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$37.50
xxpoa224142

Letters of a Russian Traveler 1789-1790: An Account of a Young Russian Gentleman's Tour Through Germany, Switzerland, France, and England


KARAMZIN, N M & JONAS, FLORENCE (trans)

EX-LIBRARY 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: Columbia University Press 1957

KEYWORDS: russian travel writing eighteenth century europe n m karamzin

$22.50
xxsdo224158

On the Trail of Unusual Animals in Danger of Extinction: Jean-Francois Lagrot and Isabelle Prouteau's around-the-world adventure


LAGROT, JEAN-FRANCOIS & PROUTEAU, ISABELLE & POWIS, EILEEN (illus)

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: La Cherche Midi Editeur 1997

KEYWORDS: Jean-Francois Lagrot Isabelle Prouteau vetinarian conservation extinction travel

$16.50
xxsdo224167

An Eye on the Hebrides: An Illustrated Journey


HEDDERWICK, MAIRI

Imperial 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: Canongate 2000

KEYWORDS: western isles scotland hebrides mairi hedderwick travel memoir

$12.50
xxpbl224380

Exciting Eighties: A Time of High Expectations


PADDON, ESTHER

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: Vanguard Press 2017

KEYWORDS: travel anecdotes autobiopgraphy old age Esther Paddon

$35.00
xxpah224391

From the Middle Temple to the South Seas


GILCHRIST, ALEXANDER

FIRST EDITION 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: John Murray 1927

KEYWORDS: history politics government Alexander Gilchrist travel

$25.00
xxpah224392

Children of Three Oceans


LEWIS, DAVID

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: Collins Clear-Type Press1969

KEYWORDS: history travel voyage sailing David Lewis biography

$40.00
3j4/45

In Sicily: 1896 = 1898 = 1900


SLADEN, DOUGLAS

TWO VOLUME Set, imperial octavo, green heavy cloth boards, illus in gilt frame to front boards, gilt lettering to spines, upper edges gilt, side edges deckled, frontispieces, illus title pages, (xxxii + 439pp & xvi + 565pp), extensively illus, VG (moderate soiling & fading to boards, light to moderate brusing & scuffing to boards & edges, small 0.5 cm tear to top of vol i spine, vol i missing fep, vol i front gutter lightly cracked, vol ii gutter cracked between p200-201, light to moderate tanning & foxing to pages & edges)

PUBLISHER: Sands & Co 1901

KEYWORDS: sicily italy nineteenth twentieth century douglas sladen sicilia history travel writing

$50.00
3j2/42

The Sky Travellers: Journeys in New Guinea 1938-1939


GAMMAGE, BILL

Ex-library, imperial octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xx + 292pp, illus, VG (v slight soiling to pastedowns, light soiling & foxing to page edges) in d/w (in clear plastic cover affixed to jacket, slight creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: The Miegunyah Press, Melbourne University Press 1998

KEYWORDS: western highlands papua new guinea travel journeys 1930s bill gammage hagen-sepik patrol

$48.50
3j1/35

Taranaki to Taupo


SEARS, ARCH G

SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR, quarto, spiral bound illus light card wrappers, illus inside wrapper, 190pp + 4, illus, VG+ (slight fading to wrapper, v slight soiling to wrapper, light tanning & foxing to page edges, slight tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Arch G Sears n/d

KEYWORDS: arch g sears family history new zealand travel memoir taranaki taupo papua new guinea

$50.00
3k2/6

Taschen's Paris: Hotels, Restaurants & Shops


TASCHEN, ANGELIKA & KNAPP, VINCENT (Photos)

Lg quarto, green heavy boards, white lettering to spine & front board, page edges indexed/sectioned, illus eps & prelims, folded map of Paris to rear pocket, 400pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board extrems, light fading to edges, light soiling to boards, light foxing & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light to moderate fading to spine, light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Taschen 2010

KEYWORDS: France French cities Paris travel guides buildings architecture hotels restaurants shops Taschen boutique

$12.50
xxdoc225066

The Discovery of Slowness


NADOLNY, STEN & FREEDMAN, RALPH (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: Canongate Books Ltd 2004

KEYWORDS: ficiton travel fiction adventure fiction historical fiction Johm Franklin

$40.00
3k2/26

Pacific Tales


BECKE, LOUIS

Octavo, green buckram boards, gilt & black lettering to spine & front board, black illus to front board, unpaginated prelims + 323pp, VG (light to moderate scuffing to spine extrems, sl bruising & rubbing to board extrems, minor discolouration/soiling to spine & boards, light tanning & moderate foxing/soiling to page edges, sl tanning & foxing to eps, prev. owner's name in pencil to ffep, moderate foxing to prelims & sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: T Fisher Unwin 1924

