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London: Travel Book Club, 1963. A clean copy with contemporary name and year to front endpaper. Dustjacket has some wear and small loss to lower front. A record of the Anglo-Swiss Trans-Australia Expedition, composed of five men and two women in two specially equipped cars which were fitted out and loaded with three tons of material. The results of the expedition was a complete, clear and novel impression of this vast continent. Map of expedition. A1C. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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27,000 Miles Through Australia
by Cranley, Victor B.
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Americans and Nothing Else
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London: Cassell, 1980. A clean, tight and unmarked copy which has light foxing to top edge a small closed tear to one page (text still legible) with near Fine dustjacket. The author, a Times newspaper journalist, won a travelling fellowship in the United States and was invited 'to look for America'. He travelled in 38 of the 50 states, from the Canadian border to the edge of Mexico, from Empire State to Golden Gate, travelled mountains, desert, prairie, canyons, rivers, lakes, forests, cities and sleepy hollows, by car, mule, canoe, bus, train, tram and plane. For part of his exploration he was in the company of ten other journalists, Argentinian, Brazilian, Cameroonian, Ecuadorian, Hong Kong Chinese, Israeli, Japanese, Swedish, Tanzanian and Thai. A perceptive and fascinating look at America and Americans. **** NOT EX LIB **** 11. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Arabie Seoudite - Saudi Arabia
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Paris: Editions Delroisse, 1975. A Fine unmarked copy with VG dustjacket. Text in English and French. Map endpapers. A mainly photographic tour of Saudi Arabia covering its history, its rulers, its mosques, its culture and its cities. **** A LARGE HEAVY VOLUME OF 0.95 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST **** B2F. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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Australian Setting
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London: Evans Brothers, 1953. Gold title on red cloth boards which are clean and unmarked with no wear. Internally there is a prize bookplate to half title page (curiously awarded for proficiency in French) else very clean, tight and unmarked. A Very Good+ copy. Dustjacket has some wear to edges and is not price clipped. Map endpapers and 17 illustrations. Uniform with 'The Window on the World' series of travel books. First published in 1952. The author, a great-grandson of early settlers in Victoria, who has travelled all over the huge continent, working as a gold miner, wharf labourer, seaman and cattle drover, grape picker on the Murray River, riding on camel patrol in Central Australia, traversing the Northern Territories and travelling into the Black Country with the flying Doctor. He covers Australia's history, geography, natural resources, agriculture and industry and provides a vivid and unforgettable picture of a vast, colourful and magnificent country. A fascinating early…
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A Book About The Romance Of Travel
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London: Epworth Press / J. Alfred Sharp, 1925. Black titles and black pictorial of Robinson Crusoe to spine and black pictorial of Captain Oates leaving the tent on light blue cloth boards. Boards are clean and unmarked with only light bumping to lower corners and no wear. Internally there is a prize bookplate to front pastedown with light foxing to closed edges else clean and unmarked. A VG+ copy with 4 plates. Curiously the title on the spine and front board is "A Book About Travel And Exploration". Comprises Early Travellers, The Great Navigators, Eastward Ho!, Lamps in the Dark Continent, The New World, The Lone Continent and The Frost King's Realm. **** A SCARCE TITLE **** C3B. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Cuba
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London: Dorling Kindersley, 2004. A near Fine unmarked copy (Fine apart from a name to top edge of front endpaper). 328 pages. Reprinted with revisions. A definitive guide to Cuba with maps and coloured illustrations and photos throughout - everything a traveller needs to know. 50. Soft Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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The Curve of Earth's Shoulder
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London: George Allen and Unwin, 1966. A Very Good+ clean, tight and unmarked copy with dustjacket which has small repaired closed tears and a little wear to edges. The author and his Spanish wife have logged three-quarters of a million miles since the war and visited such remote and diverse places as Bokhara, Dawson City in the Yukon, Sable Island and Macchu Picchu, and in eight self contained chapters they tell of their journeys to all corners of North and South America, the U.S.S.R. and the Near East. 6 illustrations. **** NOT EX LIB **** **** NOT BOOK CLUB **** A1D. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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David Jason : In His Element
