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First set sail through the Pacific with Captain Cook and land in Southeast Asia, where you’ll find elephants and sketches from Java. Venture into Tibet from Central Asia before journeying down into the Persian Empire. Travel through the Arabian Gulf with Alexander Carnegy and meet David Roberts in Egypt. Finally, pass through the Zambesi River before completing your adventure with Shackleton’s Antarctic expeditions. Browse our latest Travel Catalogue from specialist Tomos Nutt below, or download the PDF.

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  • First edition of Northern Afghanistan by Major C. E. Yate, recounting the events that defined the Afghan frontier and the Boundary Commission.
    First edition of Northern Afghanistan by Major C. E. Yate, recounting the events that defined the Afghan frontier and the Boundary Commission.

    YATE, Major C.E.
    Northern Afghanistan, 1888.
    £1,500.00

  • First edition of England and Russia Face to Face in Asia by Arthur Campbell Yate, an important work on the Afghan Boundary Commission, scarce with the maps present.
    First edition of England and Russia Face to Face in Asia by Arthur Campbell Yate, an important work on the Afghan Boundary Commission, scarce with the maps present.

    YATE, Lieut. A.C.
    England and Russia Face to Face in Asia: 1887.
    £1,250.00

  • Wellsted's classic work on the Gulf States, including Oman and the coasts of Arabia and Nubia.
    Wellsted's classic work on the Gulf States, including Oman and the coasts of Arabia and Nubia.

    WELLSTED, James Raymond.
    Travels to the City of the Caliphs, 1840.
    £4,500.00

  • First edition of Old Routes of Western Iran by Stein, one of the scarcer Stein titles, presumably due to its wartime publication.
    First edition of Old Routes of Western Iran by Stein, one of the scarcer Stein titles, presumably due to its wartime publication.

    STEIN, Sir Marc Aurel.
    Old Routes of Western Iran: 1940.
    £1,500.00

  • First edition of With Rod and Line in Kashmir by RH Skinner, a rare Lahore printed instruction manual for fly fishing in Kashmir.
    First edition of With Rod and Line in Kashmir by RH Skinner, a rare Lahore printed instruction manual for fly fishing in Kashmir.

    SKINNER, R.H.
    With Rod and Line in Kashmir. [1942].
    £1,250.00

  • First edition of A History of the Boondelas by Wredenhall Pogson, the first translation of Lal Kavi's <em>Chhatraprakash</em>, his epic poem of his patron Maharaja Chhatrasal Bundela, and one of the first books to contain Indian printed lithographs.
    First edition of A History of the Boondelas by Wredenhall Pogson, the first translation of Lal Kavi's <em>Chhatraprakash</em>, his epic poem of his patron Maharaja Chhatrasal Bundela, and one of the first books to contain Indian printed lithographs.

    KAVI, Lal; POGSON, Wredenhall Robert (translator).
    A History of the Boondelas. 1828.
    £8,500.00

  • First edition of The Punjab Frontier Force by R. North, a rare record of the service of the Punjab Frontier regiments.
    First edition of The Punjab Frontier Force by R. North, a rare record of the service of the Punjab Frontier regiments.

    NORTH, R.
    The Punjab Frontier Force. 1934.
    £2,000.00

  • Signed first edition of Midst Himalayan Mists by Rubeigh James Minney, a noted journalist and travel enthusiast.
    Signed first edition of Midst Himalayan Mists by Rubeigh James Minney, a noted journalist and travel enthusiast.

    MINNEY, R.J.
    Midst Himalayan Mists. 1920.
    £3,750.00

  • First edition of Roderick Mackenzie's A Sketch of the War with Tippoo Sultaun, the first Indian printed account of the Third Anglo-Mysore War, and the first printed eye-witness account alongside that of the much shorter and more common Dirom.
    First edition of Roderick Mackenzie's A Sketch of the War with Tippoo Sultaun, the first Indian printed account of the Third Anglo-Mysore War, and the first printed eye-witness account alongside that of the much shorter and more common Dirom.

