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$850.00
1y37/37

Picturesque Atlas of Australasia


GARRAN, Hon. ANDREW (Ed) & SCHELL, FREDERIC B. (Illus)

BEAUTIFUL 3 VOLUME SET IN ORIGINAL BINDING, folio, half bound leather boards, gitl lettering & decorative tooling to spines & front boards, aeg, frontispieces with tissue guards, illus prelims to vol 1, viii-xii + 800pp total, illus, VG- (age appropriate scuffing to spines & boards/corners with some surface loss, light fading & soiling to boards, 11cm crack to front hinge of vol 2, moderate tanning & foxing to pages sporadically throughout, Railway, Postal and Telegraph Map... of vol 3 missing). Weighing over 16kgs, this is a beautiful set despite the VG- rating. The South Island of NZ is still referred to in this atlas as the Middle Island!

PUBLISHER: Picturesque Atlas Publishing Company 1888

KEYWORDS: Australasia Australia New Zealand Pacific islands exploration travel illustrated 3 volume set

$9.50
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The London Loop


SHARP, DAVID

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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Aurum Press 2001

KEYWORDS: london england travel

$16.50
xxgeh147736

Treasures of Britain and Treasures of Ireland


VARIOUS

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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Drive Publicatiosn 1984

KEYWORDS: travel history archaeology architecture england britain ireland

$125.00
1y38/33

The Fiji of Today


BURTON, JOHN WEAR & SMALL, Rev. A. J. (Intro)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, gilt lettering & Fijian illus plate to front board, teg, frontispiece, 364pp + adverts, illus, VG (moderate bruising.creasing to spine extrems & board corners, moderate scuffing & soiling to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & prelims/terminals, heavy cracking to gutters, some mild folding to top of page corners, light lining in pencil to some pages)

PUBLISHER: Charles H. Kelly 1910

KEYWORDS: first edition Fiji exploration travel history illustrated pacific culture plantations

$185.00
1y39/12

To Kumassi With Scott: A Description of a Journey From Liverpool to Kumassi With the Ashanti Expedition 1895-6


MUSGRAVE, GEORGE C.

FIRST EDITION, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering & decorative tooling to spine, blind rule to boards, maroon speckling to page edges, frontispiece, ix + 216pp, illus, VG (moderate bruising & scuffing to spine extrems & board corners, light discolouration to spine, light soiling to boards, moderate tanning to eps, crack to partial length of gutter of pgs 48-49, 8cm horizontal loss to top of frontispiece)

PUBLISHER: Wightman & Co 1896

KEYWORDS: exploration travel literature ashanti expedition culture Kumassi Ghana Africa first edition

$12.00
xxsbd147934

EOTHEN


KINGLAKE, ALEXANDER.W & SCOTT, J.M (intro)

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: Edito-Service S. A., Geneva. n/d

KEYWORDS: Middle East travel travelogue history humour adventure

$15.00
xxscj147986

Lonely Planet: Germany


SCHULTE-PEEVERS, ANDREA. ET AL

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: Lonely Planet Publications 2016

KEYWORDS: travel Germany guide-book tourism culture

$50.00
1y40/2

Travels Through Part of Africa, Syria, Egypt and Arabia into Abyssinia to Discover the Source of the Nile; Performed Between the Years 1768 and 1773


BRUCE, JAMES

Duodecimo, brown heavy card boards with green buckram spine, black lettering to boards, illus prelims, 348pp, scruffy (v heavy loss to spine, heavy scuffing to board corners & edges, heavy tanning to boards & page edges, fep missing, moderate foxing to pages throughout, light cracks to gutters throughout)

PUBLISHER: J. F. Dove 1834

KEYWORDS: travel exploration Africa Egypt Arabia Abyssinia Nile history

$50.00
1y40/19

New Guinea Crocodile-Poacher


BAHNEMANN, GUNTHER

FIRST EDITION, UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY, brown light card covers, black lettering to spine & front cover, 192pp, VG- (heavy scuffing to spine extrems with some loss, moderate creasing & soiling to covers & edges, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, owner's name in ink stamp to fep)

