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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

DOODY, JOHN

FIRST EDITION; Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG) with plastic cover; 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: Michael Joseph Ltd. 1955

KEYWORDS: The Red Sea adventure culture travel voyage

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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