(Travel), three early 20th Century works published MacLehose...

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(Travel), three early 20th Century works published MacLehose, Glasgow, all limited edition reissues of notable antiquarian travel books, each limited editions of 1,000 copies only, comprising Engelbert Kaempfer: 'The History of Japan. Together with a Description of the Kingdom of Siam 1690-1692', 1906, 3 volumes, port. frontis of Sir Hans Sloane + 162 plates, maps & plans (several folding) & ills. in text as called for, largely unopened, uniform red cloth gilt with lotus flower designs in gilt to front covers, tope edges gilt, reissue of the original 1727 edition; Thomas Coryat: 'Coryat's Crudities. Hastily gobled up in five Months travells in France, Savoy, Italy, Rhetia commonly called the Grisons country, Helvetia alias Switzerland', 1905, 2 volumes, 1- plates (several folding) as called for, uncut, uniform red cloth gilt, top edges gilt, reissue of the original edition of 1611; Captaine John Smith: 'The Generall Historie of Virginia, New England & The Summer Isles. Together with The True Travels, Adventures and Observations, and a Sea Grammar', 1907, 2 vols, 13 maps & plates (some folding) as called for, partly unopened, uniform original cloth gilt, top edges gilt, reissue of the original editions of 1627 and 1630, all part of the publisher's same series, all uniform publisher's red cloth gilt (7)