Books - "travel"
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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
Launching Away
or,roger larksway's strange mission
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
Historic North Queensferry and peninsula
first edition 96pp ills.[b/w w.fold-out col.map at rear] quarto softcover VG+ (light soiling and creasing to covers)
PUBLISHER: tuckwell press phantassie 2000
KEYWORDS: history scotland travel geography queensferry dennison coleman
In The Antarctic
stories of scott's last expedition
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
The Wonderland of the Antipodes and Other Sketches of Travel in the North Island of New Zealand
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
The History of Scotland from The Earliest Period to The Present Time
6 vols.
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
Kapiti
first edition 303pp ills.[b/w and col.] quarto hardcover VG+ (light scuffing to board extrems) in d/w VG (light sunning to covers, sl rubbing to covers)
PUBLISHER: whitcombe press wellington 1999
KEYWORDS: new zealand history kapiti travel chris maclean
From Drury Lane to Mecca
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
A First Fleet Family
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
Round the World in Any Number of Days
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
In The Himalayas and On The Indian Plains
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
In Darkest Africa
or the quest rescue and retreat of emin governor of equatoria 2 vols.
ex-lib.first edition rebound 2 VOLUMES .529/472pp ills.[b/w w.2 [of 3] fold-out maps;1 plate and 1 map missing from vol.2] VG- (rebound in black half-cloth w.green cloth boards,original leather spines laid down but with gilt libr.stamps,sl.soiling to leather,new eps,prelims.of vol.1 detached but present,contents mod.foxed,linen-backed fold-out map in vol.1 bound in at rear,tight)
PUBLISHER: sampson low,marston,searle and rivington london 1890
KEYWORDS: history travel geography emin henry stanley africa equatoria
Press on Regardless
first edition inscribed and dated by author 239pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (tan cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.,maps to eps,author's dated inscr.to ffep - 17/12/60,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.w.some sl.losses)
PUBLISHER: harcourt press sydney 1960
KEYWORDS: transport travel motoring frederick thwaites
Japanalia
first edition thus [colonial edition] 193pp ills.[b/w w.col.frontis.] VG+ (green cloth,v.sl.soiled,maps to eps,owner's sign.to half-title,content edges sl.foxed) in VG- d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.w.several mod.losses,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: gifford london 1938
KEYWORDS: japan geography history travel
The Last Voyage
first edition inscribed by author 490pp ills.[b/w w.col.fold-out map at front] VG (blue cloth w.gilt border to top board,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,bevelled edges sl.worn and chipped,lower half of cloth on spine is now a flap due to split at lower hinge,author's inscr.tipped-in to ffep gutter - signed Brassey most likely Lord Brassey given date (Lady Brassey died on last voyage) ,prelims.and content edges sl.soiled,prelim.section loosening slightly,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: longmans,green london 1889
KEYWORDS: travel geography nautical lady brassey signed biography
Notable Voyages from Columbus to Parry
[first edition] 568pp ills.[b/w] G+ (blue cloth w.black/gilt dec.stamps to top board and spine,rubbed and soiled,wear and chipping to extrems.,lacks prelims.but has title page,sl.loss to head of title but not affecting text,some minor soiling to contents,aeg,spine cracked and sl.shaky)
PUBLISHER: routledge london 1880
KEYWORDS: travel history nautical columbus parry william kingston
Round the Globe
through greater britain
[first edition thus - isbister home library] 384pp ills.[b/w] VG- (fawn cloth w.green/white/black/gilt dec.stamps to top board and spine,sl.rubbed and stained,bevelled edges sl.worn,gm stain to front pastedown,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: isbister london [nd]
KEYWORDS: history travel procter literature
The World of John Boultbee
first edition 329pp imperial octavo hardcover ills.[b/w] VG+ (tan cloth,sl.shelf wear,eps and content edges sl.soiled) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed/chipped and soiled,sl.sunned spine)
PUBLISHER: whitcoulls christchurch 1979
KEYWORDS: new zealand history travel biography john boultbee begg