Search Results: Titles starting with A from Rachel Smith Books

A. E. I. ARABIA EGYPT INDIAIsabel Burton. Signed inscription by Isabel Burton.London: William Mullan, Near Fine, 1st. Edition, 1879, 8vo. Viii, 488 Pp. Frontispiece colored map showing the route from London to India. Colored foldout map of the route through India, 12 plates. The original binding is near fine save for the corners being slightly bumped, and a small tear at the top of the spine (see photo). The text is Fine, and is clean, tight, bright, with no markings and probably unread since a few of the pages are uncut. Inscribed by Isabel Burton to her cousin: "To George Smart..with Kindest Regards…from his affectionate cousin…Isabel Burton..March 1879". "The rarest of Isabel Burton's books. Near Fine condition and extremely bright gilt cover. This book was in essence and account of Isabel and Richard's Tour of India in the late 1870's. It includes political observations written by Richard but purporting to be Isabel's views on the partition of Turkey. The original source documents for this… Read More

Additions to the Fourth and Former Editions of An Essay on the Principle of Population, etc etc.Malthus, T. R. London: John Murray, 1817. First edition. 8vo. Bound in original publisher's card stock boards, pages un-trimmed with some un-cut. A VERY GOOD un-opened copy. The usual light foxing is heavier in the prelims, otherwise the text is generally clean. Pp. iv, 327 and no adverts at the end suggesting an early printing. Boards have some scuffing from shelf wear, and evidence of hinges being expertly repaired.

Cunynghame, Arthur
An Aide-de-Camp's Recollections of Service in China, a Residence in Hong-Kong, and visits to other islands in the Chinese seas.
London, Saunders and Otley. 1844, 2 volumes, First Editions. Binding is the original publisher's Duck-Egg Blocked Cloth. 8vo., pp. xi, [1], 311, [1]; viii, 332, [8]. Aquatint frontispiece in both volumes, and 7 aquatint plates and 15 line illustrations in the text. Several of the plates have spotting (mostly in the margins). The volume 1 frontispiece has a small damp stain. The upper boards have a pictorial in gilt, and the spines are lettered in gilt. The covers are a little soiled with a few marks and are sunned along the spines. The corners are lightly bumped. The text block is clean and bright aside from the spotting on the frontispieces and several plates. A good + sound set, seldom at auction (auction records show only 1 copy in 1974), and uncommon in the original cloth.A first edition of Cunynghame's account of his service in China and Hong… Read More

Samuel Howitt"The Angler's Manual; or, Concise Lessons of Experience, which the proficient in the delightful recreation of angling will not despise, and the learner will find the advantage of practising, containing useful instruction of every approved method of angling, and particularly on the management of the hand and rod in each method. Embellished with twelve plates, designed and etched by S. Howitt."
Liverpool, G. G. Harris for Samuel Bagster, 1808. Octavo, Pp. iv, 28: First edition, 12 engraved plates of various fish and plates depicting fishing scenes. Original printed boards with printed label on re-backed spine. Damp stains on boards and several plates (see photos). Text and plates are clean without spotting. A short tear expertely closed on one plate. An inscription gifting to " W. Wilcox from Mr. Woods April 16 1832". Corner pin holes on 4 of the plates. A good copy of a classic work on fishing with very attractive plates of fishing scenes.

Thesiger, Wilfred. 12 Royal Geographical Journals. 1935-1957. All the articles by Thesiger published in the RGS Journals:
1935 "The Awash River and the Aussa Sultanate".
1939 "A Camel Journey to Tibesti".
1947 "A New Journey in Southern Arabia".
1948 April, "A Journey through the Tihama, the Asir, and the Hijaz Mountains"
1948 July. "Across the Empty Quarter".
1949 Sept. Pp 284, "The Record The Empty Quarter: Adjustment to Mr. Thesiger's Map".
1949 "A Further Journey Across the Empty Quarter".
1950 "Desert Borderlands of Oman".
1951 "South-Eastern Arabia" Foldout Map by Thesiger from his traverses 1945-1950.
1954 "The Marshmen of Southern Iraq".
1955 "The Hazaras of Central Afghanistan".
1957 "A Journey in Nuristan".
Condition is "very good" except for 3 that are "good". This is the complete collection of articles published in the RGS Journals about Wilfred Thesiger.

Arabian Sands, by Wilfred Thesiger. Longman, London, 1959, first edition with Dust Jacket. A very attractive signed copy of his very popular account of his explorations in Arabia. "The book covers the five years ending in 1950 which, with the exception of brief interruptions only, Thesiger spent in and around the Empty Quarter, the half million square miles of one of the cruelest deserts of the world.", (from back jacket).This copy is signed on the title page by Thesiger. The folding map of the Empty Quarter is in the rear pocket and except for my inspection it appears to have never been opened. The condition of the book is near Fine with the detractions limited to some tape residue on the front end paper that probably held a newspaper clipping, and a previous owner's signature on the same endpaper. There is no fading to the dust jacket or the book. The dust jacket would rate a VG+ and is not price clipped. There is some shelf wear in several places but no tears or nicks.

Goodsir, Robert AnstrutherAn Arctic Voyage to Baffin's Bay and Lancaster Sound, in Search of Friends with Sir John Franklin.London. Presentation Copy, First edition. 1850. 12mo, viii, 152pp., [8]. Tinted lithograph frontispiece, folding map. Original blue blind stamped cloth. Gilt lettering on the spine. Skillfully recased. Library stamps of the Medical Society Edinburgh of which Goodsir was a member. A book plate "from the Travel Library of Beekman Pool" on inside the front cover. Folding map of Baffin Bay. Three pages of the publisher's advertisements are bound in at the end. Text is clean except an unfortunate old ink spill affecting 5 pages with no loss of text, Binding has some fading to the spine, and slight surface scuffing and discoloration to boards. Otherwise a very good copy in the scarce original binding.The presentation inscription reads: "For the Library of the Royal Medical Society from the Author."
Goodsir's brother was missing from the Franklin expedition and this is the… Read More

The Ascent of Everest.Hunt, John. Published by Hodder & Stoughton. London, 1953, First edition, Pp. 300.. SIGNED by 4 Expedition Members on the title page: John Hunt (Author and Expedition Leader), George Lowe (Photographer), George Band ( Diet), Michael Westmacott ( Ascent Party). A Very Good+ Copy. The text is clean and without any markings, and the publisher's blue cloth binding has no fading, and there is slight shelf wear. The dust jacket is clean, not priced clipped, with only minimal fading on the spine and a few light spots on the front wrap. Overall a very nice item with signatures of four expedition members.