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$38.50
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The Mystic Rose from the Garden of the King: A Fragment of the Vision of Sheikh Haji Ibrahim of Kerbela


CARTWRIGHT, Rt Hon Sir FAIRFAX L

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: Watkins Publishing 1976

KEYWORDS: spirituality philosophy travel writing literature eastern wisdom Sir Fairfax Cartwright

$245.00
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Gli Zingari: Storia D'un Popolo Errante


COLOCCI, ADRIANO

TEXT IN ITALIAN. Royal 8vo, brown leather bds with triple filleted panel in black, front board & spine lettered in gilt, 5 raised bands to spine--red labels/panels to sections 2 & 4 & double ruled in gilt, teg, bottom pg edges deckled, marbled eps, [8] + 419 pp. + [2 (errata & corrigenda)] pp., illus., map to rear, VG- (heavy scuffing & soiling to bds, moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems, moderate scuffing to joints, moderate staining/fading to bds, light soiling & tanning/foxing to pg edges & eps/prelims/terminals, light foxing throughout).

PUBLISHER: Ermanno Loescher 1889

KEYWORDS: Italy Italian Gipsy Gipsies Gypsy Gypsies Romani Romany travel travellers travelling 19th century social history

$245.00
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The Endeavour Journal of Joseph Banks (2 vols)


BANKS, JOSEPH; BEAGLEHOLE, J C (ed)

FIRST EDITION. Super 8vo, red buckram bds, spine lettered in gilt, frontis., vol. 1: xxv + 476 pp., xvi + 406 pp., plates, map foldouts, VG+ (light scuffing to bds, light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems, sl fraying to front board cl (vol. 2), light tanning & soiling/foxing to pg edges & eps), in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & tanning/soiling, moderate bruising to edges & extrems with light to moderate chipping, light fading).

PUBLISHER: The Trustees of the Public Library of New South Wales 1962

KEYWORDS: first edition Joseph Banks explorer Endeavour voyage ship travel exploration 18th century

$100.00
os2/62

Portraits of the Game and Wild Animals of Southern Africa


HARRIS, CAPTAIN W CORNWALLIS

FACSIMILE EDITION, folio, grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt antelope illus to front board, frontispiece, illus title page, vi + 175pp, illus, VG- (light to moderate scuffing & bruising to spine & extrems, light to moderate chafing & glue/paper residue to rear board, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals, heavy crack to gutter towards rear) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate to heavy chafing/scuffing & soiling with minor foxing also,

PUBLISHER: Sable Publishers 1986 (Facsimile Reprint of 1840 edition)

KEYWORDS: facsimile editions Southern Africa game hunting art portraits history historical Captain Sir William Cornwallis Harris travel travellers

$90.00
2i22a/2

The Great Lone Land: A Narrative of Travel and Adventure in the North-West of America (Fourth & Cheaper Edition)


BUTLER, Capt W F

Octavo, half leather bound marbled boards, gilt lettering & rule/decoration to spine, marbled page edges, x + 386pp, illus, folding map of British America to secret pocket to rear pastedown, VG (light to moderate rubbing & chafing/scuffing to leatherwork, light chafing & surface loss to boards, minor discolouration to page edges, light to moderate foxing & soiling to eps & prelims/terminals, occasional light cracking to gutters, minor soiling to map with 1cm loss to fold of map also)

PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston, Low & Searle 1873

KEYWORDS: travel history writing literature America historical Captain W F Butler

$155.00
os3/20

The South Island of New Zealand from the Road


MORRISON, ROBIN & KEITH, HAMISH (Intro)

Oblong folio, illus glossy heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & boards, frontispiece, illus prelims, unpaginated, illus/photos, VG- (light bruising to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, light foxing sporadically throughout, spine completely detached at rear gutter- boards shaky, moderate creasing to terminals) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate fading to spine & cover edges, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Alister Taylor 1981

KEYWORDS: New Zealand travel scenery landscapes portraits photography photos Robin Morrison south island rural

$325.00
1u14b/11

Glimpses of New Zealand: Being a collection of High-class and Perfectly-finished Views of the Beautiful Britain of the South


n/a

Oblong 4to, red leather bds lettered in gilt & decorated in blind, textured eps, frontis., illus. tp, [4] + [192 (photos)] + 22 pp., G+ (moderate to heavy scuffing to bds with some loss of colour--esp at joints, moderate to heavy bruising to edges & extrems with moderate chipping, moderate tearing to spine at head & tail, moderate tanning/soiling & foxing to pg edges, moderate to heavy cracking to front & rear hinges, ffep & frontis. partially detatched, light to moderate tanning & soiling to eps & prelims/terminals, prev ownership inscription to ffep, moderate creasing to pgs at rear gutters).

