Books - "travel"
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A Narrative of the Voyages Round the World Performed by Captain James Cook
404pp ills.[11 b/w + frontis.] G (reading copy,blue cloth w.gilt/black dec.stamps and borders,rubbed and stained,30% loss to foot of spine,chipping and wear to bevelled extrems.,lower board barely attached,lacks ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed/soiled,plates all present w.some minor soiling to margins,spine cracked and shaky w.separation starting at some sections)
PUBLISHER: bickers london 1878
KEYWORDS: nautical travel biography captain james cook kippis
A Voyage to the South Sea
[facsimile] 264pp [fold-out charts/maps] VG+ (fawn cloth,spine and upper/lower edges sunned to green,minor foxing to verso of fold-outs) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,gum stains to upper/lower edges,spine sl.sunned)
PUBLISHER: hutchinson richmond 1979
KEYWORDS: nautical history travel william bligh new zealand
Among the Moors
sketches of oriental life
ex-lib.first edition numbered/limited [43/120] signed by author 281pp ills.[duotone] VG- (gold cloth boards w.half vellum,rubbed and stained,gilt-on-brown title label to spine,chipping and wear to extrems.w.split to full length of upper hinge,some losses of vellum to spine,libr.label to front pastedown,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed/soiled,signed/numbered colophon to copyright page)
PUBLISHER: sampson low london 1894
KEYWORDS: history geography moors travel montbard
The Journals of Captain James Cook [3 Vols. (in 4 books) + folio of Maps]
5 book set (3 volumes in 4 books + folio of maps) very heavy, extra shipping charges will apply, 684/1021/718/719-1647pp ills.[b/w w.col.frontis.] VG+ hardcover (blue cloth w.gilt bust stamp to top boards, maps are clean ) in VG+ d/ws (sl.rubbed and soiled/foxed, price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: hakluyt society cambridge university press london 1955 / 1961 / 1967
KEYWORDS: james cook travel exploration beaglehole endeavour discovery resolution adventure nautical history
To Menelek in a Motor-Car
first edition 312pp ills.[b/w] G+ (blue cloth,rubbed and soiled,sunned,chipping and wear to extrems.w.90% split to lower hinge and 10% to upper hinge,school presentation bookplate and dealer's label to ffep,contents sl.foxed,one plate detached but present,spine cracked and sl.shaky)
PUBLISHER: hurst and blackett london 1913
KEYWORDS: travel geography menelek clifford halle motoring
The Wake of The Bounty
first edition 200pp ills.[b/w] VG (blue cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.,school presentation bookplate to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,spine cracked but tight) in VG- d/w (rubbed and foxed,sl.wear and chipping to extrems.,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: cassell london 1953
KEYWORDS: history nautical the bounty bligh wilkinson travel
L'Expedition Archeologique d'Edward W.Gifford et Richard Shutler jr. en Nouvelle-Caledonie au cours de l'annee 1952 [Edward W.Gifford and Richard Shutler Jr's Archaeological Expedition to New Caledonia in 1952]
first edition 192pp [text in french/english] ills.[b/w and col.] F in F d/w
PUBLISHER: sand & kirch noumea [2002]
KEYWORDS: travel geography history christophe sand patrick kirch edward gifford richard shutler new caledonia
Falling Off the Map
some lonely places of the world
first indian edition 190pp VG+ (black cloth,v.sl.soiled,sl.wear to extrems.) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled)
PUBLISHER: viking penguin new delhi 1993
KEYWORDS: travel modern first edition literature pico iyer
From Pole to Pole
first uk edition thus 407pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (blue cloth w.gilt globe stamp to top board and spine,minor rubbing w.minor bumps to extrems.,owner's sign.to front pastedown w.dealer's label to ffep,eps and content edges v.sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: macmillan london 1912
KEYWORDS: travel geography sven hedin biography
From the Gulf to Ararat
an expedition through mesopotamia and kurdistan
second impression xv+273pp ills.[b/w] VG- (red cloth,stained and mod.rubbed,spine sunned,wear and chipping to extrems.,map to front pastedown w.owner's sign.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed w.some sl.foxing to contents,spine cracked and shaky,sl.cocked)
