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$450.00
1y69/37

Eighteen Years in Uganda & East Africa (2 volume set)


TUCKER, ALFRED R.

FIRST EDITION, 2x VOLUME SET, tidy ex-library; super octavo navy blue cloth boards, gilt emblem to front, gilt lettering to spines, illus.,vol.1: xvi+359pp+folding map at rear (VG, minor closed tears, light tanning & light foxing)+adverts at rear / vol.2: xii+388pp, both VG- (moderate to heavy scuffing and rubbing to boards, light to moderate soiling to boards, small chip to spine of vol. ii, both slightly cocked, light tanning and occasional foxing to pages & edges, prev. owner's details in pen to fep. and half title, vol. i. at least one instance of pen underlining, otherwise absent; front and rear hinges reinforced with tape (unobtrusive); usual stamps and markings inside, but absent from exterior)

PUBLISHER: Edward Arnold 1908

KEYWORDS: travel exploration africa african colonial colonialism imperialism british empire uganda east alfred tucker ugandan history

$16.50
xxfok161537

Seven Days on Mykanos


FRENCH, ANNE

SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR, AUTOGRAPHED LETTER LOOSELY ENCLOSED,Super octavo softcover (VG); 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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 1993

KEYWORDS: poetry journey travel

$120.00
1y75/8

Iceland; or the Journal of a Residence in that Island, during the Years 1814 and 1815 (volume 2 only)


HENDERSON, EBENEZER

THIS VOLUME ONLY (volume 2); super octavo half bound marbelled heavy card boards, vii+412pp, illus., VG- (front board attached but shakey, binding sound but leather surface of spine almost completelty absent; light tanning and foxing within)

PUBLISHER: Oliphant, Waugh and Innes / T. Hamilton, J. Hatchard, and L. B. Seeley 1818

KEYWORDS: iceland travel icelandic ebenezer henderson exploration history sociology culture natural

$800.00
1y73/15

The South Pole: An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the Fram, 1910-1912


AMUNDSEN, ROALD & CHATER, A. G. (transl.)

FIRST EDITION, scruffy ex-library two volume set; quarto red cloth boards, gilt lettering and colour Norwegian flag to front and spines, xxxv+392pp / x+449pp, illus. (folding map to rear of vol. 1), VG- (ex-library, usual stamps and markings (minimal to exterior); moderate scuffing and heavy rubbing to boards; both volumes: front hinge cracked, intact but very delicate, with prev. owner's attempted tape repairs, moderate tanning and foxing within, prev. owner's name in pen to front pastedown, title loose but present in vol. 2, tissue guards in various states of disrepair)

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1912

KEYWORDS: south pole polar arctic antarctica antarctic exploration modern first edition travel roald amundsen norway norwegian expedition adventure

$40.00
1y77/12

Jo Farrell Photographs: I [1]


FARRELL, JO

INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, oblong octavo white illus. light card covers, illus., 100pp, VG+ (light curling and scuffing to covers, occasional soiling to covers and within)

PUBLISHER: Hoopers Gallery 2006

KEYWORDS: jo farrell photography signed inscribed travel china cuba tibet black white

$400.00
1y78/4

Occupants: Photographs and Writings


ROLLINS, HENRY

SCARCE FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR; oblong quarto black cloth boards, white lettering to spine, illus., xii+164pp, VG+ (a touch of scuffing to boards and v. slight tanning to edges of pages within, otherwise nr. FINE) in d/w nr. FINE (sl. tanning to reverse)

PUBLISHER: Chicago Review Press 2011

KEYWORDS: henry rollins black flag hardcore punk band photography travel art essays signed modern first edition american music

$9.00
xxkeg162145

An Affair of the Heart


POWELL, DILYS

Octavo softcover (VG+): 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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Michael Haag 1984

KEYWORDS: memoir travel Greece

$55.00
1y78/43

A Hand-Book for Travellers in Switzerland, and the Alps of Savoy and Piedmont [fifth edition]


N/A [MURRAY'S]

Small octavo brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to front and spine, lxvi+406pp+24pp adverts at rear, G+ (exrtensive notes in contemporary hand to title and opposite, spine cracked and coming away, binding sound inside; heavy scuffing and rubbing to boards, moderate tanning and soiling within)

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1852

KEYWORDS: murray's murrays handbook hand-book guide guides travel europe switzerland alps savoy piedmont

$750.00
1y78/48

A Hand-Book for Travellers in Asia Minor, Transcaucasia, Persia, etc.


