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Central Asia

Explore the captivating history and exotic landscapes of Central Asia through our rare travel books which that showcase the region's rich cultural heritage, from the Silk Road to the Pamir Mountains. Browse the currently available items now.

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    Kashgariia. Istoriko-geograficheskiy ocherk strany, eia voennayia sila, promyshlennost' i torgovlia.

    KUROPATKIN, Aleksei Nikolaevich.
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    First edition of this important monograph on Kashgar, in the original wrappers. Kuropatkin (1848 - 1925), a Russian military commander, compiled t...

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    Captivity of two Russian Princesses in the Caucasus:

    [VERDEREVSKY, Evgeny Aleksandrovich]; EDWARDS, H. Sutherland (translator).
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    Rare. The princesses were Varvara Orbebiani and Anna Chavchavadzey and their families and followers. Members of the Georgian royal family, they ha...

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    The Oil Fields of Russia.

    BEEBY-THOMPSON, Arthur.
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    A richly illustrated work on the oil fields of present day Azerbaijan written by Arthur Beeby-Thompson, a pioneer in the early development of the ...

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    Iz Zaisana cherez Khami v Tibet i na verkhoviia Zheltoi reki.

    PRZHEVALSKY, Nikolai.
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    The scarce first edition of przhevalsky's third expedition. In the spring of 1879 Przhevalsky embarked on his first Tibetan expedition, which laste...

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    The six voyages of John Baptista Tavernier,

    TAVERNIER, Jean-Baptiste.
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    Attractive copy of Tavernier's account of his travels to the East. One of the most popular works of its time and translated into several European ...

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    An Unexplored Pass.

    FEATHERSTONE, B[alford] K[inchant].
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    This scarce volume narrates an attempt to cross the Muztagh Pass in 1922. Capt. Featherstone was the only European member of the expedition which...

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    The Glory of the Shia World.

    SYKES, Major Percy Molesworth.
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    A fictional tale which the author intended to be 'a second Hajji Baba, which would serve as a true picture of Persia some ten years ago, before co...

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    The Heart of a Continent.

    YOUNGHUSBAND, Capt. Frank E.
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    The title that established Younghusband as a serious Central Asian explorer. Starting in Manchuria, he continued to the Gobi Desert, to Kashmir an...

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    Description de L'Arabie [WITH] Voyage en Arabie & en d'autres pays circonvoisins.

    NIEBUHR, Carsten.
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    The famous account of the Royal Danish Expedition (1761-1767) to the Middle East, Egypt, Persia and India, and the return journey. the first scien...

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    Across Coveted Lands,

    LANDOR, A. Henry Savage.
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    The account of a journey across Persia to Calcutta. Much information on Persia, also Afghanistan and Baluchistan.First edition. 2 vols, 8vo, vii, ...

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    Across Thibet

    BONVALOT, Gabriel.
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    Scarce in original cloth. Narrative of the journey with Henri d'Orleans from Jarkent to Chamdo through the Tien Shan and Tibet in the winter of 18...

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    Narrative of a mission to Bokhara,

    WOLFF, Joseph.
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    Finely bound. A finely bound copy of a Great Game classic. Unfortunately, Wolff arrived too late to save Stoddart and Conolly; they died in the pri...

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    From Kulja across the Thian-Shan to Lob-nor.

    PREJEVALSKY, N[ikolai] M.
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    Prejevalsky's second expedition. Account of Prejevalsky's second expedition, originally published in Russian in 1877.Travelling through East Turkes...

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    Journal of a residence in England,

    NAJAF KOOLEE MEERZA, H.R.H.
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    Rare. Translated from the original Persian by Assad Yacoub Kayat. An account of the residence in England, and journey there from Syria and the sub...

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    Russian projects against India

    EDWARDS, H. Sutherland.
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    An excellent history of Russian attempts to gain access to India via Central Asia.First edition. 8vo, iv, 295 pp., folding colour map, 20 pages' a...

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    The Duab of Turkestan.

    RICKMERS, W. Rickmer.
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    The 'Duab' is a stretch of land between the Rivers Oxus and Jakartes. The author spent twenty years on and off in Turkestan and this detailed vol...

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