Arabian Travellers: The European Discovery of Arabia
Topsfield, MA: Salem House, 1986. First American. Hardcover. 224 pp. ill., end paper maps. More
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The Niger Sources
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
To Lhasa and Beyond
Rome: Instituto Poligrafico Dello Stato, 1956. First in English. Printed Soft Covers. Diary of the expedition to Tibet in the Year MCMXLVIII. With an appendix on Tibetan medicine and hygiene by R Moise. 195 pp, ill. Translated into ENGLISH by Mario Carelli.. One fold out map. From Marco Polo onwards..... More
Western Culture in Eastern Lands
London: John Murray, 1906. First. Hardcover. a comparison of methods adopted by England and Russia in the Middle East. 410 pp, ill. The civilising influence of Russia, England and the future of Islam. VG in original publisher's blue gilt/stamped cloth. Slight foxing inside. Covers are nice. Uplands School Library label..... More
The Coming Struggle for India
London: Cassell & Company, 1885. Not First. Hardcover. 214 pp. Encroachments of Russia in Central Asia and of the difficulties sure to arive therefrom to England. Folding map in FACSIMILE. Binding showing wear. Top of text block dust marked. Only slightly better than good. More
Four Months' Camping in the Himalayas
London: Philip Allan, 1929. First. Hardcover. 213 pp, ill. The highest mountains in the world: Simla, Hindustan Tibet Road, Sutlek River, Camps at other high altitudes, the shoulders of Kailas and the rturn journey to the Himalayas and Kulu. VG+ (very slight foxing on page edges) in original green cloth..... More
Trees & Shrubs of the Witwatersrand, Magaliesberg & Pilanesberg
Cape Town, South Africa: Struik, 1988. First. Hardcover. More
Some African Milestones
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
Vassili Verestchagin
London: Richard Bentley, 1887. First Edition in English. Hardcover. Painter, Soldier, Traveller. Autobiographical sketches. Translated from the German and the French by FH Peters. Travels in Trans-Caucasus, Journey through Central Asia (Tashkent, Chinese Frontier, the Eastern Himalayas, Cashmere, Ladakh, and Experiences in the Russo-Turkish War. Thoughts on the inconveniences of..... More
Sketches in the Soudan
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
The Sacred Oasis
Chicago: University of Chicago Press. First American. Hardcover. Caves of the thousand buddhas, Tun Huang. 114 pp, ill, index, folding map in rear. A vivid description of the tremendous collection of Chinese art. VG+ in vg dj. More
Among the Himalayas
Westminster: Archibald Constable, 1900. Second. Hardcover. 452 pp., ill, large folding map (detached) in rear. Author travelled many times to the region during a 14 year residence. Wear at bottom of spine, front hinge weak, slight soiling of cloth. More
Among the Himalays
Kathmandu: Ratna Pustak Bhandar, 1978. Reprint. Hardcover. 452 pp., ill, large folding map. of Sikkim and adjacent territories. Author travelled in the region numerous times over a fourteen year period. More
Travels in Persia, Georgia and Koordistan
London: Hurst & Blackett, 1856. First English. Hardcover. with sketches of the Cossaks and the Caucasus. Three volumes bound in red cloth in one volume. 320, 319, and 318 pp. Folding plate frontis vol 3. Very scarce work on the area. Very nice and clean internally. All three volumes bound..... More
Aurel Stein: Pioneer of the Silk Road
London: John Murray, 1995. First. Hardcover. Biography of the famed Central Asian traveller, explorer and scholar. Peter Hopkirk called this "A memorable portrait of the colossus of Central Asian scholarship." 393 pp, ill, index. Fine in ear fine dj. More
The Handbook of Uganda
London: Government of Uganda, 1920. Second. Hardcover. 316 pp, ill. Large folding map in rear. History of the protectorate, then describes all the provinces individually. Anthropology, zoology, woods & forests, botany, the Great War in Uganda, missions and more. Also has an appendix with a bibliography and the game ordinance..... More
Under the Flag and Somali-Coast Stories
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
Travels in Oman: On the Track of the Early Exploers
Cambridge, England: Oleander Press, 1987. First. Hardcover. 571 pp. More
Sultans of Aden
London: John Murray, 1968. First. Hardcover. 267 pp. ill. Early days of Aden and foreign rivalries for power in the area. More
Wit and Wisdom in Morocco
New York: Horace Liveright, 1931. First American. Hardcover. A study of native proverbs. 448 pp. The eminent anthropoligt writes his third book based on research into the customs and manners of the Moors. Incl index with Arabic text of the proverbs. More
Journey Across Tibet
Chicago IL: Contemporary Books, 1988. First. Hardcover. A young woman's 1,900 mile trek across the rooftop of the world. 236 pp, ill, end paper maps. Fine in like jacket. More
From Kabul to Kumassi
London: John Murray, 1904. First. Hardcover. 24 years of soldiering and sport. 440 pp. ill, folding maps. Author servied in the British Army throughout the empire and enjoyed great adventure both in war and in game fields throughout his career. VG in orig cloth, minor wea at corners, some wear..... More
From Kabul to Kumassi
London: John Murray, 1904. First. Hardcover. Twenty four years of soldiering and sport. 440 pp, ill, 2 folding maps. Author served in both India and Africa. Sketches of military life and incident and sporting adventures. VG in original gilt cloth with little wear at spine tips. More
Across Persia
London: Edward Arnold, 1907. First. Hardcover. Author is a keen observer and the book contains an account of the region vitally important to Britain as the meeting place of Russian and British interests in Asia. It is written in a lively and entertaining fashion, with a shrewd eye to the..... More
The Abode of Snow
New York: GP Putnam's Sons, 1875. American. Hardcover. Observations on a tour from Chinese Tibet to the Indian Caucasus through the upper valleys of the Himalaya. 380 pp. LACKS THE MAP. Binding worn at corners and spine tips, fading spot lower front edge, rear board bubbling of cloth. READING COPY..... More