London: Tinsley Brothers, 1865. First Edition. Hardcover. or, a book of proverbial philosophy, idioms, enigmas and Laconisms compiled by Richard F Burton, Lake HM's Consul for the Bight of Biafra and Fernando Po. First edition of this important work. 455 pp. Penzer p 75, 76 described this book as RARE..... More
London: privately printed, 1894. Small paper edition of 1,000 copies. Hardcover. now first completely Englished into verse and prose. Small paper edition, 1,000 copies. Printed on hand made paper for private circulation only. Copy #124. 313 pp. Penzer p 156, 157.One of the more erotic books produced in the 1890s..... More
London: H S Nichols, 1897. Letchford, A. Edition de Luxe reprint - Coffin Set. Hardcover. Penzer p 20. This is the "coffin set" or boxed 1897 edition printed by Nichols. Of all the reprints, the second best (after the true first) is the Nichols edition of 1897. The most elaborate..... More
London: Ackermann, 1841. First Edition. Hardcover. illustrative of the wild life of a hunter on the frontier of the Cape Colony. Folio sized. 16 pp + 15 plates, hand colored and b/w lithographs. Hunting adventures in the Cape Colony. Plates depict various related sporting scenes: buffalo, zebra, wildebeest, eland, leopard..... More
London: Constable, 1927. First. Hardcover. An account of journeys in Kansu, Turkestan and the Gobi Desert. 304 pp, ill, folding map in rear. VG in original cloth binding. More
Mazoe Rhodesia: Frank Read Press, 1982. First Limited to 250 Copies. Half Leather. 218 pp. Elephant folio. A completely handmade book. Copy #9 of only 250. All presubscribed prior to publication. Following the enthusiastic reception and mountains of compliments garnered by the first tribute to Caldwell, Frank Read Press did..... More
London: E&FN Spon, 1873. First. Hardcover. The silver country and Vazeers in KULU. Its beauties, antiquities and silver mines. including a trip over the lower Himalayah (sic) range and glaciers, with numerous illustrations. 102 pp, text ill and lovely lithographed plates. The work originally appeared as a series of magazine..... More
NY: Facts on File, 1984. First American. Hardcover. 248 pp, ill incl some in color. The Himalayas and the mountains of Central Asia. Pathfinders, climbers, explorers and scientists. Fine in fine dj. More
Exeter, England: Webb & Bower, 1982. Simkin, R. First. Hardcover. 222 pp. Index. Profuse colored illustrations. More
London: Hakluyt Society, 1929. First. Hardcover. being the journals of four travellers by the great desert caravan route between Aleppo and Basra 1745-1752. 196 pp, ill. large folding map. A fine copy in orig. gilt and blindstamped cloth andvg+ jacket. More
London: Hakluyt Society, 1929. First. Hardcover. being the journals of four travellers by the great desert caravan route between Aleppo and Basra 1745-1751. 196 pp. ill. folding map of Syria and Mesopotamia. Journeys of Beawes, Roberts, Plaisted and Carmichael. More
Oxford University Press, 1913. First Edition in English. Hardcover. decouverts par Aurel Stein dans les Sables due Turkestan Oriental.TEXT IN FRENCH (translated by and published for E. Chavannes). Large format. 232 pp, 37 plates (one folding). More
Peking: Foreign Language Press, 1978. First. Orig Printed Wrappers. 186 pp + photo portfolio at end. Two colored folding maps. General outline then by administrative divisions, coasts, islands, harbors, mountains, plateaus, plains, basins, rivers, lakes, climate, soils, deserts, vegetation. VG+ in orig. printed wraps. More
London: Chatto & Windus, 1971. First. Hardcover. a study in indirect rule. 291 pp, ill. folding maps, end paper maps. Fine in like jacket. More
London: Collins, 1963. First. Hardcover. An account of the Indian Mutiny. 383 pp, end paper maps, lengthy bibliography. A unique and important record of one of the worst disasters in British Military history. Near fine in vg dj. More
NY/London: Harper & Bros, 1910. First. Hardcover. 465 pp, ill, four folding maps in text. The author made numerous journeys throughout China during the twenty years prior to writing the book. VG+ in orig. cloth. More
London: J Davy, 1880. First. Full Leather. 212 pp, ill (incl maps). Letters written by the author during the Afghan Campaign. Maps show positions of troops. Inside it is written that ONLY TWENTY COPIES have been printed. This is the printer's copy with the printer's bookplate inside front cover AND..... More
Montreal: John Lovell, 1871. First. Hardcover. being the portion of the experiences of 27 years service in various parts of the world. 198 pp. Early mention of Muscat and Persian Gulf travel. Original gilt pictorial cloth. Slight wear at spine tips and corners. Small tape marks on front free end..... More
London: Macmillan, 1939. First. Hardcover. 368 pp, ill, index. Reminiscences of thirty great years in Kenya, East Africa including sporting memories, the war in British and German East Africa and Lord Delamere as Cranworth knew him. Important work on Kenya/East Africa and hunting (author also wrote Profit and Sport in..... More
London: Faber & Faber, 1932. First. Hardcover. 353 pp, folding map in rear. History to the present, organization and work of the imperial service. VG+. More
London/Calcutta: Wh Allen, 1891. First. Hardcover. or, the danger of a Russian invasion of India. 140 pp. Remarks on the Afghan War, operations in southern Afghanistan, extracts from some other books the campaign of 1888-1890 and something on the north-west frontier. VG in orig. red cloth. More
NY: Henry Holt, 1941. First. Hardcover. A narrative of labors, adventures, alarums and excursions of the Denis-Roosevelt Asiatic Expedition to Burma. China, India and the lost Kingdom of Nepal. 415 pp, ill. Davis is an armchair travel writer of the very best sort, making this interesting trip even more so..... More
London: Quartet Books, 1981. First. Hardcover. 235 pp, ill, text maps. A history of Afghanistan (and Central Asia) - an area that includes the roof of the world, east of the sun and west of the moon and more. Fine in near fine jacket. A very good overview, enjoyable reading..... More
London: Sir Isaac Pitman, 1909. First in English. Hardcover. 218 pp, 80 ill incl text map. From Teheran throughKhorassan to the Russian frontier. Then from the Chinese frontier into Little Tibet and Kashgar, then to Quetta in Pakistan and back across the Persian frontier. This daring, intrepid traveller visited every..... More
Philadelphia PA: Lippincott, 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. An Intimate Record. 302 pp, ill. Index. The Price's trip to Africa (Sierra Leone, Gold Coast, Nigeria. Cape Town & elsewhere in South Africa, Zimbabwe and then Argentina, Chile and the Andes. The Prince's desire was to sell Her Majesty's Empire to her..... More
