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Short List No. 14. Asia, mostly South-East Asia. 2011.

Bickmore, Albert S. TRAVELS IN THE EAST INDIAN ARCHIPELAGO. With an Introduction by John Bastin. Facsimile Edition; pp. viii, 552(last adv.); 2 folding maps, 32 plates; 5 appendices, index; original slick illustrated boards; a fine copy. Singapore; Oxford University Press; 1991. ***First published at London in 1868, this is a facsimile of the first American edition of 1869. #18093 A$95.00

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2 Bird, Isabella L. THE GOLDEN CHERSONESE [and the way thither. Travels in Malaya in 1879]. With an Introduction by Wang Gungwu. Cr. 8vo, Facsimile Edition; pp. x, xviii, 384; folding col. map, 10 plates, 6 text illusts., appendix, index; original cloth; a nice copy in d/w. Kuala Lumpur; Oxford University Press; (1967). ***First published in 1883. #27400 A$85.00

3 Boyce, P. J.; Editor. AUSTRALIAN OUTLOOK: Journal of the Australian Institute of International Affairs. April 1973. Vol. 27, Number 1. Cr. 4to; pp. 120; original wrappers. Canberra; Australian Institute of International Affairs; 1973. ***Including an extensive article (22 pp.) on Middle East Conflict: The Basis for Negotiations and Some Proposals for a Settlement, by Claire Clark; and others on the Philippines, Northern Ireland, etc. and Memoirs of Arthur Fadden as War-Time Prime Minister. #8725 A$25.00

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4 Brassey, [Annie]. A VOYAGE IN THE “SUNBEAM”. Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months. By Mrs. Brassey. With 118 illustrations engraved on wood by G. Pearson chiefly after drawings by the Hon. A. Y. Bingham. Second Edition. Demy 8vo; pp. [ii], xvi, 512(last blank); 1 folding & 5 full-page col. maps, folding temperature chart, 9 plates, 106 woodcuts in text; binder’s half calf (rubbed; maps and plates laid down on linen; considerably foxed & soiled, but sound and complete); scarce. London; Longmans, Green, and Co.; 1878. #15929 A$135.00

4 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 5 Brassey, Annie. THE LAST VOYAGE. 1887. First Edition; pp. [ii], xxiv, 490; 2 folding col. maps,

20 fine tinted plates, numerous tinted illustrations and wood engravings in text, index; original cloth, gilt (slightly marked); top edge gilt, others uncut; a very good copy; scarce. London; Longmans, Green, and Co.; 1889. ***Ferguson 7361. Published posthumously, this copy is poignantly inscribed to Sir William Robinson, In Memoriam, and signed by Lord Brassey. Lady Brassey died on this voyage and was buried at sea on 14th September 1887. This work was compiled from her journals by M. A. Broome and covers her journey from India to Ceylon, Labuan, Brunei, Borneo and the Celebes, then to Australia (which the “Sunbeam” circumnavigated). Following Lady Brassey’s death off the north-west coast of Australia, the “Sunbeam” returned to Portsmouth via Cape Town. The full-page plates and the headings to the chapters are printed in “monotone” by E. Nister of Nuremberg and the wood engravings were executed by Edward Whymper J. D. Cooper and G. Pearson. #64110 A$575.00

6 Briggs, John. HISTORY OF THE RISE OF THE MAHOMEDAN POWER IN INDIA till the year A.D. 1612. Translated from the Original Persian of Mahomed Kasim Ferishta by John Briggs, M.R.A.S., Lieutenat-Colonel in the Madras Army. To which is added, An Account of the Conquest by the Kings of Hydrabad of those Parts of the Madras Provinces denominated the Ceded Districts and Northern Circars. With Copious Notes. 4 vols., 8vo; Vol. I, pp. lxiv, 360; several genealogical tables (2 folding), chronology; Vol. II, pp. xvi, 352; 3 genealogical tables (2 folding), chronology; Vol. III, pp. xx, 332(last 4 blank); 3 genealogical tables (1 folding), chronology; Vol. IV, pp. xxiv, 424(last blank); 8 genealogical tables (6 folding), chronology, alphabetical lists; original cloth; a very good set in d/ws. New Delhi; Oriental Books Reprint Corporation; (1981). #15725 A$145.00

Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 57 Broughton, Lady. A MODERN DRAGON HUNT ON KOMODO. An English Yachting Party

Traps and Photographs the Huge and Carnivorous Dragon Lizard of the Lesser Sundas. Roy. 8vo; pp. 321-707; 12 illusts.; contained in The National Geographic Magazine, September, 1936; original wrappers. Washington; National Geographic Society; 1936. #17561 A$20.00

