HUXLEY, ALDOUS

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: Triad/Paladin 1985

KEYWORDS: travel writing literature Aldous Huxley far east

ALLEN, CHARLES (Ed)

Oblong 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Owl / Holt, Rinehart & Winston 1985

KEYWORDS: India travel writing literature history photography photos

KING, JANE

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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: David Bateman 2017

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YUTANG, LIN

FIRST AUSTRALIAN EDITION, octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (G+) jacket 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1946

KEYWORDS: first Australian editions travel writing literature Lin Yutang China Chinese culture

HUME, GEORGE

FIRST EDITION; Super octavo, red cloth boards, black lettering & rule to spine & front board, frontispiece, xxiii + 319pp, illus + folding map at rear, VG (light scuffing & soiling to boards, light cracking to front hinge, moderate sun-fading to spine, moderate cracking to front gutter - front board slightly shaky, moderate foxing to pages/page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to eps)

PUBLISHER: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., Ltd. 1914

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CLARK, PETER

SIGNED & DATED BY AUTHOR; Super octavo, illus light card covers, black & white lettering to spine, illus half-title page, 236pp, photo illus, VG (light rubbing & creasing to cover/page edges, text block slightly bent, some pages coming loose but all present, author's autograph to title page in blue ink)

PUBLISHER: Trio Books Ltd 2009

KEYWORDS: signed new zealand aviation history flying aircraft aeroplanes airplanes memoirs autobiography autobiographies aeronautics air travel peter clark

THOMPSON, LEWIS & LANNOY, RICHARD (ed, intro & commentary)

THIS VOL. ONLY; Super octavo, illus light card covers, yellow & white lettering to spine, xii + 496pp, VG+ (light rubbing & soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: Fourth Lloyd Productions 2006

KEYWORDS: autobiography autobiographies memoirs journals diaries lewis thompson religion spirituality travel writing pilgrimages poets poetry writers authors spiritualists english england indian

MARSH, JANINE

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: Michael O'Mara 2017

KEYWORDS: France travel autobiography

HANSEN, ERIC

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: Century Hutchinson 1988

KEYWORDS: travel literature writing Borneo tropical rain forests

SMITH, ANTHONY

Tidy ex-library, 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: Carroll & Graf Publishers 2003

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GLADSTONE, PENELOPE

Tidy ex-library, 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: John Murray 1970

KEYWORDS: travel history literature writing exploration biographies memoir Alexine Tinne

SHARP, ANDREW

FIRST EDITION, 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: Oxford University Press 1960

KEYWORDS: travel history exploration voyages writing literature first editions Pacific islands early discoveries

WILLIAMS, KAREN & BAMFORD, DAVE

Oblong quarto 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: Ruapehu Alpine Lifts & Tourism Resource Consultants N/D (c.1987)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand skiing history volcanic volcanoes Mount Ruapehu travel literature adventure

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

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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

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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

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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

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