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London: Granada, 1999. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine complete dustjacket. From the volcanic waters of Hawaii and the beautiful coral of Micronesia to Australia's Great Barrier Reef, David Jason takes us to the most exotic locations as he indulges his passion for diving. Filmed by Yorkshire Television, it reveals the spectacular undersea world, as well as revealing the fascinating characters to be found on dry land. Written with warmth and humour and illustrated with hundreds of glorious photographs by Mark Bourdillon. **** NOT EX LIB **** A1A. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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A Death Feast in Dimla-Hamid
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Vancouver: New Star Books, 1990. First Edition First Printing. A Fine uninscribed copy with near Fine dustjacket which is price clipped. In spite of continued encroachment on their 22,000 square mile homelands by forest companies and non Indian settlers, little has changed in the Gitksan-Wet'suwet'en territories in British Columbia's northwest since the anthropologist Marius Barbeau wrote "It is still an Indian Country, effectively guarded, perhaps the last unconquered native stronghold of the red Man in North America". The native people have never surrendered jurisdiction over their lands, continuing to insist, in the face of governments and corporations that deny their very existence, that it is theirs to decide if, when, how and by whom their lands are to be exploited. Based on visits in 1988 and 1989 the author takes inside the Gitksan and We'suwet'en peoples' campaign for justice and recognition and how their struggle, which is taking place within Canada's…
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Four Quarters of Light - An Alaskan Journey
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London: Doubleday, 2004. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine complete dustjacket. The author is a writer and poet who spent four years' in captivity in Beirut. His fascination with Alaska began as a small boy and after a short trip to Fairbanks several years ago he resolved to return and in 2003 he returned to experience all that this land could offer. Particularly fascinating is his meeting with survivalist and his encounters with Eskimos. 21 coloured photographs. A1B. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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The Great North
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London: Andre Deutsch, 1957. Gilt title on black boards which have bumping to lower corner tips but no wear. Internally very clean, tight and unmarked. A Very Good+ copy. 253 pages. 20 illustrations. Translated from the Italian by James Cadell. A fascinating account of Lapland, Finland, the 'Western Ice' - the name given to the vast sea zone between Iceland and the Svalbard group, the Arctic - referred to by the author as 'Ultima Thule-, the land farthest north. 1. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Hannah in America
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London: Century, 1993. An As New copy in an As New dustjacket which is not price-clipped. A large format volume of 192 pages. Illustrated throughout with photogrphs principally by Mostafa Hammuri. The story of Hannah Hauxwell, the legendary spinster lady from the Yorkshire Dales, has enthralled the nation for more than two decades. Until 1991, she had barely set foot outside her native county. But now, following her celebrated debut in Innocent Abroad, when she did the Grand tour of Europe, Hannah has sailed on the QE2 from Southampton to the USA. She meets many characters there and this literary endeavour contains once again all the magic of Hannah as she delivers her descriptions and opinions. 12. First. Hard Cover. As New/As New. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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I Came, I Saw, I Lost My Luggage - Et Tu, Royal Swazi Airlines
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London: Little Brown, 1996. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. In the time its takes to get through Atlanta airport's luggage system, Peter Biddlecombe negotiates the perils of business life in 20 cities from Beirut to Budapest, all courtesy of another awe inspiring expense account. He is at his hilarious and thoughtful best, ostensibly developing contacts, striking deals and attending foreign delegations, but more often than not becoming an astute, informed commentator everywhere he goes. A marvellous travelogue by a perfect bon viveur and a hugely enjoyable alternative world tour. **** NOT EX LIB **** C3B. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Imagen De Caracas / Images of Caracas
