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$19.50
xxe3af217528

Tourists: How the British Went Abroad to Find Themselves


LETHBRIDGE, LUCY

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: Bloomsbury 2022

KEYWORDS: travel history tourism British

$15.00
xxe3ag217539

Land's End: A Walk in Provincetown


CUNNINGHAM, MICHAEL

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: Picador / Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2022

KEYWORDS: travel literature writing Michael Cunningham Cape Cod Provincetown

$245.00
1y49b/5

Two Years in the Jungle: The Experiences of a Hunter and Naturalist, in India, Ceylon, the Malay Peninsula and Borneo


HORNADAY, WILLIAM T

2x FOLDING MAPS, octavo, yellow buckram boards, gilt & black lettering with black illus to spine & front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, xxii + 512pp, illus, VG- (moderate to heavy chipping to spine extrems- minor losss, moderate scuffing with loss to board corners, moderate soiling to spine, light to moderate chafing & soiling to boards, heavy tanning to page edges, moderate to heavy cracking to gutters, light creasing & closed tearing to edges of ffep, prev. bookseller's ink stamp to prelims, minor soiling to prelims, pgs 289-320 partially detached)

PUBLISHER: Charles Scribner's Sons 1885

KEYWORDS: travel writing literature William T Hornaday jungle India Ceylon Malay peninsula Borneo history historical

$40.00
1y49b/11

Switzerland and the Adjacent Portions of Italy, Savoy, and the Tyrol (Handbook for Travellers)


BAEDEKER, K

Sm octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, marbled page edges, printed eps, xxviii + 496pp, illus/maps/folding maps throughout, G+ (moderate scuffing & chipping to spine extrems, minor scuffing & bruising to board corners, heavy crack to rear hinge- spine flapping loose, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning to page edges, minor soiling to eps, prev. owner's details in ink to ffep, 7cm closed tear to first folding map, occasional minor cracking to gutters, pgs 295-298 almost detached, minor occasional closed tearing to page/map edges)

PUBLISHER: Karl Baedeker 1893

KEYWORDS: Baedeker travel guides historical tourism Switzerland

$40.00
1y49b/12

Northern Italy, Including Leghorn, Florence, Ravenna and Routes Through France, Switzerland and Austria (Handbook for Travellers)


BAEDEKER, K

Sm octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, marbled page edges, printed eps, folding maps throughout, lxviii + 698pp, illus/maps, VG- (3cm chunk removed from base of spine, light fading to spine, light bruising/scuffing to extrems, minor soiling to boards, light tanning to page edges, moderate tanning to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown, minor cracking to gutters sporadically throughout, pgs vii-x & pgs 127-146 detached but present, pgs 563-566 partially detached, heavy crack to rear gutters at base)

PUBLISHER: Karl Baedeker 1913

KEYWORDS: Baedeker travel guides historical tourism north Northern Italy

$20.00
xxeec217644

Britain's Best Museums and Galleries


FISHER, MARK

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: Allen Lane Penguin Books 2004

KEYWORDS: Mark Fisher museums galleries london guide art travel

$40.00
2w5/19

The Great Unknown: Mountain Journeys in the Southern Alps


SPEARPOINT, GEOFF

Oblong quarto, illus heavy boards, white & blue lettering to spine, 241pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems) in d/w, Near FINE (prev. bookseller's sm label to rear)

PUBLISHER: Potton & Burton 2019

KEYWORDS: New Zealand travel writing literature Southern Alps alpine climbing south island mountaineering exploration tramping mountains mountain climbing hobbies

$22.50
xxefc217680

Fatu-Hiva: Back to Nature


HEYERDAHL, THOR

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 1974

KEYWORDS: travel writing literature Thor Heyerdahl Pacific region islands Fatu-Hiva

$16.50
xxeqd217786

Friends and Enemies: What I Learned in Russia


STEVENSON, ADLAI E

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: Ruper Hart-Davis 1959

KEYWORDS: travel writing literature Soviet Russia history Adlai E Stevenson

$15.00
xxewh217914

Sangoma


GATTI, ATTILITO

Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-, small tear to d/w at base of spine); 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: Frederick Muller 1962

KEYWORDS: Travel anthropology Zulus documentary filmmaking Zululand South Africa tribal communities African wildlife Zulu

$32.50
xxewo217978

Travelling by Sea in the Nineteeth Century: Interior Design in Victorian Passenger Ships


