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$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
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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

$340.00
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

$19.50
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

$119.00
os2/4

A Voyage Round the World Performed in the Years 1785,1786,1787 and 1788 by the Boussole and Astrolabe


charts and plates vol.only

PEROUSE,JEAN F.G.DE LA

first edition thus [charts and plates vol.only] 69pp incl.fold-out map NF (cream vinyl w.gilt-on-blue titling,sl.soiled extrems.,owner's ex-libris bookplate to ffep) in VG d/w (clear unprinted acetate,mod.soiled w.sl.wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: da capo press new york 1968

KEYWORDS: travel nautical geography astrolabe boussole perouse

$170.00
13706jh1

Launching Away


or,roger larksway's strange mission

HAWTHORN,J.R.H.[ED.]

first edition 320pp [b/w frontis.] VG- (red cloth w.black/silver/gilt dec.stamps to top board and spine,rubbed and stained w.col.rubbed away from spine,mod.sunned,sl.wear to extrems.,paper separation at prelim.gutters,owner's inscr.to blank prelim.,prelims.sl.foxed,aeg,spine cracked and cocked)

PUBLISHER: hodder and stoughton london 1882

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature travel hawthorn

$17.00
p19/25

Historic North Queensferry and peninsula


DENNISON,E.PATRICIA;COLEMAN,RUSSEL

first edition 96pp ills.[b/w w.fold-out col.map at rear] F in glossy wrappers

PUBLISHER: tuckwell press phantassie 2000

KEYWORDS: history scotland travel geography queensferry dennison coleman

$119.00
2g6/44

In The Antarctic


stories of scott's last expedition

DEBENHAM,FRANK

first edition 146pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (cream cloth w.blue snowflake patterns,v.sl.soiled,ill.eps,owner's inscr.to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,sl.cocked) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,foxed,spine sl.sunned,sl.wear and chipping to extrems.,price-clipped)

PUBLISHER: john murray london 1952

KEYWORDS: antarctic scott frank debenham travel geography exploration

$297.50
p24/17

The Wonderland of the Antipodes and Other Sketches of Travel in the North Island of New Zealand


TINNE,J.ERNEST

first edition 124pp ills.[b/w w.fold-out map at front] VG- (blue cloth w.black borders and bevelled edges,gilt/black dec.stamp to top board,rubbed and stained,chipping and wear to extrems.,brown eps,surface scuff to front pastedown w.clipped rfep,contents sl.soiled/foxed w.some pencil annotations,tear along fold of map but is still complete,spine cracked and sl.shaky)

PUBLISHER: sampson low london 1873

KEYWORDS: new zealand history travel geography tinne

$170.00
p24/19

The History of Scotland from The Earliest Period to The Present Time


6 vols.

[AIKMAN,JAMES]

ex-lib.updated edition 6 vols.ills.[b/w] G+ (brown embossed cloth w.gilt dec.stamp to top boards,rubbed and badly stained,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,libr.mark to spines,usual libr.stamps and labels,prelims.and content edges mod.soiled,some sl.foxing to contents,stains to upper edge of final few sections,spines cracked w.separation starting at some sections)

PUBLISHER: blackie edinburgh 1855

KEYWORDS: scotland history travel geography aikman

$170.00
2d9/50

From Drury Lane to Mecca


ROSENTHAL, ERIC

ex-lib.[first edition] rebound 248pp ills.[b/w] VG- (rebound in brown patterned cloth w.paper libr.label to spine,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,usual libr.stamps and labels,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed w.some minor foxing to contents,spine cracked0

PUBLISHER: sampson low london [nd]

KEYWORDS: biography travel history mecca eric rosenthal

$51.00
p27/7

A First Fleet Family


BECKE,LOUIS;JEFFREY,WALTER

first edition thus [colonial edition] 271pp [b/w fold-out map at front] VG (green cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps to extrems.,lacks ffep,prelims.and content edges incl.map sl.foxed,spine cracked and sl.shaky)

PUBLISHER: t.fisher unwin london 1896

KEYWORDS: history travel biography nautical louis becke walter jeffrey

$17.00
p28/22

Round the World in Any Number of Days


BARING,MAURICE

first edition 140pp VG+ (brown cloth,sl.wear,content edges sl.foxed) lacks d/w

PUBLISHER: heinemann london 1926

KEYWORDS: history travel geography maurice baring

$165.75
p29/7

In The Himalayas and On The Indian Plains


CUMMING,C.F.GORDON

first edition 608pp+32pp ads.ills.[b/w] G+ (grey cloth w.brown/black/white dec.stamps to boards,rubbed and soiled w.purple stain to top board,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,5cm split to foot of upper hinge,boards shaky w.paper separation at prelim.gutters,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed/soiled,some minor foxing to contents,prelims.loosening but present,spine cracked and shaky)

PUBLISHER: chatto and windus london 1884

KEYWORDS: mountaineering himalaya gordon cumming travel geography

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