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$10.00
xxsef148383

Guide to Canterbury Picnic Spots


DUNSTAN, BRUCE R. (ed)

Octavo, stapled light card cover (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: Canterbury Promotion Council 1983

KEYWORDS: picnic tourism canterbury travel

$475.00
1y45/13

Philips' Handy Volume Atlas of London: A Series of Fifty-Five Sectional Maps (on a scale of three inches ot the mile) of the County of London


Eighth & Revised Edition

PHILIP, GEORGE

Octavo, rounded cornered red cloth boards, gilt lettering to front and spine, illus. prelims (8pp of maps) 123pp, illus maps throughout, VG- (moderate fading to boards and spine, heavy chipping with surface loss to spine extrems, 1cm closed tear to rear hinge, slighly cocked, owners stamp to fep, gutter completely cracked in several places - but binding still sound)

PUBLISHER: George Philip and Son (n/d, possibly or at least c.1925)

KEYWORDS: maps atlas london philips guidebook england travel

$22.50
xxsfo148634

Coromandel Holiday


REED, A. H.

Super octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (scruffy); 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: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1952

KEYWORDS: New Zealand memoir travel history photography

$26.50
xxsgb148667

Sights and Secrets: Sketches and Paintings of Hong Kong


ROBERTS, LORETTE E.

Oblong 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 cost

PUBLISHER: Lorette E. Williams 2007

KEYWORDS: art sketches watercolour painting travel culture

$17.50
xxsgv148759

When Men and Mountains Meet: The Explorers of the Western Himalayas 1820-75


KEAY, JOHN

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: Century 1983

KEYWORDS: exploration travel history mountaineering

$40.00
1y47/1

Vimy (The Vimy Expeditions): The Flying Machine That Moved Humanity


MCMILLAN, PETER & STANFIELD, JAMES L. (Photo) & MCBRIDE, PETER (Photo)

Oblong lg quarto, illus blue heavy card boards, silver coloured lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 256pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light chafing to boards, inscription in ink to prelims) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing to covers)

PUBLISHER: Aviation Adventures LLC 2011

KEYWORDS: aviation exploration history Vimy travel illustrated Vickers F.B.27 aircraft

$40.00
1y47/46

Typee: A Real Romance of the South Sea


MELVILLE, HERMAN

FIRST EDITION THUS, octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering to title plate to spine, xxxvi + 389pp, VG (light bruising to extrems, moderate discolouration & staining to spine & boards, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges & eps, owners' names in pencil to front eps, light tanning & foxing to pages throughout, heavy cracking to rear gutter)

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1923

KEYWORDS: travel literature modern first edition thus exploration

$300.00
1y50/17

Overland From Auckland to Wellington in 1853; Being Notes of Travel


MACKENZIE, LIEUTENANT F. W. & MACKENZIE, Capt. F. W. (After) & BETT, ANDREW (Pref)

FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to front board, 82pp, VG (light scuffing & bruising to spine & board extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning to page edges, owner's name & inscription in ink to verso of title page)

PUBLISHER: J. Wilkie & Co 1893

KEYWORDS: New Zealand travel exploration history north island first edition

$300.00
1y51/12

Campaigning on the Oxus, and The Fall of Khiva


GAHAN, J. A. MAC

LACKS MAP, octavo, burnt orange buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp rule to boards, frontispiece with tissue guard, illus title page, x + 438pp, plates with tissue guards, VG (moderate scuffing & bruising to extrems, ligth chafing & soiling to boards, moderate to heavy tanning to page edges, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, owner's name in ink to eps, light cracking to gutters, boards sl shaky)

PUBLISHER: Harper & Brothers 1874

KEYWORDS: travel literature illustrated culture anthropology

$30.00
xxsjj149092

Touchstones: Memories of People and Place


MCNEISH, JAMES

FIRST EDITION, octavo softcover, light card covers (near 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: Random House 2012