8 Carre, Abbe. THE TRAVELS OF THE ABBE CARRE in India and the Near East 1672 to 1674. Translated from the manuscript journal of his travels in the India Office by Lady Fawcett and edited by Sir Charles Fawcett with the assistance of Sir Richard Burn. 3 vols., Facsimile Edition; Vol. I, pp. [iii]-lvi, 316(last blank); 3 folding maps, 2 plates; Vol. II, pp. [iii]-xxiv, 317-676(last blank), [2](blank); 3 folding maps, 1 plate; Vol. III, pp. [iii]-xxiv, 677-984; 3 folding maps, 3 plates, index; original cloth; a very good set in d/ws. New Delhi; Asian Educational Services; 1990. ***First published in the Hakluyt Society Second Series, Nos. XCV-XCVII, 1947-48. #17610 A$145.00

9 Chater, Melville. UNDER THE SOUTH AFRICAN UNION. Roy. 8vo; pp. 391-88; double-page map, 24 col. plates, 97 b/w. illusts.; contained in the National Geographic Magazine, April, 1931; original wrappers. Washington; National Geographic Society; 1931. ***Including, also, “Fire-Walking Hindus of Singapore”, by L. Elizabeth Lewis, 10 pp., with 12 illusts. #21188 A$35.00

10 Collis, Maurice. THE LAND OF THE GREAT IMAGE. Being Experiences of Friar Manrique in Arakan. First Edition, 2nd Impr.; pp. 260(last blank); 5 maps (1 folding), 16 plates; index; original cloth; a very good copy. London; Faber and Faber Limited; (1943). #36518 A$35.00


11 Cooper, Michael; Editor. JOAO RODRIGUES’S ACCOUNT OF SIXTEENTH-CENTURY JAPAN. Roy. 8vo, First Edition (of the complete text); pp. xlii, 428, [2](blank); 30 illusts., bibliog., index; original cloth, gilt; a fine copy in d/w. London; The Hakluyt Society; 2001. ***Considerably more extensive than the Author’s 1973 publication this is another fine production from the Hakluyt Society in the handsome new format and livery of the Third Series of which this is Volume 7. #64827 A$165.00


12 De la Loubere, Simon. THE KINGDOM OF SIAM. With an Introduction by David K. Wyatt. F’cap folio, Facsimile Edition; pp. x, [ii], 260, [2](adv., verso blank); 11 plates incl. 2 maps; original slick boards; a fine copy. Singapore; Oxford University Press; 1986. ***First published in 1693. #32066 A$145.00


13 de Morga, Antonio. SUCESOS DE LAS ISLAS FILIPINAS. Translated and Edited by J. S. Cummins. First Edition in English; pp. xii, 348(last blank); 2 folding maps, portrait frontis., 2 full-page illusts., glossary of Spanish Terms, bibliog., index; original cloth; a nice copy in d/w. Cambridge; Published for the Hakluyt Society at the University Press; 1971. ***An account of the history of the Spanish colony in the Philippines during the sixteenth century. Hakluyt Society, Second Series Vol. 140. #37003 A$145.00

14 di Varthema, Ludovico: THE ITINERARY OF LUDOVICO DI VARTHEMA OF BOLOGNA from 1502 to 1508, as Translated from the Original Italian Edition of 1510, by John Winter Jones, F.S.A. in 1863 for the Hakluyt Society. With a Discourse on Varthema and his Travels in Southern Asia by Sir Richard Carnac Temple. Cr. 4to, Facsimile Edition; pp. lxxxvi, 122(last blank); 5 maps, 2 plates, index; a fine copy. [Amsterdam; N. Israel; 1970]. ***Facsimile of the Argonaut Press limited edition of 1928. #10206 A$100.00


15 Downton, Nicholas: THE VOYAGE OF NICHOLAS DOWNTON TO THE EAST INDIES, as Recorded in Contemporary Narratives and Letter[s]. Edited by Sir William Foster. Facsimile Edition; pp. [iii]-xxxviii, 224; 2 full-page maps & 1 text map, 5 plates, index; original vinyl; a fine copy in d/w. (New Delhi); Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Pvt. Ltd.; (1997). ***Originally published by The Hakluyt Society in 1939, Second Series, No. 82. #36512 A$45.00

16 Edwardes, Michael. RALPH FITCH. Elizabethan in the Indies. First Edition; pp. 184; 2 maps (1 double-page), 8 plates, appendix, bibliog., notes, index; original cloth; a very good copy. London; Faber and Faber; (1972). #23919 A$35.00


