Books - "travel"
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A Year Amongst the Persians: Impressions as to the Life, Character & Thought of the People of Persia
RE-BOUND, super octavo, quarter leather bound blue boards, brown lettering to beige leatherette title plate to spine with raised bands also, teg, deckled page edges, frontispiece, xxi + 650pp, folding map to rear, VG+ (single sm library ink stamp to base of copyright page- no other stamps/markings detected, minor fading to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges & prelims/terminals)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1926
KEYWORDS: historical travel literature writing Persia Edward Granville Browne history
Mongol Journeys
Octavo, beige heavy boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxxii + 324pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, light soiling to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, sm scuff to top edge of title page)
PUBLISHER: AMS Press 1975
KEYWORDS: travel writing literature Mongolia Mongol Owen Lattimore
Star Trek to Hawa-i'i: Mesopotamia to Polynesia
SIGNED & INSCRIBED, octavo, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, xiii + 208pp, illus, VG (sl curling to cover edges, sl soiling to page edges, heavy crack to gutter of pgs64/65- otherwise a very tidy copy still)
PUBLISHER: The Diamond Press 1991
KEYWORDS: signed Clyde Hostetter travel writing literature history Polynesia origins
Missions in Western Polynesia: Being Historical Sketches of These Missions, from Their Commencement in 1839 to the Present Time
ALL MAPS & PLATES PRESENT, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xi + 489pp + 16pp to rear, illus/plates- all present, VG- (heavy chafing/scuffing to spine & boards, moderate tanning to spine, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, moderate foxing & water staining to other plates/pages, occasional moderate soiling to pages, 2cm closed tear to fore-edge of pg10- tidy archival repair)
PUBLISHER: John Snow 1863
KEYWORDS: Polynesia missions religion religious missionaries history historical travel literature writing A W Murray
A Narrative of Missionary Enterprises in the South Sea Islands; with Remarks Upon the Natural History of the Islands, Origins, Languages, Traditions and Usages of the Inhabitants (Sixth Thousand)
SIXTH THOUSAND, octavo, half leatherbound brown heavy boards, gilt lettering & tooling/decoration to spine with rsaised bands also, aeg, frontispiece, illus title page, xviii + 590pp, illus, VG (moderate scuffing & surface loss to leatherwork, minor fading & rubbing to boards, moderate soiling to gilt page edges & eps, occasional light cracking to gutters, prev. owner's name in ink to prelims, moderate foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: J Snow 1837
KEYWORDS: travel writing literature historical history natural history missions missionaries south sea islands pacific anthropology
The Paradise of the Southern Hemisphere: German and Austrian Visitors to New Zealand 1876-1889
Octavo, red patterned light card wrappers, black lettering to spine & front cover, vi + 160pp, illus, VG+ (sl creasing & rubbing to spine & cover edges, sl soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Research Centre for Germanic Connections with New Zealand and the Pacific 2008
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history travel visitors German Austrian 19th nineteenth century
A Single Wave: Stories of Storns and Survival
Super Octavo hardcover, (Near FINE) 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: Sheridan House Inc 1999
KEYWORDS: adventure exploration travel survival voyages maritime nautical sailing
'Birdie' Bowers of the Antarctic
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: Butler & Tanner Ltd 1951
KEYWORDS: biography Edgar Christian exploration travel polar exploration south pole antarctica
An Unsung Hero: Tom Crean - Antarctic Survivor
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: Headline Book Publishing 2002
KEYWORDS: biography Tom Crean Antarctic voyage exploration travel adventure expedition
Oceans Alone: Chris Sayer's solo adventures on the high sea
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: HarperCollinsPublishers 2004
KEYWORDS: maritimie nautical biography Chris Sayer adventures travel
45 South: A Journey Across Southern New Zealand
Oblong 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: Penguin Books 2013
KEYWORDS: photography New Zealand south southern art travel Arno Gasteiger Laurence Fearnley
The Russian Shores of the Black Sea and A Journey to Katmandu
Small 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: Konemann 1998
KEYWORDS: laurence oliphant travel writing nineteenth century history
Letters of a Russian Traveler 1789-1790: An Account of a Young Russian Gentleman's Tour Through Germany, Switzerland, France, and England
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Columbia University Press 1957
KEYWORDS: russian travel writing eighteenth century europe n m karamzin
On the Trail of Unusual Animals in Danger of Extinction: Jean-Francois Lagrot and Isabelle Prouteau's around-the-world adventure
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: La Cherche Midi Editeur 1997
KEYWORDS: Jean-Francois Lagrot Isabelle Prouteau vetinarian conservation extinction travel
An Eye on the Hebrides: An Illustrated Journey
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Canongate 2000
KEYWORDS: western isles scotland hebrides mairi hedderwick travel memoir
Exciting Eighties: A Time of High Expectations
SIGNED, INSCRIBED. 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: Vanguard Press 2017
KEYWORDS: travel anecdotes autobiopgraphy old age Esther Paddon
From the Middle Temple to the South Seas
FIRST EDITION 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: John Murray 1927
KEYWORDS: history politics government Alexander Gilchrist travel
Children of Three Oceans
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: Collins Clear-Type Press1969
KEYWORDS: history travel voyage sailing David Lewis biography
The Sky Travellers: Journeys in New Guinea 1938-1939
Ex-library, imperial octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xx + 292pp, illus, VG (v slight soiling to pastedowns, light soiling & foxing to page edges) in d/w (in clear plastic cover affixed to jacket, slight creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: The Miegunyah Press, Melbourne University Press 1998
KEYWORDS: western highlands papua new guinea travel journeys 1930s bill gammage hagen-sepik patrol
Taranaki to Taupo
SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR, quarto, spiral bound illus light card wrappers, illus inside wrapper, 190pp + 4, illus, VG+ (slight fading to wrapper, v slight soiling to wrapper, light tanning & foxing to page edges, slight tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Arch G Sears n/d
KEYWORDS: arch g sears family history new zealand travel memoir taranaki taupo papua new guinea
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