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$22.50
xxfse183007

Taieri Gorge Railway - A Photo Guide


HAMEL, ANTONY

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

$15.00
xxfse183008

Aoraki/Mount Cook; With the Canterbury Lakes


MORATH, PETER

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

$14.00
xxfrd183035

Cromwell: A Photographic Journey


NOBLE-ADAMS, SUE (Photos) & OLIVER, OLWYNNE (Photos)

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

$25.00
xxfph183043

African Adventures


LAKE, ALEXANDER

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

$45.00
2a18o/23

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)


N/A

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

$40.00
2a18o/28

Africa As We Saw It: A Day by Day Account of Things of Interest on a Visit to the Great Continent of Africa


DUFF, MR and MRS JOHN

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

$50.00
2a18p/9

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)


DE MUNILLA, FRAY MARTIN & KELLY, CELSUS (Trans & Ed)

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

$70.00
2a18p/10

The Journal of Jean-Francois de Galaup de la Perouse 1785-1788 (2 Vol Set)


DE LA PEROUSE, JEAN-FRANCOIS DE GALAUP & DUNMORE, JOHN (Trans & Ed)

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

$175.00
2a18p/12

George Vancouver: A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean and Round the World 1791-1795 (4 Vol Set)


VANCOUVER, GEORGE & LAMB, W. KAYE (Ed)

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

$50.00
2a18p/13

The Jamestown Voyages Under the First Charter 1606-1609 (2 Vol Set)


BARBOUR, PHILIP L. (Ed)

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

$100.00
2a18p/14

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)


ALVARES, FATHER FRANCISCO & BECKINGHAM, C. F. (Ed) & HUNTINGFORD, G. W. B. (Ed) & ALDERLEY, LORD STANLEY OF (Trans)

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

$40.00
2a18p/15

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


BARR, WILLIAM & WILLIAMS, GLYNDWR (Eds)

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

$165.00
2a18p/16

Journal of the Travels and Labours of Father Samuel Frtiz in the River of the Amazons Between 1686 and 1723


FATHER SAMUEL FRITZ & EDMUNDSON, Rev. Dr. GEORGE (Trans & Ed)

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

$225.00
2a18p/25

A New Account of East India and Persia Being Nine Years' Travels 1672-1681: Vol II


FRYER, JOHN & CROOKE, WILLIAM (Ed, Notes & Intro)

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

$225.00
2a18p/26

A New Account of East India and Persia Being Nine Years' Travels 1672-1681: Vol I


FRYER, JOHN & CROOKE, WILLIAM (Ed, Notes & Intro)

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

$975.00
2a18p/27

The Travels of Peter Mundy, in Europe and Asia 1608-1667 (5 Vol Set in Six Books)


MUNDY, PETER & TEMPLE, Lt.-Col. Sir RICHARD CARNAC (Ed)

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

$300.00
2a18q/15

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)


HAKLUYT, RICHARD & MASEFIELD, JOHN (Intro) & DERRICK, THOMAS (Illus) & RHYS, ERNEST (Intro)

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

$175.00
2a18r/13

New Trekking Map Lamosangu to Mt Everest; Showing Whole of the Khumbu Himal & Rolwaling Himal


N/A

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

$475.00
2a18r/25

The Book of Duarte Barbosa: An Account of the Countries Bordering on the Indian Ocean and Their Inhabitants (2 Vol Set)


BARBOSA, DUARTE & DAMES, MANSEL LONGWORTH (Trans)

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

$50.00
2a18r/30

The Guanches of Tenerife: The Holy Image of Our Lady of Candelaria and the Spanish Conquest and Settlement


DE ESPINOSA, Friar ALONSO & MARKHAM, Sir CLEMENTS (Trans, Ed, Notes & Intro)

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

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