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Jebb Bertha (Introduction By H. Rider Haggard) - Life and Adventures of John Gladwyn Jebb

A very good copy in the original light blue decorated cloth lettered in gilt on the spine and upper board. No ownership inscription and very little foxing. Ppxxv,335 + 32 page publisher's catalogue dated 10/93. Frontispiece. Introduction by H. Rider Haggard. The story of a life of adventure mainly in the American west, Mexico and South America.
Published : William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh 1894, First Edition
£50.00

Jephson A.J. Mounteney - Stories Told in an African Forest By Grown-up Children of Africa

Illustrated by Walter W. Buckley.
Hardback. A good plus copy in publisher's cream boards with blue cloth spine lettered in gilt and with decoration of African children. Spine nicked/torn at ends. All edges gilt. Dark blue endpapers. Numerous black and white illustrations. Previous owner's bookplate on front fixed end-paper.168 pages. Sketches mostly "taken from some of the common Zanzibar stories such as are told by the men in almost every African caravan".
Published : Sampson Low, Marston & Company, London 1893, First Edition
£58.00

Johnson Amandus - The Swedes in America, 1638-1900; Volume I the Swedes on the Delaware 1638-1664

A very good copy in blue cloth lettered in gilt. A clean copy without ownership inscription or other internal marking. 391 pages. Colour frontispiece and 33 black and white illustrations.
Published : Lenape Press, Philadelphia 1914, First Edition
£15.00

Johnson Clive - Land of the Ice King

4to. A very good copy in a good dustwrapper with a couple of edge tears. 160pp. This is a pictorial celebration of one man's journey to Antarctica with numerous fine colour photographs.
Published : Swan Hill Press 1990, First Edition
£8.00

Johnstone Major-General Sir James - My Experiences in Manipur and the Naga Hills

A good copy which has been rebound in blue cloth which is faded on the spine but leaving the lettering clear. Times book club sticker on rear end-paper. Bookplate and ownership inscription. Pp.xxvii,286. Frontispiece and 8 plates. The author was appointed British political agent in Manipur in 1877.
Published : Sampson Low Marston & Company, London 1896, First Edition
£80.00

Jones A. H. M (Edited By P. A. Brunt) - The Roman Economy: Studies in Ancient Economic and Administrative History

Hardback. A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper. Some light edge foxing but a clean copy internally with no ownership inscription. Pp.xi,450. A collection of essays the first part being general surveys, the second focussing on special problems of the later Roman Empire.
Published : Basil Blackwell, Oxford 1974, First Edition
£35.00

Katrak, Sohrab K. H. - Who are the Parsees?

Hardback. A very good copy in brown cloth lettered in gilt. In a near very good dustwrapper which has minor edge tears. A clean copy without foxing or ownership inscription. Pp.x,[4],310. Illustrated. A book about Parsee history, religion and philosophy by an ex-Mayor of Karachi.
Published : Pakistan Herald Press, Karachi 1965, First Edition
£35.00

Kerr Dr. Robert - Pioneering in Morocco: a Record of Seven Years' Medical Mission Work in the Palace and the hut

A very good copy in maroon cloth lettered in gilt on the spine. A clean copy with no ownership inscription and little foxing. 251 pages. Frontispiece and 20 illustrations. The author narrates his experiences of treating sick Moslems and Jews and at the same time attempting to convert them to Christianity.
Published : H.R. Allenson, London 1894, First Edition
£65.00

Kerr-Waller Elizabeth - In Search of Zoroaster

Softback. A very good copy with illustrated front cover. Map illustrated front and rear end-papers. Black and white illustrations..Gift inscription signed by Elizabeth Kerr-Waller. 338 pages. A fascinating book covering the author's travels to Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Goa, Nepal, and Kashmir.
Published : Kerr-Waller, Surbiton, Surrey 2000, First Edition
£24.00

Kessler, David - The Falashas the Forgotten Jews of Ethiopia

Hardback. A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper which is now protected in a clear, removable sleeve. A clean copy without ownership inscription or other internal marking. Pp.ix,182. 12 pages of plates. 3 maps. The author " tells the extraordinary story of the Black Jews of Ethiopia, whose courage in preserving their faith stands comparison with the martyrs of any other people--."
Published : George Allen & Unwin, London 1982, First Edition
£18.00

Khan Abdul Majed - The Transition in Bengal, 1756-1775: A Study of Saiyid Muhammad Reza Khan

