London: Trustees of the British Museum, 1953. First. Hardcover. de la troisieme expedition de Sir Aurel Stein en Asie Central. 268 pp plys fifty full page plates. Describes in FRENCH the 930 items discovered by Stein on his third Central Asian expedition of 1913-5. Although it took years to study..... More
NY: Viking Press, 1962. First. Hardcover. A chronicle of two seasons in the stone age. 256 pp, ill, end paper map in front and mountain wall endpaper scene in rear, + photos on coated stock in rear, glossary of personal names, useful index. Fine in vg+ dj. More
Edinburg: Oliver & Boyd, 1957. First. Hardcover. 347 pp, ill. A vivid picture of the life of a young officer in Kenya at a time when settlers were just beginning to arrive in the country that was still inhabited by primitive tribes and wild animals. Col. Meinertzhagen servied with the..... More
London: Holland Press, 1968. Second. Hardcover. Two enormous volumes, each over 1,000 pages. The most comprehensive listing of published material relating to South Africa. The best thing about this, however, is the extensiive annotations so you can see all the bibliographic details as well as get an in depth book..... More
Berkeley: Univ of Calif Press, 1979. First. Hardcover. 436 pp. Northern India in the Nineteenth century. Fine in like jacket. More
NY: Paddington Press, 1976. First American. Hardcover. Five women explorers in Tibet. 222 pp, ill, index, end paper maps. Nina Mazuchelli, Anne Taylor, Isabella Bird Bishop, Fanny Bullock Workman, and Alexandra David-Neel. Fine in like jacket. More
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
Bulawayo: Books of Rhodesia, 1973. Reprint. Hardcover. 461 pp, ill. Gold out map. Gilt pictorial cover and spine. Mohr was the first German to visit Victoria Falls. His work is a classic. He was a friend of Baines and influenced Baines' travel plans. Fine in near fine dj. More
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Dulles, VA: Potomac Books, 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. Richard Francis Burton in Africa. 1910 VA 302 pp. ill. Genius, hero, misfit, egomaniac, madman, bigot, revolutionary, misanthrope, gypsy - and explorer. All have been used to describe thia great African adventurer - a man who risked uncertain paths into the unknown..... More
