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Incidents of Travel in Yucatan: Volumes One and Two (Condensed Edition)


STEPHENS, JOHN L.

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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Harper and Brothers 2000

KEYWORDS: travel literature exploration history Yucatan

$25.00
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Hillary's Antarctica: Adventure, Exploration an Establishing Scott Base


WATSON, NIGEL (Text) & USSHER, JANE (Photo)

Imperial octavo hardcover (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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Allen & Unwin 2018

KEYWORDS: exploration Sir Edmund Hillary travel literature history Scott Base Antarctica South Pole New Zealand Zealanders

$12.00
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Those United States


BENNETT, ARNOLD

Sm octavo hardcover (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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Martin Secker 1926

KEYWORDS: travel literature literary US America American Arnold Bennett history

$65.00
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Khumbu: Gateway to Mount Everest: Pathways to Kinship


LAURENSON, PETER

Oblong quarto, illus glossy boards, white lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 219pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (v sl bruising to lower board edges, 5mm closed tear to rear ep) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: David Bateman 2021

KEYWORDS: travel literature exploration climbing mountaineering Mount Everest Kathmandu Nepal Khumbu

$55.00
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In the Land of the Lion and Sun, or Modern Persia; Being Experiences of Life in Persia From 1866 to 1881 (Second Edition)


WILLS, C. J.

Sm octavo, green textured buckram boards, gilt lettering & black rule to spine, black lettering & rule to front board, patterned eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, xviii + 446pp, illus, VG (light scuffing & bruising to spine & extrems, moderate staining to rear board, sl chafing & soiling to front board,moderate fading to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown, light cracking to gutters throughout)

PUBLISHER: Ward, Lock & Bowden 1893

KEYWORDS: travel literature exploration modern Persia history culture customs history

$140.00
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Glimpses of the Australian Colonies and New Zealand: A Thrilling Narrative of the Early Days: Embodying the Life-History of Captain William Jackson Barry Who Arrived in New South Wales in 1829


BARRY, CAPTAIN & BRACKEN, THOMAS (Intro)

Imperial octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt lettering & tooling/decoration to front board, patterned eps, frontispiece, 210pp, illus/photos, tatty (heavy scuffing & chipping with some loss to spine extrems, heavy scuffing to board edges with some surface loss, moderate soiling to boards, heavy tanning & moderate foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, v heavy cracking to gutters- terminals & prelims up to pg 6 completely detached but present, light tanning to eps, light to moderate tanning & foxing to pages throughout, boards shaky)

PUBLISHER: The Brett Printing and Publishing Company 1903

KEYWORDS: Australia New Zealand exploration travel literature colonies adventure Captain William Jackson Barry history

$15.00
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Hampshire with the Isle of Wight


The King's England

MEE, ARTHUR (ed.)

Octavo hardcover (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: Hodder and Stoughton 1950

KEYWORDS: the king's england arthur mee britain british england english travel guide local history photographs

$16.50
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Cornwall: England's Farthest South


The King's England

MEE, ARTHUR (ed.)

Octavo hardcover (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: Hodder and Stoughton 1955

KEYWORDS: cornwall the king's england arthur mee britain british england english travel guide local history photographs

$15.00
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Lancashire: Cradle of Our Prosperity


MEE, ARTHUR (ed.)

Octavo hardcover (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: Hodder and Stoughton 1949

KEYWORDS: lancashire the king's england arthur mee britain british england english travel guide local history photographs

$32.50
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The Wanderer and His Charts: Exploring the Fields of Vagrant Thought and Vagabond Beauty


WHITE, KENNETH

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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Polygon Books 2004

KEYWORDS: travel literature exploration essays literature history culture

$35.00
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Greek to Me: Adventures of the Comma Queen


NORRIS, MARY

FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Text Publishing 2019

KEYWORDS: language linguistics Greek humour humor signed first editions travel literature Mary Norris

$22.50
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Finding the Trapdoor: Essays, Portraits, Travels


HOCHSCHILD, ADAM

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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Syracuse University Press 1997

KEYWORDS: literature essays prose travel exploration Adam Hochschild

$22.50
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Something Rich and Strange


GREEN, LAWRENCE G.

Octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Howard Timmins Publishers 1980

KEYWORDS: South Africa travel literature treasures exploration

$25.00
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The Outer Banks: An Historical Adventure From Kitty Hawk to Ocracoke


CONWAY, MARTIN R. & KNOTT, SUSAN (Ed & Designed by)

LACKS D/W, imperial octavo hardcover (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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Carabelle Books 1984

KEYWORDS: travel literature exploration guides history Outer Banks

$30.00
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A Wise Adventure II: New Zealand and Antarctica After 1960


TEMPLETON, MALCOLM

THIS VOL ONLY, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Victoria University Press 2017

KEYWORDS: travel literature exploration New Zealand Antarctica south pole history post-1960 governance politics

$60.00
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The Other Way


TRUBRIDGE, DAVID

VERY TIDY EX-LIBRARY, square super octavo, illus heavy boards, blue lettering to spine & boards, patterned rear eps, 298pp, illus/photos, VG+ (minimal ex-library markings, removeable protective plastic cover affixed to boards, moderate crack to front gutter, moderate scuff with surface loss to rear pastedown, sl fold to lower corner of ffep)

PUBLISHER: David Trubridge Press 2022

KEYWORDS: photography art collection geology travel literature David Trubridge

$42.50
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You Do Not Travel in China at the Full Moon: Agnes Moncrieff's Letters From China 1930-1945


MONCRIEFF, AGNES & FRANCIS, BARBARA (Ed)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 295pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Vicotria University Press 2017

KEYWORDS: first editions letters correspondence collection travel literature China Agnes Moncrieff

$45.00
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Trademarks of the Chinese (2 Vol Set)


EBERLY, PETER et al

2 VOL SET, TEXT IN CHINESE & ENGLISH, square octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, black lettering to spines, illus prelims, vol 1- 180pp, vol 2- 208pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (light chafing to covers)

PUBLISHER: Sinorama Magazine 1992-94

KEYWORDS: text in Chinese & English China culture icons art travel

$145.00
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The Land of Midian


PHILBY, H. ST. JOHN

FIRST EDITION, octavo, teal cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine- blackened, frontispiece, xi + 286pp, illus/photos, VG (light fading to board edges, light soiling, tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. bookseller's ink stamp to front pastedown) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, moderate creasing & chipping to edges with some minor loss, light fading to spine, light to moderate soiling, moderate wrinkling

PUBLISHER: Ernest Benn 1957

KEYWORDS: first editions Midian travel literature exploration middle east ancient history antiquity

$16.50
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Sent Forth a Dove: Discovery of Duyfken


HENDERSON, JAMES

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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: University of Western Australia Press 1999

KEYWORDS: exploration travel literature history maritime nautical Duyfken sailing ships

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