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Rare books and manuscripts of Exploration and Travel across the world. From first editions of Captain Cook to works signed by Ernest Shackleton, and from the plains of India to the deserts of the Sahara, these works chart the history of mankind recording the places and people they saw.

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  • First edition of The Opium Clippers by Basil Lubbock, in the scarce duist-jacket which has preserved the lavish binding in lovely condition.
    First edition of The Opium Clippers by Basil Lubbock, in the scarce duist-jacket which has preserved the lavish binding in lovely condition.

    LUBBOCK, Basil.
    The Opium Clippers. 1933.
    $550.00

  • Inscribed presentation copy of Arab Interlude by Clare Sheridan, the copy of Marcus Adams, noted photographer of the time.
    Inscribed presentation copy of Arab Interlude by Clare Sheridan, the copy of Marcus Adams, noted photographer of the time.

    SHERIDAN, Clare.
    Arab Interlude. 1936.
    $618.00

  • A Prisoner of the Khaleefa by Charles Neufeld, his account of twelve years captivity by the Mahdist forces in Sudan before being liberated by the British in 1898.
    A Prisoner of the Khaleefa by Charles Neufeld, his account of twelve years captivity by the Mahdist forces in Sudan before being liberated by the British in 1898.

    NEUFELD, Charles.
    A Prisoner of the Khaleefa. 1899.
    $447.00

  • First edition of Ling-Nam by Benjamin Couch Henry, one of the few English books with references to Hainan which is the tropical island located in the southernmost tip of China.
    First edition of Ling-Nam by Benjamin Couch Henry, one of the few English books with references to Hainan which is the tropical island located in the southernmost tip of China.

    HENRY, Benjamin Couch.
    Ling-Nam, 1886.
    $893.00

  • The first edition of Nansen's Farthest North, the official account of the Fram expedition precedes the first Norwegian edition of the same year.
    The first edition of Nansen's Farthest North, the official account of the Fram expedition precedes the first Norwegian edition of the same year.

    NANSEN, Fridtjof.
    Farthest North. 1897.
    $1,099.00

  • Second edition, expanded and revised, of Eduard Kann's The Currencies of China, a detailed account of the gold and silver market in China, published and printed in Shanghai.
    Second edition, expanded and revised, of Eduard Kann's The Currencies of China, a detailed account of the gold and silver market in China, published and printed in Shanghai.

    KANN, Eduard.
    The Currencies of China. 1928.
    $618.00

  • First American edition of Charles Edward Mathew's The Annals of Mont Blanc, a comprehensive history of the climbing of the iconic mountain.
    First American edition of Charles Edward Mathew's The Annals of Mont Blanc, a comprehensive history of the climbing of the iconic mountain.

    MATHEWS, Charles Edward
    The Annals of Mont Blanc. A Monograph. 1900.
    $687.00

  • First edition of Journal of a Voyage in 1811 and 1812, to Madras and China by James Wathen, a classic account with 24 finely coloured aquatints.
    First edition of Journal of a Voyage in 1811 and 1812, to Madras and China by James Wathen, a classic account with 24 finely coloured aquatints.

    WATHEN, James.
    Journal of a Voyage in 1811 and 1812, to Madras and China; 1814.
    $3,433.00

  • First edition of On Snow-Shoes to the Barren Grounds by Caspar Whitney, a handsomely bound copy of this account of hunting around Hudson's Bay.
    First edition of On Snow-Shoes to the Barren Grounds by Caspar Whitney, a handsomely bound copy of this account of hunting around Hudson's Bay.

    WHITNEY, Caspar.
    On Snow-Shoes to the Barren Grounds: Twenty-Eight Hundred Miles after Musk-Oxen and Wood-Bison. 1896.
    $515.00

  • Rare example of Typical pictures of Indian natives by F.M. Coleman, published by The Times of India Office, in 1897, publisher's original cloth, 24 full-colour plates.
    Rare example of Typical pictures of Indian natives by F.M. Coleman, published by The Times of India Office, in 1897, publisher's original cloth, 24 full-colour plates.

    Coleman, F.M.;
    Typical Pictures of Indian Natives. 1897.
    $344.00

  • Narrative of the second Fram Expedition.
    Narrative of the second Fram Expedition.

    SVERDRUP, Otto; HEARN, Ethel Harriet (translator).
    New Land. 1904
    $1,099.00

  • A handsome 5-volume set of Bayard Taylor's illustrated guide to Europe
    A handsome 5-volume set of Bayard Taylor's illustrated guide to Europe

    BAYARD TAYLOR, (editor).
    Picturesque Europe [c.1890]
    $893.00

  • First edition of Notes during a visit to Egypt by Frederick Henniker, who was the first person to climb the second pyramid.
    First edition of Notes during a visit to Egypt by Frederick Henniker, who was the first person to climb the second pyramid.