PUBLISHER: Glimpses of New Zealand Publishing Co. 1896

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature 19th century photos photographs photography travel countryside nature wildlife

$40.00
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Tales from the Backroads: A journey through the South Island's Heartland


CREAN, MIKE & HALLETT, DAVID (photos)

Imp. 8vo, illus. heavy hard bds, 192 pp., photos, VG+ (light rubbing & soiling to bds, sl bruising to spine & board edges & extrems, prev bookseller's stick to rear board, light tanning & soiling to pg edges).

PUBLISHER: Sandfly Publishing 2016

KEYWORDS: New Zealand South Island travel travelling adventure

$45.00
2i31a/22

Frontiers: New Discoveries About Man and His Planet, Outer Space and the Universe


ASIMOV, ISAAC

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, purple heavy boards, silver gilt & blue lettering to white buckram spine, x + 390pp, VG (light bruising to spine extrems, light to moderate fading to board edges, light foxing to white buckram, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, black ink to base of page block) in d/w, VG (light chipping & light to moderate creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Truman Talley / E P Dutton 1990

KEYWORDS: first editions Isaac Asimov space universe philosophy planets science writers exploration exploration travel cosmology

$85.00
2i31a/30

The Land of To-Morrow: A Mule-Back Trek Through the Swamps and Forests of Eastern Bolivia


GREY, HENRY M

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, purple buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, blind rule to board edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, folding map to prelims, 224pp total, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, heavy fading/tanning & light foxing to spine, light fading & chafing/soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, 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, occasional light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: H F & G Witherby 1927

KEYWORDS: first editions travel writing literature eastern Bolivia history trekking

$100.00
2i40a/21

Isabella Bird: A Photographic Journal of Travels Through China 1894-1896


IRELAND, DEBORAH

Quarto, grey cloth boards, grey lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, frontispiece, 239pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges)

PUBLISHER: Ammonite Press 2015

KEYWORDS: travel literature writing China history photos photography culture Isabella Bird

$15.00
xx104pol204503

New Zealand Holiday Guides Number One: The Milford Country


SEAWARD, N S

8vo 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 will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: The Pegasus Press 1950

KEYWORDS: New Zealand holiday travel guide Milford Sound travelling

$10.00
xx104pol204504

See Our Island


ALLAN, ANN

8vo 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 will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: Gore Publishing Co. 1981

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Stewart Island travel travelling life lives

$20.00
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Observation Calling


KERR, G R & BRYANT, G A

8vo 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 will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: n/p [c. 1940s]

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Dunedin Otago tourism travelling travel

$19.50
xx102pol204650

After Andrew: Two Kiwis Cross Australia


LENNOX, BILL

Imperial octavo softcover (Near FINE); 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: Bill Lennox / hunter3 2010

KEYWORDS: travel writing literature Australia New Zealand Zealanders Bill Lennox

$15.00
xx108pol204822

What Happened on the Bounty


DANIELSSON, BENGT; TAPSELL, ALAN (transl)

8vo 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 will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1962

KEYWORDS: Bengt Danielsson Bounty ship voyage exploration discovery shipping travel Captain Bligh

$30.00
xx108pol204834

The Malaspina Expedition 1789 - 1794: Volume 1 Cadiz to Panama


MALASPINA, ALEJANDRO; DAVID, ANDREW & FERNANDEZ-ARMESTO, FELIPE & NOVI, CARLOS & WILLIAMS, GLYNDWR (eds); CUTTER, DONALD C (introd)

THIS VOL ONLY. Super 8vo 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 will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: The Hakluyt Society 2001

KEYWORDS: Alejandro Malaspina expedition 18th eighteenth century ship shipping voyage exploring explorer discovery travel

$40.00
2i53/20

The Book of Puka-Puka


FRISBIE, ROBERT DEAN & BLAINE, MAHLON (Illus)

Sm octavo, illus light card covers, green lettering to spine & covers, xxviii + 356pp, illus, VG- (moderate creasing & wrinkling to spine & covers, moderate fading to spine, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to inside front cover, light to moderate foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Mutual Publishing Company N/D

KEYWORDS: travel literature writing history culture Cook Islands Pacific region Robert Dean Frisbie

$15.00
xx106pol204877

Tahiti: Voyage through Paradise


EGGLESTON, GEORGE T

8vo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (G-); 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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Robert Hale 1955

KEYWORDS: George T Eggleston Tahiti pacific island travel travelling

$25.00
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Ilya Kabakov: The Man Who Flew into Space From His Apartment


GROYS, BORIS & ELLIOTT, FIONA (Trans)

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: Afterall Books 2006

KEYWORDS: art installations Ilya Kabakov space travel

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