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...

A popular account which went through several editions in a short space of time. The author had visited Constantinople during the Crimean War and h...

Blackmer copy. 'First and apparently only edition. The map of Greece issued with this work is frequently missing, and despite the information on th...

'This report describes the activities of the Society of Dilettanti's second Ionian Mission, 1812-13, organized under the direction of William Gell...

Albumen print (22 x 28 cm). Good tonal range and in good condition, pasted on original card, photographer's credit, title and number in negative.

A scenic view over the valley with a windmill on the right side and the hills of Judaean Desert in the background.The spring of Gihon considered t...

The Holy Land. Albumen print. 225 x 282 mm. Good tonal range and in good condition, pasted on original card, photographer's credit and title in neg...

Contains volumes on Botany, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles and Fish, including 75 specimen plates of cacti.First edition, senate issue; 2 vols bound in ...

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

Scarce. Kinneir had served in the Madras infantry and was later attached to Sir John Malcolm's mission in Persia in 1808-1809. In 1813 he set out ...

Rare. The first appearance in book form of any account of Livingstone's travels in Africa (the preface is dated January, 1857, and his Missionary ...

Dr. Thomas Hodgkin (1798-1866), an eminent physician was the first to identify the type of lymphoma now known as Hodgkins disease. He travelled t...

In 1833-34 Maurice Tamisier served as a secretary to the chief medical officer in the armies sent by Muhammad Ali to suppress further uprisings in...

A scarce, well regarded translation of Pausanias, who provides us with the best guide to the Ancient Greeks and their beliefs. Translated by Thoma...

The Shahzada, Nasrullah Khan, spent several months in England deputising for his father, Emir Abdur Rahman Khan, who had intended to visit Queen V...

The privately printed true first edition. The rare privately printed edition, preceding the trade edition by twenty-one years. The text consists of...

'A fascinating work, full of interesting detail, as are all Leake's works. Particular attention is paid to Mycenae and Tiryns, and the plates incl...

Dallaway spent 18 months as chaplain with Liston's embassy to the Porte (1794-6). He travelled to Constantinople overland with Liston's entourage,...

Wittman was a member of the British military mission which joined the Turkish forces at Constantinople in 1799 and travelled overland to Egypt to ...