'Boyes recounts his adventures in East Africa, particularly hunting elephant in the Lado Enclave, and on safari with W.N. McMillan and C.W.l. Bulp...

A standard history of Cambridge University with attractive engravings.First edition. 2 volumes 8vo, large paper copy (25 x 16.5 cm), xxxv, 268; iv...

Charles Booth (1840-1916), had always taken an interest in the welfare of working men, but it was not until he was past middle age that there bega...

Scarce historical account of the pilgrimage to Mecca illustrated with seven photographic plates.First edition, 8vo, vi, 71pp., 7 photographic plat...

"For official use only". With large and valuable maps, and photographic illustrations throughout.2 volumes, 8vo, (22 x 15 cm) xiii, 525; xiv, 514...

The British Niger Expedition of 1841 was commissioned by the British Government to perform two primary tasks: firstly, to work towards the suppres...

A beautifully bound example. The result of Casati's 10-year exploration of the Bahr-el-Ghazal basin in southern Sudan, full of valuable scientific...

First edition. 8vo., xxiv, 416 pp., 6 engraved and 1 lithograph plates (1 double-page), original red cloth gilt, neat repairs to spine, some spott...

Asia Minor & Mesopotomia. Although Dapper (1636-1689) never left the Netherlands, he garnered information for his authoritative works from Dutc...

A defence by Harry Verelst (1734-1785) of the British administration in Bengal during his governorship. 'Verelst became a loyal supporter of Clive...

An outstanding example. An exceptional example. Most copies were issued uncoloured. A few were sold with hand-colouring and a smaller number were i...

With the complete set of the original watercolours. A unique copy with the original highly finished watercolour drawings.William Whitelock Lloyd wa...

Rare broadsheet advertising an exhibition at the Egyptian Hall. The Egyptian Hall was a leading venue for exhibitions featuring original artwork a...

The author was surgeon and geologist to the British military expedition which surveyed the valleys of the Tigris-Euphrates in Mesopotamia in 1835-...

Scarce. Greenwood served under Pollock in the first Afghan War and gives an honest view of the atrocities meted out by Pollock's 'Army of Retribut...

Sir Wilfred Thesiger's copy. An important association copy from the library of explorer and travel writer Wilfred Thesiger, who explored Iraq, the ...