A very good copy in a very good, price-clipped, dustwrapper. Ownership inscription on front free end-paper. Pp.xvi,376. Frontispiece. Two maps. A study of Bengal at the time of transition from Mughal administration to British administration.
Published : Cambridge University Press 1969, First Edition
£18.00

Khurana, G. - British Historiography on the Sikh Power in the Punjab

Hardback. A very good copy in laminated boards. Pp.ix,159. This is an evaluation of 19th century British writings on the Sikhs in the Punjab, looking at the factors that influenced the writers, the political and economic climate in which they worked, the extent to which they were able to be objective about an alien society etc.
Published : mansell Publishing, London 1985, First Edition
£14.00

Kirk, Dr. John (Edited By Reginald Foskett) - The Zambesi Journal and Letters of Dr. John Kirk 1858-63 [Two Volumes Complete]

Hardbacks. A very good two volume set in green cloth lettered in gilt. In very good dustwrappers which are not price-clipped and which are now protected in clear, removable sleeves. One word ownership stamp on front fixed end-paper of each volume hidden by the inner flap of each dustwrapper, otherwise a nice clean set. 636 pages. 19 plates. The Journal and Letters "give a day to day account of the progress of the Government Expedition to the Zambesi (1858-63) which was led by David Livingstone ---. The author was the Botanist and Medical Officer to the Expedition."
Published : Oliver & Boyd, Edinburgh and London 1965, First Edition
£58.00

Knight, W. (Editor) - Scenes and Incidents of Missionary Labour

Hardback. A fair copy in dark blue blind-stamped cloth. Gift inscription. All edges gilt. Binding coming loose so essentially a reading/rebinding copy. Unpaginated but approx. 175 pages. Many interesting full-page black and white illustrations. Covers the work of the Church Missionary Society in China, India, Japan, Africa etc.
Published : Seeley Jackson and Halliday, London 1860, First Edition
£20.00

Kolbe Eduard (Translated By Lascelles Wraxall) - Recollections of Russia During Thirty-Three Years' Residence By a German Nobleman

Hardback. A very good copy in a full leather binding which is decorated in gilt and with gilt lettering on a maroon title--piece. Logo of a 19th century Edinburgh private school on upper board. All edges gilt. Marbled end-papers. 328 pages.
Published : Thomas Constable, Edinburgh 1855,
£35.00

Korff, Baron M. - The Accession of Nicholas 1. Compiled By Special Command of the Emperor Alexander 11

Hardback. A good copy in green cloth lettered and decorated in gilt. Ends bumped. Possible traces of a label having been removed from upper board. 304 pages + 16pp. adverts. The official account of the events following the death of Emperor Alexander 1 and the accession of Nicholas1 in December 1825. The first two impressions of this book were printed in very small numbers. This was the first impression available to the public.
Published : John Murray, London 1857,
£30.00

Kossman E.H. And Mellink A.f. (Editors) - Texts Concerning the Revolt of the Netherlands (Cambridge Studies in the History and Theory of Politics)

Hardback. A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper which is protected in a clear, removable sleeve. Pp.xii,295. The volume contains sixty-seven fragments of pamphlets, letters, treaties and other documents concerning the Revolt of the Netherlands between 1566 and 1588 against King Philip II of Spain.
Published : Cambridge University Press 1974, First Edition
£24.00

Kristeva, Julia - About Chinese Women

Hardback. A fine copy in a near fine, price-clipped, dustwrapper. 203 pages. Eleven illustrations. A study of Chinese women in both the past and present.
Published : Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd, London 1977,
£9.00

Lady Nugent (Edited By Philip Wright) - Lady Nugent's Journal of Her Residence in Jamaica from 1801 to 1805

A very good copy in a good dustwrapper which has a few edge creases and tears. Bookplate and ownership inscription. Pp.xxxiv,331. 20 illustrations. Folding map. Endpaper maps. Genealogical Table. Lady Nugent's husband was Governor of Jamaica. Her diary describes life among the slave owning colonial gentry.
Published : Institute of Jamaica, Kingston, Jamaica 1966,
£20.00

Lane, Edward William - An Account of the Manner and Customs of the Modern Egyptians, Written in Egypt During the Years 1833,-34, and -35, Partly from Notes Made During a Former Visit to That Country in the Years 1825,-26,-27, and -28

