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.

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.

De Windt, Harry.

From Paris to New York by Land. With Illsutrations from Photographs by the Author and Maps of the Route.

London, George Newnes Ltd., 1904. 21 x 14 cm. xiii, 311 pages, two folding colour maps and Plates. Original decorated cloth. Hard cover. Gilt titles. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Mildly age darkened and foxed. Gift inscription.

F.R. (Francis Russell).

A Short History of the East India Company. Exhibiting a State of their Affairs, Abroad and at Home, Political and Commercial; The Nature and Magnitude of their Commerce, and its relative Connection with the Government and Revenue of India, and a Discussion on the Question of Right to the conquered Territories in India; also…

The Second Edition, with some Additions. London, Printed for John Sewell, Cornhill, and John Debrett, Piccadilly, 1793. 26 x 20 cm. Half-Title, Title, (3) [TOC], 95 pages plus three pages publishers list. Recent half leather over marbled boards. Recent end papers. Red spine label with gilt title. Blue speckled edges. Very good condition. Binding shows only minor shelf wear. Spine label rubbed. Top edge age darkened. Occasional mild foxing, mainly to first few pages, incl. title (see image). Closed tear to one of the pages of publishers list has been repaired. A very nice copy of this scarce title.

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.

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.

Kelly, Walter Keating.

Syria and the Holy Land. Their Scenery and Their People. Being Incidents of History and Travel, from the best and most recent Authorities, including J.L. Burckhardt, Lord Lindsay, and Dr. Robinson by Walter Keating Kelly. Illustrated with one hundred and eighty wood engravings.

First Edition. London, Chapman and Hall, 1844. 22 x 14 cm. viii, 451 pages. Illustrated throughout. Contemporary brown cloth. Hard cover. Gilt title on spine. Blind decorations to boards and spine. Very good condition. Binding severily rubbed and bumped. Small losses to top of spine (see images). Edges and end papers dust dulled. Ex Libris of previous owner on front paste down, together with a small piece of paper from an auction catalogue. Occasional mild foxing, otherwise internally clean and complete.