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 $6,088.00 - Original price $6,088.00Original price $0.00$6,088.00$6,088.00 - $6,088.00Current price $6,088.00| /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 $5,768.00 - Original price $5,768.00Original price $0.00$5,768.00$5,768.00 - $5,768.00Current price $5,768.00| /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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The Sikandar Nama, e Bara,
NIZAMI; CLARKE, Captain H. Wilberforce (translator).Original price $2,884.00 - Original price $2,884.00Original price $0.00$2,884.00$2,884.00 - $2,884.00Current price $2,884.00| /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 $6,408.00 - Original price $6,408.00Original price $0.00$6,408.00$6,408.00 - $6,408.00Current price $6,408.00| /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 $635.00 - Original price $635.00Original price $635.00$635.00$635.00 - $635.00Current price $635.00| /Uncommon' (Rosove). The bulk of the published scientific results from Shackleton's last expedition.First edition; 8vo., xii, 261 pp., frontispiece...
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Report on the maps and surveys
DEBENHAM, F.Original price $2,884.00 - Original price $2,884.00Original price $2,884.00$2,884.00$2,884.00 - $2,884.00Current price $2,884.00| /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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Matabele Land and the Victoria Falls,
OATES, Frank.Original price $3,204.00 - Original price $3,204.00Original price $0.00$3,204.00$3,204.00 - $3,204.00Current price $3,204.00| /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 $1,218.00 - Original price $1,218.00Original price $0.00$1,218.00$1,218.00 - $1,218.00Current price $1,218.00| /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 $449.00 - Original price $449.00Original price $0.00$449.00$449.00 - $449.00Current price $449.00| /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 $2,371.00 - Original price $2,371.00Original price $0.00$2,371.00$2,371.00 - $2,371.00Current price $2,371.00| /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 $3,845.00 - Original price $3,845.00Original price $0.00$3,845.00$3,845.00 - $3,845.00Current price $3,845.00| /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 $962.00 - Original price $962.00Original price $0.00$962.00$962.00 - $962.00Current price $962.00| /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 $1,090.00 - Original price $1,090.00Original price $0.00$1,090.00$1,090.00 - $1,090.00Current price $1,090.00| /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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A journey to Mequinez;
WINDUS, John.Original price $1,602.00 - Original price $1,602.00Original price $0.00$1,602.00$1,602.00 - $1,602.00Current price $1,602.00| /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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In the Grip of the Nyika:
PATTERSON, Lieut.-Col. John Henry.Original price $449.00 - Original price $449.00Original price $0.00$449.00$449.00 - $449.00Current price $449.00| /'Patterson revisits the infamous sites of Tsavo, then treks into the Nyika, or wilderness of British East Africa... there is also a feverish encou...
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