Origins of Kuwait
Leiden: Brill, 1991. First. Hardcover. 127 pp. Ill. Bibliography. More
Leiden: Brill, 1991. First. Hardcover. 127 pp. Ill. Bibliography. More
Surry UK: Privately printed, 1909. intro by Alex Maitland. Hardcover. in Pirbright Churchyard Surrey. Oblong small folio. 9 original photos showing a portrait of Henry M Stanley, selection of his gravestone, the stone in various phases of production and delivery, scenery at Pirbright and final picture of Stanley's grave. There..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's, 1891. 1891. Second Edition. Hardcover. Two volumes: 548 & 540 pp. Ill. Elaborate deco stamped covers both volumes. Classic work on Stanley's African explorations and his quest, rescue and retreat of Emin, governor of Equatoria. Lovely colletor condition set. Former owner name & year acquired written..... More
London: Sampson Low Marston Low and Searle, 1890. New Edition. Full Leather. From the sources of the Nile, around the great Lakes of Equatorial Africa, down Livingstone's River to the Atlantic Ocean, finally to discover the source of the Congo. 1890 London New ed in one volume. 658 pp, folding..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1981. First. Hardcover. 159 pp. 50 colored plates of orchids. More
London: The Royal Geographical Society, 1910. First Edition. Hardcover. Volume XXXVI - July to December 1910. 803 pp, Many folding maps. Plans of the British Antarctic Expedition by Scott, Peary Antarctic Expedition, Hausaland through Egypt by Kumm, Hassanbad Glacier by WIlliam Worklan, Map of Bissett and White in South West..... More
London: The Royal Geographical Society, 1912. First Edition. Hardcover. Volume XXIX - January to June 1912. 695 pp, profuse folding maps. Nansen on north polar exploration, journeys in the Libyan desert, exploration in southern rhodesia, Collie on exploring the Rocky Mountains, Journey in South Eastern Tibet by Bailey, Ten years..... More
London: The Royal Geographical Society, 1911. First Edition. Hardcover. Volume XXXVIII - July to December 1911. 701 pp, profuse folding maps. Expeditions in Western Australia with maps and sketches, Gwynn in Southern Abyssinia, North Eastern Brazil, Lake Chad, Northwest Antarctica, Journeys in the Himalaya by Neve, South East corner of..... More
London: The Royal Geographical Society, 1924. First Edition. Soft cover. Volume LXIII No 1 January 1924. viii +pp 1-88, ill. From Mossamedes to Victoria Falls by Statham, Across Eritrea by Major Maydon, Southern Boundaries of Brazil by Bunsen. VG+ in orig printed wraps. More
London: The Royal Geographical Society, 1922. First Edition. Hardcover. Volume LIX January - June 1922. 492 pp, ill, folding maps. with lengthy list of names in Tanganyika Territory and general list of African names. Aurel Stein on a Chinese Ecpedition across the Pamirs and Hindustan eith 2 maps, Eric Teichman..... More
London: The Royal Geographical Society, 1922. First Edition. Hardcover. Volume LX - July to December 1922. 464 pp, + report to the council. Ill, folding maps. Natural history of southwestern Tibet, Tigris above Baghdad, Hodson on Abyssinian Lakes, more on Abyssinia, Kingdon Ward on western Yunnan, much on Mount Everest..... More
London: The Royal Geographical Society, 1924. First Edition. Hardcover. Volume LXIII January to June 1924. 574 pp, ill, folding maps. Statham From Mossamedes to Victorial Falls, Major Maydon Across Eritrea, Bell on a year in Lhasa, Damascus-Baghdad Motor Route, Freshfield on Mount Everest, western frontier of Sudan, Mount Everest Expedition..... More
London: The Royal Geographical Society, 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. Volume LXVIII July to December 1926. 551 pp, folding maps incl one by Visser on Karakoram HImalayas. Geography of the Mosul boundary, Nyasaland section of Great Rift Valley. VG (corners bumped) to VG+ (internally) in orig blue gilt cloth RGS style..... More
London: The Royal Geographical Society, 1926. First Edition. Soft cover. Vol LXVIII number 6 December 1926. viii + pp 457 - 551, folding maps. NVisser on Explorations in the Karakoram, Notes on Solomon Islands, Kilimanjaro, extra title page and table of contents. VG+ i orig printed wraos. More
London: The Royal Geographical Society, 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. Volume LXIX January to June 1927. 624 pp, ill, folding maps. Explorations in Mongolia by Roy Chapman Andrews, Alaska Boundary Commission, southwest Tanganyika, Persian Gulf by Arnold WIlson, Kangchenjunga, Nigeria, route in the Ruwenzori. VG (corners) to VG+ (internally) in orig..... More
London: The Royal Geographical Society, 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. Volume LXX July to December 1927. 424 pp, ill, folding maps. One closed tear in the Survey of India map by Mason. Gertrude Bell's Journey to Hayil, Iceland in 1872 and 1926, Libyan Desert, Natural History of Ladakh by Meinertzhagen, east..... More
London: The Royal Geographical Society, 1927. First Edition. Soft cover. Volume LXX number 2 August 1927. viii + pp 97-210, ill, folding maps. Ladakh and its natural history by Meinertzhagen, Libya desert. VG+ in orig printed wraps. More
London: The Royal Geographical Society, 1928. First Edition. Soft cover. Volume LXXII Number 1 July 1928. viii + 96 pp, ill, folding plate. White Nile to Ruanda, Portuguese East Africa (Angola to Guinea Gulf, Northern Australia territory. VG in orig. printed wraps. More
Cincinnati OH: Moore Wilstach Keys & Co, 1858. First Edition. Hardcover. A history of missionary labors and travels with descriptions of men and things in western Africa. Also a synopsis of all the missionary work on that continent. 456 pp. ill, LACKS half the folding frontis map. A very rare..... More
South Australia: Art Gallery Board, 1980. First. Hardcover. 87 pp. Ill. in color & b/w. End paper maps. More
London: Methuen, 1898. First. Hardcover. and the borders of the new Sierra Leone Protectorate. 238 pp, very large folding map in rear. Expedition undertaken to establish the border ofFrench Guinea and Sierra Leone. Spine unevenly faded, and with wear at tips. More
Cape Town, South Africa: Struik, 1988. First. Hardcover. More
Oxford: George Ronald, 1953. First. Hardcover. 272 pp, ill, end paper maps. Foreword by E Grogan. Author opened up the Angola hinterlands for a proposed railroad and in so doing was the first to hunt in many new gamelands. Two antelope are named after Varian:l as a subspecie of giant..... More
London: RH Porter, 1885. First. Orig Pictorial Cloth. Not paginated but collated complete with list of subscribers. A history of the Nile expedition of 1884-5 taken from author's diary sketch book Each sketch is accompanied by a description of the events leading up to that sketch. The illustrations are lovely..... More
London: Andrew Melrose, 1905. Second. Hardcover. 384 pp. Records meeting Sir Richard Burton and many other prominent explorers (something about Samuel Baker) in E Africa and the Indian subcontinent. More