N/A [MURRAY'S]

Small octavo red cloth boards, gilt lettering to front and spine, advertisments to endpapers, xii+416pp+64pp adverts at rear, many folding maps incl. one each in pockets at rear and front, VG (light scuffing and rubbing to boards, moderate tanning and soiling within)

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1895

KEYWORDS: murray's murrays handbook hand-book guide guides travel maps asia minor transcaucasia turkey turkish persia persian iran iranian british empire colonialism

$65.00
1y78/49

A Hand-Book for Travellers in Northern Italy [fourteenth edition]


N/A [MURRAY'S]

Small octavo red cloth boards, gilt lettering to front and spine, advertisments to endpapers, xlix+566pp+76pp adverts at rear, many folding maps incl. in pocket at rear, VG- (segements lost to spine, binding otherwise soung, moderate scuffing and rubbing to boards, moderate tanning and soiling within)

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1877

KEYWORDS: murray's murrays handbook hand-book guide guides travel maps europe italy italian northern north

$10.00
xxkxe162386

The Teller Of Tales - In Search Of Robert Louis Stevenson


DAVIES, HUNTER

Octavo softcover (NEAR FINE); 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: Interlink Books 1996

KEYWORDS: biography travel travelog

$15.00
xxksf162419

International Tiurism : Identity and Change


FRANCOISE LAMFANT, MARIE & ALLCOCK, JOHN B. & BRUNER, EDWARD M.

super octavo softcover (VG+); 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: Sage Studies in International Sociology 1995

KEYWORDS: study analysis impact international travel culture indigenous society

$80.00
1y79/46

A Daring Voyage - Across the Atlantic Ocean - By Two Americans, The Brothers Andrews


ANDREWS, WILLIAM A.

Octavo, blue heavy card boards with gilt lettering to cover & spine, gilt decoration to cover & black rule to cover & spine, illus title page, frontispiece, 151pp + 32pp adverts, illus, VG- (rear hinge cracked but still steady, moderate bruising and scuffing to spine, moderate foxing to pages)

PUBLISHER: Griffith & Farran 1880

KEYWORDS: william andrews voyage log travel expedition

$9.50
xxkwh162485

Sequins For A Ragged Hem


JOHNSON, AMRYL

Octavo softcover (VG); 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: Virago 1988

KEYWORDS: memoir travelog travel

$14.50
xxkxh162491

Rambles In Java And The Straits In 1852


BENGAL CIVILIAN

Octavo softcover (VG+); 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: Oxford University Press 1987

KEYWORDS: travelog history travel

$10.00
xxkye163064

A Book of Travellers' Tales


NEWBY, ERIC

Octavo softcover (VG); 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 costs0

PUBLISHER: Picador 1986

KEYWORDS: Eric Newby anthology travel literature stories

$40.00
1y81/8

A Talent For Trouble


FIENNES, RANULPH

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, green heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 191pp, illus, VG+ (slight bruising to lower spine, slight staining to page edges) in d/w VG- (price clipped, light foxing, minor crinkling to upper edge, 3mm closed tears to upper spine)

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1970

KEYWORDS: adventure travel memoir Nile Sudan Malakal hovercraft Ranulph Fiennes

$9.50
xxbhd163280

Passages from Arabia Deserta


DOUGHTY, CHARLES M.

Paperback (VG-); 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: Penguin 1956

KEYWORDS: Northern Arabia memoir travel insights land people observations Lawrence

$40.00
1y83/7

A Nomad in North America: Pen Pictures by a Sojourner in the New World


ASSHER, BEN

Super octavo, pale blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, small gilt lamp symbol to front board, deckled, frontispiece, illus, 243pp, VG (moderate fading to spine extrems, light bruising and scuffing to board extrems, light foxing to prelims, light staining to page edges, uncut lower page edge in prelims) in d/w VG- (moderate soiling to spine, 2cm tear with loss to upper spine, 2cm closed tear to lower spine, minor crinkling and numerous 2mm closed tears, light staining to exterior)

PUBLISHER: Robert Holden & Co. 1927

KEYWORDS: Travel memoir North America Toronto Niagra Vancouver Havana Yosemite railways grand canyon Yukon Alaska

$14.00
xxpnk163452

The Middle Kingdom: Inside China Today


WICKERT, ERWIN & BROWNJOHN, J. MAXWELL

Octavo softcover (VG); 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: Pan Books Ltd. 1984

KEYWORDS: Erwin Wickert china travel history society politics sociology

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