BARTLETT, NORMAN

Land of the Lotus Eaters

London, The Adventurers Club. 1959. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gold title on blue boards which are clean and unmarked with no wear. Internally just a touch of light foxing to endpapers else clean, tight and unmarked. A Very Good+ copy. Dustjacket is complete with a little wear to top edge. The author, an Australian diplomat, provides a fascinating account of Siam, now modern day Thailand, the only country between Persia and China which has never been subjected to control by a foreign power. He reveals the people's way of life, the majesty and mystery of Angkor and the Khmer ruins and the journeys to the more remote areas. Illustrated with photographs by the author. A far cry from today's modern Thailand. 162. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 005122

Catalogue: Travel - Asia

Keywords: Travel, Siam, Thailand, Angkor, Khmer

BURKE, J. BERNARD

On the Road to Kandahar - Travels Through Conflict in the Islamic World

London, Allen Lane. 2006, First Edition. (ISBN: 0713998962). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy with VG+ dustjacket which has a minor indentation to front and is not price clipped. First edition, first printing. xvii + 297 pages. 3 maps. The Chief Reporter of the Observer, in the summer of 1991, set off to join Kurdish guerillas fighting in Iraq. It turned out to be the start of a remarkable journey that would take him from the sands of the Sahara to the highest peaks of the Himalayas, seeing at first hand life and death, war and peace, bigotry and tolerance, hate and friendship throughout the 'Islamic World'. A journey of human encounters with hundreds of people and a voyage into history and into the powerful ideas, ideologies and myths that have so often determined, for good or ill, the interaction of the West and the world of Islam. 311. Near Fine/Very Good.

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Book number: 008501

Catalogue: Travel - Asia

Keywords: Travel, Kurdish Guerillas, Iraq, Afghanistan, Kurdistan 0713998962

BOOBBYER, CLAIRE AND SPOONER, ANDREW AND O'TAILAN, JOCK

Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos

Bath, Footprint. 2008. (ISBN: 9781906098094). Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy. 560 pages. Second edition. Footprint travel guide. From Hanoi and the Plain of Jars to Angkor and the Mekong Delta. A triad of Indo-Chinese beauties. Best of the sights. Hidden jungle ruins and white sandy beaches. What to eat and where to sleep. How to get off the beaten track. A comprehensive guide with detailed maps - in fact everything you need to know to plan your trip. NOT EX LIB S. Fine/No Jacket.

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Book number: 009448

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Keywords: Travel Guide, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos 9781906098094

CLAYRE, ALASDAIR

The Heart of the Dragon

London, Collins / Harvill. 1984, First. (ISBN: 0002721155). Hard Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A near Fine Unmarked copy (Fine apart from a few spots to top edge) with near Fine dustjacket which is price clipped. A large format volume of 281 pages. Profusely iilustrated. Map endpapers. A quarter of the people on earth live in China, yet to the West it has remained a mystery. The Heart of the Dragon opens the door on this most secret of continents, and illuminates as has never before been possible. The book has been written bt the writer and producer Alasdair Clayre and a team of film-makers led by Peter Montagnon, producer of the famous series Civilisation. In 1981 they won an agreement with the Chinese Government that gave them access to the most far flung places, and to the most closely guarded recesses, institutions and archives in China. They were also assisted by sinologists from all over the world. With these remarkable resources they have painted the most comprehensive portrait of the Chinese ever made. PLEASE NOTE: A HEAVY VOLUME OF 1.28 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST A1F. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 010985

Catalogue: Travel - Asia

Keywords: China, Chinese History, Chinese Ancient Religions, Chinese Philosophy 0002721155

COPPING, ARTHUR E.

A Journalist in the Holy Land - Glimpses of Egypt and Palestine

London, The Religious Tract Society. 1915. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: Copping, Harold. Boards have fading to spine, spine sides and tops and a line of wear to spine side and to spine top and tail. Internally there is a prize bookplate to front pastedown, age darkening to endpapers and sporadic light foxing else a clean, tight unmarked copy. xi + 248 pages. 8 coloured plates and numerous illustrations in the text by Harold Copping (brother of the author). A1A. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 010866

