Recent Arrivals from John Randall (Books of Asia)
Recent Arrivals from John Randall (Books of Asia)
Memoirs of Zehir-Ed-Din Muhammed Baber, Emperor of Hindustan, written by himself, in the Jaghatai Turki, and translated, partly by the Late John Leyden, Esq., partly by William Erskine, Esq. with notes and a geographical and historical introduction: together with a map of the countries between the Oxus and Jaxartes, and a memoir regarding its construction, by Charles Waddington, Esq. of the East India Company's Engineers.
by Babur; Leyden, John, translator
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- 1826
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London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green., 1826. First edition, 4to, pp.lxix, 432, errata leaf, folding map. Added engraved portrait of Babur at first page after prelims. A very good copy in contemporary marbled boards, rebacked and recornered to style. Title page and map are foxed. Otherwise clean. Item Price
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Geological Notes on Mesopotamia with special reference to occurrences of petroleum.
by Pascoe, Edwin Hall
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- 1922
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Calcutta: Geological Survey of India, Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India, Volume XLVIII., 1922. First edition, pp.10, vii, 90, key map and 10 large folding colour maps, mostly on scale of approx 1cm to 0.6 km. The map 1 and 2 lithographed, others heliozincographed: 1. Fathah Area. Jabal Hamrin and Jabal Makhul and the Jabal Khanuqah. (103… Read more about this item Item Price
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Tales of Tirah and Lesser Tibet. With Forewords by Lord Rawlinson & Sir John Maffey. Edited, with an Appreciation, by Basil Mathews.
by Starr, Lilian A.
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- 1924
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London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1924. Fourth impression, pp.253, portrait, 6 illustrations, 2 maps. A very good copy in original cloth. Spine and corners lightly bumped. A fascinating account of the two expeditions made by Lilian Agnes Starr (1885-1977), a nurse of the Peshawar Mission Hospital, into Tibet and Afghanistan. The first, in 1922, was a vacation with… Read more about this item Item Price
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An Account of two Voyages: The first of Feodor Iskowitz Backhoff, the Muscovite Envoy into China: the second of Mr. Zachary Wagener, a native of Dresden in Misnia, thro' a great part of the World, as also into China. Translated from the High-Dutch Original printed at Berlin.; [Bound with] An Account of Cochin-China. In two parts. The first treats of the temporal state of that kingdom. The second, of what concerns the spiritual.
by Iskowitz Backhoff, Feodor; Wagener, Zachary; Borri, R.F. Christopher
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- [1704]
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[London]: Awnsham and John Churchill, [1704]. First edition in English, and first edition of second English translation, extracted from Churchill's Voyages, folio, 31 x 20 cm., pp. [545]-556; (787)-838. A very good copy in modern half calf, marbled boards. A few wormholes to first third of text, affecting some letters but not legibility. The first English translation… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Phantom 'Rickshaw and other Tales. Indian Railway Library No.5.
by Kipling, Rudyard
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- [1888]
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Allahabad: A.H. Wheeler, [1888]. Presumed first edition, second or third issue, pp.[viii], 114, vii [publishers adverts]. A good used copy, front section loose, but still held by stitching. Both wrappers worn and frayed. Text clean. This scarce early issue of the first edition has the apostrophe before "Rickshaw" in the title on front wrapper, and full stops after… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Lady's Second Journey Round the World: from London to the Cape of Good Hope, Borneo, Java, Sumatra, Celebes, Ceram, the Moluccas, etc. California, Panama, Peru, Ecuador, and the United States.
by Pfeiffer, Ida
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- 1855
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London.: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans., 1855. First edition, Two volumes, pp.xii, 451, viii, 423, 24 (adverts). A good set in original green cloth, boards blind decorated. Lightly rubbed, corners bumped, spines bumped and faded. The head and foot of the spine of volume one has a few superficial tears to cloth, and rear inner hinge starting to… Read more about this item Item Price
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Through Town and Jungle. Fourteen Thousand Miles A-Wheel Among the Temples and People of the Indian Plain. With map and two hundred and two illustrations.
by Workman, Fanny Bullock, and Workman, William Hunter, M.A., M.D.
