An unusual album of Swiss costume plates by the 19th-century artist Bartolomeo Pinelli (1781-1835). Pinelli illustrated works by Dante, Virgil and...

Mecca and Bahrain. The scarce original printing of Schefer's translation of the Safarnama, an eleventh century account of a pilgrimage to Mecca fro...

A very important work on the pearl fisheries of the Arabian Gulf, bringing together in a single research collection all relevant documents from Br...

A Very important collection of documents covering the period in Arabian Gulf history which saw the British withdrawal from the region.6 vols, 8vo,...

A comprehensive collection of documents covering an important period in the history of the Arabian Gulf. Includes much on oil and water disputes, ...

A comprehensive collection containing 69 maps and charts of Bahrain originally produced between 1817 and 1970. The volumes are divided into naval ...

Hasan's History of Persian Navigation is based on Chinese, Persian and Arabic sources, and provides the first scholarly account of the history of ...

With original dust wrapper. With the rare dust wrapper. 'After his efforts to journey from the Niger River to the Nile, Boyd Alexander returned to ...

A large paper copy of Wheler's Journey to Greece, undertaken with Dr Spon. The travels took place in 1675-76. Wheler was specially interested in b...

Parke's important first-hand narrative of the Emin Pasha Relief expedition, one of the last major nineteenth century European expeditions into the...

Twenty-one hand-coloured lithographed plates. The rare hand-coloured edition of Graham and Robinson's Scenes in Kafirland. In their preface the aut...

A fine copy of James Orange's catalogue of the Chater collection. Originally formed by Wyndham Law, the collection was acquired by Sir Catchick Ch...

With letter from the author. Shipton's scarcest and most important work with a personal letter tipped in on front pastedownThis book describes an e...

Fine views of Lahore and Amritsar. The drawings were selected from an album produced by the wife of a British army officer serving in the Punjab. T...

Collection of felicitation scrolls presented to the Governor of Bengal. A unique collection of felicitation scrolls, all in fine condition, all pre...

Early photography. An attractive description of the excavations of the long neglected site at Cyrene in Libya between Tripoli and Benghazi, with al...

Valuable record of the sporting activities of British officers serving in India. Williamson's Oriental Field Sports is a valuable record of the spo...

Fine pictorial record of Ceylon. Samuel Daniell's Ceylon is the finest pictorial record of the island.Samuel Daniell (1775-1811), the youngest of t...

First edition of Fraser's Himala Mountains, the finest illustrated work on the Himalayas.James Baillie Fraser (1783-1856) was the eldest son of a ...

The rarest of all the Indian view books. Simpson's views of India is one of the rarest of all the Indian view books and a fine record of the countr...

Fresh, clean copy of Salt's very fine large format views. A fresh, clean copy of the set of Salt's very fine large format views of India, Abyssinia...

From the library of a protagonist in the war. Moore's views of Rangoon constitute the finest depiction of events during the first Burmese War. This...

Commodore Perry's expedition to Japan. An important work recording Commodore Perry's expedition to Japan.William Heine was the official artist on C...

The rebellion of 1857 produced a spate of publications, many of which were illustrated books and prints after sketches by army officers. Dodgson, ...