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[FAR EAST TRAVEL]. WISE, Henry. An Analysis of one hundred Voyages to and from India, China, &c. Performed by Ships in the Honble. East India Company's Service. London: published for the author by J.W. Norie and W.H. Allen, 1839. 8o. Lithographed frontispiece, 4 lithographed plates and one folding table. Contemporary gilt-lettered cloth (hole in front free endpaper affecting one word of the inscription). Provenance: John Payne (presentation inscription from the author). FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by Wise on the front free endpaper: "John Payne presented by Henry Wise." A scarce work arguing for steam power, based on a statistical analysis of sailing voyages. Cordier Sinica 1950. -- ELMORE, H.M. The British Mariner's Directory and Guide to the Trade and Navigations of the Indian and China Seas. London: T. Bensley, 1802. 4o. Engraved frontispiece portrait. Contemporary half calf. FIRST EDITION. Cordier Sinica 135. -- COCHRANE, John Dundas. Narrative of a Pedestrian Journey Through Russia and Siberian Tartary... Philadelphia: H.C. Carey, I. Lean, and A. Small; New York: Collins & Hannay, 1824. 8o. (Lacking Y3 and Y4.) Modern half calf. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Arctic Bibliography 3249. -- COCHRANE. Narrative of a Pedestrian Journey Through Russia and Siberian Tartary. London: Charles Knight, 1824. 2 volumes, 8o. 6 plates, 2 hand-colored, and 3 folding maps. Modern calf-backed boards. Second edition. -- PERRY, Matthew Calbraith. Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan Performed in the Years 1852, 1853, and 1854. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1856. 4o. 76 plates and 11 folding maps. Original cloth (rebacked). Abridged edition compiled by Francis L. Hawks. -- HEDIN, Sven. Trans-Himalaya. Discoveries and Adventures in Tibet. London: Macmillan and Co., 1910-1913. 3 volumes, 4o. Numerous plates and maps. Original cloth. Second edition of vols. I and II and First edition of vol. III. Together 6 works in 9 volumes, condition varies. (9)