Wood's early panoramic views of Calcutta. William Wood senior, the artist's father, began selling his son's lithographs in parts in 1831. By the ti...

First edition of these uncommon lively hand-coloured scenes. The artist Geissler (1770-1844), who accompanied Peter Simon Pallas on his expedition...

Botfield copy, superbly bound. Rare. A superbly bound copy of La Chine by Malpiere, a work which is seldom found complete, and which consists 'of a...

Scarcest of the great illustrated books on Afghanistan. The scarcest of the great illustrated books on Afghanistan, Character & Costumes of Afg...

An historical summary of events in the Arabian Gulf concerning British interests from 1907. also includes oil agreements and concessions in the re...

A complete set of this handsome facsimile edition of all eight Persian Gulf pilots published between 1870 to 1932. Invaluable not only for sailing...

Lorimer's Gazetteer was compiled by officials of the British Government in India during the decade after Lord Curzon's Vice-regal tour of the Gulf...

From the library of the last French Queen. A superb copy with royal provenance of van O. Fisscher's survey of Japan. van O. Fisscher worked in Japa...

With 24 finely coloured aquatints. A very good first edition copy of Wathen's Voyage to Madras, richly illustrated with 24 finely coloured aquatint...

First Sikh War. Scarce. The title-page gives the name of C. Gomeze as the designer and lithographer - probably the Christopher Gomez, of the H.C. L...

Earliest issue of one of the greatest of 19th-century illustrated books. Roberts' Holy Land, was one of the most elaborate ventures of 19th-century...

Wright and Cartwright's monumental work on Hong Kong and the other great trading ports of China.First edition. 4to. (31 x 24 cm), 848 pp., profuse...

This scarce title contains descriptions of Najd, Hejaz and Yemen and includes notes on the Wahhabis, the lives of Arab women and the minority reli...

Adventures in arabia. Raunkier travelled to Rihadh in 1912 at the behest of the Royal Danish Geographical Society. His object was to examine the po...

First edition, first state, the folding map without "Kane Sea" labelling the expanse between Smith Strait and Kennedy Channel: the appellation was...

Elijah Walton's fine colour plate views of the Western Alps, including the Matterhorn, Mont Blanc, Monte Viso, Aosta Valley, Dent Du Midi, and The...

Colquhoun's expedition was to survey a projected railway connecting Canton with Burma. During the course of his travels he passed through many reg...

A valuable work' (Ioannou). Shaw was chaplain to the English factory at Algiers from 1720 to 1733. During this period he visited Egypt, Sinai, Pal...

A finely bound copy of Baker's Ismailia.In 1869, Baker, one of the greatest explorers of Africa, was appointed by the Khedive Isma'il to a four-ye...