Rare. Translated from the original Persian by Assad Yacoub Kayat. An account of the residence in England, and journey there from Syria and the sub...

The first edition of Robert Byron's classic of modern travel writing. The Road to Oxiana takes in Cyprus, Persia, and Afghanistan. Whilst in Persi...

An excellent history of Russian attempts to gain access to India via Central Asia.First edition. 8vo, iv, 295 pp., folding colour map, 20 pages' a...

An account of Marvin's journey to Baku to explore the Russian petroleum region.First edition, 8vo., xix, 413pp., 17 plates and maps, 10 pages ads ...

The 'Duab' is a stretch of land between the Rivers Oxus and Jakartes. The author spent twenty years on and off in Turkestan and this detailed vol...

A fine group of photographs which capture the Northern side of the Caucasus, from the Black Sea in the West to Dagestan in the East. Maurice de Dé...

Rare playing card map. Designed to play the Florentine version of the tarot game, the 'Minchiate'.The card features a miniature map to its upper p...

An imaginary tour of the ancient world undertaken by Cyrus, founder of the Persian Empire. He meets notable figures such as Pythagoras and Zoroast...

The author travelled the Yenisey as part of an expedition that set out to study tribes that lived along the banks. Her main interest was in natura...

The 'Arabistan' in the title refers to Khuzestan in Eastern Persia. The author, a member of the Russian legation at Tehran, travelled from Tehran ...

Originally published in Calcutta. 'The author was an officer of the Bengal Establishment sent to Shiraz for an eight months assignment. An importa...

The 'Arabistan' in the title refers to Khuzestan in Eastern Persia. The author, a member of the Russian legation at Tehran, travelled from Tehran ...

An attractive work produced by the first Oriental press in England. Samuel Rousseau (1763–1820) was a British Oriental scholar and printer. He com...

Scarce. Walter Tschudi Lyall, a civil servant who used the pseudonym 'The Wanderer', is known for his reports on the Turko-Russian Campaign of 18...

First edition and narrative of the author's travel and life at the east of the Chinese province of Szechuan, close to the Tibet frontier.The autho...

Kawaguchi Ekai was a Japanese Buddhist monk and the first recorded Japanese citizen to travel in Nepal and Tibet. He gives a detailed account of R...

A comprehensive work covering the geography of the Himalayas with general hints on stalking and hunting in the Himalayas. Combines the natural his...

Scarce. Entertaining narrative of a journey across Mongolia and Siberia, mostly by sled. Hong Kong to St. Petersburg via Canton, Shanghai, Peki...