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We are delighted to present our latest travel catalogue from Travel & Exploration specialist Tomos Nutt. Featuring rare books, maps, guides, letters, & more, this collections journeys across Arabia, the Ottoman Empire, Central Asia & Russia, India, and Far East & Southeast Asia. Discover a piece of history. To view a PDF of the catalogue please CLICK HERE.

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  • Warren Hastings's A Narrative of the Insurrection was the first historical publication to be printed in Calcutta and only the fourth book to be printed by the East India Company's press.
    Warren Hastings's A Narrative of the Insurrection was the first historical publication to be printed in Calcutta and only the fourth book to be printed by the East India Company's press.

    [HASTINGS, Warren].
    A Narrative of the Insurrection which happened in the Zemeedary of Banaris in the Month of August 1781, 1782.
    £7,500.00

  • Rare and unrecorded quarterly information and fare guide for the Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway (B.B.C.I.) and newly merged Rajputan-Malwa Railway from Bombay to Ferozepore, Delhi, Agra, Kanpur, Jodhpur, and Khandwa via Ajmer.
    Rare and unrecorded quarterly information and fare guide for the Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway (B.B.C.I.) and newly merged Rajputan-Malwa Railway from Bombay to Ferozepore, Delhi, Agra, Kanpur, Jodhpur, and Khandwa via Ajmer.

    [BOMBAY RAILWAYS].
    Bombay, Baroda & Central India Railway, Including Rajputana-Malwa Railway... 30th June 1890.
    £2,500.00

  • First edition of William Palgrave's classic Narrative of a Year's Journey through Central and Eastern Arabia, in which he was the first European to reach Riyadh and the second to enter Ha'il.
    First edition of William Palgrave's classic Narrative of a Year's Journey through Central and Eastern Arabia, in which he was the first European to reach Riyadh and the second to enter Ha'il.

    PALGRAVE, William Gifford.
    Narrative of a Year's Journey Through Central and Eastern Arabia (1862-63). 1865.
    £1,000.00

  • The scarcer Arabic edition of Two Glorious Years in the History of Abu Dhabi (Amman Zahyan fi Tarikh 'Imarat Abu Dhabi), produced to mark the second anniversary of Sheikh Zayed's rule.
    The scarcer Arabic edition of Two Glorious Years in the History of Abu Dhabi (Amman Zahyan fi Tarikh 'Imarat Abu Dhabi), produced to mark the second anniversary of Sheikh Zayed's rule.

    [UNITED ARAB EMIRATES].
    Amman Zahyan fi Tarikh 'Imarat Abu Dhabi. [1968].
    £8,500.00

  • Presentation copy of Wade's With Boat and Gun in the Yangtze Valley, a scace work describing the Yangtze valley including Ningpo, Suzhou, and Nanking.
    Presentation copy of Wade's With Boat and Gun in the Yangtze Valley, a scace work describing the Yangtze valley including Ningpo, Suzhou, and Nanking.

    WADE, H. T. (editor).
    With Boat and Gun in the Yangtze Valley. 1895.
    £2,000.00

  • Rare first edition of William Sleeman's A Report on the System of Megpunnaism, a remarkably preserved copy of this rare treatise on the Thuggee practise of child-stealing.
    Rare first edition of William Sleeman's A Report on the System of Megpunnaism, a remarkably preserved copy of this rare treatise on the Thuggee practise of child-stealing.

    SLEEMAN, William Henry.
    A Report on the System of Megpunnaism, 1839.
    £5,000.00

  • First edition of Stamford Raffles, Substance of a Minute, the copy of Hugh Elliot (1752-1830), Governor of the Leeward Islands in the British West Indies from 1809 to 1814 and Governor of Madras from 1814 to 1820.
    First edition of Stamford Raffles, Substance of a Minute, the copy of Hugh Elliot (1752-1830), Governor of the Leeward Islands in the British West Indies from 1809 to 1814 and Governor of Madras from 1814 to 1820.

    RAFFLES, Thomas Stamford.
    Substance of a Minute 1814.
    £6,500.00

  • A rare group of map sheets of the Hejaz from the pioneering Ordnance Survey of Arabia. The present sheets include Mecca and Jeddah.
    A rare group of map sheets of the Hejaz from the pioneering Ordnance Survey of Arabia. The present sheets include Mecca and Jeddah.

    MAUNSELL, Lt. Col. F.R.
    The Hejaz. Southwestern Arabia. January 1917.
    £37,500.00

  • A fine illuminated presentation showing the different aspects of the rice trade of Burma addressed to Ernest Pandorf on the jubilee of his arrival in Burma.

    [BURMA].
    Commemorative Address to Ernest Pandorf Esq. of Dunster House, E.C. 15th October, 1905
    £1,750.00

  • The photographic panoramas are from the Kwen Lun range south of Khotan, and on the Pamirs were taken on Stein's expedition in Chinese Turkestan (1900/1901).
    The photographic panoramas are from the Kwen Lun range south of Khotan, and on the Pamirs were taken on Stein's expedition in Chinese Turkestan (1900/1901).

