Arabic Proverbs
London: Darf, 1990. New Impression. Hardcover. Manners and customs of the modern Egyptians illustrated from their proverbial sayings current at Cairo. Translated and explained by Burckhardt. 283 pp. Reprint of 1830 orig. ed. More
London: Darf, 1990. New Impression. Hardcover. Manners and customs of the modern Egyptians illustrated from their proverbial sayings current at Cairo. Translated and explained by Burckhardt. 283 pp. Reprint of 1830 orig. ed. More
London: E&FN Spon, 1873. First. Hardcover. The silver country and Vazeers in KULU. Its beauties, antiquities and silver mines. including a trip over the lower Himalayah (sic) range and glaciers, with numerous illustrations. 102 pp, text ill and lovely lithographed plates. The work originally appeared as a series of magazine..... More
London: Faber & Faber, 1932. First. Hardcover. 353 pp, folding map in rear. History to the present, organization and work of the imperial service. VG+. More
London/Calcutta: Wh Allen, 1891. First. Hardcover. or, the danger of a Russian invasion of India. 140 pp. Remarks on the Afghan War, operations in southern Afghanistan, extracts from some other books the campaign of 1888-1890 and something on the north-west frontier. VG in orig. red cloth. More
Calcutta: Thacker Spink, 1903. 1903. Hardcover. A guide for visitors. 612 pp, ill, folding map in front, pull out folding maps in rear pocket. Complete with folding plates etc. Recased with new front free end paper. A most interesting guide book. VG. More
London: Scholartis Press, 1928. First Ltd to 960 Copies. Hardcover. through Sikkim and Tibet to Chumolaori. 133 pp, ill. An interesting journey through Sikkim on Tibet over what was truly then (and today) an unfrequented highway. Near fine copy. One of only 960 copies. Non-authorial inscription on front free end..... More
New Delhi: Manjusri, 1969. Reprint (ltd to 1,000 copies). Hardcover. in October, November and December 1873. 93 pp. Author was the Deputy Commissioner for Darjeeling. VG+ Ltd ed reprint of 1,000 copies. Author travelled from Darjeeling through the mountains and valleys to Sikhim and then to the Tibetan frontier and..... More
Calcutta: W Newman, 1959. First. Hardcover. 130 pp, ill. folding map and some folding plates. Crammed full of information on Nepal. VG. More
London: Cassell & Company, 1965. First. Hardcover. The story of the Indian Army 1939-1945.392 pp. The triumphant swan song of the old Indian Army. VG+ in vg dj. More
London: John Murray, 1856. First English. Hardcover. in Persia, Afghanistan, Turkistan and Beloochistan with historical notices of the countries lying between Russia and India. 534 pp, large folding map in rear. Travel throughout the area plus the latest accounts of atrocities by the natives. VG only in original red blindstamped..... More
London: John Murray, 1858. First English. Half Leather. 491 pp, large folding map in rear. One of the basic classics on the subject. VG in half leather binding over marbled boards. Almost no wear at corners nor at spine tips. An appealing copy. More
Kent: Spellmount, 1992. First. Hardcover. The Indian and Pakistan Armies 1903-1991. Story of the Honourable East India Company and the two armies which it spawned. 379 pp, ill. Fine in near fine dj. More
London: Horace Marshall, 1901. First. Set in Zippered Leather Pouch. 271 pp. LACKING MAP in rear. Original board cover with map of E Africa has been set in leather pouch. Little better than a reading copy. More
London: Pall Mall Press, 1967. First. Hardcover. 179 pp. Amn interesting look at a country that always throughout history seems to have been a focal point in east-west conflicts. Fine in near fine jacket. Hard to believe "this country is breaking through from the middle ages right into the 20th..... More
Lahore: Civil & Military Gazette, 1923. Fourth. Orig Printed Stiff Boards. 75 pp, index, large folding map in rear. This new edition is intended to give only information likely to be of permanent value and as such is practically a new guide. VG in orig. printed stiff wraps. More
Hamden CT: Archon Books, 1979. First American. Hardcover. Explorers of the Western Himalayas 1865-1895. 277 pp, ill., text maps. Index. They came, they saw and they conquered. Exploration of 40,000 square miles of the world's highest mountains, an unknown and impossibly remote wilderness which became for a while the flash..... More
London: Henry Frowde, 1903. First. Orig Self Closing Case. with examples of phrases and conversational sentences. 83 pp. In remarkably nice condition, showing almost no signs of use. All edges gilt. More
Oxford: Clarendon Pres, 1886. First. Hardcover. being an account by the Chinese Monk Fa-Hien of his travels in India and Ceylon (AD 399-414) in search of the Buddhist Books of discipline. 123 pp, ill + lengthy appendix of original manuscript in Chinese. VG copy in original printed boards, over cloth..... More
London England: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green, 1826. First in English. Hardcover. written by himself in the Jaghatai Turki (and translated by Leyden and Erskine). Notes plus geographical and historical introductions together with a map of the countries between the Oxus and Jaxartes and a memoir regarding its construction..... More
London: William Heinemann, 1938. First. Hardcover. 312 pp, ill w author's photos, end paper maps. History of the area, geography, the people and their family life, customs etc., bibliography and index. VG in original cloth. More
Cairo: Government Press, 1919. First. Orig Printed Stiff Boards. Ministry of Public Works, Zoological Service, Cairo. 119 pp + 31 colored plates on thick paper. Intended to be as complete a list as possible of the birds of Egypt. Also has in front a large colored folding map of Egypt..... More
London: John Lane, 1928. First. Hardcover. Their manners, customs and country. 282 pp, ill, foldout map. History of Nepal, her soldiers and the people to managed to survive in this harsh land. A nice copy for the collector. VG+-near fine in original cloth and in the original pictorial jacket which..... More
London: Richard Phillips, 1813. First. Plain Linin Over Paper Boards. to the Cape of Good hope, Isles of Bourbon, France and Seychelles, to Madras, and the Isles of Java, St Paul and Amsterdam. 112 pp. Folding map frontis. Bookplate of Percival Bishop. Plain binding deserves to be replaced as this..... More
London: Oxford Univ Press, 1968. First. Hardcover. 232 pp. The first attempt in English to provide a comprehensive statistical guide to the Mongolian People's Republic. Near fine in vg dj. More
London: Macmillan, 1912. First. Hardcover. Clans that inhabit the Hill country of India. 250 pp, ill, index, bibliography, gloassary. Folklore, religion, laws, customs etc. VG in original blue gilt stamped cloth. Minor wear at corners and spine tips. More