Books - "travel"
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Further English Voyages to Spanish America 1583-1594: Documents From the Archives of the Indies at Seville Illustrating English Voyages to the Caribbean, the Soanish Main, Florida, and Virginia
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt ship motif & blind stamp rule to front board, deckled/rough cut page edges- some still uncut, xciii + 314pp, folding maps, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)
PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society 1951
KEYWORDS: first editions hakluyt society history geography exploration travel English voyages Spanish America
The Discovery of Tahiti: A Journal of the Second Voyage of H.M.S. Dolphin Round the World, Under the Command of Captain Wallis in the Years 1766, 1767, and 1768
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, gilt lettering to spine, gilt ship motif & blind stamp decoration to boards, deckled/rough cut page edges- some still uncut, folding frontispiece, lii + 292pp, folding maps, VG+ (sl scuffing to extrems, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals)
PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society 1948
KEYWORDS: first editions hakluyt society history geography exploration travel Tahiti hms dolphin Captain Wallis 18th eighteenth century
English Privateering Voyages to the West Indies 1588-1595
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt ship motif & blind rule to front board, deckled page edges- some still uncut, frontispiece, maps, VG+ (sl bruising & discolouration to extrems & board edges, moderate tanning to page edges, sl foxing to eps) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges with some minor archival tape repairs, moderate tanning & staining to spine, light foxing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Hakluyt / Cambridge University Press 1959
KEYWORDS: first editions hakluyt society history geography exploration travel West Indies voyages Sir Francis Drake nautical maritime
Memorias Antiguas Historiales Del Peru
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt ship motif & blind decoration to boards, deckled page edges- some still uncut, frontispiece, x + 132pp + xlii bibliography to rear, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, sl chafing to spine, light tanning to page edges & eps, sl foxing to prelims & terminals)
PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society 1920
KEYWORDS: first editions hakluyt society history geography exploration travel Peru
Civil Wars of Peru: Part IV: Book II: The War of Chupas
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt ship motif & blind stamp decoration to boards, deckled page edges- some still uncut, xlvii + 386pp + xxxix bibliography, illus, VG (light to moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, light soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)
PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society 1918
KEYWORDS: first editions hakluyt society history geography exploration travel Peru civil war wars conflict Chupas
The Quest and Occupation of Tahiti by Emissaries of Spain During the Years 1772-1776, Told in Despatches and Other Contemporary Documents
3 VOL SET, FIRST EDITIONS, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt ship motif & blind stamp decoration to boards, deckled page edges- some still uncut, frontispieces with tissue guards, mixed pagination, folding maps to rear pockets of vols 1 + 2, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light to moderate soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning to page edges & eps, occasional light cracking to some gutters)
PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society 1913-19
KEYWORDS: first editions hakluyt society history geography exploration travel Tahiti pacific 18th eighteenth century documents
Mandeville's Travels: Texts and Translations (2 Vol Set)
2 VOL SET, FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt ship motif & blind rule to front boards, deckled page edges- some still uncut, frontispieces, vol 1- lxiii + 223pp, vol 2- xi + pgs 224-554, folding maps, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light chafing to board edges, light to moderate soiling to rear boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)
PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society 1953
KEYWORDS: first editions hakluyt society history geography exploration travel Sir John Mandeville voyages
A New Voyage & Description of the Isthmus of America
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt ship motif & blind stamp decoration to boards, deckled page edges, folded frontispiece, lxxi + 221pp, folding maps throughout, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, sl soiling to edges of front board, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges with some minor loss, heavy tanning & staining to spine & front cover, light foxing)
PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society 1934
KEYWORDS: first editions hakluyt society history geography exploration travel expeditions Lionel Wafer secret report Davis's expedition gold mines Darien West Indies Pacific late 17th seventeenth century Isthmus
Bombay in the Days of Queen Anne ; Being an Account of the Settlement Written by John Burnell
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt ship motif & blind stamp decoration to boards, deckled page edges- some still uncut, frontispiece, xxx + 192pp, VG+ (sl scuffing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, heavy tanning & staining to spine, light tanning & foxing)
PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society 1933
KEYWORDS: first editions hakluyt society history geography exploration travel Bombay India John Burnell settlers
Wild Journeys
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: HarperCollins 2018
KEYWORDS: New Zealand travel literature Bruce Ansley tracks history historical wild journeys
Somewhere in New Guinea (A Companion to 'Prowling Through Papua')
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: Angus and Robertson 1951
KEYWORDS: Papua New Guinea png anthropology history culture customs travel literature
With Peter Fleming in Tartary
Sm 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: Frederick Muller 1960
KEYWORDS: geography adventure exploration travel literature Garry Hogg Peter Fleming Tartary inner Mongolia Chinese Turkestan history
Wanderlust Magazine: January 1930; Vol 1. No. 1
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: Wanderlust Magazine 1930
KEYWORDS: wanderlust magazine New Zealand publications magazines travel literature
Up the Tapajos; or, Adventures in Brazil
Octavo hardcover (VG-) heavy cracking to gutters; 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: Cassell & Company 1890
KEYWORDS: travel literature Brazil South America adventure culture
Uganda For a Holiday (Popular 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: Smith, Elder & Co 1913
KEYWORDS: travel literature Uganda Africa African countries culture
The Spark and the Flame
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: The British and Foreign Bible Society 1948
KEYWORDS: religion theology literature travel literature
Two Mountains and a River
FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xii + 233pp, illus/photos, folding map, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light foxing & discolouration to spine, light tanning, foxing & soiling to page edges & prelims, gift plate & prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to ffep, sl cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, heavy creasing & chipping with some loss to edges, moderate scuffing & soiling, light fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1949
KEYWORDS: first editions travel literature exploration Himalayas
The Cruise of the Nona
Octavo, blue buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxxviii + 347pp, VG+ (sl scuffing & bruising to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to spine & edges, moderae fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Constable & Co 1955
KEYWORDS: Hilaire Belloc travel literature exploration coastal England Nona maritime nautical marine history
Kula: Myth and Magic in the Trobriand Islands
Quarto, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, frontispiece, 222pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light foxing & soiling to page edges, light foxing to eps, occasional light cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Cowrie Books 1998
KEYWORDS: travel literature exploration Trobriand Islands mythology myths legends social life customs png Papua New Guinea
The Milford Track Adventure
Oblong imperial octavo, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, illus prelims, 127pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl foxing to top page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: H&H Publishing 1999
KEYWORDS: New Zealand travel literature Milford Track tracks south island adventure tramping hiking