The first traversal of the North-west Passage. Even though it was intended as a rescue voyage seeking Franklin survivors, and (by explicit orders) ...

The youngest daughter of William, Duke of Clarence (later William IV) and the actress Mrs Jordan, the author married the colonial administrator Vi...

An account of Ussher's travels through Russian Dagestan at the time of the Shami uprising, and thence south to view the antiquities of Mesopotamia...

Remarkable photographic record of the Terra Nova Expedition. Charles Wright was part of Robert Falcon Scott's last expedition, the Terra Nova Exped...

Inscribed by the author. Rare. Estridge was collector of taxes in the British colonial administration in the early 1880's, serving as Collector of ...

At a time when England and Russia were vying for supremacy in Central Asia, the author of this book attempts to show that Russia's aims were peace...

Special edition for presentation. Rare. This publication was occasioned by the fall of Damascus on the 30th September 1919, and the consequent remo...

Watercolours of Singapore and the West Indies. A richly illustrated record of service in the Royal Navy at the height of British maritime supremacy...