Central Asia and Middle East
Living with Lepchas
London: William Heinemann, 1938. First. Hardcover. 312 pp, ill w author's photos, end paper maps. History of the area, geography, the people and their family life, customs etc., bibliography and index. VG in original cloth. More
The Caucasus and Its People
London: David Nutt, 1856. First. Hardcover. with a brief history of their wars and a sketch of the achievements of the renowned chief, Schamyl. The book also describes the third ascent (the first by Englishmen) of Mount Ararat. 203 pp. Author spent much of his free time in the region..... More
History of the War in Afghanistan
London: Thomas Brooks, 1843. First. Hardcover. from its commencement to its close including a general skets of the policy and the various circumstances which induced the British government to interfere in the affairs of Afghanistan from the journals and letters of an officer high in rank and who has served..... More
Western Arabia and the Red Sea
London: Intelligence Division, 1946. June 1946. Hardcover. 659 pp, profuse ill, plates (many folding) and large pull out folding map in rear pocket. Part of the geographical handbook series. The purpose of these handbooks was to supply a vast amount of information on various parts of the world. ...and the..... More
Western Arabia and the Red Sea
London: Intelligence Division, 1946. June 1946. Hardcover. 659 pp, profuse ill, plates (many folding) and large pull out folding map in rear pocket. Part of the geographical handbook series. The purpose of these handbooks was to supply a vast amount of information on various parts of the world. ...and the..... More
Guide to Chikalda
Nagpur: Government Press, 1925. First. Hardcover. with a selection of papers relating to the Gawilgarh Fort. 137 pp. Exceptionally large folding map in rear pocket. Describes the country around the Chikalda Sanatorium and also the fort in the area. A fascinating little book which goes from describing the peaceful conditions..... More
The Tourist's Guide to Kashmir, Ladakh, Skardo, &c.
Kashmir: Kashmir Medical Mission, 1923. Thirteenth. Orig stiff Printed Boards. 236 pp, two large folding map in rear. 13 ed of the basic guidebook on this area. VG+ in orig stiff boards. Someone has made neat pencil notations on rear blank pages and also on back of the last folding..... More
The Tourist's Guide to Kashmir, Ladakh, Skardo, &c.
Kashmir: Kashmir Medical Mission, 1933. Fifteenth. Orig Printed Stiff Boards. 234 pp, two large folding maps in rear. 15th edition of the basic guide book to this area. VG in orig. printed stiff boards. Former owner's name written on front free end paper. More
The Tourist's Guide to Kashmir, Ladakh, Skardo, &c.
Kashmir: Kashmir Medical Mission, 1942. Seventeenth. Hardcover. 200 pp. Probably one of the later editions of this guide book whose popularity gave it a more than fifty-year life span. VG+ in original red cloth gilt stamped. More
Kashmir
Calcutta & London: W Newman & co, Forster Groom & Co, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. KASHMIR THE SWITZERLAND OF INDIA Calcutta & London nd ca 1930. 285 pp. Ill. 2 fold out maps. Descriptive guide with chapters on mountaineering & large and small game shooting. One of the few guides..... More
The Ghurkas
London: John Lane, 1928. First. Hardcover. Their manners, customs and country. 282 pp, ill, foldout map. History of Nepal, her soldiers and the people to managed to survive in this harsh land. A nice copy for the collector. VG+-near fine in original cloth and in the original pictorial jacket which..... More
Through the Unknown Pamirs
NY: Greenwood Press, 1969. Reprint. Hardcover. The second Danish Pamir Expedition 1898-99. 229 pp, ill, 3 maps in rear incl. one folding. Fine copy. More
Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa
London: John Murray, 1816. New Edition. Full Leather. performed in the years 1795, 1796 and 1797 with an account of a subsequent missions to that country in 1805. ...to which is added an account of the life of Mr. Park. With an appendix containing geographical ill. of Africa by Major..... More
Journey with Loshay
NY: WW Norton, 1954. First. Hardcover. An adventure in Tibet. 248 pp, ill, end paper maps. The Scot who became a Tibetan. A wild ride against time through an unknown Himalayan track. VG+-nr fine in vg+ dj. More
The Great Himalayan Passage
Boston: Little Brown, 1975. First American. Hardcover. Story of an extraordinary adventure on the roof of the world. 254 pp, ill, end paper maps. Near fine in vg dj. More
Three Thousand Four Hundred Miles through Turkestan and China
Paris: Privately printed, 1912. First Edition. Hardcover. Itinerary of the Pelliot Mission. Three Years in Upper Asia. mimeographed, translated from Pelliot's article in L'Illustration. TEN Original photos inserted in text (presumably these were originals from the magazine illustration). Paul Pelliot made an important three year journey through Central Asia, Chinese..... More
Report on Bootan
New Delhi: Today & Tomorrow's Printers, 1976. Reprint. Hardcover. 82 pp + maps (3) and index & appendix at end. Bhutan, Tibet, Missions of Bogle, Turmer, Pemberton and more. Reprint of works scarce in first edition. VG+ in black cloth (lightly bubbled). More
Pennell of the Afghan Frontier
London: Seeley Service, 1923. First. Hardcover. 464 pp, ill, folding map. Pennell was a medical missionary to spend his entire life working in Northern India and Central Asia. VG on black stamped cloth. Some wear on edges of board and occassional fading to black binding. More
The Most Noble and Famous Travels of Marco Polo
London: Argonaut Press, 1929. Argonaut Press Ltd to 1,050 Copies. Hardcover. together with the travels of Nicolo de Conti.. # 1029 of 1050 copies. 381 pp, colored frontis, folding map before ch 1, notes, appendices. Original yellow cloth cover white vellum. Lightly soiled. Fine inside, in fact partially uncut and..... More
The Harem
Philadelpha: Lippincott. First. Hardcover. an account of the institution as it existed in the palace of the Turkist sultans with a history of the grand seraglio from its foundations to the present time. 277 pp, 35 ill in half tone, 7 photogravures and folding plan. Near fine copy in vg-vg+..... More
To the ends of the Earth
NY: Pantheon, 1981. First. Hardcover. Four expeditions to the arctic, the congo, the Gobi Desert and Siberia. 184 pp, maps, profuse ill. Four expeditions related by the author with the help of the American Museum of Natural History. Near fine in like dj. Interesting reading. More
Arabian Jubilee
London: Robert Hale, 1952. First. Hardcover. 280 pp, ill. The first full length biography of one of the most remarkable men in Middle Eastern Politics by the man who for many years served as his advisor. VG+ in jacket but there are large pieces chipped from jacket esp. on spine..... More
A Pilgrim in Arabia
London: Golden Cockerell Press, 1943. First Limited to 350 Copies. Quarter Leather. #36 of 350 copies. 191 pp. Frontis portrait. Quarter leather binding. Very slightly scuffed. Cream cloth boards showing light soiling. More
The Queen of Sheba
London: Quarter, 1981. First. Soft cover. 141 pp, ill. Manuscript left by Philby and finally published about the visit f the Queen of Sheba to King SAolomon. Fine in near fine dj. More