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$60.00
1u32/47

Visions of the Pacific


ARNELL, DAVID (ed) & WOLK, LISETTE (ed)

Imperial octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, green eps, illus title page, 216pp, illus, VG+ (previous owner's label to fep) in d/w VG+ (light rubbing)

PUBLISHER: Ministry of Cultural Development 1993

KEYWORDS: Festival Pacific Arts Ethnology Rarotonga Cook Islands travel

$40.00
1u34/27

From Sketch-Book and Diary


BUTLER, ELIZABETH

Octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, teg, x + 177pp, illus, VG (moderate rubbing & light soiling to boards, light bruising to spine extrems, light foxing to page edges, very light sporadic foxing to pages)

PUBLISHER: Adam & Charles Black 1909

KEYWORDS: Ireland travel history autobiography

$165.00
1u34/33

The Marches of Hindustan, the Record of a Journey in Thibet, Trans-Himalayan India, Chinese Turkestan, Russian Turkestan, and Persia


FRASER, DAVID

Lacks folding map, octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, teg, xvi + 521pp + 32pp adverts, illus, VG (light bruising to spine extrems & board corners, light rubbing & light soiling to boards, light dampstaining to eps, previous owner's name in ink to front pastedown, front gutter lightly cracked and repaired with cellotape leaving moderate residue stains, light foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: William Blackwood & Sons 1907

KEYWORDS: Asia travel India history Turkestan Tibet Persia Himalayas

$185.00
1u34/35

Lhasa and its Mysteries with a Record of the Expeditionof 1903-1904


WADDELL, L. AUSTINE

Some tidy underlining, octavo, grey cloth boards with red lettering to spine & front board, red illustrations to spine & front board, frontispiece, xx + 532pp, illus, VG (previous owner's name & inscription to fep, light rubbing & light soiling to boards, heavy tanning to spine, light bruising to spine extrems, light foxing & light tanning to page edges, light foxing to pages)

PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co. 1929

KEYWORDS: Buddhism religion Tibet Autonomous Region China travel history expedition

$40.00
1u34/49

Wanderings and Excursions in North Wales


ROSCOE, THOMAS

Octavo, half leatherbound with brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, marbled page edges, marbled eps, prelims, 336pp, illus, VG- (previous owner's name in ink to fep, 2.5cm of upper spine lost, front board fully detached from spine, spine nearly detached, light tanning to page edges, very light sporadic foxing to page edges, moderate rubbing & light soiling to boards, heavy bruising to spine extrems & board corners)

PUBLISHER: Tilt & Bogue (n/d)

KEYWORDS: north Wales travel history United Kingdom

$10.00
xxqck143050

Man & The Planets: the Resources of the Solar System


LUNAN, DUNCAN

Octavo hardback (VG-) tanned 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: Ashgrove 1983

KEYWORDS: planets resources minerals space travel

$22.50
xxqcl143112

Inland Tribes of Southern Africa


BECKER, PETER

Square 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: Granada 1979

KEYWORDS: photography travel anthropology southern africa

$22.50
xxqda143139

Mountain Solitudes: Solo Journeys in the Southern Alps of New Zealand


VERVOORN, AAT

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: Craig Potton 2000

KEYWORDS: new zealand travel explorers alps mountaineering climbing

$220.00
1u38/40

Stanford's Compendium of Geography and Travel: Australasia, Volume I (only): Australia and New Zealand


GREGORY, J. W.

This volume only, inscribed and signed by author, octavo, green cloth boards, black eps, gilt lettering to spine, black lettering and gilt decoration to front board, illus, fold out coloured maps- one loose, xi+657pp, VG- (light foxing to page edges and some pages, slight marks on boards, moderate bruising and rubbing to spine and boards with minor loss of colour and surface, slight warping to boards and pages)

PUBLISHER: Edward Stanford 1907

KEYWORDS: geography maps illustrations Australasia New Zealand Australia history physical economic travel climate weather farming mining

$50.00
1u38/41

New Zealand: An Illustrated Description of the Natural Wealth, Conditions of Life, Industries, Trade, and Opportunities for Advancement in the Brighter Britain of the South


FANNING, L. S.

Imperial octavo, grey stapled light card covers with embossed illustration, black lettering to front cover, frontispiece, illus, 120pp, VG- (minor creasing, bruising and rubbing to covers, minor rust stains around staples and adjacent areas)

PUBLISHER: Dominion Advisory Council, British Empire Exhibition 1924

KEYWORDS: history geography industry farming New Zealand emigration weather climate society way of life recreation travel Empire

$18.50
xxqdj143695

Edge of the Earth: Stories and Images from the Antipodes


WARD, VINCENT

Oblong 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: Heinemann Reed 1990

KEYWORDS: Travel Antipodes literature short stories fiction

$16.50
xxqdk143723

The Medieval Foundation


BRYANT, ARTHUR

First edition, 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: Collins 1966

KEYWORDS: History England Medieval Normans travel trade

$19.50
xxqdm143867

Everest: The Unclimbed Ridge


BONINGTON, CHRIS & CLARKE, CHARLES

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: Hodder & Stoughton 1983

KEYWORDS: everest travel climbing mountain

$30.00
xxqdn143889

Oasis and Simoon: The Account of a Jouney Through Algeria and Tunisia (Published in England under the title, The Breath of the Desert)


OSSENDOWSKI, FERDINAND & PALEN, LEWIS STANTON (Trans)

First US edition, 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 will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: E. P. Dutton & Company 1927

KEYWORDS: Algeria Tunisia travel writing

$19.50
xxqdp143981

The Third Pole


XIN, GUO & HAO, WANG (Trans)

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 cost

PUBLISHER: China International Press 2015

KEYWORDS: Tibet travel

$80.00
1u41/18

Polynesian Researches During a Residence of Nearly Eighty Years in the Society and Sandwich Islands: Vol. III


ELLIS, WILLIAM

This volume only, small octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, blind rule & decoration to boards & spine, yellow eps, frontispiece + one other plate, viii + 407pp, VG-- (internal front hinge completely cracked - front board still firmly attached to cloth of spine but binding only attached at rear hinge, rear hinge cracked - attached by lower threads only, light bruising to board corners & spine extrems, light rubbing & soiling to boards, small closed tears to cloth of spine extrems, owner's ex libris label to front pastedown, owner's name & date to fep, heavy foxing to plates, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Henry G Bohn 1859

KEYWORDS: Polynesia Society Sandwich Island anthropology travel exploration William Ellis

$18.50
xxqeg144489

Memories of LMS Steam


KEELEY, RAYMOND

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: Ian Allan 1982

KEYWORDS: steam transport trains Britain British rail travel

$30.00
xxqei144574

Destination Mecca


SHAH, IDRIES

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: Octagon 1971

KEYWORDS: Saudi Arabia Mecca travel Islam religion Idries Shah

$10.00
xxqfb144775

Heaven Has Claws


DOYLE, ADRIAN CONAN

First edition 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 Murray 1952

KEYWORDS: Memoir travel adventure Adrian Conan Doyle

$10.00
xxqfg145133

Have You Visited Thames and Toured the Goldfields?


BULLOCK, IAN (comp)

Ex-library, oblong octavo stapled wrappers (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: The Lodestar Press 1978

KEYWORDS: New Zealand illustrated Thames goldfields travel historical North Island

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