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.
Click here to view the e-catalogue now.
Filters
-
An authentick and faithful history of that arch-pyrate Tulagee Angria.
(TOOLAJI ANGRIA).Original price $6,362.00 - Original price $6,362.00Original price $0.00$6,362.00$6,362.00 - $6,362.00Current price $6,362.00| /Rare. ESTC lists only BL, Advocates Library, and Birmingham Central Library in U.K., adding College of William and Mary and University of Minnesot...
View full detailsOriginal price $6,362.00 - Original price $6,362.00Original price $0.00$6,362.00$6,362.00 - $6,362.00Current price $6,362.00| / -
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 $6,027.00 - Original price $6,027.00Original price $0.00$6,027.00$6,027.00 - $6,027.00Current price $6,027.00| /One of the earliest comprehensive accounts of Nepal. Buchanan accompanied Knox to Nepal and later spent two years on the Nepalese frontier collect...
View full detailsOriginal price $6,027.00 - Original price $6,027.00Original price $0.00$6,027.00$6,027.00 - $6,027.00Current price $6,027.00| / -
Mycenae;
SCHLIEMANN, Dr. Henry.Original price $1,675.00 - Original price $1,675.00Original price $0.00$1,675.00$1,675.00 - $1,675.00Current price $1,675.00| /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...
View full detailsOriginal price $1,675.00 - Original price $1,675.00Original price $0.00$1,675.00$1,675.00 - $1,675.00Current price $1,675.00| / -
The Sikandar Nama, e Bara,
NIZAMI; CLARKE, Captain H. Wilberforce (translator).Original price $3,014.00 - Original price $3,014.00Original price $0.00$3,014.00$3,014.00 - $3,014.00Current price $3,014.00| /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. ...
View full detailsOriginal price $3,014.00 - Original price $3,014.00Original price $0.00$3,014.00$3,014.00 - $3,014.00Current price $3,014.00| / -
A new history of Ethiopia.
LUDOLF, Hiob.Original price $6,697.00 - Original price $6,697.00Original price $0.00$6,697.00$6,697.00 - $6,697.00Current price $6,697.00| /The father of modern Ethiopian studies. Scarce English edition. Ludolf (1624-1704), is regarded as the father of modern Ethiopian studies. 'A work ...
View full detailsOriginal price $6,697.00 - Original price $6,697.00Original price $0.00$6,697.00$6,697.00 - $6,697.00Current price $6,697.00| / -
The present state of the Empire of Morocco,
SAINT OLON, François Pidou de.Original price $3,014.00 - Original price $3,014.00Original price $0.00$3,014.00$3,014.00 - $3,014.00Current price $3,014.00| /The late seventeenth century saw Morocco at the peak of its power, first under Emperor Al Rashid, who had united the ancient kingdoms of Fez and M...
View full detailsOriginal price $3,014.00 - Original price $3,014.00Original price $0.00$3,014.00$3,014.00 - $3,014.00Current price $3,014.00| / -
Report on the geological collections made during the voyage of the "Quest"
[SMITH, W. Campbell (editor)].Original price $663.00 - Original price $663.00Original price $663.00$663.00$663.00 - $663.00Current price $663.00| /'Uncommon' (Rosove). The bulk of the published scientific results from Shackleton's last expedition.First edition; 8vo., xii, 1261 pp., frontispie...
View full detailsOriginal price $663.00 - Original price $663.00Original price $663.00$663.00$663.00 - $663.00Current price $663.00| / -
Report on the maps and surveys
DEBENHAM, F.Original price $3,014.00 - Original price $3,014.00Original price $3,014.00$3,014.00$3,014.00 - $3,014.00Current price $3,014.00| /The maps from Capt. Scott's Terra Nova expedition. The cartographic record of the British Antarctic Expedition (Terra Nova) 1910-1913.First edition...
View full detailsOriginal price $3,014.00 - Original price $3,014.00Original price $3,014.00$3,014.00$3,014.00 - $3,014.00Current price $3,014.00| / -
The British Antarctic Expedition 1910-1913.
PONTING, Herbert G.Original price $1,340.00 - Original price $1,340.00Original price $0.00$1,340.00$1,340.00 - $1,340.00Current price $1,340.00| /Rare exhibition catalogue. Invaluable for the documentation of Ponting's photographs.First edition; 8vo, [4] ads., [ii], 4-24, [2]ads. pp., portra...
View full detailsOriginal price $1,340.00 - Original price $1,340.00Original price $0.00$1,340.00$1,340.00 - $1,340.00Current price $1,340.00| / -
Travels In Kashmir, Ladak, Iskardo,
VIGNE, Godfrey Thomas.Original price $1,273.00 - Original price $1,273.00Original price $0.00$1,273.00$1,273.00 - $1,273.00Current price $1,273.00| /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...
