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WATERLOO.
COLLECTION De Douze Vues De Waterloo.
Brussels: Gérard, [c1850]..
oblong 4to. folding partly hand-coloured lithographed plan & 12 lithographed plates. 19th century half vellum, original printed front wr. bound in. (some foxing throughout, stain in lower margin of 5 plates).
$615 USD Book Number: TATLL(WA48 Order / Enquire
[WATTS], Anna Mary (Howitt) [1824-1884].
An Art-Student In Munich.
Boston: Ticknor, Reed, And Fields, 1854..
small 8vo. pp. 4(ads), xi, 470. with half-title. original blind-stamped cloth (extremities frayed). First American Edition.
$154 USD Book Number: T82A[18237 Order / Enquire
[WESTMINSTER, Elizabeth Mary GROSVENOR, Marchioness of] [1797-1891].
Narrative Of A Yacht Voyage In The Mediterranean During The Years 1840-41.
London: John Murray, 1842..
2 Volumes. 8vo. pp. ix, [1], 363; viii, [1 leaf], 378. with half-titles. 25 (of 26) lithographed plates. modern cloth (occasional minor foxing). First Edition. Grosvenor and her companions visited Portugal (Lisbon), Spain (Sevilla, Cadiz, Alcazar, Malaga, Granada, Almería, Barcelona), Morocco (Tangiers), Gibraltar, Italy (Palma, Naples, Messina, Syracuse, Palermo), Turkey (Constantinople, Gallipoli, Smyrna, Ephesus), Greece (Samos, Athens, Nauplia, Mycenae, Tiryns, Navarino, Zante, Corfu), and Malta (Valetta). Robinson, Wayward Women, p. 123.
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WILKINSON, Hugh [b. 1850].
Sunny Lands And Seas. A Voyage In The SS. 'Ceylon.' Notes made during a five Months' Tour In India - The Straits Settlements - Manila - China - Japan - the Sandwich Islands - And California.
London: John Murray, 1883..
8vo. pp. xv, 324, [1 leaf]. folding map (frontis.), 11 plates, & numerous text illus. original black & gilt-stamped cloth (narrowish stain to rear cover, extremities frayed). First Edition. The author and a friend joined the Ceylon in Egypt but left the ship at Bombay to proceed by land, visiting Jeypore, Delhi, Agra, Lucknow, and Benares, before rejoining the ship at Calcutta. After a short stay in Penang, Singapore, and Johore, they sailed to Manila and thence to Hong Kong, Canton, Nagasaki, Kobe, Kyoto, Osaka, and Yokohama. After spending nine days in the Sandwich Islands, they called at San Francisco and visited the Yosemite Valley. Included are remarks on Indian temples and mosques, botanical gardens, the caste system, and laws relating to women, Chinese and Japanese manners and customs, scenery, hara kiri, missionary laws and amusements in the Sandwich Islands, the Leper Settlement there, gold mining in California, &c.
$359 USD Book Number: TLKnnWIL16 Order / Enquire
WILLIS, N[athaniel] P[arker] [1806-1867].
Loiterings Of Travel.
London: Printed For Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans, 1840..
3 Volumes. 8vo. pp. xx, [1 leaf], 254; 2 p.l., 299, [1]; 2 p.l., 293, [1]. contemporary half calf, gilt backs (somewhat worn, 1 label gone). armorial bookplate & ownership entry of James Richard Wigram. First Edition. A mixture of fiction and travel from this American author, best known for his travelogue commentary accompanying steel engravings by W.H.Bartlett in two books on American and Canadian scenery. Smith W98. Sabin 104510.
$350 USD Book Number: TLLitWIL62 Order / Enquire
WITHROW, William [Henry] [1839-1908].
A Canadian In Europe; Being Sketches of Travel In France, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Holland And Belgium, Great Britain And Ireland.
Toronto: Rose-Belford Publishing Company, William Brigg, 1886..
8vo. pp. xiv, [15]-376. wood-engraved frontis. & many text illus. (some full-page). original black & gilt-stamped cloth. First Edition. Watters p. 990.
$103 USD Book Number: TTHCaWIT71 Order / Enquire
WORDSWORTH, Christopher [1807-1885].
Greece: Pictorial, Descriptive, And Historical.
London: John Murray, 1844..
large 8vo. pp. xxiv, 356. 28 steel-engraved plates (incl. frontis., additional title & 2 maps) & c350 wood-engraved text illus. (15 full-page), by R.Brandard, E.Radclyffe, E.Roberts, Orrin Smith, &c., after drawings by Copley Fielding, T.Crestwick, Meissonier, Sargent, Daubigny, & others. contemporary half calf, rebacked with spine mounted (rubbed, extremities worn, spine label wanting). Second Edition. Wordsworth, nephew of the poet and his literary executor, was headmaster of Harrow and later Bishop of Lincoln. In 1832-33 he travelled in Greece, and discovered the site of the oracle of Zeus at Dodona. The numerous plates and text illustrations depict scenery, architecture, and costume. cfBlackmer 1840-41.
$769 USD Book Number: TRDeeWOR85 Order / Enquire
WRIGHT, George Newenham [1790?-1877].
The Shores And Islands Of The Mediterranean. Drawn From Nature By Sir Grenville Temple, Bart., W.L.Leitch, Esq., Major Irton, & Lieut. Allen, R.E. With An Analysis Of The Mediterranean And Descriptions Of The Plates, By.
London & Paris: Fisher, Son, & Co., [c1840].
4to. pp. 156. double-page engraved map & 64 engraved plates (incl. additional title). new half calf over contemporary cloth sides, all edges gilt (foxing to plates, some rather heavily so, tear in 1 leaf partly repaired - no loss). First Edition. The plates include views of 'The Cathedral (Madre Chiesa) at Palermo', 'Strada St. Giovanni, Valetta, Malta', 'The Marina of Valetta, Malta', 'Town and Harbour of Bathiu, Ithaca', 'The Ruins Of Carthage', 'Gibraltar from the Signal Tower", 'Ruins at Sbeitlah, Tunis', 'Naples from the Villa Falconnet', 'The Port of Messina', 'Grecian Temples at Segesta', &c. Blackmer 1845. Weber 1136.
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WRIGHT, Thomas [1859-1936].
The Life Of Sir Richard Burton.
London: Everett & Co., 1906..
2 Volumes. 8vo. pp. xxix, [3]-291, [1]; x [i.e. xi], [12]-291, xxv. with half-titles. 64 plates & maps (incl. in pagination). original cloth, t.e.g., others uncut (covers dampstained, spines faded). First Edition. Penzer p. 311.
$400 USD Book Number: elala3394 Order / Enquire
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