From the Mediterranean to the Himalayas
Joinly curated by our specialists Julian MacKenzie and Roxana Kashani, the catalogue covers rare travel books from the Mediterranean to the Himalayas, including : (1) Alexander the Great Illuminated Manuscript, (2) New Arrivals, (3) Greece and the Ottoman World, (4) The Holy Land, Syria and Arabia, (5) Central Asia, and (6) The Himalayas, Tibet and India.
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The Oil Fields of Russia.
BEEBY-THOMPSON, Arthur.Original price $2,907.00 - Original price $2,907.00Original price $0.00$2,907.00$2,907.00 - $2,907.00Current price $2,907.00| /A richly illustrated work on the oil fields of present day Azerbaijan written by Arthur Beeby-Thompson, a pioneer in the early development of the ...
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Iz Zaisana cherez Khami v Tibet i na verkhoviia Zheltoi reki.
PRZHEVALSKY, Nikolai.Original price $7,429.00 - Original price $7,429.00Original price $0.00$7,429.00$7,429.00 - $7,429.00Current price $7,429.00| /The scarce first edition of przhevalsky's third expedition. In the spring of 1879 Przhevalsky embarked on his first Tibetan expedition, which laste...
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The six voyages of John Baptista Tavernier,
TAVERNIER, Jean-Baptiste.Original price $5,814.00 - Original price $5,814.00Original price $0.00$5,814.00$5,814.00 - $5,814.00Current price $5,814.00| /Attractive copy of Tavernier's account of his travels to the East. One of the most popular works of its time and translated into several European ...
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Ancient accounts of India and China, by two Mohammedan travellers.
SULAIMAN EL TAJIR; RENAUDOT, Eusébe (translator).Original price $5,814.00 - Original price $5,814.00Original price $5,814.00$5,814.00$5,814.00 - $5,814.00Current price $5,814.00| /Scarce. 'Sulaiman's works had a profound effect on many Arabic and Persian geographers and are of exceptional importance for the study of early Is...
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Pilgrimage to the Caaba and Charing Cross.
AHMAD HASSAN, Hafiz.Original price $1,163.00 - Original price $1,163.00Original price $0.00$1,163.00$1,163.00 - $1,163.00Current price $1,163.00| /The author was treasurer and advisor to the Nawab of Tonk, a principality in the northwest of India, now part of the Indian state of Rajasthan. Wh...
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In the High Himalayas.
WHISTLER, Hugh.Original price $969.00 - Original price $969.00Original price $0.00$969.00$969.00 - $969.00Current price $969.00| /Whistler, a fellow of the Zoological Society and a serving member of the Indian (Imperial) police, spent much of his leave in the Himalayas north ...
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An Unexplored Pass.
FEATHERSTONE, B[alford] K[inchant].Original price $517.00 - Original price $517.00Original price $0.00$517.00$517.00 - $517.00Current price $517.00| /This scarce volume narrates an attempt to cross the Muztagh Pass in 1922. Capt. Featherstone was the only European member of the expedition which...
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The Glory of the Shia World.
SYKES, Major Percy Molesworth.Original price $498.00 - Original price $498.00Original price $0.00$498.00$498.00 - $498.00Current price $498.00| /A fictional tale which the author intended to be 'a second Hajji Baba, which would serve as a true picture of Persia some ten years ago, before co...
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The Heart of a Continent.
YOUNGHUSBAND, Capt. Frank E.Original price $1,163.00 - Original price $1,163.00Original price $0.00$1,163.00$1,163.00 - $1,163.00Current price $1,163.00| /The title that established Younghusband as a serious Central Asian explorer. Starting in Manchuria, he continued to the Gobi Desert, to Kashmir an...
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Travels of Mirza Abu Taleb Khan in Asia, Africa, and Europe,
KHAN, Mirza Abu Taleb; STEWART, Charles (translator).Original price $2,261.00 - Original price $2,261.00Original price $0.00$2,261.00$2,261.00 - $2,261.00Current price $2,261.00| /Account of Western society by an Indian poet. An entertaining account of Khan's impressions and remarks on the travels he made West from his hometo...
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Description de L'Arabie [WITH] Voyage en Arabie & en d'autres pays circonvoisins.
NIEBUHR, Carsten.Original price $5,814.00 - Original price $5,814.00Original price $0.00$5,814.00$5,814.00 - $5,814.00Current price $5,814.00| /The famous account of the Royal Danish Expedition (1761-1767) to the Middle East, Egypt, Persia and India, and the return journey. the first scien...
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Across Thibet
BONVALOT, Gabriel.Original price $2,584.00 - Original price $2,584.00Original price $0.00$2,584.00$2,584.00 - $2,584.00Current price $2,584.00| /Scarce in original cloth. Narrative of the journey with Henri d'Orleans from Jarkent to Chamdo through the Tien Shan and Tibet in the winter of 18...
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