The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. Volume the Second.

London, John Murray. 1832, First Edition. Card Covers, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book, iv, [4], 342 pages, no maps or plates. Contains among other articles: Is the Quorra the same river as the Nigir of the Ancients?; Notes on a Part of the Eastern Desert of Egypt, A Passage from Europe to Java; Notes of two Expeditions up the Essequibo and Mazaroony Rivers in 1830 and 1831; Some Remarks relative to the geography of the Maldiva Islands; Accounts of the Cossyahs; Brief View of the Progress of Interior Discovery in new South Wales; Notices on New Zealand; Particulars of an Expedition up the Zambezi to Senna; Remarks on Aegada; Journal of a Voyage on the Bahr-Abiad or White Nile; On the State of civil and natural rights among the aborigianl inhabitants of Brazil; Notices of the Indians in the interior of British Guiana; On the Hydrography of South America; Agriculture in Cashmere; Memoir descriptive of Prince's island and Anna Bom in the Bay of Biafra; On the Submersion by the Sea of part of Hayling Island near Portsmouth in the Reign of Edward III; Extract from a letter from Captain Fitzroy on the Abrolhos bank; communication between the Ganges and the Hooghly; recent information from Australia; Expedition to ascertain the fate of Captain Ross; and some other smaller articles. No maps or plates which suggests that this might be a reprint or it was rebound without plates. Very Good.

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Book number: 5507

Catalogue: Travel and Exploration

Brown, Dr Robert.

Remarks on the Formation of Fjords and Canons. [From the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London, 1871].

London: William Clowes & Sons, 1871. 13[1] pp. Authers inscription to upper section of front wrap. From the library of James CROLL (1821-1890), Scottish scientist and geologist. He was essentially self-taught with a background in hotel management and insurance. His orthodox scientific career began with an appointment to the Geological Survey of Scotland in 1867, a position he held until 1881. He corresponded with Lyell, Geikie and Darwin; Geikie in particular encouraging him in his researches. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1876 and received an honorary LL.D. from St. Andrews in the same year. The last ten years of his life were dogged by ill-health and he died in Perth in 1890.' Original printed paper wraps. 20.5 cm x 13.5 cm. Lacks rear wrap, contents lightly age browned.

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Book number: 28834

ASSISTANT SECRETARY [EDITOR]

The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society Volume the Forty-Second (42) 1872

John Murray, 1872-01-01. Hardcover. Blue cloth with gilt titles binding intact but tender (rear hinge almost cracked) numerous folding maps. No marks but light foxing Please email for photos.. Used: Good .

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Book number: 59907

Keywords: Travel

BURTON RICHARD F

Itineraries of the Second Khedivial Expedition : memoir explaining the New Map of Midian made by the Egyptian Staff-officers, Journal of the Royal Geographical Society, 1879, V.49

London, John Murray. 1879. Hardcover, 8vo. Book, professionally rebound in dark brown calf,half binding, with chocolate brown book cloth, marbled endpapers, titles in gilt on black lambskin, colored map is in very good condition. small library ink stamps on title page, CONTENTS: Front Matter (pp. i-cxxvii); Report of the Council (pp. v-xvi) ; Itineraries of the Second Khedivial Expedition: Memoir Explaining the New Map of Midian Made by the Egyptian Staff-Officers (pp. 1-150; A Visit to Lissa and Pelagosa (pp. 151-190) (also by Richard F. Burton); An Account of the Country Traversed by the Second Column of the Tal-Cho'tia'li Field Force in the Spring of 1879 (pp. 190-319) by R. C. Temple; (large folding colored map is present): The Modifications of the External Aspects of Organic Nature Produced by Man's Interference (pp. 320-392) ; Notes upon Some Astronomical Observations Made in Kordofan and Darfur (pp. 392-398) by H. G. Prout and W. J. Turner ;(folding colored map is present): Zeno's Frislanda Is Iceland and Not the Færoes (pp. 398-412) by Admiral Irminger; Zeno's Frislanda Is Not Iceland, but the Færoes; An Answer to Admiral Irminger (pp. 412-420), Approximate Determination of Positions in South-Western China (pp. 421-433) G. Colborne Baber ; Index (pp. 434-444) ; ( all maps called for are present ). Very Good.

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Book number: 112555779

Catalogue: Travel

Keywords: Arabian Peninsula -- Description and Travel. , Arabian Peninsula. ,Travel. , Iceland. China, Rare Books

[JOURNALS – WESTERN AND CENTRAL ASIA; INDIA], Olaf CAROE, Aurel STEIN, Richard TEMPLE, Francis YOUNGHUSBAND et al.

[Large collection of journal articles about the scientific exploration of Western and Central Asia and India].Including:- Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society. - Geographical Journal.- Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.- Journal of the Royal Central Asian Society.- Journal of the Royal Geographical Society.- Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society.- National Geographic.Various places, a.o. London and Calcutta, various publishers, 1837-1981. 107 volumes, many containing multiple articles. 8vo. Some illustrated with plates and maps. Half calf with marbled sides and gilt lettering on spine or cloth with marbled sides and label on spine.

Handsomely bound, extraordinary collection of important scientific journal articles by 19th and 20th century Western explorers of Afghanistan, Central Asia, China, the Himalayas, India (including Assam, Bengal, Kashmir, and Punjab), Karakoram, Pakistan (including Sindh), and Tibet, with content covering anthropology, archaeology, exploration, geography, geology, glaciology, history, language and grammar, mountaineering, and politics. At the time these were the far outskirts of the world for Western science, where a lot was yet to be learned. Often the maps in these journals are the first modern maps of such regions and findings were the first to be scientifically published.Generally in very good condition.Please inquire for a full list of contents.

