The Marquis DE CUSTINE

Sm. octavo, maroon cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamped lettering & rule to boards, printed eps, xxiv + 532pp, VG- (moderate rubbing/soiling & heavy fading to boards, moderate cracking to upper spine - boards sl. shaky, light soiling & tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans 1854

KEYWORDS: text in english travel writing french aristocrats aristocracy history russian russia imperial imperialism

DE SEGUR, GASTON

Octavo, marbled heavy card boards, red cloth to spine, gilt lettering to spine, iv + 296pp, illus plates / folding map to rear, VG (moderate rubbing & soiling to boards, moderate sun-fading to spine, moderately soiling to prelims/terminals, otherwise light soiling to pages/plates throughout, moderately heavy tanning to page edges, light creasing to folding map)

PUBLISHER: Librairie Plon 1901

KEYWORDS: text in french new zealand travel writing exploration france writers colonialism

RUSSELL, WILLIAM HOWARD

INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR'S FATHER; 2 VOL. SET; ORIGINAL BINDINGS; Octavo, purple cloth boards, gilt lettering to spines, blind-stamped decorative rule to boards, frontispieces, xv + 408 / xi + 443, illus / folding map, VG (light rubbing & soiling to boards, light brusing to corners, heavy sun-fading to spines, light chipping to spine extrems., light-moderate soiling to pages - frontispieces fairly heavily soiled, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Routledge, Warne, and Routledge 1860

KEYWORDS: memoirs diaries autobiography autobiographies travel writing india indian irish british great britain private secretaries journalists war correspondents imperialism colonialism history

HARTMAN, SAIDIYA

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: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2008

KEYWORDS: Atlantic Ghana slave trade slavery history Ghanaian travel literature writing Africa

ALLEN, BENEDICT

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: HarperCollins 1991

KEYWORDS: travel literature writing New Guinea Australia

WILSON, STEVEN E

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: Hailey-Grey Books 2003

KEYWORDS: travel literature writing Afghanistan Steven E Wilson

HURGRONJE, Dr C SNOUCK & O'SULLIVAN, A W S (Trans) & WILKINSON, R J (Index)

2 VOL SET, imperial octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines & front boards, blind stamp decoration to boards, frontispieces, vol 1- xxi + 439pp + foldng maps & diagrams to rear, vol 2- 384pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate bruising & scuffing to spines & board edges, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, light discolouration to spines, moderate to heavy tanning & soiling to page edges, moderate tanning to eps with sm ink stains to ffep of vol 1, sm ink notation to title pages of both vols, moderate tanning/browning to pages throughout, light cracking to gutters, moderate creasing & chipping to brittle edges of diagrams, maps to rear of vol 1)

PUBLISHER: E J Brill 1906

KEYWORDS: Acheh culture cultural history travel writing literature Netherlands-Indian government reports religion religious politics political history Achenese

MELVILLE, HERMAN & SCHAEFFER, MEAD (Illus)

Super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, black lettering & gilt palm tree illus to front board, illus eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, illus title page, viii + 289pp, illus, G+ (heavy scuffing & chipping/fraying to spine & extrems, moderate to heavy staining, minor insect damage to boards & eps, light to moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, moderate soiling to eps, ex-libris plate to verso of half title page, varying degrees of chipping & archival tape repairs to plates, v heavy cracking to gutters- rear board v shakey, binding quite loose to rear hence v shaky delicate rear board, varying degrees of tanning & foxingt o pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton N/D

KEYWORDS: classic literature Herman Melville adventure fiction novels fictional autobiography travel Polynesia

SCHLOSSER, KATESA

TEXT IN GERMAN, super octavo, illus glossy heavy boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, mixed pagination, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine & extrems, sl fadin gto spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, light foxing to eps & prelims/terminals)

PUBLISHER: Museum fur Volkerkunde der Universitat Kiel 2003

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SANDEMAN, CHRISTOPHER

Quarto hardcover (VG) in d/w (G-) jacket v 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: Phoenix House 1948

KEYWORDS: travel literature writings Incas culture customs history Peru

THOM, DAVID

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PUBLISHER: Lansdowne Press 1987

KEYWORDS: New Zealand national parks travel literature writings Maori land heritage history

SALE, RICHARD & CLEARE, JOHN

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PUBLISHER: CollinsWillow / HarperCollins 2000

KEYWORDS: adventure exploration travel writing literature mountaineering mountain climbing

SMITH, DICK & BENNETT, JACK (Ed)

Ex-library, quarto 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: Angus & Robertson 1983

KEYWORDS: travel literature writing aviation flight aerial journeys helicopters

BOARDMAN, PETER

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: Hodder and Stoughton 1982

KEYWORDS: adventure travel literature writings mountaineering mountain climbing Peter Boardman

SMYTHE, F S

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PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 1934

KEYWORDS: travel adventure Swiss Alps alpine F S Smythe mountaineering mountain climbing

TILMAN, H W & PERRIN, JIM (Intro)

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: Diadem 1983

KEYWORDS: mountaineering mountain climbing travel exploration adventure H W Tilman history

BAUER, PAUL & HUNT, Brigadier Sir JOHN (Fore)

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: William Kimber 1955

KEYWORDS: travel literature writing adventure exploration glaciers Kanchenjunga Zemu Glacier expeditions

LOVELL, MARY S

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PUBLISHER: W W Norton & Company 2000

KEYWORDS: Richard Isabel Burton biographies biography memoir explorers scholars exploration travel history

SHEWAN, ANDREW & MACGREGOR, DAVID R (Intro)

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PUBLISHER: Conway Maritme Press 1973

KEYWORDS: nautical sailing maritime sailing clippers travel writings literature Captain Shewan history

CLUNE, FRANK

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: Angus & Robertson 1954

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