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 ...

'His dogged and loyal work for the Royal Geographical Society and his independent research were always of a high standard, but have not received t...

Large paper copy - one of 100. One of the finest books on the Caucasus. Freshfield was a former President of the Alpine Club and an honorary secret...

Wilbraham was a Captain in the British Army on military secondment in the service of Mohammad Shah. He gives a good description of Qilhak village,...

Originally published in a small Bombay edition. A thrilling account of the capture of Ghazni; the pursuit over rough terrain of Dost Mohammed Khan...

A work in which the author has recorded his impressions during the course of a journey in Siberia, which took place in the summer of 1896. A very ...

Beiruit to Beijing - the Citroen Central Asia Expedition. Finely produced portfolio of illustrations by the official artist of the Citroen Central ...

With superb engraved plates. An exceptionally fresh copy of Le Brun's account of his trans-Asia expedition, noteworthy in particular for its superb...

The author, the British vice-consul at Kertch on the Black Sea, enjoyed considerable sport on the Crimean peninsula and in the Caucasus Mountains ...

A personal account of travel and adventure and a famous eye-witness report of the Russian campaign against Khiva in 1873; MacGahan was a correspon...

Scarce account by a professional travel writer, who later produced works on the Sandwich Islands, the Levant, and Central & South America.Firs...

A British doctor, Gray served as surgeon to Abdur Rahman Khan, ruler of Afghanistan from 1880 to 1901. He was one of a number of men recruited in...

Scarce. The brothers Alexander and G. J. Gerard explored the Himalayan district from 1817 to 1828. Arriving in Simla in 1817, they travelled throu...

Attractive, fresh example of the atlas, uncut, from the most desirable edition enhanced with new and larger plates. Printed on thick paper and ext...

A very good copy of the atlas from the most desirable edition enhanced with new and larger plates.'Chardin was a Huguenot who was forced to emigra...

Account of a fifteen-year stay in Turkestan, where the author, a German doctor, worked as an astronomer at an observatory in Tashkent.First editio...

The author, the British vice-consul at Ketch on the Black Sea, enjoyed considerable sport on the Crimean peninsula and in the Caucasus Mountains -...