With 314 illustrations, 40 in colour. Translated from the German by Betty and Peter Ross. Pp. 310(last blank), illustrated, including numerous plates within pagination (40 coloured), pictorial endpapers, maps, notes, bibliography, chronology, index; roy. 4to; brown cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt; price-clipped dust wrapper, faintly scuffed; Thames & Hudson..... More
8 plates, endpaper map, notes, glossary, select bibliography, index; dust wrapper; top edges of leaves a trifle soiled; Gollancz, 1978. More
Pp. xii+234, frontispiece plus 8 plates, index; edges of boards a trifle bumped; dust wrapper, back panel slightly soiled, edges rubbed and slightly split; Cassell , London, 1964. First U.K. edition. *Memoirs of the Portuguese General. More
Pp. 160, 8 plates, notes, references; cr. 8vo; blue cloth, spine lettered and decorated in silver; top edges brown; dust wrapper, faintly soiled, edges lightly rubbed and split, the backstrip slightly browned; bookplate of Benjamin Tindale on upper pastedown; Readers Union, London, 1963. Book Club edition. *Zoologist's account of an..... More
A Journey through the Caribbean Islands. Illustrated by A. Costa. Pp. xii+404(last blank), frontispiece, title page decoration, 48 photographic plates, 2 text illustrations, double page map printed on stiff green paper, index; demy 8vo; dark green cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, fore-corners of upper board slightly bruised; dust..... More
Journey to the Far Amazon. Translated by Edward Fitzgerald. Pp. 390, 8 plates, a couple of text illustrations, 3 full page maps; cr. 8vo; blue cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, fore-corners of lower board a trifle bruised; top edges red; dust wrapper, slightly soiled and browned, edges lightly..... More
The story of an involvement. Pp. 224; faint damp stain to lower board; dust wrapper, the front flap a trifle foxed; free endpapers faintly offset, edges of leaves slightly foxed; The Bodley Head, London, 1984. First edition. *Graham Greene's account, based on his diaries, of a five-year friendship with Omar..... More
Pp. 224 (last blank), 32 coloured plates (including frontispiece), numerous black & white text illustrations (several full page), pictorial endpapers, chronology, notes, bibliography, index; narrow cr. 4to; boards a trifle sprung; dust wrapper, slightly scuffed; edges of leaves faintly foxed; Michael Joseph, London, 1978. First U.K. edition. More
Travels and Adventures in the Banda Oriental, South America. Cheaper edition, in one volume. Pp. [iv]+286+266(last colophon)+32(publisher's catalogue, dated October 1885); grey/green cloth, upper board lettered and decorated in brown, slightly worn, the corners lightly bruised, tiny scar to upper board affecting one letter of title, rebacked, with the original..... More
Pp. xxvi+500(last blank), text maps (some double page), references, index; light blue cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt; demy 8vo; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed, the back panel faintly soiled; The Hakluyt Society, London, 1989. Second series, Volume 171. *During the first half of the 17th century, English and..... More
Travels in Brazil. Folding map at end; dust wrapper, slightly soiled and rubbed; top edges of leaves lightly foxed; Bodley Head, 1964. More
The story of the Cape Horn region from the days of the first discoverers through the glorious days of sail including the author's own experiences; wherein an important geographical discover is made. Pp. [viii]+240, 12 plates, title page decorations, one full page text map plus endpaper maps, appendix, index; narrow..... More
Pp. 192(last blank), 96 plates (16 coloured), text illustrations, pictorial endpapers, 3 full page maps, notes, bibliography, index; small cr. 4to; edges of boards a trifle faded; dust wrapper, slightly foxed on reverse, edges lightly rubbed and split, the laminate lifting slightly around backstrip; a little faint foxing and occasional..... More
A Journey through the Caribbean and Central America. Pp. 192, 16 plates, double page map; narrow cr. 8vo; light blue boards, spine lettered in gilt; top edges navy; dust wrapper, edges slightly creased and split, backstrip lightly faded; Readers Union, London, 1964. Book Club edition. *With the May 1964 issue..... More