Catalogue: Travel - Asia

Keywords: Palestine, Holy Land, Jerusalem, Egypt Copping, Harold

DODWELL, CHRISTINA

A Traveller in China

London, Hodder and Stoughton. 1985, First. (ISBN: 0340376406). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. First Edition, First Printing. 160 pages. 29 illustrations. 1 map. A rich and rewarding travelogue packed with sharp visual pictures and acutely individual observations on a country and a people so rootedly different from our own. The noted traveller explores many parts of remote China on her inflatable canoe nad by camel. L. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 011497

Catalogue: Travel - Asia

Keywords: Canoe Travel, Kazakhs,Yellow River, Camel Travel 0340376406

FARSON, DANIEL

A Dry Ship to the Mountains - Down the Volga and Across the Caucasus - in My Father's Footsteps

London, Michael Joseph. 1994, First. (ISBN: 0718135881). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with a Very Good + dustjacket which is not price clipped. 246 pages. 35 photographs. Map endpapers. Daniel James Negley Farson (1927 - 1997) was a British writer and broadcaster, strongly identified with the early days of commercial television in the UK. He was the son of US war correspondent Negley Farson, the renowned fisherman, author and adventurer. Daniel Farson had a lifelong yearning to complete his father's 1929 attempt to cross the Klukhor Pass in the Caucasus on horseback. At the age of 64, 'abominably unhealthy', he determined to try. He envisaged a restful though jolly cuise down the Volga and an idyllic journey across the great mountain range. How wrong he was. L. Fine/Very Good.

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Book number: 011123

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Keywords: Volga, Caucasus, Negley Farson 0718135881

FARSON, NEGLEY

The Lost World of the Caucasus

Sagwan Press. 2018. (ISBN: 978-1377000985). Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A facsimile copy of Doubleday, New York edition of the book (note the cover has the title as 'Last' instead of 'Lost'. Caucasian Journey is a travel book written by the American foreign correspondent Negley Farson, describing his journey in the mountains of the western Caucasus in 1929. Farson undertook the journey in the company of Alexander Wicksteed, a writer and adventurer. It was not until two decades after their expedition that Farson sat down with his notes in order to write the book. Initially published by Evans Brothers in 1951, At one time considered one of North America’s most intrepid journalists, Farson is probably little known today to most readers under the age of 50. Farson was raised by his eccentric grandfather, the notorious Civil War General James Negley who ‘made other men look like mongrel dogs.’ With such a colourful family background, it should have come as no surprise that young Negley was not only expelled from college but immediately emigrated on to England.The excitement of the First World War soon lured him even further afield. The young student, now turned journalist, soon showed up in Russia and was present in Red Square the day the Bolshevik Revolution broke out. Farson went on to become one of the most renowned foreign correspondents of his day. He covered a host of varied and exciting world events including interviewing Gandhi in India, witnessing bank-robber John Dillinger’s naked body in the morgue just after he had been shot down by Hoover’s men, and meeting Hitler, who described Farson’s small blond son, Daniel, as a “good Aryan boy.A renowned fly-fisherman, Farson’s private life was just as turbulent as his journalism career. He partied with F. Scott Fitzgerald and supposedly out-drank Ernest Hemingway. 50. Fine/No Jacket.

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Book number: 011125

Catalogue: Travel - Asia

Keywords: Caucasus, Volga 9781377000985

FORBES, ROSITA

India of the Princes

London, The Book Club. 1939. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Very good copy in beige cloth which has an age darkened spine. Internally there is age toning to endpapers and closed edges and just the occasional mark to page edges else a very clean, tight and unmarked copy. 319 pages. 32 illustrations. Brief impressions of the Indian States which the author visited, as a traveller or as a guest of Indian and British friends, sometimes at the invitation of the Ruler or his Prime Minister. A1D. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 011026

Catalogue: Travel - Asia

Keywords: Travel India, Indian States in the 1930 's

KAZAMI, TAKEHIDE

The Himalayas - a Journey to Nepal

London, Ward, Lock. 1968, First Edition. (ISBN: 0706310861). Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket. The author, a skilled mountain climber, author and cameraman, combined these three talents to venture into the most remote areas of the Himalayas, aided by a team of hardened Sherpa porters, to capture on film the breathtaking beauty of these mountains. Kazami spent months in his quest and many of the 110 photographs are the result of days of waiting on inhospitable and dangerous vantage points for a break in the blizzards. Includes a track of the author's journey and a map of the Himalayas. C3B. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 007562

