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$170.00
r11/7

Tales From the Veld


GLANVILLE,ERNEST

first edition 305pp+32pp publisher's catalogue ills.[b/w] VG (tan cloth w.brown/gilt stamps to top board,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,dealer's stamp to front pastedown,owner's stamp to prelims.,untrimmed content edges sl.foxed,spine cracked)

PUBLISHER: chatto & windus london 1897

KEYWORDS: travel literature ernest glanville africa geography

$510.00
r11/8

In Savage Isles and Settled Lands


Malaysia,Australasia,and Polynesia 1888-1891

BADEN-POWELL,B.F.S.

first edition x+438pp ills.[b/w w.fold-out map at front] VG (terracotta cloth w.gilt boat stamp to top board,sl.rubbed and stained,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,owner's stamp to ffep,prelims.and untrimmed content edges sl.foxed,occasional foxing to contents,spine cracked but tight)

PUBLISHER: richard bentley london 1892

KEYWORDS: travel geography history baden-powell scouts malaysia polynesia australasia

$127.50
r11/9

Among the Moors Sketches of Oriental Life


MONTBARD,G.

first edition xxii+281pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (green cloth w.gilt stamp to top board and spine,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,owner's stamp to prelims.,prelims.and untrimmed content edges sl.foxed,teg)

PUBLISHER: sampson low,marston london 1894

KEYWORDS: history travel geography moors montbard

$400.00
r11/10

First Footsteps in East Africa or, An Exploration of Harar


2 vols.

BURTON,RICHARD F.

first edition thus [the memorial edition] 2 vols.xxxiv+209/276pp ills.[b/w diagrams w.col.frontis.and another col.plate to each vol.] VG+ (brown cloth w.gilt dec.stamp to top boards,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,plates clean,vol.1 lacks the third plate which was never inserted according to Penzer,te red, unobtrusive library markings - a tidy set)

PUBLISHER: tylston and edwards london 1894

KEYWORDS: travel geography richard burton east africa history exploration

$255.00
r11/26

The Campaign of the Cataracts


BUTLER,W.F.

second edition 389pp ills.[b/w w.fold-out map at rear - one piece missing] G+ (green cloth w.dk.blue dec.stamp to top board and spine,rubbed and soiled,wear and chipping to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed/soiled,last folding section of map missing,spine cracked and shaky)

PUBLISHER: sampson low marston searle rivington london 1887

KEYWORDS: travel geography history nile butler cataracts

$68.00
r14/8

Through Masai Land


THOMSON,JOSEPH

new and revised edition 364pp ills.[b/w but lacks map] VG- (burgundy cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,sunned spine,mod.wear to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,missing map,spine cracked and cocked)

PUBLISHER: sampson low marston london [nd]

KEYWORDS: travel geography masai africa joseph thomson

$55.25
1m35/45

Six Months among the Palm Groves,Coral Reefs,and Volcanoes of the Sandwich Islands


BIRD,ISABELLA L.

sixth edition 318pp ills.[b/w] VG (green cloth w.gilt stamp to top board,mod.rubbed and stained,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed)

PUBLISHER: john murray london 1886

KEYWORDS: travel geography history sandwich islands isabella bird

$25.50
r16/26

The Sister Dominions


through canada to australia by the new imperial highway

HOGAN,JAMES FRANCIS

ex-lib.[first edition] 234pp+ads. VG - (brown cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.,usual libr.stamps and labels,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed)

PUBLISHER: eyre & spottiswoode sydney 1896

KEYWORDS: history travel geography dominions james francis hogan

$42.50
r17/10

The Land of Uz


MANSUR,ABDULAH [BURY,G.WYMAN]

ex-lib.first edition 354pp ills.[b/w but lacks map] VG- (red cloth w.libr.label to top board,rubbed and stained,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,usual libr.stamps and labels,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,lacks folding map)

PUBLISHER: macmillan london 1911

KEYWORDS: history geography travel uz abdulah mansur

$170.00
r18/3

General Hints to Emigrants


N/A

209pp+ads. G (green cloth wrappers,top cover detahced but present,lacks spine,remains of label to top cover,rubbed and stained,chipping and wear to extrems.,ads,to eps,some sl.foxing to contents,spine cracked)

PUBLISHER: virtue london 1866

KEYWORDS: history literature emigrants travel

$255.00
r19/4

Chapman's Centenary Memorial of Captain Cook's Description of New Zealand One Hundred Years Ago


