Travels abroad | PY Rare Books

The poetic travels of Akhmatova's husband

Shater [The Tent]

Varrak for Bibliofil, Revel [Tallin], [1921]. £500

Gumilev's poetry inspired by his African travels, with a finely designed cover - pleasant copy of the fragile first complete, definitive edition.

Image for C. de BRUIN [LE BRUN]. Reizen over Moskovie. Amsterdam, 1714. #2

A fresh, crisp example of this celebrated travel account

BRUIN [BRUYN], Cornelis de

Reizen over Moskovië door Persië en Indië: verrykt met driehondert kunstplaten

Wetstein et al., Amsteldam, 1714. £7,500

One of the great accounts of Russia under Peter the Great, as well as Persia, especially remarkable for the wealth of illustrations. Here in a beautifully fresh example of this Dutch edition.

Image for P. SVININ. Ezhedn. zapiski v Londone. First edition, Skt. Peterburg, 1817. #2

The first Russian book on the UK and its capital, and the start of Russian anglomania

SVININ, Pavel Petrovich

Ezhednevnyia zapiski v Londone [A Daily London Notebook]

Sanktpeterburg, V tipografii Imperatorskago Vospititel'nago doma, 1817. £4,750

Rare first edition of this little book giving the London impressions of a keen Russian observer, just after Napoleon's disastrous Russian campaign. A fascinating read on many various themes. With interesting aristocratic provenance.

Image for GULBENKIAN. La Transcaucasie... First edition, inscribed. Paris, 1891. #2

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Gulbenkian's only publication - inscribed to a senior Turkish diplomat

GULBENKIAN, Calouste

La Transcaucasie et la péninsule d'Apchéron: Souvenirs de voyage

Librarie Hachette, Paris, 1891.

Scarce travel account in the Caucasus, and nowadays Azerbaijan in particular, by the founder of the Iraq Petroleum Company. A choice copy, presented to the Turkish ambassador to the UK.

Image for [BARANSHCHIKOV]. Unfortunate adventures... Rare first edition. St. Petersburg, 1787. #2

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One of the earliest Russian accounts the Caribbean Islands

[BARANSHCHIKOV, Vasilii Iakovlevich] – S. K. R

Neshchastnyia Prikliucheniia [...] v trekh chastiakh sveta: v Amerike, Azii i Evrope s 1780 po 1787 god [Unfortunate Adventures [...] in Three Parts of the World: America, Asia, and Europe, from 1780 to 1787]

Vilkovskii & Galchenkov, Skt. Peterburg, 1787.

What a story! Incredible (but true) adventures of a Russian throughout the world, and as a result an innovative book, probably the first Russian account of South America and the Caribbean, with a wealth of great details. Very rare first edition, with only one copy in the US.

Image for [ASIA]. Notes on Travel in Japan, China and India.... First edition (?), Manila, ca. 1924. #2

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For American soldiers-tourists based in the Philippines - only copy traced

Notes on Travel in Japan, China and India with Passport Regulations

Headquarters, Philippine Department, Manila, [ca. 1924].

A small guide packed with information and of utmost rarity: no other copy traced. Printed in the Philippines.

Image for A. NOROV. Journey to the Holy Land, first edition, in original Russian. St. Petersburg, 1838. #2

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The most important Russian book on the Holy Land

NOROV, Avraam Sergeevich

Puteshestvie po Sviatoi Zemle [A Journey to the Holy Land]

Skt. Peterburg, Smirdin, 1838.

A great copy of this major Russian account of the Holy Land: in full red morocco with fantastic provenances. Rare first edition.

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