Books - "travel"
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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
The Albert N'Yanza Great Basin of the Nile and Explorations of the Nile Sources
ex-lib.new edition 499pp+ads.ills.[b/w] G (reading copy only,green cloth w.black dec.stamps,rubbed and stained w.libr.label to top board,chipping and wear to extrems.incl.spine,usual libr.stamps and labels,contents sl.soiled/foxed)
PUBLISHER: macmillan london 1879
KEYWORDS: travel geography history samuel baker nile albert n'yanza
Rambles in the Lake Country and other Travel Sketches
[first edition] 290pp ills.[b/w w.fold-out map at rear] VG (blue cloth,mod.rubbed and sl.soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.soiled,ghosting from frontis.tissue guard on title page,early sections unopened at top edge,spine cracked but tight)
PUBLISHER: heywood london [nd]
KEYWORDS: history travel geography lake country britain edwin waugh
From North Pole to Equator: Studies of Wild Life and Scenes in Many Lands
first english edition 592pp ills.[b/w] VG- (burgundy cloth,rubbed and stained,sunned spine,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,lacks ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,some sl.foxing to contents,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: blackie london [nd,1895]
KEYWORDS: natural history geography travel alfred edmund brehm
Travels in Arabia Deserta (2 volume set)
reprint 2 vols set 674/696pp ills.[b/w w.fold-out maps] VG (brown cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,corners bumped,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,some minor foxing to contents and to verso of maps,spines cracked but tight) in scruffy d/w's (vol.1 only consists of front cover/flap/spine,missing rear cover,vol.2 wrapper complete,rubbed and stained,chipping and wear to extrems.w.several losses and closed tears,price-clipped both vols.)
PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london 1943
KEYWORDS: history travel arabia deserta charles doughty
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