London: John Murray, 1850. First Edition. Soft cover. Volume the Twentieth. Pats 1 & 2: Part 1: LXXII, pp 1-160, 2 folding maps, 1 flat map, 4 ill. Text uncut. Hooker on a pass into Thibet, Lloyd on Madagascar, Forbes on the Coast of Africa, Letters from David Livingston and..... More
London: John Murray, 1851. First Edition. Soft cover. Volume the Twenty-First. CII + pp 1-248 + pub list of books in rear. 6 folding maps (Caucasus, Middle Island of New Zealand, Kumaon, Central America Canal, S Peru, and a Mission to Central Africa by Dr. Barth. Interesting articles on all..... More
London: John Murray, 1852. First Edition. Soft cover. Volume the Twenty-Second. CXXVI, pp 1-288, pub ads in rear. Journey S E of Perth in Western Australia,, Arctic exploration, Explorations in Africa re the Limpopo River by Galton, and exploration i Central Africa by Livingston and Oswell. Walfisch Bay, Lake NGami..... More
London: John Murray, 1863. First Edition. Soft cover. Volume the Thirty-third. CXCII + pp 1-356 pp. Burke relief expedition in South Australia, Pekin (sic) to St Petersburg, Malay archipelago, Samuel Baker on a journey to Abyssinia, Richard Burton on Elephant Mountain, Livingstone on Lake Nyassa, Speke on the Upper Nile..... More
London: Oxford Univ Press, 1968. First. Hardcover. 232 pp. The first attempt in English to provide a comprehensive statistical guide to the Mongolian People's Republic. Near fine in vg dj. More
Ithaca NY: Cornell Univ Press, 1954. First. Hardcover. 295 pp, ill., index, lenthy bibliography. Some consider that this works ranks with those of Philby. A picture of Arabia and the colorful changes in her history. Her peoples and their customs. Author was in charge of Arabianm Affairs for the state..... More
London: Asia Publ House, 1965. First. Hardcover. 347 pp. The early history of Nepal and the relations with the East India Company. Then Nepal's wars with Tibet and others. Near fine in vg+ dj. More
London: George Allen Unwin, 1932. First. Hardcover. 322 pp, 3 ill. Cubbon was commissioner of Mysore from 1834 to 1861. This book is a biographical account of his life and work there and compiled from material obtained both in India and the India Office in London. VG+ in vg+ dj..... More
London: T Fisher Unwin, 1924. First. Hardcover. The Memories of an Explorer. 386 pp, ill. Fascinating autobiography of a man who explored throughout the world in his lifetime. A vg+ copy in original blue cloth. Laid inside front cover is original purchase receipt dated 13.5.26. More
London: George Routledge. New Edition. Hardcover. Derived from Indian Sources. 368 pp, ill. The English version of these tales first appeared in 1888 and they have been continuously reprinted ever since. A most attractibe edition VG+ in original white buckram spine over orange cloth. Copy from the library of noted..... More
London: Constable, 1912. First. Hardcover. being the journal and letters of Colonel Keith Young BG sometime judge advocate general in India. 201 pp, large folding map in rear. 4 ill. Description of the province of Science - in northwest India (south of Beloochistan and the Punjab) - in the 1840s..... More
London: Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 1969. First. Hardcover. 215 pp, 150 black and white ill, 4 pages of maps, deco end papers. Gives and early history and then moves into the 19th century. Includes explorers, traders, merchants, artists, travellers as well as politicians. Maps, bibliography and index. A very useful overview..... More
London: John Murray, 1952. First. Hardcover. 391 pp, ill.The two achievements of Younghusband were the penetration as a youth of the continent of Asia from east to west by an unknown route, immediately followed by his crossing of the Himalayas also by a hitherto unknown pass. His other accomplishment was..... More
NY: Dutton, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. 1973 NY 288 pp. Profuse ill. 400 years of African exploration. Explorers and hunters accomplishments are well told in this well written book. Near fine in like dj. More
Boston: Little Brown, 1976. First. Hardcover. Explorers of the East. 240 pp, profuse b/w ill + some color ill and maps. The remarkable journeys of the men who discovered and recorded the realities of the fabled, mysterious east. Incl. Marco Polo, the Great Trigonometrical Survey, Sven Hedin and others. Near..... More
Edinburgh: William Blackwood, 1938. First. Hardcover. 442 pp. End paper maps. A trip through thr regions just south of the main Himalayan chain. VG in original blue cloth. More
London: Macmillan, 1912. First. Hardcover. Clans that inhabit the Hill country of India. 250 pp, ill, index, bibliography, gloassary. Folklore, religion, laws, customs etc. VG in original blue gilt stamped cloth. Minor wear at corners and spine tips. More
London: John Murray, 1862. First Edition. Soft cover. Volume the Thirty-Second. CLXXII + pp. 1-586. 16 folding maps & illustrations. Yang.Tse, Fiji Islands, Harran, North Palestine, Borneo, Africa, Trans-Indus frontier of British India, Wuzeristan (sic), Zulu countries, North-west coast of Australia, Lake of Issuk-kul. VG+ in orig. printed wraps. Text..... More
London: John Murray, 1860. First Edition. Soft cover. Volume the Thirtieth. CXCII + pp1-341. With fifteen maps and illustrations. Journey to Mexico by Sevin, Squier in Honduras, Oliphant on the Yang-Tze-Kiang, Barth in Northern Africa, Macqueen on Kilimanjaro, journey to Benguella in Mozambique, and more on Mozambique and Angola, Sanderson..... More
London: John Murray, 1858. First Edition. Soft cover. Volume the Twenty-Eighth. CCVXIII+ pp. 1-462, folding maps. Incl journal of the North Australian Exploring expedition under Gregory, Robert Moffat on Southern Africa (Little Namaqualand Eastward), Burton and Speke on East Africa Expedition, Rink on Kane's Arctic explorations. 4 folding maps, 1..... More
London: John Murray, 1857. First Edition. Soft cover. Volume the Twenty-Seventh. CXCVIII, pp 1-398, pub ads in rear. Folding maps and folding plates. Yule on geography of Burma, Monteith on Shiraz, Grant on Vancouver Island, Anderson on Arctic Journal, Livingstone on the Interior of Africa. Text uncut. VG+ in orig..... More
London: Church Missionary Society, 1926. First. Hardcover. 134 pp, frontis, bibliography. Biography of the adventurous climber of untrodden peaks and fearless explorers in a far flung outpost of the empire. The man who spent most of his life in Sriangar, city of the cun, in the valley of Kashmir in..... More
London: Edward Arnold, 1906. First. Hardcover. the sacred country of the Hindus and Buddhists with an account of the government, religion and customs of the peoples. 376 pp, ill, 2 large colored folding maps. Yakushi S 203. Exploration in Garwal & Ladakh. Original publisher's bright gilt blue cloth with basically..... More
Boston: Estes & Lauriat, 1877. First American. Hardcover. a journey all around the world through Egypt, China, Japan and California, including an account of the marriage ceremonies of the Emperor of China. 413 pp, 50 heliotype & other ill. Author was a correspondent for the Illustrated London News. Orig. publisher's..... More
