First editions of travel and exploration accounts, first discoveries, travel journals and explorers' accounts

First edition.
Plain paper cover. Rare.

Extract from the Revue des deux mondes.
First edition.
In plain wrappers. Rare.

First edition in French.
Full marbled sheep binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with gilt fillets, red shagreen title-label and author's name, covers preserved, modest binding.

Original edition.
Binding half canvas tree, silent smooth back, marbled paper plates with small discolored spots, a few snags on the cuts, contemporary binding.
Signed autograph from the author to Meline Mr. Chairman and Minister of Agriculture.
Shaded guards.

First edition.
Signed autograph inscription from Nguyen-Huu-Khang.
Spine worn, front board detached with corner losses, slight marginal loss at head of second board, paper yellowed.
Rare but in this condition.

First edition, one of 500 numbered copies on fine paper, the only deluxe copies with 20 hors commerce.
Publisher's full brown cloth binding, smooth spine, complete with its dust jacket.
Signed autograph inscription from Jean Rigaud. Text by Boris Lossky.
Work illustrated with numerous reproductions of pictorial works by the author.
Handsome copy.

First edition printed in 1800 numbered copies on fine paper.
Work illustrated with illustrations by Pierre Dandelot as well as 8 plates outside the text by Maia Devilliers reproduced in phototypy.
Handsome copy.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Iconography.
A handsome copy.

First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Signed autograph inscription by Paul Chack, ex dono from the dedicatee at head of an endpaper.
Two small tears at head and foot of spine, paper yellowed.
Work illustrated with 4 maps drawn by the author.

First edition, one of 600 numbered copies on Holland paper, the only deluxe copies with 30 on Holland paper.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of the copies on alfa paper.
Handsome copy despite light worming of no consequence to the endpapers.

First edition.
Light rubbing to foot of spine and front board, foxing to rear board, handsome interior condition.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Iconography.
Minor staining to foot of front board, ink gift inscription at head of front endpaper, handsome interior condition.

First edition.
Half black shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with gilt fleurons, blind-ruled frames on wine-red boards, front cover stamped with the coat of arms of Collège Rollin in Paris, marbled endpapers and pastedowns.
Work illustrated with 42 engravings and complete with its 4 plates and folding map at the end.
Some minor foxing without consequence.
Handsome copy.

First edition.
Half sienna cardboard binding, smooth spine very slightly faded, yellow sheep title label, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, lower corners slightly bumped, covers with small angular lacks preserved.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Autograph tribute from the author.
Light worming to boards.

First edition, of which no deluxe copies were printed.
Autograph inscription from the author.
Handsome copy.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Autograph inscription by the author.
Handsome copy illustrated with drawings by the author.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Autograph inscription by the author.
Spine slightly creased, small worming to second cover.
Illustrated cover.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Iconography.
A price indication in ballpoint pen at the head of the second cover.

First edition in French.
Contributions by Ngapo Ngawang Jipmei, Khrili Chodra, Chapel Tsetan Phuntso, Na Zhen, Cai Xiansheng, Jampei Chinlei and Dongge Luosanttselie.
Publisher's full red cloth binding.
Richly illustrated.
Handsome copy, complete with its illustrated dust jacket in perfect condition.

First edition.
Publisher's full brown boards binding.
Rich iconography.
Handsome copy complete with its illustrated dust jacket in perfect condition.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Publisher's binding in full boards, retaining its illustrated dust jacket which has a small insignificant lack at the foot of the front cover.
Autograph inscription by the author.
Iconography, handsome copy.

First edition printed on ordinary paper.
Work illustrated with illustrations and facsimiles outside the text.
Complete with publisher's slip.

First edition of the translation of which no deluxe copies were printed, one of the Service de Presse copies.
Inscribed by the translator.
Covers very slightly and marginally faded, otherwise a handsome copy.

First edition, one of the Service de Presse (advance) copies.
Inscribed by the author.
Iconography.
Spine slightly creased.

First edition, one of 330 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies with 27 on pure thread paper.
Half dark brown morocco with corners, spine slightly faded with four raised bands, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, binding signed in blind by Kauffmann-Horclois.

First edition.
Half black sheep binding, smooth spine decorated with double gilt fillets showing slight rubbing, small damage with loss to upper headcap, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, school prize labels pasted on front endpaper and facing pastedown, contemporary binding.
Work illustrated with figures in and outside the text.
Occasional light foxing.