    HENNIKER, Sir Frederick
    Notes During a Visit to Egypt, Nubia, the Oasis, Mount Sinai, and Jerusalem. 1823.
    $1,648.00

  • Second of the author's travels round the Mediterranean.
    Second of the author's travels round the Mediterranean.

    ALLAN, John H.
    A pictorial tour in the Mediterranean: 1845
    $2,541.00

  • Records of the Persian Gulf Pearl Fisheries 1857-1962 by Anita Burdett, a very important work on the pearl fisheries of the Arabian Gulf.
    Records of the Persian Gulf Pearl Fisheries 1857-1962 by Anita Burdett, a very important work on the pearl fisheries of the Arabian Gulf.

    [ARABIAN GULF]; BURDETT, Anita (editor).
    Records of the Persian Gulf Pearl Fisheries 1857-1962. 2026.
    $2,678.00

  • First edition of Van de Velde's Le Pays d'Israel, one of the best illustrated works on the Holy Land and Lebanon with 100 lithographs.
    First edition of Van de Velde's Le Pays d'Israel, one of the best illustrated works on the Holy Land and Lebanon with 100 lithographs.

    VAN DE VELDE, Carel Wilhelm Meredith.
    Le Pays d'Israel. 1857.
    $17,164.00

  • A fine first edition of The Heart of the Antarctic by Ernest Shackleton, the Nimrod expedition and Shackleton's first.
    A fine first edition of The Heart of the Antarctic by Ernest Shackleton, the Nimrod expedition and Shackleton's first.

    SHACKLETON, Sir Ernest Henry.
    The Heart of the Antarctic. 1909.
    $2,403.00

  • This work is compilation of travels in the Mediterranean illustrated by well known artists of the time.
    This work is compilation of travels in the Mediterranean illustrated by well known artists of the time.

    [VARIOUS AUTHORS AND ARTISTS].
    The Picturesque Mediterranean with illustrations by the most eminent artists; 1889-90-91.
    $893.00

  • First edition of the Geographical Handbook for Western Arabia and the Red Sea includes geology, geography, the coasts, climate, history, people, ports and towns etc.
    First edition of the Geographical Handbook for Western Arabia and the Red Sea includes geology, geography, the coasts, climate, history, people, ports and towns etc.

    [GEOGRAPHICAL HANDBOOK SERIES].
    Western Arabia and the Red Sea. June, 1946.
    $653.00

  • Dutch diplomat and explorer, Van der Meulen, gives an account of Ibn Sa'ud from his exile in Kuwait to his becoming the founder and first king of Saudi Arabia.
    Dutch diplomat and explorer, Van der Meulen, gives an account of Ibn Sa'ud from his exile in Kuwait to his becoming the founder and first king of Saudi Arabia.

    VAN DER MEULEN, D.
    The Wells of Ibn Sa'ud. 1957.
    $344.00

  • First edition of The History of the Sikh Pioneers by George MacMunn, the copy of Lieutenant-General Sir Herbert Fothergill Cooke, with his inscription and additional ephemera including extra photographs.
    First edition of The History of the Sikh Pioneers by George MacMunn, the copy of Lieutenant-General Sir Herbert Fothergill Cooke, with his inscription and additional ephemera including extra photographs.

    MACMUNN, Sir George.
    The History of the Sikh Pioneers. [1936].
    $1,030.00

  • First edition of Two Years imprisonment Burmah by Henry Gouger, an account of Gouger's imprisonment during the first Anglo-Burmese War of 1824 to 1826.
    First edition of Two Years imprisonment Burmah by Henry Gouger, an account of Gouger's imprisonment during the first Anglo-Burmese War of 1824 to 1826.

    GOUGER, Henry.
    Personal Narrative of Two Years' Imprisonment in Burmah. 1860.
    $1,717.00

  • Scarce limited edition bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe of Gertrude Bell's The Arab War.
    Scarce limited edition bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe of Gertrude Bell's The Arab War.

    [BELL, Gertrude].
    The Arab War. 1940.
    $1,030.00

  • Recording European voyages to Japan prior to Perry in 1854. With a double-page woodcut of a Dutch vessel in Nagasaki Bay, and one of a Russian officer.
    Recording European voyages to Japan prior to Perry in 1854. With a double-page woodcut of a Dutch vessel in Nagasaki Bay, and one of a Russian officer.

    KARITSU, Gaishi.
    [In Japanese] Bankoku Tokai Nendaiki [A Chronicle of Foreign Relations]. n.d. [circa 1854].
    $5,150.00

  • First edition of Narrative of a Voyage of Discovery to Africa and Arabia by Thomas Boteler, a scarce account of the voyage by Owen to Southern Arabia and East Africa.
    First edition of Narrative of a Voyage of Discovery to Africa and Arabia by Thomas Boteler, a scarce account of the voyage by Owen to Southern Arabia and East Africa.

