N/A

Octavo, blue heavy card boards, black lettering & advert to boards, adverts to eps, frontispiece: folding map of South Island, 319pp, illus: maps & adverts, VG- (light soiling & moderate scuffing to boards, moderate creasing to tape spine, moderate cracking to gutters, light tanning & soiling to pages incl. folding map)

PUBLISHER: Andrews, Baty & Co. Limited 1929

KEYWORDS: new zealand south island road guides guidebooks handbooks motorists automotives automobiles vehicles transport travel driving cars roads instructions instructional maps

N/A

Octavo, dark green cloth boards, black lettering & advert to boards, adverts to eps, frontispiece: folding map of North Island, xxiv + 307pp, illus: maps & adverts, VG (light scuffing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: The Automobile Association (Wellington) Inc. n/d [1935]

KEYWORDS: new zealand north island aa automobile association road guides guidebooks handbooks motorists automotives automobiles vehicles transport travel driving cars roads instructions instructional maps

PASSMORE, J. L. (ed)

Octavo, dark blue patterned cloth boards, gilt lettering & Otago Motor Club logo to front board, illus prelims, 178pp, illus: photos, maps, folding map & adverts, VG- (light scuffing, soiling & fading to boards, rear gutter completely detached from text block, front board still attached with light cracking to gutter, light soiling, tanning & creasing to pages)

PUBLISHER: Otago Motor Club (Incorporated) 1927

KEYWORDS: new zealand south island otago motor club year book yearbooks road guides guidebooks handbooks motorists automotives automobiles vehicles transport travel driving cars roads instructions instructional maps

DARWIN, CHARLES

EARLY EDITION; Sm. octavo, half bound in brown leather with marbled heavy card boards; gilt lettering, decorative tooling & raised bands to spine, marbled page edges, marbled eps, x + 519pp, illus figures & tables, VG- (heavy cracking to hinges & gutters, with attempted tape repairs - but spine still almost entirely detached & moderately chipped, front board also slightly shaky, light scuffing & soiling to boards, fep partially detached, light foxing & tanning to pages)

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1888

KEYWORDS: early editions science natural history evolution geology zoology naturalists nature naturalism exploration travel writing charles darwin voyage of hms beagle

HILLARY, Sir EDMUND

FIRST EDITION; SIGNED BY AUTHOR (HIS EARLY STYLE OF SIGNATURE, CONTEMPORARY TO PUBLICATION); Super octavo, black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 255pp, illus: maps, diagrams & photo plates, VG+ (light rubbing & soiling to boards, light adhesion soiling to eps, light foxing & tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG (a few small spots of heavy soiling, light rubbing, creasing & tanning, price-clipped)

PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton 1961

KEYWORDS: signed first editions memoirs autobiography autobiographies exploration expeditions travel writing new zealand antarctica polar transantarctic sir edmund hillary illustrated

MORRIS, JAN

FIRST EDITION, super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG) minor damp staining to edges; 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.

PUBLISHER: W W Norton & Company 2003

KEYWORDS: travel writing literature exploration first editions adventure voyages history world politics Jan Morris

KELLY, SCOTT

Tidy ex-library, 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.

PUBLISHER: Alfred A Knopf 2017

KEYWORDS: space travel astronauts iss international space station Scott Kelly autobiography memoir nasa

DOUGHTY, ANDREW & BOYD, LEONA (Photos)

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.

PUBLISHER: Wizard Publications 2013

KEYWORDS: Maui Hawaii Hawai'i travel writing literature guide books guidebooks

KAPLAN, ROBERT D

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.

PUBLISHER: Random House 1996

KEYWORDS: travel writing literature adventure Robert D Kaplan Africa Asia

TROLLOPE, FRANCES

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.

PUBLISHER: Dover Publications 2014

KEYWORDS: history US America American social life customs culture travel writing literature Frances Trollope

RODLIFFE, C. GEOFFREY

Oblong 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.

PUBLISHER: Walsh Memorial Library Museum of Transport and Technology Inc. 1978

KEYWORDS: new zealand aviation aviators flying flight transport air travel airplanes aircraft aeroplanes pilots early history design engineering inventions inventors richard pearse

BURKE, JAMES

LACKS D/W, Ex-library; 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.

