Books - "travel"
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Taieri Gorge Railway - A Photo Guide
Oblong 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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Silver Peaks Press 2011
KEYWORDS: New Zealand travel guide trains Taieri Gorge transport Otago
Aoraki/Mount Cook; With the Canterbury Lakes
Oblong 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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: The Caxton Press 2012
KEYWORDS: New Zealand travel guides Aoraki Mount Cook Canterbury lakes
Cromwell: A Photographic Journey
Oblong 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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Sue Noble-Adams & Olwynne Oliver 2008
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Central Otago photography photojournals photos pictorial travel
African Adventures
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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: W. H. Allen 1954
KEYWORDS: Africa travel literature adventure culture
Pitman's Commercial Atlas of the World; With an Account of the Trade Productions, Means of Communication and the Principal Statistics of Every Country of the Globe (Australian and New Zealand Edition)
Imperial octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, xxx + 116pp, illus/maps, VG (moderate scuffing to extrems, light staining to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges & eps, library plate to front pastedown- no other library markings, sm ink numerals to ffep, foxing to prelims & terminals)
PUBLISHER: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons 1932
KEYWORDS: atlases maps Pitmans commercial travel
Africa As We Saw It: A Day by Day Account of Things of Interest on a Visit to the Great Continent of Africa
INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, 159pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems, moderate to heavy black smoke staining to spine, board edges & page edges- no smell, light tanning to eps)
PUBLISHER: Walterick Printing Co N/D (1950?)
KEYWORDS: Africa travel literature John Duff culture customs signed
La Australia del Espiritu Santo: The Journal of Fray Martin de Munilla and Other Documents Relating to the Voyage of Pedro Fernandez de Quiros to the South Sea (1605-1606) and the Franciscan Missionary Plan (1617-1627) (2 Vol Set)
2 VOL SET, FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt ship motif & blind rule to front boards, folding map frontispiece to vol 1, xvii + 270pp, vol 2- xv + pgs 271-446, illus, folding maps/documents- not counted presumed all present, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light soiling to boards of vol 1, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping with some minor loss to edges, moderate tanning & staining to spines)
PUBLISHER: Hakluyt / Cambridge University Press 1966
KEYWORDS: first edition hakluyt explroation travel maritime nautical history Fray Martin de Munilla voyages south seas Pedro Fernandez de Quiros Franciscan missionary plan
The Journal of Jean-Francois de Galaup de la Perouse 1785-1788 (2 Vol Set)
2 VOL SET, FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt ship motif & blind rule to front boards, frontispieces, vol 1- ccxl + 232pp, vol 2- vi + pgs 233-613, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges of vol 1, light chafing & surface loss/soiling to jackets of both vols)
PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society 1994-95
KEYWORDS: first edition hakluyt exploration travel Jean-Francois de Galaup de la Perouse history maritime nautical
George Vancouver: A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean and Round the World 1791-1795 (4 Vol Set)
4 VOL SET, super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt ship motif & blind rule to front boards, frontis to vol 1, pagination continued over 4 vols- 1752pp total, occasional illus/folding maps, folding map to rear pocket of vol 1, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, sl tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (varying degrees of scuffing, chafing & creasing to spine & edges but mostly tidy)
PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society 1984
KEYWORDS: hakluyt exploration history voyages George Vancouver north Pacific ocean maritime nautical travel
The Jamestown Voyages Under the First Charter 1606-1609 (2 Vol Set)
2 VOL SET, FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt ship motif & blind rule to front boards, frontispiece to vol 1, vol 1- xxviii + 247pp, vol 2- viii + pgs 249-524, illus/folding maps- not counted presumed all present, VG+ (light bruising to board extrems & edges- vol 2 esp., light soiling to rear board of vol 2, vol 2 lightly discoloured, light foxing & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light to mdoerate creasing & chipping to edges- discreet archival tape repairs to vol 1, light to moderate tanning & staining to spine & edges)
PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society / Cambridge University Press 1969
KEYWORDS: first edition hakluyt exploration travel Jamestown documents history colonisation colonization colonies Captain John Smith maritime nautical voyages first charter
The Prester John of the Indies: A True Relation of the Lands of the Prester John; Being the Narrative of the Portuguese Embassy to Ethiopia in 1520 (2 Vol Set)
2 VOL SET, FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt ship motif & blind rule to front boards, deckled/rough cut page edges, frontispieces, vol 1- xvi + 321pp, vol 2- vi + pgs 323-617, folding map to pocket at rear board of vol 2, illus/maps, VG (light bruising & discolouration to board extrems & edges, moderate soiling to rear board, light tanning & soiling/foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing & soiling to rear eps of vol 2) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning & foxing to spines & covers)
PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society / Cambridge University Press 1961
KEYWORDS: hakluyt first edition exploration travel maritime nautical Portuguese missions Ethiopia Ethiopian Africa Lord Stanley of Alderley Prester John history