    BOTELER, Thomas.
    Narrative of a Voyage of Discovery to Africa and Arabia, 1835.
    $3,090.00

  • First edition of Mountaineering in the Land of the Midnight Sun by Elizabeth Anne Frances, covering nineteen new ascents of the Norwegian Arctic Circle.
    First edition of Mountaineering in the Land of the Midnight Sun by Elizabeth Anne Frances, covering nineteen new ascents of the Norwegian Arctic Circle.

    LE BLOND, Mrs. Aubrey [Elizabeth Anne Frances].
    Mountaineering in the Land of the Midnight Sun. 1908.
    $893.00

  • First edition of Portrait Sculpture in South India by Thirukannangudi G. Aravamuthan, scarce study of Indian sculpture in archaeology.
    First edition of Portrait Sculpture in South India by Thirukannangudi G. Aravamuthan, scarce study of Indian sculpture in archaeology.

    ARAVAMUTHAN, T. G.
    Portrait Sculpture in South India. 1931.
    $378.00

  • First edition of Memoir of the Conquest of Java by William Thorn, one of the important early works on Java, with marvelous aquatints of Batavia including the Taman Sari.
    First edition of Memoir of the Conquest of Java by William Thorn, one of the important early works on Java, with marvelous aquatints of Batavia including the Taman Sari.

    THORN, William.
    Memoir of the Conquest of Java; 1815.
    $6,866.00

  • A beautifully bound first edition of Select Views in Greece by Hugh Williams, depicting the historical sites and landscapes of Greece.
    A beautifully bound first edition of Select Views in Greece by Hugh Williams, depicting the historical sites and landscapes of Greece.

    WILLIAMS, H.W.
    Select Views in Greece 1829.
    $2,060.00

  • First edition of Travels from St. Petersburg in Russia by John Bell, with the engraved map showing Peking, handsome contemporary speckled calf.
    First edition of Travels from St. Petersburg in Russia by John Bell, with the engraved map showing Peking, handsome contemporary speckled calf.

    BELL, John.
    Travels from St. Petersburg in Russia, to Diverse Parts of Asia. 1763.
    $2,403.00

  • Scarce first edition of Three Months in the Soudan by Ernestine Sartorius, a scarce account of travel through Egypt and the Sudan.
    Scarce first edition of Three Months in the Soudan by Ernestine Sartorius, a scarce account of travel through Egypt and the Sudan.

    SARTORIUS, Ernestine.
    Three Months in the Soudan. 1885.
    $893.00

  • The limited edition of the trade issue of T. E. Lawrence's Seven Pillars of Wisdom, smartly bound.
    The limited edition of the trade issue of T. E. Lawrence's Seven Pillars of Wisdom, smartly bound.

    LAWRENCE, T.E.
    Seven Pillars of Wisdom. 1935.
    $2,060.00

  • First edition of Count Gleichen's The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, scarce official survey of Egypt under British Rule, only 1500 printed of vol 1 and only 1000 of vol 2.
    First edition of Count Gleichen's The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, scarce official survey of Egypt under British Rule, only 1500 printed of vol 1 and only 1000 of vol 2.

    GLEICHEN, Count [Albert Edward Wilfred] (editor).
    The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan: 1905.
    $1,374.00

  • The first edition of The Oriental Album by Henry Van Lennep, containing 20 chromo-lithographed plates depicting Turkish, Armenian, and Jewish dress.
    The first edition of The Oriental Album by Henry Van Lennep, containing 20 chromo-lithographed plates depicting Turkish, Armenian, and Jewish dress.

    VAN LENNEP, Henry J.
    The Oriental Album: 1862.
    $11,672.00

  • An unrivalled collection of material revealing the history of Qatar from 1820 to 1960, focussing on primary documents from Qatar's first maritime treaty with Britain in 1820 up to the abdication of Ali bin Abdullah in 1960.
    An unrivalled collection of material revealing the history of Qatar from 1820 to 1960, focussing on primary documents from Qatar's first maritime treaty with Britain in 1820 up to the abdication of Ali bin Abdullah in 1960.

    [ARABIAN GULF; QATAR]. TUSON, Penelope.
    Records of Qatar Primary Documents: 1820-1960. 1991.
    $5,836.00

  • A valuable collection of records detailing the development and growth of the Arab Gulf Cities of Kuwait, Manama, Doha, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Muscat, and Mattrah.
    A valuable collection of records detailing the development and growth of the Arab Gulf Cities of Kuwait, Manama, Doha, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Muscat, and Mattrah.

    [ARABIAN GULF]. TRENCH, Richard (editor).
    Arab Gulf Cities. 2020.
    $3,433.00

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