Hardbacks. A near very good two volume set in green cloth lettered and decorated in gilt on the spines. Spines a little faded but quite clear. No ownership inscription and little foxing. Small ink-mark to the fore-edge of volume II. Vol. I,pp.xxiv,472. 61 illustrations. Vol. II,pp.vi,[1],450. 67 illustrations. A detailed and authoritative account of Egyptian life in the first half of the 19th century.
Published : Charles Knight & Co, London 1842,
£120.00

Lepszy Leonard - Cracow the Royal Capital of Ancient Poland : Its History and Antiquities

A good copy in black cloth lettered in gilt on the spine and front board. A little wear to spine ends. No ownership inscription and only a little foxing. Pp.xv,210. Frontispiece and 98 illustrations.
Published : T. Fisher Unwin, London 1912, First Edition
£25.00

Lesley Susan I. - Recollections of My Mother

Hardback. A very good copy in brown cloth with gilt spine lettering on a red leather titlepiece. Patterned end-papers. A label on the front fixed end-paper states that the book was donated to the Carnegie Library, Clashmore (in the Scottish Highlands) by Mrs. Carnegie. There are no library markings in the book. There is a pencilled inscription by Mrs. Carnegie (I assume the wife of Andrew Carnegie) on the front end-paper. 496 pages. This is a memoir of Mrs. Anne Jean Lyman who lived with her husband, Judge Lyman, in the New England town of Northampton. It is an interesting sketch of the social life of New England in the first half of the 19th century.
Published : Press of Geo. H. Ellis, Boston 1886,
£18.00

Leys Thomson W. - A Weird Region: New Zealand Lakes,Terraces, Geysers, and Volcanoes with an Account of the Eruption of Tarawera

Softback. A very good copy in brown covers decorated on the upper cover. 56 pages + double-page map and adverts. Folding colour frontispiece with smallish edge tear. Numerous black and white illustrations. A book on the Rotorua area of the North Island of New Zealand.
Published : The Brett Printing and Publishing Company, Auckland 1923,
£18.00

Lincoln Abraham (Kennedy John P. And Bliss Alexander, Editors) - The Gettysburg Address in Autograph Leaves of Our Country's Authors

4to. A good copy in the original dark brown boards lettered in gilt on the spine and decorated in gilt on the upper board. Some wear to spine ends and tearing to the cloth at join of spine and upper board. Some wear to board tips. No ownership inscription and not foxed. Top edge gilt. 199 pages. Two illustrations. This was a work produced for charity, the editors obtaining examples from the works of the country's leading authors written in their own hand which are here produced in facsimile. Among those included are Edgar Allan Poe, Herman Melville, Henry Longfellow etc. However the editors also asked Abraham Lincoln for a copy of his Gettysburg Address which had been deliverd in November 1863 and which is now regarded as one of the finest examples of public oratory in the English language. Lincoln supplied this, which is the fifth and (so far as is known) final copy he provided of the Address. "Because of the apparent care in its preparation, and in part because Lincoln provided a title and signed and dated this copy, it has become the standard version of the address - - -. It is the version that is inscribed on the South Wall of the Lincoln Memorial. This draft is now displayed in the Lincoln room of the White House - - -". Accordingly this book contains, in facsimile, the first publication of what may be regarded as the definitive version of the Gettysburg Address.
Published : Cushings & Bailey, Baltimore 1864,
£1,200.00

Lindsay Hugh Hamilton; Gutzlaff Karl Friedrich August - Report of Proceedings on a Voyage to the Northern Ports of China in the Ship Lord Amherst Extracted from Papers, Printed By Order of the House of Commons, Relating to the Trade with China

A good copy in the original plain cloth boards. The paper title label is torn but virtually complete. Fairly substantial tears at the joins of the spine with upper and lower boards. Internally the book bears the label on the front paste-down of "Fasque", which was the Scottish home of the Gladstone family. The title page is not preceded by a free end-paper or half-title but there is no evidence of these having been removed. Some, mainly end-paper and fore-edge, foxing. 296 pages. Pages 1-267 are the Report of Mr. H.H. Lindsay and pages 269-296 comprise the Report by the Rev. Mr. Gutzlaff. In 1832 the British East India Company sent the "Lord Amherst" along the northern shores of China on a commercial mission with the aim of opening up new markets for Britain. Hugh Hamilton Lindsay was in charge of the mission and Karl Friedrich August Gutzlaff was the interpreter. The mission was rebuffed at all the ports at which it called and was told at Shanghai that the right of trade could only be allowed at Canton. This report of the mission is scarce in first edition.
Published : B. Fellowes, London 1833, First Edition
£495.00

