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World Stompers: A Global Travel Manifesto
by Olsen, Brad (Author)
San Francisco, CA: CCC Publications, 2001. Fifth Edition. Softcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Used Book: Trade Paperback Standard used condition. Reading copy or better.
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A$19.37
Quest for Adventure
by Chris Bonnington
Book Club Associates. FAMILY BUSINESS, FIRST CLASS SERVICE, FREE U.K. SHIPPING. 1982 Hardback edition, complete with dust jacket. Excellent condition. . Very Good. Hardcover. Book Club Edition. 1982.
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A$14.73
So Small a World
by Mountfort, Guy
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. 1974. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. 224 pages.. British Naturalist Guy Mountfort describes some of the rare and often bizarre creatures he has encountered in his travels. Travelling across five continents, this is his story. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition....
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A$25.00
Steam Railways of the World
by Whitehouse, Patrick
London: Chancellor Press. 1992. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good condition in pictorial laminated boards - no dustjacket. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs and topographical maps. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 256 pages. The story of steam trains, journeys and tourism. . Reprint. Hardback.
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A$14.00
Travels in the North
by CAPEK, Karel
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1939. First American Edition. Good+/Good-. Karel Capek. 8vo. Pp. 269. Translated by M. & R. Weatherall. Frontis. color illustration. With Capek's black and white line drawings throughout. Bound in yellow cloth with blindstamped letter "C" on front cover, lettering stamped in silver on spine. Slight age-toning to edges of cloth. Dust jacket with a bit grubby with age-toned spine, slight chips at head and tail of spine and a three-inch dampstain that has bled through to...
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A$61.98
Persia and Its People
by SYKES, Ella C
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1910. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. Thick 8vo. Pp. xi. 356. Frontis. photo portrait of the Shah as a boy. With 20 additional photographs taken by the author. Large fold-out map at rear. Index. Bound in blue cloth with elaborate cover titles, spine with lettering and floral design in gilt. Minor soiling to front cover. Bookplate on front pastedown. Withal, a sturdy, presentable copy. "A description of life in Persia as observed by the author during two...
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A$271.15
The Naked Hills Tales of Afghanistan
by BEARDSLEY, Charles
London: Peter Davies, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover in Dust Jacket. First Edition. Small 8vo. Pp. 276. Bound in blue cloth. Dust jacket is price-clipped, and with minor folds to top of spine. The author was a native of San Francisco whose wanderlust thwarted being awarded diplomas from two universities. After serving WWII in the Philippines, Beardsley traveled in Morocco before heading to Saudi Arabia, Iran and Afghanistan. Dust jacket is now preserved in a removable, clear archival sleeve.
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A$46.48
In Quest of Oases -- with slipcase
by VAN SINDEREN, Adrian
New York: Privately Printed [Adrian Van Sinderen], 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Tall 8vo. Pp. 124. Illustrated with color photograph plates, and many black-and-white photos of horses and carriages. Photographic endpapers. Bound in full gray cloth imprinted with a diamond patter and labeling in a burnt red, in matching slipcase. Pages 34-35 were once adhered and then separated, leaving a dime-size abrasion. Edition limited to 600 copies. Printed by the sons of William E. Rudge. Near Fine in and...
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A$46.48
The Earth from the Air 366 Days
by Arthus-Bertrand, Yann; Various contributors edited byIsabelle Delannoy
London: Thames & Hudson. 2003. Oblong Octavo Size [approx 22.8 x 15.3cm]. Near fine condition in pictorial laminated boards in a very good dustjacket. DJ is now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. Illustrated with full page colour photographs by Yann Arthus-Bertrand. Translated from the French by Simon Jones. This is a heavy book and will cost more to ship internationally. Please contact us for a precise quote for your part of the world. Robust, professional packaging and tracking...
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A$22.00
The Prodigal Tongue: Dispatches from the Future of English
by Abley, Mark
London: Heinemann, 2008 1st ed. 262pp. hardback 8vo: Fine in a near Fine dj [dj = small roughed spot on back cover; else nrF] A sort of linguistic travel book by a winner of Canada’s National Newspaper Award.
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A$7.73
Footsteps. Nine Archaeological Journeys of Romance and Discovery
by Norman, Bruce
London: Guild Publishing. 1987. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 279 pages. . Book Club Edition. Hardback.
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A$15.00
Around the World on Expenses: I Came, I Saw, I Lost My Luggage
by Biddlecombe, Peter
London: Abacus, 1996 1st ed. thus. 378pp. paperback: Good [text is age browned; edges are foxed; else a clean, complete & tight copy] A humorous view of business travel by a well-traveled Brit.
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A$7.73
Nehjat-ul Manasik, geographic and descriptive book on the Hajj road
by Mehmed Edip b. Mehmed Dervish
Ottoman text, 256 p. With 14 p. Tertib Ajza, Pharmaceuticals should be used by pilgrims on the Hajj road. Printed in Bulak 1250.
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A$15,494.00
Fame By Chance: An A-Z of places that became famous (or infamous) by a twist of fate.
by O'Brien, Donough
Honiton, Devon: Bene Factum Publishing. 2003. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition - Card Wraps. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 420 pages. . 1st Edition. Softcover.
