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In Search Of England
by H V Morton
From the intro: "This is the record of a motor-car journey round England. Any virtue it may possess, and all its sins, spring from the fact that it was written without deliberation by the roadside, on farmyard walls, in cathedrals, in little churchyards, on the washstands of country inns, and in many another inconvenient place ... A glance at the route followed will prove that this is not a guide-book ... I followed the roads; some of them led me aright and some astray. The first were the most useful;...
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Sun After Dark
by Pico Iyer
Pico Iyer is the author of several books about cultures converging, including Video Night in Kathmandu, The Lady and the Monk, The Global Soul, and, most recently, Abandon. His articles appear often in such magazines as Harper’s, Time, and the New York Review of Books. He lives in suburban Japan.
Ibn Fadlan and The Land Of Darkness
by Ibn Fadlan
A fascinating collection of medieval Arabic travel writing-in an important new translation. Between the ninth and fourteenth centuries, Arab explorers journeyed widely and frequently into the far north, crossing territories that now include Russia, Uzbekistan, and Kazakhstan. Ibn Fadla-n's chronicles of his travels are one of the most important documents from the period, and this illuminating new translation offers insight into the world of the Arab geographers and the medieval lands of the far...
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The Greatest Adventure the Balloonists' Own Epic Tale Of Their Round-The-World Voyage
by Bertrand and Jones, Brian Piccard
World Travel Books & Ephemera
Pound Wise
by Sitwell, Sir Osbert
Boston: Little, Brown, 1963 1st Am. ed. 320pp. blue cloth 8vo: ex lib. copy; white Dewey numbers on spine strip; some other markings from a deletion; else a clean, complete & tight copy. A variety of non-fiction works by Sir Osbert (1892-1969) published in a variety of publications. Many are travel pieces written before the end of the British Empire.
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A$7.73
Historical Atlas fo California With Original Maps
by Derek Hayes
This book is in very good condition. There are no markings in the book. Dust jacket shows very minor signs of shelf/edge wear. 2007. Ships within 24 hours.
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A$51.05
DALIL AL-HAJJ LI AL WARID ILA MAKKA WA AL MEDINA MIN KULLI FAJJ (GUIDE OF THE PILGRIMAGE THROUGH THE ALL ROUTES TO MECCA AND MEDINA ) دليل الحج للوارد إلى مكة و المدينة من كل فج
by MUHAMMED SADIQ BEY (COLONEL SADIC BEY 1832 - 1902)
Cairo: The government press, Bulaq, 1896 Book. Illus. by MUHAMMED SADIQ BEY. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 152PP OF ARABIC TEXT. ENGRAVING PLATE SHOWING THE EGYPTIAN MAHMAL, FRONTIS OF THE AUTHOR, 9 PLATES WHICH 8 OF THEM ARE PHOTOGRAPHIC PLATES BY THE AUTHOR ABOUT THE MAHMAL, THE HOLY MOSQUES, AND GENERAL VEWS OF MECCA, MEDINA, AND THE HOLY SITES (THREE PHOTOGRAPHIC PLATES ARE FOLDINGS), 2 FOLDING PLANS OF THE TOW HOLY MOSQUES IN MECCA AND MEDINA, BY THE AUTHOR, THE...
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A$30,988.00
Bi al Safina Naz perur hawl al qarrah al Ifriqiyya (In the ship Naz perur around Africa)
by Prence Yusuf Kamal (Youssuf Kemal)
Cairo: Dar ul Kutub al- Misriyya, 1928 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Very rare limited edition to 500 copies. Arabic text 424 p include many photographic illustrations inside the text. The first part is about the Somalian territories and the British Kenya. The second part is about the Belgic Kongo, the British Tenjaniqa, the Portuguese Angola, Victoria waterfalls, colony of the Cap, the Canary Islands and the Island of Malta. The third part is about Victoria...
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A$9,296.40
To the Farthest Ends of the Earth. The History of the Royal Geographical Society 1830-1980
by Cameron, Ian
London: Macdonald. 1980. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with colour and black & white plates, photographs and maps. Forewords by David Attenborough and John Hunt. 288 pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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A$20.00
Traveling on the Edge: Journeys in the Footsteps of Graham Greene
by Smith, Julia Llewellyn (on Graham Greene)
New York: St. Martin's Griffin, 2003 1st ed. thus. 304pp. paperback 8vo: Very Good+ [text is lightly age browned; foxing to edges; else a clean and crisp copy]
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A$5.42
An Official Guide to Eastern Asia Trans-Continental Connections Between Europe and Asia Vol. IV CHINA
by (The Imperial Japanese Government Railways)
Tokyo: The Imperial Japanese Government Railways, 1915. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Text in English. Stout 12mo. Pp. Frontis. color illustration. With 23 maps, many folding; the large folding map covering all of China is housed in a pocket inside the rear board. Laden with black-and-white photos, both in text and dedicated plates. Glossary of words in English, Russian, Chinese and Japanese. Index. Endpaper maps. Bound in cinnamon-colored cloth stamped with gilt lettering on the front cover and...