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Book number: ABC_46027

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STUART JOHN MCDOUGALL ,FRANCIS THOMAS GREGORY, ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY (GREAT BRITAIN)

The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society. Vol. 32, 1862

London, John Murray. 1862. Hardcover, 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book, old half calf, clxxii, 586 pages : maps, needs rebinding, spine has perished, worn at corners,text black solid, CONTENTS: Chap. 24. Diary of Mr. John M'Dougall Stuart's explorations, 1860-61;Chap. 25. Expedition to the north-west coast of Australia, by F.T. Gregory, Esq. FRGS'Chap. 26. Exploring expedition from Victoria to the Gulf of Carpentaria, under the command of Robert O'Hara Burke, Esq.. containing journals of Howitt. King, Wills, Burke, Wright and Brahe?. all maps called for are present. Poor.

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Book number: 1125558194

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Australia, Northern Discovery and Exploration. Burke and Wills Expedition (1860-1861),Discoveries in Geography,Gregory, Francis Thomas 1821-1888,Northern Australia,Stuart, John Mcdougall 1815-1866 Australia Travel

PHILBY, Harry St John Bridger.

Halévy in the Yaman (The Geographical Journal Vol. 102, no. 3). [United Kingdom, The Royal Geographical Society], September 1943. 8vo. Contemporary blue cloth with gilt-stamped abbreviated title to front cover: "Philby - Yaman".

115-124 [=10] pp.First edition of a brief treatise on Joseph Halévy’s journey through the Jawf region of Yemen, collating the version of Habshush with Halévy’s account. St. John Philby (1885-1960), also known by his Arabian name "Sheikh Abdullah", was an Arabist, explorer, writer, and British colonial office intelligence officer. Very slight browning, a few minor stains on the first page, hinge in the middle slightly cracked. Overall in good condition.l Macro 1782; Smith, The Yemens, 84.

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Book number: ABC_46424

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PHILBY, Harry St John Bridger.

The land of Sheba (The Geographical Journal Vol. 92, no. 1).[United Kingdom, The Royal Geographical Society], July 1938. 8vo. With 1 large folding coloured map, 1 smaller uncoloured folding map, and numerous photographs on 7 plates. Later half black cloth.

21, 107-132 pp.First edition of this fine account of travels in southern Arabia in 1936, particularly in the Hadhramaut, by the Arabist, explorer, writer, and British colonial office intelligence officer St. John Philby (1885-1960), also known by his Arabian name "Sheikh Abdullah". It describes the longest of Philby’s journeys, ostensibly to map the new frontier with Yemen, containing excellent photographs taken for the first time in that area by a European. Until the 1930s the highlands of the south-west corner of Arabia were among the world’s few remaining lands not fully explored or charted.Clear tape on the first page, covering part of the title of the journal without affecting the page or legibility of the text, very slight foxing on the large coloured map (mainly on the back). In very good condition.l Macro 1788.

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Book number: ABC_46425

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THE ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY

The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London, Volume 17

London, John Murray. 1847. Hardcover, 8 vo. Book, old half calf, gilt spine, pp.lvii, 159 pages, Contains following folding maps to accompany accounts;, Country explored by the Central Australian Expedition under the command of Captain Charles Sturt, 1844-1846 A condensed account of an exploration in the interior of Australia, by Captain Charles Sturt, in 1844 and 1845. Extracted from his journal, and from papers transmitted to the Right Honorable the Secretary of State for the colonies, and by him communicated to the Royal Geographical Society. Read 8th and 22nd February, 1847.: The Yang-Tsze-Kiang to illustrate paper by Lord Colchester and Captain Collinson R.N. 1847 On the Yang-tsze-kiang. By the Right Honorable Lord Colchester and Captain Collinson, R.N. Read March 22nd, 1847. :Isthmus of Mount Athos by the officers of H.M.S. Beacon, to illustrate a paper on the Canal of Xerxes, Lt. Spratt R.N. 1847 Remarks on the Isthmus of Mount Athos. By Lieut. T. Spratt, of H.M.S. "Beacon." Communicated by Commander Graves, F.G.R.S. Read March 9th, 1846. CONDITION; needs rebinding, covers are worn spine letters present but label is chipped and worn, ex lib with small ink stamp on title page.and foreedge, MAPS are in very good condition. Poor.

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Book number: 112557959

Catalogue: Travel

Keywords: Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers) -- Periodicals. ,Geography -- Periodicals. , Geography -- Societies, Etc. -- Periodicals. History

TIETKENS, WILLIAM HENRY

Journal of the Central Australian Exploring Expedition, 1889, Under Comand of W.H. Tietkens. Despatched By the Central Australian Exploring and Prospecting Association, Under the Auspices of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, South Australia.

Adelaide, Government Printer. 1891, 1st Edition. Brown Cloth, 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book, 84 pages, 2 folding maps, the geological map is coloured, the map showing the route of the expedition has closed tears which have been rebacked using old paper and water soluble paste. The map is complete and clean but would benefit from the old rebacking being replaced with Japanese tissue paper in order to flatten it out better. The book is rebound, Gilt title "Journal of the Central Australian Expl. Expedition, 1889. - Tietkens" on spine. Very Good.

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Book number: 1676

Catalogue: Australia

Keywords: Journal of the Central Australian Exploring Expedition, 1889, W.H. Tietkens, Geographical Society Australasia, Ayers Rock, Mount Olga, Macdonnell Ranges, Lake Amadeus, Macdonald,