Longridge George - A History of the Oxford Mission to Calcutta

Hardback. A good copy in blue cloth lettered in gilt. Neat gift inscription. Moderate foxing. Pp.xxiv,222. 32 plates (all present but one coming loose). This second edition has been revised and abridged by W.H. Hutton.
Published : A.R. Mowbray & Co, London 1910,
£10.00

Lord Nugent - Lands Classical and Sacred

A good two volume set in the original dull green boards lettered in gilt on spine. Boards and end-papers of volume 1 show evidence of damp-staining. Vol.1 pp.vii,353. Vol.11 pp.vii,336. Plans. Illustrations. Partly unopened. The journal of a tour to Athens,Egypt, the Holy Land and Syria.
Published : Charles Knight & Co., London 1845, First Edition
£75.00

Lorinczy Gyorgy - A Budai Var

Hardback. A very good copy in laminated boards. 84 black and white photographs of the Budai Var area of Budapest by the photographer of the acclaimed "New York, New York". Text in Hungarian.
Published : Corvina, Budapest 1967, First Edition
£30.00

Lorinczy Gyorgy - Sopron

Hardback. A very good copy in illustrated laminated boards. 123 photographs of the Hungarian city of Sopron by the acclaimed avant-garde photographer of "New York, New York". Text in Hungarian.
Published : Corvina, Budapest 1971, First Edition
£20.00

Lorinczy Gyorgy - Szentendre

Hardback. A very good copy in laminated boards. A little wear at spine ends. 116 black and white photographs of the charming Hungarian town of Szentendre by the acclaimed avant-garde photographer of "New York, New York." Text in Hungarian.
Published : Corvina, Budapest 1973, First Edition
£30.00

Lowth Alys (Editor) - Doreen Coasting with Some Account of the Places She Saw and the People She Encountered

A very good, bright, copy in blue cloth lettered in gilt and decorated on the spine and upper board. Fairly light edge and end-paper foxing. Bookplate. Pp.xix,296. 125 illustrations. An account of a boat journey from London to South Africa. Mainly of African interest.
Published : Longmans Green & Co, London 1912, First Edition
£12.00

Lunt, James - The Barren Rocks of Aden

The dustwrapper is complete and untorn but with a smallish stain at the foot of the spine and some internal browning. Publisher's review slip loosely inserted. No ownership inscription or other internal marking. 196 pages. 24 illustrations. 6 maps. Described as "a vivid and often amusing account of [the author's] travels in this region, the people he met there and their way of life" when he commanded the army of the Federation of South Arabia.
Published : Herbert Jenkins, London 1966, First Edition
£25.00

MacDowall, Joseph - On Floating Ice : Two Years on an Antarctic Ice-shelf

A very good copy in a dustwrapper which has a one inch closed edge tear but is otherwise very good. A nice clean copy with no ownership inscription or other internal marking. Pp.xix,314. Numerous illustrations. The story of the Royal Society's British Antarctic expedition of 1957/58 which was of scientific importance.
Published : The Pentland Press, Edinburgh 1999, First Edition
£15.00

MacGillivray W. - The Travels and Researches of Alexander Von Humboldt with a Narrative of Humboldt's Most Recent Researches Including His Celebrated Journey to the Ural Mountains, and the Caspian Sea Etc.

A good copy in red cloth lettered and decorated in gilt on the spine. Some wear and tear at spine ends and board tips. Ownership inscription. Remains of prize label on front fixed end-paper. 418 pages. Plates. Map.
Published : T. Nelson & Sons, London 1857,
£35.00

Mackenzie Compton - All Over the Place Fifty Thousand Miles By Sea Air Road and Rail

Hardback. A very good copy in a poor dustwrapper which lacks the spine. Inscription of Lily Mackenzie, 31 Drummond Place, Edinburgh. Lily MacSween became the author's third wife in 1965 and this must have been written by her after that time. 292 pages. 2 maps. Many photographic illustrations including what are said to be "a unique set of pictures of Nepal". Described as an "absorbing journal of a year's travels in Europe, Africa, India, Burma and the Far East, a journey which the Author undertook to gather material for his forthcoming history of the Indian war effort".
Published : Chatto & Windus, London 1948, First Edition
£18.00

Mackenzie Donald A. - Rome Through Five Centuries an Historical Survey from Early Times to the Beginning of the Christian Era

