Davis was appointed Writer in the factory at Canton in 1813 at the age of eighteen. He showed marked linguistic and diplomatic abilities, and in c...

The rare first edition. Unfortunately, Wolff arrived too late to save Stoddart and Conolly; they died in the prison of the Emir of Bokhara. Also in...

A defence by Harry Verelst (1734-1785) of the British administration in Bengal during his governorship. 'Verelst became a loyal supporter of Clive...

A unique copy with the original highly finished watercolour drawings.William Whitelock Lloyd was a second lieutenant in the first battalion of the...

Important account of the First Opium War. Includes a fine map of Hong Kong. The Nemesis was designed to draw only six feet of water, enabling her ...

Rare broadsheet advertising an exhibition at the Egyptian Hall. The Egyptian Hall was a leading venue for exhibitions featuring original artwork a...

The author was surgeon and geologist to the British military expedition which surveyed the valleys of the Tigris-Euphrates in Mesopotamia in 1835-...

A splendidly bound first edition set in Italian of this chronological history of the Eastern Caliphs, successors of the Prophet and the Emperors o...

Scarce. Greenwood served under Pollock in the first Afghan War and gives an honest view of the atrocities meted out by Pollock's 'Army of Retribut...

First edition, 8vo, viii, 87pp., original printed wrappers, a fine copy.

Sir Wilfred Thesiger's copy. An important association copy from the library of explorer and travel writer Wilfred Thesiger, who explored Iraq, the ...

'[Philby] made a series of remarkable journeys, of which the greatest was his crossing of the 'empty quarter' in 1932. On these journeys he travel...

'Boyes recounts his adventures in East Africa, particularly hunting elephant in the Lado Enclave, and on safari with W. N. McMillan and C. W. l. B...

'His dogged and loyal work for the Royal Geographical Society and his independent research were always of a high standard, but have not received t...

Gift from Bowler's children. An attractive book by the 'David Roberts of South Africa'. Inspired by his friend, the writer and fellow artist, Thoma...

The finest colour plate book on Greece & Turkey. First edition of the finest colour plate book ever produced on Greece and Turkey.Born in Versa...

Large paper copy - one of 100. One of the finest books on the Caucasus. Freshfield was a former President of the Alpine Club and an honorary secret...

Richardson, the noted naturalist, accompanied Franklin on his first and second expeditions. The present work includes the journals of Richardson a...

Sleeman (1788-1856), an officer in the East India Company, achieved some renown for his part in the anti-Thugee campaign in the 1830's and 40's, b...

Holland House copy. Griffiths travelled out to Constantinople with the philosopher and social reformer Jeremy Bentham in 1785, before going on to t...

Part of the large body of interesting literature relating to schemes to build either a railway or a canal through the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. Barn...

Wilbraham was a Captain in the British Army on military secondment in the service of Mohammad Shah. He gives a good description of Qilhak village,...

Originally published in a small Bombay edition. A thrilling account of the capture of Ghazni; the pursuit over rough terrain of Dost Mohammed Khan...