    STEIN, M[arc] Aurel.
    Mountain Panoramas from the Pamirs and Kwen Lun. 1908.
    £4,750.00

  • First edition of Description de l'Asie Mineure by Texier, probably the greatest work of exploration made by a single traveller, with 254 plates.
    First edition of Description de l'Asie Mineure by Texier, probably the greatest work of exploration made by a single traveller, with 254 plates.

    TEXIER, Charles.
    Description de l'Asie Mineure 1849.
    £25,000.00

  • The 1869 issue of Stanford's Library Map of Asia, an informative and highly decorative map.

    STANFORD, Edward.
    Stanford's Library Map of Asia July 31st, 1869.
    £2,500.00

  • The first edition of the Oriental Astronomer printedin Jaffna in 1848 translated by Henry Richard Hoisington.
    The first edition of the Oriental Astronomer printedin Jaffna in 1848 translated by Henry Richard Hoisington.

    HOISINGTON, Henry Richard (translator).
    The Oriental Astronomer: Being a Complete System of Hindu Astronomy. 1848.
    £2,750.00

  • First edition of John Malcolm, Sketch of the Sikhs, presentation inscription by his brother Pulteney Malcolm, one of the great early works dedicated wholly to understanding the Sikhs.
    First edition of John Malcolm, Sketch of the Sikhs, presentation inscription by his brother Pulteney Malcolm, one of the great early works dedicated wholly to understanding the Sikhs.

    MALCOLM, John.
    Sketch of the Sikhs; 1812.
    £4,500.00

  • An attractive quran lithographed from a manuscript printed in bombay in 1883.
    An attractive quran lithographed from a manuscript printed in bombay in 1883.

    [QUR'AN].
    An attractive Qur'an, dated Shawwal 1300 AH (1883 AD).
    £5,000.00

  • First English edition of William Ruschenberger's Narrative of a Voyage Round The World, the narrative of the signing of the first trade agreement between America and an Arabian country.
    First English edition of William Ruschenberger's Narrative of a Voyage Round The World, the narrative of the signing of the first trade agreement between America and an Arabian country.

    RUSCHENBERGER, William Samuel Waithman.
    Narrative of a Voyage Round The World, during the years 1835, 36, and 37; 1838.
    £4,000.00

  • William Robertson's An Historical Disquisition Concerning the Knowledge which the Ancients had of India and Account of the Life and Writings of William Robertson, first editions of both.
    William Robertson's An Historical Disquisition Concerning the Knowledge which the Ancients had of India and Account of the Life and Writings of William Robertson, first editions of both.

    ROBERTSON, William.
    An Historical Disquisition Concerning the Knowledge which the Ancients had of India; 1791; 1801.
    £1,250.00

  • First edition of A View of the Levant by Charles Perry, a lovely copy of this important work on Egypt under the Ottoman Empire.
    First edition of A View of the Levant by Charles Perry, a lovely copy of this important work on Egypt under the Ottoman Empire.

    PERRY, Charles.
    A View of the Levant; 1743.
    £3,000.00

  • First edition of A Sketch of the Political History of Persia, Iraq and Arabia by Sir Arnold Wilson, a scarce pamphlet on Iraq and its neighbours, namely Saudi Arabia and Ibn Saud.
    First edition of A Sketch of the Political History of Persia, Iraq and Arabia by Sir Arnold Wilson, a scarce pamphlet on Iraq and its neighbours, namely Saudi Arabia and Ibn Saud.

    [SAUDI ARABIA]. [WILSON, Arnold Talbot].
    A Sketch of the Political History of Persia, Iraq and Arabia 1917.
    £3,750.00

  • The Blackmer Collection by Leonora Navari, Greece and the Levant, one of only 300 copies.
    The Blackmer Collection by Leonora Navari, Greece and the Levant, one of only 300 copies.

    NAVARI, Leonora.
    Greece and the Levant. 1989.
    £2,000.00

  • First and only edition of Cairo, Petra, and Damascus, in 1839, by John Kinnear, a scarce work.
    First and only edition of Cairo, Petra, and Damascus, in 1839, by John Kinnear, a scarce work.

    KINNEAR, John Gardiner.
    Cairo, Petra, and Damascus, in 1839. 1841.
    £1,250.00

  • Photographic Album of India, Delhi, and Agra by Samuel Bourne, containing 51 captivating views of Delhi, Agra and surrounding environs of the Utter Pradesh.
    Photographic Album of India, Delhi, and Agra by Samuel Bourne, containing 51 captivating views of Delhi, Agra and surrounding environs of the Utter Pradesh.

    BOURNE, Samuel.
    [Photographic Album of India, Delhi, and Agra]. [c.1880].
    £8,500.00

  • Lewis travelled to the Levant, but these drawings were made by Coke Smyth who was in Constantinople several years before Lewis visited that city.
    Lewis travelled to the Levant, but these drawings were made by Coke Smyth who was in Constantinople several years before Lewis visited that city.

