TOWNSEND, PETER

FIRST EDITION. Octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, upper page edges stained blue, 351pp, illus/photos, VG (spine sl cocked, moderate fading & creasing to spine extrems, sl scuffing to board extrems, minor scuffing/soiling to boards, minor soiling & tanning/foxing to page edges, prev owners name in pen to fep & verso of frontispiece, gutters sl cracked throughout), in d/w VG- (1-2 cm closed tears to spine extrems, sl tanning to spine, moderate creasing & soiling to wrapper, minor scuffing & sl tears to extrems). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton

KEYWORDS: first edition group captain Peter Townsend travel adventure memoir solo journey

CORTAZZI, HUGH

Super octavo softcover (VG); Photos available on request. 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: Japan Library 2002

KEYWORDS: A B Mitford Japan Japanese travel writing travelling

EARLE, AUGUSTUS; MCCORMICK, E H (ed.)

Ex-library. Octavo hardcover (G+); Photos available on request. 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: Oxford University Press 1966

KEYWORDS: early New Zealand 19th century travel writing exploration

POLO, MARCO

Octavo softcover (VG-); Photos available on request. 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: Wordsworth Classics 1997

KEYWORDS: Marco Polo travel writing travelling 13th century

CITTERA, ANNALISA (ed) & HERSCHDORFER, NATHALIE (ed)

Quarto, illus heavy boards, gilt & black lettering to spine & boards, illus title page, 239pp, illus/photographs, VG+. Photos available on request

PUBLISHER: Prestel 2020

KEYWORDS: magnum photographers photos photography illustrated alpine nature mountains culture history travel