Caucasian Battlefields
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1953. First. Hardcover. A history of the wars on the Turco-Caucasian Border 1928-1921. 614 pp, profuse ill and an amazing 39 folding maps. Scarce. VG+. More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1953. First. Hardcover. A history of the wars on the Turco-Caucasian Border 1928-1921. 614 pp, profuse ill and an amazing 39 folding maps. Scarce. VG+. More
London: John Murray, 1939. First. Hardcover. 308 pp, ill. VG+ copy with small stamp on front free end paper stating withdrawn from RCS library, 1931. No other markings. More
Cambridge, England: Hakluyt Society, 1964. Hakluyt-Second Series. Original Cloth. 1:Hornemann's travels from Cairo to Murzuk 1824/6, letters of Laing 1824/6 406 pp. ill. text maps & folding map. 2. Bornu Mission part 1 1822-25. 306 pp. ill. text and folding maps. 3. Bornu Mission part 2 1822/25. 285 pp. illl..... More
Calcutta: Thacker Spink, 1928. Sixth Edition. Hardcover. 656 pp, two game registers inserted in rear pocket (one with a few entries, the other clean). Intended to be a small encyclopedia to help sportsmen identify and hunt game in India. Includes large and small game with section on equipment, rifles, ammunition..... More
Exeter, England: Webb & Bower, 1982. Simkin, R. First. Hardcover. 222 pp. Index. Profuse colored illustrations. More
William Curry: Dublin, 1843. First. Hardcover. Sinde, Beloochistan, etc. detailed in a series of letters by the late Col William H Dennie ...with an appendix containing Col Dennie's correspondence with Lord Keane, Sir Henry Fane, etc. 223 pp, folding map. Narrative of the war from a soldier present... A valuable..... More
London: Constable, 1911. First Edition. Hardcover. Fergusson, W. ADVENTURE SPORT AND TRAVEL ON THE TIBETAN STEPPES 1911 London 342 pp. Large foldout map, 80 Ill. Travel and hunting. Internally very nice and tight. Orig. pict. Orig. printed cloth. Corners bumped, hinges loose (but binding folding firm). While the copy is..... More
Cairo: National Printing Department, 1904. First. Orig. Printed Boards. with proposals for the improvement of that river. to which is added a report upon Lake Tsana and the Rivers of the Eastern Soudan by Mr. Dupuis. 196 pp. Profuse ill., folding maps, and folding plans, folding ill. plus large section..... 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
Cape Town: C Struik, 1987. Reprint. Half Leather. 359 pp, ill. Deluxe edition reprint of the colored fifth ed of this classic on African big game hunting. A few pages had been folded at one time. Otherwise now vg+ in like dj, More
New York, London, Toronto: John Lane, 1913. First. Hardcover. 320 pp., 11 full page plates in color (with tissue guards), 80 half tone engravings and 4 maps. Basic book on the subject. VG+ in orig. elaborate printed cloth. Recased with new endpapers. Internally fine. A very nice copy. Large, thick..... More
Calcutta: Thacker Spink, 1840. First. Half Leather. in the expedition into Affghanistan in the years 1838-1839 under the command of H.E> Lieut. Heneral Sir John (now Lord) Keane. Illustrated by a map with views of Candahar, Ghuznee and Cabool and by various tables, also the history of the Dooranee empire..... 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
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: 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
New Jersey: David McKay, 1966. First American. Hardcover. 319 pp. ill. More
London: Smith, Elder, 1873. First Edition. Hardcover. 2 volumes: 483 & 529 pp, ill, 6 maps. Early African exploration, some big game and hunting as well as on slave trading regions. Author also discovered a new route from Sierra Leone to the River Niger crossing Africa from west to east..... More
Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1913. First Edition. Hardcover. A physiographic sketch and account of some travels. 564 pp, 207 maps, diagrams, and other illustrations. Large format, heavy book. A most important study of the area between the Oxus and Jaxartes Rivers which includes the Altai and Pamir Mountains. Includes..... More
New York: Winchester Press, 1971. Skirka, P. First. Hardcover. 143 pp, ill. In pen and pencil the antelope of Africa are depicted and described. Foreword by Tony Dyer. This coffee table sized book is as good to read as to look at. Fine in near fine slipcase. More
London: Philip Allan, 1929. First. Hardcover. 213 pp, ill. The highest mountains in the world: Simla, Hindustan Tibet Road, Sutlek River, Camps at other high altitudes, the shoulders of Kailas and the rturn journey to the Himalayas and Kulu. VG+ (very slight foxing on page edges) in original green cloth..... More