First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Inscribed by the author to his friend Alfred Porché.
Handsome copy, with a gift inscription in ballpoint pen at the head of the first endpaper.

First edition.
Publisher's full mouse-grey cloth binding, smooth spine, first cover illustrated with a photograph.
Work illustrated with original photographs.
Handsome copy.

First edition.
Contemporary full dark brown cardboard binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets, blind-ruled frames on boards, shaded endpapers, modest contemporary binding.
Some light foxing of no great consequence.

First edition.
Half chocolate morocco-grained shagreen binding, spine very slightly sunned with five raised bands showing minimal traces of rubbing without significance, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge red.
Minor scattered foxing.
Rare.

First edition in French.
Illustrated with photographic plates and text drawings.
Spine sunned, covers uniformly sunned with marginal stains, light interior foxing, some dampstaining affecting the head of certain pages.

First edition.
Small lacks at head and foot of sunned spine, joints slightly cracked at head and foot, small corner lacks to boards, occasional worming to interior affecting mainly the endpapers.

First edition, one of the numbered copies, the only printing with 30 other copies reserved for members of La guilde du livre.
Work illustrated with photographs by Ergy Landau.
A fine copy.

First edition.
Our copy lacks the pocket containing 20 unpublished illustrations that accompany this text volume.
Scattered worming.
Rare.

First edition of this conference given on November 16, 1886 by the former chief of operations of the railway from Dakar to Saint-Louis.
One joint slightly cracked at foot, a pale dampstain at foot throughout the book block, small scattered foxing.
Rare.

First edition printed in a small number of copies of this offprint from the Revue du Monde musulman.
Pamphlet illustrated with 2 photographic reproductions.
Rare and handsome copy.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, an advance copy.
Illustrated cover, 12 photographic reproductions hors-texte.
Inscribed by Emmanuel Mounier.
Spine lightly rubbed, otherwise handsome copy.

First edition printed in a small number of copies of this offprint from the Revue des sciences politiques.
This is a conference given by the author to the Society of former students of the École libre des sciences politiques on January 18, 1935.
Rare and handsome copy.

First edition of this magazine devoted to the Maghreb.
Literary contributions by Camille Mauclair "La Kasbah vue par Suréda", André Suréda, Jean Vignaud...
Pictorial contributions by André Suréda with 10 original lithographs in reproduction.
Rare and handsome copy despite tiny marginal tears without loss to the covers.

First edition.
Iconography.
Unlettered spine with two small lacks at head and foot, handsome interior condition.

First edition, one of 600 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies with 62 on pur fil.
Iconography.
Preface by J.B. Charcot.
Handsome copy.

First edition.
Spine sunned, joints cracked to head and to foot with small lacks, occasional foxing.
Rare.

First edition.
Full dark brown sheep binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with gilt compartments, blind-ruled frames on boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, gilt edges, contemporary binding.
Work illustrated with 2 engravings, one as frontispiece and the other on the title page.
Occasional light foxing.
Rare.

First edition, one of the advance copies.
Illustrated cover in colors.

First edition.
Work illustrated with 277 photographs reproduced in photogravure, a folding map on a loose leaf and a color cover by W.F. Burger.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Texts and drawings in and hors-texte by Charles Huard.
Handsome copy.

First edition of which there is no mention of deluxe copies.
Handsome dated autograph inscription from the author, carte.

First edition, one of 350 numbered copies on Holland paper.
Work illustrated with 184 photographs reproduced in heliogravure, illustrated cover in colors, very handsome copy.

First edition.
Publisher's red boards, smooth spine decorated with gilt motifs at head and foot, front cover richly decorated, top edge gilt.
Work illustrated with one engraving, fine interior condition.

First edition.
Fragile.
Rare.

First edition.

Autograph inscription from L. Maillot to François Coty, the father of modern perfumery and creator of the eponymous brand but also a politician.

Iconography.

Covers slightly and marginally faded, otherwise handsome copy.

First edition.
Publisher's full cream boards, one tear reglued at head of joint, covers sunned and spine preserved.
Work illustrated with 80 plates hors-texte.
Fine interior condition.

First edition published in a small number of copies of this offprint from the January-February and July-August 1897 issues.
A lack at head of spine, stains and corner lacks to boards, some light interior foxing.
Concerning Hebrew, Babylonian, Assyrian texts...
Rare.

First edition printed on ordinary paper.

Patriotic autograph inscription from the author to Georges Montorgueil.

With frontispiece portrait of General Skobeleff. Light marginal worming to front cover.