A Pilgrimage To Palestine: Early Travellers In The Holy Land from Librarium of The Hague

Jerusalem, Keren Kajemeth Lejisrael & Keren Hajessod, 1927. 1st Edition . Soft cover. .. Small octavo. Pp. 51, (1) commercial ad. Includes an unsigned preface, apparently by the author. With 7 photo-plates, including a map of Palestine and a map of Emek Yisrael. Appendix. Original plain wrappers detached, separated, small tear at blank head of title-page. Neat, clean… Read more about this item

Assen, Van Gorcum, 1974. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. Royal quarto. Pp. 281, (4). Plus frontispiece portrait. With text figures. HARDCOVER, bound in the original publisher's green full cloth, gilt lettering to cover and spine, with near fine dust-jacket. In fine condition. Excellent copy. ~ FIRST EDITION. 001-3

Bruxelles, Meline, Cans, 1841. Hardcover. .. Three volumes. Small octavo. Pp. viii, 292; 316; 294. All 3 half-titles present. HARDCOVER, uniformly bound in contemporary quarter ribbed cloth and marbled boards, slight rubbing to edges, spine lettered and numbered in gilt, bit discoloured in places. In a very good condition. ~ Rare complete set of the rare variant issue… Read more about this item

Schhonhover, S. E. van Nooten, 1859. Hardcover. .. Three parts in one. Royal octavo. Pp. (iv), viii, 424; (ii), 425-446; 447-462. Lithograph portrait as frontispiece. Plus 26 lithographs, 12 of which are tinted, on 16 plates facing tissue guards including a lithographed plan. Plus one folding lithograph map of Palestine with routes of travel neatly hand-coloured; and large,… Read more about this item

Jerusalem, Keren Kajemeth Lejisrael & Keren Hajessod, 1927. 1st Edition . Soft cover. .. Small octavo. Pp. 51, (1) commercial ad. Includes an unsigned preface, apparently by the author. With 7 photo-plates, including a map of Palestine and a map of Emek Yisrael. Appendix. Original plain wrappers, lettered in brown. In a very good condition. ~ FIRST EDITION.… Read more about this item

Sátoraljaújhely, W. Alexander, 1910. Hardcover. .. Small octavo. Pp. 288. Portrait frontispiece and another plate. Some text ornaments. List of participants. HARDCOVER, bound in the original publisher's grained crimson cloth, small plate of Jerusalem mounted on upper cover, black lettering, floral endpapers apparently lacking free endpaper, cloth bit faded and marked, slight wear at spine ends. Bit shaken,… Read more about this item

London, James Clarke, (1936).. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. Crown octavo. Pp. 167. With line-drawn illustration to each chapter. HARDCOVER, original light blue cloth, with illustrated dust-jacket. Trimmed rough. In a very good condition, with many leaves still unopened (bit dust-soiled). ~ FIRST EDITION. Noted classicist Dr. Henriëtte Boas' copy, with her charming bookplate inside cover, discreet under… Read more about this item

Cairo, The Nile Mission Press, (1919).. Soft cover. .. Small octavo. Pp. 54. Plus 34 halftone photographic plates, printed on different paper, bound in. Original pictorial grey card wrappers, bit rubbed, corner creased, upper wrapper with tape repair for short tear. Else, a fine copy. ~ A fascinating small book, written and photographed by the Senior Chaplain to… Read more about this item

Haarlem, De Erven Loosjes, (1861).. Hardcover. .. Crown octavo. Pp. iv, 348. Plus 5 tinted wood-engraved plates, including frontispiece, these dampmarked and foxed. Footnotes. HARDCOVER, original quarter black calf and marbled boards, spine gilt. Three ribbon markers; old private ownership stamp to title-page. In a very good condition. ~ First Dutch edition. F-5 IN

Edinburgh, Blackwood, 1891.. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. Small octavo. Pp. 161, 24, publisher's catalogue. HARDCOVER, bound in the original publisher's green cloth lettered in black, spine gilt, bevelled edges; some pencil underlining. In about fine condition. A lovely copy. ~ FIRST EDITION. [PROVENANCE:] With a manuscript dedication in contemporary hand to top of half-title: "A la nostra… Read more about this item

