakes of Killarney (36 cm x 40.5 cm) / Volume II: 532, (1), 12 pages with Large Fold-Out-Map of India (″Possessions Anglaises”) by Jean-Denis Barbié du Bocage – the large India-Map showing areas as far as Tibet, Siam, Sumatra and the Andaman Islands, Ceylon, Burma (53.5 cm x 40.5 cm) / Volume III: 502, 48, (2) pages with two portraits: Guillaume Pitt [William Pitt] & Charles Jacques Fox (each 19.5 cm x 12 cm)/ Volume IV: 486, 22, (2) pages with the very famous Fold-out-Illustration of Pugilists / Boxers at Odiham in Hampshire [″Combats de Boxers a Odiham”] showing a boxing-match between Humphrey and Mendoza (29.5 cm x 19.5 cm). Hardcover / Original, very decorative original half leather bindings with gilt lettering and ornament on spine. All four Volumes in protective Collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Very minor wormhole-damage to a few pages.

3. Harvard University.

The Harvard University Catalogue 1880 – 1881 & The Harvard University Catalogue 1899-1900.

Two Volumes. Cambridge, University Press, 1880-1900. 8°. Pagination: 1880 – Catalogue: 230 pages / Pagination: 1899-1900-Catalogue: Folded “Map of Cambridge as the Vicinity of Harvard College 1899-1900” as Frontispiece, VII, 716 pages. Hardcover / Original half leather bindings. Slightly rubbed only. Titlepage cleanly detached. Wonderful publication. Exlibris / Bookplate of the Harvard University “ALPHA – DELTA – PHI – CLUB” with manuscript name of “J.G.Bradley 1902”. Two of these bookplates present on the pastedowns of the Volumes. RARE !

4. [Conder, Josiah].

Syria and Asia Minor (including Lebanon and Anatolia) / [in: The Modern Traveller – A Popular Description, Geographical, Historical and Topographical of the various Countries of the Globe].

Two Volumes (Complete Set). London, Printed for James Duncan, 1824. Duodecimo / 9 cm x 14.5 cm. Volume I: IV, 354 pages / Volume II: IV, 356 pages. Including two folded Maps and 6 engravings: 1. Folded Map of Syria / 2. Folded Map of Asia Minor / 3. Hassan Pasha / 4. Ruins of Palmyra / 5. Arabian Banditti / 6. View of Smyrna / 7. Turkish Burying-Ground / 8. Karamanian Waiwode. Original Hardcover, decorative full leather. Marbled endpapers and edges. Binding rubbed but firm. Spinelabel missing. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Front cover loose on Volume II. The usual, minor signs of foxing only. [The Modern Traveller – Volume 2 – 3].

5. [Conder, Josiah].

Persia and China / [in: The Modern Traveller- A Popular Description, Geographical, Historical, and Topographical, of the Various Countries of the Globe.]

Two Volumes (Complete Set). London, Printed for James Duncan, 1827. Duodecimo / 9 cm x 14.5 cm. Volume I: IV, 372 pages. / Volume II: IV, 340 pages. Including two folded maps and 6 black and white illustrations: 1. Folded map of Persia / 2. Folded map of China / 3. Isfahan / 4. Teheran / 5. View of the Golden Island / 6. Chinese Military Post / 7. Western Gate of Peking / 8. Persian Lady. Original Hardcover, decorative full leather. Full leather with gilted ornaments to outer margins of interior boards. Marbled endpapers and edges. Gilt ornament to spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Binding rubbed but firm. Spinelabel and cover of Volume I detached. Minor signs of foxing. [The Modern Traveller- Volume 12-13].

6. [Conder, Josiah].

Palestine / [in: The Modern Traveller- A Popular Description, Geographical, Historical, and Topographical, of the Various Countries of the Globe].

London, Printed for James Duncan, 1824. Duodecimo / 9 cm x 14.5 cm. IV, 368 pages. With fold-out map and 3 black and white engravings showing: 1. Map of Palestine / 2. View of Jerusalem / 3. View of Bethlehem / 4. Plan of Jerusalem. Original Hardcover, decorative full leather. Full leather with gilted ornaments to outer margins of interior boards. Marbled endpapers and edges. Gilt ornament and raised bands on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Binding rubbed but firm. Spinelabel slightly loose. Minor foxing.