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- 1904
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London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1904. First edition, pp.xxiv, 380, folding map, 202 illustrations (mostly plates). A very good copy in original gilt decorated cloth, top edge gilt. Slightly rubbed and bumped, cloth shows light soiling from age, edges lightly foxed. Map has a repaired 3cm tear at join, affecting only border. An account of the visit of husband… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Dictionary of Malayan Medicine. Edited and completed by H.W. Thomson. With a Foreword by Sir Malcolm Watson.
by Gimlette, J.D.
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- 1939
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$209.02
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London: Oxford University Press, 1939. First edition, 8vo, pp.xvi, 259, 2 plates. A very good copy in lightly soiled original cloth. Corners and spine slightly bumped. John Desmond Gimlette (1867-1934) was encouraged to produce this work by his good friend Walter Skeat, author of Malay Magic and inspiration to Rudyard Kipling, as a more comprehensive and user-friendly… Read more about this item Item Price
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Description of a Mystic Play, as performed in Ladak, Zaskar, &c.
by Godwin-Austen, Henry Haversham, Captain
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- 1865
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Calcutta: Asiatic Society of Bengal, 1865. First edition, published in the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, Volume XXXIV, Part I, No.II; pp.(71)-79, ten mounted photographs, each approximately 7 x 6.5 cm. Whole issue present. A very good copy in later card wrappers, original front wrapper bound in. Photographs a little faded. Haversham Godwin-Austen (1834-1923) joined the… Read more about this item Item Price
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A History of the Sikhs, from the origin of the nation to the battles of the Sutlej.
by Cunningham, Joseph Davey
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- 1853
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London: John Murray, 1853. Second edition, with the author's last corrections and additions, pp.xliii, 473, 2 maps, 1 partially hand coloured and folding, the other coloured in outline, genealogical chart. A very good copy in original cloth, spine title in gilt. Spine faded, and with minor wear to head and foot. Joseph Davey Cunningham (1812-1851) sailed for India… Read more about this item Item Price
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Javaanse Volksvertoningen. Bijdrage tot de Beschrijving van Land en Volk.
by Pigeaud, Dr.Th.
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- 1938
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Batavia: Volkslectuur, 1938. First edition, 4to, pp.545, 45 plates, 4 mounted and in colour. A very good copy in original boards, spine strengthened. A classic study of Javanese theatre, with many illustrations of masks. Item Price
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Journal of a Residence in England, and of a Journey from and to Syria, of their Royal Highnesses Reeza Koolee Meerza, Najaf Koolee Meerza, and Taymoor Meerza, of Persia. To which are prefixed some particulars respecting modern Persia, and the death of the late Shah. Originally written in Persian, By H.R.H. Najaf Koolee Meerza, Son of Prince Firman Firman, Grandson of H.M. Fathali Shah, the late Emperor of Persia; and translated, with explanatory notes, by Assaad Y. Kayat.
by Najaf Koolee Meerza, H.R.H.; Kayat, Assaad Y., translator and editor
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London: Printed for Private Circulation only, [1839]. First edition, two volumes, 8vo, pp.xxiii, 306, folding frontis; [vi, titles and contents], 291. Half-titles present. A very good set in original gilt and blind decorated cloth, gilt lettering to spines. Spines slightly sun faded, and corners and spines slightly bumped. Wide margins untrimmed. Unblemished and tight internally. A fascinating account… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Journey to the Source of the River Oxus. With an essay on the geography of the valley of the Oxus. By Colonel Henry Yule.
by Wood, John, Captain
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- 1872
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London: John Murray, 1872. New (i.e. second) edition, edited by his son. pp.cvii, [2, half-title], 280, 32 (adverts), frontispiece, 2 folding maps. A very good copy in the original blind decorated cloth. Spine sun-faded, slight spotting to a few leaves. John Wood (1812-1871) was a naval officer who took great interest in exploration and geography, and achieved… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Voyage to Cochin China.