17 [Ettinger, Nathalie; Huxley, Elspeth & Hamilton, Paul]. AFRICA AND ASIA: MAPPING TWO CONTINENTS. A History of Discovery and Exploration. Cr. 4to, First U.K. Collected Edition; pp. 488; 2 double-page, 9 full-page & 16 other maps, very numerous col. & b/w. illusts. (many double & full-page), index; (a couple of leaves at start a little creased); original papered boards; a very good copy in d/w. London; Aldus Books / Jupiter Books; (1973). ***Part One, The Heartland of Asia; Part Two, The Challenge of Africa; Part Three, Seas of Sand. Issued in the U.S. under the title “Exploring Africa and Asia”. #18758 A$45.00


18 Forrest, Thomas. A VOYAGE TO NEW GUINEA AND THE MOLUCCAS 1774-1776. With an Introduction by K. D. Bassett. 4to, Facsimile Edition; pp. [iv], 22(modern introduction), xxiv, 412(last Directions for the Book-Binder); 10 folding & 5 full-page maps, 10 folding & 8 full-page plates (incl. portrait), 14-page vocabularies, index; original cloth; a very good copy in worn d/w. Kuala Lumpur; Oxford University Press; 1969. ***Facsimile of the Second and Best Edition, London, Printed by G. Scott, 1780. #8772 A$225.00


19 Foster, Sir William; Editor. THE TRAVELS OF JOHN SANDERSON IN THE LEVANT 1584-1602. With his Autobiography and Selections from his Correspondence. Facsimile Edition; pp. [iii]-xliv(as issued), 322; 5 maps, 5 illusts., 3 appendices, index; original buckram; a fine copy. Nendeln/Liechenstein; Kraus Reprint Limited; 1967. ***First published by the Hakluyt Society in 1931, Second Series, No. 67. #34108 A$135.00


20 Foster, William; Editor. THE JOURNAL OF JOHN JOURDAIN, 1608-1617, describing his experiences in Arabia, India, and the Malay Archipelago. Facsimile Edition; pp. lxxxii, 394; 4 maps, 5 appendices, bibliog., index; original vinyl; a very good copy. (New Delhi); Asian Educational Services; 1992. ***First published by The Hakluyt Society in 1905. #36513 A$45.00

21 Foster, William; Editor. THE VOYAGE OF THOMAS BEST TO THE EAST INDIES, 1612-14. Facsimile Edition; pp. lvi, 316, [2](blank); several maps, index; original cloth. (New Delhi); Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Pvt. Ltd.; (1997). ***First published by The Hakluyt Society, 1943, Second Series, No. LXXXVIII. #35697 A$65.00

22 Galdikas, Birute M. F. REFLECTIONS OF EDEN. My Life with the Orangutans of Borneo. First Edition; pp. viii, 408; 2 maps, 16 plates; original papered boards; (some minor adhesion damage to plates, o/wise a very good copy in d/w.). London; Victor Gollancz; (1995). ***The list of contents mentions an index starting at page 409, but this is not present and was evidently not included in either this or the U.S. edition. #64363 A$25.00

23 Gray, Albert; assisted by H. C. P. Bell. THE VOYAGE OF FRANCOIS PYRARD OF LAVAL to the East Indies, the Maldives, the Moluccas and Brazil. Translated from the Third French Edition of 1619. 2 vols. in 3, Facsimile Edition; Vol. I, pp. lx, 452; several illusts.; Vol. II, part I, pp. xlviii, 288(last blank); several illusts.; Vol. II, part II, pp. xii, [289]-572; several illusts. & maps (3 folding), dictionary of the Maldive language, 5 appendices, index; original cloth; a fine set. New Delhi; Asian Educational Services; 2000. ***Originally published by the Hakluyt Society in 1887-90. #26944 A$175.00


24 Grey, Edward. THE TRAVELS OF PIETRO DELLA VALLE IN INDIA. From the Old English Translation of 1664, by G. Havers. In two volumes. Edited, with a Life of the Author, an Introduction and Notes. 2 vols., Facsimile Edition; Vol. I, pp. [viii], iv, lvi, 192; portrait frontis., 2 folding maps; Vol. II, pp. xii, [193]-454; portrait frontis., index; original cloth; a very good set. New Delhi; Asian Educational Services; 1991. ***First published by The Hakluyt Society in 1892. #27776 A$65.00

25 Grimshaw, Charles; Editor. WORLD REVIEW. Vol. 1, No. 1. First Edition; pp. 52; original wrappers; a nice copy. Brisbane; Jacaranda Press for Australian Institute of International Affairs; 1962. ***Includes articles on New Guinea, Malaysia, West Irian, etc. #64678 A$10.00