COOK,CAPTAIN

first edition 166pp ills.[b/w w.fold-out maps - 1 plate missing from pg.107] G (binding copy,top board detached and rear board missing,top board stained and rubbed,chipping and wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to front pastedown,lacks prelims.,text block starts at title page and ends with final page of index,some sl.foxing to contents,sections separating w.some detached but all present)

PUBLISHER: chapman auckland 1870

KEYWORDS: new zealand nautical history captain cook geography travel

$37.50
1b39/14

Nga Waka O Nehera: The First Voyaging Canoes


EVANS, JEFF

first edition 223pp quarto softcover NF (in wrappers,sl.soiled)

PUBLISHER: reed auckland 1997

KEYWORDS: new zealand maori history jeff evans canoe travel

$42.50
2g3/36

The Wind Commands


MORTON,HARRY

first nz edition 498pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (blue cloth,minor soiling,maps to eps,ffep clippedcontent edges v.sl.soiled) in VG- d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,front cover and spine sunned almost to white,sl.wear and chipping to extrems.,insect holes to foot of both hinges)

PUBLISHER: john mcindoe dunedin 1976

KEYWORDS: nautical history harry morton travel

$175.00
2g3/47

Guide to Switzerland


[with cycling supplement]

COOLIDGE,W.A.B.

first edition thus 245pp ills.[4x b/w w.col.folding maps] VG (green cloth,mod.rubbed and stained,sunned spine,sl.wear to extrems.,some creasing and chipping to folded edges of some maps o/w contents clean,spine cracked)

PUBLISHER: adam and charles black london 1901

KEYWORDS: travel switzerland history coolidge guide geography

$995.00
r26/2

Mauritius; or,The Isle of France


FLEMYNG,FRANCIS P.

[first edition - preface dated 1862] 256pp ills.[b/w w.folding map loosely inserted] G+ (full green morocco w.blind borders,rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.incl.spine,1cm loss to foot of spine,separation at fep gutter,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,some minor soiling to contents,maps sl.worn)

PUBLISHER: society for promoting christian knowledge london [nd]

KEYWORDS: travel geography history mauritius francis flemyng

$700.00
r26/10

Adventures in Africa: During a Tour of Two Years Through that Country


HARRIS,W.CORNWALLIS

from the tenth london edition revised and corrected xii+392pp [lacks ills.] VG (brown textured cloth w.blind borders,mod.rubbed and soiled,gilt titling to spine,wear and chipping to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.soiled,spine cracked w.centre section sl.loose)

PUBLISHER: peterson philadelphia [1843]

KEYWORDS: travel history africa geography cornwallis harris

$60.00
r28/17

Rambles in Polynesia


'SUNDOWNER'

first edition 207pp VG+ (burgundy cloth w.black dec.stamps to top board,mod.rubbed and soiled,spine sunned,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,owner's stamp to half-title,content edges sl.foxed)

PUBLISHER: european mail london 1897

KEYWORDS: travel geography polynesia history sundowner

$125.00
r28/18

Through the Gold-Fields of Alaska to Bering Straits


DE WINDT,HARRY

first edition 312pp+catalogue [dated 1897] ills.[b/w w.col.folding map at front] VG- (blue cloth w.gilt stamp to top board,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,some plates loose but all present,edges of folding map sl.worn)

PUBLISHER: chatto & windus london 1898

KEYWORDS: travel geography history alaska harry de windt gold-fields

$150.00
r28/19

Walks About the City and Environs of Jerusalem


BARTLETT,W.H.

second edition 255pp ills.[b/w w.folding maps] G+ (brown cloth w.half leather,top board detached but present,lacks 75% of leather spine,rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,maps and margins of plates mod.foxed)

PUBLISHER: george virtue london [nd]

KEYWORDS: travel geography jerusalem bartlett

$725.00
r28/27

The Head-Hunters of Borneo: A Narrative of Travel Up The Mahakkam and Down the Barito


BOCK,CARL

second edition 344pp ills.[30 col.plates + folding map at front] G (teal cloth w.brown/ochre/gilt dec.stamps to top board and spine,mod.rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.,10cm split to head of upper hinge,dealer's label to front pastedown,paper separation at ep gutter,owner's inscr.to half-title verso,prelims.and content edges mod.foxed,map in 2 pieces but all present,col.plates all present and clean w.sl.foxing to the margins,spine cracked and shaky) not as bad as it might sound - would benefit from restoration - scans available on request

PUBLISHER: sampson low marston searle rivington london 1882

KEYWORDS: travel geography borneo head-hunters carl bock mahakkam

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