[TRANSPORTATION] & MARSHALL (Valentine). Extract of a Letter, And a Copy of… 1834. "THE STATE OF THE COUNTRY IS NOT SO PROMISNG AS WHEN I ARRIVED" £4,000
OCHSNER (Washington Henry), et al. Some Economic Possibilities in the Galapagos Islands, 1917. RARE DOCUMENTS CONCERNING THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS £2,250
ALRIC (Abbé Henry Jean Antoine). Esquisses d'un Voyage Autour du Monde et un… 1867. A RARE ACCOUNT OF CALIFORNIA £5,500
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SULLIVAN (Sgt. W. John L.) Twelve Years in the Saddle for Law and… 1909. TALES OF A TEXAS RANGER £4,000
CHARTON (Edouard). Voyageurs anciens et modernes, 1854. A RARE PROMOTIONAL POSTER FOR A BOOK OF EXPLORERS £3,500
MACKAY (Dorothy). Ancient Cities of Iraq, 1926. A Little-known Archeologist’s Guide to Pre-Islamic Iraq £250
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TEMPLE (R[ichard]). The Attack on the Fort of Luft. Nov.… 1813. DRAMATIC AQUATINT OF THE ATTACK ON LAFT £2,500
TEMPLE (R[ichard]). The Storming of a large Storehouse near Ras… 1813. THE ASSAULT ON RAS AL-KHAIMAH £5,000
[IBN HAWQAL (Muhammad Abu'l-Qasim).], [ISTAKHRI (Ibrahim ibn Muhammad).] & OUSELEY (Sir William), translator. Oriental Geography of Ebn Haukal, an Arabian Traveller… 1800. THE FIRST ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF A MANUSCRIPT IN THE TRADITION OF ISTAKHRI AND IBN HAWQAL £3,500
[FRENCH EMBASSY, CONSTANTINOPLE.] Relation de l'Audience Publique, donnée par le Grand-Seigneur,… 1796. FROM THE PRESS OF THE FRENCH EMBASSY AT CONSTANTINOPLE £7,500
VARTHEMA (Lodovico di). & EDEN (Richard), trans. The Nauigation and v[o]yages of Lewes Vertomannus, Gentleman… 1576. FIRST APPEARANCE IN ENGLISH OF VARTHEMA’S FAMOUS ACCOUNT OF MECCA & MEDINA £15,000
[ADEN.] & UNIDENTIFIED AUTHOR. Three Hours in Aden: Being a Description of… 1902. LAWN TENNIS AND BUTTERFLY HUNTING IN ADEN £950
HOPE (Stanton). Arabian Adventurer: the Story of Haji Williamson, 1951. AN EXCELLENT SOURCE ON THE ARABIAN GULF £1,350
[SHARJAH.] & ADAM (Naeem Shaikh). Printed trade card of Naeem Shaikh Adam, Goldsmith… 1975. A SHARJAH SILVERSMITH £250
LAWRENCE (T.E.). & ERNEST BROWN & PHILLIPS. Catalogue of an Exhibition of Arab Portraits by… 1921. ONE OF THE RAREST BOOKS IN THE LAWRENCE CANON £7,500