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A$2,246.63
Hatteras Journal
by Jan Deblieu
This is a vividly rendered account of the rigors and rewards of dwelling in a stormy, spray-soaked habitat where only the most resilient forms of life - natural and human - manage to prevail. The book itself is in good condition, with no writing, marks or damage, the cover has some "bleached out" looking spots on it. The binding and spine are in great shape. The dust jacket is fairly worn, but still intact, and has been stamped by a previous owner, with a "notary" style private library stamp. There are...
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A$13.94
The World Encompassed; and Analogous Contemporary Documents Concerning Sir Francis Drake's Circumnavigation of the World - with an Appreciation of the Achievement by Sir Richard Carnac Temple
by DRAKE, Sir Francis, Sir Richard Carnack Temple, N. M. Penzer (editor)
London: The Argonaut Press, 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. Good+. 4to. Pp. 235. Illustrated with drawings and maps including a fold-out facsimile. Title page woodcut in black and beige. Index. Aqua buckram boards with stamped gilt illustration, animal vellum spine stamped with gilt titles. Blue bookmark ribbon. Edges untrimmed. First publication of the Argonaut Press, printed on Japon Vellum by Walter Lewis at the University Press, Cambridge. Number 394 of an edition limited to 975. Previous owner...
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A$92.96
![Magic Waters Through the Wilds of Matto [Mato] Grosso and Beyond Autobiographical Log of the "Look-See](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/136/547/1513547136.0.b.jpg)
Magic Waters Through the Wilds of Matto [Mato] Grosso and Beyond Autobiographical Log of the "Look-See
by SETON, Grace Thompson
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc, 1933. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Very Good/Good. 8vo. Pp. [6], 7-281. Frontis. photo portrait. Illustrated throughout with nearly 20 black-and-white photos in the field. Bound in orange cloth with gilt lettering stamped on front board and spine. Front free endpaper clipped; light soiling to cloth. In the dust jacket that has a letter-number combo in ink on the front panel, top right, Spine faded. With paper-tape reinforcement on verso. Dust jacket is...
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A$154.94
![The France A Chateau on the Atlantic French Line Compagnie Generale Transatlantique [S.S. France Ocean Liner Brochure]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/694/391/1510391694.0.b.jpg)
The France A Chateau on the Atlantic French Line Compagnie Generale Transatlantique [S.S. France Ocean Liner Brochure]
by [MARITIME - Ocean Liners]
(New York): Compagnie Generale Transatlantique, 1926. First Thus. Printed Wrappers, Stapled. Very Good. Although undated, we've posited 1926 as publication date based on the style of the cover and photographs. 8vo (measures 6 x 9.25 inches). Unpaginated [24 pp.] Promotional brochure intended for American travelers. Frontis. illustration. Substantially illustrated with black-and-white photography, mostly interior shots, along with a couple exterior views featuring passengers strolling on decks. Borders...
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A$309.88
Ottoman photographic journey in the red sea and Hejaz
by Photographic album
Photographic album of the Red Sea journey contains 76 photographs of which 20 taken in Jeddah and Mecca in 1902 showing the annual celebration of the coronation day of Sultan Abdul Hamid II , in the government house in Jeddah and Mecca. With tow photographs showing the government and the Emir of Hejaz . 33 x 24 cm. ألبوم صور فوتوغرافية ، رحلة تعود إلى التسعينيات من القرن التاسع عشر الميلادي و تحتوي على 76 صورة...
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A$77,470.00
Mir'at al Haramain aw al rihlat ul Hijaziyya wa l Hajj wa masha'iruhu ad Diniyya (View of the tow holy sanctuaries, or travels in Hejaz and the Hajj and it's religious ceremonies)
by Ibrahim Rif'at
Cairo: Dar ul Kutub al- Misriyya, the National library press, 1925 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Arabic text in 2 volumes set with 365 fine photographic plates, documents (captioned in English), maps and plans (some foldings). 514, (index), 395 p with 30 P of biography of the author. First original edition in Dar ul Kutub al Misriyya. In very good condition, in contemporary binding. The author was an Egyptian Major-General, who completed the pilgrimage to Mecca and...
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A$7,747.00
By Underground to Kew: London Transport Posters 1905-1993
by Stearn, William T
This book is in very good condition. There are no markings in the book. Dust jacket very good; very minor signs of shelf/edge wear. 1994. Ships within 24 hours.
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A$51.05
Globe Trotting with a Surgeon
by PEACOCK, M.D., Alexander H
Seattle, Washington: Printed by Lowman and Hanford [for] Alexander Peacock, 1936. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Near Fine/Good+. Photographs by Alexander Peacock. 8vo. Pp. [6], 7-276. Illustrated throughout with the author's black-and-white photography. Bound in kelly green cloth with an arch art-deco motif printed on a label mounted on the front board, black lettering stamped on spine. Former owner name (a fellow Seattle doctor) on front free endpaper. In the color illustrated dust jacket...
