Travel & Exploration
TE Lawrence to E T Leeds
England: Whittington Press, 1988. Richard Kennedy. First Ltd 80 Copies. Full Leather. With a compantary by ET Leeds, edited and with an introduction by JM Wilson, with a memoir of ET Leeds by DB Harden and illustrated with line drawings by Richard Kennedy. Book is 140 pp. There is a...... More
An Eastern Odyssey
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1935. First American. Hardcover. the third expedition of Haardt and Audouin-Dubreuil in Central Asia. 354 pp, ill, fold out map, end paper maps of exploring route through China, Mongolia, Tibet, Afghanistan, Turkestan Iraq and Syria. VG+ in orig. cloth. More
Witness of the Wilderness
London: Longmans, Green, 1909. First. Orig Pictorial Cloth. The Bedawin (sic) of the desert, their origin, history, home life, strife, religion an superstitions in their relation to the bible. 222 pp. 28 ill. More
An Eastern Odyssey
Boston: Little Brown, 1935. First American. Hardcover. the third expedition of Haardt and Dubreuil (Citroen Expedition). Syria, Iraq, Turkestan, Afghanistan, Pamirs, Gobi Desert and Mongolia. Through also to Gilgit, Srinagar, Kashgar, Kabul, Ghazbi and more. A long expedition. 368 pp, ill, end paper maps. VG in VG dj. More
A Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms
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
Memoirs of Zehir-ed-Din Muhammed Baber, Emperor of Hindustam
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
Tibet The Sacred Realm
Aperture Books, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Photographs 1880-1950. 159 pp, profuse ill. Large format. 140 Photographs from the archives of many museums and collections taken by intrepid travelers, adventurers, naturalists and explorers. Many of the things photographed have long since been destroyed. Fine in fine jacket. More
Documents Relating to the Search and Relief Expedition
London: Royal Geographical Society, 1872. First. Hardcover. and Dr Livingstone's Explorations of the Upper Congo. Two ussues of the Processings of the Royal Geographical Society Vol XVL Dec 28 1872 and Vol XVII Feb 24 1873. The 1872 issue also contains some other news on DOctor Livingstone and the 1973..... More
Narrative of an Edpedition to the Zambesi
NY: Harper & Brothers, 1866. American. Hardcover. and its tributaries and of the discovery of the lakes Shirwa and Nyassa 1858-1865. 638 pp, ill, large folding map and pub ads in rear. One double page plate in front. Classic of African travel & exploration. Fair condition only in orig. blindstamped..... More
Account of Koonawur in the Himalaya
London: James Madden & Co, 1841. First. Hardcover. 308 pp, + appendix. With large pull out folding map in front pocket. An important, early and still today respected account of this region. A splendid copy in original blindstamped cloth, mainly uncut, crisp and clean inside. Very little near to binding..... More
Garden Birds of Southern Africa
Johannesburg, South Africa: Winchester Press, 1981. First. Hardcover. Laid inside is publisher's prospectus. Unobtrusive raised blindstamp of Munger Africana Library on title page. This is the true first printing and does not state any other printing on copyright page. More
The Mission to Kandahar
Calcutta: CB Lewis, 1860. First. Hardcover. with supplementary report on the expedition into upper Meeranzye and Koordum in 1856. 28 2pp, one text map, one folding map and one very lagre folding map. With appendices on routes, sketches of Afghan tribes, notes on Afghan field sports and more. Original front..... More
Touring in Sikkim and Tibet
Calcutta: Thacker Spink, 1943. First. Orig Printed Wraps. 126 pp. Large pull out frolding map laid inside front cover. Detailed guide book on Tibet. The people, touring information, centers for touring, bibliography, fishing and shooting and detailed tours as well as frontier passes. A VG+ copy in original printed wraps..... More
Afghanistan
London: G Bell, 1929. First. Hardcover. from Darius to Amanulla. 359 pp, ill, large folding map in rear. Interesting history of Afghanistan. Nice association copy. From the library of Col Richard Meinertzhagen (noted British military officer and author) with his bookplate and then with Christmas presentation inscription to his nephew..... More
The Land of Uz
London: Macmillan & Co, 1911. First. Hardcover. 354 pp, ill, large folding map. An in depth look at the country and countries of the southwestern Arabian Peninsula. VG+ in original gilt red cloth. Minor wear at top pf spine and one slight crease in bottom of spine, which is also..... More
A Memoir on the Indian Surveys
Amsterdam: Meridian Publ Co, 1968. Reprint of Second Edition. Hardcover. 481 pp, 3 large colored folding maps. The object of this was to furnish a general view of all the surveying and other geographical operations in India from their first commencement. A fine copy of a book very scarce in..... More
Narratives of the Mission of George Bogle to Tibet and of the Journey of Thomas Manning to Lhasa
London: Trubner & Co, 1879. Second. Half Leather, marbled Boards. 362 pp, ill, folding maps. First British Mission to Tibet sent in 1774 under Bogle established a relationship between Tibet and British India. In 1811 Thomas Manning followed in Bogle's footsteps. An indispensable source in the study of Anglo-Tibetan relations..... More
Cargoes of the East
London: Elm Tree Books, 1978. First. Hardcover. Ports, trade and culture of the Arabian seas and western Indian Ocean. Foreword by Elspeth Huxley. 244 pp. ill. More
Exploration of the Shaksgam Valley and Aghil Ranges 1926
Dehra Dun India: Surveyor General of India, 1928. First. Full Leather. 182 pp, profuse ill. incl. some photogravures. Large pull out folding map in rear pocket. This being vol 12 (complete in itself) of the records of the survey of India. Scarce. Full leather binding, gilt inner dentelles, marbled end..... More
The Men Who Ruled India
NY: WW Norton, 1985. First American. Hardcover. Under the moghuls, traders and rules to the golden age, the guardians and the loss of power. 368 pp, profuse ill incl some in color, index, pictorial end papers. Near fine in like dj. More
A Shaft of Sunlight
London: Andre Deutsch, 1978. First. Hardcover. Memories of a Varied Life. 240 pp, ill, photo end papers. Author served for nearly 20 years in the Indian Civil Service and Defense Dept of the Govt of India. He contrasts his own richly colorful life on the outposts of British empire with..... More
Les Documents Chinois
London: Trustees of the British Museum, 1953. First. Hardcover. de la troisieme expedition de Sir Aurel Stein en Asie Central. 268 pp plys fifty full page plates. Describes in FRENCH the 930 items discovered by Stein on his third Central Asian expedition of 1913-5. Although it took years to study..... More
Under the Mountain Wall
NY: Viking Press, 1962. First. Hardcover. A chronicle of two seasons in the stone age. 256 pp, ill, end paper map in front and mountain wall endpaper scene in rear, + photos on coated stock in rear, glossary of personal names, useful index. Fine in vg+ dj. More