    LEWIS, John Frederick.
    Illustrations in Constantinople made during a residence in that city in the years 1835-6. [1838].
    £8,500.00

  • Scarce parliamentary paper, Correspondence respecting insults in China, detailing the diplomatic incidents between 1842 and 1856 that precipitated the Second Opium War.

    [CHINA].
    Correspondence Respecting Insults in China. 1857.
    £1,250.00

  • First edition of Letters written in a Mahratta camp during the year 1809 by Thomas Broughton, with ten hand-coloured aquatints of domestic indian scenes.
    First edition of Letters written in a Mahratta camp during the year 1809 by Thomas Broughton, with ten hand-coloured aquatints of domestic indian scenes.

    BROUGHTON, Thomas Duer.
    Letters written in a Mahratta camp during the year 1809, 1813.
    £2,500.00

  • 120646
    120646_2

    PERRY, Charles.
    A View of the Levant; 1743.
    £3,000.00

  • A handsome copy of T.E. Lawrence's Seven Pillars of Wisdom in crushed red-brown morocco by Sangorski & Suctliffe
    A handsome copy of T.E. Lawrence's Seven Pillars of Wisdom in crushed red-brown morocco by Sangorski & Suctliffe

    LAWRENCE, T.E.
    Seven Pillars of Wisdom. 1935.
    £2,500.00

  • Photographic album depicting the diverse places and peoples of Northern India from c.1880, containing 126 total prints, some signed by Fry and Rahn Company.
    Photographic album depicting the diverse places and peoples of Northern India from c.1880, containing 126 total prints, some signed by Fry and Rahn Company.

    [INDIA]. FRY & RAHN CO.
    Photographic album. c. 1880s.
    £3,250.00

  • First edition of E Henderson's Biblical Researches and Travels in Russia, a scarce account of missionary travels through Ukraine, the Volga and Crimea to Georgia.
    First edition of E Henderson's Biblical Researches and Travels in Russia, a scarce account of missionary travels through Ukraine, the Volga and Crimea to Georgia.

    HENDERSON, E.
    Biblical Researches and Travels in Russia; 1826.
    £1,500.00

  • The rare first edition of Joseph Wolff's Narrative of a Mission to Bokhara, with a tipped in signature to pastdown.
    The rare first edition of Joseph Wolff's Narrative of a Mission to Bokhara, with a tipped in signature to pastdown.

    WOLFF, Joseph.
    Narrative of a Mission to Bokhara, 1845.
    £2,000.00

  • The first 4to edition of Jean Baptiste Du Halde's Description Géographique, Historique, Chronologique, Politique et Physique de l'Empire de la Chine, one of the most important early works on China amalgamating 27 different missionary voyages.
    The first 4to edition of Jean Baptiste Du Halde's Description Géographique, Historique, Chronologique, Politique et Physique de l'Empire de la Chine, one of the most important early works on China amalgamating 27 different missionary voyages.

    DU HALDE, Jean Baptiste.
    Description Géographique, Historique, Chronologique, Politique et Physique 1736.
    £6,750.00

  • First edition of Rasmus Rask's Singalesisk Skriftlaere, the first Singalese grammar in any European language. Contains Sinhala script printed with movable type.
    First edition of Rasmus Rask's Singalesisk Skriftlaere, the first Singalese grammar in any European language. Contains Sinhala script printed with movable type.

    RASK, Rasmus.
    Singalesisk Skriftlaere. 1821.
    £1,500.00

  • First edition, in a fine Asprey binding, of Richard Burton's Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El-Medinah and Meccah, widely regarded as one of the greatest works of travel ever published.
    First edition, in a fine Asprey binding, of Richard Burton's Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El-Medinah and Meccah, widely regarded as one of the greatest works of travel ever published.

    BURTON, Sir Richard Francis.
    Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El-Medinah and Meccah. 1855-1856.
    £10,000.00

  • A finely bound copy of Colonel Meinertzhagen's 'Birds of Arabia', the definitive work on Arabian birds.
    A finely bound copy of Colonel Meinertzhagen's 'Birds of Arabia', the definitive work on Arabian birds.

    MEINERTZHAGEN, Colonel R.
    Birds of Arabia. 1954.
    £3,750.00

  • Second edition of James Forbes's Oriental Memoirs, with numerous fine natural history plates by Sir William Hooker.
    Second edition of James Forbes's Oriental Memoirs, with numerous fine natural history plates by Sir William Hooker.

    FORBES, James.
    Oriental memoirs. 1834-5.
    £3,750.00

  • Scarce first edition of F. C. Webb's Up the Tigris to Bagdad, a charming description of Baghdad and Iraq.
    Scarce first edition of F. C. Webb's Up the Tigris to Bagdad, a charming description of Baghdad and Iraq.

    WEBB, F.C.
    Up the Tigris to Bagdad. 1870.
    £1,650.00

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