WALLACE, ALFRED RUSSEL

Octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt & black rule to spine, black decorative rule to boards, aeg, patterned eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, xiv + (4) + 363pp, illus, VG- (light scuffing & bruising to extrems, moderate soiling to boards, light soiling to page edges, heavy cracking to front gutter- binding partially exposed, light tanning to eps, light to moderate tanning to prelims, occasional moderate cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Ward, Lock & Co N/D (c.1889?)

KEYWORDS: historical travel writing literature Amazon Alfred Russel Wallace history

BARTH, HENRY

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

LIVINGSTONE, DAVID

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

BROWNE, EDWARD GRANVILLE & ROSS, Sir E DENISON (Memoir)

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

LATTIMORE, OWEN

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

HOSTETTER, CLYDE

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

MURRAY, A W

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

WILLIAMS, JOHN & BAXTER, G (Wood Engravings)

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

HARRISON, OLIVER

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

CHILES, WEBB

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

SIDES, HAMPTON

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

SEAVER, GEORGE & CHERRY-GARRARD, APSLEY (introduction)

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

BAILEY, MAURICE and MARALYN & MILNE, PETER A G (Drawings) & IRVING, ALAN (Maps)

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: Nautical Publishing Company Limited 1974

KEYWORDS: nautical maritime exploration voyage travel history Pacific Ocean

SMITH, MICHAEL

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

TOMALIN, NICHOLAS & HALL, RON

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

HAYTER, REBECCA

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

GASTEIGER, ARNO (photography) & FEARNLEY, LAURENCE (essays)

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

OLIPHANT, LAURENCE

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

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

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