The first British embassy to China. The most celebrated and finely illustrated account of the first British embassy to China, which was to lead to ...

Belcher's voyage was the last officially sent in search of Sir John Franklin, who disappeared during an Arctic expedition in 1845. Belcher, in his...

An important work. Baron de Tott (1733-1793) went to Constantinople in 1755 and stayed until 1763, at first with his father and then with de Verge...

Mounteney-Jephson accompanied Stanley on his expedition to rescue Emin Pasha, the German-born Eduard Schnitzer, who had succeeded Gordon as govern...

Charles Bell entered Lhasa in 1920 as the first European diplomat. The book gives a history of Tibet from the fifteenth century, its land and peop...

First popular appearance of the word 'googol' - handsomely bound. Tenth edition of this surprise hit, first published in 1940 and described by scie...

The best of the 'jesuits' editions. The highly regarded first Glasgow edition of the 'Jesuits' text. This set handsomely bound with the gilt arms o...

Scarce complete set of the secret reports on China compiled for Naval Intelligence.Comprises sections on physical geography, history, peoples, mod...

Presentation copy. Presentation copy, inscribed: 'For Mario / Much love / Gilbert + George / x x'.This artists' book is divided into eight chapters...

Marvin's popular account of some of the more famous explorers and explorations of Central Asia in the 1860s-1880s such as Vambery, Burnaby, MacGre...

Thomson's most significant work. Thomson's most significant work, made as he travelled through China between 1868 and 1872.Richard Ovenden has argu...

Signed by Tenzing. This volume contains tales of Norgay Tenzing's various travels and climbs following his historic ascent of Everest with Sir Edmu...

Inscribed by the President, First Lady, and Caroline Kennedy to Grandpa Joe. A superb association copy of this illustrated guide to The White House...

One of 150 copies with the plates in two states. A finely bound illustrated example of The Silver Prince, A. K. Tolstoy's most famous prose work. T...

Philby's scarce final book. A history of the oil industry in Arabia from the end of WWI, by the renowned Arabist.First edition, 8vo, 134pp., a por...

The most famous archaeological discovery of the twentieth century. At the age of seventeen in 1891, Carter went to Egypt where he worked under Flin...

Markham's voyage to the Barents Sea during the navigable season in order to ascertain the best route for future Polar discovery. Markham's view th...

A superlative account of the prelude to and events of the First World War. It is still regarded as a defining work of twentieth-century history, r...

A fine set of Patersen's iconic views of St Petersburg. A collection of some of the most celebrated 18th century views of Russia's Imperial city, i...