PUBLISHER: Jarrold Publishers 1963

KEYWORDS: first edition png Papua New Guinea travel exploration hunting poaching

$12.50
xxscp148066

The Cradle of the Deep: An Account of a Voyage to the West Indies


TREVES, SIR FREDERICK

Large 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: John Murray1934

KEYWORDS: Frederick Treves nonfiction illustrated maps West Indies travel biographical

$11.00
xxscp148067

Born to be Riled


CLARKSON, JEREMY

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: Penguin 2006

KEYWORDS: Jeremy Clarkson Top Gear nonfiction humour travel biographical

$30.00
xxscr148093

Wild New Zealand From the Road


ELL, GORDON

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 2010

KEYWORDS: New Zealand travel photography illustrated nonfiction

$20.00
xxsdb148168

Ship Ahoy and Hallelujah! or From Fo'c'sle tp Pulpit


MACDIARMID, D. N

Inscribed and signed by the author; 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: D.N. MacDiarmid 1968

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history travel autobiography

$16.50
xxsdl148253

The Kingdom by the Sea: A Journey Around the Coast of Great Britain


THEROUX, PAUL

FIRST EDITION, 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: Hamish Hamilton 1983

KEYWORDS: travel memoir trains england

$18.50
xxsdl148254

Seven-Tenths: The Sea and its Thresholds


HAMILTON-PATERSON, JAMES

FIRST EDITION, 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: Hutchinson 1992

KEYWORDS: memoir ocean travel navigation

$18.50
xxsdq148288

Tibet: A Woman's Lone Trek Across a Mysterious Land


WILBY, SORREL

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: Macmillan 1988

KEYWORDS: Tibet trekking walking hiking travel

$50.00
1y41/46

The Villain: The Life of Don Whillans


PERRIN, JIM

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiv + 354pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing to spine extrems, light bruiising & soiling to boards & edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & discolouration to edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Hutchinson 2005

KEYWORDS: first edition biography memoir Don Whillans exploration climbing mountaineering illustrated travel writing

$35.00
xxsdu148314

From East to West and West to East: Some Fine Dominian Scenery


FENWICK, G.

Duodecimo 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 keeps postage costs down.

PUBLISHER: Otago Daily Times & Witness Newspapers Co. Ltd 1912

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history geography photography travel

$150.00
1y42/49

Voyage to Australia & the Pacific 1791-1793


D'ENTRECASTEAUX, BRUNY & DUYKER, EDWARD (Ed & Trans) & DUYKER, MARYSE (Ed & Trans)

Super octavo, grey heavy card boards with green spine, gilt lettering to spine, xliii + 392pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & soiling to edges, light discolouration to spine, 1 cm closed tear to base of front cover)

PUBLISHER: Melbourne University Press 2001

KEYWORDS: exploration travel illustrated Australia Pacific culture Bruny d'Entrecasteaux La Perouse

$80.00
1y43/27

Scott's Last Expedition in Two Volumes: Vol 1 Being the Journals of Captain R. F. Scott: Vol 2 Being the Reports of the Journeys and the Scientific Work Undertaken by Dr. E. A. Wilson and the Surviving Members of the Expedition


SCOTT, CAPTAIN R. F. & HUXLEY, LEONARD (Arr. ) & MARKHAM, Sir CLEMENTS R. (Pref)

2 VOLUME SET, FOLDING MAPS TO REAR OF BOTH VOLUMES, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & blue decorative rule to spines & front boards, frontispieces, x-xviii + 431-497pp, illus, VG- (heavy scuffing/fraying/discolouration to spines, heavy cracking to hinges of vol 1 boards, moderate bruising & scuffing to board corners, light soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light foxing to eps & pgs throughout, owner's name in ink to feps, moderate cracking to gutters throughout, sm random closed tears to foldingmap of vol 1, heavy scuffing to terminals to vol 2, folding map to vol 2 completely detached but present with moderate foxing & sporadic closed tears)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan and Co 1913

KEYWORDS: exploration illustrated Captain Scott Antarctica travel expedition journals south pole antarctic

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