New York, (1872 and 1874): D. Appleton and Co. First Edition. Thick Quarto. . In two volumes. Engrave frontispiece, engraved vignette title page and regular title page, Volume I:568, Volume II: 576 pp. A beautiful set with illustrations on steel and wood by eminent American artist including Thomas Moran and..... More

George Philip & Son, LTD. London, 1922. Quarto. The large map edited by Sir Alexander Hosie (1853-1925) whose service for Britain was in many of the provinces of China. He travelled in the most remote dangerous places where brigands and disease took the lives of missionaries, adventurers, and trade officials..... More

London: William Leake and John Leake, 1679. 12mo. 3rd edition, enlarged and amended with an addition of several islands, countries and places not extant in the former impression. Meriton was a legal writer who became fascinated with the discoveries around the world. In this edition, he notes much new about..... More