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  • A lovely copy of Emma Robert's Hindostan, copiously illustrated work depicting India and the Himalayas.
    A lovely copy of Emma Robert's Hindostan, copiously illustrated work depicting India and the Himalayas.

    ROBERTS, Emma.
    Hindostan, [c.1840].
    £1,500.00

  • Margaret Agate kept a diary of her journey in Egypt between Autumn 1901 and Spring 1902. She made an excursion on the Nile and visited Khartoum before travelling to Damascus via Mount Sinai.
    Margaret Agate kept a diary of her journey in Egypt between Autumn 1901 and Spring 1902. She made an excursion on the Nile and visited Khartoum before travelling to Damascus via Mount Sinai.

    AGATE, Margaret M.
    Egypt, the Sinaitic Desert and the Holy Land. 1904.
    £1,500.00

  • First edition, second impression, of Gertrude Bell's The Desert and the Sown, her scarce chronicle of her journey through Syria to Antioch.
    First edition, second impression, of Gertrude Bell's The Desert and the Sown, her scarce chronicle of her journey through Syria to Antioch.

    BELL, Gertrude.
    The Desert and the Sown. 1907.
    £1,000.00

  • The Beauties of the Bosphorus by Julia Pardoe, one of the most popular and attractive of all books on the Bosphorus, scarce to find in the original cloth.
    The Beauties of the Bosphorus by Julia Pardoe, one of the most popular and attractive of all books on the Bosphorus, scarce to find in the original cloth.

    PARDOE, Julia; BARTLETT, W. H. (illustrator).
    The Beauties of the Bosphorus. 1839.
    £950.00

  • Inscribed first edition of Woman Pilot, the autobiography of RAF pilot Jackie Moggridge, the first woman to captain a commercial airline, published in 1957.
    Inscribed first edition of Woman Pilot, the autobiography of RAF pilot Jackie Moggridge, the first woman to captain a commercial airline, published in 1957.

    MOGGRIDGE, Jackie.
    Woman Pilot. [1957].
    £950.00

  • Lady Falkland, daughter of William IV, travelled out to India as wife of the Governor of Bombay. She writes about life in India and her journey home.
    Lady Falkland, daughter of William IV, travelled out to India as wife of the Governor of Bombay. She writes about life in India and her journey home.

    FALKLAND, [Amelia Cary] Viscountess.
    Chow-Chow; 1857.
    £950.00

  • First edition of Views in India by Emma Roberts and Robert Elliott, a handsome copy of this work illustrating India, China, and the Read Sea including depictions of Agra, Delhi, the Ellora Caves, Macao, and Tiger Island.
    First edition of Views in India by Emma Roberts and Robert Elliott, a handsome copy of this work illustrating India, China, and the Read Sea including depictions of Agra, Delhi, the Ellora Caves, Macao, and Tiger Island.

    ELLIOTT, Robert (illustrator); ROBERTS, Emma.
    Views in India. [1834].
    £850.00

  • First edition of this rare Kuala Lumpur imprint of Grace Garnier's Padilands (Paddylands).
    First edition of this rare Kuala Lumpur imprint of Grace Garnier's Padilands (Paddylands).

    GARNIER, Grace.
    Padilands. 1936.
    £850.00

  • Fanny Guinness believed that it was important to know more about Central Africa in order to better understand it.
    Fanny Guinness believed that it was important to know more about Central Africa in order to better understand it.

    GUINNESS, Mrs. H. Grattan [Fanny Emma].
    The New World of Central Africa. 1890.
    £850.00

  • Gertrude Bell's account of her five-month journey along the Euphrates. Scarce.
    Gertrude Bell's account of her five-month journey along the Euphrates. Scarce.

    BELL, Gertrude Lowthian.
    Amurath to Amurath. 1924.
    £800.00

  • Scarce limited edition bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe of Gertrude Bell's The Arab War.
    Scarce limited edition bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe of Gertrude Bell's The Arab War.

    [BELL, Gertrude].
    The Arab War. 1940.
    £750.00

  • First edition of A Winter in Morocco by Amelia Perrier, a scarce work recounting a woman's journey to Tangier, Morocco.
    First edition of A Winter in Morocco by Amelia Perrier, a scarce work recounting a woman's journey to Tangier, Morocco.

