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A very rare, beautiful, and uncommon three-volume set from the Egyptologist William M. Flinders Petrie… "Tanis. Part I. 1883-4. Part II: Tanis II & Nebesheh (Am) and Defenneh (Tahpanhes)/Two Hieroglyphic Papyri From Tanis" 
In general all 3 books are in great condition. The paper

Archaeology, Egypt, Travels - Quantity: 3 - Tipped in plates - Book

W. M. Flinders Petrie - Tanis. Part I. 1883-4. Part II: Tanis II & Nebesheh (Am) and Defenneh (Tahpanhes)/Two Hieroglyphic - 1888-1889

The Isles of Scilly.
Their Story, Their Folk & Their Flowers.
A beautifully illustrated travelogue and historical study written and painted by English artist, archaeologist, and suffragist Jessie Mothersole (1873 - 1958). It offers a vivid, anecdotal glimpse into the rich

Illustrated, Travels, Collected works - Quantity: 1 - Book

Jessie Mothersole - The Isles of Scilly - 1910

* A Chinese Childhood by Chiang Lee.
1940.
304 pp.
Black percaline binding with gilt and rubbing.
8 color plates hors texte - 1st edition.
* The Pool of Ch'ien Lung by Lady Hosie - frontispiece by Chiang Lee + very nice inscription from Chiang Lee dated 1944.
176 pp - 1st

Travels, Literature, Illustrated, China - Quantity: 3 - Signed by author - Book

Chiang Yee ; Lady Hosie ; Howard S.Levy - Chiang Yee A chinese childhood - The pool of ch'ien Lung - Chinese sex jokes in traditional times - 1940-1974

A RARE and beautiful book describing the Holy Land by Samuel Manning, "Those holy fields, Palestine illustrated by pen and pencil" published around 1890 by The Religious Tract society. Book in very good condition, inside light stains but overall complete and almost clean. All

Travels, Geography, History - Quantity: 1 - Book

Samuel Manning - Those holy fields, Palestine illustrated by pen and pencil - 1890

BOUGAINVILLE, Louis-Antoine (comte de). A Voyage Round the World. Performed by Order of His Most Christian Majesty, in the years 1766, 1767, 1768, and 1769. Translated from French into English by John Reinhold Forster. London, T. Nourse and J. Davies, 1772. In-4, 25 x 20 cm.,

Cartography, Travels, History, Geography, Natural History, Illustrated, Ships and seafaring, Oceania, Biographies and memoirs - Quantity: 1 - Fold out maps or plates - Book

Louis-Antoine de Bougainville - A Voyage round the World - 1772

Stanley and Africa 
Also the Travels, Adventures, and Discoveries of Captain John H. Speke, Captain Richard F. Burton, Captain James W. Grant, Sir Samuel and Lady Baker, and other Distinguished Explorers.

This is a general survey of African exploration during the Victorian era,

Henry M. Stanley - Stanley and Africa - 1870

Beatrice Steuart Erskine - The Vanished Cities of Arabia - London, Hutchinson & Co., (1924). - Original green cloth, with numerous (coloured) illustrations by Benton Fletcher. 324 p.

Condition: One plate detached and some other small imperfections. Overall a good copy.

*

History, Travels - Quantity: 1 - Book

Beatrice Steuart Erskine - The Vanished Cities of Arabia - 1924

First edition missionary travel volume, compiling the proceedings of Isenberg and Krapf in Shoa (Ethiopia / Abyssinia) from 1839 to 1842. It also includes a substantial geographical memoir of Abyssinia and south-eastern Africa by James McQueen. 

An important early English

Africa, Travels, Illustrated, Religion, Colonial history, Politics - Quantity: 1 - Fold out maps or plates, Hand coloured illustrations - Book

Karl Wilhelm Isenberg / Johann Ludwig Krapf - Journals of the Rev. Messrs. Isenberg and Krapf, Missionaries of The Church Missionary Society - 1843

A very RARE and beautiful and interesting book..."Nineveh and its Remains: A Narrative of an Expedition to Assyria During the Years 1845, 1846, & 1847". Published by John Murray, London, 1867. Written by Henry Austen Layard.
Layard's first publication on his first expedition into

Travels, Archaeology, History, Geography - Quantity: 1 - Fold out maps or plates - Book

Sir Austen Henry Layard - Nineveh and its Remains: A Narrative of an Expedition to Assyria During the Years 1845, 1846, & 1847 - 1867

A very RARE and beautiful and interesting book...1872 edition..."Jerusalem and Its Environs" written by Rev William King Tweedie. Full of beautiful engravings. Book in very good condition overall, inside light stains but overall clean and complete, externally original cloth with

Travels, Religion, History, Illustrated - Quantity: 1 - Book

Rev. W. K. Tweedie - Jerusalem and Its Environs - 1872

Publishers red cloth with black titles and borders.
Gilt title and vignette to spine.
vii, 172 pages.
2 page catalogue.
Colour frontispiece plate with captioned tissue-guard.
19 full-page colour plates with captioned tissue-guards.
Fold-out sketch map.

