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

PIDDINGTON, A. B.

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: Oxford University Press / Humphrey Milford 1916

KEYWORDS: travel writing literature Spain Spanish culture

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

STEVENS, HENRY N. (ed) & BARWICK, GEORGE F. (annotated trans) & DIEGO DE PRADO Y TOVAR, DON

Super octavo blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt decorative motif and blind decorative rule to boards, deckled page edges, xvi+261pp, 3 maps in main text (2 folding) plus 2 folding maps in rear pocket, VG+ (v. light rubbing to spine/board extrems, sporadic light foxing/soiling to page edges and prelims, barely noticeable) in d/w, VG (small approx. 15mm closed tear to top of spine with discreet achival tape repair, light rubbing and chipping to spine extrems, moderate browning to spine and extrems, moderate dampstaining to spine)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society 1930

KEYWORDS: new light discovery australia don diego de prado y tovar henry stevens george barwick hakluyt society travel exploration expeditions sea ocean voyage history relacion translations folding maps spanish spain

MORELAND, W. H. (ed) & FLORIS, PETER

FIRST EDITION, Super octavo blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt decorative motif and blind decorative rule to boards, deckled page edges with many resulting unopened pages throughout, folding map frontispiece, lxx+164pp, 2 additional maps in text, VG+ (v. light rubbing to spine/board extrems, sporadic light foxing/soiling to page edges and prelims, barely noticeable) in d/w, VG (light rubbing and chipping to spine extrems, heavy browning to spine and extrems, heavy dampstaining to spine)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society 1934

KEYWORDS: first editions peter floris east indies india company thailand siam indonesia jakarta globe voyage travel exploration expedition sea ocean england english colonialism history trade merchant mercantile hakluyt society folding maps

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

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

ROTH, ARTHUR

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: Victor Gollancz 1982

KEYWORDS: adventure travel literature writing Swiss Alps mountain climbing mountaineering alpine Eiger

NYMEYER, ROBERT & HALLIDAY, WILLIAM R.

Square 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: Carlsbad Caverns 1991

KEYWORDS: Carlsbad Caverns history photos culture travel literature writing

GRYLLS, BEAR

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: Macmillan 2004

KEYWORDS: Bear Grylls adventure exploration North Atlantic travel literature writing

FIENNES, RANULPH (TWISLETON-WYKEHAM-FIENNES, Sir RANULPH)

FIRST EDITION, 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 1972

KEYWORDS: first editions adventure Ranulph Fiennes Norway travel literature mountaineering mountain climbing

BAND, GEORGE

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 Travel Book Club / Hodder & Stoughton N/D

KEYWORDS: adventure travel literature writing George Band expeditions Karakoram north Pakistan Rakaposhi mountaineering mountain climbing

BANKS, MIKE & TEMPLAR, Field-Marshal Sir GERALD (Fore)

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: Secker & warburg 1959

KEYWORDS: adventure travel literature writing expeditions north Pakistan Rakaposhi mountaineering mountain climbing Mike Banks

BALNEAVES, ELIZABETH

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: John Gifford 1972

KEYWORDS: adventure travel literature writings Pakistan