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London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1985. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. First Edition, First Printing. 160 pages. 29 illustrations. 1 map. A rich and rewarding travelogue packed with sharp visual pictures and acutely individual observations on a country and a people so rootedly different from our own. The noted traveller… Read more about this item

London: Michael Joseph, 1994. A Fine unmarked copy with a Very Good + dustjacket which is not price clipped. 246 pages. 35 photographs. Map endpapers. Daniel James Negley Farson (1927 - 1997) was a British writer and broadcaster, strongly identified with the early days of commercial television in the UK. He was the son of US war correspondent… Read more about this item

Sagwan Press, 2018. A facsimile copy of Doubleday, New York edition of the book (note the cover has the title as 'Last' instead of 'Lost'.. Caucasian Journey is a travel book written by the American foreign correspondent Negley Farson, describing his journey in the mountains of the western Caucasus in 1929. Farson undertook the journey in the… Read more about this item

London: The Book Club, 1939. A Very good copy in beige cloth which has an age darkened spine. Internally there is age toning to endpapers and closed edges and just the occasional mark to page edges else a very clean, tight and unmarked copy. 319 pages. 32 illustrations. Brief impressions of the Indian States which the author visited,… Read more about this item

London: Collins / Harvill, 1984. A near Fine Unmarked copy (Fine apart from a few spots to top edge) with near Fine dustjacket which is price clipped. A large format volume of 281 pages. Profusely iilustrated. Map endpapers. A quarter of the people on earth live in China, yet to the West it has remained a mystery. The Heart… Read more about this item

London: The Religious Tract Society, 1915. Boards have fading to spine, spine sides and tops and a line of wear to spine side and to spine top and tail. Internally there is a prize bookplate to front pastedown, age darkening to endpapers and sporadic light foxing else a clean, tight unmarked copy. xi + 248 pages. 8 coloured plates and… Read more about this item

London: Souvenir Press, 1986. A near Fine unmarked copy (Fine apart from a gift inscription to front endpaper) with Fine dustjacket. 143 pages. Illustrated throughout. Centenary New Edition 1886-1986. The story of one of the most famous hotels in the world, the Raffles Hotel in Singapore. Named after Sir Stamford Raffles, founder of the former British colony. It was… Read more about this item

London: Century, 1985. A near Fine copy (Fine apart from a mark to the top corner margin of two pages) with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. x + 270 pages. Maps. This book is an essential manual for the visitor to India who wants to travel in style - whether for a holiday or on business. Luxury… Read more about this item

Bath: Footprint, 2008. A Fine unmarked copy. 560 pages. Second edition. Footprint travel guide. From Hanoi and the Plain of Jars to Angkor and the Mekong Delta. A triad of Indo-Chinese beauties. Best of the sights. Hidden jungle ruins and white sandy beaches. What to eat and where to sleep. How to get off the beaten track. A comprehensive… Read more about this item

London: Allen Lane, 2006. A near Fine unmarked copy with VG+ dustjacket which has a minor indentation to front and is not price clipped. First edition, first printing. xvii + 297 pages. 3 maps. The Chief Reporter of the Observer, in the summer of 1991, set off to join Kurdish guerillas fighting in Iraq. It turned out to be the… Read more about this item

London: Ward, Lock, 1968. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket. The author, a skilled mountain climber, author and cameraman, combined these three talents to venture into the most remote areas of the Himalayas, aided by a team of hardened Sherpa porters, to capture on film the breathtaking beauty of these mountains. Kazami spent months in his quest and many… Read more about this item

London: George G. Harrap, 1927. Cream titles on black cloth boards which have some minor marks but no wear. Internally very clean, tight and unmarked. The author is George Warrington Steevens (1869-1900), the most famous war correspondent of his time, who was with Kitchener in the Sudan but whose brilliant career was cut short by typhoid fever in 1900 during… Read more about this item

London: Harper Collins, 1994. A Fine unmarked copy with no inscriptions with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. xii + 278 pages. 33 illustrations. 2 maps. Pictorial endpapers. The author, an intrepid young student of Central Asian art and archaeology, set off in late 1989 to explore - far from the famous 'Silk Road' of Marco Polo - an… Read more about this item

Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, 1955. Gilt title on green boards whiche are very clean and unmarked with no wear. Internally very clean, tight and unmarked with just a touch of foxing to fore edge. A Very Good+ copy. Dustjacket has some chipping and is price clipped. 91 plates, 2 in full colour, by the author and Douglas Scott. The book… Read more about this item

London: The Adventurers Club, 1959. Gold title on blue boards which are clean and unmarked with no wear. Internally just a touch of light foxing to endpapers else clean, tight and unmarked. A Very Good+ copy. Dustjacket is complete with a little wear to top edge. The author, an Australian diplomat, provides a fascinating account of Siam, now modern day… Read more about this item

London: Angus & Robertson, 1977. A near Fine copy with near Fine dustjacket. The author is an Australian travel writer who brings to life the people, culture and life post Revolution including a section on what the tourist needs to know. 14 coloured photographic illustrations. **** NOT EX LIB **** C3E. First Edition.… Read more about this item