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$9.00
xxrmd125817

The World From Islam: A Journey of Discovery Through the Muslim Heartland


NEGUS, GEORGE

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 cost

PUBLISHER: HarperCollins 2004

KEYWORDS: travel exploration adventure religion war Islam autobiography George Negus

$9.00
xxrme125828

Driving Over Lemons: An Optimist in Andalucia


STEWART, CHRIS

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 cost

PUBLISHER: Sort of Books 2001

KEYWORDS: autobiography memoir Chris Stewart travel exploration writing

$40.00
2i22/22

Interview with India


BOURKE-WHITE, MARGARET

Octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 192pp, illus, VG+ (light foxing to page edges) in d/w VG (light rubbing, light soiling, moderate bruising to spine extrems & cover corners, several small tears with loss to cover edges)

PUBLISHER: Travel Book Club 1951

KEYWORDS: India travel Mahatma Gandhi history

$45.00
2i22/28

The Forlorn Hope: a sea saga of the sixties


CLUNE, FRANK

inscribed & signed by author, first edition, octavo, blue & brown stapled wrapper, 31pp, VG (moderate tanning to wrapper & pages)

PUBLISHER: Hawthorn Press 1945

KEYWORDS: signed travel forlorn hope ship nautical history

$50.00
2i23/12

The Southlands of Siva: Some Reminiscences of Life in Southern India


BUTTERWORTH, A.

First edition, lacks f.e.p., green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, ruling to front board, 258pp, VG (library booklet to r.e.p., light rubbing to boards, light bruising to spine extrems & board corners, light tanning to page edges, light sporadic foxing to pages)

PUBLISHER: John Lane the Bodley Head 1923

KEYWORDS: South India travel history

$20.00
xxkuc125927

Wake of the Invercauld: Shipwrecked in the Sub-Antarctic: A Great Granddaughter's Pilgrimage


ALLEN, MADELENE FERGUSON

Large imperial 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 cost

PUBLISHER: Exisle Publishing 1997

KEYWORDS: travel exploration history adventure maritime nautical New Zealand Robert Holding biography autobiography Madelene Ferguson Allen

$18.50
xxkuc125928

Journeying With Aviators in New Zealand


SINCLAIR, ROY

Imperial 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 cost

PUBLISHER: Random House 1998

KEYWORDS: aviation travel exploration New Zealand history

$150.00
2i23/45

Voyage of the Nyanza RNYC, being the Record of a Three Years' Cruise in a Schooner Yacht in the Atlantic and Pacific, and Her Subsequent Shipwreck


DEWAR, J. CUMMING

Imperial octavo, green buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, nautical flag motif to spine & front board, brown coated eps, ,frontispiece with tissue guard, xviii + 466pp, illus + folding map at rear, VG (light bruising & fraying to spine extrems & board corners, light staining to boards, some tanning to page edges, owner's ex libris label to front pastedown, owner's name & date in ink to frontispiece verso, sporadic light foxing)

PUBLISHER: William Blackwood & Sons 1892

KEYWORDS: exploration sailing cruise travel Nyanza

$65.00
2i24/32

The Voyages of Abel Janszoon Tasman


SHARP, ANDREW

Super octavo, navy blue boards with gilt lettering to spine, xii + frontispiece folding map + 375pp, illus, VG+ (light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (price clipped, light wear to extrems, in clear protective wrapper)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1968

KEYWORDS: Abel Janszoon Tasman exploration travel Pacific voyages

$45.00
2i24/34

The Set of the Sails: The STory of a Cape Horn Seaman


VILLIERS, ALAN J.

