SOUTHERN FRANCE including Corsica.
Liepzig, Karl Baedeker, 1914. Limp red cloth gilt. Light wear to covers, but a very good copy of the sixth revised edition. With 12 maps, 63 plans and a panorama. More
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SWITZERLAND, And the Adjacent Portions of Italy, Savoy and Tyrol.
Leipzig, Karl Baedeker & T.Fisher Unwin 1913. Limp red cloth gilt with rounded edges. pp. 477/480 loose, but otherwise a good copy of the 25th Edition. With 77 folding coloured maps and 21 town maps, and 14 folding monochrome panoramas as called for. More
THE ORIGINS OF THE GRAND TOUR.
Hakluyt Society 2004. Blue cloth with gilt title and the society's insignia. In fine dustwrapper. With illustrations. Some dust marks to top edge, but a very good copy. pp. xvii, 331. More
THE ORIGINS OF THE GRAND TOUR.
Hakluyt Society 2004. Blue cloth with gilt title and the society's insignia. In fine dustwrapper. With illustrations. Some dust marks to top edge, but a very good copy. pp. xvii, 331. More
SOUTH AMERICA, Observations and Impressions.
London, Macmillan and Co., 1912. Red cloth gilt. t.e.g. The book records a journey through Panama, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil, and the observations and impressions made. Slight wear to spine, but a good copy. pp. xxiv, 611. With five maps. More
OLD TOURAINE: THE LIFE AND HISTORY OF THE CHATEAUX OF THE LOIRE (2 Vols).
London, Rivingtons 1920. Blue cloth gilt. Some pages unopened. A very good, bright set of the Seventh Edition. pp. xxvi, 287; xv, 279. With photographs, drawings and folding maps. More
THE LAST MIGRATION.
London, Rupert Hart-Davis 1957. Blue cloth with silvered title. In good dustwrapper, slightly worn to the edges. An account of the nomad tribes of southern Persia. A good copy. pp. 343. More
FROM THE HOLY MOUNTAIN. A Journey in the Shadow of Byzantium.
London, Harper Collins, 1997. Blue cloth gilt. In good dustwrapper. Enlightening account retracing the steps of two 6th century monks from Greece to Egypt. Edges browned and spotted, but otherwise a good copy of the first reprint. pp. x, 483. More
THE MALASPINA EXPEDITION 1789-1794 (Vol. 3 only, Manila to Cadiz). Journal of the Voyage by Alejandro Malaspina. Series III Volume 13.
Hakluyt Society 2004. Blue cloth with gilt title and the society's insignia in good dustwrapper, partially faded to spine. With illustrations. Some dust marks to top edge, but a very good copy. pp. 487. More
THE GHOST VOYAGE:
Victor Gollancz, London 1955. Blue cloth with gilt title and in chipped, illustrated, unclipped dustwrapper. Maps to endpapers. Gilt title dulled, otherwise a very good, clean copy of the first edition. pp.222. More
EXPLORATION FAWCETT. Arranged from His Manuscripts, Letters, Log-books and Records by Brian Fawcett.
London, Hutchinson, 1953. Green cloth gilt. In good, slightly chipped and torn dustwrapper, with 'Daily Mail Book of the Month'. Edges a little spotted, but a good copy of the Seventh Impression. pp. xv, 312. With line drawings by Brian Fawcett. Maps to endpapers and numerous photographs. More
NEWS FROM TARTARY. A Journey from Peking to Kashmir.
London, Jonathan Cape, 1945. Tan cloth with printed title. In very good dustwrapper, repaired with tape to reverse. A very good copy of the 16th Impression. pp. 384. More
THE ELEVEN EAGLETS OF THE WEST.
London, John Murray 1906. At sometime bound in half brown calf gilt. t.e.g. Travel in the eleven western states of the U.S.A. Some tape repairs to gutters, but a good reading copy. pp. x, [ii], 362. More
COMING DOWN THE SEINE.
London, J.M.Dent & Sons 1954. Maroon cloth/gilt with decoration to cover and spine. In very good, bright and unclipped dustwrapper with minimal chipping to extremities. A particularly good and bright copy of the second reprint. pp.217. Maps to endpapers and the author's wood engravings throughout. More
RETURN TO THE ISLANDS.
London, John Murray, 1957. Green cloth with printed title. In good dustwrapper. Edges spotted and slight lean to spine, but a good copy. pp. viii, 215. More
THE FIRST COLONISTS. Hakluyt's Voyages to North America.
London, Folio Society 1986. 4to. Fawn buckram with printed title to spine and compass points to front cover, the slipcase partially faded. Covers and contents very good and clean. pp.xii, 142. Illustrations throughout in colour and black and white. More
FROM PERSIAN UPLANDS.
London, Constable and Co., 1920. Maroon cloth gilt. Letters from the author describing his experiences in Persia from 1913 until 1919. Spine a little faded and first and last pages browned, but a good copy. pp. [iv], 248. With maps to endpapers. More
SEVEN YEARS IN TIBET.
London, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1954. Blue cloth gilt. In good, slightly chipped dustwrapper. Translated from the German by Richard Graves and with an introduction by Peter Fleming. Light spotting to fore-edge, but a good copy of the Sixth Impression. pp. xiii, 288. Light spotting to edges, but a good copy of... More
THE ARCTIC WHALING JOURNALS OF WILLIAM SCORESBY THE YOUNGER (Vol.I Only, THE VOYAGES OF 1811, 1812 AND 1813). Series III, Vol.12.
Hakluyt Society 2003. Blue cloth with gilt title and the society's insignia. In good dustwrapper, partially faded to spine. With illustrations. Some dust marks to top edge, but a very good copy. pp. lxi, 242. More
VALLEY OF THE MISTS.
London, The Travel Book Club, 1975. Green cloth gilt. In good dustwrapper. A good copy. pp. 318. More
SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM: A TRIUMPH.
London, Johnathan Cape, 1937. Gilt-decorated brown cloth with gilt title to front cover and spine. Two edges uncut. Covers significantly stained. A good reading copy. pp. 672. Portrait frontispiece, folding maps and numerous portrait plates throughout. More
CANADA MADE ME.
Putnam 1958. Grained black cloth with silvered title. In good, lightly chipped dustwrapper. A very good, clean copy. pp. 277. More
THE OTHER LIVINGSTONE.
Devizes, Davison Publishing, 1974. Black cloth gilt. In good dustwrapper. The story of four men whose role in Livingstone's discoveries was allegedly suppressed. Edges a little spotted, but a good copy. pp. 292. More
THE RARE ADVENTURES AND PAINFUL PEREGRINATIONS OF WILLIAM LITHGOW. Edited by Gilbert Phelps.
London, Folio Society 1974. Edited, with an Introduction by Gilbert Phelps. Green cloth with gilt decoration, gilt titles to spine and contained in slightly split slipcase. Coloured 17th century maps of Europe to end papers. Illustration of author to frontispiece. 9 further illustrations as required and a further 4 maps... More
THE STORY OF STANLEY, THE HERO OF AFRICA, FROM HIS BOYHOOD TO HIS MARRIAGE IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY.
Oliphant, Anderson and Ferrier 1891. Decorated light green cloth with printed titles to cover and spine. With portrait frontispiece and map. Presentation inscription to front pastedown. Some spotting, but a good copy. pp. 160. More