Big Game in Antarctica
Bristol UK: Arrowsmith, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. 254 pp, ill. Author spent a season in and around S. Georgia. He went whaling and collected museum specimens. VG to vg+ in orig. blue gilt cloth. More
Travel & Exploration
Land of the Eye
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
The Road to Kabul
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
Around Afghanistan
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
The Tour of the Prince of Wales to Africa and South America
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
Discovery and Exploration
London: Paul Hamlyn Spring House, 1960. intro by Edward Shackleton. First Edition. Hardcover. An atlas history of man's journeys into the unknown. 272 pp. Profuse ill. Why man explores, famous explorers and their routes. Africa, Asia, Australia, North & South America, Polar. Nice bibliography. Large format, heavy book. Near fine... More
Rulers of Mecca
London: George G Harrap, 1931. First. Hardcover. 145 pp. ill. The first full length account in English of the Meccan rulership. Describes the rulers of Mecca and their reigns. Incl. bibliography, glossary, chronological tables and a comprehensive index. More
Personal Narrative of the Campaigns in Affghanistan
William Curry: Dublin, 1843. First. Hardcover. Sinde, Beloochistan, etc. detailed in a series of letters by the late Col William H Dennie ...with an appendix containing Col Dennie's correspondence with Lord Keane, Sir Henry Fane, etc. 223 pp, folding map. Narrative of the war from a soldier present... A valuable... More
A Persian Bibliography
London: privately Printed, 1981. First. Hardcover. A catalogue of the library of books and periodicals in western languages on Persia (Iran) in the Diba collection. 383 pp, ill. Indexed by title and by author. Thousands of entries. One corner bumped, and one slight bump top of spine, otherwise fine (especially... More
The North-west Frontier of West Pakistan
Oxford: Clarendon Pres, 1967. First. Hardcover. a study in regional geography. 231 pp, ill + 20 pp of photographic plates. SHowing the detailed relation of the people and their harsh physical surroundings. Author intervewed many of the border people. Near fine in like dj. More
The Arab of the Desert
London: George Allen Unwin, 1951. Second. Hardcover. A glimpse into Badawin Life in Kuwait and Sau'di Arabia. 664 pp, profuse ill, numerous folding maps enclosed in holder inside rear cover. VG condition (maps fine) in original cloth. More
The Garhwal Himalayas: Ramparts of Heaven
New Delhi: Lustre Press, 1987. First. Hardcover. Photographs by Ashok Dilwali, foreword by Sir E Hillary.40 pp of text and photographers notes plus 82 spectacular plates. Photo end papers. A lavish work about the small district of garhwal that has long been considered a throne of the gods to the... More
A Journal of a Tour in the Congo Free State
Brussels: J Lebegue and Co, 1905. First Edition. Half Leather. 192 pp, ill. fold out map tipped in at rear. Author states in preface that he went to the Congo with the hope of shooting big game and had a negative opinion of the Congo government. After a lengthy trip... More
The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province and Kashmir
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1916. First. Hardcover. 373 pp, ill. Geography, people, history, natural history. Profuse ill. from photos. VG+ in orig map stamped front cover. More
Catalogue of First Editions of Rudyard Kipling
New York: Drake, 1937. First. Hardcover. 16 pp catalogue issued by the New York City bookseller. More
The Diamond Hunters of South Africa
London: Griffith Farran, 1889. First Edition. Hardcover. Drayson, A. THE DIAMOND HUNTERS OF SOUTH AFRICA nd ca 1889 London 383 pp, ill. In southern Africa, (Natal), among the large and small game, spooring wild elephant, a lion hunt and a buffalo hunt in the Umganie bush, and a journey to... More
The Jummoo and Kashmir Territories
Karachi, Pakistan: Indus Publications, 1980. Reprint. Hardcover. 568 pp. ill. large folding maps in rear pocket inside back cover. Drew was employed by the Maharajah of Kashmir to study the country,s geography. For a time he was also governor of Ladakh. The book covers Jammu, Kashmir, Ladakh, Baltistan and Dardistan... More
The Jummoo and Kashmir Territories
Austria: Akademische Druck, 1976. Reprint. Hardcover. 568 pp, ill, pull out folding maps in rear pockets. Drew belonged to that early important group of British explorer / travellers who contributed greatly to the knowledge about every place he travelled, especially the very remote areas. His work is considered a classic... More
The Jummoo and Kashmir Territories
Karachi, Pakistan: Indus Publications, 1980. Reprint. Hardcover. 568 pp, ill, pull out folding maps in rear pocket. Reprint of an important and interesting travel narrative by a man who was able to enrich the knowledge of all by writing about the remote places he visited. VG+ in vg dj. Purchase... More
The Northern Barrier of India
London: Edward Stanford, 1877. First Under This Title. Hardcover. A popular account of the Jummoo and Kashmir Territories. 336 pp, ill. The is the first ed of the book orig. published as The Jummoo and Kashmir Territories. 3 mounted Woodbury types from photos by Frith, 23 engraved ill, folding isometric... More
The Land of the Midnight Sun
NY: Harper & Bros, 1903. Second. Hardcover. Summer and winter journeys through Sweden, Norway, Lapland, and Northern Finland. In two volumes with a map and 235 illustrations. Vol 1: 441 pp. Vol 2: 474 pp. A classic travel work on the area. Condition of this is amazing. Fine and we... More
Stories of the Gorilla Country
NY: Harper & Brothers, 1867. 1867. Hardcover. 292 pp, ill. This edition published for teenagers. Stories of the author's explorations and hunting, adventures with wild animals and two legged ones as well. Fair only condition. Rear endpaper torn out. However, nicely inscribed and signed Paul once and Paul Du Chaillu... More
Wild Life Under the Equator
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1868. First Edition. Hardcover. narrated for young people. Stories of wildlife and adventure in Equatorial regions of Africa. 231 pp, ill, pub. ads in rear. Poor condition. Almost disbound, but complete. Nicely inscribed and signed also dated. More
Kashmir and Jammu
Calcutta: Thacker Spink, 1903. 1903. Hardcover. A guide for visitors. 613 pp, ill, folding plans, pull out folding maps in front and rear pockets. Extremely detailed guide book. VG and complete even including one errata sheet on p 321. Scarce. More
Kashmir and Jammu
Calcutta: Thacker Spink, 1903. 1903. Hardcover. A guide for visitors. 612 pp, ill, folding map in front, pull out folding maps in rear pocket. Complete with folding plates etc. Recased with new front free end paper. A most interesting guide book. VG. More