Amedeo's expedition on the Polar Star was to sail as far to the north as possible along some coast-line, and then to travel on sledges towards the...

Mysore and the indian national congress. A rare parliamentary pamphlet of the dialogue between 'Rajah' (a subject of her most gracious Majesty the ...

Barth's important record of his five years travelling in North and Central Africa.'Barth is one of the European superstars of African travel and e...

Sergeant's Sana is the standard work on the city. The work covers all aspects of Sana society, history, and culture and is lavishly illustrated.Fi...

Jacob's Kings of Arabia is a comprehensive political sketch of Yemen from the late 17th century to the early 20th century.First edition. 8vo, 294 ...

Scarce account of a three-month journey principally through Asiatic Turkey and undertaken for the purpose of making an objective assessment 'as to...

Lansdell's Russian Central Asia recounts the author's journey from England to Semipalatinsk through western Siberia in 1882, distributing bible tr...

Author's wife's copy. Hugh Lindsay's Report of Proceedings contains reports by Lindsay, an East India Company man, and Charles Gutzlaff on trade wi...

Maria Graham's India was her first book. Graham was an artist who visited India and married the ship's captain shortly afterwards. Together they m...

Eyre's record of part of the debacle of the First Afghan War of 1839-42. Following the murder of Alexander Burnes in 1841 the British force was be...

Illustrated account of a pilgrimage to mecca. A personal account of Kedem Zadeh's pilgrimage to Mecca between 1910 and 1911 illustrated with 16 pho...

A fine copy of the Italian edition of this celebrated history of Mexico, which describes the three years between the appointment of Cortes to comm...

Early illustrated history and survey of London. A sweet, early history and survey of London by the bookseller and writer Nathaniel Crouch (fl.1700)...

A rare survival from pre-war Shanghai, bearing testament to the bustle of this city which became known as 'The Paris of the East, the New York of ...

The first quarto edition of Roberts' The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, & Nubia, one of the most important and elaborate ventures of...

Well illustrated history of the construction of the pipe line which played a major part in providing fuel for the Allies during WWII. The Haifa st...

Rare special issue of China Journal devoted to Shanghai. Beautifully illustrated and with numerous ads from leading Shanghai businesses. Includes ...

A scarce work covering all aspects of contemporary life in Aden, intended to supplement Playfair's 1859 History of Yemen, with a useful list of 'a...