Shipped and insured

Illustrated, Literature, Geography, Travels, History - Quantity: 1 - Fold out maps or plates - Book

Ella & Florence Du Cane - The Canary Islands - 1911

Deluxe limited edition of 350 copies, signed by the illustrator, of which this is copy number 96. A fascinating travel classic book in the original cloth bindings. The book is wonderfully illustrated with 75 striking full page colour plates, captioned on the tissue guards by

Illustrated, Travels, Collected works - Quantity: 1 - Signed by illustrator - Book

Mortimer Menpes - Brittany [Signed, Limited & Numbered Edition] - 1905

A very RARE and beautiful and interesting book on "LUXOR & ITS TEMPLES"by A. M. Blackman, illustrated by Benton Fletcher, and published by A&C Black, London, 1923. First edition. An account of the ancient temples and monuments of Luxor, Egypt. With chapters covering life in

Travels, History, Archaeology - Quantity: 1 - Inscribed by author, Signed by author - Book

A. M. Blackman/Major Benton Fletcher - Luxor & Its Temples - 1923

David Roberts R.A. – 15 Original Hand-Colored Lithographs.
Egypt, Sinai & The Holy Land – F.G. Moon / Day & Son, London (19th Century)

A curated portfolio of 15 original 19th-century lithographs after David Roberts, forming a visual journey through Egypt, Sinai, and the Holy

Travels, Illustrated, Art, Architecture - Quantity: 1 - Book

David Roberts - 15 Lithographs – Egypt & Holy Land - 1842-1855

2 books on travel & exploration.
Missionary work in Africa.

Book 1.
B. K. Gregory & E. A. Macdonald.
"David Livingstone & Alexander Mackay.
The Story of Their Lives".
Published by the Sunday School Union ca. 1890.
Publishers pictorial cover with vignettes & gilt title.
Gilt

Travels, Illustrated, Geography, Africa - Quantity: 2 - Book

B. K. Gregory & E. A. Macdonald - David Livingstone and Alexander Mackay, The Story of Their Lives - 1891-1902

A very RARE and extremely beautiful book! "The Christian in Palestine; or Scenes of Sacred History Historical and Descriptive. Illustrated from sketches taken on the spot by W.H. Bartlett." Written by Henry Stebbing and published by Virtue around 1840. First edition of an

Travels, Illustrated, Islamic heritage - Quantity: 1 - Tipped in plates - Book

Henry Stebbing/W. H. Bartlett - The Christian in Palestine; or Scenes of Sacred History Historical and Descriptive - 1840

A very RARE and beautiful and interesting book "Among the Women of the Sahara" translated from the french of Mrs Arthur Bell with ninety illustrations after drawings and photographs by the Author-Mme Jean Pommerol. Published in 1900 by Hurst and Blackett. Inside very light stains

Travels, Islamic heritage, History, Geography - Quantity: 1 - Book

Jean Pommerol/Mrs. Arthur Bell - Among the Women of the Sahara - 1900

The uncommon second edition of this work by Egyptologist Flinders Petrie with illustrations. Second edition of "The Arts and Crafts of Ancient Egypt" in the original publisher's cloth binding. Published as part of 'The Arts and Crafts of the Nations' edited by S. H. F. Capenny.

Archaeology, Travels, History, Geography - Quantity: 1 - Book

W. M. Flinders Petrie - The Arts and Crafts of Ancient Egypt - 1910

"Painted by J. Hardwicke Lewis & May Hardwicke Lewis.
Described by Francis Gribble"

Publishers blue cloth with gilt title and gilt vignettes.
Gilt title and gilt vignette to spine.
Gilt top page-block.
x, 135 pages.
Colour frontispiece plate with captioned tissue-guard.
19

Travels, Illustrated, Geography - Quantity: 1 - Book

Francis Gribble & J. and M. Hardwicke Lewis - Geneva - 1908

Painted by J. Hardwicke Lewis.
Described by Spencer C. Musson.

Publishers blue cloth with gilt title and aqua panelling.
Gilt title and aqua panelling to spine.
viii, 176 pages.
Colour frontispiece plate with captioned tissue-guard.
19 full-page colour plates with captioned

Spencer C. Musson & J. Hardwicke Lewis [illustrator] - La Cote d'Emeraude - 1912

A very RARE and brautiful and interesting book "Through Jungle and Desert Travels in Eastern Africa" written by.
William Astor Chanler in 1896 and published by Macmillan. The first edition of William Astor Chanler's illustrated hunting journal on his time spent in East Africa.

Travels, Africa, Geography, History - Quantity: 1 - Book

William Astor Chanler - Through Jungle and Desert: Travels in Eastern Africa - 1896

First edition, year 1812, superbly illustrated with 23 plates, of which three are double-page, all hand-colored at the time and aquatint-engraved by the well-known engravers: Matthew Dubourg, Josef Jeakes and John Swaine on drawings by Phillip Giuntotardi and J.J. Middleton

Archaeology, Travels - Quantity: 1 - Fold out maps or plates - Book

J. J. Middleton - Grecian Remains in Italy: A Description of Cyclopian Walls, and of Roman Antiquities - 1812-1819

A very RARE and beautiful big book on "Palestine Illustrated" written by Richard Temple and published in 1888 by W. H. Allen. Book in overall very good condition. Complete with all illustrations and beautiful maps! Light  stains inside but overall pages very clean. Externally

Islamic heritage, Travels, Geography, History, Illustrated - Quantity: 1 - Fold out maps or plates, Tipped in plates - Book

Richard Temple - Palestine Illustrated - 1888

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