GREENHILL, BASIL & GIFFARD, ANN

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: A & C Black 1972

KEYWORDS: sea travel interior design history Victorian ships maritime 19th Century nautical seafaring

$10.00
xxexa218012

Terre des Hommes


SAINT- EXUPERY, ANTOINE DE

TEXT IN FRENCH; paperback (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: Gallimard 1972

KEYWORDS: French Antoine de Saint-Exupery memoir autobiography travel adventure aviation classic survival The Little Prince Le Petit Prince text in french language

$35.00
xxexf218049

Gun Running in the Red Sea


WATERHOUSE, FRANCIS A

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: Sampson Low (no date)

KEYWORDS: history arms trade europe Red Sea Italy Ethiopia sea travel nautical maritime

$800.00
2w3/9

A Trial of Luck in South Africa


FOULDS, LEONARD H

Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, patterned eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, unpaginated prelims + 192pp, VG (light to moderate bruising & scuffing to spine & board extrems, light chafing/wrinkling & soiling to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, presentation plate & prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, light tanning to eps, moderate cracking to gutters sporadically throughout, occasional minor soiling to pages, minor cracking of glue at gutter of pgs64-65)

PUBLISHER: Vyse and Hill 1900

KEYWORDS: travel history South Africa gold Leonard H Foulds exploration

$900.00
2w3/10

Summer and Fall in Western Alaska: The Record of a Trip to Cook's Inlet After Big Game


CANE, Colonel CLAUDE

Octavo, light blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & green illus to spine & front board, single green illus to rear board, patterned eps, frontispiece, illus prelims, viii + 191pp, illus/plates- all present, VG (spine & boards in fully adhesive plastic cover, light bruising to extrems, light tanning to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate tanning & discolouration to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front eps, light soiling & foxing to prelims, closed tearing to top & bottom segments of full title page, patches of moderate foxing sporadically throughout, occasional minor cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Horace Cox 1903

KEYWORDS: historical travel literature writing Alaska Colonel Claude Cane history

$120.00
2w3/35

Cruises in the Bering Sea; Being Records of Further Sport and Travel


NIEDIECK, PAUL & PLOETZ, R A (Trans)

LIMITED EDITION (#324/500), super octavo, burgundy leather boards, gilt lettering & rule/illus with raised bands to spine, gilt lettering & illus/rule to front board, aeg, marbled eps, frontispiece, folding map to rear, xv + 252pp, illus, VG+ (sl scuffing to boards, 1cm closed tear to fold of folding map with minor soiling & creasing also) in slipcase, VG+ (light soiling)

PUBLISHER: The Asian Series / John Culler & Sons 1995

KEYWORDS: leather bindings special limited editions travel exploration Bering Sea maritime adventure Paul Niedieck history

$400.00
2w3/37

Unknown Mongolia: A Record of Travel and Exploration in North-West Mongolia and Dzungaria (2 Vol Set)


CARRUTHERS, DOUGLAS & MILLER, J H & The Rt Hon EARL CURZON OF KEDLESTON (Fore)

2 VOL SET, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, lilac lettering & illus to front boards, frontispieces with tissue guards, vol 1- xviii + 1-318pp, vol 2- x + 319-659pp, illus/maps, VG- (moderate bruising to extrems, moderate rubbing & scuffing to spines, light chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light tanning to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedowns of both vols, minor foxing to prelims, moderate cracking to gutters throughout, vol 1 missing 2nd map [all other plates present], vol 2 missing map at rear [all other plates present], some plates partially detached, prev. owner has tipped in photocopies of missing maps to rear of each vol)

PUBLISHER: Hutchinson & Co 1914

KEYWORDS: travel writing literature historical exploration Mongolia Dzungaria Douglas Carruthers

$22.50
xx20pol218227

Wide Eyed in Old China


PATON, JAMES R & MENINSKY, PHILIP (Illus)

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: R & R Clark (Printer) 1974

KEYWORDS: China travel literature writing James R Paton

$15.00
xxexm218093

Four Pairs of Boots: A 3,200 Kilometre Hike the Length of Japan


MCLACHLAN, CRAIG

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: Paradise Promotions 2013

KEYWORDS: travel memoir japan craig mclachlan

$15.00
xxeyl218166

The Lost Upland: Stories of Southwest France


MERWIN, W S

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: Henry Holt and Company 1993

KEYWORDS: w s merwin france travel memoir

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