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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.

See: Africa, Antarctica, Arabia & the Middle East, Arctic, Australasia, the Pacific & Voyages, Central Asia, East Asia, Europe, Greece, Turkey & the Ottoman Empire, Mountaineering, Russia & the Caucasus, South Asia, Southeast Asia, The Americas

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  • The Marsh Arabs of Lower Mesopotamia.
    The Marsh Arabs of Lower Mesopotamia.

    DOWSON, Valentine Hugh & BUXTON, Patrick Alfred.
    The Marsh Arabs of Lower Mesopotamia. 1921.
    $1,635.00

  • Rare survivals of early photographs of the newly married Samuel and Florence Baker between their return from the Nile and expedition on behalf of Khedive Ismail.<br />

    [BAKER, Samuel White].
    Samuel and Florence Baker Signed Pair of Carte-de-Visite. circa 1865-1869].
    $2,724.00

  • A rare pair of manuscripts revealing the attempts made to revive horse breeding in the Gujarat, especially the Kathiawar peninsula, and the Deccan, namely in Pune (Poonah) and along the Bhima River, in the 1820s and 1830s.
    A rare pair of manuscripts revealing the attempts made to revive horse breeding in the Gujarat, especially the Kathiawar peninsula, and the Deccan, namely in Pune (Poonah) and along the Bhima River, in the 1820s and 1830s.

    [INDIAN HORSES; BOWER, Colonel John].
    Summary of Proceedings regarding the improvement of the breed of horses in Guzerat &c. [circa 1813-1840]; 1838-39.
    $20,430.00

  • Manuscript Account Book of an East-India Company merchant.
    Manuscript Account Book of an East-India Company merchant.

    [EAST INDIA COMPANY; AGNEW, William].
    Manuscript Account Book of an East-India Company merchant. 1787-97.
    $10,215.00

  • Farewell Address to The Honourable J.B. Norton.
    Farewell Address to The Honourable J.B. Norton.

    [MADRAS; NORTON, John Bruce.]
    Farewell Address to The Honourable J.B. Norton. 1871.]
    $6,470.00

  • Farewell Address of the Native Inhabitants of Madras
    Farewell Address of the Native Inhabitants of Madras

    [MADRAS; LORD ELPHINSTONE].
    Farewell Address of the Native Inhabitants of Madras 29 August, 1842.
    $115,766.00

  • Manuscript Account of a Voyage to Melbourne, Australia in 1871 in the SS <em>Great Britain</em>.
    Manuscript Account of a Voyage to Melbourne, Australia in 1871 in the SS <em>Great Britain</em>.

    [AUSTRALIA].
    Manuscript Account of a Voyage to Melbourne, Australia in 1871 in the SS Great Britain. 1871.
    $3,746.00

  • Manuscript Founding Documents for the First Convent in India, the Mosteiro of Santa Monica in Goa.
    Manuscript Founding Documents for the First Convent in India, the Mosteiro of Santa Monica in Goa.

    [FIRST INDIA CONVENT].
    Manuscript Founding Documents for the First Convent in India, the Mosteiro of Santa Monica in Goa. 1874.
    $4,767.00

  • An Album of Sketches and Drawings Around the World Owned by a French Lady of Court.
    An Album of Sketches and Drawings Around the World Owned by a French Lady of Court.

    [COLOMBIA; ROWE, George James et al].
    An Album of Sketches and Drawings Around the World Owned by a French Lady of Court. 1826-1829.
    $2,520.00

  • A Geographical Analysis of the Date Palm Industry of Iraq.
    A Geographical Analysis of the Date Palm Industry of Iraq.

    AL DABBAGH, Abdullwahhab H.
    A Geographical Analysis of the Date Palm Industry of Iraq. 1948].
    $2,384.00

  • Manuscript Trench Orders of Mesopotamia Campaign,
    Manuscript Trench Orders of Mesopotamia Campaign,

    [SIKH; WWI]
    Manuscript Trench Orders of Mesopotamia Campaign, 1917.
    $1,158.00

  • Travel Journal to Egypt, the Holy Land, and Australia.
    Travel Journal to Egypt, the Holy Land, and Australia.

    [BROCKLEHURST, William Walter].
    Travel Journal to Egypt, the Holy Land, and Australia. 29 September 1848 - 7 April 1853.
    $6,470.00

  • A War Diary 1914-1915.
    A War Diary 1914-1915.

