London: Hutchinson Universal Book Club, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 236pp. Original cloth boards. Colored pictorial endpapers. The author's account of her experience with the Royal family of Nepal. Two spots on fore-edge effecting only the extremities of the page margin, light fading on bottom edge, otherwise VG. In VG..... More
Melbourne: Hudson, 1997. First Edition. Softcover. 8vo, v+225pp. Original glossy pictorial wrappers. Very light rubbing to wrappers, otherwise VG+. More
Newton Abbot: Readers Union, 1972. Book Club. Hardcover. Octavo. 288pp. Original boards gilt-lettered on spine. B/w plates. Index. Top-edge foxed, else a tight, clean VG+ copy in VG+ dust jacket. More
Exeter: Webb & Bower, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover, small quarto, 276pp. Original boards. Maps, many color and b/w illustrations, appendices, biographies. Wonderful images to illustrative the narrative drawn and/or painted by Dr. Cree. Fold out full page color illustrations. Decorated paste downs. Previous owner's inscription to title page, otherwise Fine..... More
Boston, MA: Eastern Book Co., 1881. First edition. Hardcover, 8vo 416 pp., Original pictorial green cloth stamped in black and gilt, beveled edges, frontis portrait with tissue guard, 29 wood-engraved plates, Very light damp mark to fore-edge of final blank, one signature sprung at bottom. Still an unusually bright and..... More
Melbourne: William Heinemann, 1987. Hardcover. Octavo. xiv + 242pp. Textured papered boards. Maps. B/w plates. The authors' account of their Antarctic expedition in 1982. Small bumps at spine ends, else a clean VG+ copy in VG dust jacket (dust jacket faintly discolored on rear panel). More
London: Little Brown, 1998. First UK Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xviii + 910pp. Black textured papered boards lettered in silver on spine. Map endpapers. B/w plates. Index & bibliography. Slight discoloration to boards, faint foxing to page-edges, otherwise a solid, clean VG copy in near-VG dust jacket (dust jacket has a...... More
London: The Religious Tract Society, 1895. Third and cheaper edition. Hardcover. 8vo, 312pp. Original navy blue boards with gilt titling to spine, portrait, two maps, five b&w illustrations. Boards lightly chafed at corners; grazed at head and tail of spine, offsetting to endpapers, lacks rear free endpaper. Hinge splitting at..... More
Hale London, 1955. Hardcover. 264pp. 8vo. Cloth. Frontis. B/w plates. Accounts of the author's personal experiences in Java and New Guinea. Minor marking to boards, top of spine discolored, mark on right front end page, otherwise near-VG in creased & chipped dustjacket. More
Hong Kong: Oxford University Press, 1997. Second Edition. Softcover. xxiv+270pp. Color printed card covers, paper endpapers, b/w illustrations, bibliography. Light spotting to fore-edge, otherwise in Near Fine condition. More
London: Oldbourne, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover, 8vo, 220pp. Original textured boards. Illustrations, endpaper maps. Boards lightly bumped at lower corners; top of spine grazed. Inscription to front free end paper; all else VG in VG jacket (chafed at edges, rubbed at folds and price clipped). More
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
New York: Henry Holt, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. xiv + 306pp. Brown cloth gilt-lettered on spine. B/w plates. Map endpapers. Tide-mark to bottom edges of spine & front board, page-edges browned, previous owner inscription on verso of front free endpaper, otherwise a solid, internally-clean VG copy in Good+..... 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
New York: Wolff / Harcourt, Brace & World, 1964. First US Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. xii + 290pp. Original brown cloth lettered in gilt on spine. Index. Color & b/w plates. Fold-out maps. A solid, clean VG copy in near-VG dust jacket (dust jacket price-clipped, spine slightly discolored, short tears..... 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
