HEDIN, SVEN

2 VOL SET, COLONIAL EDITION, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines & front boards, blind stamp decoration to front boards, deckled lower page edges, frontispieces with tissue guards, vol 1- xv + 442pp, vol 2- vii + 450pp, VG (light bruising & scuffing to spines & board edges, light chafing & soiling to boards with some minor surface loss to rear, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, occasional soiling to pages sporadically throughoutmoderate tanning to pgs 188-189 of vol 2)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1909

KEYWORDS: colonial editions travel writing literature Himalayas exploration Tibet Sven Hedin

BATHGATE, A.

Octavo string bound light card wrappers (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. All online listings are held in Dunedin

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe and Tombs N/D

KEYWORDS: New Zealand cities travel literature writing Dunedin south island

LE GALLIENNE, RICHARD & RICHARDS, GRANT (Intro) & BARDAY (Colour Plates)

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. All online listings are held in Dunedin

PUBLISHER: The Richards Press 1948

KEYWORDS: France French travel writing literature Richard le Gallienne

BRADFORD, ERNLE

LACKS D/W, 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. All online listings are held in Dunedin

PUBLISHER: The History Book Club 1969

KEYWORDS: maritime nautical exploration travel writing literature history Barbarossa Mediterranean

IZZARD, RALPH

FIRST EDITION, LACKS D/W, 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. All online listings are held in Dunedin

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1951

KEYWORDS: travel writing literature Ralph Izzard culture Buru first editions

HARRIS, GEORGE & HASLER, GRAEME

Quarto 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. All online listings are held in Dunedin

PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1971

KEYWORDS: New Zealand travel exploration writing literature climbing mountaineering Mount Cook Alpine

HANOTEAU, GUILLAUME & HERZOG, MAURICE (Intro) & ALDEBERT, MAX (Titles) & SERRAILLIER, MICHAEL (Photos)

Quarto 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. All online listings are held in Dunedin

PUBLISHER: Tudor Publishing 1962

KEYWORDS: travel literature writing Swiss Alps

LOGAN, HUGH

Oblong quarto softcover (VG) lengthy gift inscription in ink to half title page; 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. All online listings are held in Dunedin

PUBLISHER: Craig Potton Publishing 2002

KEYWORDS: New Zealand mountains mountain climbing mountaineering adventure travel writing literature

BRAHAM, TREVOR

Super 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. All online listings are held in Dunedin

PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1974

KEYWORDS: Tibet Himalayas mountain climbing mountaineering travel adventure literature writing Trevor Braham

SIMPSON, COLIN & SIMPSON, CLAIRE (Drawings)

Super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (scruffy); 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. All online listings are held in Dunedin

PUBLISHER: Angus & Robertson 1962

KEYWORDS: travel literature writing Asia Hong Kong Macau Macao Philippines culture

KAPADIA, HARISH (Ed)

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. All online listings are held in Dunedin

PUBLISHER: The Himalayan Club Centre 2008

KEYWORDS: Himalayan Club expeditions mountaineering history travel writing literature

BRYSON, BILL

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 may reduce your overall postage costs. All online listings are held in Dunedin

PUBLISHER: Black Swan 2014

KEYWORDS: travel literature writing Bill Bryson America US

N/A

FOLDING MAP AT REAR, 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. All online listings are held in Dunedin

PUBLISHER: David M. Lister N/D

KEYWORDS: New Zealand touring south island travel literature writing road maps motoring

O'GARA, GEOFFREY

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. All online listings are held in Dunedin

PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin Company 1990

KEYWORDS: US America American wpa writers customs travel writing literature federal history

MONMARCHE, M. MARCEL (ed.)

TEXT IN FRENCH; small duodecimo 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. All online listings are held in our Dunedin shop.

PUBLISHER: Libraire Hachette 1913

KEYWORDS: guides joanne pyrenees-diamant travel french france marcel monmarche guide

MORRIS, E. E. (Ed)

THIS VOL ONLY, imperial octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, viii + 309pp, illus, VG (light to moderate scuffing to extrems, light discolouration & soiling to spine & boards, moderate tanning & light foxing/soiling to page edges, light cracking to some gutters, light soiling to eps)

PUBLISHER: Cassell & Company 1888

KEYWORDS: Australia Australasia New Zealand travel writing literature history culture

LUARD, Lt.-Col. C. ECKFORD (intro & notes) & HOSTEN, Father H. (assisted by) & MANRIQUE, Fray SEBASTIEN

FIRST EDITION, 2 VOL. SET, VOL. I LACKS D/W; Super octavo blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt decorative motif and blind decorative rule to boards, deckled page edges with many resulting unopened pages throughout, frontispieces, lxvi+450pp (Vol. I), ix+481pp (Vol. II), illus plates/maps/plans, publication note from Hon. Secretary F. P. Sprent loosely enclosed in Vol. II, VG+ (light soiling and dampstaining to spine and boards of Vol. I, v. light rubbing and scuffing to spine/board extrems, light tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG- (Vol. II only, small approx. 5mm open tear to spine from rubbing, heavy chipping to spine extrems, moderate browning to extrems, heavy to spine with additional heavy dampstaining)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society 1926 (Vol. I) & 1927 (Vol. II)

KEYWORDS: fray sebastien manrique itinerario de las missiones orientales translations hakluyt society first editions missions missionary missionaries voyage travel exploration expeditions history portugal portuguese india arakan china

THOMAS, LOWELL

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. All online listings are held in Dunedin

PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1930

KEYWORDS: exploration history travel Lowell Thomas

URE, JOHN

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. All online listings are held in Dunedin

PUBLISHER: Constable & Company 1980

KEYWORDS: adventure travel writing literature Iran Turkey culture

HILLARY, PETER

Super 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. All online listings are held in Dunedin

PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton 1980

KEYWORDS: adventure exploration Himalayas mountaineering mountain climbing Nepal travel literature writing Peter Hillary