James Hurley, Books
We are a specialist bookseller concentrating in out-of-print and scarce books relating to South and Central Asia, as well as area Islam. We’ve been in business for nearly twenty years and also stock books relating to Persia and the Middle East with a sprinkling on the Far East and Africa. We also have a modest general stock.
About James Hurley
James Hurley served as Vice Consul to Pakistan from 1955 to 1960 and became absorbed in the history and culture of South and Central Asia. While there he began collecting books about the two regions, an avocation he continued throughout his later career as an archivist and historian. After amassing thousands of volumes he began selling to interested collectors in 1992.
Kashmir & Stein
While in Pakistan, James took several treks into the remote area of Kashmir, known as Baltistan or “Little Tibet”, including as a member of the Saltoro Expedition of 1960. As a result he began a special collection on Kashmir and the explorer Aurel Stein, who had a significant personal and professional connection with Kashmir having translated its most important history, the Rajatarangini (“The River of Kings”). Today this collection is perhaps one of the largest such collections in the world.