Books - "travel"
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THOMAS WENTWORTH HIGGINSON
The story of his life
First edition 435pp ex libris (pockets and cancellation stamps) t.e.g., very good (sl rubbing, sl bruised corners, very minor internal separation appearing at rear hinge not affecting stability), illust.
PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston 1914
KEYWORDS: Higginson Bio Travel Theology Kansas
The Prince of Thieves
a biography of George Manolesco alias Prince Lahovary alias The Duke of Otranto
First edition 237pp ex libris (usual cancellation stamps, pockets etc.) very good (cocked, sl bruised corners) d/w very good in plastic (rear flap cut), illust.
PUBLISHER: Cassell London 1963
KEYWORDS: Manolesco Bio Crime Travel
REMINISCENCES OF ALEXANDER TOPONCE
Reprint 221pp ex libris (pockets and cancellation stamps) d/w w. plastic, very good (gum stains to free endpapers), illust.
PUBLISHER: University of Oklahoma Press 1971
KEYWORDS: Toponce Bio Pioneer Travel America Wyoming Montana Idaho Nevada
MEMOIR OF THE LIFE OF LAURENCE OLIPHANT AND OF ALICE OLIPHANT, HIS WIFE
Second edition 420pp ex libris (pockets and cancellation stamps) fair (rubbing, corners bruised, spine head and foot bumped, internal separation at hinges, sl shaky spine), illust.
PUBLISHER: William Blackwood and Sons Edinburgh 1892
KEYWORDS: Oliphant Bio Politics Travel Crimea China Russia
Sixty Years in the Wilderness
More Passages by the Way
First edition 398pp ex libris (usual cancellation stamps, pockets etc.) fair (rubbing, corners bruised, sunned spine, sl bumped spine head and foot, discolouration to free endpapers, sl foxing throughout, internal separation at rear hinge)
PUBLISHER: Smith, Elder and Co. London 1912
KEYWORDS: Lucy Bio Travel Journalism Politics
General Greely
The story of a Great American
First edition 242pp ex libris (usual cancellation stamps, pockets etc.) very good (rubbed, sl bruised corners, spine head bumped, internal separation at front hinge not affecting stability of book), illust.
PUBLISHER: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1936
KEYWORDS: Greely Bio America Travel Arctic
Mr. W and I
Being the Authentic Diary of Caroline Le Roy Webster during a famous journey with the Hon. Daniel Webster to Great Britain and the continent in the year 1839
First edition 264pp ex libris (usual cancellation stamps, pockets etc.) excellent, d/w rubbed (creasing at extremities, sunned spine), illust.
PUBLISHER: Ives Washburn 1942
KEYWORDS: Webster Bio Travel England
THE GUATEMALA TRAVELER
A CONCISE HISTORY AND GUIDE
ex libris (usual cancellation stamps pkts etc) 127pp illus VG+(v slgum stains to eps' & boards,v sl bruised corners/fore edge) d/w VG+(in plastic)
PUBLISHER: meredith press new york 1967
KEYWORDS: history guatemala history travel
Love and the Spanish
First edition 216pp ex libris (usual cancellation stamps, pockets etc.) very good (sl cocked, sl bruised corners), d/w very good (sl rubbing, sl wear to lower corners), illust.
PUBLISHER: Cassell London 1961
KEYWORDS: Spain Love Travel
The Man Who Presumed- a biography of Stanley
Reprint 334pp ex libris (usual cancellation stamps, pockets etc.) very good (sl cocked, sl bruised corners) d/w rubbed (wear at extremities, corners chipped, spine head and foot chipped), illust.
PUBLISHER: Longmans, Green Co. London 1958
KEYWORDS: Stanley Bio travel Exploration Africa
Naval Odyssey
Third impression 288pp ex libris (usual cancellation stamps, pockets etc.) fair (cocked, rubbing, stains to boards, sunned spine), illust.
PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape London 1936
KEYWORDS: Woodrooffe Naval Military Travel
A Gentle Shipwreck
First edition 155pp ex libris (usual cancellation stamps, pockets etc.) very good (cocked, gum stains to free endpapers) d/w very good in plastic (sunned spine), illust.
PUBLISHER: Nelson Australia 1975
KEYWORDS: Rodd Bio Travel Kosciusko
Elisha Kent Kane and the Seafaring Frontier
First edition 201pp ex libris (usual cancellation stamps, pockets etc.) excellent, d/w rubbed (minor creasing at extremities, sunned spine)
PUBLISHER: Little, Brown and Co. Boston 1954
KEYWORDS: Kane Bio America Travel
T.E. LAWRENCE
Reprint 192pp ex libris (usual cancellation stamps, pockets etc.) very good (sl rubbing, corners sl bruised, minor bumps to board edges, discolouration to endpapers, d/w fair (rubbed, chipped spine head and upper corners, minor tears at extremities, price clipped)
PUBLISHER: Thomas Nelson and Sons London 1938
KEYWORDS: Lawrence Bio Travel Arabia Military
IT'S ALL ADVENTURE
First edition 488pp ex libris (pockets and cancellation stamps) d/w rubbed w. sunned spine, chipped spine head and price clipped, very good (foxing to page edges), illust.
PUBLISHER: William Heinemann London 1938
KEYWORDS: Freuchen Bio Travel Exploration Arctic Denmark Alaska Greenland
GENTLEMEN ROVERS
First edition 245pp ex libris (pockets and cancellation stamps) very good (sl rubbing, corners sl bruised, minor bump to spine head), illust.
PUBLISHER: Charles Scribner's Sons New York 1913
KEYWORDS: Travel Adventure Bio Boyd Truxtun Eaton Reed Lafitte Ide Ward
The Long Wake
from Tall Ships to narrow boats
First edition 220pp ex libris (usual cancellation stamps, pockets etc.) very good (sl cocked, gum stains to free endpapers) d/w excellent in plastic, illust.
PUBLISHER: Routledge and Kegan Paul London 1968
KEYWORDS: Morton Bio Nautical Tall Ships Sailing Travel
On The Bat's Back- The Story of Robert Louis Stevenson
First edition 142pp ex libris (usual cancellation stamps, pockets etc.) very good (sl bruised corners) d/w rubbed (corners chipped, spine head and foot chipped), illust.
PUBLISHER: Lutterworth Press London 1950
KEYWORDS: Stevenson Lit Bio Travel
Doctor Kane of the Arctic Seas
First edition 306pp ex libris (usual cancellation stamps, pockets etc.) excellent, d/w very good in plastic (sunned spine), illust.
PUBLISHER: Temple University Press Philadelphia 1972
KEYWORDS: Kane Bio Arctic Travel
MOUNTAINEERING IN THE SIERRA NEVADA
First edition 292pp ex libris (pockets and cancellation stamps) half leather library rebind, marbled paste downs, endpapers and page edges, very good (rubbed, sl bruised corners, library bookplate attached to front paste down, very sound)
PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston, Low and Searle London 1872
KEYWORDS: Travel Exploration Mountaineering Sierra Nevada Tyndall King