Central Asia
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Sand-buried ruins of Khotan.
STEIN, Sir Marc Aurel.Original price £850.00 - Original price £850.00Original price £0.00£850.00£850.00 - £850.00Current price £850.00| /The general narrative of Stein's first exploration of Central Asia, 1900-01. Crossing the Karakoram and the Pamirs he entered Chinese Turkestan an...
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On ancient Central-Asian tracks.
STEIN, Marc Aurel.Original price £950.00 - Original price £950.00Original price £0.00£950.00£950.00 - £950.00Current price £950.00| /A comprehensive summary of the results of Stein's first three Central Asian expeditions and of his researches carried out during the years 1900-16...
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The history of Nadir Shah,
FRASER, JamesOriginal price £1,250.00 - Original price £1,250.00Original price £0.00£1,250.00£1,250.00 - £1,250.00Current price £1,250.00| /Blackmer copy. Fraser was Resident at Surat from 1730-40 and then returned as Factor for the East India company, 1743-9. This work is important for...
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Flights over the ancient cities of Iran.
SCHMIDT, Erich F.Original price £1,000.00 - Original price £1,000.00Original price £0.00£1,000.00£1,000.00 - £1,000.00Current price £1,000.00| /Special publication of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago. A fine record of some the great archaeological sites of Iran as seen f...
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Amurath to Amurath.
BELL, Gertrude LowthianOriginal price £800.00 - Original price £800.00Original price £0.00£800.00£800.00 - £800.00Current price £800.00| /Bell's account of her five-month journey along the Euphrates. Scarce.Second edition, 8vo. xvii, 370 pp., frontispiece and 235 illustrations, large...
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Travels in Beloochistan and Sinde
POTTINGER, Henry.Original price £4,750.00 - Original price £4,750.00Original price £0.00£4,750.00£4,750.00 - £4,750.00Current price £4,750.00| /A classic Great Game book. Accompanied by Captain Christie, Pottinger went on an official exploration of the country between India and Persia in 18...
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Salman and Absal:
JAMI.; FITZGERALD, Edward (translator).Original price £2,000.00 - Original price £2,000.00Original price £0.00£2,000.00£2,000.00 - £2,000.00Current price £2,000.00| /First english translation. The first English translation of this poem by Jami and first translation from Persian by Edward Fitzgerald. Salámán and ...
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The Military Operations at Cabul
EYRE, Lt. Vincent.Original price £1,250.00 - Original price £1,250.00Original price £0.00£1,250.00£1,250.00 - £1,250.00Current price £1,250.00| /Eyre's record of part of the debacle of the First Afghan War of 1839-42. Following the murder of Alexander Burnes in 1841 the British force was be...
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Nepal.
LANDON, Perceval.Original price £1,100.00 - Original price £1,100.00Original price £0.00£1,100.00£1,100.00 - £1,100.00Current price £1,100.00| /Landon's work is the leading reference book on Nepal. Includes an account of the work of B. H. Hodgson in Nepal, and also the part played by Mahar...
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Russia and England from 1876 to 1880
[NOVIKOFF, Olga].Original price £675.00 - Original price £675.00Original price £0.00£675.00£675.00 - £675.00Current price £675.00| /At a time when England and Russia were vying for supremacy in Central Asia, the author of this book attempts to show that Russia's aims were peace...
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Tarikh-e vaqaye' va savaneh-e Afghanistan, History of Events and Incidents in Afghanistan,
PRINCE IHTIZAD AL-SULTANEH [ALI QULI KHAN].Original price £3,000.00 - Original price £3,000.00Original price £0.00£3,000.00£3,000.00 - £3,000.00Current price £3,000.00| /An intriguing historical treatise on Afghanistan compiled during the reign of Nasir al-Din Shah Qajar which includes a dedication to the Prime min...
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The Sikandar Nama, e Bara,
NIZAMI; CLARKE, Captain H. Wilberforce (translator).Original price £2,250.00 - Original price £2,250.00Original price £0.00£2,250.00£2,250.00 - £2,250.00Current price £2,250.00| /A fine copy of Clarke's translation of the first part of Nizami's history of Alexander the Great containing Alexander's life and accomplishments. ...
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Historical Account of Discoveries and Travels in Asia,
MURRAY, Hugh.Original price £950.00 - Original price £950.00Original price £0.00£950.00£950.00 - £950.00Current price £950.00| /Hugh Murray was a well known geographer and major contributor to the Encyclopaedia of Geography. These volumes cover India, China, Persia and Cent...