    MACKENZIE, Roderick.
    A Sketch of the War with Tippoo Sultaun; 1793-1794.
    £12,500.00

  • First edition of Narrative of the Mutinies in Oude by G Hutchinson, a sarce firsthand account of the events of the Indian Rebellion in Oudh.
    First edition of Narrative of the Mutinies in Oude by G Hutchinson, a sarce firsthand account of the events of the Indian Rebellion in Oudh.

    HUTCHINSON, G.
    Narrative of the Mutinies in Oude. 1859.
    £1,500.00

  • First edition of Notes on Elephants and Their Care by William Hepburn, Rare treatise on the care of commercial elephants, largely in the use of logging, produced by Bombay Burma Trading Corporation Limited.
    First edition of Notes on Elephants and Their Care by William Hepburn, Rare treatise on the care of commercial elephants, largely in the use of logging, produced by Bombay Burma Trading Corporation Limited.

    HEPBURN, W[illiam].
    Notes on Elephants and Their Care. 1918.
    £1,500.00

  • An excellent set of the first edition of Sven Hedin's Southern Tibet, masterwork, on his third and most ambitious expedition. He was the first European to reach the holy Mount Kailash and Lake Manasarovar.
    An excellent set of the first edition of Sven Hedin's Southern Tibet, masterwork, on his third and most ambitious expedition. He was the first European to reach the holy Mount Kailash and Lake Manasarovar.

    HEDIN, Sven.
    Southern Tibet. 1916-1922.
    £13,500.00

  • First and only edition of Diary of a Journey from Srinagar to Kashgar via Gilgit by Harold Harding, inscribed to fellow consul Michael Cavenagh Gillett (1907-1971) with his bookplate.
    First and only edition of Diary of a Journey from Srinagar to Kashgar via Gilgit by Harold Harding, inscribed to fellow consul Michael Cavenagh Gillett (1907-1971) with his bookplate.

    HARDING, Harold Ivan.
    Diary of a Journey from Srinagar to Kashgar via Gilgit. 1922.
    £2,750.00

  • Second edition of A Grammar for Learning the Principles of the Malabar Language by Johann Fabricius, the first Tamil English grammar ever printed by one of the key Tamil scholars of the early German Protestant missionary movement.
    Second edition of A Grammar for Learning the Principles of the Malabar Language by Johann Fabricius, the first Tamil English grammar ever printed by one of the key Tamil scholars of the early German Protestant missionary movement.

    [FABRICIUS, Johann Philip].
    A Grammar for Learning the Principles of the Malabar Language, 1789.
    £4,500.00

  • First edition of The Bengal Reversion by Evans Bell, a scarce treatise criticising the governance of Bengal by the British, and succesfully predicted the Non co-operation movement and Indian independence by nearly 50 years.
    First edition of The Bengal Reversion by Evans Bell, a scarce treatise criticising the governance of Bengal by the British, and succesfully predicted the Non co-operation movement and Indian independence by nearly 50 years.

    BELL, Evans.
    The Bengal Reversion, Another "Exceptional Case." 1872.
    £1,250.00

  • First edition of Observations on the Mussulmauns of India by Mrs Meer Hassan Ali, scarce work revealing Shia Muslim Society in India.
    First edition of Observations on the Mussulmauns of India by Mrs Meer Hassan Ali, scarce work revealing Shia Muslim Society in India.

    ALI, Mrs Meer Hassan.
    Observations on the Mussulmauns of India: 1832.
    £1,500.00

  • First edition of An Account of an Embassy to the Kingdom of Ava by Michael Symes, handsomely bound and clean copy of one of the earliest accounts of Burma.
    First edition of An Account of an Embassy to the Kingdom of Ava by Michael Symes, handsomely bound and clean copy of one of the earliest accounts of Burma.

    SYMES, Michael.
    An Account of an Embassy to the Kingdom of Ava, 1800.
    £2,500.00

  • First edition of A Geographical Memoir of the Persian Empire by John Kinneir with the rare seperately issued map, discussing Persia, Caucasus, Pakistan, and the Gulf.
    First edition of A Geographical Memoir of the Persian Empire by John Kinneir with the rare seperately issued map, discussing Persia, Caucasus, Pakistan, and the Gulf.

