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$20.00
xxkuk219272

The Vigil of a Nation


YUTANG, LIN

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

$60.00
2w7/15

A Bunk for the Night: A Guide to New Zealand's Best Backcountry Huts


BARNETT, SHAUN & BROWN, ROB & SPEARPOINT, GEOFF

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

$40.00
2w7/23

The Temple Tiger, and More Man-Eaters of Kumoan


CORBETT, JIM

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

$40.00
2w7/28

The Cruise of the Cachalot, Round the World After Sperm Whales


BULLEN, FRANK T

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

$40.00
2w7/33

Back to Sunny Seas


BULLEN, FRANK T & FORREST, A S (Illus)

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

$100.00
2g13c/36

Wanderings in the Western Highlands and Islands, Recounting Highland and Clan History, Traditions, Ecclesiology, Archaeology, Romance Literature, Humour, Folk-Lore &c


DONALDSON, M E M & BONUS, ISABEL (Map & Illus)

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

$19.50
xxygb219487

An Area of Darkness


NAIPAUL, V S

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

$12.50
xxyae219437

Henry James on Italy: Selections Taken from Italian Hours


JAMES, HENRY

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

$15.00
xxyfc219480

Tears of the Sun God


MOORE, J H

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

$20.00
xxyha219505

Under the Sun: The Letters of Bruce Chatwin


CHATWIN, BRUCE & CHATWIN, ELIZABETH (ED.) & SHAKESPEARE, NICHOLAS (ED.)

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

$45.00
ak2/5a/9

A Pilgrim's Way in New Zealand


MULGAN, ALAN

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

$22.50
xxbhd219944

A Mountain in Tibet: The Search for Mount Kailas and the Sources of the Great Rivers of India


ALLEN, CHARLES

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

$25.00
xxbhd219946

The Heart of the World


COHN, NICK

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

$15.00
xxawe219994

Equiano's Travels: His Autobiography: [The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano or Gustavus Vassa the African]


EQUIANO, OLAUDAH & EDWARDS, PAUL (ED, ABRIDGED BY)

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

$215.00
3a3/19

The New Zealander Abroad in England, America and the Highlands of Scotland; in Maderia, Capetown, and the Sandwich Islands


McHUTCHESON, WILLIAM

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

$110.00
3a2/17

New Zealand Tours & Excursions


N/A

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

$22.50
xxaac220234

5,000 Miles in a Catamaran


STEPHENSON, RALPH

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

$12.50
xxaeaa220260

St Petersburg: A Travellers' Companion


KELLY, LAURENCE

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

$15.00
xxajg220326

Bibliomaniac: An Obsessive's Tour of the Bookshops of Britain


INCE, ROBIN

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

$150.00
3b4/2

Arabian Highlands


PHILBY, H St J B

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

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