Books - "travel"
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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
A House in Corfu
first edition proof copy 229pp NF (in wrappers,v.sl.soiled)
PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london 2001
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copy emma tennant corfu travel
Everywhere The Memoirs of an Explorer
first edition 586pp ills.[b/w] VG- (blue cloth,rubbed and stained,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,paper separation at fep gutter,front cover from missing dustwrapper is pasted to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed/soiled)
PUBLISHER: t.fisher unwin london 1924
KEYWORDS: biography travel explorer henry savage-landor
Everest Calling Ascent of the Dark Side: The Mallory-Irvine Ridge
first edition signed by some of the climbers [Dermot Somers/Robbie Fenlon/Frank Nugent/Mick Murphy/John Murray] 191pp ills.[b/w and col.] NF (dk.blue cloth,v.sl.wear to extrems.,sign.of climbers to half-title) in VG+ dustwrapper (v.sl.soiled,1cm hole to spine,publisher's removable sticker to front cover)
PUBLISHER: mainstream publishing edinburgh 1994
KEYWORDS: travel everest mountaineering signed lorna siggins dermot somers robbie fenlon frank nugent mick murphy john murray
Rio La Venta Treasure of Chiapas
Dark green cloth boards 319pp illus NF (light marking to eps) in NF d/w (v sl rubbing) Unopened CD in rear . Book is in English. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by editor Antonio De Vivo to Sir Edmund Hillary, who wrote an endorsement of the book published prior to the table of contents. Ex libris the collection of Sir Edmund Hillary HEAVY ITEM
PUBLISHER: tipolitografia turra Padova 1999
KEYWORDS: archaeology sociology travel history geography
Piasatges De Catalunya
.Landscape of Catalonia
Dark blue cloth with silver embossed lettering to front board and spine 278pp illus, printed in english and spanish, Fine in Fine d/w in NF illus slipcase (v sl rubbing) SIGNED AND INSCRIBEDby the President of Catalonia, Jordi Pujol, (who wrote the foreword) dated 20.09.92, to Sir Edmund Hillary (from his collection). HEAVY ITEM
PUBLISHER: Generalitat de catalunya Barcelona 1990
KEYWORDS: catalonia history travel
A Short Sketch of Rajah Rajendro Mullick Bahadur and His Family
Original brick red blindstamped cloth with gilt lettering to front board and spine 62pp + xxxii illus, VG v light wear to extremities, light to moderate discolouration to pages. SIGNED by Kumar Ganendro Mullick and dated 1921 on title page RARE
PUBLISHER: Mullick calcutta 1917
KEYWORDS: india history genealogy rajah travel biogrpahy
Piloti ed Aerei Italiani Dal Pacifico Alle Ande
primi voli postali in ecuador
small folio illustrated boards 279pp illus Fine in Fine d/w SIGNED & iNSCRIBED by author on fep Book is in Italian SCARCE
PUBLISHER: Hi-tech media Bologna 1995
KEYWORDS: italy ecuador aviation philately history travel
Johannesburg Street Names
A Dictionary of Street, Superb and Other Place-names, compiled to the End of 1968
Green cloth boards with gilt lettering to front board and spine 629pp illus VG+ (very light wear to etremities, mild foxing on eps) in VG+ d/w (light wear to extremities, verey small tears at head and tail of spine, foxing on inside) A large and detailed book which should be on the shelf ofevery fan of the city SCARCE
PUBLISHER: Juta Cape Town 1971
KEYWORDS: South Africa Johannesburg travel history geography
Tibet Today and Yesterday
Yellow cloth boards xv + 324pp VG+ (sl bruising and discolouration to extremities, sl discolouration to eps) in VG d/w (fading, discolouration and wear to extremities and spine with minimal loss)
PUBLISHER: Bookman Associates New York 1960
KEYWORDS: travel history tibet asia sociology
To Lhasa and Beyond diary of the Expedition to Tibet in the Year MCMXLVIII
With an Appendix on Tibetan Medicine and Hygeine
illus light card 195pp illus, folding map VG- (moderate wear to extremities, small tear to spine, light soiling to eps) in G d/w (glassine with some tears and significant loss at rear)
PUBLISHER: istituto poligrafico dello stato rome 1956
KEYWORDS: tibet travel history
Nouveaux Voyages En Zigzag
454pp [text in french] ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD- (cloth boards w.half-leather,rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.,contents incl.plates sl.foxed,a few plates detached but all present,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: victor lecou paris 1854
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature zigzag topffer travel
Fresh About Cook Strait
first edition 215pp ills.[b/w and col.] NEAR FINE (blue cloth,prelims.sl.foxed) in NEAR FINE dustwrapper (sl.bumps to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: methuen auckland 1984
KEYWORDS: new zealand geography travel cook strait grahame anderson
Wings Across the Tasman 1928-1953
first edition 199pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD+ (blue cloth,eps and content edges sl.foxed) in VERY GOOD dustwrapper (mod.rubbed and soiled,spine sunned,sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: reed wellington 1953
KEYWORDS: leslie jillett tasman aviation travel
Fragments of Empire
first edition 367pp ills.[b/w] octavo hardcover VG in d/w VG- (archival tape repairs)
PUBLISHER: australian national university press canberra 1967
KEYWORDS: history geography travel pacific deryck scarr
Walks Abroad and Evenings at Home
first edition 328pp ills.[b/w] GOOD+ (burgundy cloth w.gilt dec.stamp to top board,rubbed and stained,chipping and wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to ffep,contents sl.foxed,aeg)
PUBLISHER: houlston and wright london 1861
KEYWORDS: literature travel history