Books - "travel"
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Boswell on The Grand Tour:
germany and switzerland 1764
first edition 353pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (blue cloth,sl.stained w.minor bumps to extrems.,content edges sl.foxed o/w contents clean,sl.shaky spine) in VG d/w (sl.soiled and foxed,sl.browned spine,sl.wear to extrems.w.2cm closed tear to spine)
PUBLISHER: heinemann london 1953
KEYWORDS: modern first edition travel biography history james boswell germany switzerland
Joyful Errand
first edition signed by author 448pp ills.[some col.] VG+ (green cloth,sl.sunned towards upper/lower edges,presentation bookplate to ffep verso,author's inscr.to title,creasing to fore-edge of one col.plate due to poor trimming,sl.shaky spine) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and sl.soiled,sl.sunned spine,sl.wear to extrems.w.some minor chipping and closed tears)
PUBLISHER: joyful errand prod.committee cape town 1959
KEYWORDS: history south africa travel geography c.s.stokes
Dismal England
reprint 240pp VG+ (burgundy cloth w.gilt dec.stamps,mod.soiled,sl.bumps to extrems.,sl.foxing to pre;ims.and edges,spine cracked but tight)
PUBLISHER: [clarion press london] 1901
KEYWORDS: history literature travel robert blatchford england
The Spell of the Italian Lakes
new edition 362pp ills.[some col.] VG+ (green cloth w.blue/red dec.stamps,sl.soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,eps and edges sl.foxed,sl.shaky spine)
PUBLISHER: page boston 1918
KEYWORDS: history travel geography italy william d.mccrackan
Ireland:Its Scenery,Character,&c.
3 vols.
new edition 3 vols.ills.[b/w] G (reading copies only,rough,brown cloth w.gilt dec.stamps,stained and worn,bindings detached,spines cracked and shaky w.most sections separated,some foxing and soiling to contents w.some stains to plates)
PUBLISHER: hall,virtue london [nd]
KEYWORDS: ireland history geography travel s.c.hall
A Soul's Travel Among the Flowers
second book of the master thought library
first ed, 216pp,(b/w frontis) VG+(green cloth,sl rubbing& wear to extrems, spine sl browned,owners inscrip to blank prelim,v. minor creasing and foxing to otherwise clean contents,spine sl cocked and shaky.)
PUBLISHER: agnes-kelly printing, seattle 1905
KEYWORDS: may e steveson master thought library spirituality travel occult new age theology
Fifty Years of Europe
an album
first edition 376pp VG+ (sl.rubbed and soilied, bruising and wear to exrems, moderate foxing too upper page edges) in VG d/w (light rubbing, wear to extrems)
PUBLISHER: viking/penguin london 1997
KEYWORDS: modern first edition jan morris travel history geography
The Ultimate Mountains
an account of four months' mountain exploring in the central himalaya
first edition,98pp, ills , G+ (black cloth, bumps and wear to extrems, v sl soiling to both rear and front boards, dealers sticker to front paste down, v minor foxing to some prelims, contents clean.) in G d/w (wear with some losses to extrems, sellotape marks to some extrems, soiling to rear , some internal soiling and discolouration.)
PUBLISHER: cassell & co london 1953
KEYWORDS: thomas weir mountaineering exploration himalayas sport travel
At Last: A Christmas in the West Indies
401pp, ills (b/w) G+ (green cloth with black and gold stamps, bumps and wear to extrems with some small surface losses, beginning to crack at front paste down gutter, pencil markings to ffep verso and some contents, foxing to all prelims and foredges, seperated at rear paste down gutter,cocked.)
PUBLISHER: macmillan and co, london, 1877
KEYWORDS: charles kingsley west indies travel
Oriental Customs:
applied to the illustration of the sacred scriptures
fifth edition, 467pp, VG- (brown cloth with decorative stamps, bumps and wear to extrems, small closed tears to spine, rear and front boards beginning to detach at gutter, minor soiling and foxing to prelims, contents and foredges, gutter beginning to separate at rear board.)
