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London: Phaidon Press, 2015. HEAVY. Unpaginated (approx 200pp), col ills. Brown cloth with laid on image to front. A little shaken, starting to crack at title page. A volume of stunning photographs taken while travelling in India.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by McCurry, Steve (photographer). Folio.

Sydney: Methuen Australia, 1987. 491pp, index, chronology, endpaper maps. Red cloth in jacket. Light foxing to page edges and endpapers. Slight fading to edges of jacket. The author's 10000km journey from Inner China, through India, Afghanistan, Turkestan, Iran and other lands of the Middle East, and on to the Soviet Union and the Mediterranean.. First Australian Edition. Hard Cover. Very… Read more about this item

London: John Lane the Bodley Head., 1929. xiv, 308pp + 4pp ads at rear, index, folding map, 32 bw ills. Pictorial cloth in matching jacket. Some minor foxing, prev owner name on front free endpaper. One small bug spot to rear panel of jacket. A lovely copy in the extremely scarce jacket. An account of the first winter automobile journey… Read more about this item

Shillong, India: Shri J.N. Chowdray, 1960. 296pp, index, bw ills, endpaper maps. Black cloth, no jacket. Slight bow to front board, toning to endpapers/prelims, part of front jacket flap laid onto front pastedown, prev owner name in several places. Presentation copy SIGNED and inscribed (With the best compliments of Maj. R Khathing of The Indian Frontier Administrative Service). Describes one… Read more about this item

Mumbai: English Edition Publishers, 2003. 152pp, bw ills. Pictorial card. Very slight thumb soiling to bottom corner. Hisotry of Indian railways from their beginnings in 1853 providing details about the development of steam, diesel and electric locomotives, and descriptions of great trains, famous stations, signalling systems-and what it takes to make the system run smoothly.. First Paperback. Soft Cover. Very… Read more about this item

London: Duckworth, 1904. x, 281pp, appendix, bw ills. Or cloth, no jacket. Prize label to front free endpaper, some foxing, stain to top right of front cover. An account of solo travels in Kashmir in 1901. Includes Srinigar, Lidderwort, Kolohol, Gulmarg, Payech, Liddar Valley, Sonamarg etc.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Small 4to.

Bombay: D.B. Taraporevala, Sons & Co., 1910. xxiv, 100pp, 100 bw ills. Or green boards with impressed crocodile/sname skin patter with leather spine and corners. Last page with short tear and crease, brown stains to 2 pages of text, minor edge stain for a few pages. No date but c1900. . Apparent First. Hard Cover. Near Very Good. Oblong… Read more about this item

Lahore, Pakistan: The Author, 1959. 64pp, map, bw ills, ads. Or stapled wraps. Prev owner name to front, several brief notes and lines in red, occasional moderate foxing. Scarce late 1950s tourist guide to Lahore and its architecture.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Oblong 8vo.

USA: John Culler & Sons, 1994. xvi, 437pp, index, folding map, bw ills, page marker ribbon. Or full red leather, all edges gilt. Limited edition of 500 copies of which this #331. Near new. Includes hunting of wapiti, ibex, roe-deer and more. Originally published in 1911, this edition part of the Asian Series.. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. 8vo.

London: Collins, 1991. xi, 210pp, glossary, notes, bw ills, maps. Or boards in jacket. Minor foxing to endpapers and page edges, minor edge wear to jacket. Since walking through the mountains from Simla to Kashmir in 1970 the author has spent a large part of each year in Manali at the head of the Kullu Valley the West Himalayas with… Read more about this item

London: Faber & Faber, 1969. 220pp, index, bibligraphy, glossary, appendix, bw ills, maps. Or blue cloth in jacket. Light edge wear, price change sticker on front flap. Alexander (Bokhara) Burnes explored, travelled and served in India, Peria, Afganistan. In 1841 he was cut to pieces by a mob during the First Afghan War.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.… Read more about this item

Calcutta: The Bengal Club, 1997. 153pp, bw ills. Or blue cloth in jacket. Quite cheaply produced with heavy wrinkling to endpapers from overgluing, jacket glued to boards. . Second Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1905. xxvi, 569pp + 32pp catalogue at rear, index. Or red cloth. Cloth faded and edge and spine, cloth splitting at spine, minor dark stain on front board, small bookseller stamp on front free endpaper, prev owner name on first page of text, occasional pencil notation.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good Plus. 8vo.

Paris: Flammarion, 2007. HEAVY. 237pp, bibliography, notes, num bw & col ills, maps, pictorial endpapers. Or pictorial boards in jacket. Very light edge wear to jacket. Celebrates the exploits of 31 women travellers over a century, crossing five continents and facing unimaginable dangers. From derserts and jungles to mountains and icebergs, often armed with no more specialized equipment than an… Read more about this item

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1933. 96pp, bw woodcuts. Or black cloth lacking jacket. Small scuff at top of spine, pencil gift note on front free endpaper, some foxing/toning to bottom margin.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1993. 154pp, index, num col ills, pictorial endpapers. Or boards in jacket. Light edge wear to jacket, some fading at top of jacket. Imran Khan's personal journey through the lands of his Pathan heritage in the northwest frontier region. Includes Afridi, Mahsud, Gunahgara Plain, Mountains of Tirah, and the Khyber Pass.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very… Read more about this item

London: Methuen & Co, 1897. xi, 361pp + 39pp publishers catalogue at rear dated November 1896, index, 16 bw ills, folding map. Or green cloth. Stain to front cover, tiny nick to cloth at front edge of spine. Prev owner name on front pastedown, front free endpaper lacking, moderate foxing throughout.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Very Good. 8vo.

London: The Radcliffe Press, 2001. xxx, 386pp, index, bibliography, chronology, bw & col ills, maps. Or maroon cloth in jacket. Prev owner label on front pastedown, very slight foxing. Describes a perilous journey. The author entered Shan State of Burma through a border area of China closed to foreigners, crossed the Kachin Hills and left Burma via an area of… Read more about this item

London: Spencer Blackett, 1888. xi, 388pp, 8 bw ills. Or green gilt cloth with title and elephant in gilt. Cloth lightly rubbed at edges, front hinge a little tender. A nice clean copy. Originally published in 1881, this undated (second) edition 1888. Lots of hunting (tiger and other), military comment, social comment and information on the various states. . Second… Read more about this item

New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1895. ix, 335pp. Or green cloth with title and palm tree in black. Lacks front free endpaper, slight wear to edges. Travels to and within Ceylon in the late 19th century. Much on customs, industry, farming, religion and more.. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Near Very Good. 8vo.