Books - "travel"
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Through South Africa
Being an Account of His Recent Visit to Rhodesiam, The Transvaal, Cape Colony, and Natal, reprinted with additions from South Africa
Octavo, yellow buckram boards with black lettering to spine & front board, illus pastedowns, adverts to prelims & terminals, frontispiece with tissue guard, xxii + 140pp, illus, VG- (moderate browning to spine, soiling & staining to boards, slight bruising to spine extrems, sporadic foxing throughout, heavy foxing & 3x3cm tear with loss to frontispiece tissue guard)
PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston & Co 1898
KEYWORDS: Henry M Stanley MP South Africa Rhodesia Transvaal Natal Cape Colony letters to newspaper travel history
Natal: An Illustrated Official Railway Guide and Handbook of General Information
Imperial octavo, green cloth boards with black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, xii + 300pp, illus + folding maps + large folding map in pocket to rear ep, G+ (heavy rubbing, fraying, bruising & tears to spine, rubbing & fraying to board edges, some browning & staining to boards, moderate browning to eps, owner's name address & date in ink to fep, corner of first six pages torn off, front hinge loose, heavy tanning & foxing to folding maps, some foxing throughout, browning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Payne Jennings 1903
KEYWORDS: CW Francis Harrison South Africa Natal Durban transport trains railways travel tourism scenery attractions history immigration emigration
Corsairville: The Lost Domain of the Flying Boat
Octavo softcover (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: Penguin 2001
KEYWORDS: specials Graham Coster aviation flying boats airline flights Imperial Airways flying boat Corsair history travel
As You Do: Adventures with Evel, Oliver, and the Vice President of Botswana
Super octavo softcover (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: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2008
KEYWORDS: specials Richard Hammond travel adventure BBC Top Gear memoir biography
Great Little Railways
Imperial octavo hardcover (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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: British Broadcasting Corp 1984
KEYWORDS: specials BBC narrow gauge railways trains transport travel Russell Chamberlin Colin Garratt Peter Hillmore Simon Hoggart Stanly Reynolds Lyn Webster Michael Wood
New Zealand: The Brighter Britain of the South:
An Illustrated Description of the Natural Wealth, Conditions of Life, Industries, Trade, and Opportunities for Advancement
Super octavo, brown light card stapled wrappers with NZ map & blue lettering to front cover, 120pp, illus, VG- (patch of damage to lower spine extrem, moderate creasing to cover edges, some discolouration & staining to covers, owner's name & date in ink to title page, creasing to some page corners)
PUBLISHER: British Empire Exhibition/ WAG Skinner Govt. Printer 1924
KEYWORDS: LS Fanning British Empire Exhibition New Zealand travel history industry culture natural history
New Zealand Revisited
Super octavo, maroon cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, teg, lacks title page, frontispiece, xi + 336pp, illus, VG- (lacks title page, moderate bruising & fraying to spine extrems, light bruising to board corners, light rubbing & soiling spots to rear board, bookseller's label to front pastedown, lacks title page, crease to contents page, frontispiece page loose, moderate foxing to prelims, slight staining to rear eps)
PUBLISHER: Isaac Pitman 1908
KEYWORDS: Rt Hon Sir John E Gorst New Zealand history travel culture Maori customs life
New Zealand for the Emigrant, Invalid, and Tourist
Octavo, blue buckram boards with black lettering to front board & gilt lettering to spine, black decorative rule to edges & brown motif to front board, green coated eps, frontispiece map with tissueguard, xv + 253pp + 32pp adverts, illus, VG (some fraying to spine extrems, bruise/bend to board corners, v. sl chaffing to spine edges, moderate foxing to tissueguard, v slight rubbing to rear board)
PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington 1890
KEYWORDS: John Murray Moore New Zealand history travel geography climate Maori culture immigration society government jobs
The Flower of Gloster
Ex-library hardcover super octavo (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 cost
PUBLISHER: David & Charles (Publishers) Limited 1968
KEYWORDS: specials E Temple Thurston memoir canal boats English history travel
Joseph Thomson: African Explorer
A Biography by his Brother
Hardcover octavo (VG) lacks d/w ; folding maps ; 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 cost
PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston and Company 1901
KEYWORDS: specials J B Thomson biography travel adventure Africa explorer history
Slow Boat Through the Pennine Waters
Exploring the Northern Waterways
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 cost
PUBLISHER: Universal-Tandem Publishing Co. Ltd. 1973
KEYWORDS: specials Frederic Doerflinger nautical waterways canals travel writing England
The Loneliest Continent
The Story of Antarctic Discovery
First edition Hardcover super octavo (VG+) lacks d/w ; 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 cost
PUBLISHER: Jarrolds Publishers (London) Ltd
KEYWORDS: first edition specials Walter Chapman travel adventure history Antarctica discovery exploration
House of Stone - The True Story of a Family Divided in War-Torn Zimbabwe
paperback octavo (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 cost
PUBLISHER: Harper Press 2006
KEYWORDS: specials christina lamb biography rhodesia civil war history travel nigel hough briatin afria
Along Parallel Lines - A history of the railways of New South Wales 1850 - 1986
inscribed & signed by the author, first edition hardback octavo with 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 cost
PUBLISHER: Melbourne University Press 1989
KEYWORDS: specials history australia new south wales tail trains railways john gunn travel transport
A Brief History of Flying
From Myth to Space Travel
Softcover super octavo (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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Her Majesty's Stationery Office 1967
KEYWORDS: specials C H Gibbs-Smith aviation history aircraft planes myth space travel invention
Pictorial New Zealand
First edition (Bagnall P586), super octavo, brown textured cloth boards with gilt lettering & gilt illustration to spine & front board, blind-stamped motif to rear board, aeg, frontispiece with tissueguard, xvi + 301pp + xiv pp publication list, illus, VG+ (some bruising & fraying to spine extrems & board corners, bookseller's label to front pastedown, owner's name & date in ink to fep, some tanning & foxing)
PUBLISHER: Cassell & Co 1895
KEYWORDS: Sir WB Perceval New Zealand scenery travel geography pictorial record
Brownsea Islander
hardback super octavo with 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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Poole Historical Trust 1978
KEYWORDS: specials poole history brownsea island travel jack battrick gail lawson
Historic Railway Disasters Second Edition
hardback octavo with 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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Ian Allan 1969
KEYWORDS: specials railways travel transport trains disasters os nock history safety
Stockton and Darlington Railway - Anniversary Celebrations of the World's First Steam-worked Public Railway
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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Dalesman 1974
KEYWORDS: specials railway trains travel stockton darlington steam hoole
Railways in the Peak District
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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Dalesman 1971
KEYWORDS: specials railway trains travel steam christopher nicholson peter barnes peak