26 Hamilton, Alexander. A NEW ACCOUNT OF THE EAST INDIES BY ALEXANDER HAMILTON. With numerous Maps & Illustrations. Now edited with Introduction and Notes by Sir William Foster, C.I.E., President of the Hakluyt Society. 4to, First Edition in this form; Volume I ONLY, pp. [ii], xxxviii, 260(last blank); 3 folding maps, frontis., facsimile title-page & 4 text illusts.; original quarter vellum, with buckram sides, gilt; uncut and unopened; a very good copy; scarce. London; The Argonaut Press; 1930. ***VOLUME ONE ONLY. The complete work in two volumes is a limited edition of 975 numbered sets. The original edition was published in Edinburgh in 1727 and the work covers the observations of Captain Hamilton during the years 1688 to 1723 when he was engaged in trade and navigation between the Cape of Good Hope and Japan. #22724 A$150.00


27 Heber, Reginald. NARRATIVE OF A JOURNEY THROUGH THE UPPER PROVINCES OF INDIA, from Calcutta to Bombay, 1824--25, (With notes upon Ceylon,) an account of a journey to Madras and the Southern Provinces, 1826, and letters written in India, by the Late Right Rev. Reginald Heber, D.D. Lord Bishop of Calcutta. In Two Volumes. 2 vols. in 1, 4to, First Edition; Vol. I, pp. xvi, [4](List of Subscribers, etc., last blank), [xvii]-xlviii, 632; full-page map, coloured in outline, 5 plates, 21 wood engravings in text; Vol. II, pp. viii, 516; 5 plates, 4 wood engravings in text; contemporary full calf (nicely rebacked; considerable foxing to plates & adjacent leaves, with small waterstain to several plates in Vol. I, but otherwise clean); a very good copy; scarce. London; John Murray; MDCCCXXVIII [1828]. ***Posthumously published by his widow Amalia, Heber (1783-1826) was a prime mover of the missionary work in India, completing the establishment of Bishop’s College, Calcutta and travelling widely throughout all parts of his diocese. He arrived at Calcutta in October 1823 and in 1824 crossed India to Bombay, via Dacca, Benares, Allahabad, Lucknow, Delhi, and Agra. He later visited Ceylon, and sailed to the south and Madras, where he died in April 1826. Heber’s journal is valuable for his description of the rivers, mountains and people of India and observations on their culture. (Lowndes (1858 edn.), Vol. II, Page 1030). W. R. Crocker’s copy with his signature on front endpaper. #15242 A$1250.00

28 Heber, Reginald. NARRATIVE OF A JOURNEY THROUGH THE UPPER PROVINCES OF INDIA, from Calcutta to Bombay, 1824-25. (With notes upon Ceylon,) an account of a journey to Madras and the Southern Provinces, 1826, and letters written in India. By the Late Right Rev. Reginald Heber, D.D. Lord Bishop of Calcutta. Second Edition. In Three Volumes. 3 vols., Second Edition; Vol. I, pp. lxviii, 450; 17 wood engravings; Vol. II, pp. viii, 564; 7 plates; Vol. III, pp. viii, 528, viii(memorial to Heber); 4 plates; contemporary half calf, with marbled sides and fully gilt spines; (some occasional mild soiling); a very nice set. London; John Murray; MDCCCXXVIII [1828]. ***Posthumously published by his widow Amalia, Heber (1783-1826) was a prime mover of the missionary work in India, completing the establishment of Bishop’s College, Calcutta and travelling widely throughout all parts of his diocese. He arrived at Calcutta in October 1823 and in 1824 crossed India to Bombay, via Dacca, Benares, Allahabad, Lucknow, Delhi, and Agra. He later visited Ceylon, and sailed to the south and Madras, where he died in April 1826. Heber’s journal is valuable for his description of the rivers, mountains and people of India and observations on their culture. (Lowndes (1858 edn.), Vol. II, Page 1030). #26515 A$1250.00

16 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 29 Howgego, Raymond John. ENCYCLOPEDIA OF EXPLORATION 1850 TO 1940. The Continental Exploration. A comprehensive reference guide to the history and literature of exploration, travel and colonization in Africa, Asia, Australia and the Americas from 1850 to the early decades of the twentieth century. Thick demy 4to, First Edition; pp. xii, 1048(last blank); numerous bibliogs., index of persons, index of regional articles; original cloth, gilt; multiple marker ribbons; a fine copy in d/w. (Potts Point); Hordern House; (2008). #47500 A$295.00

30 Innes, Emily. THE CHERSONESE WITH THE GILDING OFF. With an Introduction by Khoo Kay Kim. 2 vols. in 1, Facsimile Edition; pp. xx, 274; [iv], 250, [2](adv.); frontis. to each vol.; original buckram; a nice copy in d/w. Kuala Lumpur; Oxford University Press; 1974. ***Oxford in Asia Historical Reprints. #16971 A$85.00

