Travel

Contact Jonathan Harrison, Alex Day or Andrea Mazzocchi

We stock Western books in European languages, generally – but not exclusively – published before circa 1850. We are especially interested in early travel accounts – from the late fifteenth to the eighteenth centuries – in all areas beyond Europe.

Geographical regions in which we have tended to specialise include the Pacific and its surrounding countries – South America, the Northwest Coast of America, Japan, China, the maritime regions of Asia, including the Philippines and Indonesia, and Australia. Books on Africa, the polar regions, manuscripts and separately published maps are also handled.
  1. WEST INDIA DOCK COMPANY.

    Three documents concerning the financing and early success of the new docks at the Isle of Dogs.

    London, 1799–1810.

    Three key documents concerning the financing and early success of the new docks at the Isle of Dogs, the first enclosed wet docks to be established on the Thames. Their construction was prompted by West India merchants and shipowners, outraged at the losses of sugar, rum, and other cargoes due to theft...

    £1350

  2. [WILD & Co.]

    Large sample book of printed textiles.

    [Turin, c. 1920?]

    A large collection of samples of printed textiles, displaying a wide variety of techniques and applications.

    £1250