Travel & Exploration from The Real Book Shop

26x18x3cm. 400pp. Black half leather bound. Brown flecked edges. Grey top edge. Frontispiece of Stanley. Fold out map. B/w maps and illustrations throughout. CONDITION: boards have moderate wear, very worn at corners. Spine almost detached in some sections. One section completely detached (provided). Needs repair. Front and back gutters broken through. Foxing to prelims. Occasional foxing/age marking to internal pages,… Read more about this item

Green cloth boards with Pictorial design on pastedowns. gilt lettering and design to spine. Title pages have b/w leaf design. 2 page map b y George Philip & Sons on post-contents pages. 434pp. Condition: v. good. clean. Bookplate on front pastedown. Otherwise vg. Binding vg.

Part of the Time Life series Classics of Exploration. Leather binding with red and gilt inlaid frame to front board and red and gilt design and lettering (with raised bands) to spine. Facsimile of the 1857 edition, complete with fold-out map and illustration, preserving historical authenticity of the original work, including typographical errors and printing irregularities. With yellow ribbon bookmark,… Read more about this item

Part of the Time Life series Classics of Exploration. Leather binding with red and gilt inlaid frame to front board and red and gilt design and lettering (with raised bands) to spine. Facsimile of the 1881 edition, preserving historical authenticity of the original work, including typographical errors and printing irregularities. With yellow ribbon bookmark, marbled endpapers.

Part of the Time Life series Classics of Exploration. Leatherette binding with red and gilt inlaid frame to front board and red and gilt design and lettering (with raised bands) to spine. Facsimile of the 1852 edition, preserving the historical authenticity of the original work, including typographical errors and printing irregularities. With yellow ribbon bookmark, marbled endpapers.

Part of the Time Life series Classics of Exploration. Leather binding with red and gilt inlaid frame to front board and red and gilt design and lettering (with raised bands) to spine. Facsimile of the 1842 edition, complete with fold-out illustrations, preserving historical authenticity of the original work, including typographical errors and printing irregularities. With yellow ribbon bookmark, marbled endpapers.

Part of the Time Life series Classics of Exploration. Leatherette binding with red and gilt inlaid frame to front board and red and gilt design and lettering (with raised bands) to spine. Facsimile of the 1876 edition, complete with fold-out maps, preserving historical authenticity of the original work, including typographical errors and printing irregularities. With yellow ribbon bookmark, marbled endpapers.

In Two Volumes - both volumes are in one book. Part of the Time Life series Classics of Exploration. Leatherette binding with red and gilt inlaid frame to front board and red and gilt design and lettering (with raised bands) to spine. Facsimile of the 1898 edition, complete with fold-out map, preserving historical authenticity of the original work, including typographical… Read more about this item

In Two Volumes - both volumes are in one book. Part of the Time Life series Classics of Exploration. Leatherette binding with red and gilt inlaid frame to front board and red and gilt design and lettering (with raised bands) to spine. Facsimile of the 1898 edition, complete with fold-out map, preserving historical authenticity of the original work, including typographical… Read more about this item

Part of the Time Life series Classics of Exploration. Leatherette binding with red and gilt inlaid frame to front board and red and gilt design and lettering (with raised bands) to spine. Facsimile of the 1872 edition, complete with fold-out map, preserving historical authenticity of the original work, including typographical errors and printing irregularities. With yellow ribbon bookmark, marbled endpapers.

Part of the Time Life series Classics of Exploration. Leatherette binding with red and gilt inlaid frame to front board and red and gilt design and lettering (with raised bands) to spine. Explanatory insert included. Facsimile of the 1910 edition, preserving historical authenticity of the original work, including typographical errors and printing irregularities. With yellow ribbon bookmark, marbled endpapers.

TWO VOLUME SET. Part of the Time Life series Classics of Exploration. Leatherette binding with red and gilt inlaid frame to front board and red and gilt design and lettering (with raised bands) to spine. Explanatory insert included. Facsimile of the 1894 edition. Memorial edition, illustrated by his wife Isabel Burton. Facsimile, preserving historical authenticity of the original work, including… Read more about this item

Part of the Time Life series Classics of Exploration. Leatherette binding with red and gilt inlaid frame to front board and red and gilt design and lettering (with raised bands) to spine. Explanatory insert included. Facsimile of the 1861 edition, lavishly illustrated, complete with fold-out illustration and map, preserving historical authenticity of the original work, including typographical errors and printing… Read more about this item

Part of the Time Life series Classics of Exploration. Leatherette binding with red and gilt inlaid frame to front board and red and gilt design and lettering (with raised bands) to spine. Explanatory insert included. Contains large fold-out map inside back cover. Facsimile of the 1863 edition, preserving historical authenticity of the original work, including typographical errors and printing irregularities.… Read more about this item

Part of the Time Life series Classics of Exploration. Leatherette binding with red and gilt inlaid frame to front board and red and gilt design and lettering (with raised bands) to spine. Explanatory insert included. Contains fold-out illustration. Facsimile of the 1853 edition, preserving historical authenticity of the original work, including typographical errors and printing irregularities. With yellow ribbon bookmark,… Read more about this item

Part of the Time Life series Classics of Exploration. Leatherette binding with red and gilt inlaid frame to front board and red and gilt design and lettering (with raised bands) to spine. Explanatory insert included. Contains maps and illustrations. Facsimile of the 1810 edition, preserving historical authenticity of the original work, including typographical errors and printing irregularities. With yellow ribbon… Read more about this item

Part of the Time Life series Classics of Exploration. Leatherette binding with red and gilt inlaid frame to front board and red and gilt design and lettering (with raised bands) to spine. Explanatory insert included. Facsimile of the 1893 edition, lavishly illustrated, complete with fold-out map, preserving historical authenticity of the original work, including typographical errors and printing irregularities. With… Read more about this item

Part of the Time Life series Classics of Exploration. Leatherette binding with red and gilt inlaid frame to front board and red and gilt design and lettering (with raised bands) to spine. Explanatory insert included. Contains several maps and illustrations. Facsimile of the 1893 edition, lavishly illustrated, complete with fold-out map, preserving historical authenticity of the original work, including typographical… Read more about this item

1st edition, 1973 with maps to endpapers. With chapters by James Cook, Roald Admundsen, Robert Falcon Scott, Ernest Shackleton and others.

The desire for knowledge, resources, and fame as well as a sense of duty and adventurousness has driven intrepid explorers away from their homes and into the unknown since the time of the first people. Human beings are naturally curious, and their ability to imagine what lies just beyond the horizon has helped them populate the globe, driven their technological… Read more about this item