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(London): Millington, (1974).. 8vo, 173, (1) pp. Portrait frontispiece, marbled endpapers. Bound by Bayntun-Riviere in red half morocco, t.e.g., a lovely copy.

London: Williams & Norgate, Ltd, 1925.. Limited edition, no. 196 of 326 copies signed by the translator. 8vo. (xiii), xiv-xxix, (xxx-xxxii), 87, (1) pp. Publisher's two-tone cream and blue buckram, gilt lettered to the spine, dust jacket. Tanning to the jacket spine with a little light wear to the ends, else very good.

Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden]: Ex Officina Elzeviriana, 1629.. Second edition, 16mo, (xii), 443, (1) pp. Engraved title, marbled paste downs, armorial bookplate of Lord Sinclair. Contemporary calf, a.e.g., covers with double gilt rules, cornerpieces and a central rose, gilt phoenix to the foot of the spine with the motto Rinasce Piu Gloriosa ("It rises again more glorious"), spine rather worn with slight loss to top. Laet was a director of the Dutch East India company and editor of several Elzevirs, including this one on France. Willems 311.

(Göttingen: Steidl, 1996).. First edition, 4to, (94) pp. Photographic illustrations throughout. Pictorial boards, very minor rubbing to spine ends and corners.

Saint Petersburg: Graficart, Palace Editions, 2008].. 4to. 391, (1) pp. Publisher's glossy illustrated boards, dust jacket. Colour illustrated throughout. Small closed tear to the head of the upper panel of the jacket, a few light marks to the half title, else very good.

London: J.M. Dent, 1929.. First edition thus, two volumes. 49 plates, marbled endpapers. Contemporary red half calf, t.e.g., spines slightly rubbed and sunned.

London & Edinburgh: T.C. and E.C. Jack, 1905.. First edition thus, 8vo, xii, 323, (1) pp. Frontispiece portrait of the Lambs plus 20 coloured plates, light damp stain to the lower edge of the first few leaves, signature and ink date stamp to front blank. Original gilt and blind decorated cloth, t.e.g., extremities with light wear.

London: Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press, [c.1900].. 8vo. xii,382, (x) pp. Contemporary quarter vellum, over brown cloth sides, spine with tan gilt lettered label and Art Deco tooling, top edge gilt. Red stain to the foot of the lower cover, slight darkening to the spine, damp stain to the lower edge of the text block although the leaves themselves remain clean, else a decent copy.

London: The Lambeth Fighting Fund, 1986.. Oblong 4to, 48 pp. Black and white photographic illustrations, signed by Tony Benn and Ted Knight ("Socialist greetings"). Original wrappers, some minor creasing.

London: Virtue and Company Limited, 1936.. First edition. 4to. xvi, 308, (8) pp. Publisher's maroon cloth, gilt title panel to the spine and with a circular gilt and blindstamped panel to the upper board. Photographic portrait of the author plus numerous black and white illustrations throughout and 20 colour plates. Some mild rubbing to the extremities, a very good copy.

Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden]: Ex Officina Joannis Maire, 1642.. Second edition, 16mo, 377, (1) pp. Engraved title, marbled paste downs, armorial bookplate of Lord Sinclair. Contemporary calf, a.e.g., covers with double gilt rules, cornerpieces and a central rose, gilt phoenix to the foot of the spine with the motto Rinasce Piu Gloriosa ("It rises again more glorious"), spine somewhat worn with loss to top. A leading Protestant lawyer who helped negotiate the Peace of Westphalia, Lampadius' writings form part of the basis of Germanic constitutional law. First published 1634.

London: John Murray, (1941).. Fourth printing, 8vo, 78, (2) pp. Black and white illustrations. Cloth, d.w. with extremities a little worn.

New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1906.. First US edition, large 8vo, (xvi), 484, (2) pp. Coloured frontispiece tipped in and 48 black and white plates, bookplate of R.J.A. Boreman. Original gilt titled green cloth, t.e.g., spine ends and corners with some mild wear. First published in the UK the year before with a slightly different title - "Lhasa, an account of the country and people of central Tibet..."

London: Printed for Private Circulation only, 1928.. Limited edition, one of 175 copies, large 8vo, (xxiv), 103, (1) pp. Frontispiece and 56 plates, occasional light foxing to text leaves, inscribed from Wise on the half title. Original gilt titled buckram with bevelled edges, t.e.g., spine sunned.

London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., Ltd., 1890.. Fourth edition. Small 8vo. (ii), x, 139, (1) pp. Fine olive green crushed morocco by Zaehnsdorf, spine with wide gilt ruled raised bands, gilt titled direct to one panel and dated at the foot, gilt ruled borders to the boards, gilt inner dentelles, dark tobacco silk covered end leaves, all edges gilt. Frontispiece. Occasional light spotting, slight sunning to the spine, an attractive copy.

(London): The Folio Society, (2012).. First edition thus, large 8vo, xviii, 272 pp. Frontispiece and 13 colour plates. Pictorial olive cloth, slipcase, a lovely copy.

London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1906.. First edition thus, 8vo, 196 pp. Coloured frontispiece and black and white full page illustrations in the text, five of these not unattractively coloured in, contemporary inscription to front blank, patterned endpapers. Original gilt titled cloth, spine slightly sunned with rubbing to the ends.

(London): The Folio Society, (2012).. Third printing thus, large 8vo, xxiii, (iii), 358 pp. Frontispiece and 12 colour plates. Pictorial yellow cloth, slipcase, a lovely copy.

London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1900.. Fourth impression, 8vo, (xvi), 337, (1) pp. Black and white illustrations, marbled endpapers and edges, prize label of King Edwards School, Norwich to paste down. Contemporary green calf, gilt spine and edges, gilt arms, spine very slightly rubbed.

London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1922.. First edition. 8vo. 244, (4) pp. Publisher's indigo cloth, gilt lettered to the spine and upper board, inscription to the front free endpaper "From a 'Coaster' / 1.1.24". 47 photographic plates, many several to a page. Some fading and light wear to the covers, foxing to the rear, very good overall.