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$95.00
3e5/16

My Life as an Explorer


HEDIN, SVEN

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

$75.00
3e5/22

Letters from the Steppe, Written in the Years 1886-1887


BATESON, WILLIAM & BATESON, BEATRICE (Ed & Intro)

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

$175.00
3e5/36

The Duab of Turkestan: A Physiographic Sketch and Account of Some Travels


RICKMERS, W RICKMER

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

$50.00
3e4/21

A Journey from St Petersburg to Pekin 1719-22


BELL OF ANTERMONY, JOHN & STEVENSON, J L (intro)

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

$35.00
xx139pol221447

Esto Perpetua: Algerian Studies and Impressions


BELLOC, H

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

$20.00
xx143pol221469

Turkey Unveiled: A History of Modern Turkey


POPE, NICOLE and HUGH

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

$35.00
xx152pol221553

Steimatsky's Guides: Syria and the Lebanon


AVI-YONAH, M et al

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

$10.00
xx161pol221764

Stewart Island: New Zealand Holiday Guides


SEAWARD, N S

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

$25.00
xx182pol221943

The Tosa Diary


TSURAYUKI, KI NO & PORTER, WILLIAM N (Trans)

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

$15.00
xx184pol221956

Into the Heart of Borneo: An Account of a Journey Made in 1983 to the Mountains of Batu Tiban With James Fenton


O'HANLON, REDMOND

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

$18.00
xxrgj222372

Mercator: The Man Who Mapped the Planet


CRANE, NICHOLAS

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

$9.50
xxrhc222387

Mungo Park's Travels in Africa


PARK, MUNGO & MILLER, RONALD (Ed & Intro)

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

$500.00
3f2/26

The Wanderings of a Spiritualist


DOYLE, Sir ARTHUR CONAN

Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 317pp + catalogue to rear, illus/plates- counted & all present, VG (sl bruising & rubbing to extrems, light fading to spine & board edges, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate foxing sporadically throughout, occasional light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton N/D

KEYWORDS: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle literature spirituality religion travel history historical

$19.50
xxrhi222420

The Bells in Their Silence: Travels Through Germany


GORRA, MICHAEL

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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press 2004

KEYWORDS: travel literature writing Germany Michael Gorra

$15.00
xxrmj222602

The Lady in the Palazzo: At Home in Umbria


DE BLASI, MARLENA

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: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 2006

KEYWORDS: travel writing literature Marlena de Blasi Orvieto Italy

$60.00
3g3/29

Our New Zealand Cousins


INGLIS, JAMES

INSCRIBED WITH THE AUTHOR'S COMPLIMENTS, small octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to boards & spine, gilt bands to spine, illus eps, xii + 311pp + 32ads, VG (light brusing to boards & spine, v slight scuffing to edges of boards, light to moderate foxing to page edges & ads to rear, heavy tanning to fep & half title page, previous owner's name in ink to pastedown & fep, previous bookseller's label to pastedown)

PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington 1887

KEYWORDS: james inglis travelogue new zealand aotearoa travel writing colonial history

$35.00
xxqgk222841

A Year in Western France


BETHAM-EDWARDS, M

Ex-library, 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: Longmans, Green and Co 1877

KEYWORDS: history historical travel writing literature West Western France M Betham-Edwards

$16.50
xxfwe222901

Burning the Days: Recollection


SALTER, JAMES

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 Harvill Press 1997

KEYWORDS: autobiography memoir James Salter travel literature writing literary

$20.00
xxbbg222945

Augustus Earle, Travel Artist: Paintings and Drawings in the Rex Nan Kivell Collection National Library of Australia


EARLE, AUGUSTUS & HACKFORTH-JONES, JOCELYN

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: Alister Taylor 1980

KEYWORDS: art Augustus Earle collections Rex Nan Kivell Australia travel New Zealand

$10.00
xxbga222967

A Journey to Nowhere: Detours and Riddles in the Lands and History of Courland


KAUFFMANN, JEAN-PAUL & CAMERON, EUAN (Trans)

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: Maclehose Press 2013

KEYWORDS: travel writing literature history Courland exploratin adventure

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