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$382.50
1p2/17

The District of Bakarganj


its history and statistics

BEVERIDGE,H.

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

$114.75
2g6/14

Egeria's Travels


WILKINSON,JOHN

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

$51.00
2d14/41

Visit to the Holy Land,Egypt,and Italy


PFEIFFER,MADAME IDA

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

$42.50
1m38/44

The History of Holland and Belgium


from the earliest period to the present time

CORNER,JULIA

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

$17.00
1o10/18

SPUTNIKS AND AFTER


The Soviet Account of Travel in Space

GILZIN, KARL:

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

$765.00
2d16/49

Rome


PINELLI

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

$25.50
r10/4

Living Dangerously


the autobiography of ranulph fiennes

FIENNES,RANULPH

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

$510.00
2d13/9

Souvenir of London


14 facsimiles of water-colours

BECKER,CARL J.

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

$85.00
1o15/26

A POPULAR ACCOUNT OF DR LIVINGSTON'S EXPEDITION TO THE ZAMBESI AND ITS TRIBUTARIES


And of the Discovery of Lakes shirwa and Nyassa

LIVINGSTON, DAVID:

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

$255.00
p7/27

Etruscan Bologna


a study

BURTON,RICHARD F.

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

$119.00
2d16/29

Glimpses of the Australian Colonies and New Zealand


BARRY,CAPTAIN

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

$127.50
2d15/12

A Ride Through the Disturbed Districts of New Zealand


together with some account of the south sea islands

MEADE,HERBERT

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

$30.00
xxkaa111666

Journal of a Ten Months' Residence in New Zealand


CRUISE,RICHARD A.

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

$17.00
2d14/35

Travels in New Zealand


MARJORIBANKS,ALEXANDER

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

$34.00
p12/21

Diversions in Sicily


JONES,HENRY FESTING

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

$127.50
p13/14

In The Sealed Cave


HERRMAN,LOUIS

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

$85.00
p13/25

Through Arctic Lapland


HYNE,CUTCLIFFE

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

$100.00
p14/1

Tales of Fresh-Water Fishing


GREY, ZANE

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

$17.00
p15/23

Scholar Mountaineers


pioneers of parnassus

NOYCE,WILFRID

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

$10.00
p16/4

Two Against the Alps


DINGLE,GRAEME

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

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