Scottish Geographical Magazine, 1912. First. Cloth. combined with three other offprints from the same publication. Notes on the falls of the Tsang-Po (Feb 1914), Exploration of the Tsang-Po or upper Brahmaputra with folding map (November 1914), and In Russian Turkestan under the Bolsheviks (April 1921). At the top of each... More about Journey Through a Portion of Southeastern Tibet and the Mishmi Hills
Bulawayo: Books of Rhodesia, 1969. Reprint. Hardcover. Sketched on the spot. 1969 Rhodesia. Facsimile reprint of 1865 orig. ed. with new biographical and bibliographical information. Imperial folio 15x 23 inches. Reproductions of Baines' splendid paintings of the Victoria Falls. Although this reprint is not limited, it is estimated that only... More about The Victoria Falls of the Zambesi River
New York: A L Burt. Hardcover. 426 pp, + pub ads in rear. Baker's popular fiction story dedicated to young boys. VG. More about Cast up by the Sea
London and New York: Longmans Green, 1895. New Edition. Hardcover. 376 pp, ill. Baker spent 8 years living on the island. More natural history than hunting but includes a fair amount of hunting for elephant and hunting wild boar and sambur. VG+ in orig. maroon cloth with silver stamping. All... More about Eight Years in Ceylon
London: Chatto & Windus, 1876. First. Hardcover. Travels and Adventures on the Perso-Turkoman Frontier. 376 pp, ill (some colored), 3 large folding maps in front. VG in orig green blindstamped cloth. Some wear at corners and spine tips professionally (and obscurely) strengthened. More about Clouds in the East
Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, 1953. First. Hardcover. Two volumes totalling 1,525 pp., 54 full page plates incl. 30 in color and 433 text figures. More about The Birds of West and Equatorial Africa
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1970. First. Hardcover. the Dalai Lama's fight for Tibet. 235 pp, end paper maps. More about From the Land of Lost Content
United Kingdom: New Orchard Editions, 1986. Second. Hardcover. A pictorial history of the area from 1839 to 1947. 184 pp. Profuse b/w photographic ill. More about The North-West Frontier: British India and Afghanistan
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 VG+ copy with small stamp on front free end paper stating withdrawn from RCS library, 1931.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 about India's North-west Frontier
Miadstone, Natal, South Africa: Tongaat Group Limited, 1979. Saunders, K. First. Hardcover. 343 pp. Ill. in b/w & color. Botanical and biographical notes and explanations. More about The Flower Paintings of Katharine Saunders
Cambridge: Hakluyt Society, 1961. Hakluyt. Hardcover. true relation of the lands of Prester John being the narrative of the Portuguese embassy to Ethiopia in 1510 written by Father Alvares. 2 volumes totally 617 pp, ill. VG+ set in like jackets. More about The Prester John of the Indies
Brussels: Belgian Congo and Ruanda Urundi Information and Public Relations Office, 1959. First. Hardcover. 2 volumes. 547 and 187 pp. Monumental work on the Belgian Congo. The country and the people from before the arrival of the Belgians and into modern times. 13 folding maps: 12 in the rear of... More about Belgian Congo
New York: Boni & Liveright, 1928. First American. Hardcover. 198 pp. Near fine but inside front flap of jacket has been pasted (neatly) to front free end paper. More about Persian Pictures
London: Kegan Paul, 1911. New Edition. Hardcover. 218 pp. Life of one of the earliest and noted Chinese travellers. More about The Life of Huien-Tsiang
Lahore: Rai Sahib M Gulab Singh, 1901. First. Hardcover. on a new and improved system, combing brevity with practical utility and including exercises and dialogues intended to facilitate the acquisition of the coloquial. 155 pp. Original cloth. Slight bubbling of cloth on front/rear and some wear at corners. Very small... More about A Grammar to the Pukkhto or Pushto Language
London: Self Published, 1974. Limited Ed #55. Hardcover. including Beluch. 59 examples with photos and bibliography. #55 of an unspecified limited edition. Fine. More about Catalogue of Turkoman Weaving
Bostob: Ticknor and Company, 1887. First. Hardcover. 507 pp, profuse text ill. Author was the first minister of the US to Persia. Covers his travels through Persia (especially what is now Iran and much on Teheran) and the Middle East. Considered one of the basic, and best, accounts of post-1900... More about Persia and the Persians
Cape Town, South Africa: Don Nelson, 1987. Second Edition. Soft Covers. Introductory overview to the history of the Bantu speaking peoples of Southern Africa. 81 pp. Profuse illustrations. More about Tribes and Kingdoms
NY: James A McCann, 1921. First. Hardcover. An anthropological exploration. 264 pp, ill. Wanyika, Wakamba, Wakikuyu and Masai tribes. Includes one tribal lion hunt.. VG+ in orig. cloth. More about On the Trail of the Pigmies
London: Pelham Richardson Cornhill, 1830. First. Hardcover. or, a soldier's reminiscences of native and European life in the Presidencies from 1808 to 1838. 2 volumes 344 pp & 367 pp. folding map (vol 1) and plates. During this very long residence the author traveled throughout the populated and unpopulated areas... More about Thirty Years in India
London: Blackie & Son, 1867. First. Hardcover. from the first landing of the English to the suppression of the Sepy Revolt including an outline of the early history of Hindoostan. Three volumes: 707, 852 & 743 pp. Over 500 text ill. An in depth history. A beautiful set in elaborate... More about A Comprehensive History of India
London: William Blackwood, 1924. First. Hardcover. authored under the pseudonym of Stor Lob. 307 pp. 2 ill. End paper map of Persia, Transcaspia, Central Asia, Afghanistan, Kashmir, Pamirs, Sinkiang. VG. More about Tales from Turkistan
London: John Murray, 1960. First. Hardcover. 495 pp. Russian infiltration of the Caucasus during the 19th century. Writers, including Dumas and Tolstoy, who fought in this area, found some of their greatest literary inspirations from the region. Blanche's extensive research makes this a powerful, intense and exciting drama of war... More about The Sabres of Paradise
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1973. First. Hardcover. 280 pp, ill. Journeys of a number of men who crossed Central Asia including Aurel Stein, Hsuang-rsang, Jhengiz Khan, Dr Joseph Wolff and more. Fine in near fine jacket. More about The Golden Road to Samarkand
Asiatic Society, 1847. First. Offprint in Board Covers. pp 350-366 of the April 1847 issue of the journal. Covers the numerous (15) species of wild sheep that are now recognized in Central Asia. Good only condition. First page detached. The entire article bound in board covers. Scarce. More about Some Further Notice of the Species of Wild Sheep