31 Keppel, Henry. THE EXPEDITION TO BORNEO OF H.M.S. DIDO for the Suppression of Piracy: With Extracts from the Journal of James Brooke, Esq. of Sarawak, (now Agent for the British Government in Borneo.). By Captain The Hon. Henry Keppel, R.N. Second Edition. London: Chapaman and Hall, 186 Strand. MDCCCXLVI. 2 vols., 2nd Edn.; Vol. I, pp. xiv, 338, xxviii (appendix); litho.

frontis., 2 folding maps, 4 tinted litho plates, 2 appendices; Vol. II, pp. viii, 238(last blank), [2], cx, 24(adv.); 4 folding maps, folding table, 6 tinted litho. plates, 8 appendices; original cloth (rebacked, with original backstrips preserved; some foxing, but a very good set); scarce. London; Chapman & Hall; 1846. ***Published in the same year as the first, this Second Edition “has been carefully revised, and has undergone numerous verbal alterations; some portions of it have been transposed, and a few additions have been made to the work, chiefly in Vol. II., Chap. V., the Concluding Observations, and the Appendix.” The work is in consequence a few pages longer than the First Edition. See Hill (2nd Edn.), 918 (First Edition). #36894 A$1350.00

32 Maguire, R. J.; Editor. HEMISPHERE. Asian-Australian Viewpoints and Ideas. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. [x], 306(last blank); several illusts.; a fine copy in d/w. Melbourne; F. W. Cheshire; (1964). ***Interesting essays on language, literature, hiatory, art, architecture and sociology. #11046 A$25.00


33 Major, R. H.; Editor. INDIA IN THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY. Being a Collection of Narratives of Voyages to India in the Century preceding the Portuguese Discovery of the Cape of Good Hope from Latin, Persian, Russian, and Italian Sources, now first translated into English. Facsimile Edition; pp. [vi], iv, xc, 50(last blank), 40(last blank), 32, 10, [8](index, last blank); original cloth; a very good copy. New Delhi; Asian Educational Services; 1992. ***First published by the Hakluyt Society in 1858. Includes accounts of the travels of Ard-er-Razzak, Nicolo Conti, Athanasius Nikitin, and Hieronimo di Santo Stefano. #14533 A$75.00

34 Malcolm, John. A MEMOIR OF CENTRAL INDIA, including Malwa, and Adjoining Provinces. With the History, and Copious Illustrations, of the Past and Present Condition of that Country. By Major-General Sir John Malcolm, G.C.B. K.L.S. The Second Edition. In two volumes. Vol. I [II]. London: Printed for Kingsbury, Parbury, & Allen, Leadenhall-Street. 1824. 2 vols., 2nd Edn.; Vol. I, pp. xii, 580; large folding map (a short tear); Vol. II, pp. iv, 548(last blank); folding hand-coloured geological map, 19 appendices incl. geographical index, index; half calf, with cloth sides (front joint to Vol. II cracked, but sound; some minor soiling); a very good set; scarce. London; Kingsbury, Parbury, & Allen; 1824. ***First published in the preceding year, this edition corrects some errors. A third edition, reprinting this one, was published in 1832. With the signature of Australian ambassador W. R. Crocker on endpaper of each volume. #15218 A$950.00


35 Markham, Clements R.; Editor. THE VOYAGES OF SIR JAMES LANCASTER, Kt. to the East Indies with abstracts of Journals of Voyages to the East Indies, during the 17th century, preserved in the India Office and the Voyage of Captain John Knight (1606), to seek the North-West Passage. Facsimile Edition; pp. [x], xxii, 314, [2](blank); list of ships, index; original cloth; a nice copy in d/w. (New Delhi); Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Pvt. Ltd.; (1998). ***First published by The Hakluyt Society in 1877. #32435 A$50.00

36 M’Leod, John. THE VOYAGE OF THE ALCESTE. To the Ryukyus and Southeast Asia. By John M’Leod, Surgeon of the Alceste. With an introduction by Shannon McCune. 8vo, Facsimile Edition; pp. xxviii, [viii], 288, [4](blank); endpaper map & 3 maps on 2 folding sheets, 5 plates, 5 appendices; original cloth (spine ends very slightly worn); a very good copy in d/w. Rutland, Vermont; Charles E. Tuttle Company; (1963). ***First published in 1817. #26737 A$65.00