View full detailsOriginal price $1,273.00 - Original price $1,273.00Original price $0.00$1,273.00$1,273.00 - $1,273.00Current price $1,273.00| / -
The personal adventures and experiences of a magistrate
THORNHILL, Mark.Original price $469.00 - Original price $469.00Original price $0.00$469.00$469.00 - $469.00Current price $469.00| /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...
View full detailsOriginal price $469.00 - Original price $469.00Original price $0.00$469.00$469.00 - $469.00Current price $469.00| / -
A voyage up the Mediterranean in His Majesty's Ship the Swiftsure...
WILLYAMS, Rev. Cooper.Original price $2,478.00 - Original price $2,478.00Original price $0.00$2,478.00$2,478.00 - $2,478.00Current price $2,478.00| /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...
View full detailsOriginal price $2,478.00 - Original price $2,478.00Original price $0.00$2,478.00$2,478.00 - $2,478.00Current price $2,478.00| / -
Travels through the Crimea,
WEBSTER, James.Original price $4,018.00 - Original price $4,018.00Original price $0.00$4,018.00$4,018.00 - $4,018.00Current price $4,018.00| /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...
View full detailsOriginal price $4,018.00 - Original price $4,018.00Original price $0.00$4,018.00$4,018.00 - $4,018.00Current price $4,018.00| / -
The Great Rift Valley,
GREGORY, J[ohn] W[alter].Original price $1,005.00 - Original price $1,005.00Original price $0.00$1,005.00$1,005.00 - $1,005.00Current price $1,005.00| /Highland regions of Mount Kenya. Important exploration expedition in the hitherto unknown highland regions of Mt. Kenya.In 1892 Gregory was seconde...
View full detailsOriginal price $1,005.00 - Original price $1,005.00Original price $0.00$1,005.00$1,005.00 - $1,005.00Current price $1,005.00| / -
The ruin of the Soudan
RUSSELL, Henry.Original price $1,139.00 - Original price $1,139.00Original price $0.00$1,139.00$1,139.00 - $1,139.00Current price $1,139.00| /Scarce. The author was special correspondent to the Daily News and Daily Telegraph whilst resident in first Jeddah and then Suakin. An Arabic spe...
View full detailsOriginal price $1,139.00 - Original price $1,139.00Original price $0.00$1,139.00$1,139.00 - $1,139.00Current price $1,139.00| / -
Round the black man's garden.
COLVILE, Zelie.Original price $637.00 - Original price $637.00Original price $0.00$637.00$637.00 - $637.00Current price $637.00| /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...
View full detailsOriginal price $637.00 - Original price $637.00Original price $0.00$637.00$637.00 - $637.00Current price $637.00| / -
To the Victoria Falls of the Zambesi
MOHR, Edward.Original price $1,675.00 - Original price $1,675.00Original price $0.00$1,675.00$1,675.00 - $1,675.00Current price $1,675.00| /Scarce. 'A German sportsman, Mohr travelled to the Victoria Falls partly for the sake of hunting, partly in the hope of making geographical discov...
View full detailsOriginal price $1,675.00 - Original price $1,675.00Original price $0.00$1,675.00$1,675.00 - $1,675.00Current price $1,675.00| / -
A journey to Mequinez;
WINDUS, John.Original price $1,675.00 - Original price $1,675.00Original price $0.00$1,675.00$1,675.00 - $1,675.00Current price $1,675.00| /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...
View full detailsOriginal price $1,675.00 - Original price $1,675.00Original price $0.00$1,675.00$1,675.00 - $1,675.00Current price $1,675.00| / -
In the Grip of the Nyika:
PATTERSON, Lieut.-Col. John Henry.Original price $469.00 - Original price $469.00Original price $0.00$469.00$469.00 - $469.00Current price $469.00| /'Patterson revisits the infamous sites of Tsavo, then treks into the Nyika, or wilderness of British East Africa... there is also a feverish encou...
View full detailsOriginal price $469.00 - Original price $469.00Original price $0.00$469.00$469.00 - $469.00Current price $469.00| / -
The discovery of the North-West Passage by H.M.S. "Investigator,"
OSBORN, Sherard (editor).Original price $4,200.00 - Original price $4,200.00Original price $0.00$4,200.00$4,200.00 - $4,200.00Current price $4,200.00| /The first traversal of the North-west Passage. Even though it was intended as a rescue voyage seeking Franklin survivors, and (by explicit orders) ...
View full detailsOriginal price $4,200.00 - Original price $4,200.00Original price $0.00$4,200.00$4,200.00 - $4,200.00Current price $4,200.00| / -
Chow-Chow;
FALKLAND, [Amelia Cary] Viscountess.Original price $1,273.00 - Original price $1,273.00Original price $1,273.00$1,273.00$1,273.00 - $1,273.00Current price $1,273.00| /The youngest daughter of William, Duke of Clarence (later William IV) and the actress Mrs Jordan, the author married the colonial administrator Vi...
View full detailsOriginal price $1,273.00 - Original price $1,273.00Original price $1,273.00$1,273.00$1,273.00 - $1,273.00Current price $1,273.00| /
You've viewed of 60 items