Trier, Paulinus, 1898. 1st Edition . Soft cover. .. Crown octavo. Pp. 100. Set in Gothic type. Original printed wrappers, decorated in black, shelf label to spine, small institutional stamp. In a very good condition. ~ FIRST EDITION. Extremely rare travelogue to the Holy Land at the end of the 19th Century. It contains: Stations of the journey… Read more about this item

Jerusalem, Keren Kajemeth Lejisrael, 1927. Soft cover. .. Small octavo. Pp. 48. Plus 2 extra pages with 3 photo-plates, and 6 other such illustrations. With a folding line-drawn map tipped-in onto inside of back wrap. Appendices. Original decorated wrappers, lettered in red, with a woodcut illustration of a Holy Land landscape, spine very lightly rubbed. In about fine… Read more about this item

London, Jackson, Fisher, (1836).. Print. .. Original single-sheet steel engraving of a very fine quality. Overall size ca. 215 x 270 mm. Image size ca. 130 x 190 mm. A three-line caption engraved at bottom in elegant handtooled open-face and italic types. Engraved Artist's and Engraver's signatures underneath image. Engraved Publisher's line below. The print is in its… Read more about this item

Louvain, Vanlinthout et Vandenzande, 1824. Soft cover. .. Royal octavo. Two parts in one volume, paginated continuously. Pp. (ii), 90; 91-356. Letterpress device to title-page, Imprimatur dated 1824 on verso; half-title with Approbation dated 1818 on verso, list of subscribers, footnotes. Original printed wrappers slightly edge frayed. In a very good condition, with contemporary Prize label in manuscript.… Read more about this item

London, Student Christian Movement, 1928. Hardcover. .. Crown octavo. Pp. xiii, 332. Footnotes, chronology, bibliography, indices. HARDCOVER, original blue cloth, spine gilt, sunned, some underlines. Good. ~ First British edition. With index of Scriptural references, and extended index of subjects and proper names. The story of a four months journey to Egypt, Palestine, and Syria, with emphasis on… Read more about this item

Rotterdam, Nijgh & Van Ditmar, 1936. 1st Edition . Soft cover. .. Octavo. Pp. 79, (1). Woodcut frontispiece. With full-page maps and original linocut illustrated head-pieces. Notes. Original illustrated card wrappers, printed in red and black. Roughly trimmed; signature to half-title. In a very good condition. ~ FIRST EDITION. Noted classicist Dr. Henriëtte Boas' copy. F-4 IN … Read more about this item

Amsterdam, de Hoogh, 1863-64.. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. Three books in one volume. Octavo. Pp. vii, 343; (2), 310, (1) verso blank; (1) verso blank, 302, (1) verso blank. Three title-pages and three chromolithograph frontispieces with tissue guards, a pair to each book. Plus 10 other chromolithograph plates with facing tissue guards, and two hand-coloured folding lithograph… Read more about this item

London, Rich & Cowan, 1937. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. Octavo. Pp. xv, 355. Plus (helio)gravure frontispiece and 23 other (helio)gravure plates, many of which double-page, printed on thick paper. Bibliography, appendix, index. Illustrated endpapers. HARDCOVER, original black cloth, spine gilt with small shelf number in neat hand. In fine condition. An excellent copy. ~ FIRST EDITION. Account… Read more about this item

Zutphen, Terra, 1983. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. Crown quarto. Pp. 168. Illustrated, maps. Index. HARDCOVER, original cloth gilt, with dust-jacket. In fine condition. Excellent copy, practically unused. ~ FIRST EDITION. Z-2 IN

London, Marshall, 1901. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. Octavo. Pp. xii, 340. Frontispiece portrait with tissue guard. Plus folding colour lithograph map tipped-in at rear, and a number of halftone illustrations printed on different paper, bound in. HARDCOVER, original red cloth, spine gilt; cloth faded, spine bit chipped at ends. Bit shabby but in good condition. ~ FIRST… Read more about this item