37 Muller, S.: VOYAGES FROM ASIA TO AMERICA, for Completing the Discoveries of the North West Coast of America. To which is prefixed, a Summary of the Voyages made by the Russians on the Frozen Sea, in Search of a North East Passage. Serving as an Explanation of a Map of the Russian Discoveries, published by the Academy of Sciences at Petersburgh. Translated from the High Dutch of S. Muller, of the Royal Academy of Petersburgh. With the Addition of Three New Maps; 1. A Copy of Part of the Japanese Map of the World. 2. A Copy of De Lisle’s and Buache’s fictitious Map. And 3. A large map of Canada, extending to the Pacific Ocean, containing the New Discoveries made by the Russians and French. By Thomas Jefferys Geographer to His Majesty. London: Printed for T. Jefferys, the Corner of St. Martin’s Lane, Charing Cross, 1761. 4to, Facsimile Edition; pp. [ii], viii, xliv, 76, [2](blank); 2 folding & 2 full-page maps; a fine copy. [Amsterdam; N. Israel; 1967]. ***Bibliotheca Australiana No. 26. The work contains a most important contemporary account of Bering’s discoveries by a scientist attached to his second expedition, and is the first comprehensive account of Russian discoveries in the North Pacific. Jefferys’ Preface contains useful information additional to that in the original edition. #15306 A$95.00


38 Nicolson, Harold. JOURNEY TO JAVA. First Edition; pp. viii, 254, [2](blank); 8 plates, index; original cloth (slightly marked; a little foxing adjacent to plates); a nice copy in worn d/w. London; Constable, Publishers; (1957). #2229 A$30.00

39 Nobile, General Umberto. NAVIGATING THE “NORGE” FROM ROME TO THE NORTH POLE AND BEYOND. The Designer and Pilot of the First Dirigible to Fly Over the Top of the World Describes a Thrilling Voyage of More Than 8,000 Miles. Roy. 8vo; pp. 177-215; map, 36 photos.; contained in the National Geographic Magazine; August; 1927; a very good copy in original wrappers (spine a little worn). Washington; National Geographic Society; 1927. ***Including also a 10-page article on “Air Conquest”, with 13 illusts. and another on the Komodo dragon (17 pp., 21 illusts.). #4762 A$30.00

40 Pinkerton, John. MODERN GEOGRAPHY. A Description of the Empires, Kingdoms, States, and Colonies; with the Oceans, Seas, and Isles; in All Parts of the World: Including the Most Recent Discoveries, and Political Alterations. Digested on a New Plan. By John Pinkerton. The Astronomical Introduction by The Rev. S. Vince, A.M. F.R.S. and Plumian Professor of Astronomy, and Experimental Philosophy, in the University of Cambridge. With Numerous maps, drawn under the direction, and with the latest improvements, of Arrowsmith, and engraved by Lowry. To the whole are added, a Catalogue of the best Maps, and Books of Travels and Voyages, in all Languages: And an ample index. In two volumes.--Vol. I [II]. London: Printed by A. Strahan, Printers Street; for T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies, Strand; and T. N. Longman and O. Rees, Paternoster-Row. 1802. 2 vols., med. 4to, First Edition; Vol. I, pp. xvi, cviii, 666; double-page map of the world in hemispheres & 21 full-page maps, 4 appendices; Vol. II, pp. viii, 836(last errata); double-page world map on Mercator’s projection, folding map of Central Asia & 20 (of 21) full-page maps [i.e. LACKING the map of Cape Colony, this apparently never bound in], bibliog., index; contemporary half calf, with marbled sides (spines a little rubbed; some marginal foxing of maps, but generally fine and clean); a very good set; scarce. London; T. Cadell, Jun. and W. Davies [etc.]; 1802. ***Forbes 341. Apart from the two world maps there are two other maps of significant Australian interest, one showing Australia just before Flinders’ discoveries and the other of the Pacific including the Australian continent. A compendious and interesting work with information compiled from travellers and navigators from all parts of the globe, and with historical summaries of the progress of geographical knowledge in the different regions. #12597 A$1350.00


41 Polo, Marco: THE MOST NOBLE AND FAMOUS TRAVELS OF MARCO POLO, together with the Travels of Nicolo de Conti. Edited from the Elizabethan Translation of John Frampton, with Introduction, Notes and Appendixes by N. M. Penzer. Cr. 4to, Facsimile Edition; pp. [ii], lx, 382(last blank); 1 folding & 10 full-page maps, frontis. (from a MS. in the Bodleian Library), reproduction of the title-page of the First Edition of the first (Frampton) translation into English (1579), appendices, index; original vinyl; a fine copy. [Amsterdam; N. Israel, & New York, Da Capo Press; 1971]. ***Argonaut Press No. 6, first published (in this form) in 1929. #8668 A$110.00

