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$995.00
os3/28

The Kafirs Illustrated: A Facsimile Reprint of the Original 1849 Edition of Hand-coloured Lithographs


ANGAS, GEORGE FRENCH & BRADLOW, FRANK R (New Intro)

Elephant folio, green leather boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, unpaginated prelims, frontispiece, 133pp, illus/plates - plates counted & all present, VG+ (light to moderate bruising to spine & board extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: A A Balkema 1974

KEYWORDS: facsimile reprints George French G F Angas Africa African Amazulu Amaponda Amakosa tribes history anthropology art travel Kafir

$185.00
os3/30

Picturesque Atlas of Australasia: Vol III


GARRAN, Hon ANDREW (Ed) & SCHELL, FREDERIC B (Illus Supervision)

THIS VOL ONLY - FEATURES NEW ZEALAND, folio, half leatherbound maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine & front board, aeg, frontispiece with tissue guard, paginated as viii + 531-800pp (+ 1pp postscript), illus, G+ (heavy cracking to spine & hinges with some minor loss, heavy scuffing to leatherwork, leather on front board corners missing, v heavy scuffing/bruising & staining to boards, heavy water staining to eps & page edges throughout, minor mould staining to page fore-edges, light to moderate foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: The Picturesque Atlas Publishing Company 1888

KEYWORDS: atlas atlases travel geography Australasia New Zealand historical maps geology Australia Pacific regions

$40.00
1y6a/8

The Danube With Pen and Pencil


BAKER, CAPTAIN B GRANVILLE

LACKS FEP, imperial octavo, blue/grey buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt & coloured lettering & illus to front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, xvi + 191pp, illus, VG (light to moderate rubbing to spine & board edges/extrems- some minor loss to illus on front board, light chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light to moderate foxing to eps, sm rust stains to front eps, ffep missing, light foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: George Allen & Company / Swan Sonnenschein & Co 1911

KEYWORDS: travel literature art drawings rivers Dunube history historical

$40.00
2e18b/6

Zane Grey: A Photographic Odyssey


GREY, LOREN

FIRST EDITION. Imp. 8vo, pp. [10] + 211; grey cl bds, spine lettered in white; photos, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; light tanning throughout); in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; lg open tear to front flap at head).

PUBLISHER: Taylor Publishing Company 1985

KEYWORDS: Zane Grey fish fishing angling angler adventure travel sport game life lives pictorial history

$15.00
xx184pol208003

White Boy Running


HOPE, CHRISTOPHER

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: Farrar Straus Giroux 1988

KEYWORDS: travel literature writing Christopher Hope South Africa African literary

$15.00
xx184pol208013

The Niagara Escarpment: From Tobermory to Niagara Falls


GILLARD, WILLIAM & TOOKE, THOMAS

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: University of Toronto Press 1978

KEYWORDS: geology travel geography Niagara Falls escarpment wonders of the world Tobermory

$18.50
xx184pol208019

Our Towns: A 100,000 Mile Journey into the Heart of America


FALLOWS, JAMES & FALLOWS, DEBORAH

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: Pantheon Books 2018

KEYWORDS: travel literature writing US America American culture sociology social commentary

$450.00
1y33b/20

Jock of the Bushveld


FITZPATRICK, Sir PERCY & CALDWELL, E (Illus)

FIRST EDITION FIRST ISSUE - first issue points all present: dung beetle on pg.65, 337, 457 & horse dragged up cliff p.316, super octavo, teal buckram boards, gilt lettering & animal illus to spine & front board, frontispiece, xvi + 475pp, illus, VG- (moderate rubbing & cracking to spine/hinges, moderate bruising & scuffing to board extrems, moderate chafing & surface loss to boards, moderate tanning to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, ffep & tissue guard of frontispiece detached/missing, moderate cracking to some gutters, light foxing sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Longmans, Green & Co 1907

KEYWORDS: first editions first issues illustrated Sir Percy Fitzpatrick travel South Africa Transvaal writing anecdotes

$40.00
1y33b/22

Fiji : Handbook of the Colony


ROTH, GEORGE KINGSLEY (Revised & Ed)

Super octavo, teal stiff card boards, black lettering & illus plate to front board, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims with folding map, 165pp + index to rear, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems, minor chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, gift plate to ffep, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, moderate closed tearing & tape repairs to folding map- yellowing tape staining)

PUBLISHER: H R Craigie, Acting Gov't Printer 1936

KEYWORDS: travel writing literature Pacific islands Fiji Fijian people culture British colonial history colinies

$40.00
1y36a/16

The Last Forbidden Kingdom: Mustang: Land of Tibetan Buddhism


MARULLO, CLARA (Text) & BOEYE, VANESSA SCHUURBEQUE (Photos)

Square quarto, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt publisher's motif to front board, patterned eps, illus prelims, unpaginated prelims + 134pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to title page) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1995

KEYWORDS: photojournalism travel literature writing photography Tibet buddhist communities anthropology Tibetan Mustang

$550.00
2e18b/20

Twelve Months with the Bashi-Bazouks


MONEY, EDWARD

Second edition. Demy 8vo, pp. viii + 231; blue cl bds, spine lettered in gilt, motif in black to front board; VG- (moderate to heavy scuffing & soiling to bds; moderate to heavy bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with moderate chipping; moderate to heavy tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals;prev bookseller's stamp in purple ink to ffep verso; moderate to heavy cracking to front & rear hinges; heavy cracking to central gutters; moderate to heavy foxing throughout).

