Books - "travel"
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The District of Bakarganj
its history and statistics
ex-lib.first edition 459pp [fold-out map at front] VG- (brown cloth w.half-leather,mod.rubbed and soiled,surface losses to leather,top board detached,libr.stamps to spine,wear to extrems.,usual stamps and labels,prelims.detached but present,content edges v.sl.soiled o/w clean and tight)
PUBLISHER: trubner london 1876
KEYWORDS: history geography travel india bakarganj h.beveridge
Egeria's Travels
first edition thus 320pp VG+ (blue cloth,minor soiling,eps and content edges v.sl.foxed,spine cracked but tight) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: s.p.c.k london 1971
KEYWORDS: travel history geography egeria john wilkinson
Visit to the Holy Land,Egypt,and Italy
336pp+ads.ills.[col.] VG- (brown embossed cloth,rubbed and stained and unevenly sunned,chipping and wear to extrems.,pencil annotations to front pastedown,ink numbers to prelims.and title,paper separation at title gutter,prelims.and content edges mod.soiled,spine cracked and shaky)
PUBLISHER: ingram,cooke london 1852
KEYWORDS: travel geography history holy land egypt italy ida pfeiffer
The History of Holland and Belgium
from the earliest period to the present time
192pp ills.[b/w w.fold-out map] VG- (brown embossed cloth w.gilt titling to spine,rubbed and soiled w.wear and chipping to extrems.,sl.loss to foot of spine,ads.to eps,contents sl.foxed,tears to map,spine cracked and sl.cocked)
PUBLISHER: dean and munday london [nd]
KEYWORDS: travel history holland belgium julia corner
SPUTNIKS AND AFTER
The Soviet Account of Travel in Space
ex lib, minimal markings, 285pp illus, NF with v sl edgewear, in d/w VG-(sl wear tears creasing & chipped extrems, v sl rubbed)
PUBLISHER: MacDonald London 1959
KEYWORDS: historyrussia space travel sputniks
Rome
rebind no text ills.[12 plates] VG (12 plates rebound in blue cloth w.gilt Rome title and 1833 date to spine,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,new eps,12 plates are browned and foxed w.blank leaves between,2 plates are undated/9 are dated 1833/1 is dated 1827)
PUBLISHER: cooke london [nd,1833]
KEYWORDS: arts engravings pinelli rome travel geography
Living Dangerously
the autobiography of ranulph fiennes
first us edition proof copy 266pp NF (in paper wrappers,sl.sunned w.minor bumps to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: atheneum new york 1988
KEYWORDS: literature proof copies biography travel ranulph fiennes
Souvenir of London
14 facsimiles of water-colours
first edition ills.[14 col.plates] G+ (in ill.wrappers,rubbed and stained/foxed,chipping and wear to extrems.w.many losses and closed tears,lacks spine,no title page or prelims.but perhaps they were never there anyway,all plates present but most are detached,all plates sl.soiled/foxed but generally towards margins leaving the images relatively clean,some minor unobtrusive creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: nestle london [nd]
KEYWORDS: arts london prints carl j.becker travel geography
A POPULAR ACCOUNT OF DR LIVINGSTON'S EXPEDITION TO THE ZAMBESI AND ITS TRIBUTARIES
And of the Discovery of Lakes shirwa and Nyassa
green cloth with gilt to spine & front, xii 416pp illus folding map at rear, folding frontispiece, VG-(corners sl bruised & scuffed, sl edgewear, v sl bumped spine head & foot, board sl rubbed & soiled, prev owners inscr to ffep, sl foxing to ep's & edges with v sl spasmodically throughout)
PUBLISHER: John Murray London 1875
KEYWORDS: travel history davis livingston zambesi africa
Etruscan Bologna
a study
first edition [penzer p.92-93] first issue [dec.border runs full width of boards] xii+275pp ills.[b/w w.fold-out diagram at frontis.] VG+ (blue cloth w.dec.stamped border across upper/lower edges,gilt stamp to top board w.gilt titling to spine,sl.rubbed and soiled w.spine sl.sunned,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,brown eps sl.soiled,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,sl.chipping to rep gutter,tight)
PUBLISHER: smith,elder london 1876
KEYWORDS: richard burton bologna history travel geography italy
Glimpses of the Australian Colonies and New Zealand
first edition inscribed by author 211pp ills.[b/w] VG (brown cloth w.blind/dec.stamps to top board,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,dec.eps,author's inscr.to frontis.portrait,content edges sl.soiled,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: brett auckland 1903
KEYWORDS: new zealand travel geography history captain barry
A Ride Through the Disturbed Districts of New Zealand
together with some account of the south sea islands
second edition [lacks title page] 375pp+32pp publisher's ads.dated 1871 ills.[b/w but lacks frontis.] G+ (green cloth w.blind borders,gilt dec.stamp to top board,rubbed and soiled w.spine attached only at rear hinge,wear and chipping to extrems.,boards shaky,brown eps,owner's inscr.to prelim.,lacks half-title and title,sl.foxing and soiling to contents,cocked)
PUBLISHER: john murray london 1871
KEYWORDS: new zealand history travel geography herbert meade
Journal of a Ten Months' Residence in New Zealand
first edition thus, octavo hardcover VG in VG d/w; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: capper press christchurch 1974
KEYWORDS: new zealand history travel biography richard cruise
Travels in New Zealand
first edition thus 174pp+appendix [map at frontis.] NF (owners sig on fep) in VG+ d/w (mod.rubbed and sl.soiled)
PUBLISHER: capper press christchurch 1973
KEYWORDS: new zealand history travel geography biography alexander marjoribanks
Diversions in Sicily
first edition 331pp+ads. VG+ (brown cloth w.black dec.stamp,v.sl.rubbed and soiled,lacks upper 3cm of ffep,owner's sign.to half-title,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: alston rivers london 1909
KEYWORDS: history geography travel sicily italy henry festing jones
In The Sealed Cave
first edition inscribed by author 226pp ills.[b/w] VG (green cloth,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,lacks ffep,author's inscr.to blank prelim.[dated dec.1974],prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,sl.cocked) in VG- d/w (rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.w.some losses and closed tears)
PUBLISHER: williams & norgate london 1935
KEYWORDS: travel geography history louis herrman
Through Arctic Lapland
first edition 284pp+ads.ills.[b/w w.fold-out map] VG- (paper boards w.half vellum,rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.w.tears and losses to spine,prelims.and untrimmed content edges mod.foxed,spine cracked but tight)
PUBLISHER: adam and charles black london 1898
KEYWORDS: lapland biography travel cutcliffe hyne arctic
Tales of Fresh-Water Fishing
first uk edition [f-c] 277pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (blue cloth w.blind borders and gilt.fishing rod stamp to top board,sl.rubbed and soiled,spine sl.darkened,sl.bumps to extrems.,ill.eps,eps and content edges v.sl.soiled o/w clean,spine cracked but tight)
PUBLISHER: hodder & stoughton london 1928
KEYWORDS: fishing sport travel zane grey biography
Scholar Mountaineers
pioneers of parnassus
first edition 164pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (brown cloth,sl.soiled w.spine sl.browned/foxed,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: dennis dobson london 1950
KEYWORDS: mountaineering sport travel wilfrid noyce
Two Against the Alps
first edition 153pp ills.[b/w w.fold-out map at rear] VG- (blue cloth,dealer's stamp to ffep,minor foxing to prelims.) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed w.sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: whitcombe & tombs christchurch 1972
KEYWORDS: new zealand mountaineering sport travel graeme dingle jill tremain