42 Ray, Indrani. THE FRENCH EAST INDIA COMPANY AND THE TRADE OF THE INDIAN OCEAN. A Collection of Essays by Indrani Ray. Edited with an Introduction by Lakshami Subramanian. First Edition; pp. [ii], xxviii, 256, [2](blank); notes, bibliog.; a nice copy in d/w. (New Delhi); Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Pvt. Ltd.; (1999). #37478 A$65.00

43 Robertson, George Scott. THE KAFIRS OF THE HINDU-KUSH. Illustrated by A. D. McCormick. Facsimile Edition; pp. xx, 658, [2](blank); folding map, 79 illusts. (54 full-page), index; original cloth; a fine copy in d/w. (New Delhi); Munsharam Manoharlal Publishers Pvt. Ltd; (1998). ***Since the first edition of 1897, the whole of Kafiristan was conquered by Islam; this work, compiled from copious diaries, is therefore an important historical record of the past. #36503 A$75.00


44 Saturday Magazine: THE SATURDAY MAGAZINE: Volume IV (January to June, 1834) to Volume V (July to December, 1834). Comprising all the weekly issues for the two volumes, and also all the additional monthly Supplements, being numbers 97-160. Impl. 8vo, 2 vols. in 1, First Edition; pp. 4(title-page and index), 256; 4(title-page and index), 256; each issue or supplement comprising 8 pages, with several woodcut illusts. (some full-page); contemporary half calf with marbled sides; (some minor soiling; clean tear to one leaf ); a very good copy. London; John William Parker, for the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge; 1834. ***The journal contains numerous well-illustrated items of geographical, scientific and natural history interest, these two volumes including articles on Navigation, Madagascar, India, and elsewhere. #63862 A$85.00

45 Saturday Magazine: THE SATURDAY MAGAZINE: Volume V (July to December, 1834) to Volume VI (January to June, 1835). Comprising all the weekly issues for the two volumes, and also all the additional monthly Supplements, being numbers 129-192. Impl. 8vo, 2 vols. in 1, First Edition; pp. 4(title-page and index), 256; 4(title-page and index), 256; each issue or supplement comprising 8 pages, with several woodcut illusts.; contemporary half calf with marbled sides; a very good copy. London; John William Parker, for the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge; 1834-35. ***The journal contains numerous well-illustrated items of geographical, scientific and natural history interest, these two volumes including a 7-part article on Ceylon, a 6-part article on the Highlands of Scotland and others on Arabia and elsewhere. #45965 A$100.00

46 Sinclair, William F.; Editor. THE TRAVELS OF PEDRO TEIXEIRA; with his “Kings of Harmuz,” and extracts from his “Kings of Persia.” Translated and Annotated by William F. Sinclair. With further Notes and an Introduction by Donald Ferguson. Facsimile Edition; pp. [viii], cviii, 292; 4 appendices, index; original buckram; a fine copy. Nendeln/Liechenstein; Kraus Reprint Limited; 1967. ***First published by the Hakluyt Society in 1902, Second Series No. IX. Including Teixeira’s journey from India to Italy. #23691 A$135.00


47 Skeat, Walter William, & Blagden, Charles Otto. PAGAN RACES OF THE MALAY PENINSULA. [Volume I ONLY]. First Edition; pp. xl, 724, [4](adv.); full-page map, 139 plates, folding table; bibliog., appendix, list of places and personal names; original buckram (flecked), top edge gilt, others uncut; a very good copy; scarce. London; Macmillan and Co., Limited; 1906. ***An extremely valuable and comprehensive work which will never be superseded. The Appendix contains a comparative vocabulary of aboriginal dialects, a detailed comparison of cultural and physical characteristics, etc. This volume is complete in itself. #42381 A$175.00

48 Stoddard, John L. JOHN L. STODDARD’S LECTURES. Complete in Ten Volumes. 13 vols. (incl. 3 supplementary volumes), med. 8vo; pp. in total well over 4000; with very numerous illusts. (many col., incl. plates); indices; original half leather with marbled sides, top edges gilt, attractive patterned endpapers; (bindings worn or rubbed, but generally sound; internally clean); a good, sound set. Boston; Balch Brothers Co.; 1905. ***Attractively produced. Stoddard’s lectures were very popular and many times reprinted in various editions. They cover most parts of the Old World, the major countries of Asia, the United States, Canada and Mexico, with fine illustrations and descriptions of the countryside and inhabitants. A fourth supplementary volume was later published. Not collated in detail, but internally fine and clean and apparently quite complete. #12586 A$95.00