PUBLISHER: Newman and Co. 1880

KEYWORDS: Edward Money Bashi Bazouks 19th century Turkey Turkish Ottoman army military travel travelling journey history

$15.00
xx184pol208026

Something Rich and Strange: The Story of South Africa's Treasures, Famous and Unknown, Sunken and Buried, and Some Personal Experiences in the Search for Lost Hoards


GREEN, LAWRENCE G

Super 8vo 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: Howard Timmins 1962

KEYWORDS: Lawrence G Green South Africa travel travelling adventure

$60.00
1y36a/45

The Long Road from a Broken Heart


SCOTT, JEREMY & DEVLIN, GERRY (Fore)

INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, oblong quarto, illus glossy heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 273pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Andrew Clarke / AD42 2014

KEYWORDS: adventure cycling travel writing literature self discovery mental health signed Jeremy Scott

$60.00
1y64a/2

Russell and the Bay of Islands


RUSSELL, MONTAGU

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, illus stapled light card covers, illus plate to front cover, 47pp, illus/photos, VG- (moderate creasing to cover edges, moderate staining/discolouration to covers, light tanning throughout, some pages may be missing)

PUBLISHER: M Smethurst 1931

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Russell north island Bay of Islands travel writing literature guides historical signed Montagu Russell

$80.00
1y78a/2

In the Land of the Tui: My Journal in New Zealand


WILSON, Mrs ROBERT

FIRST EDITION, FOLDING MAP TO REAR, octavo, teal buckram boards gilt lettering to spine, gilt & black lettering & black illus to front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, xviii + 322pp, illus, VG (in protective plastic cover- easily removed if desired, spine cocked, light bruising & rubbing to spine & board edges, light chafing & discolouration to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to reverse of frontispiece, minor foxing to prelims & sporadically throughout, minor annotation to terminals)

PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston & Company 1894

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history historical travel journals writing literature Mrs Robert Wilson first editions

$485.00
1y78a/3

A Ride Through the Disturbed Districts of New Zealand; Together With Some Account of the South Sea Islands (Second Edition)


MEADE, Lieut The Hon HERBERT

SECOND EDITION, ASSOCIATION COPY - ownership bookplate of Rev Sidney Meade, brother of the author & of the editor of the book, with folding map to pg170, frontispiece features naked Maori maidens bathing - an image which isn't always present, super octavo, green half leatherbound buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, gilt rule to boards, teg, marbled eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, xi + 375pp, illus, VG (light rubbing to spine & board edges, light soiling to boards, light wrinkling to buckram on rear board, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, light to moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, light foxing sporadically throughout, sm ownership ink stamp to title page)

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1871

KEYWORDS: second editions New Zealand history historical travel writing literature association copies south seas islands heritage culture

$420.00
1y78a/6

The Wonderland of the Antipodes; and Other Sketches of Travel in the North Island of New Zealand


TINNE, J ERNEST

FIRST EDITION- A LOVELY COPY! Imperial octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt & black lettering & illus to front board, folding map frontispiece, unpaginatd prelims + 124pp, illus, VG (light rubbing & moderate staining to spine & boards, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to full title page, heavy cracking to gutters sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston, Low and Searle 1873

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand history historical travel writing literature north island exploration

$600.00
1y78a/8

High Adventure


HILLARY, EDMUND & SPARK, A (Maps) & DJURKOUIC, GEORGE (Sketches)

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR- EARLY SIGNATURE STYLE, A TRULY LOVELY COPY! Octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, frontispiece, 224pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (in protective plastic cover- easily removed if desired, light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton 1955

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Zealanders signed first editions Sir Edmund Hillary exploration adventure travel literature writing climbing mountaineering autobiography autobiographies memoir history historical

$345.00
1y78a/16

Round About New Zealand, Being Notes From a Journal of Three Years' Wanderings in the Antipodes


PAYTON, E W

FIRST EDITION- A LOVELY COPY! Super octavo, teal buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, black lettering & gilt illus to front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, xii + 368pp, folding map to rear, illus, VG (spine sl cocked, light bruising & scuffing to spine & extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, smatterings of moderate foxing throughout, sporadic cracking to gutters, sm ink stamp to back page, 2cm closed tear & light to moderate foxing to folding map at rear)

PUBLISHER: Chapman & Hall 1888

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history historical travel writing literature E W Payton first editions

$225.00
1y78a/18

The Long White Cloud : Ao Tea Roa


REEVES, WILLIAM PEMBER

Octavo, nicely rebound in 3/4 leather with marbled boards, gilt tooling & raised bands to spine, aeg, marbled eps, frontispiece, xv + 430pp, illus/photos, folding map to rear, VG (light to moderate rubbing & bruising to board & spine extrems, minor soiling & chafing to leatherwork, light foxing to prelims & terminals, 2cm closed tear to folding map)

PUBLISHER: Horace Marshall & Son 1898

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history historical travel writing literature heritage William Pember Reeves

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