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

LOSACKER, WOLFGANG

Octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, 192pp, photo illus, VG+ (light scuffing & creasing to covers, small bump to lower spine extrem, light soiling & creasing to pages, bookseller's price label to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Wolfgang Losacker n/d

KEYWORDS: doctors physicians memoirs autobiographies autobiography travel writing pacific cook islands rarotonga illustrated

KELLY, LESLIE G.

READING COPY; Ex-library; Imperial octavo, green cloth boards, black lettering to spine, 113pp, illus photo plates & maps, VG- (moderate scuffing, fraying & sun-fading to boards, sl. surface loss to spine extrems., gutters reinforced, light-moderate foxing & tanning to pages, usual library markings to prelims, terminals & spine - good reading copy)

PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1951

KEYWORDS: ex library new zealand north island bay of islands northland france french travel exploration voyages journeys expeditions terra australis tasman marine ocean ship sea early history historical colonialism

PARNELL, WINSOME

Oblong octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, white lettering to blue spine, illus eps, title page & prelims, photo illus, 96pp, VG+ (light rubbing to covers & page edges)

PUBLISHER: Trinity Publishing (NZ) Ltd 2021

KEYWORDS: tokelau atolls pacific islands new zealand territories letters memoirs travel writing food science nutrition nutritionists dieticians diet culture anthropology

HISS, PHILIP HANSON

Second printing; Quarto, maroon cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt archer motif to front board, illus eps, xiv + 112pp, illus plates, VG (moderate soiling & rubbing to boards, light soiling & tanning to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to fep & prelim) in d/w, VG- (heavy chipping & creasing with tape repairs to spine & extrems, light soiling)

PUBLISHER: Robert Hale Limited 1941

KEYWORDS: photography photographers art documentary pictorial anthropology ethnology travel writing exploration cultural social history bali indonesia indo pacific islands south east asia oceania

The Marquis DE CUSTINE

Sm. octavo, maroon cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamped lettering & rule to boards, printed eps, xxiv + 532pp, VG- (moderate rubbing/soiling & heavy fading to boards, moderate cracking to upper spine - boards sl. shaky, light soiling & tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans 1854

KEYWORDS: text in english travel writing french aristocrats aristocracy history russian russia imperial imperialism

DE SEGUR, GASTON

Octavo, marbled heavy card boards, red cloth to spine, gilt lettering to spine, iv + 296pp, illus plates / folding map to rear, VG (moderate rubbing & soiling to boards, moderate sun-fading to spine, moderately soiling to prelims/terminals, otherwise light soiling to pages/plates throughout, moderately heavy tanning to page edges, light creasing to folding map)

PUBLISHER: Librairie Plon 1901

KEYWORDS: text in french new zealand travel writing exploration france writers colonialism

RUSSELL, WILLIAM HOWARD

INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR'S FATHER; 2 VOL. SET; ORIGINAL BINDINGS; Octavo, purple cloth boards, gilt lettering to spines, blind-stamped decorative rule to boards, frontispieces, xv + 408 / xi + 443, illus / folding map, VG (light rubbing & soiling to boards, light brusing to corners, heavy sun-fading to spines, light chipping to spine extrems., light-moderate soiling to pages - frontispieces fairly heavily soiled, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Routledge, Warne, and Routledge 1860

KEYWORDS: memoirs diaries autobiography autobiographies travel writing india indian irish british great britain private secretaries journalists war correspondents imperialism colonialism history

HARTMAN, SAIDIYA

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: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2008

KEYWORDS: Atlantic Ghana slave trade slavery history Ghanaian travel literature writing Africa

ALLEN, BENEDICT

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: HarperCollins 1991

KEYWORDS: travel literature writing New Guinea Australia

WILSON, STEVEN E

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: Hailey-Grey Books 2003

KEYWORDS: travel literature writing Afghanistan Steven E Wilson

HURGRONJE, Dr C SNOUCK & O'SULLIVAN, A W S (Trans) & WILKINSON, R J (Index)

2 VOL SET, imperial octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines & front boards, blind stamp decoration to boards, frontispieces, vol 1- xxi + 439pp + foldng maps & diagrams to rear, vol 2- 384pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate bruising & scuffing to spines & board edges, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, light discolouration to spines, moderate to heavy tanning & soiling to page edges, moderate tanning to eps with sm ink stains to ffep of vol 1, sm ink notation to title pages of both vols, moderate tanning/browning to pages throughout, light cracking to gutters, moderate creasing & chipping to brittle edges of diagrams, maps to rear of vol 1)

PUBLISHER: E J Brill 1906

KEYWORDS: Acheh culture cultural history travel writing literature Netherlands-Indian government reports religion religious politics political history Achenese

MELVILLE, HERMAN & SCHAEFFER, MEAD (Illus)

Super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, black lettering & gilt palm tree illus to front board, illus eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, illus title page, viii + 289pp, illus, G+ (heavy scuffing & chipping/fraying to spine & extrems, moderate to heavy staining, minor insect damage to boards & eps, light to moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, moderate soiling to eps, ex-libris plate to verso of half title page, varying degrees of chipping & archival tape repairs to plates, v heavy cracking to gutters- rear board v shakey, binding quite loose to rear hence v shaky delicate rear board, varying degrees of tanning & foxingt o pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton N/D

KEYWORDS: classic literature Herman Melville adventure fiction novels fictional autobiography travel Polynesia

HOLMES, J H

FIRST EDITION, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, partially deckled page edges, frontispiece, 320pp, illus/photos, VG (light fading & bruising to spine extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light to moderate foxing to pages throughout) in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy creasing & chippibg/closed tearing to edges with some minor loss, heavy fading to spine, light chafing & foxing/soiling)

PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1926

KEYWORDS: first editions travel literature writing Papua J H Holmes culture customs

SCHLOSSER, KATESA

TEXT IN GERMAN, super octavo, illus glossy heavy boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, mixed pagination, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine & extrems, sl fadin gto spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, light foxing to eps & prelims/terminals)

PUBLISHER: Museum fur Volkerkunde der Universitat Kiel 2003

KEYWORDS: text in German travel literature writing history Katesa Schlosser Samoa pacific islands history culture customs