PUBLISHER: Michael Joseph Ltd 1945

KEYWORDS: biography biographies bill william burke methodist christian missionaries china chinese travel writing

BLIGH, WILLIAM

FACSIMILE EDITION; Quarto 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.

PUBLISHER: Hutchinson Group (Australia) Pty Ltd 1979

KEYWORDS: facsimile editions south southern ocean maritime ship boat exploration expeditions travel writing pacific islands west east indies captain william bligh hms bounty

DOUGHTY, CHARLES M.

LACKS D/W; EX-LIBRARY; 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Duckworth 1926

KEYWORDS: arabia arabian peninsula middle east asia abridged version abdridgement charles m doughty travel history

CRUISE, Major RICHARD A.

Octavo, maroon cloth boards, white lettering to spine & front board, 162pp, illus, VG- (moderate cracking to gutters - boards moderately shaky, moderately heavy fading to boards incl. lettering, light rubbing & soiling to boards, light tanning/soiling to pages, prev. owner's stamp to eps, prelims & several pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: Brett Printing and Publishing Co. Ltd. 1921

KEYWORDS: new zealand journals diaries diary memoirs travel writing exploration maritime ocean journeys voyages ships early history colonialism hms dromedary richard a cruise

CUNNINGHAM, W. T.

Sm. octavo, tan heavy card boards, black lettering to boards, adverts to pastedowns, 160pp + 6pp adverts at front + 2pp adverts at rear, illus plates & maps, VG- (heavy wear to spine with surface loss to extrems & extensive tape repairs, heavy cracking to gutters - binding delicate with some pages coming loose, but book still in one piece, moderate scuffing & soiling to boards, heavy tanning to page edges, prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: Thos. Cook & Son n/d (c. 1895)

KEYWORDS: new zealand travel tourist tourism guide books handbooks nineteenth 19th century history historical maps illustrated thermal hot springs lakes southern sounds

N/A

Oblong sm. octavo, red stapled & twine-bound light card covers, white stamped lettering & photo illus to front cover, unpaginated, photo illus, VG- (moderate scuffing, creasing & soiling to covers with a couple of small closed tears, moderate chipping to lettering, moderate foxing to prelims/terminals, otherwise light soiling & creasing to pages throughout, prev. owners name in ink to inside front cover)

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Government Department of Tourist and Health Resorts n/d (c. 1905)

KEYWORDS: new zealand travel tourist tourism early photography books collections history historical illustrated health resorts nature towns landscapes

RICHARDS, Captain G. H. & EVANS, F. J. (compiled by)

Super octavo, maroon cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, xx + 476pp, illus: single map only,VG- (moderate-heavy cracking to gutters - boards moderately shaky, moderate scuffing, soiling & sun-fading to boards, light cracking to spine, moderate-heavy foxing/tanning to pages, occasional annotations in light pencil)

PUBLISHER: Oder of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty 1891

KEYWORDS: new zealand maritime ocean sea travel voyages journeys navigation exploration expeditions surveying sailing directions ships hms acheron pandora

WHITE, LEO L. (managing ed) & DOUGLAS, DESNA K. (ed)

Ex-library; Sm. octavo, green, yellow & white light card covers, green lettering to white spine, adverts to eps, 152pp incl. adverts at front & rear, VG (light rubbing, soiling & creasing to covers/spine, light discolouration to pages, usual library markings to covers, spine & eps)

PUBLISHER: Whites Aviation Limited 1956

KEYWORDS: ex library new zealand aviation directories guides handbooks index indices reference history whites transport air travel flight pilots airports aeroplanes airplanes aircraft

N/A

Octavo, illus light card covers, adverts to eps, 94pp, illus adverts & figures, VG (light soiling & creasing to covers, moderate chipping to spine extrems with sl. surface loss, light creasing & tanning to pages)

PUBLISHER: Otago Motor Club (Incorporated) 1925

KEYWORDS: new zealand south island otago motor club year book yearbooks road guides guidebooks handbooks motorists automotives automobiles vehicles transport travel driving cars roads instructions instructional