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$68.85
1m43/15

Constantinople


TILTON, CAROLINE; DE AMICIS, EDMONDO

[ex libris] first edition 326pp VG (blue cloth, sl closed tear to head of spine, sl wear to bottom edges and corners w. sl rubbing and minor stains to boards, ex library label affixed to front board, spine sl cocked and sunned, usual library stamps, labels and markings, sl foxing to front eps w. mod pasteaction to rear free ep, repaired mod hole to title page w. backing but no loss to text, sl foxing to some sections of contents, one leaf detached from binding but loosely inserted in correct place and without loss)

PUBLISHER: sampson low, marston, searle london 1878

KEYWORDS: constantinople turkey history balkans greece travel biography geography de amicis edmondo

$37.87
23702jb1

Boswell on The Grand Tour:


germany and switzerland 1764

BOSWELL,JAMES;POTTLE,FREDERICK A.(ED)

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

$60.00
1y98/668

The Heart of the Antarctic


being the story of the british antarctic expedition 1907-1909

SHACKLETON,ERNEST

reprint [popular edition] 368pp ills.[b/w incl.fold-out map at rear] VG (blue cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled w.spine sl.browned,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,prelims.and edges sl.foxed o/w contents clean,minor bumps to fore-edge of contents)

PUBLISHER: heinemann london 1911

KEYWORDS: history travel geography antarctica ernest shackleton exploration

$30.98
2d19/13

Joyful Errand


STOKES,C.S.

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

$27.89
2g3/31

Dismal England


BLATCHFORD,ROBERT

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

$27.89
2d13/34

The Spell of the Italian Lakes


MCCRACKAN,WILLIAM D.

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

$185.90
2d3/30

Ireland:Its Scenery,Character,&c.


3 vols.

HALL,S.C.

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

$40.28
2d2/10

A Soul's Travel Among the Flowers


second book of the master thought library

STEVENSON, MAY E

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

$17.50
101002jm16

Fifty Years of Europe


an album

MORRIS,JAN

first edition 376pp VG+ (sl.rubbed and soilied, bruising and wear to exrems) in VG d/w (light rubbing, wear to extrems)

PUBLISHER: viking/penguin london 1997

KEYWORDS: modern first edition jan morris travel history geography

$27.89
2g5/6

The Ultimate Mountains


an account of four months' mountain exploring in the central himalaya

WEIR, THOMAS

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

$30.00
2d20/5

At Last: A Christmas in the West Indies


KINGSLEY, CHARLES

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

$30.98
1m36/16

Oriental Customs:


applied to the illustration of the sacred scriptures

BURDER, SAMUEL

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

$382.50
man121102jr13

St.Mark's Rest


the history of venice;includes first and second supplements bound-in

RUSKIN,JOHN

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

$114.64
man221102vs1

From Heaven Lake


travels through sinkiang and tibet

SETH,VIKRAM

first edition 178pp ills.[b/w] NF (orange cloth,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,v.sl.cocked) in NF 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

$15.50
121202jo14

Sweet Liberty: Travels in Irish America


O'CONNOR,JOSEPH

first edition 367pp F in F d/w

PUBLISHER: picador london 1996

KEYWORDS: modern first edition joseph o'connor travel history irish

$75.00
2g4/48

Mawson's Antarctic Diaries


JACKA,FRED & ELEANOR

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

$21.69
1k20/22

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

DE GARIS, FREDERIC:

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

$125.00
r26/28

In The Footsteps of Livingstone


being the diaries and travel notes made by alfred dolman

DOLMAN,ALFRED

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

$99.14
2d4/26

Eternal Himalaya


including full text of the travels of george frances white 1825

AHLUWALIA, H.P.S

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

$18.59
5303bb18

A Season in Paradise


BREYTENBACH,BREYTEN

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

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