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Caracas, Venezuela: Aurora, 1998. Black boards have bumping to lower corners and some minor marks. Internally clean and unmarked. Images of Caracas portrays the city in seven chapters, the first in words the other six in photographs. Text in English and Spanish. PLEASE NOTE A LARGE HEAVY VOLUME OF 1.3 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH WILL REQUIRE EXTRA SHIPPING COST // Los tableros negros tienen abolladuras en las esquinas inferiores y algunas marcas menores. Internamente limpio y sin marcas. Texto en Español e Ingles. La Presente Imagen De Caracas aborda la ciudad a lo largo de siete capitulos, el primero de ellos literario y los otros de expression fotografica. TENGA EN CUENTA UN GRAN LIBRO PESADO DE 1.3 KG DE PESO SIN EMPACAR QUE REQUERIRA UN COSTO DE ENVIO ADICIONAL B2F. First. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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Jungle - A Journey to the Heart of the Rain Forest
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London: Hodder and Stoughton, 2003. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine price clipped dustjacket. In making a film for the BBC, Uhlenbroek had to dangle from a balloon high above the rainforest, explore the tree canopy in Borneo, travel through the flooded forest of the Amazon where pink dolphins swim between the trees, journey through the dense jungle of the Congo, last refuge of our cousins the gorillas. The result is a marvellous account of her encounters with the world's most exciting flora and fauna, illustrated with 40 colour photographs, graphics and line drawings. A1E. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Last of the Medicine Men
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London: BBC Worldwide, 2000. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. Benedict Allen investigates four diverse traditions, joining the Vodou priests of Haiti, the remote rainforest healers of Siberut Island in Indonesia, shamanic drummers in Siberia and, in the Mexican desert, pilgrims who come face-to-face with their gods after eating an hallucogenic cactus. By observing their rituals and frequently taking part himself, he investigates these complex and enigmatic characters, and discovers what others can learn from them. Illustrated throughout in colour. 14. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Lone Traveller - One Woman, Two Wheels and the World
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Shrewsbury: Swan Hill Press, 1998. A very clean and unmarked copy VG+ with a coloured photographic dustjacket which is also VG+. 56 coloured photographs. This is the author's fascinating account of her epic journey cycling round the globe from East to West, a challenge for anyone but more so as she was a solitary woman in her sixties. A remarkable account by a remarkable woman. Appendices of bicycle specifications, luggage lists, journey logs, index of place names and a general index. **** NOT EX LIB **** B2E. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Long Way Down - John O'Groats to Cape Town
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London: Sphere, 2007. A near Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. After their fantastic trip round the world in 2004, fellow actors and bike fanatics McGregor and Boorman couldn't shake the travel bug and inspired by their UNICEF visits to Africa, they knew they had to experience this extraordinary continent in more depth. So they set off on their 15,000 mile journey with two new BMW's, joining up with producer/directors Russ Malkin and David Alexanian and the 'Long Way Round' team, their route taking them from John O'Groats to Cape Agulhas on the southernmost tip of South Africa. 100 colour photographs and numerous maps. 21. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Mexico
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London: Macdonald, 1960. Gilt title on green cloth boards which are very clean and unmarked with no wear with a bump to one corner tip. Internally there is a small name to front pastedown and some light foxing to top edge else clean, tight and unmarked. Dustjacket has some wear with minor repaired closed tears. Translated from the Portuguese by Lomas Barrett. 21 illustrations. The breathtaking beauty of the scenery and the great literary and artistic heritage of Mexico, both of the Aztecs and of their Spanish conquerors, are evoked with great sensitivity. **** NOT EX LIB **** B2C. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Places
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London: Cassell, 1942. Blue title on grey cloth boards which are clean and unmarked with a touch of fading to top. Internally there is light foxing to closed edges and to the margin of the occasional page else clean, tight and unmarked. Dustjacket has some chipping, age darkening, a repaired closed tear and is price clipped. Second impression September 1942 (first was June 1942). A series of essays on the places he has visited, which reveals Hilaire Belloc at his best, in which he gives his impressions of towns and life in the countryside all over Europe - from France to the Holy Land. These essays were first published separately in various papers and magazines including The Sunday Times. B2C. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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