Anon.

Photo Album: Russia, Germany, Spain, Norway, Sweden, Portugal, USA, Italy, Malta et al.

1889-1891. Oblong Album: 25 x 34 cm. 76 hand numbered pages with 100+ original photographs from various locations, including Moscow, St. Petersburg, Copenhagen, Norwegian Fjords and Glaciers, Bullfights in Madrid, Algiers, Gibraltar, Genoa, Naples, Pompeji, Pisa, Sorrento, Paris, Dresden, Berlin, Vienna, Stockholm et al. Various photo sizes, many full page. See images for better understanding. Contemporary half leather over green textured cloth. Gilt title on front board. Gilt decorations. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Leather dried out and flaky. Internally mildly dust dulled and occasional mild foxing. Some of the photos on the fist few pages with a purple tinge (see images). A fascinating travel album with photos taken between 1889 and 1891. Most photos with hand written explanatory notes.

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.

Berg, Bengt.

Tigrar.

First Edition. Stockholm, Norstedt, 1934. 24 x 17 cm. 234 pages. Illustrated with various photographs, mainly B&W. Includes two letters (one in the original envelop) by Berg to Field Marshal Alanabrooke and a press review. Original orange cloth with gilt tiger on front board. Gilt title (on red) on spine. In original dust jacket. Very good book in good dust jacket. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Some staining and fading to cloth cover. Dust jacket is worn with several closed tears and some paper losses to front cover. Internally bright and clean. Inscribed by the author to Alanbrooke on the front free end paper.

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.

Chomsky, Noam.

Fateful Triangle: The United States, Israel and the Palestinians. Foreword by Edward W. Said.

Second (updated) Edition. Cambridge, MA, South End Press, 1999. 15 x 22.5cm. (21), 578 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition. Signed by the author on half-title page.

Davidson, D / Aldersmith, H.

The Great Pyramid. Its Divine Message. An original Co-ordination of historical Documents and Archaeological Evidences. Vol.1: Pyramid Records. A Narrative of new Discoveries concerning Civilizations and Origins.

Second Revised Edition. London, Williams and Norgate, 1925. 27 x 18 cm. xxvii [Prefaces, Talks on the Great Pyramids, TOC, Lists of Plates & Tables etc.],568 pages. Complete with all Plates and Tables as called for. Some folding. Contemporary dark cloth with gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Binding rubbed, bumped and seriously discoloured. Minor material losses to spine.Book would benefit from rebinding. See images. Front hinge cracked, but binding sound. Internally bright and clean. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Internally bright and clean.

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.

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.

Garstang, John.

The Ancient Burial Customs of Ancient Egypt. As illustrated by Tombs of the Middle Kingdom being a report of Excavations made in the Necropolis of Beni Hassan during 1902-3-4.

First Edition. London, Archibald Constable & Co., 1907. 26 x 20 cm. xv, 250 pages. With a colour frontispiece and numerous B&W photographs, maps and illustrations, many folding. Original green cloth with gilt title and decorations to front board and spine. Bevelled boards. Top edge gilt. Very good condition. Some shelfwear, rubbing and bumping. Binding slightly discoloured (see images). Internally bright and clean.

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.