OLIPHANT, Laurence. Narrative of The Earl of Elgin's Mission to China and Japan in the years 1857, 58, 59., London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1859. 2 volumes, 4, 5 folding engraved maps and 20 tinted or coloured lithographed plates (a few tears to maps and some spotting, some staining to plates mostly confined to margins), modern boards. FIRST EDITION.

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OLIPHANT, Laurence. Narrative of The Earl of Elgin's Mission to China and Japan in the years 1857, 58, 59., London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1859. 2 volumes, 4, 5 folding engraved maps and 20 tinted or coloured lithographed plates (a few tears to maps and some spotting, some staining to plates mostly confined to margins), modern boards. FIRST EDITION.

GALT, John. Letters from the Levant...in Greece, London: Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1813. 4, folding engraved map (spotted, some spotting throughout), later calf, gilt lettering to spine (rebacked preserving original spine, slightly rubbed), bookplate of J. C. Gofselin. FIRST EDITION. Blackmer 645. (3)
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