NY: Praeger, 1970. First American. Hardcover. Eyewitness accounts of Chinese History. 175 pp, ill. Reports from :distinguished visitors" during each period of China's history. Nine basic periods and about fifteen basic travel accounts summarized. Fine in VG+ jacket. More
London: Wh Allen, 1852. First. Hardcover. Their social and political condition and the religion of Boodh as there existing, compiled from the reports of ancient and modern travellers, esp. Huc's reminiscences of this recent journey.... 178 pp, large folding map in front. A lovely vg+-near fine copy in original green..... 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
NY: Henry Holt, 1920. First. Hardcover. Mining engineer, geologist, archaeologist and explorer. 367 pp. Autobiography of the man who explored Europe and Central Asia. VG+ (front free end papers browned otherwise nice) in original blue cloth. More
NY: Cross River Press, 1983. Second Printing. Hardcover. 143 pp, ill. A pictorial collection of the finest early sea charts and maps compiled by the earliest explorer. Save for unobtrusive former owner's blindstamp both book and jacket would be like new. Special postage: US$12.50; Foreign surface $35.00. More
Delhi: Vivek Publishing, 1974. Reprint with Index. Hardcover. 1102 pp. Tremendous amount of information especially as regards geography and travel and trade routes. More
London: Chapman & Hall, 1852. First. Hardcover. 270 pp. A series of articles that originally appeared in Benares magazine here collected in book form because they were so popular and considered so accurate. A VG+ copy in original blindstamped cloth. 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
Seattle WA: The Mountaineers, 1980. First. Hardcover. The American Ascent of K2. 301 pp, ill, index plus 2 pp list of books published by The Mountaineers. Fine in like dj and signed by author on title page. More
Kathmandu Nepal: Ratna Pustak Bhandar, 1978. Reprint. Hardcover. A naturalist's adventure in Nepal. 301 pp, ill, fold out map, end paper maps. Author visited Nepal to collect specimens for the Smithsonian Institution. This is an account of his team's travels throughout that country. VG+ in like dj. More
Calcutta: Bengal Secretariat Press, 1894. First Edition. Hardcover. 392 pp, ill., folding plates, two folding maps inserted in front pocket. Tremendous amount of information on this interesting and remote part of the Tibetan frontier. Also inserted in the front pocket are 3 pages of note on what seems to be..... More
New York: St Martins Press, 1961. First American. Hardcover. Climax of imperialism in the Dark Continent. 491 pp. Folding maps. More
New York: The Century Co, 1891. First. Hardcover. Notes of a Journey through China, Mongolia and Tibet. 398 pp, ill., 2 maps. Rockhill spent 4 years in Tibet, then embarked on a journey through the Chinese empire. Incl. history, geography, ethnology. Only two explorers (Prjevalsky and Singh) ever visited these..... More
NY: The Century Co, 1891. First. Hardcover. Notes of a journey through China, Mongolia and Tibet. 398 pp, profuse ill. The results of a long journey through several thousand miles of the imperfectly known parts of the Chinese empire. VG. Internally actually near fine. And Covers nice in original blindstamped..... More
NY: Free Press, 1984. First. Hardcover. A history of China from antiquity to the present. 450 pp, 20 text maps. The culmination of forty years of study - called the best single volume history of China. Fine in like jacket. More
Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1911. First Edition. Hardcover. 422 pp. The author's travels to the East, through Asia, the Middle East, India, Japan and Korea. Ronaldshay was a fairly prolific writer and a keen observer of what surrounded him. An interesting Asia travel narrative. VG condition. Endpapers..... More
London: Constable, 1927. Third Impression. Original Cloth. 262 pp,. A study of the psychology of Indian unrest. This is the final book in his series on problems in the Indian empire. Orig. blue blindstamped and gilt cloth. Stamp of the High Commissioner for Great Britain in Canada on front free..... More
London: The Royal Geographical Society, 1916. First Edition. Soft cover. Volume XLVII No 1 January 1916. 80 pp, large folding map, 1 folding plate. Railway development in Africa, the Kivu Country by Sharpe, Journey across Tsa-Rung by Kingdon-Ward. VG in orig. blue printed wraps. Small over stamp on front cover..... More
London: Royal Geographical Society, 1901. First Edition. Hardcover. Vol XVII - January to June 1901. 740 pp, maps, folding maps, illustrations. Incl. explorations by Sir Harry Johnston, St Hill Hibbons, Thomas Holdich on the geography of the northwest frontier of India, Normal Collie exploring the Canadian Rocky Mountains, Tanganyika and..... More
London: Royal Geographical Society, 1908. First Edition. Hardcover. Volume XXXI January to June 1908. 752 pp, profuse folding maps (some colored) and illustrations. Exploration f Nun Kun by Workman, The Gorge and Basin of the Zambezi, Northwest valley of the Amazon, Mountaineering expedition to the Himalaya of Garhwal, Through Eastern..... More
London: Royal Geographical Society, 1908. First Edition. Hardcover. Volume the XXXII - July to December 1908. 699 pp, folding maps and ill. Some scientific results of Antarctic expeditions by Gregory, Journey to South of the Tana River, East Africa, Aurel Stein's expedition in Central Asia, several article on New Zealand..... More
London: Royal Geographical Society, 1909. First Edition. Hardcover. Volume XXXIII - January to June 1909. 788 pp, profuse folding maps and text sketch maps. Danish North-East Greenland Expedition, Sven Hedin's Journey in central Asia and later his Journey in Tibet, FIfty Years of Nile Exploration, The Panama Canal in 1908..... More
London: Royal Geographical Society, 1909. First Edition. Hardcover. Volume XXIV - July to December 1909. 754 pp + text and sketches maps and many folding maps. Including 3 large colored folding maps of Antarctic by Shackleton, map of Uganda Congo Boundary and Nile map. Articles incl Central Asia by Hedin..... More
