Books - "travel"
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No Latitude for Error
FIRST EDITION; SIGNED BY AUTHOR (HIS EARLY STYLE OF SIGNATURE, CONTEMPORARY TO PUBLICATION); Super octavo, black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 255pp, illus: maps, diagrams & photo plates, VG+ (light rubbing & soiling to boards, light adhesion soiling to eps, light foxing & tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG (a few small spots of heavy soiling, light rubbing, creasing & tanning, price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton 1961
KEYWORDS: signed first editions memoirs autobiography autobiographies exploration expeditions travel writing new zealand antarctica polar transantarctic sir edmund hillary illustrated
The World: Travels 1950-2000
FIRST EDITION, super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG) minor damp staining to edges; 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 W Norton & Company 2003
KEYWORDS: travel writing literature exploration first editions adventure voyages history world politics Jan Morris
Endurance: A Year in Space, A Lifetime of Discovery
Tidy ex-library, super 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: Alfred A Knopf 2017
KEYWORDS: space travel astronauts iss international space station Scott Kelly autobiography memoir nasa
Maui Revealed: The Ultimate Guidebook (6th Edition)
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: Wizard Publications 2013
KEYWORDS: Maui Hawaii Hawai'i travel writing literature guide books guidebooks
The Ends of the Earth: A Journey at the Dawn of the 21st Century
Super 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: Random House 1996
KEYWORDS: travel writing literature adventure Robert D Kaplan Africa Asia
Domestic Manners of the Americans
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: Dover Publications 2014
KEYWORDS: history US America American social life customs culture travel writing literature Frances Trollope
Richard Pearse; Pioneer Aviator
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: Walsh Memorial Library Museum of Transport and Technology Inc. 1978
KEYWORDS: new zealand aviation aviators flying flight transport air travel airplanes aircraft aeroplanes pilots early history design engineering inventions inventors richard pearse
My Father in China
LACKS D/W, Ex-library; 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: Michael Joseph Ltd 1945
KEYWORDS: biography biographies bill william burke methodist christian missionaries china chinese travel writing
A Voyage to the South Sea; Undertaken by Command of His Majesty, for the Purpose of Conveying the Bread-Fruit Tree to the West Indies, in His Majesty's Ship The Bounty, Commanded by Lieutenant William Bligh.; Including an Account of the Mutiny on Boa
FACSIMILE EDITION; Quarto 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: Hutchinson Group (Australia) Pty Ltd 1979
KEYWORDS: facsimile editions south southern ocean maritime ship boat exploration expeditions travel writing pacific islands west east indies captain william bligh hms bounty
Wanderings in Arabia: Being an Abridgment of Travels in Arabia Deserta
LACKS D/W; EX-LIBRARY; 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: Duckworth 1926
KEYWORDS: arabia arabian peninsula middle east asia abridged version abdridgement charles m doughty travel history
New Zealand One Hundred Years Ago; Journal of a Ten Months' Visit
Octavo, maroon cloth boards, white lettering to spine & front board, 162pp, illus, VG- (moderate cracking to gutters - boards moderately shaky, moderately heavy fading to boards incl. lettering, light rubbing & soiling to boards, light tanning/soiling to pages, prev. owner's stamp to eps, prelims & several pages throughout)
PUBLISHER: Brett Printing and Publishing Co. Ltd. 1921
KEYWORDS: new zealand journals diaries diary memoirs travel writing exploration maritime ocean journeys voyages ships early history colonialism hms dromedary richard a cruise
New Zealand as a Tourist & Health Resort; The Hot Lake District; The Southern Lakes; Sounds, Etc.; Illustrated (2nd Edition)
Sm. octavo, tan heavy card boards, black lettering to boards, adverts to pastedowns, 160pp + 6pp adverts at front + 2pp adverts at rear, illus plates & maps, VG- (heavy wear to spine with surface loss to extrems & extensive tape repairs, heavy cracking to gutters - binding delicate with some pages coming loose, but book still in one piece, moderate scuffing & soiling to boards, heavy tanning to page edges, prelims & terminals)
PUBLISHER: Thos. Cook & Son n/d (c. 1895)
KEYWORDS: new zealand travel tourist tourism guide books handbooks nineteenth 19th century history historical maps illustrated thermal hot springs lakes southern sounds
New Zealand; Issued by the New Zealand Government Department of Tourist and Health Resorts.
