Books - "travel"
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Charles Darwin 1809-1882
a centennial commemorative
first edition limited [this copy out of series] 376pp ills.[b/w and col.] NF (in plain black paper wrappers,sl.rubbed and soiled,contents clean)
PUBLISHER: nova pacifica wellington 1982
KEYWORDS: new zealand biography charles darwin travel natural history chapman duval
The Nile Quest
ex-lib.[first edition] 341pp ills.[b/w w.fold-out col.map at rear] VG (green cloth w.gilt dec.stamp to top board,sl.rubbed and soiled w.libr.mark to spine,sl.wear to extrems.,usual libr.stamps and labels,prelims.and untrimmed content edges sl.foxed w.some minor foxing to contents)
PUBLISHER: alston rivers london 1906
KEYWORDS: travel geography nile harry johnston
A Trip Round the World in 1887-8
second edition 398pp ills.[b/w] VG- (red cloth w.black dec.stamps to top board and spine,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.browned spine,mod.wear to bevelled extrems.,black eps,owner's inscr.to half-title,minor foxing to margins,aeg,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: george routledge london 1888
KEYWORDS: history travel geography caine
With the Yacht,Camera,And Cycle in the Mediterranean
ex-lib.first edition 94pp ills.[b/w] VG (two-tone brown cloth w.gilt stamps to rear board,mod.rubbed and soiled w.remains of libr.label to spine,sl.bumps and wear to bevelled extrems.,owner's bookplate and libr.marks to front pastedown,prelims.and untrimmed edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: sampson low london 1895
KEYWORDS: history travel geography photography cavan nautical
A Winter's Cruise in the Mediterranean
ex-lib.first edition 299pp VG (green cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled w.remains of libr.label to spine,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,dealer's label and owner's bookplate to front pastedown,pencil numbers to ffep verso,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: swan sonnenschein london 1887
KEYWORDS: travel history geography mediterranean nautical gainsford
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