Travel

Contact Jonathan Harrison, Alex Day or Andrea Mazzocchi

We stock Western books in European languages, generally – but not exclusively – published before circa 1850. We are especially interested in early travel accounts – from the late fifteenth to the eighteenth centuries – in all areas beyond Europe.

Geographical regions in which we have tended to specialise include the Pacific and its surrounding countries – South America, the Northwest Coast of America, Japan, China, the maritime regions of Asia, including the Philippines and Indonesia, and Australia. Books on Africa, the polar regions, manuscripts and separately published maps are also handled.
  1. [RAMEAUX, François-Alexis.]

    Notice of the death of Rameaux issued by...

    [China, 1845.]

    A circular notifying the Christian community...

    £2000

  2. [RAYNAL, Guillaume-Thomas, Abbé;] Johann Adam HILLER, translator.

    Anecdoten zur Lebensgeschichte berühmter...

    Leipzig, Lankisch, 1762.

    First edition in German of this collection...

    £250

  3. RENNIE, Neil.

    Pocahontas, Little Wanton: myth, life and...

    [London], Quaritch, 2007.

    Pocahontas – meaning ‘Little Wanton’...

    £25

  4. RICCI, Giovanni, and Ercolano PORTA.

    Storia della missione francescana e del...

    Bologna, Stabilimenti tipografici riuniti,...

    First and only edition of this history...

    £750

  5. RISLEY, Herbert Hope, Sir et al.

    The gazetteer of Sikhim. With an introduction...

    Calcutta, printed at the Bengal Secretariat...

    First edition of this comprehensive survey...

    £2500

  6. ROCCA, Bernardino.

    De’ discorsi di guerra … libri Quattro,...

    Venice, Damiano Zenaro, 1582.

    First edition of Rocca’s military treatise,...

    £450

  7. ROUGEMONT, François de; [Sebastião de MAGALHÃES, translator].

    Relacam do estado politico e espiritual...

    Lisbon, Joao da Costa, 1672.

    First edition in any language of the Dutch...

    £2500

  8. [ROYAL FISHERY COMPANY.]

    A Collection of Advertisements, Advices,...

    London, printed for H.M. and sold by J....

    First edition. The Royal Fishery Company,...

    £200

  9. [ROYAL LUSTRING COMPANY.]

    The Report of the Committee of the House...

    London, E. Whitlock, 1698.

    First edition; a French version appeared...

    £275

  10. SAINT AULAIRE, Achille.

    Voyage autour du monde par St. Aulaire.

    [Clichy, Maurice Loignon for] Paris, Arnauld...

    A hand-coloured copy of this scarce and...

    £1250

  11. [SAINTE-HILAIRE, Émile Marco de.]

    Réclamation addressée à S. Ece. Mgr....

    Paris, chez les marchands de nouveautés, 1821.

    Rare first edition of this work on Parisian...

    £850

  12. [SANDOW, Eugen, pseud. (i.e. Friedrich Müller).]

    Manuscript manual of exercises for use...

    [France, c. 1920].

    A seemingly unpublished French manuscript...

    £850

  13. [SASSOON, Siegfried.] SURTEES, [Robert Smith]; Lionel GOUGH, editor.

    Hunting Scenes from Surtees.

    London, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1953.

    Sassoon’s proof copy of Hunting Scenes...

    £850

  14. [SERRÉ, Jean-Baptiste-Adrien-Joseph.]

    Livre utile aux négocians de l’Europe,...

    Paris, chez Valade; Brussels, chez Emmanuel...

    £100

  15. [SEVILLE.]

    Mercantile contract between Sebastián...

    Seville, 25 July 1576.

    A commercial document from the heyday of...

    £1200

  16. SHAGINYAN, Marietta Sergeevna.

    Puteshestvie v Veimar [Journey to Weimar].

    Moscow & Petrograd, Gosizdat, 1923.

    First edition of Shaginyan’s account...

    £600

  17. [SHANGHAI.]

    “So–this is Shanghai”.

    [Shanghai, A. S. Watson & Co. and Kelly...

    Rare first edition of a photographic souvenir...

    £350

  18. [SHANGHAI.]

    Shanghai of To-day. A Souvenir Album of...

    Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Singapore, Kelly...

    Third edition, revised and enlarged (first...

    £1250

  19. SHAW, Thomas.

    Travels, or observations relating to several...

    London, A. Millar and W. Sandby, 1757.

    ‘Second and most valued edition’ (ODNB)...

    £1200

  20. SHERIDAN, Richard Brinsley.

    The Speech … in the House of Commons,...

    London: Printed for John Stockdale … 1802

    First edition of Sheridan’s impressive...

    £75