49 Swettenham, Frank: SIR FRANK SWETTENHAM’S MALAYAN JOURNALS 1874-1876. Edited by P. L. Burns and C. D. Cowan. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xxxiv, 350(last 3 blank); portrait frontis., 22 maps & sketches, 4 plates, 3 appendices, bibliog.; original cloth; a nice copy in worn d/w. Kuala Lumpur; Oxford University Press; 1975. #15031 A$95.00

50 Vambery, Arminius. THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF ARMINIUS VAMBERY. With an Appreciation by Max Nordau. With Seventeen Illustrations. Cr. 8vo, Facsimile Edition; pp. [ii], xxiv, 316, [2](blank); 16 plates; original illustrated papered boards; a very good copy. New Delhi; Asian Educational Services; 1998. ***Travels in Turkey, Persia, and Central Asia. #31951 A$50.00


51 White, George Francis. VIEWS IN INDIA, CHIEFLY AMONG THE HIMALAYA MOUNTAINS, taken during Tours in the Direction of Mussooree, Simla, the Sources of the Jumna and Ganges, &c. &c. in 1829-31-32. With Notes and Descriptive Illustrations. By Lieut. George Francis White, of the 31st Regiment. Fisher, Son, and Co., London & Paris. MDCCCXXXVI [-VII]. 2 vols., demy folio, First Edition; Division I, pp. xvi(incl. engraved title-page), [17]-82(last blank), [4](list of subscribers); 16 very fine engraved plates, proofs on India Paper; Division II, pp. [vi], 83-140, [4](list of subscribers); 14 very fine engraved plates, proofs on India Paper, index; original publisher’s embossed cloth (neatly rebacked; some foxing, mostly of margins); top edges gilt; a very good set; scarce. London & Paris; Fisher, Son & Co.; 1836-37. ***The plates are FIRST PROOFS ON INDIA PAPER, with fine, clean impressions. The work was advertised as available only to Subscribers and was almost entirely subscribed by May, 1837. #26435 A$1450.00

Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 2552 Williams, Maynard Owen. THE CITROEN-HAARDT TRANS-ASIATIC EXPEDITION

REACHES KASHMIR. Scientific Party Led by Georges-Marie Haardt Successfully Crosses Syria, Iraq, Persia, and Afghanistan to Arrive at the Pamir. Roy. 8vo; pp. 387-443; map, 63 illusts.; contained in the National Geographic Magazine, October, 1931; (lacks wrappers). Washington; National Geographic Society; 1931. ***With, also, articles on Burma. #20494 A$45.00

53 Wylly, Colonel H. C. FROM THE BLACK MOUNTAIN TO WAZIRISTAN. Being an Account of the Border Countries and the more turbulent of the Tribes controlled by the North-West Frontier Province, and of our Military Relations with them in the past. With an Introduction by Lieut.-Gen. Sir Horace L. Smith Dorrien. First Edition; pp. xx, 506(last blank), [2](blank); 8 folding maps (1 col.), 3 appendices, index; original cloth; all edges dyed red; a fine copy; very scarce. London; Macmillan and Co.; 1912. ***Of considerable topical interest in view of the war in Afghanistan and continuing unrest in northern Pakistan. #57890 A$950.00


54 Younghusband, Sir Francis. KASHMIR. Illustrated in Colour by Major E. Molyneux D.S.O. 2nd Edn., 2nd Impr.; pp. xvi, 238, [2](adv.); double-page sketch map, 32 col. plates; original cloth; a very good copy in worn d/w. London; A. & C. Black; (1933). #11908 A$70.00


55 Yu-Chee Chong Fine Art: VOYAGES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA. Paintings, Drawings & Aquatints 1750-1930. Square 4to; pp. [46]; 12 col. & 21 b/w. illusts.; original stiff wrappers; a fine copy. London; Yu-Chee Chong Fine Art; [1993]. ***Topographic, anthropological and natural history subjects, including a fine drawing of the Emu. #30796 A$35.00


56 Yule, Henry; Compiler. A NARRATIVE OF THE MISSION TO THE COURT OF AVA IN 1855. Together with the Journal of Arthur Phayre, Envoy to the Court of Ava and additional illustrations by Colesworth, Grand and Linneaus Tripe. With an Introduction by Hugh Tinker. Med. 4to, Facsimile Edition; pp. xlvi, [iii]-viii(as issued), 392(last blank); 1 large folding map, 29 col. plates (incl. 2 maps) & 9 b/w. plates, 49 figs. in text, 13 appendices & vocabulary; original buckram (mounted illust. on front board), spine gilt; a fine copy in slightly worn d/w.; scarce. Kuala Lumpur; Oxford University Press; 1968. ***Oxford in Asia Historical Reprints. First published in 1858, this edition contains nine additional plates from contemporary sources as well as Phayre’s Journal. #39685 A$385.00

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