Books - "travel"
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The Rambles of a Naturalist on the Coasts of France, Spain, and Sicily, in Two Volumes: Volume II
THIS VOL ONLY, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp decoration to spine & boards, vii + 375pp, VG- (heavy water damage & staining to boards & eps, moderate tanning to spine, minor bruising to extrems, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown, prev. owner's name in pencil to ffep, minor foxing & soiling sporadically throughout)
PUBLISHER: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans & Roberts 1857
KEYWORDS: exploration history historical travel literature Europe France Spain Sicily
Six Months in Ascension: An Unscientific Account of a Scientific Expedition
FIRST EDITION, octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, black decoration to boards, frontispiece, liv + 285pp + 32pp catalogue to rear, VG (spine cocked, moderate bruising to extrems, minor rubbing to spine, light to moderate chafing & soiling to spine & boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges, minor cracking & tearing to front gutter, prev. owner's name in ink & sl foxing/soiling to prelims, occasional cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: John Murray 1878
KEYWORDS: first editions Ascension historical travel writing literature expeditions exploration Mrs Gill
Seraffyn's Oriental Adventure
Superoctavo 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: Waterline 1996
KEYWORDS: travel memoir lin larry pardey red sea bay of bengal sailing cruising voyage
Godel Meets Einstein: Time Travel in the Godel Universe
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: Open Court 1999
KEYWORDS: philosophy science cosmology time travel physics Kurt Godel Albert Einstein
Quirky New Zealand: Landmarks, Features and Installations
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: David Bateman Ltd 2021
KEYWORDS: New Zealand tourism tourist attractions quirky landmarks features art installations travel
The Handbook to the Bay of Plenty and Guide to the Hot Lakes, the Boiling Springs, the Healing Baths, the Geysers, the Intermitting Fountains &c in the Rotomahana and Taupo Districts, (Province of Auckland) New Zealand
Ex-library- stiffened boards utillizing original cover, octavo, black hand-written lettering to spine, marbled eps, large folding map to prelims- tidy, 20pp + 18pp ads to rear, VG (usual library markings, light rubbing & bruising to extrems, moderate scuffing & foxing/soiling to boards, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges & prelims & terminals)
PUBLISHER: Langbridge & Edgcumbe 1875
KEYWORDS: New Zealand historical travel literature guides Rotomahana Taupo hot lakes thermal pools
Duende: A Journey in Search of Flamenco
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: Doubleday 2003
KEYWORDS: autobiography Spain Spanish culture guitar flamenco literature Jason Webster travel first editions
Gateway to the Ice: Christchurch International Airport - Antarctic Air Links from 1955
LACKS MAP, quarto 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: Christchurch International Airport Ltd 2001
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Christchurch airport travel exploration south pole Antarctic Antarctica routes expeditions
My Life as an Explorer
Super octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt lettering & illus to front board, illus eps, illus tipped in to half title page, frontispiece with tissue guard, xii + 498pp, illus, VG (light to moderate bruising & rubbing to spine & board extrems, moderate scuffing to spine, minor soiling to boards, minor water/damp wrinkling to top edge of front board, light tanning & moderate foxing/soiling to page egdes, minro tanning to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, occasional minor cracking to gutters, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals)
PUBLISHER: Cassell & Company 1926
KEYWORDS: exploration autobiography autobiographies memoir Sven Hedin travel explorers
Letters from the Steppe, Written in the Years 1886-1887
Octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, blind stamp lettering & rule to front board, teg, base of page block deckled, illus/map to front eps, frontispiece, xvi + 222, VG (light fading to spine, sl scuffing to extrems, light to moderate staining to front board, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, minor foxing to eps, moderate foxing to prelims, occasional light cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co 1928
KEYWORDS: travel exploration Steppe William Bateson letters correspondence history historical
The Duab of Turkestan: A Physiographic Sketch and Account of Some Travels
Quarto, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, teg, base of page block deckled, frontispiece, xv + 563pp, illus, folding maps, VG (light to moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate tanning to spine, light chafing & fading to boards, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's initials in ink to base of ffep, moderate foxing to prelims, sl adhesion to base of pages, occasional cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1913
KEYWORDS: travel history historical exploration landscapes geography duab Turkestan
A Journey from St Petersburg to Pekin 1719-22
FIRST EDITION THUS, imperial octavo, teal buckram boards, copper gilt to tan coloured section on spine, illus eps, frontispiece, x + 248pp, illus, VG (sl rubbing to spine, moderate soiling and staining to spine & boards, light to moderate foxing and soiling to page edges, light to moderate foxing sporadically throughout) in d/w VG- (3cm section missing from top of spine, moderate to heavy soiling, v slight chipping to extrems, closed 5cm tear to rear of jacket)
PUBLISHER: Edinburgh at the University Press 1965
KEYWORDS: st petersburg to pekin travelogue travel journal eighteenth century history memoir john bell of antermony china russia
Esto Perpetua: Algerian Studies and Impressions
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: Duckworth and Co 1911
KEYWORDS: Hilaire Belloc travel literature writing historical history Algeria Africa
Turkey Unveiled: A History of Modern Turkey
Ex-library, 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: The Overlook Press 2000
KEYWORDS: travel history literature writing Turkey Turkiye
Steimatsky's Guides: Syria and the Lebanon
Octavo stiff 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: Steimatsky's Publishing 1942
KEYWORDS: travel literature guides historical Steimatsky Syria Lebanon
Stewart Island: New Zealand Holiday Guides
Octavo softcover, stapled (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: The Pegasus Press 1951
KEYWORDS: New Zealand old holiday brochures travel literature Stewart Island Rakiura
The Tosa Diary
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: Charles E Tuttle Co N/D (c.1990s?)
KEYWORDS: Japanese literature travel diaries diary journal writing history Japan
Into the Heart of Borneo: An Account of a Journey Made in 1983 to the Mountains of Batu Tiban With James Fenton
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: Salamander Press 1984
KEYWORDS: travel literature writing Borneo Batu Tiban Redmond O'Hanlon James Fenton
Mercator: The Man Who Mapped the Planet
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: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
KEYWORDS: travel exploration history Gerard Mercator maps cartography
Mungo Park's Travels in Africa
Sm 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: Everyman's Library / J M Dent & Sons 1969
KEYWORDS: travel literature writing Africa Mungo Park history historical