by White, John
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- 1824
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London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1824. First English edition, 8vo, pp.xi, [1, blank], 368 - (371)-2. A very good copy bound in dyed contemporary half leather, buckram boards, all edges speckled blue and red. Light rubbing to extremities of boards, light foxing to first and last few leaves. This account of an American voyage… Read more about this item Item Price
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Twentieth Century Impressions of British Malaya.
by Wright, Arnold & Cartwright, H.A. (Editors)
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- 1908
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London: Lloyds Greater Britain Publishing Company, 1908. First edition, folio (31 x 25 cm), pp.959, illustrated throughout. A superb copy bound in the original full gilt-decorated leather. A history of the Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States together with details of every aspect of the colonies at the turn of the century and biographies of prominent citizens. Item Price
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Views of British North Borneo with a Brief History of the Colony, compiled from official records and other sources of information of an authentic nature, with trade returns, &c., showing the progress and development of the Chartered Company's Territory.
by [Sabah]
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- 1899
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London: William Brown & Co., 1899. First edition, oblong 4to (22 x 28 cm approx), pp.60, many illustrations to text, 2 maps. A very good copy bound in somewhat soiled original cloth, rebacked with later cloth spine. An attractive illustrated account of what is now Sabah, compiled by the British North Borneo Company to promote investment in the… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Muslim Architecture of Egypt. Volume I: Ikhshids and Fatimids, A.D. 939-1171. Volume II: Ayyubids and Early Bahrite Mamluks, A.D. 1171-1326.
by Creswell, Keppel A.C
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- 1952-59
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Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1952-59. First edition. Two volumes, folio (46 x 36 cm), pp.xxvi, 290, 125 plates, 173 illustrations and plans, large folding map in 2 sheets; pp.xxiv, 300, 127 plates, 151 illustrations and plans. Volume I is 175 of 550 copies, Volume II is 107 of 550 copies. A fine set in original cloth, with rather torn… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Dictionary, Telugu and English, explaining the colloquial style used in business and the poetical dialect, with explanations in English and in Telugu. [with] A Dictionary of the Mixed Dialects and Foreign Words used in Telugu. With an explanation of the Telugu alphabet.
by Brown, Charles Philip
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- 1852, 1854
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Madras: printed at the Christian Knowledge Society's Press, 1852, 1854. First editions, two works bound in one. Small 4to, 25 x 17 cm; pp.[iv, half-title and advertisements], xvi, 1303, [1, blank]; [iv, half-title and advertisements], xxviii, 131, [1, blank]. With contemporary advertisements. A very good set bound in modern half speckled calf over marbled boards. Spine label and… Read more about this item Item Price
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Narrative of a Ten Years' Residence at Tripoli in Africa: from the original correspondence in the possession of the family of the late Richard Tully, Esq., the British Consul. Comprising Authentic Memoirs and Anecdotes of the reigning Bashaw, his Family, and other Persons of Distinction; also, an account of the Domestic Manners of the Moors, Arabs, and Turks.
by Tully, Richard
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- 1816
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London, 1816. First edition 4to, pp.xiii, 370, 5 hand coloured plates, folding map. A very good copy bound in contemporary half calf, marbled boards. Spine rubbed, one corner bumped. '[This] work is particularly valuable for its details of family life in the seraglio. The female members of Tully's family were on intimate terms with the Bashaw's family… Read more about this item Item Price
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In Memoriam Theodore Duka (1825-1908). (A Lecture read before the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, October 27, 1913)
by Stein, Marc Aurel
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- 1914
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Oxford: Privately printed., 1914. First edition, pp.35, frontis portrait. A very good copy in original boards. Paper spine professionally repaired. Theodore Duka (1825-1908), a Hungarian army officer, studied medicine in Britain, worked as a doctor in India and became fluent in several Indian languages. Erdelyi 1.079. Item Price
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