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A$15.00
RISALA 'AAN AS SOUDAN (REPORT ON THE SUDAN), SIGNED AND DEDICATED BY THE AUTHOR, PRESEDENT NAGUIB.
by MUHAMMAD NAGUIB (FIRST PRESEDENT OF EGYPT)
Cairo: The government press, 1954 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. PRIVATELY BOUND AS PRESENTATION COPY IN 29-5-1954, TO "OUR SON MR. ABDUL HAMID IBRAHIM ABD UR RAHMAN", FROM GENERAL MUHAMMAD NAGUIB. FRONTIS OF M. NAGUIB SIGNING THE TREATY OF SUDAN 12 FEB. 1953. TITLE PAGE WITH MANUSCRIPT DEDICATION, SIGNED BY M. NAGUIB, THE FIRST PRESEDENT OF EGYPT AFTER THE REVOLUTION OF 1952. FRONTIS OF M. NAGUIB WHEN HE WAS IN KHARTUM IN 1921, IN HIS MILITARY UNIFORM....
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A$12,395.20
We Ended In Bali
by Gillsater, Sven
London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd.. 1961. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Good Dustjacket - now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. Some wear to edges and corners of dustjacket. DJ lightly creased at fore edge. Illustrated with colour and black & white plates and maps. Translated by F. H. Lyon. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 151 pages. This intrepid photographer made a romantic and unforgettable journey...
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A$18.00
Around The World In Eighty Ways
by Sabine, John
Port Adelaide: Ginninderra Press. 2009. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition. Inscribed & signed by the author on the title page. 256 pages. A book of traveller's tales. Join the author and his family on a voyage of interest and discovery form Outback Australia to wilds of Alaska, from Europe, Asia and North American to China. The author was a n academic and scientist, and in his later years described himself as a 'scholar-at-large'. He also appeared in a number of...
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A$22.00
The World as Oran McCormick Saw It -- SIGNED Copy
by McCORMICK, Oran
Boston: Self-Published, 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to. Pp. 397. Nearly every page is laden with well-reproduced b&w photos. Printed on light yellow-orange stock. Bound in tan cloth with title and design printed as a block-print on the front cover. Dust jacket complete and fresh. Inscribed on the title page: "To the Hon. Rufus C. Holman / from the Author / Feb. 1939" Inscribed to US Senator from Oregon, Rufus Holman. McCormick's book is as preposterous a self-tribute as can be imagined,...
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A$232.41
Lost Treasures of the World
by Groushko, Michael (Author)
United Kingdom: MMB / Multimedia Books, 1993. First Thus. Hardcover. Good+/Good+. Used Book: Hard Cover The jacket has light shelf wear, slight rubbing to the covers, and bumping to the ends of the spine and outer corners with one 1/2-inch open tear to the bottom edge of the front cover and one 1/2-inch closed tear to the bottom corner of the inside front
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A$15.49
Tunis, Kairouan and Carthage Described and Illustrated with 48 Paintings by the Author
by PETRIE, Graham
London: William Heinemann, 1908. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good-. 4to. Pp. xiv, 252. Color frontis. Illustrated with 48 full-page color plates, with printed tissue guards, after the author's paintings. Index. Bound in full red cloth with pictorial cover stamped in black, lettering stamped in gilt on spine. Top edge gilt. Bookplate with offsetting to front free endpaper; spine a touch faded. Withal, a solid, presentable copy. Petrie (1859-1940) is best known as a landscape artist and railway poster...
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A$154.94
Argentina (Eyewitness Books)
by Ghose, Aruna (Editor)
London, England: Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Inc., 2008. Later Printing. Softcover. Good+/No Jacket. Used Book: Trade Paperback Standard used condition. Reading copy or better.
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A$17.82
Wanderers: Episodes from the Travels of Lady Emmeline Stuart-Wortley and Her Daughter Victoria 1849-1855 -- INSCRIBED copy; With a Preface by Sir Ronald Storss
by CUST, Mrs. Henry
London: Jonathan Cape, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. Pp. 364. Frontis. illustration. Bound in green cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Touch of dust soiling to top edge. Inscribed by the author on the half-title. Inscription reads, "To Dr. Bouwen (?) from Nina Cust / August, 1939." The author's address is added in pencil on the rear free endpaper ("Mrs. Henry Cust / 17 Hyde Park Gate / London SW17"). The subjects were the author's mother (Victoria) and grandmother (Lady Emmeline)....
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A$116.21
An American Palace: Chicago's Samuel M. Nickerson House
by Bagnall, David; Richard H. Driehaus
This book is in good to very good condition. There are no markings in the book. Cover shows minor signs of shelf/edge wear and there a couple small pin pricks on the front cover and front flap. 2012. Ships within 24 hours.
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A$43.31
Here, There and Everywhere an Informal Account of Incidents, People and Places
by BLISS, Edgar S
West Springfield, Massachusetts: Edgar S. Bliss, 1931. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 4to. Pp. 56. Bound in light green paper-covered boards, title and rules stamped in blue on the cover. Fore edge untrimmed. Edition limited to five hundred. Printed by William Edward Rudge, Inc., New York. Cover edges a little rubbed, front hinge parting at lower end. Leaves bright and crisp. Bliss purchased a controlling interest in the Worthy Paper Company of West Springfield in 1896. Following his retirement...
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A$38.74
Watch, Please, The Donkey: Around the World Travelogue
by McGee, Hazel Farley
New York: Exposition Press. 1972. Octavo Size. Very Good condition in Good+ Dustjacket - now protected in purpose-made plastic sleeve. DJ is a little rubbed and lightly edgeworn. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs and maps by Dr George McGee. Previous Owner's name/details to Preliminary Pages. 108 pages. From Helsinki to Hong Kong, from Asuncion to Auckland, each moment of George and Hazel's travels is filled with colour and excitement. Robust, professional packaging and tracking...
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A$25.00