Catalogue: Travel - Asia

Keywords: Himalayas, Nepal, Mountain Climbing 0706310861

MASON, COLIN

The View from Peking - an Account of the Chinese People Today

London, Angus & Robertson. 1977, First Edition. (ISBN: 0207957355). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine copy with near Fine dustjacket. The author is an Australian travel writer who brings to life the people, culture and life post Revolution including a section on what the tourist needs to know. 14 coloured photographic illustrations. NOT EX LIB C3E. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 002107

Catalogue: Travel - Asia

Keywords: Post Revolution China, Beijing 0207957355

NICHOLSON, LOUISE

India in Luxury - a Practical Guide for the Discerning Traveller

London, Century. 1985, First Edition. (ISBN: 0712608575). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine copy (Fine apart from a mark to the top corner margin of two pages) with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. x + 270 pages. Maps. This book is an essential manual for the visitor to India who wants to travel in style - whether for a holiday or on business. Luxury is not necessarily expensive in India but it can be difficult to find and there are many potential pitfalls. There is advice on preparing and planning your trip: the pros and cons of package holidays and how to go ot alone; the climate; colourful festivals; health tips and what to pack. A survival code gives advice on every eventuality from begging and bargaining to returning a dud hired car or knowing when not to take a photograph. From Kashmir to Kerala, the book explains the best wys to travel - the best times to go, places to stay, what to eat and where, best sights, the arts and what local crafts to buy. B2C. Near Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 009881

Catalogue: Travel - Asia

Keywords: India, Luxury Travel 0712608575

PAULA, CHRISTA

The Road to Miran - Travels in the Forbidden Zone of Xinjiang

London, Harper Collins. 1994, First Edition. (ISBN: 0002551241). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with no inscriptions with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. xii + 278 pages. 33 illustrations. 2 maps. Pictorial endpapers. The author, an intrepid young student of Central Asian art and archaeology, set off in late 1989 to explore - far from the famous 'Silk Road' of Marco Polo - an area that is closed to Westerners as wellas to most Chinese, and one which is firmly under military rule. A daring quest for the ancient kingdom of Shanshan, in the remote, forbidden and perilous desert region of southern Xianjiang in China. Her goal was Miran, the ancient Buddhist site of fabulous second century wall paintings left untouched until the beginning of the 20th century. The last Westerner to set foot in Miran was Sir Aurel Stein in 1914. A HEAVY VOLUME OF 0.83 KILO WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST L. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 007231

Catalogue: Travel - Asia

Keywords: Xinjiang, Shanshan, Miran, Buddhist Wall Paintings, Sir Aurel Stein, Travel China 0002551241

SHARP, ILSA

There Is Only One Raffles - the Story of a Grand Hotel

London, Souvenir Press. 1986, First Thus. (ISBN: 0285627449). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy (Fine apart from a gift inscription to front endpaper) with Fine dustjacket. 143 pages. Illustrated throughout. Centenary New Edition 1886-1986. The story of one of the most famous hotels in the world, the Raffles Hotel in Singapore. Named after Sir Stamford Raffles, founder of the former British colony. It was established in the 1880's by the extraordinary Armenian Sarkies brothers and under their eccentric and imaginative management it became the embodiment of expatriate colonial British life in the tropics. The rubber planters of Malaya and the Straits Settlements spent their leisure hours there, seeking in its Long Bar and its luxurious dining and and billiard rooms a relief from the monotony of their lonely existence. 1. Near Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 009891

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Keywords: Raffles Hotel Singapore, Sarkies Brothers 0285627449

STEEVENS, G.W.

Chapters from in India

London, George G. Harrap. 1927, First Thus. Hard Cover, 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Cream titles on black cloth boards which have some minor marks but no wear. Internally very clean, tight and unmarked. The author is George Warrington Steevens (1869-1900), the most famous war correspondent of his time, who was with Kitchener in the Sudan but whose brilliant career was cut short by typhoid fever in 1900 during the investment of Ladysmith in the Boer War. The book was first published in 1899 and gives a picture of the country and people which is true to life, and in this abridgement topical passages have been omitted. B2D. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 007239

Catalogue: Travel - Asia

Keywords: George Warrington Steevens, Boer War, Ladysmith, India in 1899, War Correspondents