by Colonel Sir T. Hungerford Holdich...With twenty-two illustrations and a map. "Appendix: A short chapter on the history of Afghanistan": p 377-397. Show moreby Colonel Sir T. Hungerford Holdich...With twenty-two illustrations and a map. "Appendix: A short chapter on the history of Afghanistan": p 377-397. Show less
India. Persian Boundary Commission., Zoology--Persian, Geology, Geology--Iran, Description and travel, Boundaries, DS258 .E37 1876
Vol. 1, The geography -- Vol. 2, The zoology and geology with narratives by Majors St. John, Lovett, and Euan Smith and an introduction by Major... Show moreVol. 1, The geography -- Vol. 2, The zoology and geology with narratives by Majors St. John, Lovett, and Euan Smith and an introduction by Major-General Sir Frederic John Goldsmid. Main Heritage Shelves General DS258 .E37 1876 Book vol.2 Item-ID: i10083893 BIB-ID: 1010024 Show less
Vol. 1. A-D -- vol. 2. E-K -- vol. 3. L-R -- vol. 4. S-Z. prepared by a number of leading orientalists. Published under the patronage of the... Show moreVol. 1. A-D -- vol. 2. E-K -- vol. 3. L-R -- vol. 4. S-Z. prepared by a number of leading orientalists. Published under the patronage of the International association of the academies. Issued in parts (no. 1, 1908). Vols. 1-2, 1913-27; v. 3, 1936; v. 4, 1934. Editors: v. 1, M. Th. Houtsma, T.W. Arnold, R. Basset and R. Hartmann.--v. 2, M. Th. Houtsma, A.J. Wensinck, T.W. Arnold, W. Heffening and E. Lévi-Provençal.--v. 3-4, M. Th. Houtsma, A.J. Wensinck, E. Lévi-Provençal, H.A.R. Gibb and W. Heffening. Main Heritage Shelves General DS37 .E53 1913 Book vol. 4 Item-ID: i20310304 BIB-ID: 2668455 Show less
Joseph Michaud. Portret van Michaud nar een tekening van M. Rousseau en van Doré, beide houtgravures door E. Thomas. Leblanc p. 240. Main Heritage... Show moreJoseph Michaud. Portret van Michaud nar een tekening van M. Rousseau en van Doré, beide houtgravures door E. Thomas. Leblanc p. 240. Main Heritage Shelves General D151 .M53 1877 Book vol. 2 Item-ID: i10102000 BIB-ID: 1011836 Show less
Introduction. Résumé of central Asian exploration -- The plan and objects of my journey -- Across Russia to Orenburg -- Across the Kirghiz Steppes... Show moreIntroduction. Résumé of central Asian exploration -- The plan and objects of my journey -- Across Russia to Orenburg -- Across the Kirghiz Steppes -- From Lake Aral to Tashkend -- From Tashkend to Margelan -- The Syr-Daria -- A winter journey over the Pamirs. Up the Isafaïran Valley -- Over the Tenghiz-Bai Pass -- Up the Alaï Valley -- Over the Trans-Alaï -- Lake Kara-Kul -- Population of the Russian Pamirs -- Geographical summary -- Fort Pamir -- The Mus-Tagh-Ata and its glaciers. From the Murghab to Bulun-Kul -- Mus-Tagh-Ata -- An attempt to climb Mus-Tagh-Ata -- Reminiscences of a Kashgar -- A Chinese dinner-party -- From Kashgar to Ighiz-Yar -- Through the Gorge of Tenghi-Tar -- The plain of Tagharma -- Among the Kirghiz -- Little Kara-Kul Lake -- Little Kara-Kul Lake (continued) -- Amongst the glaciers of Mus-Tagh-Ata -- My second attempt to ascend Mus-Tagh-Ata -- My third attempt to ascend Mus-Tagh-Ata -- Moonlight on Mus-Tagh-Ata -- To Fort Pamir and back -- Boating adventures on the Little Kara-Kul -- Life among the Kirghiz -- Return to Kashgar -- Across the Takla-Makan Desert. To Maral-Bashi -- An excursion to the Masar-Tagh -- The Shrine of Ordan Padshah -- On th threshold of the desert -- The start from Merket -- Skirting the desert -- An earthly paradise -- In the ban of the desert -- The camels break down -- No water left -- The camp of death -- The crisis comes -- A desperate march -- Human beings at last -- With the shepherds of the Khotan-Daria -- A rescue party -- Down the Kotan-Daria -- From Ak-Su to Kashgar. A summer trip to the southern Pamirs. Over the Ullug-Art Pass -- With the Anglo-Russian Boundary Commission -- Festivities on the Roof of the World -- Over the mountains to