Bailey, F.M.

Mission to Tashkent. Introduction and Epilogue by Peter Hopkirk.

London, The Folio Society, 1999. 24cm x 16cm. XXIII, 269 pages. With 31 historic illustrations. Original Hardcover with original slipcase. Excellent, close to new condition.

Brockhaus, Albert.

Netsuke. Versuch einer Geschichte der Japanischen Schnitzkunst. Mit 272 Schwarzen und 53 Bunten Abbildungen.

First Edition. Leipzig, F.A. Brockhaus, 1905. 28 x 20 cm. xiv, 482 pages. Illustrated throughout. Complete with 53 coloured Plates and numerous B&W Illustrations. Original full grey soft leather binding. Gilt titles and decorations. Top edge gilt. Silver decorated end papers. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped with some wear and minor material losses to extremities (see images). Somewhat discoloured. Internally a bright and clean copy. A few of the tissue guards torn, but all tissue guards are present. See notes below. Overall a very good clean and complete copy.

Buckham, George.

Notes from the Journal of a Tourist. Volume 1: Egypt, The Holy Land, Syria, Turkey, Austria, Switzerland. With Illustrations.

First Edition. New York, Gavin Houston, 1890. 20 x 14 cm. vii, (3), 535 pages. Complete with 21 Illustrations, as listed. Original dark blue cloth with gilt title and decorations. Brown end papers. Top edge gilt. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges dust dulled. Ex Libris of previous owner and ‘Author’s Compliments’ sticker on front paste down. Front free end paper missing. Internally bright and clean.

Casson, Lionel.

Reisen in der Alten Welt.

München, Prestel Verlag, 1976. 18.6cm x 11.2cm. 450 pages. With historic illustrations. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear on dustjacket.

Clark, Sir Terence.

Underground To Overseas. The Story of Petroleum Development Oman.

First Edition. London, Stacey International, 2007. 28 x 24 cm. vii, 123 pages [English] / 123 pages [Arabic]. Illustrated throughout. Original hard cover in original decorated dust jackets. Very good in very good dust jacket. Internally bright and clean.

Fortune, Robert.

Three Years’ Wanderings in the Northern Provinces of China. Including a Visit to the Tea, Slik, and Cotton Countries: with an Account of the Agriculture and Horticulture of the Chinese, New Plants, etc. With numerous Illustrations.

Second Edition. London, John Murray, 1847. 21.5 x 13.5 cm. xxiv, 420 pages. With a Map, illustrated title page, three tinted lithographed Plates and Illustrations in text. Illustrations complete, as listed. Later dark cloth (leather texture). Hard cover, with gilt title on spine. Later end papers. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Name of previous owner (made unreadable) on front paste down. Small book seller / binder paper label ( ‘Ye Olde Printerie, Ltd. China Building Hong Kong’ on front paste down (see image). Name and address of a previous owner on verso of frontispiece (see image). Internally mildly age darkened and occasionally foxed. See images. Large corner of page 415/416 missing and later repaired (see image). Overall a nice copy in a sturdy modern binding.

Fürer-Haimendorf, Christoph von.

Die nackten Nagas.

Wiesbaden, Eberhard Brockhaus Verlag, 1946. 23.2cm x 15.5cm. 256 pages. With beautiful, insightful and rare photograph of Tribal life. Original Hardcover. Very good condition. Some external wear. Many annotations with pencil by previous owner.

Hagen, Toni / Wahlen, Friedrich Traugott / Corti, Walter Robert.

Nepal – Königreich am Himalaya.

First Edition. Bern, Geographischer Verlag, 1960. 30.8cm x 24.8cm. 222 Seiten / Mit 68 wundervollen Illustrationen von Nepal und Himalaya / 222 pages. With 68 extraordinary illustrations of Nepal and the Himalayas. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Sehr guter Zustand / Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

J. [Jean] Foy Vaillant / [Charles de Valois de la Mare].

1. Arsacidarum Imperium, sive, Regum Parthorum historia / 2. Achaemenidarum Imperium, sive Regum Ponti, Bosphori, et Bithyniae Historia. Ad fidem Numismatum accommodata. [The Empire of the Arsacids, or the History of the Kings of Parthia & The Empire of the Achaemenids, or the History of the Kings of Pontus, Bosphorus, and Bithynia. Arranged according to the testimony of the coins.]

Two Volumes. Paris, [No Publisher], 1728. 19 x 12 cm. Vol.1: Title pages, (14), 407 pages, 47 pages [Index]. / Vol.2: Title page, (14), 438 pages. Numerous small engravings and vignettes. Contemporary calf. Red and black spine labels. Gilt titles and decorations. Marbled end papers. Blue-Greenish Edges. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping with small material losses to spine ends and corners (see images). Ex Library with library card holders on front paste downs. A few blind library stamps. Some age darkening to paper, otherwise internally clean. Half of the spine label of volume 1 missing. A very nice set in sturdy attractive bindings.

Jidejian, Nina.

Sidon Through The Ages. With a Foreword by Maurice Dunand.

Beirut, Dar El-Machreq Publishers, 1971. 28 x 21.5 cm. xxv, 287 pages. With a folding Frontispiece and many B&W Illustrations. Original grey cloth. Hard cover. Inside original decorated dust jacket. Decorated end papers. Very good in very good dust jacket. Inscribed by the Author on the verso of the Frontispiece, dated ‘71’. Minor shelf wear and dust dulling to edges. Minor spotting to end papers and frontispiece. Internally clean. A nice copy.