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A view of the rise, progress, and present state of the English government in Bengal:
VERELST, Harry.Original price £950.00 - Original price £950.00Original price £0.00£950.00£950.00 - £950.00Current price £950.00| /A defence by Harry Verelst (1734-1785) of the British administration in Bengal during his governorship. 'Verelst became a loyal supporter of Clive...
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On active service.
LLOYD, W.W.Original price £6,500.00 - Original price £6,500.00Original price £0.00£6,500.00£6,500.00 - £6,500.00Current price £6,500.00| /With the complete set of the original watercolours. A unique copy with the original highly finished watercolour drawings.William Whitelock Lloyd wa...
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Narrative of the voyages and services of the Nemesis,
HALL, William Hutcheson; BERNARD, W[illiam] D[allas].Original price £1,350.00 - Original price £1,350.00Original price £0.00£1,350.00£1,350.00 - £1,350.00Current price £1,350.00| /Important account of the First Opium War. Includes a fine map of Hong Kong. The Nemesis was designed to draw only six feet of water, enabling her ...
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Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly.
[OVERLAND ROUTE].Original price £1,250.00 - Original price £1,250.00Original price £0.00£1,250.00£1,250.00 - £1,250.00Current price £1,250.00| /Rare broadsheet advertising an exhibition at the Egyptian Hall. The Egyptian Hall was a leading venue for exhibitions featuring original artwork a...
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A personal narrative of the Euphrates expedition.
AINSWORTH, William Francis.Original price £1,150.00 - Original price £1,150.00Original price £0.00£1,150.00£1,150.00 - £1,150.00Current price £1,150.00| /The author was surgeon and geologist to the British military expedition which surveyed the valleys of the Tigris-Euphrates in Mesopotamia in 1835-...
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Storia degli Arabi sotto il governo de'Califi.
MARIGNY, François Augier de.Original price £3,000.00 - Original price £3,000.00Original price £0.00£3,000.00£3,000.00 - £3,000.00Current price £3,000.00| /A splendidly bound first edition set in Italian of this chronological history of the Eastern Caliphs, successors of the Prophet and the Emperors o...
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Narrative of the late victorious campaign in Affghanistan,
GREENWOOD, Joseph.Original price £1,750.00 - Original price £1,750.00Original price £0.00£1,750.00£1,750.00 - £1,750.00Current price £1,750.00| /Scarce. Greenwood served under Pollock in the first Afghan War and gives an honest view of the atrocities meted out by Pollock's 'Army of Retribut...
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Manchuria
[FOREIGN OFFICE].Original price £450.00 - Original price £450.00Original price £450.00£450.00£450.00 - £450.00Current price £450.00| /First edition, 8vo, viii, 87pp., original printed wrappers, a fine copy.
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Travels in Koordistan, Mesopotamia, etc.
FRASER, James Baillie.Original price £1,500.00 - Original price £1,500.00Original price £0.00£1,500.00£1,500.00 - £1,500.00Current price £1,500.00| /Sir Wilfred Thesiger's copy. An important association copy from the library of explorer and travel writer Wilfred Thesiger, who explored Iraq, the ...
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The company of adventurers.
BOYES, John.Original price £450.00 - Original price £450.00Original price £450.00£450.00£450.00 - £450.00Current price £450.00| /'Boyes recounts his adventures in East Africa, particularly hunting elephant in the Lado Enclave, and on safari with W. N. McMillan and C. W. l. B...
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The Russians on the Amur;
RAVENSTEIN, E.G.Original price £750.00 - Original price £750.00Original price £750.00£750.00£750.00 - £750.00Current price £750.00| /'His dogged and loyal work for the Royal Geographical Society and his independent research were always of a high standard, but have not received t...
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The Kafir Wars
BOWLER, Thomas W.Original price £2,500.00 - Original price £2,500.00Original price £2,500.00£2,500.00£2,500.00 - £2,500.00Current price £2,500.00| /Gift from Bowler's children. An attractive book by the 'David Roberts of South Africa'. Inspired by his friend, the writer and fellow artist, Thoma...
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Voyage à Athènes et à Constantinople,
DUPRE, Louis.Original price £95,000.00 - Original price £95,000.00Original price £95,000.00£95,000.00£95,000.00 - £95,000.00Current price £95,000.00| /The finest colour plate book on Greece & Turkey. First edition of the finest colour plate book ever produced on Greece and Turkey.Born in Versa...
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The exploration of the Caucasus.
FRESHFIELD, Douglas W.Original price £4,000.00 - Original price £4,000.00Original price £4,000.00£4,000.00£4,000.00 - £4,000.00Current price £4,000.00| /Large paper copy - one of 100. One of the finest books on the Caucasus. Freshfield was a former President of the Alpine Club and an honorary secret...
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Arctic searching expedition:
RICHARDSON, John.Original price £2,850.00 - Original price £2,850.00Original price £2,850.00£2,850.00£2,850.00 - £2,850.00Current price £2,850.00| /Richardson, the noted naturalist, accompanied Franklin on his first and second expeditions. The present work includes the journals of Richardson a...
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Travels in Europe, Asia Minor, and Arabia.
GRIFFITHS, Julius.Original price £3,500.00 - Original price £3,500.00Original price £0.00£3,500.00£3,500.00 - £3,500.00Current price £3,500.00| /Holland House copy. Griffiths travelled out to Constantinople with the philosopher and social reformer Jeremy Bentham in 1785, before going on to t...
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Maps illustrating the Isthmus of Tehuantepec.
BARNARD, Major J.G.Original price £1,250.00 - Original price £1,250.00Original price £1,250.00£1,250.00£1,250.00 - £1,250.00Current price £1,250.00| /Part of the large body of interesting literature relating to schemes to build either a railway or a canal through the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. Barn...
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Travels in the Trans-Caucasian Provinces of Russia,
WILBRAHAM, Captain Richard.Original price £1,750.00 - Original price £1,750.00Original price £1,750.00£1,750.00£1,750.00 - £1,750.00Current price £1,750.00| /Wilbraham was a Captain in the British Army on military secondment in the service of Mohammad Shah. He gives a good description of Qilhak village,...
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Rough Notes of the Campaign in Sinde and Afghanistan,
OUTRAM, Captain James.Original price £495.00 - Original price £495.00Original price £495.00£495.00£495.00 - £495.00Current price £495.00| /Originally published in a small Bombay edition. A thrilling account of the capture of Ghazni; the pursuit over rough terrain of Dost Mohammed Khan...
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