URMSTON, JOHN

Super octavo, grey cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 169pp + 1pp illus. at rear, VG (light rubbing to board extrems, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light rubbing, soiling & creasing)

PUBLISHER: Vernon & Yates Ltd 1969

KEYWORDS: memoirs autobiography autobiographies aviation aircraft air travel flight hobbies recreation leisure aeroplanes airplanes building construction england english

DE GAURY, GERALD

Ex-library, 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: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1972

KEYWORDS: history biographies memoir Alexander Kinglake literary literature adventure travel

LUNNON, JESS (Illus) & MACKECHNIE, SANDI (Illus) & BECKFORD, NIGEL & FITZSIMONS, MICHAEL

Imperial 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: FitzBeck Publishing 2012

KEYWORDS: New Zealand travel literature writing culture lifestyle

KEENE, DONALD & YAMAGUCHI, AKIRA (Illus)

Octavo softcover (VG+) gift inscription in ink heavily crossed out to prelims; 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: Columbia University Press 2008

KEYWORDS: Donald Keene travel writing literature Japan Japanese culture customs

LOWTH, ALYS

Imperial octavo hardcover (VG-) front hinge weak/cracked; 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: Whitcombe & Tombs N/D (c.1900s)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand travel literature writing history

DU MAURIER, DAPHNE & BROWNING, CHRISTIAN (Photos)

LACKS D/W, super 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: Victor Gollancz 1967

KEYWORDS: travel writing literature Great Britain English towns Cornwall Daphne du Maurier literature history

MUIRHEAD, L RUSSELL (Ed)

Sm 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: Ernest Benn 1936

KEYWORDS: travel guides literature writings Russell L Muirhead Wales British Isles Great Britain

MARTINEAU, GILBERT R (Ed)

Ex-library, sm 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: Nagel Publishers 1953

KEYWORDS: travel guides writing literature Iceland Nagel series

BOLITHO, HECTOR

Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (G+) jacket v scruffy, heavy annotation to ffep; 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: Longmans, Green & Co 1950

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Zealanders Hector Bolitho autobiography autobiographies memoir literature travel literary

COYSH, VICTOR (Compiled by) & TOMS, CAREL (Compiled by)

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Phillimore & Co 1978

KEYWORDS: Guernsey travel writings literature history photography photos culture

BRABBS, DERRY

Lg quarto, mustard heavy boards, blue lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 253pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light scuffign & bruising to board edges & extrems, prev. owner's sm ex-libris label to front pastedown) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Frances Lincoln 2008

KEYWORDS: ancient history antiquity Chile South America Santiago medieval pilgrimages travel writing literature France Spain

STUART, ARABELLA M.

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: The Musson Book Company Limited n/d

KEYWORDS: memoirs letters diaries travel writing

N/A

INCLUDES SOME NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS PASTED IN TELLING OF THE OFFICIAL RESULTS OF THE RACE; Super octavo, illus. stapled light card covers (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: Canterbury International Air Race Council 1953

KEYWORDS: new zealand aviation air travel transport racing international race sports history airplanes aeroplanes aircraft 1953 england competitive competitions

CLARKE, SUZANNA

Imperial 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: Viking / Penguin 2008

KEYWORDS: Morocco culture travel literature writing Suzanna Clarke

RICHARDS, J H

Imperial octavo stapled light card covers (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: A H & A W Reed 1963

KEYWORDS: old travel brochures literature guides New Zealand Rangi Rotorua north island history attractions

SANKARAN, RAJAN

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: Notion Press 2022

KEYWORDS: travel writing literature north India Indian spirituality

WELD, CHARLES RICHARD

FIRST EDITION, ORIGINAL BINDING, octavo, blue textured buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, gilt aristocratic illus to front board, blind stamp decoration to boards, aeg, frontispiece, xii + 351pp, G+ (heavy chipping to spine extrems with some minor loss, light to moderate cracking to front hinge, moderate tanning to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, lengthy gift inscription in ink to ffep, varying degrees of foxing to pages throughout, varying degrees of cracking to gutters- v heavy to gutter of pgs 216/217 with some separation of binding) please feel free to ask for photos!

PUBLISHER: Chapman and Hall 1856

KEYWORDS: first editions original bindings Charles Richard Weld adventure travel writing literature France French

SCOTT, JOHN

Octavo, half leather bound marbled boards, gilt lettering & rule with raised bands to spine, red speckling to page edges, viii + 405pp, VG- (moderate rubbing & cracking to spine with some cracking at hinges, 2cm loss to base of spine, light bruising & scuffing to board extrems, moderate chafing to boards with minor surface loss, heavy tanning/soiling to top page edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to other page edges, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, moderate foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, occasional light cracking to gutters, occasional light foxing & tanning to pages throughout, binding v sound still)

PUBLISHER: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown 1816

KEYWORDS: France French history travel writing literature John Scott Brussels Belgium battlefields Waterloo

MAHANEY, CASEY and ASTRID WITTE

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: Lonely Planet Publications 2000

KEYWORDS: travel guides Lonely Planet Hawaii activities diving snorkelling snorkeling

STRICKLAND, MARK & WILLIAMS, JOHN

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: Lonely Planet Publications 2000

KEYWORDS: travel guides Lonely Planet Thailand activities diving snorkelling snorkeling