Through Jade Gate and Central Asia
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
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The Art of Edmund Caldwell II
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
Vazeeri Rupi
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
Mountains of the Gods
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
Richard Simkin's Uniforms of the British Army - The Cavalry Regiments
Exeter, England: Webb & Bower, 1982. Simkin, R. First. Hardcover. 222 pp. Index. Profuse colored illustrations. More
The Desert Route to India
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
The Desert Route to India
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
Les Documents Chinois
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
An Outline of Chinese Geography
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
The Indian Political Service
London: Chatto & Windus, 1971. First. Hardcover. a study in indirect rule. 291 pp, ill. folding maps, end paper maps. Fine in like jacket. More
The Sound of Fury
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
Overland to China
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
Letters from B.A.C. (Afghanistan 1878-1880)
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
Kenya Chronicles
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
The Indian Police
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
A Scientific Frontier
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
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
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
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
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
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