Books - "travel"
Showing 3981 to 4000 of 4361 results.
The Kingdom of the Yellow Robe; Being Sketches of the Domestic and Religious Rites and Ceremonies of the Siamese
THIRD EDITION, super octavo, grey buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, red lettering & coloured illus to front board, deckled page edges, frontispiece, xvi + 408pp, VG- (moderate bruising to extrems, 3cm crack to top edge of front hinge, moderate bruising & chafing/soiling to boards, moderate insect damage to boards & page block, prev. ownership ink stamps to front eps, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, occasional cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Archibald Constable & Co 1907
KEYWORDS: travel writing literature Asia Siamese religion religious customs rites rituals
Around the World Through Japan
Super octavo, red buckram boards, white lettering & gilt & white illus to to spine & front board, teg, frontispiece, xvii + 434pp, illus, VG- (moderate scuffing to extrems, 4cm crack to front hinge, moderate soiling to spine & boards, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, subscription plate to front pastedown, light soiling to eps, light foxing throughout, some minor cracking to gutters, some plates & pages detached)
PUBLISHER: Adam and Charles Black 1903
KEYWORDS: travel writing literature Japan Walter del Mare
Tracks of Destiny
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: Angus and Robertson 1961
KEYWORDS: Australian literature Ion L Idriess travel adventure
Drums of Mer
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: Angus and Robertson 1949
KEYWORDS: Australian literature Ion L Idriess travel adventure
Mishima's Sword: Travels in Search of a Samurai Legend
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: Harper Perennial 2006
KEYWORDS: travel writing literature Japan Christopher Ross
Raggle-Taggle
Sm 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: Readers Union / John Murray 1949
KEYWORDS: gypsies history travel writing literature Walter Starkie
Roving East and Roving West
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 1921
KEYWORDS: travel writing literature E V Lucas India Japan America
The Gist of Japan
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: Oliphant, Anderson & Ferrier 1904
KEYWORDS: travel literature writing Japan R B Peery
Travellers in Europe: Private Records of Journeys by the Great and the Forgotten, From Horace to Pepys
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: The Bodley Head 1980
KEYWORDS: travel writing literature history historical journeys Europe
Eastern Windows, Western Skies
Signed by author. 8vo, pp. xvi + 306; blue cl boards, spine & front bord lettered in gilt; plates; VG (light scuffing & soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning & soiling to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscription erased to ffep (still visible)); in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with moderate to heavy chipping & archival tape repairs; moderate tanning & foxing).
PUBLISHER: South China Morning Post 1969
KEYWORDS: Jean Gittins travel travelling description life lives memoir autobiography
A Golden Souvenir of the Himalaya
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: The Guidebook Company 1989
KEYWORDS: exploration travel souvenirs guides the Himalayas Himalaya mountains
Ajanta & Ellora: Our World in Colour
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: The Guidebook Company 1991
KEYWORDS: India peninsula Ellora Ajant acaves travel brochures souvenirs guides culture ancient history
Innocents to Everest
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: United Writers 1976
KEYWORDS: adventure travel exploration Jean Donaldson Kathmandu Everest approach march
Traveller's Tracks
FIRST EDITION, octavo, peach heavy boards, green lettering to spine, 168pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & soiling to board edges/extrems, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's details in ink to ffep, light foxing sporadically throughout) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, moderate creasing & chipping to edges- minor loss also, light to moderate rubbing & wrinkling to spine, light to moderate soiling)
PUBLISHER: Melbourne University Press 1949
KEYWORDS: first editions Australia Australian travel literature writing George Farwell
Salamina
FIRST EDITION, octavo hardcover (VG-) water damage/stained; 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 1936
KEYWORDS: travel exploration adventure Rockwell Kent literature writing Greenland first editions
Capital: A Portrait of Twenty-First Century Delhi
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: Text Publishing 2014
KEYWORDS: India New Delhi Rana Dasgupta economics travel writing literature
The Message
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: Hamish Hamilton 2024
KEYWORDS: travel conflict journalism reporting war zones
Peking: A Historical and Intimate Description of its Chief Places of Interest
Super octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine & covers, unpaginated prelims + 467pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing to spine & cover edges, sl soiling to covers, prev. owner's name in ink to title page, annotation in ink to dedication page)
PUBLISHER: Soul Care Publishing 2010
KEYWORDS: travel literature writing China Peking Juliet Bredon
City Between Worlds: My Hong Kong
Square octavo, purple cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, unpaginated illus prelims, 322pp, illus/photos, VG+ (spine cocked & slightly bruised, light soiling to page edges, prev owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing & scuffing to edges, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 2008
KEYWORDS: travel literature writing China Hong Kong Leo Ou-fan Lee
The Love of Strangers: What Six Muslim Students Learned in Jane Austen's London
Super octavo, black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvi + (6) + 388pp, illus, Near FINE (prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover)
PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press 2015
KEYWORDS: Muslim travel literature writing England Iran Iranian 19th nineteenth century ethnicity