KEYWORDS: memoir autobiography New Zealand travel adventure culture

$65.00
1y53/5

Peru: Its Story, People and Religion


GUINNESS, GERALDINE & GUINNESS, Dr. H. GRATTAN (Illus) & MACALISTER, Prof. ALEX (Pref)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, teal buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, brown lettering with gilt landscape decoration to front board, teg, frontispiece with tissue guard, xxiv + 438pp + 2pp adverts, folding map to rear, VG- (heavy bruising & scuffing/chipping to extrems, heavy discolouration to spine & board edges- esp. rear board, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, heavy tanning & moderate foxing to page edges & eps, heavy tape reinforcement to front gutters, moderate foxing to prelims & pgs sporadically throughout, numerous moderate sized closed tears to folding map but still sound)

PUBLISHER: Morgan & Scott 1909

KEYWORDS: first edition Peru exploration travel literature culture religion illustrated anthropology

$90.00
1y53/24

A Woman in the South Pacific: A Memoir


LIPTON, SHEREE

Square quarto, brown heavy card boards, brown lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 162pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Belknap Publishing & Design 2009

KEYWORDS: south Pacific autobiography memoir Sheree Lipton illustrated culture Fiji Tonga travel

$50.00
1y54/30

Daniel Solander: Collected Correspondence 1753-1782


SOLANDER, DANIEL & DUYKER, EDWARD (Ed & Trans) & TINGBRAND, PER (Ed & Trans) & FROST, ALAN (Fore)

Super octavo, black heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, xviii + 466pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, warmly inscribed & owner's name in ink to half title page & verso) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing to covers)

PUBLISHER: Melbourne University Press 1995

KEYWORDS: Daniel Solander letters correspondence collection anthology travel exploration taxonomy botany

$30.00
xxzaa149305

The Cruise of Her Majesty's Ship Challenger: Voyages Over Many Seas, Scenes in Many Lands


SPRY, W. J. J.

Front board detatched, full leather, octavo hardcover (scruffy); 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, Searle & Rivington 1877

KEYWORDS: maps illustrated ships voyage Challenger travel culture

$18.50
xxzab149372

This is London


SASEK, M.

Quarto hardcover (scruffy); 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: W. H. Allen 1961

KEYWORDS: London travel illustrated art picture book culture

$10.00
xxzad149438

Women Travel: First-hand accounts from more than 60 countries


JANSZ, NATANIA 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: Rough Guides 1999

KEYWORDS: travel women culture memoirs anthology writing adventure

$65.00
1y55/17

Himalayan Journals; or, Notes of a Naturalist in Bengal, the Sikkim and Nepal Himalayas, the Khasia Mountains &c.


HOOKER, Sir JOSEPH DALTON

Octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & black rule to spine, black lettering & rule to front board, printed eps, frontispiece, xxxi + 574pp, illus, folding maps to rear, VG- (heavy bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate scuffing/chafing to boards, heavy tanning & moderate foxing to page edges & eps, boards sl shaky, heavy cracking to gutters, previous owner's name in ink to half title page)

PUBLISHER: Ward, Lock, Bowden and Co. 1891

KEYWORDS: exploration travel illustrated Himalayas journal diary Joseph Dalton nature botany Nepal

$50.00
1y55/42

Background Adventuring in Your Sport Utility Vehicle


HANSON, JONATHAN & HANSON, ROSEANN BEGGY

Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, red lettering to spine, illus prelims, vi + 170pp, illus, VG (light creasing to cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, sm numbering in ink to fep)

PUBLISHER: Ragged Mountain Press/McGraw-Hill 1999

KEYWORDS: outdoor hobbies travel driving suv four 4 wheel drive adventure illustrated

$8.50
xxzah149697

Slow Boats Home


YOUNG, GAVIN & SALIM (Illus)

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 Books 1986

KEYWORDS: travel exploration literature

$10.00
xxzal149936

Short Cut to Nirvana


COMER, JANE

Square 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: Jane Comer 2012

KEYWORDS: memoir travel India Tibet Nepal

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