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$40.00
1w13b/33

New Zealand; Issued by the New Zealand Government Department of Tourist and Health Resorts.


N/A

Oblong sm. octavo, red stapled & twine-bound light card covers, white stamped lettering & photo illus to front cover, unpaginated, photo illus, VG- (moderate scuffing, creasing & soiling to covers with a couple of small closed tears, moderate chipping to lettering, moderate foxing to prelims/terminals, otherwise light soiling & creasing to pages throughout, prev. owners name in ink to inside front cover)

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Government Department of Tourist and Health Resorts n/d (c. 1905)

KEYWORDS: new zealand travel tourist tourism early photography books collections history historical illustrated health resorts nature towns landscapes

$100.00
1w13b/39

The New Zealand Pilot.; Chiefly from Surverys Made by H.M. Ships Acheron and Pandora, Captain J. Lort Stokes, and Commander Byron Drury. 1848-55. (Sixth Edition. Including Also the Chatham Island and the Off-Lying Islands Southward of New Zealand)


RICHARDS, Captain G. H. & EVANS, F. J. (compiled by)

Super octavo, maroon cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, xx + 476pp, illus: single map only,VG- (moderate-heavy cracking to gutters - boards moderately shaky, moderate scuffing, soiling & sun-fading to boards, light cracking to spine, moderate-heavy foxing/tanning to pages, occasional annotations in light pencil)

PUBLISHER: Oder of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty 1891

KEYWORDS: new zealand maritime ocean sea travel voyages journeys navigation exploration expeditions surveying sailing directions ships hms acheron pandora

$65.00
1w13b/42

Whites Air Directory and Who's Who in New Zealand Aviation (Including the South Pacific) (Volume No. 8 1956-57


WHITE, LEO L. (managing ed) & DOUGLAS, DESNA K. (ed)

Ex-library; Sm. octavo, green, yellow & white light card covers, green lettering to white spine, adverts to eps, 152pp incl. adverts at front & rear, VG (light rubbing, soiling & creasing to covers/spine, light discolouration to pages, usual library markings to covers, spine & eps)

PUBLISHER: Whites Aviation Limited 1956

KEYWORDS: ex library new zealand aviation directories guides handbooks index indices reference history whites transport air travel flight pilots airports aeroplanes airplanes aircraft

$60.00
1w13b/43

Otago Motor Club (Incorporated) Year Book 1925-26; Together with Annual Report & Balance Sheet for 1924-25


N/A

Octavo, illus light card covers, adverts to eps, 94pp, illus adverts & figures, VG (light soiling & creasing to covers, moderate chipping to spine extrems with sl. surface loss, light creasing & tanning to pages)

PUBLISHER: Otago Motor Club (Incorporated) 1925

KEYWORDS: new zealand south island otago motor club year book yearbooks road guides guidebooks handbooks motorists automotives automobiles vehicles transport travel driving cars roads instructions instructional

$40.00
1w18a/2

South Seas; My Stories


LOSACKER, WOLFGANG

Octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, 192pp, photo illus, VG+ (light scuffing & creasing to covers, small bump to lower spine extrem, light soiling & creasing to pages, bookseller's price label to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Wolfgang Losacker n/d

KEYWORDS: doctors physicians memoirs autobiographies autobiography travel writing pacific cook islands rarotonga illustrated

$45.00
1w18a/30

Letters from Tokelau


PARNELL, WINSOME

Oblong octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, white lettering to blue spine, illus eps, title page & prelims, photo illus, 96pp, VG+ (light rubbing to covers & page edges)

PUBLISHER: Trinity Publishing (NZ) Ltd 2021

KEYWORDS: tokelau atolls pacific islands new zealand territories letters memoirs travel writing food science nutrition nutritionists dieticians diet culture anthropology

$45.00
1w28a/38

Bali


HISS, PHILIP HANSON

Second printing; Quarto, maroon cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt archer motif to front board, illus eps, xiv + 112pp, illus plates, VG (moderate soiling & rubbing to boards, light soiling & tanning to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to fep & prelim) in d/w, VG- (heavy chipping & creasing with tape repairs to spine & extrems, light soiling)