the Yarkand-Daria and to Kashgar -- Across the Desert of Gobi to Lop-Nor. From Kashgar to Kargalik -- Alongside the desert to Khotan -- City and oasis of Khotan -- Borasan and its archæological remains -- History of Khotan -- The buried city of Takla-Makan -- A curious shepherd race -- Down the Keriay-Daria -- Where the wild camel lives -- Where is the Tarim? -- Through the forests of the Tarim -- At Korla and Kara-Shahr -- The Lop-Nor problem -- A boat excursion on the northern Lop-Nor -- Along Przhevalsky's Lob-Nor by boat -- The return to Khotan -- The sequel of my desert journey -- Through northern Tibet and Tsaidam. Over the Kwen-Lun Passes -- My caravan : its several members -- We enter uninhabited regions -- Amongst the spurs of the Arka-Tagh -- Searching for a pass -- The deceitful Taghliks -- Over the Arka-Tagh at last -- The wild ass -- Hunting the wild yak -- Lakes without end -- Tibetan storms -- Discoveries of inscribed stones -- Inhabited regions again -- Among the Mongols of Tsaidam -- Through the Desert of Tsaidam -- Among the Mongolian lakes -- An encounter with Tangut robbers -- From Tsaidam to Peking. Through the country of the Tanguts -- Koko-Nor -- From Koko-Nor to Ten-Kar -- The temple of ten thousand images -- Si-ning-Fu and the Dungan Revolt -- From Sin-Ning-Fu to Liang-Chow-Fu -- Through the Desert of Ala-Shan -- Wang-Yeh-Fu and Ning-Sha -- To Peking and home. by Sven Hedin ; with nearly three hundred illustrations from sketches and photographs by the author. Translated from the Swedish by J.T. Bealby. Includes index. Main Heritage Shelves General DS8 .H44 1898 Book vol. 2 Item-ID: i10230592 BIB-ID: 1024695 Show less
Main Heritage Shelves General BX1315 .R78 1876 Book vol.1 Item-ID: i15865241 BIB-ID: 1022557 Show moreMain Heritage Shelves General BX1315 .R78 1876 Book vol.1 Item-ID: i15865241 BIB-ID: 1022557 Show less
by Thomas Fuller ... Signatures: A⁸B-2C⁶2D⁸. Pages [1] and [16] at front, and final leaf are blank. Added t.p., engraved by William Marshall, preceded... Show moreby Thomas Fuller ... Signatures: A⁸B-2C⁶2D⁸. Pages [1] and [16] at front, and final leaf are blank. Added t.p., engraved by William Marshall, preceded by "A declaration of the frontispice" in verse, signed: J.C. [i.e. John Cleveland]. Another "third edition" dated 1647 is known to exist, completely reset, with "warre" and "Williams" on t.p., and p. 204 misnumbered 240. Cf. Gibson. Main Heritage Shelves General D158 .F95 1647 Book Item-ID: i10203072 BIB-ID: 1021943 Includes index and bibliographical references. Show less
Iosephi Scaligeri et Thomæ Erpenii Main Heritage Display General PN6519.A7 E77 1614 Book Item-ID: i15715978 BIB-ID: 1013614 Show moreIosephi Scaligeri et Thomæ Erpenii Main Heritage Display General PN6519.A7 E77 1614 Book Item-ID: i15715978 BIB-ID: 1013614 Show less
Arabic language--Grammar, Arabic language--Grammar--Early works to 1800, Fables, Arabic, Arabic poetry, PJ6305 .E77 1767
This is the second edition of the well-known Erpenius's Grammatica Arabica. edita, conversa et notis illustrata ab Alberto Schultens ; præfatio... Show moreThis is the second edition of the well-known Erpenius's Grammatica Arabica. edita, conversa et notis illustrata ab Alberto Schultens ; præfatio imaginariam linguam, scriptionem, & Lineam sanctam Judæorum consutat. Initials letters in woodcut. Includes indexes. Main Heritage Shelves General PJ6305 .E77 1767 Book Item-ID: i10097958 BIB-ID: 1885689 Text in Latin and Arabic. Some Hebraic text. Show less
by Lord Mackenzie ... ed. by John Kirkpatrick . "Authors cited or consulted": p. [xxxv]-xlvi. Show moreby Lord Mackenzie ... ed. by John Kirkpatrick . "Authors cited or consulted": p. [xxxv]-xlvi. Show less
translated by T. E. Shaw (colonel T.E. Lawrence). Main Heritage Shelves General PA4025.A5 H66 1935 Book Item-ID: i10215128 BIB-ID: 1023148 Show moretranslated by T. E. Shaw (colonel T.E. Lawrence). Main Heritage Shelves General PA4025.A5 H66 1935 Book Item-ID: i10215128 BIB-ID: 1023148 Show less