A good copy in red cloth lettered in gilt. Spine a little faded. Some fore-edge foxing. Pp.xvi,168. Frontispiece and 10 illustrations. Two folding maps.
Published : Blackie & Son, London 1928, First Edition
£6.00

Mackintosh J.M. - Strategy and Tactics of Soviet Foreign Policy

Hardback. A very good copy in a good dustwrapper which is a little faded on the spine. A clean copy without foxing or ownership inscription. 332 pages. This is a study of Soviet diplomacy and policy from 1944 till 1961.
Published : Oxford University Press 1962, First Edition
£8.00

MacMillan Allister - Environs of the Golden City and Pretoria

Hardback. 4to. Nd. c.1935. A very good copy in a brown leatherette binding in a good dustwrapper which has a couple of tears. All edges gilt. Ownership inscription. 414 pages + 2pp. index. Many illustrations. Chapters by various authors on the environs of Johannesburg and Pretoria.
Published : Cape Times Ltd, Cape Town, First Edition
£30.00

MacMillan Allister - The Golden City Johannesburg

Hardback. 4to. Nd. c.1932. A very good copy in brown leatherette boards in a good dustwrapper which has a few smallish chips. All edges gilt. A clean copy without foxing or ownership inscription. 544 pages + 4pp index. Numerous illustrations. A comprehensive study of Johannesburg.
Published : W.H. & L. Collingridge, London, First Edition
£25.00

Maka Henryk - Szczecin Yesterday Today and Tomorrow

Hardback. A very good copy in a near very good dustwrapper. Unpaginated. Numerous illustrations including colour. The story of the Polish city of Szczecin or Stettin.
Published : Interpress Publishers, Warsaw 1979, First Edition
£10.00

Malcolm D.W. - Sukumaland an African People and Their Country a Study of Land Use in Tanganyika

A very good copy in a good dustwrapper which is a bit marked and worn. Pp.xviii,224. Illustrations. Maps. Plans and diagrams. An authoritative study of rural problems in Sukumaland.
Published : Oxford University Press 1953, First Edition
£10.00

Malim, Michael - The Pagoda Tree

A very good copy in a near very good dustwrapper which has minor edge chips/tears. The wrapper is now protected in a clear, removable sleeve. No ownership inscription or other marking. 239 pages. The author was a merchant in India for three years before the Second World War. This is an irreverant look at the last years of the Anglo-Indian scene.
Published : Kenneth Mason, London 1963, First Edition
£18.00

Manniche Lise - Sexual Life in Ancient Egypt

A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper. 127pp. 75 illustrations.
Published : KPI Ltd., London 1987, First Edition
£40.00

Mansingh, Surjit - Historical Dictionary of India

Hardback. A very good copy in a half leather (or leatherette) binding. A clean copy without ownership inscription or other marking. Pp.xxxxiv,511. 6 maps. Glossary, chronology, bibliography etc. With Appendices on chief executives in British India, heads of state of independent India and Prime Ministers of India.
Published : Vision Books Pvt.Ltd, New Delhi 2000,
£18.00

Mansvelt Dr. W. M. F. - A Brief History of the Netherlands Trading Society 1824-1924

Hardback. 4to. A very good copy in a maroon binding which is attractively decorated on the upper board. Head of spine a little worn and marked. 78 pages. 46 illustrations. A history of the Society to mark its centenary. This is an abridgement of a larger work which was published only in Dutch.
Published : Published for the Society, The Hague 1924, First Edition
£35.00

Markham C. R. - Examination of the Southern Half of Lake Tanganyika By Lieut. V. L. Cameron R. N. Compiled Chiefly from Lieut. Cameron's Diary (Extract from the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society)

A very good copy in card covers with title label on front cover. 44 pages. Folding map. This paper was read before the Royal Geographical Society on March 8th, 1875. The larger part of the extract comprises Cameron's diary from March 3rd 1874 to May 16th 1874.
Published : , London 1875, First Edition
£20.00

Marks T. Septimus - The Great Pyramid: Its History and Teachings

A good plus copy in green cloth lettered in gilt. Small ownership inscription. 84 pages. Folding diagram. A few small ink sideline or underline markings. Covers the history, scientific teachings and sacred and prophetic teacings of the Great Pyramid. This was a lecture delivered to an Association of Christian Young Men at Hackney on 12th December 1877.
Published : S.W. Partridge & Co, London 1879, First Edition
£24.00

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