PUBLISHER: Robert Hale Limited 1941

KEYWORDS: photography photographers art documentary pictorial anthropology ethnology travel writing exploration cultural social history bali indonesia indo pacific islands south east asia oceania

$60.00
1w28a/44

Russia; Abridged from the French


The Marquis DE CUSTINE

Sm. octavo, maroon cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamped lettering & rule to boards, printed eps, xxiv + 532pp, VG- (moderate rubbing/soiling & heavy fading to boards, moderate cracking to upper spine - boards sl. shaky, light soiling & tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans 1854

KEYWORDS: text in english travel writing french aristocrats aristocracy history russian russia imperial imperialism

$15.00
xxbkc195736

Lose Your Mother: A Journey Along the Atlantic Slave Route


HARTMAN, SAIDIYA

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: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2008

KEYWORDS: Atlantic Ghana slave trade slavery history Ghanaian travel literature writing Africa

$15.00
xxbke195750

The Proving Grounds


ALLEN, BENEDICT

Super 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: HarperCollins 1991

KEYWORDS: travel literature writing New Guinea Australia

$15.00
xxbke195760

Winter in Kandahar


WILSON, STEVEN E

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: Hailey-Grey Books 2003

KEYWORDS: travel literature writing Afghanistan Steven E Wilson

$175.00
1w36a/21

Traumziel Samoa: Reisebilder aus den Jahren 1912 von Fritz Schlosser und 1978 von Seiner Tochter Katesa


SCHLOSSER, KATESA

TEXT IN GERMAN, super octavo, illus glossy heavy boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, mixed pagination, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine & extrems, sl fadin gto spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, light foxing to eps & prelims/terminals)

PUBLISHER: Museum fur Volkerkunde der Universitat Kiel 2003

KEYWORDS: text in German travel literature writing history Katesa Schlosser Samoa pacific islands history culture customs

$30.00
xxscl195890

A Wanderer in Inca Land


SANDEMAN, CHRISTOPHER

Quarto hardcover (VG) in d/w (G-) jacket v tatty; 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: Phoenix House 1948

KEYWORDS: travel literature writings Incas culture customs history Peru

$20.00
xxscl195891

Heritage: The Parks of the People


THOM, DAVID

Quarto 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: Lansdowne Press 1987

KEYWORDS: New Zealand national parks travel literature writings Maori land heritage history

$16.50
xxscl195897

On Top of the World: Climbing the World's 14 Highest Mountains


SALE, RICHARD & CLEARE, JOHN

Quarto 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: CollinsWillow / HarperCollins 2000

KEYWORDS: adventure exploration travel writing literature mountaineering mountain climbing

$15.00
xxscl195898

The Earth Beneath Me


SMITH, DICK & BENNETT, JACK (Ed)

Ex-library, quarto 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: Angus & Robertson 1983

KEYWORDS: travel literature writing aviation flight aerial journeys helicopters

$20.00
xxscl195899

Sacred Summits: A Climber's Year


BOARDMAN, PETER

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: Hodder and Stoughton 1982

KEYWORDS: adventure travel literature writings mountaineering mountain climbing Peter Boardman

$15.00
xxscm195900

An Alpine Journey


SMYTHE, F S

LACKS D/W, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 1934

KEYWORDS: travel adventure Swiss Alps alpine F S Smythe mountaineering mountain climbing

$25.00
xxscm195901

The Seven Mountain - Travel Books


TILMAN, H W & PERRIN, JIM (Intro)

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: Diadem 1983

KEYWORDS: mountaineering mountain climbing travel exploration adventure H W Tilman history

$25.00
xxscm195905

Kanchenjunga Challenge


BAUER, PAUL & HUNT, Brigadier Sir JOHN (Fore)

LACKS D/W, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: William Kimber 1955

KEYWORDS: travel literature writing adventure exploration glaciers Kanchenjunga Zemu Glacier expeditions

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