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We guarantee the authenticity and completeness of all items (unless otherwise described), and are happy to provide a certificate to this effect. All items can be assumed to be in good condition, with any defects being described in our description. 

For the Armchair Explorer: Books on Travel and Exploration

Curated by Julian MacKenzie and Lucinda Boyle, our travel and exploration collection encourages you to travel the globe from the comfort of your own home. Their selections offer an unparalleled escape into the world of adventure, making perfect gifts for the travel-hungry soul or the history enthusiast. 

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  • 113594_2 113594

    The Sundhya or the daily prayers of the Brahmins.

    BELNOS, Mrs. Sophia Charlotte.
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    The rites and rituals of the Brahmin. Mrs Belnos' scarce book on the rites and rituals of the Brahmin.'Relatively little is known about Mrs. Belnos...

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    A series of twenty-eight panoramic views of Calcutta,

    WOOD, William.
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    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...

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    [Views of Calcutta].

    BAILLIE, William.
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    Rare views of Calcutta - 12 hand-coloured etchings. Baillie's rare complete suite of twelve views of Calcutta.A Bengal Engineer, William Baillie wa...

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  • 113552_2 113552

    La Chine. Moeurs, usages, costumes, arts et metiers.

    MALPIERE, D. Bazin de.
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    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...

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    Character & costumes of Afghaunistan.

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

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    Persian Gulf historical summaries.

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

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    The Persian Gulf pilot 1870-1953.

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

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    Gazeteer of the Persian Gulf, Oman, and Central Arabia.

    LORIMER, John Gordon.
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    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...

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    Recollections of India.

    HARDINGE, Charles Stewart.
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    Deluxe issue with plates hand-coloured. The deluxe issue of Hardinge's rare colour plate book on India. Includes important Sikh portraits of the Ma...

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  • 113482_2 113482

    Bijdrage tot de kennis van het Japansche Rijk.

    OVERMEER FISSCHER, J.F. van.
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    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...

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  • 113356_2 113356

    Journal of a Voyage in 1811 and 1812, to Madras and China;

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

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    Inscriptions on the Seikh Guns Captured by the Army of the Sutledge 1845-46.

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    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...

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  • 112987_2 112987

    The Holy Land

    ROBERTS, David.
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    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...

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  • 112883_2 112883

    Twentieth Century Impressions of Hong Kong,

    WRIGHT, Arnold; H. A. Cartwright.
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    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...

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  • 113498_2 113498

    L'Arabie contemporaine avec la description du pelerinage de la mecque.

    D'AVRIL, Adolphe.
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    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...

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    Gennem wahhabiternes land paa kamelryg

    RAUNKIAER, Barclay.
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    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...

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    Arctic Explorations.

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

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    The Peaks and Valleys of the Alps.

    BONNEY, THOMAS GEORGE; Elijah Walton, illustrator.
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    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...

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  • 112570_2 112570

    Across Chryse;

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

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    India Today and Tomorrow.

    NEHRU, Jawaharlal.
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    Signed by the author. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper, 'Jawaharlal Nehru / 21.7.1961.'Jawaharlal Nehru (1889-1964) was a central fi...

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    Travels,

    SHAW, Thomas.
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    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...

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    Ismailia:

    BAKER, Samuel White.
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    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...

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