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$15.00
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The Kingdom of the Yellow Robe: Being Sketches of the Domestic and Religious Rites and Ceremonies of the Siamese


YOUNG, ERNEST

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: Oxford University Press 1986

KEYWORDS: Siam Thailand travel memoir travelogue Thai history

$15.00
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Narrative of a Residence at the Capital of the Kingdom of Siam; with a Description of the Manners, Laws and Customs of the Modern Siamese


NEALE, FRED ARTHUR

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: White Lotus n/d

KEYWORDS: Siam Thailand travel memoir travelogue Thai history black and white illustrations 1852

$25.00
xxkrk218991

She Wants us to Stay in Youth Hostels!: A Travel Memoir


ROBINSON, EILEEN

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: Blurb 2011

KEYWORDS: travel memoir travelogue youth hostels Europe Asia New Zealand

$675.00
2w9/28

Pictures From Italy


DICKENS, CHARLES & PALMER, SAMUEL (Vignette/Illus)

FIRST EDITION, ORIGINAL BINDING, pg5 & 270 unnumbered, 'The Cricket on Hearth' advertised twentieth edition at 5s [price] 'Christmas Carol' tenth edition, octavo, green/blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp decoration to spine & boards, vignette/illus to title page, unpaginated prelims + 270pp, illus, VG- (moderate scuffing/chipping to spine extrems, moderate to heavy bruising & scuffing to board corners, minor soiling to boards, moderate to heavy tanning & soiling to page edges, minor soiling to eps, minor cracking to front & rear gutters, moderate creasing to gutters, sl soiling to pages)

PUBLISHER: Bradbury & Evans 1846

KEYWORDS: first editions original bindings CHarles Dickens travel writing literature Italy

$65.00
2w9/29

Edinburgh: Picturesque Notes


STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS

Octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt coat of arms to front board, illus title page, unpaginated prelims + 182pp, illus, VG (moderate soiling to spine, minor bruising & scuffing to extrems, light chafing & moderate staining/soiling to boards, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, light soiling to eps, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, prev. owner's name to ffep & half title page, moderate cracking to gutter of half title page, light foxing throughout, moderate cracking to gutters throughout, moderate staining to base of page block)

PUBLISHER: Seeley & Co 1890

KEYWORDS: travel writing literature Scotland Edinburgh Robert Louis Stevenson

$17.50
xxksi219124

Secret Manchester


PAGE, PHIL & LITTLECHILDS, IAN

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: Amberley 2014

KEYWORDS: city guides Manchester England British travel

$13.50
xxkt12lava219193

The Bronze Drums and the Earrings: Volume One of A Traveller's Story of Vietnam's Past: From Prehistory to III BCE


PHAM, TAN

THIS VOL ONLY; 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: 315Kio Publishing 2021

KEYWORDS: Vietnamese history travel Vietnam prehistory archaeology

$25.00
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Pacific Journeys: Essays in Honour of John Dunmore


CROPP, GLYNNIS M (ed) & WATTS, NOEL R (ed) & COLLINS, ROGER D J (ed) & HOWE, K R (ed)

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: Victoria University Press 2005

KEYWORDS: John Dunmore tribute essays Pacific travel French exploration history New Zealand historians maritime seafaring Maori pakeha

$20.00
xxkuk219269

A Book of Voyages


O'BRIAN, PATRICK (ed) & BURTON, JOAN (illus)

Octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (Nr FINE); 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: HarperCollins 2013

KEYWORDS: Patrick O'Brian sea travel maritime history nautical literature

$20.00
xxkuk219272

The Vigil of a Nation


YUTANG, LIN

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: William Heinemann 1946

KEYWORDS: travelogue World War Two postwar China political social commentary travel memoir

$60.00
2w7/15

A Bunk for the Night: A Guide to New Zealand's Best Backcountry Huts


BARNETT, SHAUN & BROWN, ROB & SPEARPOINT, GEOFF

REVISED EDITION, imperial octavo, illus stiff card wrappers, blue & black lettering to spine, 239pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl creasing/bruising to cover edges, sl soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: Potton & Burton 2021

KEYWORDS: revised edition New Zealand outback rural huts backcountry travel guides

$40.00
2w7/23

The Temple Tiger, and More Man-Eaters of Kumoan


CORBETT, JIM

FIRST EDITION, 2nd IMP., octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt tiger illus to front board, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 197pp, illus, VG- (light fading to spine, heavy staining to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, sl foxing & soiling to prelims & terminals) in d/w, G+ (price clipped, moderate creasing & chipping to edegs, moderate loss to spine extrems, heavy soiling & moderate foxing, moderate tanning to spine, lg closed tear to front flap)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1954

KEYWORDS: India travel writing literature Jim Corbett first editions 2nd impression

$40.00
2w7/28

The Cruise of the Cachalot, Round the World After Sperm Whales


BULLEN, FRANK T

Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt whale illus to front board, xx + 379pp, illus, folding map to prelims, VG (moderate scuffing & chipping to spine, minor scuffing & bruising to board corners, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing/soiling to page edges, light to moderate cracking to gutters, sl tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals, sl cracking to gutters throughout, other minor soiling throughout)

PUBLISHER: Smith, Elder & Co 1899

KEYWORDS: maritime marine life sperm whales mammals travel literature writing exploration Frank T Bullen

$22.50
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Along the Road: Notes and Essays of a Tourist


HUXLEY, ALDOUS

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: Chatto & Windus 1974

KEYWORDS: aldous huxley travel essays writing

$40.00
2w7/33

Back to Sunny Seas


BULLEN, FRANK T & FORREST, A S (Illus)

Octavo, blue textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt lettering & blind stamp decoration to front board, deckled page edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, xiii + 287pp, illus, VG (light rubbing & bruising to extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown, moderate foxing to prelims & sopradically throughout, occasional light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1905

KEYWORDS: colonial library series travel history writing literature West Indies Frank T Bullen

$100.00
2g13c/36

Wanderings in the Western Highlands and Islands, Recounting Highland and Clan History, Traditions, Ecclesiology, Archaeology, Romance Literature, Humour, Folk-Lore &c


DONALDSON, M E M & BONUS, ISABEL (Map & Illus)

Super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & illus to spine & front board, deckled page edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, 511pp, illus/plates with tissue guards- not counted presumed all present, folding map to rear, VG (moderate rubbing & bruising to spine & board extrems, light tanning to spine, light to moderate chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light cracking to front gutter, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, prev. owner's details in ink to half title page)

PUBLISHER: Alexander Gardner N/D (c.1920)

KEYWORDS: travel writing literature historical history Scotland Scottish highlands west western highland clan clans

$19.50
xxygb219487

An Area of Darkness


NAIPAUL, V S

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: Picador/ Macmillan 1995

KEYWORDS: travel India literature

$12.50
xxyae219437

Henry James on Italy: Selections Taken from Italian Hours


JAMES, HENRY

Oblong 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Barrie & Jenkins 1988

KEYWORDS: Henry James Itailan Hours excerpts Italy literary travelogue travel illustrated editions

$15.00
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Tears of the Sun God


MOORE, J H

Scruffy 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1965

KEYWORDS: Amazonia Andes travelogue travel indigenous people south America

$20.00
xxyha219505

Under the Sun: The Letters of Bruce Chatwin


CHATWIN, BRUCE & CHATWIN, ELIZABETH (ED.) & SHAKESPEARE, NICHOLAS (ED.)

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: Viking Penguin 2011

KEYWORDS: Bruce Chatwin literary letters travel journalist

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