Books - "travel"
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Solomon Time: An Unlikely Quest in the South Pacific
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: Scribner 2003
KEYWORDS: travel writing literature Solomon Islands south pacific Will Randall
Polynesia's Sacred Isle: The Ring of Fire, Volume III
THIS VOL ONLY, 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: Dodd, Mead & Company 1976
KEYWORDS: Polynesia ring of fire geology Raiatea Pacific science Apetahia travel history
New Zealand Gardens to Visit
Imperial octavo stiff card wrappers (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: Godwit / Penguin Random House 2022
KEYWORDS: New Zealand gardens tourism tourist locations travel
The Malay Archipelago: The Land of the Orang-utan, and the Bird of Paradise
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: Oxford University Press 2001
KEYWORDS: historical travel writing literature Malay Archipelago anthropology nature Alfred Russel Wallace
Travels and Discoveries in North and Central Africa; Including Accounts of Tripoli, the Sahara, the Remarkable Kingdom of Bornu, and the Countries Around Lake Chad
Octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, black decorative rule to spine & boards, aeg, patterned eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, xxxii + (2) + 608pp, illus, VG (sl bruising & rubbing to extrems, light fading & soiling to spine, sl chafing to boards, light soiling to page edges, light tanning to eps, moderate crack to gutter of prelims- title page partially detached [nothing missing])
PUBLISHER: Ward, Lock & Co N/D
KEYWORDS: historical travel writing literature Central Africa Henry Barth history
Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa; Including a Sketch of Sixteen Years' Residence in the Interior of Africa
FIRST EDITION, 2x FOLDING MAPS- 1x IN REAR POCKET PRESENT, super octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp decoration to spine & boards, deckled page edges, folding frontispiece, x + 687pp + 8pp to rear, illus, folding maps, VG (moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, minor tanning to spine, minor wrinkling to buckram/cloth on rear board, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown, moderate soiling to pages throughout, moderate cracking to gutter of title page, occasional light foxing to pages, occasional light cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: John Murray 1857
KEYWORDS: first editions history historical travel writing literature David Livingstone South Africa
A Year Amongst the Persians: Impressions as to the Life, Character & Thought of the People of Persia
RE-BOUND, super octavo, quarter leather bound blue boards, brown lettering to beige leatherette title plate to spine with raised bands also, teg, deckled page edges, frontispiece, xxi + 650pp, folding map to rear, VG+ (single sm library ink stamp to base of copyright page- no other stamps/markings detected, minor fading to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges & prelims/terminals)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1926
KEYWORDS: historical travel literature writing Persia Edward Granville Browne history
Mongol Journeys
Octavo, beige heavy boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxxii + 324pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, light soiling to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, sm scuff to top edge of title page)
PUBLISHER: AMS Press 1975
KEYWORDS: travel writing literature Mongolia Mongol Owen Lattimore
Star Trek to Hawa-i'i: Mesopotamia to Polynesia
SIGNED & INSCRIBED, octavo, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, xiii + 208pp, illus, VG (sl curling to cover edges, sl soiling to page edges, heavy crack to gutter of pgs64/65- otherwise a very tidy copy still)
PUBLISHER: The Diamond Press 1991
KEYWORDS: signed Clyde Hostetter travel writing literature history Polynesia origins
Missions in Western Polynesia: Being Historical Sketches of These Missions, from Their Commencement in 1839 to the Present Time
ALL MAPS & PLATES PRESENT, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xi + 489pp + 16pp to rear, illus/plates- all present, VG- (heavy chafing/scuffing to spine & boards, moderate tanning to spine, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, moderate foxing & water staining to frontispiece & other plates/pages, occasional moderate soiling to pages, 2cm closed tear to fore-edge of pg10- tidy archival repair)
PUBLISHER: John Snow 1863
KEYWORDS: Polynesia missions religion religious missionaries history historical travel literature writing A W Murray
A Narrative of Missionary Enterprises in the South Sea Islands; with Remarks Upon the Natural History of the Islands, Origins, Languages, Traditions and Usages of the Inhabitants (Sixth Thousand)
SIXTH THOUSAND, octavo, half leatherbound brown heavy boards, gilt lettering & tooling/decoration to spine with rsaised bands also, aeg, frontispiece, illus title page, xviii + 590pp, illus, VG (moderate scuffing & surface loss to leatherwork, minor fading & rubbing to boards, moderate soiling to gilt page edges & eps, occasional light cracking to gutters, prev. owner's name in ink to prelims, moderate foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: J Snow 1837
KEYWORDS: travel writing literature historical history natural history missions missionaries south sea islands pacific anthropology
The Paradise of the Southern Hemisphere: German and Austrian Visitors to New Zealand 1876-1889
Octavo, red patterned light card wrappers, black lettering to spine & front cover, vi + 160pp, illus, VG+ (sl creasing & rubbing to spine & cover edges, sl soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Research Centre for Germanic Connections with New Zealand and the Pacific 2008
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history travel visitors German Austrian 19th nineteenth century
A Single Wave: Stories of Storns and Survival
Super Octavo hardcover, (Near FINE) 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: Sheridan House Inc 1999
KEYWORDS: adventure exploration travel survival voyages maritime nautical sailing
In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette
LARGE PRINT EDITION 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: Random House Large Print 2014
KEYWORDS: LARGE PRINT voyage exploratione expedition travel north pole adventure
'Birdie' Bowers of the Antarctic
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: Butler & Tanner Ltd 1951
KEYWORDS: biography Edgar Christian exploration travel polar exploration south pole antarctica
An Unsung Hero: Tom Crean - Antarctic Survivor
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: Headline Book Publishing 2002
KEYWORDS: biography Tom Crean Antarctic voyage exploration travel adventure expedition
The Strange Voyage of Donald Crowhurst
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: Hodder & Stoughton 1970
KEYWORDS: voyages travel Donald Crowhurst psychology
Oceans Alone: Chris Sayer's solo adventures on the high sea
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: HarperCollinsPublishers 2004
KEYWORDS: maritimie nautical biography Chris Sayer adventures travel
45 South: A Journey Across Southern New Zealand
Oblong quarto 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: Penguin Books 2013
KEYWORDS: photography New Zealand south southern art travel Arno Gasteiger Laurence Fearnley
The Russian Shores of the Black Sea and A Journey to Katmandu
Small 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: Konemann 1998
KEYWORDS: laurence oliphant travel writing nineteenth century history