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$30.00
xxrea193631

The Heart of Black Papua


TAYLOR, MERLIN MOORE

FIRST EDITION, octavo hardcover (VG-) rear board v shaky; 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: Robert M McBride & Company 1926

KEYWORDS: first editions history culture anthropology travel writing literature Pacific Papua New Guinea png

$30.00
xxreb193635

A Vagabond in Fiji


FOSTER, HARRY L

Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (tatty); 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: John Lane, The Bodley Head 1927

KEYWORDS: pacific islands pasifika Fiji Fijian culture customs travel writing literature exploration adventure

$22.50
xxreb193643

Among the Celestials (Modern Facsimile Reprint)


YOUNGHUSBAND, Captain FRANCIS

FACSIMILE REPRINT, 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: SN Books World ( Originally John Murray 1898)

KEYWORDS: exploration travel literature writings Captain Sir Francis Edward Younghusband Manchuria Gobi desert Himalayas India history

$15.00
xxreb193644

Egypt


LOTI, PIERRE & BAINES, W P (Trans) & LAMPLOUGH, A (Illus)

Ex-library- reading copy only, 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: T Werner Laurie N/D (c.1920s?)

KEYWORDS: travel literature writings Pierre Loti exploration adventure Egypt

$40.00
1r25b/13

Travels in China and Japan


KAZANTZAKIS, NIKOS & KAZANTZAKIS, HELEN (Epilogue) & PAPPAGEOTES, GEORGE C (Trans)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, yellow cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 382pp, VG (light bruising to extrems, light to moderate soiling to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing sporadically throughout) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Bruno Cassirer 1964

KEYWORDS: first editions travel writing literature China Japan Asia oriental history culture Nikos Kazantzakis far east

$40.00
1r25b/15

Russia of To-Day


FRASER, JOHN FOSTER

Octavo, orange buckram boards, black lettering & illus to spine & front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, viii + 296pp, illus/photos, VG (light scuffing to extrems, light fading to spine, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: Cassell 1915

KEYWORDS: Russia Russian culture customs travel literature writing

$40.00
1r25b/16

Narrative of an Explorer in Tropical South Africa, Being an Account of a Visit to Damaraland in 1851


GALTON, FRANCIS

Octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & black rule to spine, black lettering & rule to front board, patterned eps, frontispiece, xviii + 320pp + 4pp catalogue to rear, VG- (light to moderate scuffing to extrems, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, moderate cracking to front gutter- front board shaky, light foxing to prelims, moderate cracking to some gutters)

PUBLISHER: Ward, Lock and Co 1889

KEYWORDS: travel literature writing South Africa exploration adventure customs culture

$20.00
xxrcb193759

Isles of the Frigate Bird


SYME, RONALD

FIRST EDITION, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Michael Joseph 1975

KEYWORDS: travel writing literature Cook Islands Rarotonga pacific islands Ronald Syme first editions

$245.00
1r25b/36

Two Vagabonds in Albania


GORDON, JAN and CORA J

Super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, coloured illus to spine & front board, top page edges stained red, frontispiece, xii + 304pp, illus, VG (light to moderate scuffing to spine & board edges, light bruising to extrems, moderate discolouration to spine, sl soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate foxing to some pages throughout, prev. owner's name in ink to front & rear eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear pastedown, light cracking sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: John Lane the Bodley Head 1927

KEYWORDS: travel writing literature Albania culture customs Jan Cora J Gordon

$525.00
1r34a/3

Through Algeria & Tunisia, on a Motor-bicycle


LADY WARREN

FIRST EDITION IN SCARCE D/W, super octavo, beige buckram boards, blue lettering & rule to spine & front board, deckled page edges, frontispiece, 160pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems, light tanning to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front & rear eps, light foxing to pages throughout) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping with some minor loss to edges, moderate to heavy tanning to spine, light tanning to covers)

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1922

KEYWORDS: first editions travel writing literature Algeria Tunisia exploration adventure Lady Warren motorcycle adventures

$70.00
1r34a/5

Wanderers: Episodes from the Travels of Lady Emmeline Stuart-Wortley and Her Daughter Victoria 1849-1855