Oblong sm. octavo, red stapled & twine-bound light card covers, white stamped lettering & photo illus to front cover, unpaginated, photo illus, VG- (moderate scuffing, creasing & soiling to covers with a couple of small closed tears, moderate chipping to lettering, moderate foxing to prelims/terminals, otherwise light soiling & creasing to pages throughout, prev. owners name in ink to inside front cover)
PUBLISHER: New Zealand Government Department of Tourist and Health Resorts n/d (c. 1905)
KEYWORDS: new zealand travel tourist tourism early photography books collections history historical illustrated health resorts nature towns landscapes
The New Zealand Pilot.; Chiefly from Surverys Made by H.M. Ships Acheron and Pandora, Captain J. Lort Stokes, and Commander Byron Drury. 1848-55. (Sixth Edition. Including Also the Chatham Island and the Off-Lying Islands Southward of New Zealand)
Super octavo, maroon cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, xx + 476pp, illus: single map only,VG- (moderate-heavy cracking to gutters - boards moderately shaky, moderate scuffing, soiling & sun-fading to boards, light cracking to spine, moderate-heavy foxing/tanning to pages, occasional annotations in light pencil)
PUBLISHER: Oder of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty 1891
KEYWORDS: new zealand maritime ocean sea travel voyages journeys navigation exploration expeditions surveying sailing directions ships hms acheron pandora
Whites Air Directory and Who's Who in New Zealand Aviation (Including the South Pacific) (Volume No. 8 1956-57
Ex-library; Sm. octavo, green, yellow & white light card covers, green lettering to white spine, adverts to eps, 152pp incl. adverts at front & rear, VG (light rubbing, soiling & creasing to covers/spine, light discolouration to pages, usual library markings to covers, spine & eps)
PUBLISHER: Whites Aviation Limited 1956
KEYWORDS: ex library new zealand aviation directories guides handbooks index indices reference history whites transport air travel flight pilots airports aeroplanes airplanes aircraft
Otago Motor Club (Incorporated) Year Book 1925-26; Together with Annual Report & Balance Sheet for 1924-25
Octavo, illus light card covers, adverts to eps, 94pp, illus adverts & figures, VG (light soiling & creasing to covers, moderate chipping to spine extrems with sl. surface loss, light creasing & tanning to pages)
PUBLISHER: Otago Motor Club (Incorporated) 1925
KEYWORDS: new zealand south island otago motor club year book yearbooks road guides guidebooks handbooks motorists automotives automobiles vehicles transport travel driving cars roads instructions instructional
South Seas; My Stories
Octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, 192pp, photo illus, VG+ (light scuffing & creasing to covers, small bump to lower spine extrem, light soiling & creasing to pages, bookseller's price label to rear cover)
PUBLISHER: Wolfgang Losacker n/d
KEYWORDS: doctors physicians memoirs autobiographies autobiography travel writing pacific cook islands rarotonga illustrated
Marion Dufresne at the Bay of Islands
READING COPY; Ex-library; Imperial octavo, green cloth boards, black lettering to spine, 113pp, illus photo plates & maps, VG- (moderate scuffing, fraying & sun-fading to boards, sl. surface loss to spine extrems., gutters reinforced, light-moderate foxing & tanning to pages, usual library markings to prelims, terminals & spine - good reading copy)
PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1951
KEYWORDS: ex library new zealand north island bay of islands northland france french travel exploration voyages journeys expeditions terra australis tasman marine ocean ship sea early history historical colonialism
Letters from Tokelau
Oblong octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, white lettering to blue spine, illus eps, title page & prelims, photo illus, 96pp, VG+ (light rubbing to covers & page edges)
PUBLISHER: Trinity Publishing (NZ) Ltd 2021
KEYWORDS: tokelau atolls pacific islands new zealand territories letters memoirs travel writing food science nutrition nutritionists dieticians diet culture anthropology
Bali
Second printing; Quarto, maroon cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt archer motif to front board, illus eps, xiv + 112pp, illus plates, VG (moderate soiling & rubbing to boards, light soiling & tanning to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to fep & prelim) in d/w, VG- (heavy chipping & creasing with tape repairs to spine & extrems, light soiling)
PUBLISHER: Robert Hale Limited 1941
KEYWORDS: photography photographers art documentary pictorial anthropology ethnology travel writing exploration cultural social history bali indonesia indo pacific islands south east asia oceania