    KINNEIR, John MacDonald.
    A Geographical Memoir of the Persian Empire, accompanied by a map. 1813.
    £8,500.00

  • First edition of The Complete Monumental Register by M Derozario, one of the first attempts to record the graves and gravestone inscriptions of burials around the area of Calcutta.
    First edition of The Complete Monumental Register by M Derozario, one of the first attempts to record the graves and gravestone inscriptions of burials around the area of Calcutta.

    DEROZARIO, M.
    The Complete Monumental Register: 1815.
    £2,500.00

  • First edition of Voyage Fait Par Ordre du Roy Louis XIV, Dans La Palestine, by Laurent d'Arvieux, translated by Jean de la Roque, of one of the earliest account of Bedouins.
    First edition of Voyage Fait Par Ordre du Roy Louis XIV, Dans La Palestine, by Laurent d'Arvieux, translated by Jean de la Roque, of one of the earliest account of Bedouins.

    [D'ARVIEUX, Laurent; ROQUE, Jean de la (editor & translator)].
    Voyage Fait Par Ordre du Roy Louis XIV. Dans La Palestine, 1717.
    £1,500.00

  • Cook's third voyage, A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, with the atlas and 63 engravings and charts, one of the most important English books published in the last quarter of the eighteenth century.
    Cook's third voyage, A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, with the atlas and 63 engravings and charts, one of the most important English books published in the last quarter of the eighteenth century.

    COOK, Captain James; KING, Captain James.
    A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean 1785.
    £15,000.00

  • First editions of Charles Brown's A Dictionary, Telugu and English, and A Dictionary of the Mixed Dialects and Foreign Words used in Telugu, the most comprehensive dictionary of Telugu of its time.
    First editions of Charles Brown's A Dictionary, Telugu and English, and A Dictionary of the Mixed Dialects and Foreign Words used in Telugu, the most comprehensive dictionary of Telugu of its time.

    BROWN, Charles Philip.
    A Dictionary, Telugu and English 1852; 1854.
    £2,750.00

  • First edition of A Grammar of the High Dialect of the Tamil Language by Constanzo Beschi, the first printed edition of the first grammar of High Tamil, never published alongside his Low Tamil grammar of 1738.
    First edition of A Grammar of the High Dialect of the Tamil Language by Constanzo Beschi, the first printed edition of the first grammar of High Tamil, never published alongside his Low Tamil grammar of 1738.

    BESCHI, Constanzo Joseph; BABINGTON, Benjamin Guy (translated).
    A Grammar of the High Dialect of the Tamil Language, termed Shen-Tamil: 1822.
    £3,500.00

  • The translator's copy of I'tisam ad-Din's Shigurf Namah-I-Velaet, the first recorded account of travel by an Indian to Europe in the Early Modern period.
    The translator's copy of I'tisam ad-Din's Shigurf Namah-I-Velaet, the first recorded account of travel by an Indian to Europe in the Early Modern period.

    I'TISAM-UD-DIN, Mirza Muhammad; ALEXANDER, James Edward (translator).
    Shigurf Namah-I-Velaet; 1827.
    £2,750.00

  • First edition of Sven Hedin's Scientific Results of a Journey in Central Asia 1899-1902, the presentation copy to the Foreign Minister of Sweden Alfred Lagerheim (1843-1924) inscribed to him by Sven Hedin.
    First edition of Sven Hedin's Scientific Results of a Journey in Central Asia 1899-1902, the presentation copy to the Foreign Minister of Sweden Alfred Lagerheim (1843-1924) inscribed to him by Sven Hedin.

    HEDIN, Sven.
    Scientific Results of a Journey in Central Asia 1899-1902. 1904-1907.
    £25,000.00

  • First edition of Journal of a Voyage in 1811 and 1812, to Madras and China by James Wathen, a classic account with 24 finely coloured aquatints.
    First edition of Journal of a Voyage in 1811 and 1812, to Madras and China by James Wathen, a classic account with 24 finely coloured aquatints.

    WATHEN, James.
    Journal of a Voyage in 1811 and 1812, to Madras and China; 1814.
    £2,500.00

  • First edition of Van de Velde's Le Pays d'Israel, one of the best illustrated works on the Holy Land and Lebanon with 100 lithographs.
    First edition of Van de Velde's Le Pays d'Israel, one of the best illustrated works on the Holy Land and Lebanon with 100 lithographs.