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Voyages tres-curieux & tres-renommez faits en Moscovie, Tartarie et Perse.
OLEARIUS, Adam & MANDELSLO, John Albert de.Original price £12,500.00 - Original price £12,500.00Original price £12,500.00£12,500.00£12,500.00 - £12,500.00Current price £12,500.00| /Richly illustrated edition. A fine set, attractively bound in polished calf, of this richly illustrated edition of the important accounts of Oleari...
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Climbing and Exploration in The Karakoram-Himalayas.
CONWAY, William Martin.Original price £7,750.00 - Original price £7,750.00Original price £0.00£7,750.00£7,750.00 - £7,750.00Current price £7,750.00| /Rare limited edition. A fine set of the deluxe edition of a Himalayan classic, complete with all four volumes.Conway (1856–1937) developed a taste ...
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Railway Map of India.
THUILLIER, Colonel Henry Ravenshaw.Original price £5,000.00 - Original price £5,000.00Original price £0.00£5,000.00£5,000.00 - £5,000.00Current price £5,000.00| /A comprehensive railway map of British India, including the subcontinent and Burma, also displaying the main road networks, navigable canals, stea...
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Prémiere Partie De La Carte D'Asia
D'ANVILLEOriginal price £1,500.00 - Original price £1,500.00Original price £0.00£1,500.00£1,500.00 - £1,500.00Current price £1,500.00| /Arabia and India . Showing Turkey through the Black and Caspian Seas to Tibet and south to the Arabian peninsula and all of India. Jean-Baptiste Bo...
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Narrative of a journey from Heraut to Khiva, Moscow, and St. Petersburgh, during the late Russian invasion of Khiva;
ABBOTT, Capt. James.Original price £2,500.00 - Original price £2,500.00Original price £0.00£2,500.00£2,500.00 - £2,500.00Current price £2,500.00| /Inscribed presentation copy. Abbott was an officer in the Bengal Artillery and was sent on a political mission by the British envoy in Harat to the...
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The Arab of Mesopotamia.
[BELL, Gertrude].Original price £1,350.00 - Original price £1,350.00Original price £0.00£1,350.00£1,350.00 - £1,350.00Current price £1,350.00| /A tribal geography. Described in Bell's own words as a 'tribal geography', and published anonymously, Bell was annoyed by the general assumption th...
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Britain and Tibet, 1765-1947.
MARSHALL, Julie G.Original price £25.00 - Original price £25.00Original price £0.00£25.00£25.00 - £25.00Current price £25.00| /The background to the India-China border dispute. A select annotated bibliography of printed material in European languages.First edition. 8vo, xx...
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Travels in the Himalayan provinces of Hindustan and the Panjab;
MOORCROFT, William; TREBECK, George.Original price £5,000.00 - Original price £5,000.00Original price £0.00£5,000.00£5,000.00 - £5,000.00Current price £5,000.00| /Scarce. Moorcroft's narrative traces the journey of the author and Trebeck from Bareilly to Bokhara in the years 1819 to 1825. En route to Bokhara...
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Kashgariia. Istoriko-geograficheskiy ocherk strany, eia voennayia sila, promyshlennost' i torgovlia.
KUROPATKIN, Aleksei Nikolaevich.Original price £4,500.00 - Original price £4,500.00Original price £0.00£4,500.00£4,500.00 - £4,500.00Current price £4,500.00| /First edition of this important monograph on Kashgar, in the original wrappers. Kuropatkin (1848 - 1925), a Russian military commander, compiled t...
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Captivity of two Russian Princesses in the Caucasus:
[VERDEREVSKY, Evgeny Aleksandrovich]; EDWARDS, H. Sutherland (translator).Original price £2,000.00 - Original price £2,000.00Original price £0.00£2,000.00£2,000.00 - £2,000.00Current price £2,000.00| /Rare. The princesses were Varvara Orbebiani and Anna Chavchavadzey and their families and followers. Members of the Georgian royal family, they ha...
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The Oil Fields of Russia.
BEEBY-THOMPSON, Arthur.Original price £2,250.00 - Original price £2,250.00Original price £0.00£2,250.00£2,250.00 - £2,250.00Current price £2,250.00| /A richly illustrated work on the oil fields of present day Azerbaijan written by Arthur Beeby-Thompson, a pioneer in the early development of the ...
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