Books - "travel"
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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
Adventures in Africa: During a Tour of Two Years Through that Country
from the tenth london edition revised and corrected xii+392pp [lacks ills.] VG (brown textured cloth w.blind borders,mod.rubbed and soiled,gilt titling to spine,wear and chipping to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.soiled,spine cracked w.centre section sl.loose)
PUBLISHER: peterson philadelphia [1843]
KEYWORDS: travel history africa geography cornwallis harris
Rambles in Polynesia
first edition 207pp VG+ (burgundy cloth w.black dec.stamps to top board,mod.rubbed and soiled,spine sunned,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,owner's stamp to half-title,content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: european mail london 1897
KEYWORDS: travel geography polynesia history sundowner
Through the Gold-Fields of Alaska to Bering Straits
first edition 312pp+catalogue [dated 1897] ills.[b/w w.col.folding map at front] VG- (blue cloth w.gilt stamp to top board,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,some plates loose but all present,edges of folding map sl.worn)
PUBLISHER: chatto & windus london 1898
KEYWORDS: travel geography history alaska harry de windt gold-fields
Walks About the City and Environs of Jerusalem
second edition 255pp ills.[b/w w.folding maps] G+ (brown cloth w.half leather,top board detached but present,lacks 75% of leather spine,rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,maps and margins of plates mod.foxed)
PUBLISHER: george virtue london [nd]
KEYWORDS: travel geography jerusalem bartlett
The Head-Hunters of Borneo: A Narrative of Travel Up The Mahakkam and Down the Barito
second edition 344pp ills.[30 col.plates + folding map at front] G (teal cloth w.brown/ochre/gilt dec.stamps to top board and spine,mod.rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.,10cm split to head of upper hinge,dealer's label to front pastedown,paper separation at ep gutter,owner's inscr.to half-title verso,prelims.and content edges mod.foxed,map in 2 pieces but all present,col.plates all present and clean w.sl.foxing to the margins,spine cracked and shaky) not as bad as it might sound - would benefit from restoration - scans available on request
PUBLISHER: sampson low marston searle rivington london 1882
KEYWORDS: travel geography borneo head-hunters carl bock mahakkam
Photographic View Album of Stirling
first edition 16pp ills.[b/w] printed on pink paper VG (green cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to title page,contents sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: valentine dundee [nd]
KEYWORDS: arts history geography travel stirling scotland
Sticks and Stones
first edition 189pp ills.[b/w and col.] F in NF d/w (spine sunned)
PUBLISHER: jh productions leeds 1987
KEYWORDS: biography travel john hawkridge
The Flight of Alcock & Brown
ex-lib.first edition 312pp ills.[b/w] VG (burgundy cloth,sl.wear to extrems.,usual libr.stamps and labels,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) in VG- d/w (rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.,sl.losses to rear flap)
PUBLISHER: putnam london 1955
KEYWORDS: aviation history travel alcock brown graham wallace
The Botanical Explorers of New Zealand
first edition 176pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (blue cloth,owner's inscr.to ffep verso) in VG- d/w (torn,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: reed wellington 1950
KEYWORDS: new zealand natural history travel rewa glenn
Broader Britain Photographs
[first edition] 192pp ills.[b/w photographs] VG- (purple cloth,rubbed and soiled,sunned spine,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,lacks ffep,owner's sign.to title page,upper 3cm of title page removed,contents clean,spine shaky)
PUBLISHER: werner london 1895
KEYWORDS: arts history geography britain travel
Handbook for Visitors to Paris
new and revised edition 337pp [b/w maps] VG- (burgundy cloth,rubbed and stained,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,lacks half-title,contents sl.foxed,missing general map of Paris at rear)
PUBLISHER: john murray london 1882
KEYWORDS: history travel geography paris
Eternal Himalaya
first edition inscribed by author to Sir Edmund Hillary 208pp+index ills.[b/w] NF (brown cloth w.blind borders and gilt stamp to top board,sl.bumps to extrems.,author's inscr.to Edmund Hillary on half-title - Ed & June [*********] H[ari] & Bholi 13 August 198[6] ) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,laminate is bubbling and lifting,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.) inscribed by fellow Everest conqueror H.Ahluwalia and his wife to Sir Edmund Hillary and his wife
PUBLISHER: interprint new delhi 1982
KEYWORDS: history travel himalaya ahluwalia edmund hillary geography signed
Over The World Travels, Adventures and Achievements
first edition 848pp ills.[b/w w.some maps] VG+ (green cloth w.burgundy/gilt dec.stamps to top board and spine,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to frontis.verso,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) attractive binding
PUBLISHER: bradley garretson philadelphia 1883
KEYWORDS: history travel henry howe geography
Arctic Expeditions from British and Foreign Shores from the Earliest Times to the Expedition of 1875-76
first edition 824pp ills.[b/w and duotone w.2x col.folding maps] VG (full leather w.elaborate blind/gilt stamps to boards and spine,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,full length split to upper hinge of spine creating a flap but still present,2x owner's inscr.to ffep,prelims.sl.foxed w.some sl.foxing to contents and plates,aeg,all plates and maps present,sl.shaky spine) heavy item
PUBLISHER: m'gready thomson niven glasgow 1877
KEYWORDS: history travel arctic expeditions smith
Sierra Leone
first edition 263pp ills.[b/w w.folding map at rear] VG+ (red cloth,owner's inscr.to ffep verso,content edges sl.foxed) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps to extrems.,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: hmso london 1954
KEYWORDS: history travel geography africa sierra leone roy lewis
By Sea and By Land
ex-lib.first edition 343pp [b/w frontis.] G (libr.rebind in blue cloth w.half leather,rubbed and stained,wear and chipping to extrems.,usual libr.stamps and labels,contents sl.foxed/soiled)
PUBLISHER: macmillan london 1874
KEYWORDS: history travel geography henry alworth merewether
Colonial Adventures and Experiences
first edition 291pp VG- (green cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,owner's label to front pastedown w.owner's stamp to prelims.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,spine cracked and sl.cocked) scarce
PUBLISHER: bell and daldy london 1871
KEYWORDS: travel history geography george carrington biography