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$995.00
1b27a/9

The Lawless Roads: A Mexican Journey


GREENE, GRAHAM

First issue first edition, ex library, d/w flaps trimmed, super octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus yellow eps,upper pae edges stained yellow, frontispiece, 306pp, illus, VG- (moderate staining to boards, esp to rear board & sellotape-residue staining to both, bookseller's stamp to front pastedown, owner's name stamp to half-title page, some light foxing & tanning to page edges, stain spot to fep verso & half-title, sellotape-residue staining to eps) in d/w, VG- (flaps trimmed and sellotaped at front & rear pastedowns, creasing & nicks to upper spine extrem, light fading to edges)

PUBLISHER: Longmans, Green & Co 1939

KEYWORDS: first edition Graham Greene Mexico travel literature

$145.00
2e24b/25

The Desert Road to Turkestan


LATTIMORE, OWEN

Super octavo, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine and blind lettering to front board, illus eps, frontispiece, xiv + 331pp +8pp book catalogue, illus, G+ (frontispiece loose, moderately heavy staining & chaffing to boards, some bruising & fraying to spine extrems & board corners, rear hinge completely cracked & fraying, heavy browning to eps, moderate tanning to page edges, owner's name in ink to fep, annotation in red pencil to rear ep)

PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co 1928

KEYWORDS: Owen Lattimore Turkestan Mongolia China travel desert history caravan trade

$10.00
xxsds91548

Worst Journeys: The Picador Book of Travel


FRASER, KEITH (ed)

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 will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Picador 1993

KEYWORDS: specials Keith Fraser travel anthology collection poetry prose fiction literature

$10.00
xxsdt91571

A Turn in the South


NAIPAUL, V. S.

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 will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Penguin 1989

KEYWORDS: specials V. S. Naipaul travel American South

$365.00
1b46a/8

A Naturalist's Wanderings in the Eastern Archipelago, a Narrative of Travel and Exploration from 1878 to 1883


FORBES, HENRY O.

First edition, recased ex library, folding maps all present and clean, suer octavo, green cloth boards with silver lettering to spine, xx + 536 +32pp book catalogue, folding maps, illus, VG (usual library markings, v light soiling to boards, light tanning esp to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle& Rivington 1885

KEYWORDS: Henry O Forbes travel exploration natural history first edition

$8.50
xxcti91836

Two in the Bush


DURRELL, GERALD

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 cost

PUBLISHER: Fontana / Collins 1973

KEYWORDS: specials Gerald Durrell travel memoir natural history

$10.00
xxctl91891

Beyond the Dragon's Mouth: Stories and Pieces


NAIPAUL, SHIVA

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 will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Abacus 1985

KEYWORDS: specials Shiva Naipaul travel collection anthology autobiography memoir

$16.50
xxfbj91970

The Battle For Oil


HOPE, SHANTON

First edition, octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-) illus; 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 1958

KEYWORDS: specials Shanton Hope oil industry petroleum travel history

$295.00
1j42a/26

Stanford's Compendium of Geography and Travel: Australasia with Ethnological Appendix by AH Keane


WALLACE, ALFRED R.

Fifth edition, original binding, super octavo, green buckram boards with black & gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt & black decorative rule to front board & spine, gilt Australian scene motif to front board, gilt Maori chief motif to spine, black coated eps, frontispiece with tissueguard, xx + 672pp, illus + folding maps, VG- (folding map at page 1 torn off so only half page remains, chaffing & bruising to spine extrems & board corners, rubbing to spine sides, light staining to boards, binding shaken, bookseller's stamp to front pastedown, moderately heavy tanning to page edges, staining to lower edges of some pages, sporadic foxing, occasional staining to pages, closed tears & tanning to some folding maps)

PUBLISHER: Edwards Stanford 1888

KEYWORDS: Alfred R Walace Australia New Zealand Australasia oceania polynesia travel geography ethnology history

$40.00
1m45a/15

Exploration of Air: Out of the World North of Nigeria


BUCHANAN, ANGUS

First edition, re-bound utilising parts of the original illustrated cloth cover, super octavo, green cloth boards with darker green spine, frontispiece, xxiii + 258pp + 2pp adverts, illus, VG- (moderately heavy browning to page edges, moderate foxing to prelims)

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1921

KEYWORDS: first edition Angus Buchanan Nigeria Air Asben Tuaregs history travel geography

$30.00
1m45a/16

A Yacht Voyage Round England


KINGSTON, WILLIAM H. G.

Imperial octavo, illus cloth boards, aeg, patterned eps, frontispiece, illus prelims, 320pp, illus, G+ (fraying to spine extrems & board corners, fading to spine & boards, some staining to boards, lacks fep, moderate browning to eps, light foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: The Religious Tract Society (new revised & enlarged edition) n/d

KEYWORDS: William H G Kingston England yacht journey voyage travel

$70.00
1j40a/21

Six Weeks and the Mediterranean (with illustrations and charts


PASSENGER

Oblong octavo, illus brown cloth boards with black lettering to spine & black sphynx motif to front board, patterned eps, frontispiece, 186pp, illus, VG (some browning & staining to boards, light tanning to eps, slight foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: George Philip & Son (n/d) circa 1906?

KEYWORDS: mediterranean travel photography Europe history

$47.50
1j40a/22

Wanderings in Widest Africa


CAMPBELL, DUGALD

Super octavo, royal blue buckram boards iwth gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, xi + 223pp, illus + 2 folding maps, VG+ (some light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (price clipped, some creasing & nicks to edges & corners, light soiling)

PUBLISHER: Religious Tract Society 1931

KEYWORDS: Dugald Campbell Africa travel exploration memoirs adventure

$32.50
xxfnl92151

Constance Astley's Trip to New Zealand, 1897 - 1898


DE FRESNES, JILL (Ed)

Square imperial 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Victoria University Press 1997

KEYWORDS: specials Jill de Fresnes New Zealand Constance Astley travel biography history

$35.00
xxfoa92244

Over the Range to the Golden Gate: A Complete Tourist's Guide


WOOD, STANLEY

Octavo hardcover (VG-) illus; 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: R. R. Donnelley & Sons 1904

KEYWORDS: specials Stanley Wood travel exploration America history tourist guide

$22.50
xxsea92356

W. H. Hudson: A Biography


TOMALIN, RUTH

Octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+) illus; 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 1982

KEYWORDS: specials Ruth Tomalin William Henry Hudson biography travel exploration environment

$10.00
xxsec92549

What Could Possibly Go Wrong...


CLARKSON, JEREMY

Super octavo softcover (nr 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: Michael Joseph 2014

KEYWORDS: specials Jeremy Clarkson cars automotive history travel memoir

$9.00
xxsed92592

As If By Magic


WILSON, ANGUS

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: Granada 1981

KEYWORDS: specials Angus Wilson travel fiction literature novel

$47.50
2f51/10

Man the Ropes


COURTAULD, AUGUSTINE

First edition, octavo, blue boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 188pp, illus, VG (owner's name & date in ink to fep, light tanning to pages & eps) in d/w, VG- (heavy browning to spine & inside, lighter browning elsewhere, price clipped, two spots of insect damage to front)

PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton 1957

KEYWORDS: first edition Augustine Courtauld autobioraphy sailing travel adventure Arctic

$10.00
xxfoe92794

Northern Gateway


FLYNN, FRANK & WILLEY, KEITH

1963 second printing, ex library, octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG) illus; 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: F. P. Leonard 1963

KEYWORDS: specials Frank Flynn Keith Willey travel writing exploration Australia

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