Books - "travel"
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The Queen of the Adriatic; or, Venice Past and Present
376pp ills.[b/w] VG- (brick cloth w.black ruled borders and gilt stamp to top board,sl.rubbed and stained,sl.wear to bevelled edges,small split to foot of upper hinge,dealer's label to front pastedown,lacks ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,sl.shaky spine)
PUBLISHER: t.nelson london 1872
KEYWORDS: history geography travel venice davenport adams
African Hunting and Adventure From Natal to the Zambesi
third edition x+428pp ills.[b/w w.fold-out map] VG (brown cloth w.gilt lion head stamp to top board,sl.rubbed and stained,sl.wear to extrems.,owner's stamp to ffep,prelims.and untrimmed content edges sl.foxed,some sections roughly opened along fore-edge,few sections at rear unopened at top edge)
PUBLISHER: richard bentley london 1894
KEYWORDS: natural history travel africa zambesi geography william charles baldwin
Kitchi-Gami Wanderings Round Lake Superior
first edition xii+428pp+32pp publisher's catalogue [dated december 1859] ills.[few b/w diagrams] VG- (brown embossed cloth w.blind borders,rubbed and soiled,spine browned,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,two small holes to centre of upper hinge,top board shaky w.paper separation at fep gutter,owner's stamp and remains of label to barely attached ffep,prelims.and untrimmed content edges sl.foxed/soiled,a few pencil marks to contents,spine cracked and sl.shaky)
PUBLISHER: chapman and hall london 1860
KEYWORDS: kohl travel america canada lake superior kitchi-gami
Towards Khartoum
The Story of the Soudan War of 1896
first edition xxiv+357pp+2pp catalogue ills.[b/w w.maps] VG (grey cloth w.gilt stamp to top board,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,minor crease to head of rear board,owner's stamp to prelims.,prelims.and untrimmed content edges sl.foxed/soiled,some occasional foxing to contents,tight)
PUBLISHER: a.d.innes london 1897
KEYWORDS: travel geography history khartoum soudan military hilliard atteridge
In Darkest Africa or the Quest,Rescue,and Retreat of Emin Governor or Equatoria
first edition thus [colonial edition] xii+635pp ills.[b/w w.3 fold-out maps] VG- (red cloth w.black/fawn dec.stamps to top board and spine,rubbed and soiled,spine sunned,chipping and wear to extrems.,1cm loss to head of spine,owner's stamp to prelims.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed/soiled,some sl.foxing to verso of maps w.one map repaired at hinge,another map has a 5cm tear but all are complete,spine cracked and sl.shaky)
PUBLISHER: sampson low,marston,searle and rivington london 1890
KEYWORDS: history travel geography africa stanley emin pasha
Tales From the Veld
first edition 305pp+32pp publisher's catalogue ills.[b/w] VG (tan cloth w.brown/gilt stamps to top board,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,dealer's stamp to front pastedown,owner's stamp to prelims.,untrimmed content edges sl.foxed,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: chatto & windus london 1897
KEYWORDS: travel literature ernest glanville africa geography
In Savage Isles and Settled Lands
Malaysia,Australasia,and Polynesia 1888-1891
first edition x+438pp ills.[b/w w.fold-out map at front] VG (terracotta cloth w.gilt boat stamp to top board,sl.rubbed and stained,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,owner's stamp to ffep,prelims.and untrimmed content edges sl.foxed,occasional foxing to contents,spine cracked but tight)
PUBLISHER: richard bentley london 1892
KEYWORDS: travel geography history baden-powell scouts malaysia polynesia australasia
Among the Moors Sketches of Oriental Life
first edition xxii+281pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (green cloth w.gilt stamp to top board and spine,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,owner's stamp to prelims.,prelims.and untrimmed content edges sl.foxed,teg)
PUBLISHER: sampson low,marston london 1894
KEYWORDS: history travel geography moors montbard
First Footsteps in East Africa or, An Exploration of Harar
2 vols.
