Search Results: Travel And Adventure from Dereks Transport Books

Poole: Blandford Press, 1978. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 231 pages, Blue cloth boards FINE in a FINE d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs and diagrams..

London: Hurst & Blackett, 1913. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xiv + 488pp. 860g. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine and border to front board. Boards are bumped and scuffed to corners and edges of spine with some loss of cloth surface. Internally there is a bookplate on front paste-down, and endpapers are darkened, with tear to the fold-out map at rear. o/w contents are tight and clean. GOOD. Illustrated with b/w plates and two fold-out maps. A history of the West Indies and Caribbean..

Colorado: Roberts Rinehart Publishers., 1993. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 300pp. 710g. A fascinating glimpse of America's role in the history of Africa. FINE in FINE d/w, in removable clear wrap..

Zuerich: Orell Fussli., 1979. Book. Near MINT. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 184 pages. 860g. Pictorial laminated Boards with very slightly sunned spine, Near MINT. Illustrated with b/w and some colour photogrphs, plus large fold-out route map to rear. Text in 3 langauges including English. Describes the journey through the alpine regions from East to West Switzerland, which reaches a height of 2160 meters above sea level at its highest point..

London: Thames & Hudson., 1956. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st UK Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 80 pages. 590g. Original green cloth, internally tight and clean. V.G. in a GOOD worn, chipped and repaired d/w now in removable clear protective wrap. A journey along the Maloja Road which connects Austria with Northern Italy. 20pp. of text including drawings followed by 80 full-page b/w photographs, maps..

London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1961. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st English Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 527 pages, 775g. Green cloth boards Very Good with the contents tight and clean, in a GOOD ONLY d/w chipped, small loss to rear bottom edge, and slightly faded to spine. Maps to end-papers and b/w photographs & drawings..

London: Rex Collings, 1977. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 484pp. 770g. Brown cloth boards FINE in a Near FINE d/w with small scar to middle of slightly `sunned' spine. Illustrated with map to end-papers..

London: Kegan Paul, Trench., 1883. Book. Good. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 456pp. plus 20pp. of preliminaries. 650g. Original cloth boardswith gilt lettering and design. Boards rubbed and darkened to edges, and spine with lettering, faded. Internally front and back hinges are cracked, and there are small inscriptions on front endpapers. Some spotting, mainly to first and last few pages. GOOD..

London: Cambridge University Press, 1925. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 88 pages, 200g. Paper covered boards a little rubbed to extremities, with slightly sun darkened spine. Very Good with the contents tight and clean. SIGNED by Samual Hoare to title page. Maps to end-papers and b/w plates..

London: Lorenz Books, 1998. Book. Near MINT. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 256 pages, 1.63kg. Pictorial laminated boards Near MINT in a Near MINT d/w. Illustrated with in colour throughout..

Colorado: Fulcrum Publishing, 1993. Book. Near MINT. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 219 pages, 560g. Blue cloth boards Near MINT in a FINE d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs and route maps. A chronical of travels along the US route 50, that cuts through the middle of the country..

Yeovil: The Oxford Illustrated Press, 1983. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 256pp. 520g. Green cloth boards FINE in a FINE d/w. Illustrated with colour plates and map to end-papers..

Gateshead.: Redline Books, 2007. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 288 pages, 1.765kg. Black cloth boards with small bump to corners, FINE in a FINE d/w. SIGNED dedication by the author to free end-paper. Illustrated with colour and b/w photographs. The authors adventures with land speed cars and record ballons. Owing to the weight, extra shipping overseas will be required..

London: G. Bell & Sons. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Not dated 248pp plus 24 pp. of publishers advertisements dated October 1912. 400g. Sub-titled `Being the full true & particular record with observations, reflections & confessions of a batchelor honeymoon over the Atlantic, through America & Canada & home again to England, all duly set down in a proper manner.'One of the `Bells Indian and Colonial Library'. series. This edition issued for circulation in India and the Colonies only. Illiustrated frontispiece by Charles Pears, of b/w silloutte drawing of the sailing ship `The Spirit of the Atlantic' with tissue guard. Original plum colour boards, only lightly marked, with gilt lettering to slightly sunned spine o/w undamaged. Heavy foxing to rear endpapers and half-title page and some to preliminaries and page fore-edges, o/w a V.G. tight clean copy..

London.: Studio Editions., 1989. Book. Near MINT. Hardcover. 1st Thus. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 24 x 34 cms. 132pp. 1.35Kg. Maps, diaries, and journals of travellers to Israel in ancient days and the present. Beautifully and profusely illustrated with over 100 in colour and 70 in b/w. Near MINT in like d/w. Owing to the weight, extra shipping will be incurred..

London: Andre Deutch, 1990. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st U.K. Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 242pp. 430g. Blue cloth boards FINE with gilt lettering stamped upside-down on spine and small scar to top front end-paper, in a FINE price-clipped d/w. An account of the author journey from Norway to Newfoundland, following to route taken by the Vikings..

London: Hodder & Stoughton Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 384 pages, 460g. Blue cloth boards a little rubbed to top of sun darkened spine & edges, and some small marks to page block edges, with internally age toning to end-papers only, contents clean and tight. Very Good. No d/w. Illustrated with period b/w photographs and route map tipped in to rear..

Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd, 1991. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 239 pages, 585g. Blue cloth boards FINE in a FINE price-clipped d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs..

London: Hutchinson & Co., 1954. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 200 pages. 400g. Blue cloth boards with slight spotting to page fore-edges only, not affecting the contents which are tight and clean, Very Good in a Good only worn d/w in clear removable wrap. Illustrated with b/w plates and map to end-papers..

London: Connaught, 2001. Book. As New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 96 pages, 660g. Pictorial laminated boards MINT in a Near MINT d/w. Illustrated with colour photographs.