7. [Conder, Josiah].

India / [in: The Modern Traveller- A Popular Description, Geographical, Historical, and Topographical, of the Various Countries of the Globe].

Volume III and IV (of a Set of IV). London, Printed for James Duncan, 1828. Duodecimo / 9 cm x 14.5 cm. Volume III: IV, 390 pages / Volume IV: IV, 376 pages. With 12 black and white illustrations showing: 1. Government House at Calcutta / 2. Bishop’s College / 3. Old Tress at Gya, Bahar / 4. Patna / 5. Palace at Lucknow / 6. Jumma Mesjeed at Delhi / 7. Palace at Jeypoor / 8. Bombay / 9. Cave at Ellora / 10. Sculptured Rocks at Mavalipuram / 11. Pagoda of the Great Bull, Tanjore / 12. Palace of the King of Ceylon. Original Hardcover, decorative full leather. Full leather with gilted ornaments to outer margins of interior boards. Marbled endpapers and edges. Gilt ornament to spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Binding rubbed but firm. Spinelabel and front board loose on Volume II. Minor foxing. Volume II contains previous owner name in ink to half-title page. [The Modern Traveller- Volume 9-10].

8. [Conder, Josiah].

Birmah, Siam and Anam [Burma (Myanmar) / Thailand / Vietnam – in: The Modern Traveller – A Popular Description, Geographical, Historical and Topographical of the various Countries of the Globe.

London, Printed for James Duncan, 1826. Duodecimo / 9 cm x 14.5 cm. IV, 367 pages. With a folded black-and-white map of Indo-China and three black-and-white steel engravings showing: 1. The Imperial Court Ummerapoora / 2. A Woongee & His Wife / A Rhahan or Priest / 3. Cochin (Kochi) – Chinese shipping on the River Taifo (Fai-foo). Original Hardcover. Full leather with gilted ornaments to outer margins of interior boards. Marbled endpapers and edges. Gilt ornament to spine. Spinelabel missing. Binding firm but rubbed. Lower spine with minor damage only. Very good condition of the map and etchings. The rarest Volume in the series. [The Modern Traveller – Volume 11].

9. [Conder, Josiah].

Arabia, Egypt, Nubia and Abyssinia / [in: The Modern Traveller- A Popular Description, Geographical, Historical, and Topographical, of the Various Countries of the Globe].

Three Volumes. London, Printed for James Duncan, 1827. Duodecimo / 9 cm x 14.5 cm. Arabia-Volume: IV, 362 pages / Egypt/Abyssinia-Volume I: IV, 366 pages / Egypt/Abyssinia-Volume II: IV, 364 pages. Includes three folded maps and nine black and white illustrations showing: 1. Map of Arabia / 2. Map of Egypt / 3. Map of Nubia and Abyssinia / 4. View of Mount Sinai / 5. Mosques at Mekka and Medinah / 6. View of Moosa / 7. Temple of Apollinopolis / 8. Cataracts of the Nile / 9. View on the River Tacazze / 10. Obelisk and King’s Seat at Axum / 11. View of Cairo / 12. The Pyramids from Old Cairo. Original Hardcover, decorative full leather. Full leather with gilted ornaments to outer margins of interior boards. Marbled endpapers and edges. Gilt ornament to spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Binding rubbed but firm. Minor foxing only. [The Modern Traveller- Volume 4-6].

10. [Conder, Josiah].

Africa / [in: The Modern Traveller- A Popular Description, Geographical, Historical, and Topographical, of the Various Countries of the Globe].

Volume II (of II). London, Printed for James Duncan, 1829. Duodecimo / 9 cm x 14.5 cm. IV, 348 pages. With 6 black and white engravings showing: 1. City of Morocco / 2. Sand-storm on the Desert / 3. Castle of Mourzouk / 4. Tuaricks / 5. Tibboos / 6. Mora, The Capital of Mandara. Original Hardcover, decorative full leather. Full leather with gilted ornaments to outer margins of interior boards. Marbled endpapers and edges. Gilt ornament and raised bands on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Binding rubbed but firm. Upper spine missing. Minor foxing. [The Modern Traveller- Volume 21].