KEYWORDS: travel exploration history Pacific islands Louis Becke

$40.00
3k2/27

Notes From My South Sea Log


BECKE, LOUIS

Octavo, green buckram boards, gilt & black lettering to spine & front board, black illus to front board, 256pp, VG (moderate scuffing to spine extrems, moderate tanning/foxing to spine, minor bruising to board corners, light rubbing/surface loss to front board, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, ffep missing, moderate foxing to prelims & sporadically throughout, minor cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: T Werner Laurie N/D

KEYWORDS: travel exploration history historical south seas maritime Louis Becke

$100.00
3k2/28

Wild Life in Southern Seas


BECKE, LOUIS

FIRST EDITION, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, green illus to front board, page edges sl deckled, viii + 369pp + catalogue to rear, VG- (heavy chipping & scuffing to spine extrems, heavy tanning to spine, moderate tanning & rubbing to board edges/extrems, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, moderate tanning & foxing to eps & prelims, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, prev. owners' names in pencil to front eps, occasional heavy crack to gutters, contents otherwise clean)

PUBLISHER: T Fisher Unwin 1897

KEYWORDS: first editions travel exploration history historical south seas maritime Louis Becke

$40.00
3k2/29

Yorke the Adventurer, and Other Stories


BECKE, LOUIS

Octavo, green buckram boards, gilt & balck lettering to spine & front board, black illus to front board, 254pp, VG- (moderate to heavy scuffing to spine extrems, light to moderate bruising & scuffing to board corners, light tanning to spine, sl soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, moderate to heavy foxing to prelims & sporadically throughout, occasional moderate cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: T Fisher Unwin 1925

KEYWORDS: travel exploration history historical maritime Louis Becke literature

$55.00
3k2/30

Edward Barry (South Sea Pearler)


BECKE, LOUIS

FIRST EDITION, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, viii + 246pp, VG- (moderate scuffing to extrems, moderate discolouration to spine, minor chafing & soiling to boards, moderate to heavy tanning & moderate foxing to page edges, moderate tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, occasional moderate cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: T Fisher Unwin 1900

KEYWORDS: first editions travel exploration history historical maritime Louis Becke literature

$50.00
3k2/31

Ridan the Devil, and Other Stories


BECKE, LOUIS

FIRST EDITION, COLONIAL EDITION, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, vii + 330pp, VG (moderate rubbing & bruising to spine & board edges/extrems, minor wrinkling to spine, minor soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, moderate foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, minor soiling sporadically throughout, occasional cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: T Fisher Unwin 1899

KEYWORDS: first editions travel exploration history historical maritime Louis Becke literature colonial editions

$65.00
3k2/32

Rodman the Boatsteerer, and Other Stories


BECKE, LOUIS

COLONIAL LIBRARY, FIRST EDITION, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges deckled, vii + 331pp + catalogue to rear, VG (minor rubbing & scuffing to spine & board edges/extrems, minor chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, moderate foxing to prelims & sporadically throughout, occasional cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: T Fisher Unwin 1898

KEYWORDS: first editions travel exploration history historical maritime Louis Becke literature colonial editions

$55.00
3k2/33

The Adventures of Louis Blake


BECKE, LOUIS

Octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt lettering & illus to front board, unpaginated prelims + 307pp + catalogue to rear, VG- (spine sl cocked, minor wrinkling to buckram by board hinges, minor rubbing & bruising to extrems, light soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, moderate tanning to eps, moderate foxing to prelims & sporadically throughout, occasional heavy cracking to gutters, pgs223-234 partially detached but still all present)

PUBLISHER: T Werner Laurie 1913

KEYWORDS: modern first editions travel exploration history historical maritime Louis Becke literature novels

$125.00
3k2/34

By Rock and Pool: On an Austral Shore, and Other Stories


BECKE, LOUIS

FIRST EDITION, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, teg, page fore-edges deckled, unpaginated prelims + 250pp + 14pp catalogue to rear, VG (moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, moderate tanning & light foxing to eps, light to moderate foxing sporadically throughout, occasional cracking to gutters, occasional light pencil markings throughout)

PUBLISHER: T Fisher Unwin 1901

KEYWORDS: modern first editions travel exploration history historical maritime Louis Becke literature short stories

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