Exploration & Travel 2023: Part Two
We are delighted to present our new travel catalogue. Curated by our senior specialist Julian MacKenzie, the catalogue features rare travel books on: (1) Africa, (2) Arabia, Iraq & the Gulf, (3) Greece, Turkey & Crimea, (4) India & South-East Asia, and (5) Polar Regions, and (6) Women Travellers.
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An authentick and faithful history of that arch-pyrate Tulagee Angria.
(TOOLAJI ANGRIA).Original price £4,750.00 - Original price £4,750.00Original price £0.00£4,750.00£4,750.00 - £4,750.00Current price £4,750.00| /Rare. ESTC lists only BL, Advocates Library, and Birmingham Central Library in U.K., adding College of William and Mary and University of Minnesot...
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An Account of the Kingdom of Nepal and of the Territories Annexed to this Dominion by the House of Gorkha.
BUCHANAN, Francis Hamilton.Original price £4,500.00 - Original price £4,500.00Original price £0.00£4,500.00£4,500.00 - £4,500.00Current price £4,500.00| /One of the earliest comprehensive accounts of Nepal. Buchanan accompanied Knox to Nepal and later spent two years on the Nepalese frontier collect...
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Mycenae;
SCHLIEMANN, Dr. Henry.Original price £1,250.00 - Original price £1,250.00Original price £0.00£1,250.00£1,250.00 - £1,250.00Current price £1,250.00| /From the renowned collection of Panos Gratsos. 'It is a spectacular book and was a roaring success... No one could overlook or ignore this book and...
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The Sikandar Nama, e Bara,
NIZAMI; CLARKE, Captain H. Wilberforce (translator).Original price £2,250.00 - Original price £2,250.00Original price £0.00£2,250.00£2,250.00 - £2,250.00Current price £2,250.00| /A fine copy of Clarke's translation of the first part of Nizami's history of Alexander the Great containing Alexander's life and accomplishments. ...
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A new history of Ethiopia.
LUDOLF, Hiob.Original price £5,000.00 - Original price £5,000.00Original price £0.00£5,000.00£5,000.00 - £5,000.00Current price £5,000.00| /The father of modern Ethiopian studies. Scarce English edition. Ludolf (1624-1704), is regarded as the father of modern Ethiopian studies. 'A work ...
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The present state of the Empire of Morocco,
SAINT OLON, François Pidou de.Original price £2,250.00 - Original price £2,250.00Original price £0.00£2,250.00£2,250.00 - £2,250.00Current price £2,250.00| /The late seventeenth century saw Morocco at the peak of its power, first under Emperor Al Rashid, who had united the ancient kingdoms of Fez and M...
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Report on the geological collections made during the voyage of the "Quest"
[SMITH, W. Campbell (editor)].Original price £495.00 - Original price £495.00Original price £495.00£495.00£495.00 - £495.00Current price £495.00| /'Uncommon' (Rosove). The bulk of the published scientific results from Shackleton's last expedition.First edition; 8vo., xii, 1261 pp., frontispie...
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Report on the maps and surveys
DEBENHAM, F.Original price £2,250.00 - Original price £2,250.00Original price £2,250.00£2,250.00£2,250.00 - £2,250.00Current price £2,250.00| /The maps from Capt. Scott's Terra Nova expedition. The cartographic record of the British Antarctic Expedition (Terra Nova) 1910-1913.First edition...
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The British Antarctic Expedition 1910-1913.
PONTING, Herbert G.Original price £1,000.00 - Original price £1,000.00Original price £0.00£1,000.00£1,000.00 - £1,000.00Current price £1,000.00| /Rare exhibition catalogue. Invaluable for the documentation of Ponting's photographs.First edition; 8vo, [4] ads., [ii], 4-24, [2]ads. pp., portra...
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Matabele Land and the Victoria Falls,
OATES, Frank.Original price £2,500.00 - Original price £2,500.00Original price £0.00£2,500.00£2,500.00 - £2,500.00Current price £2,500.00| /Fine copy. An exceptionally well preserved example. Oates was one of the first Europeans to see the Victoria Falls in full flood, having travelled ...
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Travels In Kashmir, Ladak, Iskardo,
VIGNE, Godfrey Thomas.Original price £950.00 - Original price £950.00Original price £0.00£950.00£950.00 - £950.00Current price £950.00| /With the large map. Vigne travelled extensively in Northern India in the years 1834 to 1838. Although a private traveller, he mapped the country th...
