GARIBALDI AND THE THOUSAND
Written by G.M. Trevelyan.
Stock no. 1831196
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 1909. Almost very good condition.

This third volume in the famous trilogy covers Giuseppe Garibaldi's role in the events of June to November 1860, the decisive year in the making of Italy ending with his conquest of Sicily and Naples and his acknowledgement of Victor Emmanuel of Piedmont-Sardinia as king of a united Italy. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w plates and 5 maps. xv and 395 pages including index plus publisher adverts to rear. 3rd Impression. Spine faded, boards slightly scuffed and slightly mottled. Text block and endpapers browned. Inscription ink to front endpaper. Foxing throughout.

A FIELD GUIDE TO THE FROGS OF BORNEO
Written by Robert F. Inger; Robert B. Stuebing.
Stock no. 1330983
Published by Natural History Publications (borneo). 2nd 2005. Very good condition.

Second Edition. Cardwraps. Colour photos. 201 pages (including index). ISBN: 9838120855. Covers edge worn. Page corner tips creased.

ILLUSTRATED FIELD GUIDE TO THE FLOWERS OF SRI LANKA
Written by J. De Vlas; J. De Vlas-De Jong.
Stock no. 1330978
Published by Mark Booksellers And Distributors (pvt) Ltd. 1st 2008. Very good condition.

A practical guide to the Sri Lankan flowers, with an emphasis on herbs and shrubs. Cardwraps. Colour photos throughout. 304 pages including index. ISBN: 9789551917005. Covers slightly edge rubbed. Textblock fingered.

IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF MARCO POLO
Written by Stanley Johnson.
Stock no. 1831135
Published by Telensky International Editions Limited. 1st 2024. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Stanley Johnson, accompanied by his youngest son Max, sets off from China’s far western border with Pakistan to undertake an epic Silk Road journey of some 5,000km to Beijing. The father-and-son duo follow the ancient trading route taken by the Venetian merchant, Marco Polo, 700 years ago. Large format. Green cloth boards, gilt title to front board. Colour photos. 224 pages. ISBN: 9788090561892. SIGNED by the author with dedication to front endpaper and also title page. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased at top edge and very lightly scuffed.

30 HERITAGE BUILDINGS OF YANGON: INSIDE THE CITY THAT CAPTURED TIME
No author listed.
Stock no. 1831020
Published by Association Of Myanmar Architects. 2013. Slightly better than very good condition.

This book focuses on a selection of 30 key buildings and examines their past, present, and future. Piecing together the often forgotten social history of each building has involved delving into out-of-print books, company records, old city directories, newspaper archives, and people's memories. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour & b/w photos. 166 pages including index. ISBN: 9789997185211. Reprint. A very nice copy.

THE GREAT PEKING TO PARIS EXPEDITION
Written by Warren Brown; Mick Matheson; Lang Kidby.
Stock no. 1330714
Published by Harper Collins. 1st 2005. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The fascinating story of the ultimate road trip and the people who made it in 1907. With no roads, and no maps, but eleven men in five cars farewelled Peking to drive 10,000 miles to Paris. Almost a century later, in 2005, a grand scheme was concocted to re-create the original 1907 Peking to Paris Raid in the original makes of veteran cars. An engrossing record of the remarkable modern-day expedition, comprising the authors' fascinating, often hilarious and always compelling diary entries along with breathtaking photographs. Large format. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos throughout. ISBN: 0732282535. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is edge worn.

TENT WORK IN PALESTINE: A RECORD OF DISCOVERY AND ADVENTURE
Written by Claude Reignier Conder. Illustrated by J.W. Whymper.
Stock no. 1830859
Published by Richard Bentley & Son. 1880. Almost very good condition.

New Edition. This book details the author's journey and survey of Palestine as part of the Palestine Exploration Fund, blending personal experiences with descriptions of the terrain and ancient sites. Yellow/brown cloth with black titles and gilt vignette to front. B/w illustrations. xvi and 397 pages plus 1 page advertisement for books by the author to rear. Spine heavily browned, boards grubby. Knock to horizontal and vertical edges of rear board. Rear board marked. Text block browned. Name and price in pencil to front endpaper, 2 contemporary names in ink to verso of frontispiece. A little pencil annotation else contents clean.

THE LI DYNASTY HONG KONG ARISTOCRATS
Written by Frank Ching.
Stock no. 1330179
Published by Oxford University Press. Circa 1999. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

B/w photos. ISBN: 0195909046. 2nd impression. SIGNED by author to front endpaper. Couple of grubby marks to outer page edges. Wrapper is faded to spine.

BY STEPPE, DESERT, AND OCEAN: THE BIRTH OF EURASIA
Written by Barry Cunliffe.
Stock no. 1830240
Published by Oxford University Press. Circa 2015. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

How humankind first started building the globalized world we know today. A tale of war, invasion, migration and the rise and fall of empires, covering a vast historical canvas from China to the Atlantic world. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos. ix and 530 pages including index. ISBN: 9780199689170. Fourth impression. Text block faintly grubby else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper has a tiny nick to top rear panel edge.

AUREL STEIN ON THE SILK ROAD
Written by Susan Whitfield.
Stock no. 1830222
Published by Serindia Publications. 1st 2004. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Evocatively illustrated account of the intrepid adventures and amazing discoveries of the great explorer and archaeologist Sir Marc Aurel Stein, who travelled the Silk Road nearly a century ago in the footsteps of Alexander the Great and the seventh-century Buddhist pilgrim monk Xuanzang. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. 143 pages including index. ISBN: 1932476113. 1cm crease to cloth at top front edge of spine else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine and lightly scuffed.

EYES FOR THE PHOENIX: ALLIED AERIAL PHOTO-RECONNAISSANCE OPERATIONS SOUTH-EAST ASIA 1941-1945
Written by Geoffrey J. Thomas.
Stock no. 1829934
Published by Hikoki Publications. 1st 1999. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The story of aerial photo-reconnaissance in the Far East; to discover Japanese movements and intentions with a vast area, 2000 miles across, within which virtually no other Intelligence could otherwise be obtained. Large format. Burgundy boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos, colour plates. 272 pages. ISBN: 0951989944. A lovely copy, appears unread!

SAKISHIMA: AND BACK
Written by Stuart Eadon.
Stock no. 1829761
Published by Crecy Books. 1st 1995. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

'Where men with splendid hearts may go'. A factual story describing the lives of brave young men who just wanted to get the job over and go home to work for a better world. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 282 pages plus indexes and appendices. B/w photos. ISBN: 0947554564. SIGNED by the author to title page (no dedication). Some light scuffing to dustwrapper else a lovely copy.