KILVERT, FRANCIS; WAIT, PETER (ed); STEPHENS, TIM (photos)

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PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 1977

KEYWORDS: Francis Kilvert diary journal travel adventure The Folio Society

BEATON, MAUDE HILL

SIGNED & INSCRIBED, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, top page edges stained red, illus/maps at eps, frontispiece, 261pp, illus, VG (light bruising & rubbing to extrems & spine, moderate soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing with moderate soiling to page edges, heavy cracking to front & rear gutters- boards sl shaky, light to moderate staining/soiling to pages throughout, occasional closed tearing to base of pages)

PUBLISHER: Liveright Publishing 1942

KEYWORDS: signed Maude Hill Beaton travel writing literature adventure

FOSTER, HARRY L

Octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, black decorative rule to spine & front board, top page edges stained blue, deckled page fore-edges, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims, 395pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems, minor wrinkling to boards, light to moderate fading & soiling to spine & boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, sl tanning & foxing to eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, gift inscription in ink to ffep, light tanning to prelims & terminals, light foxing sporadically throughout, occasional light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: John Lane, The Bodley Head 1923

KEYWORDS: Asia travel writing literature Harry L Foster oriental adventures history historical

FLEMING, IAN

REPRINT, super octavo, grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to white spine, top page edges stained black, 223pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl tanning to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, patch of minor scuffing to verso of synopsis page) in d/w, VG (all corners lightly clipped, light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges with moderate adhesive staining also, light chafing & discolouration)

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1964

KEYWORDS: travel writing literature Ian Fleming cities global international

FERLINGHETTI, LAWRENCE & DIANO, GIADA (Ed) & GLEESON, MATTHEW (Ed)

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PUBLISHER: Liveright Publishing 2019

KEYWORDS: travel writing literature autobiography autobiographies memoir Lawrence Ferlinghetti

ANGUS, D C

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PUBLISHER: Cassel and Company 1904

KEYWORDS: D C Angus Japan 20th century travelling travel description

ARNOLD, Sir EDWIN

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PUBLISHER: Longmans, Green, and Co. 1899

KEYWORDS: Sir Edwin Arnold 19th century travel travelling description

BROWNELL, CLARENCE LUDLOW

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PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co. 1903

KEYWORDS: Clarence Ludlow Brownell Japan travel travelling description

MORTON, H V

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PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co. 1948

KEYWORDS: H V Morton London England essay essays travel description

PEPPER, CHARLES M

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PUBLISHER: A. C, McClurg & Co. 1906

KEYWORDS: Charles M Pepper travelling travel description journey adventure

WALTON, The Rev W H MURRAY

Super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt Japanese script to front board, frontispiece, 304pp, illus, 2x folding maps to rear, VG+ (sl rubbing & bruising to board edges & extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges, sl tanning & foxing to eps, jacket flap with synopsis tipped in to rear pastedown, publishers note tipped in to rear eps, occasional light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Edward Arnold & Co 1934

KEYWORDS: travel literature writing historical Japan Formosa Asia oriental W H Murray Walton

DAVIDSON, AUGUSTA M CAMPBELL

Super octavo, yellow buckram boards, gilt lettering & illus/decoration to spine & front board, teg, deckled page fore-edges & base of page block, frontispiece with tissue guard, illus prelims, xiv + 331pp + publisher's catalogue to rear, VG (light to moderate bruising to extrems, sl discolouration to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges, light soiling to eps, light foxing sporadically throughout, light to moderate cracking to gutters, some page edges remain uncut)

PUBLISHER: T Fisher Unwin 1904

KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese modern culture travel writing literature Augusta M Campbell Davidson

FENWICK, Sir GEORGE

Octavo, maroon buckram soft boards/covers, gilt lettering to front cover, pink speckling to page edges, 125pp, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to spine & cover edges, sl tanning to page edges & eps, light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Otago Daily Times and Witness Newspapers Co 1927

KEYWORDS: travel notes history historical Sir George Fenwick US America France Belgium New Zealand

PONTING, HERBERT G

REVISED EDITION, imperial octavo blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & illus/decoration to spine & front board, frontispiece, xii + 306pp, illus, VG (spine sl cocked, light bruising & rubbing to spine & board extrems, light soiling to spine & front board, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, prev. owner's name in ink & blind embossed stamp to ffep)

PUBLISHER: J M Dent & Sons 1922

KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese culture heritage historical travel writing literature Herbert G Ponting

WATSON, GILBERT

Super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, beige lettering & coloured illus to front board, decked page edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, xi + 315pp, illus, VG (light to moderate bruising & rubbing to spine & board edges/extrems, 1cm scuff to rear board, light to moderate chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & soiling to page edges & eps, sm gift inscription in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Edward Arnold 1904

KEYWORDS: historical travel writing literature Japan Japanese culture heritage Gilbert Watson history

BIRD, ISABELLA L

POPULAR EDITION, tidy ex-library, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, frontispiece, xxiv + 336pp, illus, VG (minimal library markings- very faint, light to moderate scuffing to board & spine extrems, sl tanning to spine, light soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light foxing to prelims & terminals, front & rear eps affixed to pastedowns/boards, moderate cracking to gutters, sl foxing & soiling throughout)

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1905

KEYWORDS: popular editions historical travel writing literature Japan Japanese Isabella L Bird

ICHIKAWA, HARUKO (ICHIKAWA, Mrs SANKI) & PLOMER, WILLIAM (Ed & Intro)

Octavo, green cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, silver gilt illus to front board, top page edges stained green, 380pp, VG (light bruising & discolouration to extrems, light foxing to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, sl foxing to prelims & terminals, moderate cracking to rear gutter) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1940

KEYWORDS: historical travel literature writing Europe Haruko Ichikawa history

CARPENTER, FRANK G

Super octavo, blue buckram boards, yellow lettering to spine, gilt maritime motif to front board, teg, frontispiece, xiv + 306pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, sl soiling to boards, sl tanning to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, light foxing to prelims & terminals & sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Doubleday, Page and Company 1926

KEYWORDS: historical travel writing literature Japan Korea Frank G Carpenter history culture

CARPENTER, FRANK G

Super octavo, blue buckram boards, yellow lettering to spine, gilt maritime motif to front board, teg, frontispiece, xiv + 309pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl rubbing & bruising to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & throughout)

PUBLISHER: Doubleday, Page and Company 1926

KEYWORDS: historical travel writing literature Asia Frank G Carpenter culture customs

DAVIDSON, AUGUSTA M CAMPBELL

Octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, coloured illus to spine & front board, deckled page edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, illus, VG (light bruising & rubbing to spine & board extrems, light chafing to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, frontispiece partially detached but still present, sporadic light to moderate foxing throughout, plate on pg195 detached but present, occasional cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: T Fisher Unwin 1907

KEYWORDS: Japan travel writing literature Augusta M Campbell Davidson