Books - "travel"
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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
The King Country or Explorations in New Zealand
A Narrative of 600 Miles of Travel Through Maoriland
ex-library, facsimile reprint of Sampson Low Marston Searle and Rivington edition of 1884, octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-)
PUBLISHER: Capper Press Christchurch 1974
KEYWORDS: new zealand history travel maori king country waikato kingitanga
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
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
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
The Chinese in Southeast Asia
first edition 801pp VERY GOOD (black cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,spine sunned,sl.bumps to extrems.,owner's inscr.to ffep,eps and content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: oxford university press london 1951
KEYWORDS: chinese asia travel geography history purcell
The Heroic Age of India
first edition 232pp VERY GOOD (blue cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,eps and content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: kegan paul trench trubner london 1929
KEYWORDS: travel geography india sidhanta
The Impossible Island Corsica: Its People and Its Sport
first edition 224pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD (tan cloth,spine sunned,owner's sign.to ffep,eps and untrimmed content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: witherby london 1923
KEYWORDS: geography travel history corsica snaffle dunkin
Ice Bird
first edition signed by author 224pp ills.[b/w and col.] VERY GOOD+ (blue cloth,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,owner's sign.to half-title,author's sign.to title page,content edges sl.foxed) in VERY GOOD+ dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,internal tape marks,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: collins london 1975
KEYWORDS: new zealand travel nautical david lewis signed ice bird
An Arctic Voyage to Baffin's Bay and Lancaster Sound, in Search of Friends with Sir John Franklin
first edition rebind viii+152pp [b/w frontis.w.folding map at rear] VERY GOOD (marbled paper boards w.half leather,gilt-on-burgundy title label to spine along w.gilt bands,rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.w.surface scuffing to boards,5mm loss to head of spine,white paper label to front pastedown,sl.paper separation at fep gutter,prelims.sl.foxed,b/w frontis.very tidy but sl.separating from gutter,some v.sl.foxing to marbled content edges,folding map at rear is complete but creased and w.some chipping and wear to margins) generally a v.tidy tight copy of this scarce title - scans available on request
PUBLISHER: john van voorst london 1850
KEYWORDS: arctic polar exploration voyage travel goodsir franklin baffins bay
Observations Made on a Tour From Bengal to Persia in the Years 1786-7
first edition thus 351pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD+ (paper boards,sl.soiled,sl.scuffing to rear board)
PUBLISHER: imperial organization for social services tehran 1976
KEYWORDS: travel history geography persia bengal india francklin