Books - "travel"
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The New Official Guide: Japan
FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, red stiff buckram boards/covers, gilt lettering to spine & front cover, maps/illus to eps, addenda loosely enclosed to rear, xv + 1102pp, folding maps throughout- not counted presumed all present, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, sl tanning to page edges, prev. owner's inscription in ink to verso of title page) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, moderate fading to spine) in slipcase, VG (moderate bruising & tanning/foxing)
PUBLISHER: Japan Travel Bureau, Inc 1966
KEYWORDS: first editions travel guides Japan Japanese maps tourist tourism history historical 60s sixties
Time's Arrows Today: Recent Physical and Philosophical Work on the Direction of Time
FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiii + 330pp, illus/diagrams, VG+ (sl rubbing to extrems, prev. owner's name in ink to front & rear pastedowns) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing, prev. bookseller's label to rear)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1995
KEYWORDS: philosophy science quantum physics time travel cpsmology thermodynamics first editions
Bushline: A Memoir
Super octavo, illus heavy boards, grey & black lettering to spine, 257pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine, spine sl cocked, minor bruising to board edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Potton & Burton 2022
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Zealanders Robbie Burton autobiography autobiographies memoir travel writing literature tramping landscape nature
Italy: Handbook for Travellers
Sm octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, blind rule/decoration to spine & boards, marbled page edges, printed front eps, illus/map to rear eps, folding maps throughout, lxii + 464pp, illus/maps, VG- (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light fading to spine, moderate tanning/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, heavy cracking to front & rear gutters- rear board shaky, minor closed tearing to folding maps)
PUBLISHER: Karl Baedeker 1892
KEYWORDS: travel literature writing Italy maps historical historic history travelling guides
Central Africa: Adventures and Missionary Labors in Several Countries in the Interior of Africa, from 1849 to 1856
LACKS FEP, octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind rule & decoration to boards, 359pp + 7pp to rear, VG- (moderate scuffing & chipping to board & spine edges/extrems, sl chafing to boards, heavy tanning & moderate soiling to page edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to eps, prev. owner's name -historic- to front pastedown, ffep missing & top half of prelim pg missing, sm pink pencil cross to top corner of title page, minor foxing throughout, moderate cracking to some gutters)
PUBLISHER: Southern Baptist Publication Society 1857
KEYWORDS: travel writing literature central Africa 19th nineteenth century history historical accounts missionaries T J Bowen
The Splendour of Steam
FIRST EDITION, oblong imperial 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: George Allen & Unwin 1965
KEYWORDS: first editions transport history trains rail travel steam locomotives
Melanesia: A Geographical Interpretation of an Island World
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: Methuen & Co 1974
KEYWORDS: travel writing literature Melanesia geography
Extracts from New Zealand Journals Written on Ships under the Command of d'Entrecasteaux and Duperrey 1793 and 1824
Olb 4to, pp. 219; grey cl bds, black labels to spine & front board lettered in gilt; photos, illus.; VG (moderate scuffing, tanning & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderare tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light soiling to eps, prelims & terminals; prev bookseller's sticker to front pastedown).
PUBLISHER: Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust 1986
KEYWORDS: New Zealand journey travel voyage exploration explorers diary diaries journal journals ships ocean sea
The Peep Show
Crown 8vo, pp. x + 230; blue buckram bds, spine lettered in gilt; illus. eps; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate to heavy tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; light to moderate cracking to central gutters; light to moderate foxing throughout); in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy scuffing & soiling; moderate to heavy bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with moderate to heavy chipping; moderate to heavy tanning & foxing; lg closed tear to lower spine extrem along rear joint fold; hole to spine).
PUBLISHER: Geoffrey Bles 1933
KEYWORDS: Walter Wilkinson England travel travelling journey social history puppet puppeteering
Vikings of To-Day, or, Life and Medical Work Among the Fisherman of Labrador
FIRST EDITION, octavo, green textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt lettering & illus to front board, deckled page edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, xvi + 240pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate rubbing & light bruising to spine & extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate to heavy tanning & soiling to page edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to eps, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to front pastedown, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, moderate cracking to front gutter, moderate foxing to frontispiece & title page, light foxing to terminals)
PUBLISHER: Marshall Brothers 1895
KEYWORDS: first editions anthropology travel exploration Labrador history historical Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen
The High Alps of New Zealand, or, A Trip to the Glaciers of the Antipodes with an Ascent of Mount Cook
LACKS FEP, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, black rule to spine & front board, frontispiece, xiv + 350pp, VG (spine cocked, moderate fading to spine, light to moderate bruising to extrems, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing & moderate soiling to page edges, ffep missing, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1883
KEYWORDS: history New Zealand alpine alps Mount Cook glaciers travel writing literature William Spotswood Green
The Pioneers Explore Otago: A Record of Explorers, Travellers, Surveyors, Bushmen, Seekers of Pastoral Country, Inland Voyagers, and Wayfaring Men
8vo softcover (VG-), rear cover detatched; 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: Otago Daily Times 1947
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Herries Beattie South Island Otago pioneers explorers travellers travel exploration travelling voyage
Jesus Weed
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: Ebury Press 2005
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Zealanders travel writing illegal drugs marijuana weed Gerald Taylor
Beautiful Dunedin: Its Environs, and the Cold Lakes of Otago
Octavo, illus light card covers, unpaginated illus adverts to prelims, 140pp, illus/photos, VG- (heavy cerasing & chipping/loss to spine, moderate creasing & light soiling to covers, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, heavy cracking to gutters sporadically throughout)
PUBLISHER: The Evening Star Co 1906
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history historical guides travel brochures Dunedin Otago
A Complete Guide to the Lakes of Central Otago: The Switzerland of Australasia (Re-covered)
RE-COVERED, octavo, new beige blank light card covers, frontispiece, (xii) + 112pp, illus, VG- (moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & prelims & terminals, heavy creasing & chipping/loss to edges of prelims & terminals)
PUBLISHER: Geo. Didsbury, Gov't Printer 1889
KEYWORDS: New Zealand historic travel guides brochures lakes Central Otago southern alps Lakes District
Expresion de fe Templos en Bolivia
TEXT IN SPANISH, oblong quarto, blue faus leather boards, illus prelims, 167pp, illus/photos, VG+ (boards sl warped & soiled) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, moderate discolouration to spine & rear, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Impreso en Editorial Quipus N/D
KEYWORDS: TEXT IN SPANISH churches religious buildings photography photos Bolivia travel
A Traveller in Rome
FIRST EDITION, 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: Methuen & Co 1957
KEYWORDS: first editions travel writing literature H V Morton Italy Rome
Discover the Chatham Islands: First to See the Sun
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: Deerubbin Press 2006
KEYWORDS: New Zealand travel guides brochures Chatham Islands
Time Travel and Warp Drives: A Scientific Guide to Shortcuts Through Time and Space
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: University of Chicago Press 2012
KEYWORDS: time travel popular science physics space
The Time Traveller: One Man's Mission to Make Time Travel a Reality
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: Corgi Books 2008
KEYWORDS: time travel popular science physics