The Great Chinese Travellers
London: Unwin Brothers, 1965. First. Hardcover. 309 pp, text map. The last three thousand years and the travellers that first discovered China. VG+ in vg dj. More
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Handbook of Tanganyika
Dar Es Salaam: Government of Tanganyika, 1958. First. Hardcover. 703 pp. Many text folding maps. Large colored folding map in rear pocket. In depth look at the country and history on a region by region basis. Extensive index. VG+ (one tiny closed tear at top of spine). More
Dr Livingstone's Cambridge Lectures
Cambridge UK: Deighton Bell, 1860. Second Edition. Hardcover. together with a prefatory letter by the Rev Professor Sedgwick. 380 pp, 2 folding maps. The second edition contains much more information than the first of two years earlier. VG in orig blue stamped cloth. WH Smith raised blindstamp on front free..... More
Sven Hedin as Artist
Stockholm: States Etnografiska Museum, 1964. First in English. Hardcover. 241 pp, ill. Illustrations from Hedin's Sketches of a Life-Time (sic) with new text. Issued for the centenary celebration of Hedin's borthday. Absolutely magical drawings from most of the places to which the great explorer travelled. All captioned and dated. The..... More
General Report on the Observations of the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India during 1870-1871
Dehra Dun: Superintendent of the G T Survey, 1871. First Edition. Orig Printed Wrappers. Prepared for submission to the government of India. 25 pp, ill, lengthy appendix on extracts from the narrative reports on the executive offers in charge of the survey parties and operations. Numerous fold out maps accompany..... More
Journey of Carey and Dalgleish in Chinese Turkistan & Northern Tibet
London: Royal Geographical Society. First. Marbled Boards. and General Prejevalsky on the Orography of Northern Tibet. 15 + 85 pp, ill, large folding map to accompany second offprint. Two very early offprints of the RGS regarding discoveries reported in Central Asia by English explorers. Nicely bound in marbled boards with..... More
Notes on the Recent Geography of Central Asia from Russian Sources
London: Royal Geographical Society. First. Half Leather. pp 202-263 + large folding map. Entire lengthy article. Bound with: Broadfoot, J Reports on Parts of the Ghilzi COuntry and on some of the tribes in the Neighbourhood of Ghanzi and on the route from Ghanzi to Dera Ismail Khan by the..... More
Living with Lepchas
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
The Caucasus and Its People
London: David Nutt, 1856. First. Hardcover. with a brief history of their wars and a sketch of the achievements of the renowned chief, Schamyl. The book also describes the third ascent (the first by Englishmen) of Mount Ararat. 203 pp. Author spent much of his free time in the region..... More
A Handbook of Nyasaland
Zomba, Nyasaland Protectorate: Government of Nyasaland, 1932. First. Hardcover. 436 pp, ill, colored folding map, ads front and rear. Geology, historial information, tribal settlements, warfare, natives, government, southern and northern provinces, animal and bird life, education, the King's Agrican Rifles (KAR), & miscellaneous information. Internally okay, externally the binding is..... More
History of the War in Afghanistan
London: Thomas Brooks, 1843. First. Hardcover. from its commencement to its close including a general skets of the policy and the various circumstances which induced the British government to interfere in the affairs of Afghanistan from the journals and letters of an officer high in rank and who has served..... More
Western Arabia and the Red Sea
London: Intelligence Division, 1946. June 1946. Hardcover. 659 pp, profuse ill, plates (many folding) and large pull out folding map in rear pocket. Part of the geographical handbook series. The purpose of these handbooks was to supply a vast amount of information on various parts of the world. ...and the..... More
Western Arabia and the Red Sea
London: Intelligence Division, 1946. June 1946. Hardcover. 659 pp, profuse ill, plates (many folding) and large pull out folding map in rear pocket. Part of the geographical handbook series. The purpose of these handbooks was to supply a vast amount of information on various parts of the world. ...and the..... More
Hunted Through Central Asia
Edinburg: Wm Blackwood, 1932. Third. Hardcover. 332 pp. Travels of a zoogeologist through Russian and Chinese Turkestan. VG in original red cloth. More
Guide to Chikalda
Nagpur: Government Press, 1925. First. Hardcover. with a selection of papers relating to the Gawilgarh Fort. 137 pp. Exceptionally large folding map in rear pocket. Describes the country around the Chikalda Sanatorium and also the fort in the area. A fascinating little book which goes from describing the peaceful conditions..... More
The Tourist's Guide to Kashmir, Ladakh, Skardo, &c.
Kashmir: Kashmir Medical Mission, 1923. Thirteenth. Orig stiff Printed Boards. 236 pp, two large folding map in rear. 13 ed of the basic guidebook on this area. VG+ in orig stiff boards. Someone has made neat pencil notations on rear blank pages and also on back of the last folding..... More
The Tourist's Guide to Kashmir, Ladakh, Skardo, &c.
Kashmir: Kashmir Medical Mission, 1933. Fifteenth. Orig Printed Stiff Boards. 234 pp, two large folding maps in rear. 15th edition of the basic guide book to this area. VG in orig. printed stiff boards. Former owner's name written on front free end paper. More
The Tourist's Guide to Kashmir, Ladakh, Skardo, &c.
Kashmir: Kashmir Medical Mission, 1942. Seventeenth. Hardcover. 200 pp. Probably one of the later editions of this guide book whose popularity gave it a more than fifty-year life span. VG+ in original red cloth gilt stamped. More
Handlist of the Birds of Egypt
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
The Ghurkas
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
The Springs of Adventure
London: John Murray, 1958. First. Hardcover. 240 pp, ill. The noted mountain climber looks at other men who have accomplised amazing feats in the fields of exploration, mountaineering, and deep sea adventure. The author takes a look at what makes some men quest for the springs of adventure. VG+ in..... More
Sketches from Nepal
New Delhi: Cosmo Publications, 1974. Reprint. Hardcover. Historical and descriptive with an essay on Nepalese Buddhism and illustrations of religious monuments and architecture. 2 volumes 364 & 418 pp. Reprint of a classic on the exploration and history of Nepal. VG+ in vg jackets. More
Through the Unknown Pamirs
NY: Greenwood Press, 1969. Reprint. Hardcover. The second Danish Pamir Expedition 1898-99. 229 pp, ill, 3 maps in rear incl. one folding. Fine copy. More
Narrative of a Year's Journey Through Central And Eastern Arabia (1862-63)
London: Macmillan, 1865. First. Half Leather. 2 vol. 466 pp, frontis, large folding map before ch 1 and 2 folding plans; 398 pp. A cornerstone work on travel & exploration in Central & eastern Arabia. The trip was undertaken for the purpose of observing the desert regions and their inhabitants..... More