PUBLISHER: william blackwood edinburgh 1917
KEYWORDS: travel geography history hubbard mesopotamia kurdistan gulf ararat
Oxford University and City
ex-lib.first edition 208pp ills.[b/w] VG (turquoise cloth,libr.mark to spine,sl.bumps to extrems.,maps to eps,usual libr.stamps and labels,spine cracked) in G+ d/w (rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.w.losses and closed tears)
PUBLISHER: art and technics london 1951
KEYWORDS: oxford geography travel history woolley
Camp-Life in Fiordland,New Zealand: A Tale of the Sutherland Falls
ex-lib.first edition rebound 134pp+ads.ills.[b/w printed on pink/apricot paper] VG- (green cloth w.blind borders,libr.label and hand lettering to spine,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,usual libr.stamps and labels,owner's inscr.to ffep,some sl.foxing to contents,lacks map,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: lyon & blair wellington 1892
KEYWORDS: new zealand history geography travel sutherland falls fiordland
The Struggle for Transcaucasia (1917-1921)
first edition 356pp [fold-out map at rear] VG- (olive cloth,stains to boards,sl.wear to extrems.,stains to prelims.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,fold-out map foxed,spine cracked and sl.cocked) in G d/w (rubbed and stained,water damage to covers,browned spine,chipping and wear to extrems.w.several losses,amateur tape repairs to edges,rear flap trimmed,tatty)
PUBLISHER: philosophical library new york george ronald oxford 1951
KEYWORDS: travel history military transcaucasia firuz kazemzadeh
New Guinea Headhunt
second printing 441pp ills.[b/w] VG (black cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,sunned spine,map to feps,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: macmillan new york 1947
KEYWORDS: travel geography history papua new guinea caroline mytinger headhunt
By Desert Ways to Baghdad
second impression 315pp ills.[b/w w.fold-out map at rear] VG (brown cloth w.blue/tan/green/black dec.stamps to top board and spine,school gilt crest stamped to top board,mod.rubbed and stained,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,dealer's label to front pastedown,owner's stamp to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,tight)
PUBLISHER: t.fisher unwin london 1909
KEYWORDS: travel geography louisa jebb roland wilkins baghdad
Forty Years of American Life
lacks title page 509pp G+ (green cloth w.black borders and stamps,rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to bevelled edges,new eps,owner's sign.to half-title,lacks title page,contents sl.soiled w.sl.stain to foot edge)
PUBLISHER: longmans green london [1874]
KEYWORDS: history travel geography biography thomas low nichols america
Incidents of Travel in Egypt,Arabia Petraea,and the Holy Land
new edition 473pp ills.[b/w] VG (claret cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,spine sl.sunned,front cover from d/w has been mounted on ffep w.flaps from d/w mounted on prelims.,content edges sl.foxed) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: university of oklahoma press norman 1970
KEYWORDS: history travel geography john lloyd stephens egypt arabia holy land
On The Earthquake Line
first edition 309pp ills.[col.plates tipped-in] VG (blue cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled w.sl.bumps to extrems.,untrimmed content edges sl.soiled)
PUBLISHER: arrowsmith london 1924
KEYWORDS: history geography travel central america morley roberts
Paterfamilias's Diary of Everybody's Tour
first edition 385pp [col.frontis.] VG- (burgundy embossed cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,5cm split to lower hinge,paper separation at ep gutters,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: hatchard london 1856
KEYWORDS: travel geography paterfamilias
Two Vagabonds in Sweden and Lapland
first edition 323pp ills.[b/w and col.] VG (grey cloth w.black dec.borders,boards stained and mouldy,eps and content edges sl.soiled/foxed) in VG- d/w (rubbed and soiled,publisher's [?] sticker to front cover,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: john lane bodley head london 1926
KEYWORDS: history travel geography jan gordon sweden lapland