Melbourne: Sudan United Mission, 1937. Third edition. Hardcover. Small octavo. viii + 114pp. Yellow papered boards lettered in black on spine & front board. Frontis. B/w plates. Map. Accounts of the author's experiences in the Sudan. Page-edges lightly browned, endpapers browned, publisher's stamp on front free endpaper, bookplate on front..... More
London: W. H. Allen, 1884. "New edition" Hardcover. Octavo. xx + 290pp. + 48pp. ads. Green cloth lettered on spine. Index. Spine faded, spine lettering much-dulled, spine ends chafed, top-edge browned, otherwise a tight, internally-clean VG copy (no dust jacket). More
London: Hutchinson, 1960. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 288pp. Original decorated boards. Photographic b/w illustrations, map, bibliography, index. Previous owner's details on front free end paper. Bottom of boards lightly rubbed, otherwise VG in VG dustjacket (a little chafed at the edges and with a slight crease at the bottom of..... More
London: Jarrolds, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 256pp. Original gilt-decorated cloth boards (front cover and spine). Frontis plate. Maps, b/w illustrations, and index. Little tape-marks on cloth of spine (offset from old protective cover that had been taped to dustjacket) faint tape-marks to front end pages, else VG in VG..... More
Harmondsworth: Viking / Rainbird, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto, 224pp. Original pictorial boards. The Japanese diaries of Smith from the turn of the century, beautifully brought to life with many colour illustrations. Marbled end pages, color frontis, color and sepia text illustrations throughout, silk ribbon marker, index. Fine in near..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1952. First US Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. xiv + 306pp. Yellow & black cloth lettered in blue on spine & front board. Map on front pastedown. Index. B/w plates. Spine slightly faded, boards slightly discolored, top-edge lightly browned, extremities rubbed, else a solid, internally-clean VG..... More
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1963. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 208 pp. Original blue cloth with gilt title, etc. to spine, glossary of important Sanskrit and Pali terms. The author travelled through India for several years in the later 1950s, visiting different holy places and gurus, some of whom she describes..... More
London: Remington and Co, 1881. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. (v) + 264pp. Original decorated brown cloth. Blind stamped on rear panel, black on front panel, gilt and black to spine, gilt titling to spine. Bevelled edges. Inscribed and dated 'with the Author's kindest regards' on blank verso of front endpaper..... More
London: John Murray, 1959. Hardcover. Octavo. 180pp. Purple cloth gilt-lettered on spine. B/w frontis. & plates. Page-edges lightly age-toned, slight lean to spine, minor foxing to endpapers, otherwise a clean VG copy in VG dust jacket (dust jacket price-clipped, slight foxing to flaps). More
London: Thames & Hudson, 1990. Reprint. Softcover. Oblong quarto. [106pp] Map. 76 color plates. B/w illustrations. A tight, clean VG+ copy. More
New York: Harcourt Brace & World, 1967. First English language edition. Hardcover, 8vo, 366pp. Original textured boards. Map, black and white illustrations. Outside top corner bruised, otherwise VG+ in VG dustjacket (price-clipped, fading, and light wear). More
London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1955. First UK Edition. Hardcover. 288pp. 8vo. Textured papered boards. Frontis. portrait. Maps. B/w photographs taken by the author. Account of the author's travels through Tibet. Near-VG in discolored, lightly worn, price-clipped dustjacket. More
London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1955. First UK Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 288pp. Textured papered boards. Account of the author's travels through Tibet. Frontis portrait. Maps, b/w photographic illustrations taken by the author. VG in VG dustjacket (lightly rubbed and with a little shelf wear to edges, price-clipped). More
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover, 8vo, 285pp. Original boards. Maps on end pages, glossary. Bottom lower corner very lightly bumped and edges gently thumbed, otherwise VG+ in VG+ dustjacket (top edge of jacket discolored). More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990. Hardcover. Octavo. xii + 244pp. Textured papered boards gilt-lettered on spine. B/w illustrations. Bibliography & index. A tight, clean VG+ copy in VG+ dust jacket. More
Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1843. Third Edition, Revised. Hardcover, 8vo, 368pp. Original cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine and design on front board. Volume I only. Foldout map facing Vignette. 36 engravings. Worn, frayed at edges and slightly curled corners of boards. Head and tail of spine chipped and..... More
London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1968. Hardcover. Small quarto. xii + 404pp. Blue cloth gilt-lettered on spine, gilt flying-fish design on front board. Fold-out maps at rear. B/w plates. Chronologies, general index, index of ships. Ex-library copy - marks to boards, bumps to top-corners of boards, library bookplate on front..... More
London: MacDonald, 1954. Hardcover. Octavo. 176pp. Red cloth gilt-lettered on spine. B/w plates & maps. Recounts the tale of a famous expedition to Mt Ararat. Minor bumps to top of spine & edges of boards, top-edge foxed, else a solid, internally-clean VG copy in near-VG dust jacket (dust jacket price-clipped..... More
London: Edward Arnold, 1913. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. viii +316 pp +1pp map +16 pp publisher's catalog. Original red cloth with gilt titling to spine and upper board, blind rules, color fold out map, b&w illustrations, index. Stamped "Presentation Copy" on title page. Dr. Arthur Neve travelled to Kashmir..... More
London: Constable, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. viii + 254pp. 8vo. Gilt-lettered cloth. Frontis. Index. B/w plates. Account of the author and his wife's (Vita Sackville-West) cruise to Java in 1957. Slightest rubbing to boards, o/w near-VG in somewhat rubbed & chipped near VG dustjacket ( slightly frayed at head of..... More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1968. Reprint. Hardcover. Large octavo. 352pp. Original cloth lettered in gilt on spine & front board. Several b/w illustrations. Spine ends rubbed, bumps to corners & edges of boards, remainder mark on bottom-edge, bottom-corner creases & marks to some pages, else a solid near-VG copy..... More
New York, NY: T. Fisher Unwin, 1907. Hardcover. Large 8vo. xvi + 342 pp. Maroon cloth with gilt titling and decoration to spine and upper board; frontis, b&w illustrations by William Campbell Oman; top edge gilt. Studies of Goddess-Worship in Bengal, Caste, Brahmaism and Social Reform, with descriptive Sketches of..... More
New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1949. Revised & Reset. Hardcover. Large 8vo. viii + 398 pp + xvi. Red cloth with gilt titling and decoration to spine; gilt decoration on upper board; maps and b&w illustrations; index. An Adventurous account of climbing in the Himalayas, a profound and revealing..... More
London: Peter Owen Limited, 1961. Second Impression. Hardcover. 8vo. 216 pp. Blue cloth with gilt titling to spine; color frontis, b& w illustrations. Rubbing to corners, spine ends and edges; discoloration to fore-edge of pages; slight yellowing to pages; small spot of white-out on front free end paper. Otherwise, a...... More
New York: Greenwood Press, 1968. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Thick quarto. xxx + 310pp. + clxxx + xii + 132pp. Brown cloth with gilt lettering on spine. B/w illustrations. Fold-out maps & tables. Slight rubbing to bottom of spine, page-edges foxed & lightly browned, slight discoloration to endpapers gutters, else..... More