CUST, Mrs HENRY & STORRS, Sir RONALD (Preface)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 364pp, VG (light bruising & fading to board edges/extrems, light tanning to spine, light chafing to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front & rear eps, prev. bookseller's sm label & ink stamp to rear pastedown, light foxing to pages throughout, light cracking to some gutters)

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1928

KEYWORDS: first editions travel writing literature exploration adventures Lady Emmeline Stuart-Wortley Victoria 19th nineteenth century history culture America Spain Syria

$75.00
1r34a/6

A Springtide in Palestine


HARRY, MYRIAM

FIRST EDITION, IN SCARCE D/W, super octavo, green buckram boards, black lettering & rule to spine, black rule & sm illus to front board, frontispiece, 206pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl scuffing to extrems, light fading to spine, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light foxing to pages throughout) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate to heavy tanning to spine & edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Ernest Benn 1924

KEYWORDS: first editions travel writing literature Palestine middle east culture history

$245.00
1r34a/7

Peeps into Persia


DE WARZEE, DOROTHY

FIRST EDITION, octavo, grey buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt sword-weilding lion illus to front board, frontispiece, xii + 244pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate fading to spine, moderate discolouration & light staining to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front & rear eps, light foxing to pages throughout, moderate cracking to gutters of pgs 112-113)

PUBLISHER: Hurst and Blackett 1913

KEYWORDS: travel writing literature Persia culture history Dorothy de Warzee first editions

$75.00
1r34a/9

When We Lived in Jerusalem


BLYTH, ESTELLE

FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xi + 348pp, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light tanning & scuffing to spine, sl chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to front & rear eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear pastedown, light tanning to eps, moderate foxing to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1927

KEYWORDS: first editions Jerusalem middle east customs culture travel writing literature

$50.00
1r34a/11

The Balkan Road


LYALL, ARCHIBALD

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus front eps, frontispiece, viii + 244pp + 8pp publisher's catalogue to rear, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems, light chafing to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to half title page & rear ep, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear pastedown, light cracking to gutters throghout, occasional light foxing throughout) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges- tidy archival tape repairs & minor loss, moderate fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co 1930

KEYWORDS: first editions travel writing literature Balkan road Europe

$40.00
1r34a/21

Portrait of a Dictator: Francisco Solano Lopez (Paraguay 1865-1870)


GRAHAM, R B CUNNINGHAME

FIRST EDITION, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xvi + 283pp, VG (light to moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate fading & scuffing to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, minor staining to rear board, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to front & rear eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear pastedown, light to moderate foxing to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1933

KEYWORDS: first editions travel writing literature Paraguay biographies memoir political leaders dictators Francisco Solano Lopez history 19th nineteenth century

$40.00
1r34a/31

Golden Days in Many Lands


LEYS, WINIFRED H

FIRST EDITION- COLONIAL, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine & front board, deckled page edges, frontispiece, xv + 340pp + 31pp publisher's catalogue to rear, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & scuffing to spine & extrems, moderate fading & staining to spine, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, faint ex-libris ink stamp to ffep, moderate foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co 1910

KEYWORDS: first edtions colonial travel writing literature Europe Winifred H Leys

$35.00
xxrbb193818

Argentina Past and Present


Containing 96 Illustrations, 64 Being from Photographs & 32 in Colour from Paintings by E.W. Christmas, R.B.A.

KOEBEL, W.H. & CHRISTMAS, E.W. (illus)

Imperial 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Adam and Charles Black 1914

KEYWORDS: argentina south america history americas latin w.h. koebel colony new world colonialism industry anthropology travel

$15.00
xxrah193863

A Sense of Place, a Sense of Time


JACKSON, JOHN BRINCKERHOFF

Very tidy ex-library - unread; Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG, fixed to boards with protective plastic adhesive film); 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: Yale University Press 1994

KEYWORDS: ex-library j.b. jackson john brinckerhoff landscape history travel writing united states of america u.s.a. essay anthologies collections urbanism industrialism

$35.00
xxpai193939

In the Hills of Breadalbane


FIRSOFF, V A

Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (tatty) frontispiece partially detached; 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: Robert Hale 1954

KEYWORDS: Scotland Scottish Perthshire travel writing literature history V A Firsoff

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