N/A

INCLUDES SOME NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS PASTED IN TELLING OF THE OFFICIAL RESULTS OF THE RACE; Super octavo, illus. stapled light card covers (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: Canterbury International Air Race Council 1953

KEYWORDS: new zealand aviation air travel transport racing international race sports history airplanes aeroplanes aircraft 1953 england competitive competitions

CLARKE, SUZANNA

Imperial 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: Viking / Penguin 2008

KEYWORDS: Morocco culture travel literature writing Suzanna Clarke

RICHARDS, J H

Imperial octavo stapled light card covers (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: A H & A W Reed 1963

KEYWORDS: old travel brochures literature guides New Zealand Rangi Rotorua north island history attractions

SANKARAN, RAJAN

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: Notion Press 2022

KEYWORDS: travel writing literature north India Indian spirituality

WELD, CHARLES RICHARD

FIRST EDITION, ORIGINAL BINDING, octavo, blue textured buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, gilt aristocratic illus to front board, blind stamp decoration to boards, aeg, frontispiece, xii + 351pp, G+ (heavy chipping to spine extrems with some minor loss, light to moderate cracking to front hinge, moderate tanning to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, lengthy gift inscription in ink to ffep, varying degrees of foxing to pages throughout, varying degrees of cracking to gutters- v heavy to gutter of pgs 216/217 with some separation of binding) please feel free to ask for photos!

PUBLISHER: Chapman and Hall 1856

KEYWORDS: first editions original bindings Charles Richard Weld adventure travel writing literature France French

SCOTT, JOHN

Octavo, half leather bound marbled boards, gilt lettering & rule with raised bands to spine, red speckling to page edges, viii + 405pp, VG- (moderate rubbing & cracking to spine with some cracking at hinges, 2cm loss to base of spine, light bruising & scuffing to board extrems, moderate chafing to boards with minor surface loss, heavy tanning/soiling to top page edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to other page edges, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, moderate foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, occasional light cracking to gutters, occasional light foxing & tanning to pages throughout, binding v sound still)

PUBLISHER: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown 1816

KEYWORDS: France French history travel writing literature John Scott Brussels Belgium battlefields Waterloo

MAHANEY, CASEY and ASTRID WITTE

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.

PUBLISHER: Lonely Planet Publications 2000

KEYWORDS: travel guides Lonely Planet Hawaii activities diving snorkelling snorkeling

STRICKLAND, MARK & WILLIAMS, JOHN

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.

PUBLISHER: Lonely Planet Publications 2000

KEYWORDS: travel guides Lonely Planet Thailand activities diving snorkelling snorkeling

QUINN, DAVID BEERS

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.

PUBLISHER: University of North Carolina Press 1986

KEYWORDS: exploration adventure travel history historic voyages US America Roanoake mysteries colonies communities croatoan

BRIDGE, BEVERLEY (Compiled by)

THIS VOL ONLY, 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: B A Bridge 1991

KEYWORDS: New Zealand private gardens public tourism guide register travel

BRYSON, BILL

IN SLIPCASE, super octavo hardcover (VG+) in slipcase (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: Folio Society 2007

KEYWORDS: travel writing literature humour humor folio society Bill Bryson America US

TSCHIFFELY, A F & NEWBY, ERIC (Intro)

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.

PUBLISHER: Century 1982

KEYWORDS: travel writing literature A F Tschiffely Americas history historical adventure exploration

BISCH, JORGEN & SPINK. REGINALD (Trans)

LACKS D/W, super 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: George Allen & Unwin 1961

KEYWORDS: travel literature writings culture Ulu exploration adventure customs

THOMSON, PETER

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: Oxford University Press 2007

KEYWORDS: travel literature writing Lake Baikal Siberian plateau exploration adventure Peter Thomson

TSCHIFFELY, A F

LACKS D/W, 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: Hodder and Stoughton 1952

KEYWORDS: exploration travel writing literature history adventure A F Tschiffely US America

RUSKIN, JOHN

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: John W Lovell N/D (c.1890)

KEYWORDS: travel art history Florence religious John Ruskin

MORRIS, JAN

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.

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1987

KEYWORDS: travel writing literature USA America New York Jan Morris first editions

PAPE, RICHARD

Octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 256pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate water staining & fading to spine extrems, light bruising/scuffing & fading to board edges & extrems, heavy staining to rear board, light tanning & foxing to page egdes & eps, light foxing to prelims, sm scuff to ffep) in d/w, G+ (price clipped, v heavy creasing & chipping/tearing to edges & rear- some minor loss, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Odhams Press N/D (c.1950s)

KEYWORDS: travel writing literature driving adventure Richard Pape Arctic North Cape Africa South Cape road trips history

MITFORD, A B

LACKS FEP, sm octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, xii + 383pp, illus, VG (light rubbing to spine & board edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to front pastedown, ffep missing, occasional moderate foxing throughout, some page edges roughly cut)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1894

KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese history anecdotes culture customs A B Mitford travel writing literature

CROWLEY, JOHN

SIGNED, octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus title page, 132pp, Near FINE, in d/w, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Subterranean Press 2023

KEYWORDS: signed literature John Crowley fiction novellas time travel