Indoislamica: art and rare books relating to India, Central Asia and the Islamic world

Winstone, H.V.F. Captain Shakespear; A Portrait.

From the working library of Sir John Bagot Glubb (1897-1986).

London 1976.

28 photographic illustrations, 3 text illustrations, endpaper maps. Dustwrapper. pp. 236. 8vo.

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Wolff, Joseph. Narrative of a Mission to Bokhara, in the Years 1843-1845, to Ascertain the Fate of Colonel Stoddart and Captain Conolly.

London 1845.

Contains 7 lithographed plates after drawings by G. T. Vigne and Mirsa Abdul Wahab. Frontispieces (one repaired at edges). Original patterned cloth, rebacked. pp. xx, 356, xvi, 347. Still a nice set. 8vo. (2 volumes).

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Wood, Major Herbert. The Shores of Lake Aral.

London 1876

2 folding maps, one of West Turkestan and Adjoining Countries (in pocket), one of the Lower Arms of the Amu Derya. Original pictorial cloth, gilt. pp. xxvii, i (errata), 352. 8vo

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Wood, Major Herbert. Notes on the lower Amu-Darya, Syr-Darya and Lake Aral.

Royal Geographical Society, London 1875.

10 lithographed maps and charts, including large folding map of the Khanate of Khiva from Russian Sources. Quarter calf. pp. 47. 8vo.

BK000209 £56.00 Add to shopping cart

Woodman, D. Himalayan Frontiers: A Political Review of British, Chinese, Indian and Russian Rivalries.

Includes the large folding map of India's Northern Frontiers, not issued with most copies.

London 1969.

31 maps, 2 folding. Dustwrapper. pp. xiii, 423. 8vo.

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Workman, Fanny Bullock and William Hunter Workman Peaks and Glaciers of Nun Kun. A Record of Pioneering Exploration and Mountaineering in the Punjab Himalaya.

First edition, London 1909. Royal 8vo.

Colour frontispiece, 91 sepia and other gravure plates including 4 double-page panoramas. Large coloured folding map made by Dr. W. Hunter Workman from actual observation. Original pictorial cloth, top edges gilt. pp. xv, 204, one page publisher’s advertisement.

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Yate, Lieutenant A.C. England and Russia Face to Face in Asia; Travels with the Afghan Boundary Commission.

Edinburgh 1887.

Frontispiece, 4 sepia plates, 2 folding maps including large map in pocket. Original red cloth with some discolouring on parts of upper cover and at spine edge, half-title page slightly creased, but a very good, firm copy. 8vo. pp. viii, 481, 24pp. publisher’s advertisements.

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Yate, Major C.E. Northern Aghanistan; or Letters from the Afghan Boundary Commission. With Route Maps.

Edinburgh 1888.

3 maps, including 2 folding in pocket. Original red cloth. 8vo. p.p. viii, 430.

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Yazdani, G. History of the Deccan.

Fine Arts: Architecture, Sculpture, and Painting.

London 1952.

61 half-tone plates. pp. (vi), 6. Royal 8vo.

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Young, Lieutenant-Colonel Peter. Bedouin Command; The Arab Legion 1953 - 1956. Foreward by Lt.-General Sir John Bagot Glubb.

From the working library of Sir John Bagot Glubb (1897-1986).

London 1956.

Frontispiece, 23 half-tone photographic illustrations, end-paper maps. Dustwrapper. pp. 203, v (publisher's advertisements). 8vo.

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Zabriskie, E.H. American-Russian Rivalry in the Far East; A Study in Diplomacy and Power Politics, 1895-1914.

Philadelphia 1946.

Map. Dustwrapper. pp. vii, 226. 8vo.

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