Voyages to Hudson Bay in Search of a Northwest Passage 1741-1747: Vol 1: The Voyage of Christopher Middleton 1741-1742; Vol 2: The Voyage of William Moor and Francis Smith 1746-1747
2 VOL SET, super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt ship motif & blind rule to front boards, frontispieces, vol 1- xii + 333pp, vol 2- xv + 393pp, illus, Near FINE (sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: The Hakluyt Society 1994-95
KEYWORDS: hakluyt exploration travel voyages Christopher Middleton William Moor Francis Smith history maritime nautical
Journal of the Travels and Labours of Father Samuel Frtiz in the River of the Amazons Between 1686 and 1723
FIRST EDITION, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt ship motif & blind decoration to boards, viii + 164pp + xliii Hakluyt lists to rear, folding maps, VG (light bruising & scuffing to spine & extrems, light soiling to boards, moderate tanning to page edges & eps, minor closed tearing to folding maps)
PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society / Cambridge University Press 1922
KEYWORDS: first edition hakluyt Father Samuel Fritz exploration travel history Evora MS amazons
A New Account of East India and Persia Being Nine Years' Travels 1672-1681: Vol II
THIS VOL ONLY, FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt ship motif & blind stamp decoration to boards, deckled/rough cut page edges- some still uncut, 371pp, illus, VG (light scuffing to extrems, light soiling to boards, moderate tanning to page edges & eps, light tanning to prelims & terminals)
PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society 1912
KEYWORDS: hakluyt society history East India Persia explroation travel voyages John Fryer first edition
A New Account of East India and Persia Being Nine Years' Travels 1672-1681: Vol I
THIS VOL ONLY, FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt ship motif & blind stamp decoration to front board, blind stamp decoration to rear board, deckled/rough cut page edges- some still uncut, frontispiece with tissue guard, xxxviii + 353pp + 35pp Hakluyt list to rear, VG (light scuffing & soiling to boards & extrems, moderate tanning to page edges & eps, light tanning to prelims & terminals)
PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society 1909
KEYWORDS: hakluyt society history East India Persia explroation travel voyages John Fryer first edition
The Travels of Peter Mundy, in Europe and Asia 1608-1667 (5 Vol Set in Six Books)
5 VOL SET IN SIX BOOKS, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt ship motif & blind stamp decoration to boards- no gilt motif to rear board of vol 1, deckled/rough cut page edges- some still uncut, mixed pagination, illus/folding maps, VG (light to moderate scuffing & bruising to extrems & spine/boards, moderate tanning to page edges, varying degrees of tanning & light foxing to vols, light cracking to gutters of vol 3, light staining to top page edges of some vols) d/w to vol 5 only, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, heavy tanning/discolouration to spine & edges, light soiling)
PUBLISHER: Hakluyt / Cambridge University Press 1907-1936
KEYWORDS: hakluyt society travel exploration voyages history Europe Asia Peter Mundy
The Principal Navigations: Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation, Made by Sea or Over-land to the Remote and Farthest Distant Quarters of the Earth at Any Time Within the Compasse of These 1600 Years (10 Vol Set)
10 VOL SET, octavo, light blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & ship motif to spines & boards, top page edges stained black, printed eps, frontispieces, mixed pagination, occasional illus, VG (light bruising to extrems, light soiling to boards, light tanning, foxing & soiling to page edges, sl tanning & foxing to some eps) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges with some loss & closed tearing, archival tape repairs to vol 1, light soiling, moderate tanning & fading to spines, flaps to some jackets discreetly reinforced)
PUBLISHER: J. M. Dent & Sons 1927-28
KEYWORDS: hakluyt society travel exploration voyages history maritime nautical adventures history discoveries England English explorers
New Trekking Map Lamosangu to Mt Everest; Showing Whole of the Khumbu Himal & Rolwaling Himal
FIRST EDITION, duodecimo (folded), pink light paper with dark pink lettering & illus/mapping, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to folded areas/creases, moderate staining, sm numerals in dark pink & black lining/marking ink to map)
PUBLISHER: Not Stated (1975)
KEYWORDS: first edition maps cartography Everest mountaineering exploration hiking routes travel
The Book of Duarte Barbosa: An Account of the Countries Bordering on the Indian Ocean and Their Inhabitants (2 Vol Set)
2 VOL SET, FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt ship motif & blind stamp decoration to boards, deckled/rough cut page edges- some still uncut, frontispiece to vol 2 only, vol 1- lxxxv + 238pp + xxxix bibliography to rear, vol 2- xxxi + 286pp + xlii bibliography to rear, folding map to rear pocket of vol 1, illus/folding maps, VG+ (light scuffing and/or bruising to extrems, sl discolouration to spines & board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)
PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society 1918-21
KEYWORDS: hakluyt society exploration Indian ocean geography history 16th sixteenth century ethnography travel first editions
The Guanches of Tenerife: The Holy Image of Our Lady of Candelaria and the Spanish Conquest and Settlement
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, gilt lettering to spine, gilt ship motif & blind stamp decoration to front board, deckled/rough cut page edges- some still uncut, xxvi + 221pp, folding maps, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate discolouration to spine, sl chafing & soiling to rear board, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)
PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society 1907
KEYWORDS: first editions hakluyt society history geography Tenerife Spanish conquest Spain exploration travel