first edition thus [the memorial edition] 2 vols.xxxiv+209/276pp ills.[b/w diagrams w.col.frontis.and another col.plate to each vol.] VG+ (brown cloth w.gilt dec.stamp to top boards,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,plates clean,vol.1 lacks the third plate which was never inserted according to Penzer,te red, unobtrusive library markings - a tidy set)
PUBLISHER: tylston and edwards london 1894
KEYWORDS: travel geography richard burton east africa history exploration
The Campaign of the Cataracts
second edition 389pp ills.[b/w w.fold-out map at rear - one piece missing] G+ (green cloth w.dk.blue dec.stamp to top board and spine,rubbed and soiled,wear and chipping to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed/soiled,last folding section of map missing,spine cracked and shaky)
PUBLISHER: sampson low marston searle rivington london 1887
KEYWORDS: travel geography history nile butler cataracts
Through Masai Land
new and revised edition 364pp ills.[b/w but lacks map] VG- (burgundy cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,sunned spine,mod.wear to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,missing map,spine cracked and cocked)
PUBLISHER: sampson low marston london [nd]
KEYWORDS: travel geography masai africa joseph thomson
Six Months among the Palm Groves,Coral Reefs,and Volcanoes of the Sandwich Islands
sixth edition 318pp ills.[b/w] VG (green cloth w.gilt stamp to top board,mod.rubbed and stained,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: john murray london 1886
KEYWORDS: travel geography history sandwich islands isabella bird
The Sister Dominions
through canada to australia by the new imperial highway
ex-lib.[first edition] 234pp+ads. VG - (brown cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.,usual libr.stamps and labels,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: eyre & spottiswoode sydney 1896
KEYWORDS: history travel geography dominions james francis hogan
The Land of Uz
ex-lib.first edition 354pp ills.[b/w but lacks map] VG- (red cloth w.libr.label to top board,rubbed and stained,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,usual libr.stamps and labels,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,lacks folding map)
PUBLISHER: macmillan london 1911
KEYWORDS: history geography travel uz abdulah mansur
General Hints to Emigrants
209pp+ads. G (green cloth wrappers,top cover detahced but present,lacks spine,remains of label to top cover,rubbed and stained,chipping and wear to extrems.,ads,to eps,some sl.foxing to contents,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: virtue london 1866
KEYWORDS: history literature emigrants travel
Chapman's Centenary Memorial of Captain Cook's Description of New Zealand One Hundred Years Ago
first edition 166pp ills.[b/w w.fold-out maps - 1 plate missing from pg.107] G (binding copy,top board detached and rear board missing,top board stained and rubbed,chipping and wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to front pastedown,lacks prelims.,text block starts at title page and ends with final page of index,some sl.foxing to contents,sections separating w.some detached but all present)
PUBLISHER: chapman auckland 1870
KEYWORDS: new zealand nautical history captain cook geography travel
Nga Waka O Nehera: The First Voyaging Canoes
first edition 223pp quarto softcover NF (in wrappers,sl.soiled)
PUBLISHER: reed auckland 1997
KEYWORDS: new zealand maori history jeff evans canoe travel
The Wind Commands
first nz edition, imperial octavo, blue cloth boards, 498pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (minor soiling,maps to eps,ffep clippedcontent edges v.sl.soiled) in VG- d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,front cover and spine sunned almost to white,sl.wear and chipping to extrems.,insect holes to foot of both hinges)
PUBLISHER: john mcindoe dunedin 1976
KEYWORDS: nautical history harry morton travel
Guide to Switzerland
[with cycling supplement]
first edition thus 245pp ills.[4x b/w w.col.folding maps] VG (green cloth,mod.rubbed and stained,sunned spine,sl.wear to extrems.,some creasing and chipping to folded edges of some maps o/w contents clean,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: adam and charles black london 1901
KEYWORDS: travel switzerland history coolidge guide geography
Mauritius; or,The Isle of France
[first edition - preface dated 1862] 256pp ills.[b/w w.folding map loosely inserted] G+ (full green morocco w.blind borders,rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.incl.spine,1cm loss to foot of spine,separation at fep gutter,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,some minor soiling to contents,maps sl.worn)
PUBLISHER: society for promoting christian knowledge london [nd]
KEYWORDS: travel geography history mauritius francis flemyng