Books - "travel"
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Edward lear in Southern Italy: Journals of a Landscape Painter in Southern Calabria and the Kingdom of Naples
Super 8vo, pp. 212; orange buckram boards, spine lettered in gilt; top edge stained dark, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light, soiling tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev bookseller's sticker to front pastedown); in d/w, VG (moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with sl chipping; moderate tanning & foxing; price clipped to front flap).
PUBLISHER: William Kimber 1964
KEYWORDS: Edward Lear journal diary travel travelling description 19th century
Round About New Zealand: Being Notes from a Journal of Three Years' Wanderings in the Antipodes
First edition. 8vo, pp. xii + 368; blue cl boards, spine lettered in gilt, front board lettered in black & decorated in gilt; top edge sl deckled, frontis., plates, foldout map to rear; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscription in black ink to ffep; moderate cracking to front hinge, moderate to heavy cracking to rear hinge; sl spine cocked; moderate cracking to front, central & rear gutters).
PUBLISHER: Chapman & Hall 1888
KEYWORDS: E W Payton early New Zealand history travel travelling description journey
An Italian Sojourn: Watercolours, diaries and letters of W. A. Sutton
Sq super 8vo 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: Wily Publications 2012
KEYWORDS: Pat Unger W A Sutton Italy Italian travel travelling
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker: Traveller and Plant Collector
Quarto, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, frontispiece, 286pp, illus, Near FINE (prev. owner's name (Davd Galloway) in ink to half title page) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, prev. bookseller's sm labels to front cover, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Antique Collector's Club / Royal Botanic Gardens 2006
KEYWORDS: plants botany explorers Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker exploration travel history
Over the Garden Wall; The Story of the Otago Central Railway
FIRST EDITION, SIGNED, 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: New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society 1962
KEYWORDS: New Zealand transport history trains rail travel locomotives Otago central railway signed first edtions
Hokitika Queenstown via Haast (Fifteenth Edition)
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: Guardian & Times Coy. Ltd (Printer) N/D
KEYWORDS: New Zealand travel literature guides writing south island
Hemingway's Spain
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: Chronicle Books 1989
KEYWORDS: Spain Spanish heritage culture travel writing literature Ernest Hemingway
Twelve Years in Canterbury, New Zealand, with Visits to the Other Provinces, and Reminiscences of the Route Home Through Australia, etc (From a Lady's Journal)
Sm octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration/tooling to spine, blind rule & decoration to boards, xiv + 226pp + 16pp to rear, VG (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name & inscription in ink to ffep, moderate cracking to gutters, some terminal pages loose but still present)
PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Son and Marston, Milton House, Ludgate Hill (N/D)
KEYWORDS: New Zealand travel writing literature history historical journals Canterbury Mrs Charles Thomson
Journeys with a Brother: Japan to India: Bartholomew and the Dalai Lama in the Himalaya
8vo 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: The High Mesa Foundation 1995
KEYWORDS: Joy Franklin Mary Margaret Mary-Margaret Moore Dalai Lama Bartholomew travel travelling
A Ride in the Sun
SCARCE! Octavo, green heavy boards, black lettering to spine, 222pp, VG+ (light bruising & discolouration to spine & board edges/extrems, sl staining to rear board, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to base of front pastedown, prev. owner's name in black felt tip pen to ffep) in d/w, G- (v heavy tearing & loss to spine with delicate attempts at tape repair, price clipped, v heavy creasing & chipping with loss to edges, only minor soiling whilst still retaining its charm)
PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton 1954
KEYWORDS: travel writing literature Peggy Iris Thomas Canada USA America Mexico adventure
The Jaipur Sketchbook: Impressions of India
SIGNED & INSCRIBED, 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 Chariton Review Press 1991
KEYWORDS: India travel writing literature Judy Ray signed
Journal of a Country Curate: Selections from the Diary of Francis Kilvert, 1870-79
Super 8vo 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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 1977
KEYWORDS: Francis Kilvert diary journal travel adventure The Folio Society
From Cairo to Khyber to Celebes
SIGNED & INSCRIBED, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, top page edges stained red, illus/maps at eps, frontispiece, 261pp, illus, VG (light bruising & rubbing to extrems & spine, moderate soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing with moderate soiling to page edges, heavy cracking to front & rear gutters- boards sl shaky, light to moderate staining/soiling to pages throughout, occasional closed tearing to base of pages)
PUBLISHER: Liveright Publishing 1942
KEYWORDS: signed Maude Hill Beaton travel writing literature adventure
A Beachcomber in the Orient
Octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, black decorative rule to spine & front board, top page edges stained blue, deckled page fore-edges, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims, 395pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems, minor wrinkling to boards, light to moderate fading & soiling to spine & boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, sl tanning & foxing to eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, gift inscription in ink to ffep, light tanning to prelims & terminals, light foxing sporadically throughout, occasional light cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: John Lane, The Bodley Head 1923
KEYWORDS: Asia travel writing literature Harry L Foster oriental adventures history historical
Thrilling Cities
REPRINT, super octavo, grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to white spine, top page edges stained black, 223pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl tanning to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, patch of minor scuffing to verso of synopsis page) in d/w, VG (all corners lightly clipped, light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges with moderate adhesive staining also, light chafing & discolouration)
PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1964
KEYWORDS: travel writing literature Ian Fleming cities global international
Writing Across the Landscape: Travel Journal 1960-2010
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: Liveright Publishing 2019
KEYWORDS: travel writing literature autobiography autobiographies memoir Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Japan: The Eastern Wonderland
8vo 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: Cassel and Company 1904
KEYWORDS: D C Angus Japan 20th century travelling travel description
Seas and Lands
8vo 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: Longmans, Green, and Co. 1899
KEYWORDS: Sir Edwin Arnold 19th century travel travelling description
The Heart of Japan: Glimpses of Life and Nature Far from the Travellers' Track in the Land of the Rising Sun
8vo 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: Methuen & Co. 1903
KEYWORDS: Clarence Ludlow Brownell Japan travel travelling description
The Nights of London
Sm 8vo 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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co. 1948
KEYWORDS: H V Morton London England essay essays travel description