Alexander of Macedon
London: Robert Hale, 1946. First. Hardcover. The Journey to the World's End. 402 pp. End paper maps. An interesting biographical and historical narrative. Near fine. More
Travel & Exploration
Travels in China
Woodridge, Suffolk: Antique Collector's Club, 1989. First. Hardcover. A Plantsman's Paradise, 516 pp, profuse color & b/w ill, end paper maps. Author has a long and distinguished career as a plantsman. He has travelled worldwide to study the world's flora. As a result of his travels in China, he is..... More
The Opening of Tibet
NT: Doubleday Page, 1905. First American. Hardcover. An account of central Lhasa and the country and people of Central Tibet and of the progress of the mission sent there by the English government in the year 1903-1904. Intro by Capt Younghusband. 484 pp, ill. More
A Handy Guide to Kashmir
Ca: Star Press, 1918. August 1916 Edition. Orig Printed Stiff Wraps. by Pandit Man Mohan Lal Langar, Motamid Darbar - Kashmir State. 208 pp, folding map at fron and at rear, + 1 folding plan in text. Hints for visitors, routes, descriptions of valleys and cities, arts and industries, sport..... More
Narrative of a Residence in the Court of Meer Ali Moorad
London: Hurst and Blackett, 1860. First. Hardcover. with wild sports in the valley of the Indus. 2 vol: 300 & 306 pp, ill. Author had just returned from India when we was requested by the Meer to return. His long residence and knowledge of the area is imparted in the..... More
High Tartary
Boston: Little Brown, 1930. First. Hardcover. 370 pp, end paper maps. The whole empire of Ghengis Khan was Tartary. Manchuria, Mongolia, the Pamirs and Tien Shan have also been considered part of Tartary. The barbaric hordes that broke through Central Asian barriers to the east and west were considered Tartars..... More
Silks, Spices and Empire
NY: Delacorte Press, 1968. First. Hardcover. Asia as seen through the eyes of its discoverers. 340 pp, bibliography, text map. Deco end papers. VG+-near fine in vg+ dj. Dramatic first hand accounts of history with lucid introductions. More
A Brief Record of the Advance of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force
London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1919. Second. Orig stiff Printed Boards. under the command of General Sir Edmund HH Allenby. July 1917 - October 1918. Compiled from official sources. Second edition. Contains the order of battle and campaign maps for the front of which Lawrence's campain was an important part..... More
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
West Africa the Elusive
Oxford: John Bale, Sons & Danielsson, 1921. First. Hardcover. 321 pp., ill. colored folding map in rear. Author was sent by his newspaper to Nigeria to describe that country and West Africa Scarce but VG condition,, bottom corners cloth worn through to boards. Library label inside rear cover (no other..... 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
Travels in Southern Africa
London: Henry Colburn, 1815. First Edition. Half Leather. in the years 1803-1804, 1805 and 1806. Printed 1812, 1815. Translated from the original German by A. Plumptre. 2 large format volumes, large folding map, 8 plates, incl. one folding plate. Vol 1 383 pp, appendix, index; vol 2 368 pp, appendix..... More
The Other Livingstone
Cape Town and Lodon: David Philip, Julian Friedman, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. 292 pp, ill, end paper maps. From the early days to the end. Index, bibliography. True 1st ed in almost as new condition but with the almost imperceptible raised blindstamp of the Munger Africana Library. 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
A popular account of Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa
London: John Murray, 1861. Popular. Hardcover. 436 pp, ill, fold out map in rear, fold out frontis. 31 other ill. Travels in the Kalahari Desert, discovery of Lake NGami, along the Zambesi and eventually discovering the Victoria Falls. With notices of the elephant and lion and natural history of the..... 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