Books - "travel"
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The Vigil of a Nation
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1946
KEYWORDS: travelogue World War Two postwar China political social commentary travel memoir
A Bunk for the Night: A Guide to New Zealand's Best Backcountry Huts
REVISED EDITION, imperial octavo, illus stiff card wrappers, blue & black lettering to spine, 239pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl creasing/bruising to cover edges, sl soiling to covers)
PUBLISHER: Potton & Burton 2021
KEYWORDS: revised edition New Zealand outback rural huts backcountry travel guides
The Temple Tiger, and More Man-Eaters of Kumoan
FIRST EDITION, 2nd IMP., octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt tiger illus to front board, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 197pp, illus, VG- (light fading to spine, heavy staining to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, sl foxing & soiling to prelims & terminals) in d/w, G+ (price clipped, moderate creasing & chipping to edegs, moderate loss to spine extrems, heavy soiling & moderate foxing, moderate tanning to spine, lg closed tear to front flap)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1954
KEYWORDS: India travel writing literature Jim Corbett first editions 2nd impression
The Cruise of the Cachalot, Round the World After Sperm Whales
Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt whale illus to front board, xx + 379pp, illus, folding map to prelims, VG (moderate scuffing & chipping to spine, minor scuffing & bruising to board corners, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing/soiling to page edges, light to moderate cracking to gutters, sl tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals, sl cracking to gutters throughout, other minor soiling throughout)
PUBLISHER: Smith, Elder & Co 1899
KEYWORDS: maritime marine life sperm whales mammals travel literature writing exploration Frank T Bullen
Back to Sunny Seas
Octavo, blue textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt lettering & blind stamp decoration to front board, deckled page edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, xiii + 287pp, illus, VG (light rubbing & bruising to extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown, moderate foxing to prelims & sopradically throughout, occasional light cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1905
KEYWORDS: colonial library series travel history writing literature West Indies Frank T Bullen
Wanderings in the Western Highlands and Islands, Recounting Highland and Clan History, Traditions, Ecclesiology, Archaeology, Romance Literature, Humour, Folk-Lore &c
Super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & illus to spine & front board, deckled page edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, 511pp, illus/plates with tissue guards- not counted presumed all present, folding map to rear, VG (moderate rubbing & bruising to spine & board extrems, light tanning to spine, light to moderate chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light cracking to front gutter, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, prev. owner's details in ink to half title page)
PUBLISHER: Alexander Gardner N/D (c.1920)
KEYWORDS: travel writing literature historical history Scotland Scottish highlands west western highland clan clans
An Area of Darkness
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Picador/ Macmillan 1995
KEYWORDS: travel India literature
Henry James on Italy: Selections Taken from Italian Hours
Oblong 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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Barrie & Jenkins 1988
KEYWORDS: Henry James Itailan Hours excerpts Italy literary travelogue travel illustrated editions
Tears of the Sun God
Scruffy 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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1965
KEYWORDS: Amazonia Andes travelogue travel indigenous people south America
Under the Sun: The Letters of Bruce Chatwin
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Viking Penguin 2011
KEYWORDS: Bruce Chatwin literary letters travel journalist
A Pilgrim's Way in New Zealand
Super ocatvo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained green, deckled page edges, illus/maps at eps, frontispiece, xii + 142pp, illus/plates- not counted presumed all present, VG (light bruising & rubbing to spine & board extrems/edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, light tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional light cracking to gutters) in d/w, G+ (price clipped, heavy creasing & chipping/loss to edges, moderate chafing & soiling/foxing)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1935
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history historical travel journeys pilgrimages Alan Mulgan
A Mountain in Tibet: The Search for Mount Kailas and the Sources of the Great Rivers of India
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Andre Deutsch 1982
KEYWORDS: Tibetian mountains history travel mythology Tibet Kailas mountain lake folklore myth
The Heart of the World
FIRST EDITION super octavo hardcover (VG minor water damage to pages) 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 costs
PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 1992
KEYWORDS: travel Broadway New York city
Equiano's Travels: His Autobiography: [The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano or Gustavus Vassa the African]
Paperback (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: Heinemann 1988
KEYWORDS: Olaudah Equiano Gustavus Vassa Nigerian historical memoir autobiography travel anti-slavery movement African writers series
The New Zealander Abroad in England, America and the Highlands of Scotland; in Maderia, Capetown, and the Sandwich Islands
Octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, black lettering & rule to front board, patterned eps, 302pp, VG- (moderate fading & tanning to spine, light to moderate scuffing & bruising to spine & board extrems, light to moderate chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate tanning to front & rear eps, heavy cracking to front & rear gutters- binding exposed at front gutter, light foxing to prelims, prev. owner's name in ink to title page, occasional foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: James Hamilton 1888
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Zealanders travel writing literature William McHutcheson
New Zealand Tours & Excursions
Sm octavo, illus light card wrappers, red & black lettering to front cover, 29pp + maps throughout- not counted presumed all present, VG (light to moderate scuffing/chipping & creasing to spine, minor creasing & soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light foxing to prelims & terminals)
PUBLISHER: John Mackay, Government Printer 1898
KEYWORDS: New Zealand historical tourist literature maps tours travel excursions tourism history
5,000 Miles in a Catamaran
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Robert Hale & Company 1974
KEYWORDS: global travel memoir sailing maritime travelogue cataraman adventure New Zealand
St Petersburg: A Travellers' Companion
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Constable 1981
KEYWORDS: St. Petersburg Russian travel cultural history Leningrad Russia
Bibliomaniac: An Obsessive's Tour of the Bookshops of Britain
Super octavo hardcover (near FINE) in d/w (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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Atlantic Books 2022
KEYWORDS: British bookshops travelogue travel book trade
Arabian Highlands
Super octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt illus to front board, xvi + 771pp, illus, folding map to rear pocket, VG (light fading to spine, light scuffing to extrems, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, minor creasing to ffep, minor cracking/tearing to gutter at title page, moderate cracking to gutter at index, minro soiling to rear eps)
PUBLISHER: Cornell University Press 1952
KEYWORDS: geography travel journeys history historical Arabia Arabian literature H St J B Philby exploration