Guide to Nepal
Calcutta: W Newman, 1959. First. Hardcover. 130 pp, ill. folding map and some folding plates. Crammed full of information on Nepal. VG. More
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A Roll of Honour
London: Cassell & Company, 1965. First. Hardcover. The story of the Indian Army 1939-1945.392 pp. The triumphant swan song of the old Indian Army. VG+ in vg dj. More
Heritage of the Desert
New York: Ronald Press, 1956. First. Hardcover. 311 pp. End paper maps. Picture of the Middle East by one of the few foreigners that early on was invited by King Saud to Riyadh and who became friends with many Bedouins of the desert. Author was Christian Science Monitor Middle East..... More
Wind, Sand & Silence
San Francisco CA: Chronicle Books, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Travels with Africa's Last Nomads. 184 pp, ill. Large format. The author and photographer traveled with (and like) the nomads of western and eastern Africa to describe a way of life that is fast disappearing. As new in like dj. More
Oman A Seafaring Nation
Oman Ministry of Information. First. Hardcover. 196 pp, profuse ill incl in color. One large colored folding map of the dhow routes across the Indian Ocean. Bibliography. Story of Oman and its maritime history after the advent of Islam. Also a section on East Africa. Fine in fine jacket AND..... More
Adventure Sport and Travel on the Tibetan Steppes
London: Constable, 1911. First Edition. Hardcover. Fergusson, W. ADVENTURE SPORT AND TRAVEL ON THE TIBETAN STEPPES 1911 London 342 pp. Large foldout map, 80 Ill. Travel and hunting. Internally very nice and tight. Orig. pict. Orig. printed cloth. Corners bumped, hinges loose (but binding folding firm). While the copy is..... More
Caravan Journeys and Wanderings
London: John Murray, 1856. First English. Hardcover. in Persia, Afghanistan, Turkistan and Beloochistan with historical notices of the countries lying between Russia and India. 534 pp, large folding map in rear. Travel throughout the area plus the latest accounts of atrocities by the natives. VG only in original red blindstamped..... More
History of the Afghans
London: John Murray, 1858. First English. Half Leather. 491 pp, large folding map in rear. One of the basic classics on the subject. VG in half leather binding over marbled boards. Almost no wear at corners nor at spine tips. An appealing copy. More
South African Birds
Johannesburg: South African Natural History Publication Company, 1959. Findlay, D. First Edition. Soft cover. 12 colored plates. First series, first printing. 12 large format colored plates, each suitable for framing + 4 pages of text describing this first folio. VG+. Stamp of Munger Africana Library (small) on bottom flap of..... More
An Historical Account of Persia
Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, 1834. Second. Hardcover. from the earliest ages to the present time with a detailed view of its recources, government, population, natural history and the character of its inhabitants, particularly of the wanderings tribes including a description of Afghanistan and Beloochistan. 472 pp, ill, folding map, engraved..... More
Narrative of a Journey into Khorasan
London: Longman Hurst Reeds Orme Brown and Green, 1825. First Edition. Hardcover. in the years 1821 and 1822, including some account of the countries to the Northeast of Persia with remarks upon the general character, government and resources of that country. 623 pp, 148 pp appendix, tables, index. Large engraved..... More
Travels and Adventures in the Persian Provinces of the Southern Banks of the Caspian Sea
London: Longman Hurst Reeds Orme Brown and Green, 1816. First Edition. Hardcover. with an appendix containing short notices on the geology and commerce of Persia. 384 pp. Another one of Fraser's journeys south of the Caspian Sea. Moderately foxed throughout. Small circular stamp on four early pages, stamp is under..... More
The Sepoy and to Cossak
London: Wh Allen, 1971. First. Hardcover. 279 pp, ill. Russians against Turcomans, British vs Sikhs, Afghans in vendettas against each other and the mountain tribesman massacring their invaders from all over. Near fine in like dj. More
Explorers of Arabia
London: George Allen Unwin, 1978. First. Hardcover. from the Renaissance to the Victorian Era. Incl Varthema, Pitts, Niebuhr, Burton, Burckhardt, Palgrave, Guarmani, the Blunts, bibliography & notes. 308 pp, ill. Fine in like dj. More
A Desert Journal
London: Constable, 1934. First. Hardcover. letters from Central Asia. 261 pp, ill, large folding map in rear. Letters from both French sisters and Mildred Cable. VG. More
Letters from the Caucasus and Georgia
London: John Murray, 1823. First in English. Half Leather. to which are added the account of a journey into Persia in 1812 and an abridged history of Persia since the time of Nadir Shah. Translated from the French. 413 pp, ill with two maps (one folding) and engravings. Mr &..... More
The East India Company
London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1971. First. Hardcover. 319 pp, ill. The East India company ruled over one fifth of the world's population and became the greatest military power in Asia. This is an interesting history of the Company - its rise and eventual fall. Fine in near fine jacket. More
Report on the Basin of the Upper Nile
Cairo: National Printing Department, 1904. First. Orig. Printed Boards. with proposals for the improvement of that river. to which is added a report upon Lake Tsana and the Rivers of the Eastern Soudan by Mr. Dupuis. 196 pp. Profuse ill., folding maps, and folding plans, folding ill. plus large section..... More
The Great Moghuls
London: Jonathan Cape, 1971. First. Hardcover. 264 pp, ill incl many in colour. Moghul is the name that British and other European explorers gave to the Indian rules who had amassed great wealth and were noted rulers. Author and his wife spent 6 months in India and Pakistan travelling in..... More
Sons of John Company
Kent: Spellmount, 1992. First. Hardcover. The Indian and Pakistan Armies 1903-1991. Story of the Honourable East India Company and the two armies which it spawned. 379 pp, ill. Fine in near fine dj. More
A Yankee in Pigmyland
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1905. First Edition. Hardcover. 409 pp, ill. Travel through the then great unknown areas of Central Africa. From Mombasa to the Mountains of the Moon, Semliki Valley, Pigmy forest, the Ituri forest, 1000 miles up the Congo. Interesting mainly really adventurous travel. Uncommon title. Internally nice..... More
A Handbook of German East Africa
London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1920. Ffirst. Hardcover. 440 pp, large colored folding map in rear. General geography, history & administrations, ethnography, districts, towns, military forces, resources, trade, railways, languages, appendix and index. VG only copy, with a presentation stamp for the Manchester Geographical Society and then with withdrawn stamps..... More
A Handbook of Portuguese Nyasaland
London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1920. First. Hardcover. 250 pp, ill. 12 plates in rear, fold out sketch map showing routes, Portuguese posts, etc. Descriptive grography, physical geography, ethnography & system of government, history, resources trace and finance, topography and communications. Itineraries of travelers, list oif authorities and maps consulted..... More
An Account of Koonawur in the Himalaya
London: James Madden & Co, 1841. First. Hardcover. 308 pp, appendices, large folding map in front pocket. The author, one of three brothers, traveled through an area of British controlled Central Asia that lay east of Simla. One of the earliest works on high altitude travel (although they never made..... More
Report on the Proceedings of the Pamir Boundary Commission
Calcutta: Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, India, 1897. First Edition. Hardcover. 99 pp, 47 plates, photogravures and text ill. Two folding maps in rear pocket. Large format. Historical notes, general geographical description, natural history, zoology of the Pamirs. Early and exhaustive report that finally gave a boundary to..... More