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$150.00
t2/22

Over The World Travels, Adventures and Achievements


HOWE,HENRY

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

$380.00
t3/15

Arctic Expeditions from British and Foreign Shores from the Earliest Times to the Expedition of 1875-76


SMITH, D. MURRAY

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

$50.00
t4/9

Sierra Leone


LEWIS,ROY

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

$100.00
t9/18

By Sea and By Land


MEREWETHER,HENRY ALWORTH

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

$700.00
t10/28

Colonial Adventures and Experiences


A UNIVERSITY MAN [CARRINGTON,GEORGE]

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

$40.00
23409et15

A House in Corfu


TENNANT,EMMA

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

$50.00
t11/4

Everywhere The Memoirs of an Explorer


SAVAGE-LANDOR,A.HENRY

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

$90.00
t12/28

Everest Calling Ascent of the Dark Side: The Mallory-Irvine Ridge


SIGGINS,LORNA

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

$225.00
t14/24

Rio La Venta Treasure of Chiapas


BADINO, GIOVANNI & BELOTTI, ALVISE & BERNABEI, TULLIO & DE VIVO, ANTONIO & DOMENICI, DAVIDE & GIULIVO, ITALO (eds) ( SIR EDMUND HILLARY ex libris)

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

$280.00
t14/25

Piasatges De Catalunya


.Landscape of Catalonia

MOLAS, JOAQUIM ( SIR EDMUND HILLARY ex libris)

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

$450.00
t14/40

A Short Sketch of Rajah Rajendro Mullick Bahadur and His Family


CHATTERJEE, DINABANDHU

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

$375.00
t14/43

Piloti ed Aerei Italiani Dal Pacifico Alle Ande


primi voli postali in ecuador

LONGHI, FIORENZO

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

$350.00
t14/46

Johannesburg Street Names


A Dictionary of Street, Superb and Other Place-names, compiled to the End of 1968

SMITH, ANNA H

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

$40.00
t16/68

Tibet Today and Yesterday


LI, TIEH - TSENG

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

$75.00
t18/17

To Lhasa and Beyond diary of the Expedition to Tibet in the Year MCMXLVIII


With an Appendix on Tibetan Medicine and Hygeine

TUCCI, GIUSEPPE

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

$250.00
t20/29

Nouveaux Voyages En Zigzag


TOPFFER,R.

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

$25.00
t21/10

Fresh About Cook Strait


ANDERSON,GRAHAME

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

$17.50
u1/12

Wings Across the Tasman 1928-1953


JILLETT,LESLIE

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

$26.50
u2/3

Fragments of Empire


SCARR, DERYCK

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

$40.00
u6/18

Walks Abroad and Evenings at Home


N/A

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

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