Books - "travel"
Showing 4401 to 4420 of 4464 results.
My Life as an Explorer
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
Letters from the Steppe, Written in the Years 1886-1887
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
The Duab of Turkestan: A Physiographic Sketch and Account of Some Travels
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
A Journey from St Petersburg to Pekin 1719-22
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
Esto Perpetua: Algerian Studies and Impressions
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
Turkey Unveiled: A History of Modern Turkey
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
Steimatsky's Guides: Syria and the Lebanon
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
Stewart Island: New Zealand Holiday Guides
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
The Tosa Diary
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
Into the Heart of Borneo: An Account of a Journey Made in 1983 to the Mountains of Batu Tiban With James Fenton
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
Mercator: The Man Who Mapped the Planet
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
Mungo Park's Travels in Africa
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
The Wanderings of a Spiritualist
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
The Bells in Their Silence: Travels Through Germany
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
The Lady in the Palazzo: At Home in Umbria
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
Our New Zealand Cousins
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
A Year in Western France
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
Burning the Days: Recollection
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
Augustus Earle, Travel Artist: Paintings and Drawings in the Rex Nan Kivell Collection National Library of Australia
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
A Journey to Nowhere: Detours and Riddles in the Lands and History of Courland
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