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
Travel & Exploration
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 VG only copy, with a presentation stamp for the Manchester Geographical Society and then with withdrawn stamps...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
Cairo to Cape
New York: Knickerbocker Press, 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. Four afoot through Africa. 1926 NY 225 pp, ill. From Egypt to Sudan, then to Nimule and Uganda. Big game hunting along the way, and hunting elephants in Belgian Congo. Then back to Tanganyika. Orig. paper boards with cloth and cloth spine... 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
Exploration and Hunting in Central Africa 1895-6
London: Methuen, 1898. First. Hardcover. 408 pp. Profuse ill. Fold out map. Along the Zambesi River for a host of big game. Appendix on the game and their distribution throughout the river region. Excellent work and one we heartily recommend reading. Czech notes this is "well written." Lots of hunting... More
A Ride through Hostile Africa
London: W H Allen, 1881. New Edition. Hardcover. Adventures among the Boers. 1881 London New Edition. 380 pp, ill. Experiences from author's journey into Bechuanaland (Botswana) during the late Zulu War. The object was to obtain natives to assist in transport of the army. Southern African adventure by the author... More
Journey to Kars
Middlesex, England: Viking Press, 1984. First. Hardcover. through the old Serbian and Greek provinces of the Turkist arena through the ruined cities of Asia minor. Near fine in like dj. More
Sale's Brigade in Afghanistan
London: John Murray, 1846. First. Hardcover. with an account of the seizure and defence of Jallalabad. 2 vol in one: 182 & 145 pp. Second part of the book is Letters from Madrad during the years l836 and 1839 by a Lady. This is vol XVII (complete in itself) in... More
Stanley in Africa
Chicago and Philadelphia: L P Miller, 1890. First Edition. Hardcover. The Paladin of the Nineteenth Century. A succinct and correct history of the travels and explorations of Henry M Stanley, his perilous march to find Livingstone, his explorations on the Congo, his wonderful work in the Congo state, together with... More
The Road to Lamaland
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1930. First. Hardcover. Impressions of a journey to western Thibet. 246 pp. ill. VG+ copy (at least) in orig. maroon cloth binding. More
Prehistoric Rock Art of the Federation of Rhodesia & Nyasaland
Rhodesia: National Publications Trust, 1959. First. Hardcover. 267 pp, ill in b/w & col. Paintings and descriptions by Goodall and a group of other respected scholars. Published for the trust by Chatto and Windus. This large format heavy book is a solid vg+, the vg jacket has two pieces of... More
Pictorial Art in South Africa During Three Centuries to 1875
London: Charles Sawyer, 1952. First. Hardcover. 172 pp. Profuse ill. Notes on over 400 artists. 59 plates. More
Two Happy Years in Ceylon
Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1892. Gordon-Cumming, C F. First. Half Leather. Two volumes. Vol 1: 438 pp, ill, folding map in rear. Vol 2: 442 pp, ill, index in rear. Recollections of life in what was then considered a tropical paradise. One of the basic collectible books on Ceylon... More
Lights & Shades of Hill Life
London: John Murray, 1895. First. Pinkish Cloth Over White Cloth. in the Afghan and Hindu highlands of the Punjab. A Contrast. 269 pp, profuse ill (many with tissue guards, folding mpa in rear. A look at the peoples and the country in the Indian highlands and Himalayan uplands. VG+ in... More
Great Britain in the Indian Ocean 1810-1850
Oxford: Clarendon Pres, 1967. First. Hardcover. 479 pp. Maritime enterprise in the Gulf, Indian subcontinent. Loosely inserted is presentation card from the delegates of the Press. More
The History of Mauritius
London: W Bulmer, 1801. First Edition. Hardcover. or the Isle of France and the neighbouring islands, from their first discovery to the present time composed principally from the papers and memoirs of Baron Grant who resided twenty years on the island, by his son Charles Grant. 571 pp, 2 large... More
Buddhist Cave Paintings at Tun-Huang
London: Faber & Faber, 1959. First. Hardcover. 86 pp of text + 70 full page illustrations, index, bibliography. Tun Huang is the gate to China from the Buddhist pilgrim road to the holy places in India. These paintings are now considered historic treasures. Near fine (former owners printed bookplate and... More
The British in Mombasa 1824-1826
London: Macmillan & Co, 1957. First. Soft cover. Being vol 1 of the transactions of the Kenya History Assn and published for them.. 216 pp. More
Strange Africa
London: Stanley Paul, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. 288 pp, ill. Green was a travel writer & experienced hunter who went to the Kalahari & Rhodesia (including Northern Rhodesia) in 1936. He relates more general adventures and a few personal hunts but does talk about local natives and white hunters going... More
The Foundation of British East Africa
London: Horace Marshall, 1901. First. Set in Zippered Leather Pouch. 271 pp. LACKING MAP in rear. Original board cover with map of E Africa has been set in leather pouch. Little better than a reading copy. More
The Rift Valleys and Geography of East Africa
London: Seeley Service, 1921. First. Hardcover. Origin & history of rift valleys of E Africa...with some account of the (various) resources of the Kenya Colony. 479 pp. ill. Folding map. More
Afghanistan
London: Pall Mall Press, 1967. First. Hardcover. 179 pp. Amn interesting look at a country that always throughout history seems to have been a focal point in east-west conflicts. Fine in near fine jacket. Hard to believe "this country is breaking through from the middle ages right into the 20th century." More
From the Cape to Cairo
London: Hurst & Blackett, 1900. McCormick, A.D. First. Hardcover. 377 pp, profuse ill. Large colored folding map in rear. The first traverse of Africa from North to South. 377 pp., ill. Large colored folding map in rear. Highly regarded and important work of travel, hunting and adventure. Lovely, near fine... More