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A$116.21
Travels
by Morris, Jan
London: Faber & Faber. 1976. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. Black & white illustrations. Some quite light foxing to page block edges. 155 pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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A$30.00
From Berlin to Bagdad and Babylon
by ZAHM, J. A
New York and London: D. Appleton and Company, 1922. First Edition. Hardcover. Good-. 8vo. Pp. xiii, 527. Dark green cloth with gilt titles to cover and spine. Top edge gilt. Light dampstain along fore-edge margin of leaves, not affecting text. Two small white spots on lower front cover, spine a tad rubbed. The author was also known as H. J. Mozans. Not in Ghani.
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A$193.68
The Gentle Art of Walking: A Compilation from The New York Times
by Trent, George D., ed., w/intro. by Hal Borland
New York: Arno Press/Random House, 1971 book club ed. 313pp. illus. beige cloth 4to: Very Good in a Good+ dj [small rem. dot top edge; else VG; dj = slightly torn @ spine ends; nicked & rubbed @ corners; else G+] A big anthology of famous walkers, trails, personal discoveries and impressions, and tours by foot of dozens of cities in the USA and abroad, illustrated w/drawings, over 50 maps & more than 100 photos taken from the pages of The New York Times covering over a century’s worth of...
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A$23.24
About Algeria Algiers, Tlemcen, Constantine, Biskra, Timgad
by THOMAS-STANFORD, Charles
London [and] New York: John Lane, 1912. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. F. Dorrien Thoroton. 8vo. Pp. 306. Frontis. illustration. With 32 drawings by F. Dorrien Thoroton and from photographs. Fold-out map at rear. Index. Original brown cloth with gilt decoration to front board, gilt decoration and lettering on spine. Half-title foxed, with offsetting to two pages from news clipping laid-in. Small period ownership signature on ffep. First edition. Sir Charles Thomas-Stanford, 1st Baronet...
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A$123.95
My Other World
by Whitlam, Margaret
Sydney: Allen & Unwin. 2001. Octavo Size. Very Good+ condition in a Very Good+ Dustjacket - DJ now protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs. 221 pages. Margaret Whitlam's life as a tour leader extraordinaire. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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A$18.00
Tunis The Land and the People
by The Chevalier HESSE-WARTEGG [Ernest V.]
New York: Dodd, Mead, and Company, 1882. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good-. 8vo. Pp. xi, 302. Frontis illustration with tissue guard (slight half-inch tear). With 22 illustrations. Brown cloth with stylized lettering stamped in gilt on front cover and spine. Rear hinge tender. Head of spine worn, corners bumped. Although lacking a publication date, OCLC posits 1882. Includes an emphasis on Jewish culture in Tunis, including chapter on "The Jewish Women of Tunis" and "In the Ghetto," as well...
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SIYAHATY FI BILAD AL HIND AL INGILIZIYYA WA KASHMEER SANAT 1914 (MY JOURNEY IN THE BRITISH INDIA AND KASHMIR IN 1914) COMPLETE SET IN TOW PARTS, PRESENTED AND SIGNED COPY IN IT'S ORIGINAL COVERS
by PRINCE YUSUF KAMAL (YOUSSUF KEMAL)
Cairo: al- Ma'arif press, 1920 Book. As New. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. VERY RARE IN IT'S ORIGINAL COVERS, PRESENTED AND SIGNED IN FRENCH BY THE AUTHOR (Le 20 Oct. 1920). TOW PARTS IN ONE VOLUME, ARABIC TEXT 272, 142 P ON FINE HEAVY WITE PAPER, WITH MANY PHOTOGRAPHIC ILLUSTRATIONS. THE FIRST PART IS ABOUT THE AUTHOR'S TRAVEL IN THE BRITISH INDIA AND KASHMEER IN 1914, AND THE SECOND ABOUT HIS TRAVEL IN THE WESTERN TIBET AND KASHMEER IN 1915. YUSUF KAMAL WHO WAS...
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A$9,761.22
'Twixt Sand and Sea Sketches and Studies in North Africa
by GRANT, Cyril Fletcher and L. Grant
London: Sampson, Low, Marston & Co, 1911. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Large, stout 8vo. Pp. xii, 504. With 58 illustrations from black-and-white photography. Large fold-out map at rear. Index. Bound in blue cloth with gilt lettering and rules stamped on front cover and spine. Fore-edge untrimmed; top edge gilt. Slight wear to head of spine. Foxing throughout, mostly to preliminaries and endpapers. An attractive copy in a tight binding. An overview of Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia, including the...
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A$123.95
Sir Walter Raleigh Selections from His Historie of the World, His Letters
by Sir Walter Raleigh
Happy to answer any questions and will gladly email a scan of book Notes by G. E. Hadow (Editor).With a folding facsimile of his Empire of Guiana map . First Edition. Hard Back. Very Good/Good.
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A$32.68
Hakluyt's Voyages
by David, Richard (Selected by)
London: Chatto & Windus. 1981. Octavo Size [appox 15.5x22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Maps to endpapers. Black & white illustrations and maps to text. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 640 pages. Richard Hakluyt was an Elizabethan clergyman, linguist and scholarly geographer with a passion for England's advancement through overseas trade and exploration. His...
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