    PERRIER, Amelia.
    A Winter in Morocco. 1873.
    £750.00

  • First edition of Mountaineering in the Land of the Midnight Sun by Elizabeth Anne Frances, covering nineteen new ascents of the Norwegian Arctic Circle.
    First edition of Mountaineering in the Land of the Midnight Sun by Elizabeth Anne Frances, covering nineteen new ascents of the Norwegian Arctic Circle.

    LE BLOND, Mrs. Aubrey [Elizabeth Anne Frances].
    Mountaineering in the Land of the Midnight Sun. 1908.
    £650.00

  • Scarce first edition of Three Months in the Soudan by Ernestine Sartorius, a scarce account of travel through Egypt and the Sudan.
    Scarce first edition of Three Months in the Soudan by Ernestine Sartorius, a scarce account of travel through Egypt and the Sudan.

    SARTORIUS, Ernestine.
    Three Months in the Soudan. 1885.
    £650.00

  • A presentation copy of Lady Brassey's Last Voyage from her widower.
    A presentation copy of Lady Brassey's Last Voyage from her widower.

    BRASSEY, [Anna] Lady.
    The Last Voyage 1889.
    £650.00

  • First edition of Lady Brassey's Sunshine and Storm in the East, an account of her journeys to Cuprus and Constantinople with maps and plates.
    First edition of Lady Brassey's Sunshine and Storm in the East, an account of her journeys to Cuprus and Constantinople with maps and plates.

    BRASSEY, Anna, Lady.
    Sunshine and Storm in the East, 1880.
    £500.00

  • First edition of Sultan to Sultan by May French-Sheldon, an account of a pioneering safari from Mombasa to Masai country and Mount Kilimanjaro.
    First edition of Sultan to Sultan by May French-Sheldon, an account of a pioneering safari from Mombasa to Masai country and Mount Kilimanjaro.

    FRENCH-SHELDON, May.
    Sultan to Sultan. 1892.
    £400.00

  • First edition of Harriet Daly's Digging, Squating, and Pioneering Life, the Henry Luke White copy, with the Belltrees bookplate, of this important and readable account of the Northern Territory settlement by a woman writer.
    First edition of Harriet Daly's Digging, Squating, and Pioneering Life, the Henry Luke White copy, with the Belltrees bookplate, of this important and readable account of the Northern Territory settlement by a woman writer.

    DALY, Harriet.
    Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia. 1887.
    £375.00

  • First edition of Mesopotamia (Iraq) Water-colours by Edith Cheesman, a scarce little work showing a selection of paintings of Iraq by Florence Edith Cheesman, an important artist in the history of the depiction of Iraq as a nation.
    First edition of Mesopotamia (Iraq) Water-colours by Edith Cheesman, a scarce little work showing a selection of paintings of Iraq by Florence Edith Cheesman, an important artist in the history of the depiction of Iraq as a nation.

    CHEESMAN, Florence Edith.
    Mesopotamia (Iraq) Water-colours. 1922.
    £375.00

  • First edition with the scarce dust-jacket of Ada Goodrich-Freer's Arabs in Tent and Town, an interesting work on the culture of Syria.
    First edition with the scarce dust-jacket of Ada Goodrich-Freer's Arabs in Tent and Town, an interesting work on the culture of Syria.

    GOODRICH-FREER, Ada.
    Arabs in Tent & Town. 1924.
    £350.00

  • Gill's account of her experiences on the Atlantic island of Ascension as part of an 1867 scientific expedition led by her husband
    Gill's account of her experiences on the Atlantic island of Ascension as part of an 1867 scientific expedition led by her husband

    GILL, Isobel Sara.
    Six months in Ascension. 1880.
    £285.00

  • A lovely copy of Lady Brassey's A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months, her famous account of her circumnavigation of the globe in the late nineteenth century.
    A lovely copy of Lady Brassey's A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months, her famous account of her circumnavigation of the globe in the late nineteenth century.

    BRASSEY, Lady Anna.
    A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months. 1913.
    £200.00

  • First edition of Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands by Harriet Beecher Stowe, the travel work written she wrote of her lecture tour of Britain, France, and Germany following the publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin.
    First edition of Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands by Harriet Beecher Stowe, the travel work written she wrote of her lecture tour of Britain, France, and Germany following the publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin.

    STOWE, Harriet Beecher.
    Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands. 1854.
    £150.00

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