    LOWTHER, Sir Cecil.
    A War Diary 1914-1915. August 13th 1914 - August 21st 1915.
    $3,746.00

  • A rare firsthand account of France in the immediate aftermath of Napoleon's abdication in 1814, kept by Frederick Shaw, a British soldier as he marched home across the country having served in the final battles of Wellington in south-west France.
    A rare firsthand account of France in the immediate aftermath of Napoleon's abdication in 1814, kept by Frederick Shaw, a British soldier as he marched home across the country having served in the final battles of Wellington in south-west France.

    SHAW, Frederick.
    Manuscript journal of a British soldier marching home through France in the aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars. 1814.
    $2,043.00

  • Zhou Peichun was a famous Beijing folk artist and export painter in the late Qing Dynasty.
    Zhou Peichun was a famous Beijing folk artist and export painter in the late Qing Dynasty.

    ZHOU PEICHUN.
    Album of Chinese Export Watercolours Depicting the People of Beijing. fl.1880-1910.]
    $17,025.00

  • a collection of signed printed ephemera from Shackleton's first Antarctic expedition, with the provenance of the Ship's chief engineer.
    a collection of signed printed ephemera from Shackleton's first Antarctic expedition, with the provenance of the Ship's chief engineer.

    [SHACKLETON, Sir Ernest. NIMROD EXPEDITION].
    Signed Menus and Ephemera of Henry Dunlop, 1907-1913.
    $26,558.00

  • How I Found Livingstone.
    How I Found Livingstone.

    STANLEY, Henry Morton.
    How I Found Livingstone. 1872
    $2,384.00

  • First edition of the The Lushai Expedition by RH Woodthorpe, a first hand account of the punitive Lushai Expedition of 1871-1872 in retaliation for several border raids and abductions from the hill tribes of Northeastern Assam.
    First edition of the The Lushai Expedition by RH Woodthorpe, a first hand account of the punitive Lushai Expedition of 1871-1872 in retaliation for several border raids and abductions from the hill tribes of Northeastern Assam.

    WOODTHORPE, R.G.
    The Lushai Expedition. 1871-1872. 1873.
    $545.00

  • A first English edition of The Silk Road by Sven Hedin, which deals with the exploration of the region around Lop-Nor in Eastern Turkestan; Hedin travelled by car across the Gobi Desert along the Imperial Highway.
    A first English edition of The Silk Road by Sven Hedin, which deals with the exploration of the region around Lop-Nor in Eastern Turkestan; Hedin travelled by car across the Gobi Desert along the Imperial Highway.

    HEDIN, Sven.
    The Silk Road. 1938.
    $171.00

  • Scarce souvenir book of Colorado and related Western imagery including several panels of indigenous American peoples, Buffalo Bill, Navajo Jack, Denver, Colorado Springs, and much more.
    Scarce souvenir book of Colorado and related Western imagery including several panels of indigenous American peoples, Buffalo Bill, Navajo Jack, Denver, Colorado Springs, and much more.

    [COLORADO; NATIVE AMERICANS].
    Out West. c.1897.
    $341.00

  • First edition of V.C. Scott O'Connor's beautifully illustrated The Silken East. A Record of Life and Travel in Burma, an account of two residences there, the first from 1891 to 1896; the second in 1899.
    First edition of V.C. Scott O'Connor's beautifully illustrated The Silken East. A Record of Life and Travel in Burma, an account of two residences there, the first from 1891 to 1896; the second in 1899.

    O'CONNOR, V.C. Scott.
    The Silken East. A Record of Life and Travel in Burma. 1904.
    $1,022.00

  • A first edition of Rosita Forbes' photographic travel journal, From Red Sea to Blue Nile, Abbysinian Adventures, in the scarce dust jacket.
    A first edition of Rosita Forbes' photographic travel journal, From Red Sea to Blue Nile, Abbysinian Adventures, in the scarce dust jacket.

    FORBES, Rosita.
    From Red Sea to Blue Nile. 1925.
    $273.00

  • First edition of Narrative of Various Journeys in Balochistan by Charles Masson, one of the most captivating firsthand accounts of the 'Great Game'.
    First edition of Narrative of Various Journeys in Balochistan by Charles Masson, one of the most captivating firsthand accounts of the 'Great Game'.