By Philip Lutley Sclater ... and Oldfield Thomas ... "Alphabetical list of the abbreviations used in the references to literature and explanation of... Show moreBy Philip Lutley Sclater ... and Oldfield Thomas ... "Alphabetical list of the abbreviations used in the references to literature and explanation of them": vol. I. p. [xxi]-xxxv. Main Heritage Shelves General SF408.6.A56 S35 1894 Book vol.3 Item-ID: i20242979 BIB-ID: 1020817 Show less
Description and travel, Description and travel, DS785 .H43 1903, 915
by Sven Hedin ... Includes index. Main Heritage Shelves General DS785 .H43 1903 Book vol 1 Item-ID: i10070989 BIB-ID: 1008734 Translated from the Swedish... Show moreby Sven Hedin ... Includes index. Main Heritage Shelves General DS785 .H43 1903 Book vol 1 Item-ID: i10070989 BIB-ID: 1008734 Translated from the Swedish by J.T. Bealby. Show less
British Occupation of Egypt (1882-1936), History, History, DT100 .A73 1885
Thomas Archer. Main Heritage Shelves General DT100 .A73 1885 Book Vol. 2 Item-ID: i20326282 BIB-ID: 2736589 Show moreThomas Archer. Main Heritage Shelves General DT100 .A73 1885 Book Vol. 2 Item-ID: i20326282 BIB-ID: 2736589 Show less
Burton, Richard Francis , 1821-1890, Burton, Richard , 1821-1890, G246.B8 W75 1906, 910.92
Appendices (v. 2, p. [i]-[xvi] at end): 1. Bibliography of Richard Burton.--2. List of works included in the "Memorial edition".--3. List of... Show moreAppendices (v. 2, p. [i]-[xvi] at end): 1. Bibliography of Richard Burton.--2. List of works included in the "Memorial edition".--3. List of biographies of Burton.--4. Extracts relating to Burton from the Index to the Publications of the Anthropological Institute.--5. Bibliography of F. F. Arbuthnot.--6. Bibliography of Dr. Steingass.--7. Bibliography of John Payne.--8. The Beharistan.--9. The Nigaristan and other unpublished works translated by Rehatsek.--10. W. F. Kirby.--11. Genealogical table. The Burtons of Shap. by Thomas Wright ... With 64 plates ... "First edition March 1906. Second edition April, 1906." Appendices (v. 2, p. [i]-[xvi] at end): 1. Bibliography of Richard Burton.--2. List of works included in the "Memorial edition".--3. List of biographies of Burton.--4. Extracts relating to Burton from the Index to the Publications of the Anthropological Institute.--5. Bibliography of F. F. Arbuthnot.--6. Bibliography of Dr. Steingass.--7. Bibliography of John Payne.--8. The Beharistan.--9. The Nigaristan and other unpublished works translated by Rehatsek.--10. W. F. Kirby.--11. Genealogical table. The Burtons of Shap. Main Heritage Shelves General G246.B8 W75 1906 Book vol.1 Item-ID: i10209657 BIB-ID: 1022601 Also issued online. Show less
Joseph Michaud. Portret van Michaud nar een tekening van M. Rousseau en van Doré, beide houtgravures door E. Thomas. Leblanc p. 240. Main Heritage... Show moreJoseph Michaud. Portret van Michaud nar een tekening van M. Rousseau en van Doré, beide houtgravures door E. Thomas. Leblanc p. 240. Main Heritage Shelves General D151 .M53 1877 Book vol. 2 Item-ID: i10102000 BIB-ID: 1011836 Show less
Lawrence, T. E. (Thomas Edward) , 1888-1935, World War, 1914-1918, World War, 1914-1918--Arabian Peninsula, D568.4.L39 T46 1921
by Lowell Thomas. Main Heritage Shelves General D568.4.L39 T46 1921 Book Item-ID: i10243306 BIB-ID: 1025966 Show moreby Lowell Thomas. Main Heritage Shelves General D568.4.L39 T46 1921 Book Item-ID: i10243306 BIB-ID: 1025966 Show less
Eastern question (Balkan), Diplomatic relations, Eastern question (Balkan), Politics and government, Politics and government, History, Foreign relations, D376.G7 B73 1877
by Thomas Brassey, M.P. Main Heritage Shelves General D376.G7 B73 1877 Book Item-ID: i15862252 BIB-ID: 2498657 Show moreby Thomas Brassey, M.P. Main Heritage Shelves General D376.G7 B73 1877 Book Item-ID: i15862252 BIB-ID: 2498657 Show less