PUBLISHER: longman,brown,green and longmans, london, 1851
KEYWORDS: samuel burder oriental customs travel anthropology
St.Mark's Rest
the history of venice;includes first and second supplements bound-in
first edition 160/46/38pp+index VG (dk.green cloth,sl.rubbed and stained,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,paste action to eps,many sheets uncut so contents are clean and tight)
PUBLISHER: george allen london 1884 [supplements dated 1877/1879]
KEYWORDS: modern first edition john ruskin history geography venice travel italy
From Heaven Lake
travels through sinkiang and tibet
first edition 178pp ills.[b/w] hardcover VG+ (orange cloth,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,v.sl.cocked) in VG+ d/w (sl.sunned spine w.minor bumps to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: chatto & windus/hogarth press london 1983
KEYWORDS: modern first edition travel vikram seth india tibet
Sweet Liberty: Travels in Irish America
first edition 367pp F in F d/w
PUBLISHER: picador london 1996
KEYWORDS: modern first edition joseph o'connor travel history irish
Mawson's Antarctic Diaries
first edition,414pp,ills (b/w) NF (black cloth,v minor bumps to extrems, v minor spot soil to front paste down.) in VG+ d/w (v minor crease to lower edge, sunned.)
PUBLISHER: allen & unwin, australia,1988
KEYWORDS: fred and eleanor jacka mawson's antarctic exploration biography travel
THEIR JAPAN
Being brief descriptions of noteworthy phases of Japanese life of many of the customs festivals arts and crafts of the Japanese - also descriptions of the principal places usually visite by tourists besides places away from well trodden trails and m
paper wrapper covered in green cloth with stitch binding, 204pp illus, VG-(sl wear to extrems, sl sunned & soiled, text sl soiled)
PUBLISHER: Yoshikawa, Yokohama 1936
KEYWORDS: hsitory travel japan
In The Footsteps of Livingstone
being the diaries and travel notes made by alfred dolman
first edition 269pp+ads.ills.[b/w w.col.frontis.and fold-out maps] VG (green cloth,sl.soiled w.sl.bubbling to cloth on spine and rear board,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to front pastedown and ffep,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,te green) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled w.spine browned,dealer's label to spine,chipping to extrems.incl.hinges w.sl.loss to head of spine)
PUBLISHER: john lane bodley head london 1924
KEYWORDS: history travel biography livingstone alfred dolman africa
Eternal Himalaya
including full text of the travels of george frances white 1825
first edition, 208pp, ills (b/w) VG+ (brown cloth with decorative stamps, minor soil to rear board, minor bumps to extrems, v sl foxing to foredges.) in VG d/w (minor soiling, bumps wear and creases to extrems, minor tear to lower front.)
PUBLISHER: interprint, india, 1982
KEYWORDS: h p s ahluwalia himalaya travel exploration geography history
A Season in Paradise
first edition 291pp NF (orange cloth,content edges sl.foxed) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.sunned spine,sl.wear to extrems.,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london 1980
KEYWORDS: modern first edition breyten breytenbach travel history south africa
Harris of Japan
the story of townsend harris and his amazing adventures in establishing relations with the far east
311pp ills.[b/w] VG (burgundy cloth,sl.rubbed and mod.stained,sl.sunned boards w.spine sunned,chipping to extrems.,boards sl.shaky,remains of labels to pastedowns,half-title/frontis.loose but present,lacks ffep,contents sl.foxed,spine cracked and shaky w.one plate loose,cocked)
PUBLISHER: hamish hamilton london [nd]
KEYWORDS: history travel geography politics far east japan biography townsend harris carl crow
Across the Wide Missouri
first edition 483pp ills.[some col.] VG+ (beige cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.,maps to eps,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,spine cracked and sl.shaky) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,mod.chipping to extrems.,internal tape reinforcements to edges and hinges)
PUBLISHER: eyre and spottiswoode london 1948
KEYWORDS: history geography travel missouri wild west america bernard devoto