    MASSON, Charles.
    Narrative of Various Journeys in Balochistan, 1842.
    $4,086.00

  • First edition of Journal of a West Indian Proprietor by Matthew Gregory Lewis, an account of two journeys to Jamaica in 1815 and 1817, published posthumously.
    First edition of Journal of a West Indian Proprietor by Matthew Gregory Lewis, an account of two journeys to Jamaica in 1815 and 1817, published posthumously.

    LEWIS, Matthew Gregory, M.P.
    Journal of a West Indian Proprietor, 1834.
    $1,158.00

  • First collected edition of The Voyages of William Baffin, edited by Clements Markham, of all five voyages by Baffin to find the Northwest passage.
    First collected edition of The Voyages of William Baffin, edited by Clements Markham, of all five voyages by Baffin to find the Northwest passage.

    MARKHAM, Clements R. (editor).
    The Voyages of William Baffin, 1612-1622. 1881.
    $681.00

  • First edition of Iceland by Ebenezer Henderson, a scarce description of the island by a scottish missionary and talented linguist.
    First edition of Iceland by Ebenezer Henderson, a scarce description of the island by a scottish missionary and talented linguist.

    HENDERSON, Ebenezer.
    Iceland; 1818.
    $477.00

  • Gerrit de Veer's The Three Voyages of William Barents follows the expeditions of William Barentsz, Dutch navigator, cartographer, and arctic explorer, who sought a Northeast Passage in the far north.
    Gerrit de Veer's The Three Voyages of William Barents follows the expeditions of William Barentsz, Dutch navigator, cartographer, and arctic explorer, who sought a Northeast Passage in the far north.

    DE VEER, Gerrit.
    The Three Voyages of William Barents to the Arctic regions, 1594, 1595, and 1596. 1876.
    $681.00

  • First edition signed by famous mountaineers.
    First edition signed by famous mountaineers.

    HILLARY, Edmund.
    High Adventure. 1955.
    $1,362.00

  • Complete set of the memorial edition of Richard Burton's works, edited by Leonard Smithers and Lady Burton, with her new preface.
    Complete set of the memorial edition of Richard Burton's works, edited by Leonard Smithers and Lady Burton, with her new preface.

    BURTON, Richard Francis.
    The Memorial edition.... 1893-1894.
    $3,405.00

  • First English edition of a A Voyage to Senegal by Michel Adanson, the important account of Michel Adanson's famous botanical exploits in Senegal.
    First English edition of a A Voyage to Senegal by Michel Adanson, the important account of Michel Adanson's famous botanical exploits in Senegal.

    ADANSON, Michel.
    A Voyage to Senegal, the Isle of Goree, and the River Gambia. 1759.
    $1,158.00

  • A beautifully printed edition of <em>Varthema's Itinerary</em>, describing the first recorded visit by a European to Mecca
    A beautifully printed edition of <em>Varthema's Itinerary</em>, describing the first recorded visit by a European to Mecca

    VARTHEMA, Ludovico de.
    The Itinerary Ludovico de Varthema of Bologna from 1502 to 1508. 1928.
    $409.00

  • Archive from the family of the 1st White Rajah of Sarawak: Sir James Brooke,
    Archive from the family of the 1st White Rajah of Sarawak: Sir James Brooke,

    BROOKE, Sir James.
    Archive from the family of the 1st White Rajah of Sarawak: Sir James Brooke, [1847].
    $51,073.00

  • Archive of letters to Verney Lovett Cameron compiled by his wife Amy,
    Archive of letters to Verney Lovett Cameron compiled by his wife Amy,

    CAMERON, Verney Lovett.
    Archive of letters to Verney Lovett Cameron compiled by his wife Amy, 1870-1894; London, Daldy, Isbister & Co, 1877.
    $17,025.00

  • Manuscript Expedition Notes and Original Illustrations and Artwork,
    Manuscript Expedition Notes and Original Illustrations and Artwork,

    [HILLARY, Edmund].
    Manuscript Expedition Notes and Original Illustrations and Artwork, 1960-1961].
    $5,789.00

  • Journal of H.M.S. "Royal George".
    Journal of H.M.S. "Royal George".

    [CRIMEAN WAR]; GRANT, A.D.
    Journal of H.M.S. "Royal George". 1853-1856.
    $10,215.00

  • Manuscript Commonplace Journal
    Manuscript Commonplace Journal

    ROSS, Sir John.
    Manuscript Commonplace Journal 1815-1817; 1854.
    $30,644.00

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