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The personal adventures and experiences of a magistrate
THORNHILL, Mark.Original price £350.00 - Original price £350.00Original price £0.00£350.00£350.00 - £350.00Current price £350.00| /A well-written narrative of the events of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 by Mark Thornhill, magistrate of Muttra (Mathura). One of the sources for J...
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A voyage up the Mediterranean in His Majesty's Ship the Swiftsure...
WILLYAMS, Rev. Cooper.Original price £1,850.00 - Original price £1,850.00Original price £0.00£1,850.00£1,850.00 - £1,850.00Current price £1,850.00| /Willyams served as chaplain of the Swiftsure, a ship of the squadron which Nelson commanded. Willyams was present at the Battle of the Nile and hi...
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Travels through the Crimea,
WEBSTER, James.Original price £3,000.00 - Original price £3,000.00Original price £0.00£3,000.00£3,000.00 - £3,000.00Current price £3,000.00| /James Webster (1802-1828) travelled extensively in the Levant with the architect W. H. Newnham in 1825-28, dying of a fever in Cairo. Includes Web...
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The Great Rift Valley,
GREGORY, J[ohn] W[alter].Original price £750.00 - Original price £750.00Original price £0.00£750.00£750.00 - £750.00Current price £750.00| /Highland regions of Mount Kenya. Important exploration expedition in the hitherto unknown highland regions of Mt. Kenya.In 1892 Gregory was seconde...
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The ruin of the Soudan
RUSSELL, Henry.Original price £850.00 - Original price £850.00Original price £0.00£850.00£850.00 - £850.00Current price £850.00| /Scarce. The author was special correspondent to the Daily News and Daily Telegraph whilst resident in first Jeddah and then Suakin. An Arabic spe...
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Round the black man's garden.
COLVILE, Zelie.Original price £475.00 - Original price £475.00Original price £0.00£475.00£475.00 - £475.00Current price £475.00| /Zelie Colvile travelled to Africa, along with her husband, the author of a standard work on the Sudan Campaign, on the advice of their doctor to w...
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To the Victoria Falls of the Zambesi
MOHR, Edward.Original price £1,250.00 - Original price £1,250.00Original price £0.00£1,250.00£1,250.00 - £1,250.00Current price £1,250.00| /Scarce. 'A German sportsman, Mohr travelled to the Victoria Falls partly for the sake of hunting, partly in the hope of making geographical discov...
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A journey to Mequinez;
WINDUS, John.Original price £1,250.00 - Original price £1,250.00Original price £0.00£1,250.00£1,250.00 - £1,250.00Current price £1,250.00| /An early English account of Morocco. Windus was the historian of a mission dispatched by George I in 1720 under Commodore Charles Stewart, to trea...
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In the Grip of the Nyika:
PATTERSON, Lieut.-Col. John Henry.Original price £350.00 - Original price £350.00Original price £0.00£350.00£350.00 - £350.00Current price £350.00| /'Patterson revisits the infamous sites of Tsavo, then treks into the Nyika, or wilderness of British East Africa... there is also a feverish encou...
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The discovery of the North-West Passage by H.M.S. "Investigator,"
OSBORN, Sherard (editor).Original price £3,500.00 - Original price £3,500.00Original price £3,500.00£3,500.00£3,500.00 - £3,500.00Current price £3,500.00| /The first traversal of the North-west Passage. Even though it was intended as a rescue voyage seeking Franklin survivors, and (by explicit orders) ...
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Chow-Chow;
FALKLAND, [Amelia Cary] Viscountess.Original price £950.00 - Original price £950.00Original price £950.00£950.00£950.00 - £950.00Current price £950.00| /The youngest daughter of William, Duke of Clarence (later William IV) and the actress Mrs Jordan, the author married the colonial administrator Vi...
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Ice-bound Heights of the Mustagh
WORKMAN, Fanny Bullock; HUNTER, William.Original price £375.00 - Original price £375.00Original price £0.00£375.00£375.00 - £375.00Current price £375.00| /Account of the authors' 1902-1903 expedition in the Baltistan Himalayas. They explored the Chogo Lungma Glacier and later reached the Nushik La fr...
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British (Terra Nova) Antarctic Expedition, 1910-1913. Glaciology.
WRIGHT, C.S. & Priestley R.E.Original price £3,500.00 - Original price £3,500.00Original price £0.00£3,500.00£3,500.00 - £3,500.00Current price £3,500.00| /Remarkable photographic record of the Terra Nova Expedition. Charles Wright was part of Robert Falcon Scott's last expedition, the Terra Nova Exped...
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