First edition, octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering in brown decorative panel to spine, upper page edges stained brown, illus eps, frontispiece, 247pp, illus, VG (v slight tanning to page edges, bookseller's label to front pastedown, owner's name & date in ink to fep) in d/w, VG- (tatty, moderate staining & soiling, moderate crease to edges, some tatty tears to spine extrems & corners)

PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton 1949

KEYWORDS: sailing seaman nautical marine travel

$40.00
2i24/35

Round the Horn Before the Mast


LUBBOCK, BASIL

Octavo, orange cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, x + 375pp, map to rear, VG- (heavy fading & staining to boards, moderate browning to page edges & eps, relevant newspaper article glued to front pastedown)

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1911

KEYWORDS: sailing seaman nautical marine travel

$245.00
2i24/44

South With Shackleton


HUSSEY, DR I. D. A. & BERTOGLIO, VICTOR (Illus)

Scarce, first edition, octavo, light blue cloth boards with navy blue lettering to spine, illus eps, ix + 181pp, illus, VG (inscription in ink to half-title page, small stain to rear board lower edge) in d/w, tatty VG- (several tears with loss to edges, moderate creasing to edges, corners & spine extrems,)

PUBLISHER: Smapson Low 1949

KEYWORDS: exploration Antarctic travel voyage Ernest Shackleton expedition

$125.00
2i25/12

The Hejaz Railway


NICHOLSON, JAMES

Large quarto, brown boards wtih gilt lettering to spine & front board, black eps, illus title page, xiii + 193pp, illus, nr fine, in d/w, nr fine

PUBLISHER: Stacey International & Al Turath 2005

KEYWORDS: travel railways trains Hejaz Railway transport history

$195.00
2i26/32

Twelve Years in Canterbury, New Zealand, with Visits to the Other Provinces, and Reminiscences of the Route Home Through Australia


THOMSON, CHARLES

First edition, very tidy copy in original binding, green cloth boards with gilt decoration to spine, xiv + 226pp + 16pp adverts, VG (light rubbing & light soiling to boards, light bruising to spine extrems & board corners, light tanning to page edges, previous owner's name in ink to fep)

PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Son & Marston 1867

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Canterbury travel Charles Thomson

$245.00
2i26/40

All the Way Round: Sea Roads to Africa


SMITH, C. FOX

first edition in scarce d/w, octavo, orange cloth boards with silver lettering to spine, frontispiece, 284pp, illus, VG (light tanning & light foxing to page edges, light soiling to boards, light bruising to spine extrems & boards corners) in d/w VG- (price clipped, moderate dampstaining to spine & front cover, light soiling, light foxing, light creasing, moderate chipping to spine extrems, moderate bruising to cover corners)

PUBLISHER: Michael Joseph 1938

KEYWORDS: Ocean travel history Africa nautical ports

$14.00
xxrmf126086

Valley of the Spirits: A Journey Into the Lost Realm of the Aymara


KOLATA, ALAN L.

Tidy ex-library, 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 cost

PUBLISHER: John Wiley & Sons 1996

KEYWORDS: ancient history travel exploration adventure Aymara Andes

$16.50
xxrmg126124

Parallel Lines: Riding the Central Otago Rail Trail


VILLIERS, ANNIE & ROBINSON, JOHN Z. (Paintings)

Signed by author and artist, oblong 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 cost

PUBLISHER: Longacre Press 2007

KEYWORDS: New Zealand rail trail central otago poems poetry literature paintings art travel exploration

$8.50
xxrmh126197

The Defeat of John Hawkins: A Biography of his Third Slaving Voyage


UNWIN, RAYNER

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: Pelican Books 1962

KEYWORDS: biography memoir John Hawkins exploration travel history slavery slave trade merchant shipping maritime nautical

$12.00
xxrmh126212

A Traveller's Life


NEWBY, ERIC

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 cost

PUBLISHER: Harper Press 2010

KEYWORDS: travel exploration adventure humour autobiography memoir Eric Newby

$15.00
xxsie126237

Canada: A Portrait in Letters 1800-2000


GRAY, CHARLOTTE

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 cost

PUBLISHER: Anchor Canada 2004

KEYWORDS: Canada travel exploration correspondance history letters Charlotte Gray

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