Paris: Printed by E. Desfosses-Neogravure [for the state], 1936, 1949. Pamphlet. Respectively [35] and [25]p., both items are 10x8 inch pamphlets, staplebound. The 1936 piece is illustrated in b&w with facsimiles of documents establishing the game and remarkably clear small photogravures from various periods; somewhat handled and dusty with a...... More

Cat.No: 223480

Colombo, Sri Lanka: Lake House Investments Ltd., 1966. Hardcover. 247p., cloth-covered boards, 5.5x8.5 inches, map endpapers, corners bumped, small hole in cloth of front board, pages lightly toned else good condition in a heavily worn dj with a small hole on the front panel corresponding to the hole in the..... More

Cat.No: 267881

Venice: Marsilio Editori, 1990. Hardcover. 24p., followed by XXXIII fullpage doublespread facsimiles in full color, a large atlas (plates 16.5x11.5 inches), the doublespreads separated by blanks. The handsome text-block is in fine shape, from the preliminary blanks through terminal plate and abbreviated colophon. The hard binding (blue-grey papered boards lettered..... More

Cat.No: 275846

London: Printed for The Hakluyt Society, 1938. Hardcover. lxix, 228p., maps and illustrations as called for, hardbound in bright blue cloth boards gilt & blind (the standard Hakluyt formula). Find four folded maps in end-pocket, these in perfect condition. Corner-tips mildly turned, top & tail rims slightly crimped, tiny nick..... More

Cat.No: 280292

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1943. Hardcover. 217p., illustrated with several inserted plates and a front endpaper map in facsimile. Hardbound in green cloth boards titled in black. A very good copy, perfectly sound, clean and unmarked. More

Cat.No: 279181

Goteborg: Kungl. Vetenskaps- och Vitterhets-Samhallet, 1979. Paperback. 232p., illustrated with one line map (very last leaf), text entirely in English, softbound in 9x6 inch plain printed (but rubricated) grey wraps (laid lines, nice stock), continental-style paperback with overlapping covers (a bit worn) and closed signatures (a former owner read all..... More

Cat.No: 265564

Washington DC: Freer Gallery of Art - Arthur M. Sackler Gallery - Smithsonian Institution, 1998. Paperback. 53p., b&w reproductions throughout, nicely done, softbound in 11x6.5 inch lime-green wraps, a clean sound unmarked copy. India was at this time "the wealthiest Muslim nation on earth" and artists could be hired by..... More

Cat.No: 264325

Rome: Jouvence - Viella, 1982. Various paginations, nice clear reproduction of texts and facsimile maps, the doublespreads mounted on stubs so these open fully, a small folio in rather utilitarian decorated papered boards, 12x8.5 inches. Mild edgewear, spine rims slightly crimped with a touch of paper-fray to topmost, generally sound..... More

Cat.No: 265004

Paris: Editions Chandeigne / Quetzal Editories, 1993. Hardcover. 137p., cloth-covered boards, 9x11.25 inches, profusely illus., very good condition in like dj. More

Cat.No: 272489

London: John Lane the Bodley Head Ltd, 1927. Hardcover. ix, 315p., letterpress on laid-lined paperstock throughout, illustrations and maps as called for. Hardbound in 9x5.5 inch dark blue cloth boards titled gilt and decorated in blind, untrimmed fore- and bottom-edges, a mildly edgeworn volume with turned corner-tips, crimped top and..... More

Cat.No: 281541

Austin: University of Texas Press, 1996. Hardcover. xviii, unnumbered line-maps section, 326p., hardbound first edition in clothbacked boards gilt and enclosed in the dust jacket. An excellent copy all round: entirely sound, clean and unmarked. Quoting dj text: "..written in the 1550s..only eighteen chapters were actually available until the 1980s..... More

Cat.No: 264047

Berkeley: The Bancroft Library, 1979. Pamphlet. 31p., a flimsy copyshop sort of production but marvelous content, illustrated with a number of b&w vignettes. Bliss writes lengthy annotations, his catalogue (28 pages actually, remaining leaves are a useful detailed index) is comprised of 67 such notes. Saddle-stitched in 8.5x5.5 inch wraps..... More

Cat.No: 284319

Cambridge: Published for the Hakluyt Society by CUP, 1963. Hardcover. xxxv, 464p., illustrations as called for, hardbound in the Hakluyt format: medium-blue cloth boards gilt and blind, enclosed in the dust jacket. Dj is somewhat soiled, toned and edgeworn with a couple verso tape repairs, book quite sound with a...... More

Cat.No: 280807