    VAN DE VELDE, Carel Wilhelm Meredith.
    Le Pays d'Israel. 1857.
    £12,500.00

  • First edition of Two Years imprisonment Burmah by Henry Gouger, an account of Gouger's imprisonment during the first Anglo-Burmese War of 1824 to 1826.
    First edition of Two Years imprisonment Burmah by Henry Gouger, an account of Gouger's imprisonment during the first Anglo-Burmese War of 1824 to 1826.

    GOUGER, Henry.
    Personal Narrative of Two Years' Imprisonment in Burmah. 1860.
    £1,250.00

  • First edition of Memoir of the Conquest of Java by William Thorn, one of the important early works on Java, with marvelous aquatints of Batavia including the Taman Sari.
    First edition of Memoir of the Conquest of Java by William Thorn, one of the important early works on Java, with marvelous aquatints of Batavia including the Taman Sari.

    THORN, William.
    Memoir of the Conquest of Java; 1815.
    £5,000.00

  • A beautifully bound first edition of Select Views in Greece by Hugh Williams, depicting the historical sites and landscapes of Greece.
    A beautifully bound first edition of Select Views in Greece by Hugh Williams, depicting the historical sites and landscapes of Greece.

    WILLIAMS, H.W.
    Select Views in Greece 1829.
    £1,500.00

  • First edition of Travels from St. Petersburg in Russia by John Bell, with the engraved map showing Peking, handsome contemporary speckled calf.
    First edition of Travels from St. Petersburg in Russia by John Bell, with the engraved map showing Peking, handsome contemporary speckled calf.

    BELL, John.
    Travels from St. Petersburg in Russia, to Diverse Parts of Asia. 1763.
    £1,750.00

  • An unrivalled collection of material revealing the history of Qatar from 1820 to 1960, focussing on primary documents from Qatar's first maritime treaty with Britain in 1820 up to the abdication of Ali bin Abdullah in 1960.
    An unrivalled collection of material revealing the history of Qatar from 1820 to 1960, focussing on primary documents from Qatar's first maritime treaty with Britain in 1820 up to the abdication of Ali bin Abdullah in 1960.

    [ARABIAN GULF; QATAR]. TUSON, Penelope.
    Records of Qatar Primary Documents: 1820-1960. 1991.
    £4,250.00

  • A valuable collection of records detailing the development and growth of the Arab Gulf Cities of Kuwait, Manama, Doha, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Muscat, and Mattrah.
    A valuable collection of records detailing the development and growth of the Arab Gulf Cities of Kuwait, Manama, Doha, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Muscat, and Mattrah.

    [ARABIAN GULF]. TRENCH, Richard (editor).
    Arab Gulf Cities. 2020.
    £2,500.00

  • The complete collection of planning documents for Abu Dhabi from 1962 to 1979, the development plan review for Dubai of 1971, and the Federal Economic and Social Development Plan 1975 to 1980.
    The complete collection of planning documents for Abu Dhabi from 1962 to 1979, the development plan review for Dubai of 1971, and the Federal Economic and Social Development Plan 1975 to 1980.

    [ARABIAN GULF; UAE].
    Development Plans of the GCC States 1962-1995: UAE. 2026.
    £1,500.00

  • Records of Qatar: 1966-1971, a comprehensive collection of documents recording the history of Qatar between the years 1966 and 1971, which saw the withdrawal of Britain from the region.
    Records of Qatar: 1966-1971, a comprehensive collection of documents recording the history of Qatar between the years 1966 and 1971, which saw the withdrawal of Britain from the region.

    [ARABIAN GULF; QATAR]. BURDETT, Anita L. (editor).
    Records of Qatar: 1966-1971. 2021.
    £2,750.00

  • A very important collection of documents charting the the history of Qatar during the years 1961 to 1965.
    A very important collection of documents charting the the history of Qatar during the years 1961 to 1965.

    [ARABIAN GULF; QATAR]. BURDETT, Anita L. (editor).
    Records of Qatar: 1961-1965. 2021.
    £3,250.00

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