Exploration & Travel 2023: Part Two
We are delighted to present our new travel catalogue. Curated by our senior specialist Julian MacKenzie, the catalogue features rare travel books on: (1) Africa, (2) Arabia, Iraq & the Gulf, (3) Greece, Turkey & Crimea, (4) India & South-East Asia, and (5) Polar Regions, and (6) Women Travellers.
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An authentick and faithful history of that arch-pyrate Tulagee Angria.
(TOOLAJI ANGRIA).Original price $6,286.00 - Original price $6,286.00Original price $0.00$6,286.00$6,286.00 - $6,286.00Current price $6,286.00| /Rare. ESTC lists only BL, Advocates Library, and Birmingham Central Library in U.K., adding College of William and Mary and University of Minnesot...
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An Account of the Kingdom of Nepal and of the Territories Annexed to this Dominion by the House of Gorkha.
BUCHANAN, Francis Hamilton.Original price $5,955.00 - Original price $5,955.00Original price $0.00$5,955.00$5,955.00 - $5,955.00Current price $5,955.00| /One of the earliest comprehensive accounts of Nepal. Buchanan accompanied Knox to Nepal and later spent two years on the Nepalese frontier collect...
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Mycenae;
SCHLIEMANN, Dr. Henry.Original price $1,654.00 - Original price $1,654.00Original price $0.00$1,654.00$1,654.00 - $1,654.00Current price $1,654.00| /From the renowned collection of Panos Gratsos. 'It is a spectacular book and was a roaring success... No one could overlook or ignore this book and...
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The Sikandar Nama, e Bara,
NIZAMI; CLARKE, Captain H. Wilberforce (translator).Original price $2,978.00 - Original price $2,978.00Original price $0.00$2,978.00$2,978.00 - $2,978.00Current price $2,978.00| /A fine copy of Clarke's translation of the first part of Nizami's history of Alexander the Great containing Alexander's life and accomplishments. ...
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A new history of Ethiopia.
LUDOLF, Hiob.Original price $6,616.00 - Original price $6,616.00Original price $0.00$6,616.00$6,616.00 - $6,616.00Current price $6,616.00| /The father of modern Ethiopian studies. Scarce English edition. Ludolf (1624-1704), is regarded as the father of modern Ethiopian studies. 'A work ...
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Report on the geological collections made during the voyage of the "Quest"
[SMITH, W. Campbell (editor)].Original price $655.00 - Original price $655.00Original price $655.00$655.00$655.00 - $655.00Current price $655.00| /'Uncommon' (Rosove). The bulk of the published scientific results from Shackleton's last expedition.First edition; 8vo., xii, 1261 pp., frontispie...
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Report on the maps and surveys
DEBENHAM, F.Original price $2,978.00 - Original price $2,978.00Original price $2,978.00$2,978.00$2,978.00 - $2,978.00Current price $2,978.00| /The maps from Capt. Scott's Terra Nova expedition. The cartographic record of the British Antarctic Expedition (Terra Nova) 1910-1913.First edition...
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The British Antarctic Expedition 1910-1913.
PONTING, Herbert G.Original price $1,324.00 - Original price $1,324.00Original price $0.00$1,324.00$1,324.00 - $1,324.00Current price $1,324.00| /Rare exhibition catalogue. Invaluable for the documentation of Ponting's photographs.First edition; 8vo, [4] ads., [ii], 4-24, [2]ads. pp., portra...
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Matabele Land and the Victoria Falls,
OATES, Frank.Original price $3,308.00 - Original price $3,308.00Original price $0.00$3,308.00$3,308.00 - $3,308.00Current price $3,308.00| /Fine copy. An exceptionally well preserved example. Oates was one of the first Europeans to see the Victoria Falls in full flood, having travelled ...
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Travels In Kashmir, Ladak, Iskardo,
VIGNE, Godfrey Thomas.Original price $1,258.00 - Original price $1,258.00Original price $0.00$1,258.00$1,258.00 - $1,258.00Current price $1,258.00| /With the large map. Vigne travelled extensively in Northern India in the years 1834 to 1838. Although a private traveller, he mapped the country th...
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The personal adventures and experiences of a magistrate
THORNHILL, Mark.Original price $464.00 - Original price $464.00Original price $0.00$464.00$464.00 - $464.00Current price $464.00| /A well-written narrative of the events of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 by Mark Thornhill, magistrate of Muttra (Mathura). One of the sources for J...
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A voyage up the Mediterranean in His Majesty's Ship the Swiftsure...
WILLYAMS, Rev. Cooper.Original price $2,448.00 - Original price $2,448.00Original price $0.00$2,448.00$2,448.00 - $2,448.00Current price $2,448.00| /Willyams served as chaplain of the Swiftsure, a ship of the squadron which Nelson commanded. Willyams was present at the Battle of the Nile and hi...
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Travels through the Crimea,
WEBSTER, James.Original price $3,970.00 - Original price $3,970.00Original price $0.00$3,970.00$3,970.00 - $3,970.00Current price $3,970.00| /James Webster (1802-1828) travelled extensively in the Levant with the architect W. H. Newnham in 1825-28, dying of a fever in Cairo. Includes Web...
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The Great Rift Valley,
GREGORY, J[ohn] W[alter].Original price $993.00 - Original price $993.00Original price $0.00$993.00$993.00 - $993.00Current price $993.00| /Highland regions of Mount Kenya. Important exploration expedition in the hitherto unknown highland regions of Mt. Kenya.In 1892 Gregory was seconde...
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The ruin of the Soudan
RUSSELL, Henry.Original price $1,125.00 - Original price $1,125.00Original price $0.00$1,125.00$1,125.00 - $1,125.00Current price $1,125.00| /Scarce. The author was special correspondent to the Daily News and Daily Telegraph whilst resident in first Jeddah and then Suakin. An Arabic spe...
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Round the black man's garden.
COLVILE, Zelie.Original price $629.00 - Original price $629.00Original price $0.00$629.00$629.00 - $629.00Current price $629.00| /Zelie Colvile travelled to Africa, along with her husband, the author of a standard work on the Sudan Campaign, on the advice of their doctor to w...
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To the Victoria Falls of the Zambesi
MOHR, Edward.Original price $1,654.00 - Original price $1,654.00Original price $0.00$1,654.00$1,654.00 - $1,654.00Current price $1,654.00| /Scarce. 'A German sportsman, Mohr travelled to the Victoria Falls partly for the sake of hunting, partly in the hope of making geographical discov...
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A journey to Mequinez;
WINDUS, John.Original price $1,654.00 - Original price $1,654.00Original price $0.00$1,654.00$1,654.00 - $1,654.00Current price $1,654.00| /An early English account of Morocco. Windus was the historian of a mission dispatched by George I in 1720 under Commodore Charles Stewart, to trea...
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