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$325.00
1y99b/35

A Voyage Around the World: New Zealand


VERNE, JULES

Sm octavo, terracotta textured buckram boards, gilt lettering & black decoration to spine & boards, aeg, illus title page, vii + 264pp + 16pp publisher's catalogue, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, sl chafing & surface loss to boards, presentation plate to front pastedown, moderate foxing eps & prelims/terminals, light foxing to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: George Routledge and Sons N/D (c.1880s)

KEYWORDS: exploration travel literature Jules Verne New Zealand Aotearoa culture history

$40.00
1y99b/58

Reflections on the Life of an Unlikely Academic


BRYDEN, MICHAEL

Quarto, illus heavy boards, white lettering to front board, 66pp, illus/photos, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Not Stated

KEYWORDS: Michael Bryden autobiography memoir travel exploration

$85.00
1y99c/1

A Visit to Paris in 1814; being a Review of the Moral, Political, Intellectual and Social Condition of the French Capital (Fourth Edition)


SCOTT, JOHN

Octavo, leather quarter bound marbled boards, gilt lettering to title plate on spine, raised bands & gilt rule to spine, red speckling to page edges, lxxv + 343pp, VG (moderate cracking & scuffing to leather on spine, 1cm cracks to hinges, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, light foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown 1816

KEYWORDS: travel exploration France Paris culture history

$20.00
xxsex180886

Road to Rakaposhi


BAND, GEORGE

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: The Travel Book Club, undated [ca. late 1950s]

KEYWORDS: george band karakoram rakaposhi pakistan mountaineering mountain climbing travel adventure

$17.50
xxsfq181034

Bali: A Paradise Created


VICKERS, ADRIAN

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: Penguin Books 1989

KEYWORDS: Bali Indonesia travel exploration culture paradise islands exotic

$20.00
xxsia181344

Florence and Her Treasures


VAUGHAN, HERBERT M. & MANSFIELD, M. (Second Edition Prepared by)

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: Methuen & Co 1927

KEYWORDS: travel literature Florence Italy history

$20.00
xxskj181473

Joy of the Road: Second Book of New Zealand Life and Travel


MORTON, ELSIE K.

FIRST EDITION, octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (scruffy); 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: Wilson & Horton (Printer) 1929

KEYWORDS: first edition New Zealand Aotearoa hisotry culture Elsie K Morton travel exploration

$17.50
xxsne181536

Journeying With Railways in New Zealand


SINCLAIR, ROY

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: Random House 1997

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa rail railways travel steam engines transport trains

$70.00
1y99d/18

In the Strange South Seas


GRIMSHAW, BEATRICE

Sm octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt publisher's motif to front board, teg, frontispiece, 352pp, VG (spine sl cocked, light to moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate fading to spine, light soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate tanning & light foxing to frontis)

PUBLISHER: Hutchinson & Co 1907

KEYWORDS: travel exploration south seas islands pacific history culture Beatrice Grimshaw

$80.00
1y99d/42

A Picturesque Tour of the River Thames in its Western Course; including Particular Descriptions of Richmond, Windsor, and Hampton Court


MURRAY, JOHN FISHER

Octavo, red textured buckram boards, gilt lettering & tooling to spine, blind stamp decoration & gilt tooling to front board, blind stamp decoration to rear board, aeg, frontispiece, 304pp, illus, VG (moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate chafing & soiling to spine & boards, light soiling to eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear pastedown, light to moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional foxing to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: Henry G. Bohn 1853

KEYWORDS: London history travel literature John Fisher Murray river Thames English British cities

$22.50
xxspk181776

Explorers of the Nile: The Triumph and the Tragedy of a Great Victorian Adventure


JEAL, TIM

FIRST EDITION, 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: Faber and Faber 2011

KEYWORDS: first edition Egypt exploration travel history literature Victorian British empire

$15.00
xxspk181779

Seeing New York: History Walks for Armchair and Footloose Travellers


COOKE, HOPE

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: Temple University Press 1995

KEYWORDS: travel literature exploration New York US America American cities urban history social culture

$15.00
xxsqb181794

The Fearful Void


MOORHOUSE, GEOFFREY

FIRST EDITION, 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 1974

KEYWORDS: first edition exploration travel literature Geoffrey Moorhouse Sahara desert memoir autobiography

$15.00
xxspn181807

Galloway: The Spell of its Hills and Glens; to Which is Added The Geology of the Merrick Region


McCORMICK, ANDREW & ECKFORD, R. J. A.

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 Smith & Son 1947

KEYWORDS: Galloway Hills travel literature Andrew McCormick

$20.00
xxsqe181829

The Book of Cities


DODD, PHILIP & DONALD, BEN

Square octavo hardcover (VG+) with 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: Pavilion Books 2006

KEYWORDS: travel literature exploration global cities

$30.00
xxfof182079

Who Was Who in World Exploration


WALDMAN, CARL & WEXLER, ALAN

TIDY 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: Facts on File 1992

KEYWORDS: exploration biographies travel history

$12.50
xxfof182098

Eating Dirt: Adventure and Yarns From New Zealand's Action Man


GURNEY, STEVE

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: Random House 2012

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa adventure travel literature Steve Gurney extreme sports

$27.50
xxpcl182225

A Culinary Journey


GORDON, PETER & CAZALS, JEAN (photos)

SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR, 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Viking / Penguin 2009

KEYWORDS: peter gordon cooking cookery recipes travel photography new zealand signed

$16.50
xxpde182270

I Know a Great Spot


ROBINSON, STEPHEN

Square super octavo softcover w/ French flaps (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: Whitcoulls 2007

KEYWORDS: new zealand photographic travel pictorial

$60.00
2a18i/6

Descriptive Portraiture of Europe in Storm and Calm


KING, EDWARD

Imperial octavo, full leather bound boards, ornate gilt lettering to spine & front board, blind rule & decoration to boards, aeg, illus eps, vii + 864pp, illus, VG- (moderate scuffing to extrems with some surface loss, 3cm loss/chip to top spine extrem, moderate chafing to boards, moderate foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, moderate cracking to some gutters- occasioanl prelim pg loose but still attached, prev. owner's name in pencil to prelims, moderate foxing to page edges but text block clear)

PUBLISHER: People's Publishing Company 1888

KEYWORDS: Europe travel literature exploration history social commentary Edward King collection prose writings

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