Storia regionale e locale

THE CAPITAL QUESTION OF CHINA

Curtis, Lionel · 1932 · The Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Very Good MacMillan and Co. , Limited Previous owner's name to front free endpaper. Moderate foxing throughout; Four fold-out maps. Historical, with a focus on trade; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 322 pages London

SIAMESE HAREM LIFE

Leonowens, Anna H. · 1953 · The Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket E. P. Dutton & Co. Second Edition Wear and open tears to price clipped DJ; Originally published in 1873. The account of the author, who spent 5 years behind harem walls. The writing reflects "the shimmering beauty of the harem as well as its bru...

CROSSROADS OF THE JAVA SEA

De Leeuw, Hendrik · 1931 · The Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.28 | ¥6,387)

Very Good+ Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith Bookplates. Decorative boards with light rubbing to extremities.; Ribbon bookmark with the names of the publishers printed on it. Travel adventures in Borneo, Java, Celebes (modern day Sulawesi) , Sumatra and Bali; B&W Illustrations; 8...

GATES TO ASIA; A Diary from a Long Journey

Myrdal, Jan & Gessle, Gun · 1971 · The Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket Pantheon First Edition Slight wear to price clipped DJ. DJ spine sunned; Travels to Afghanistan, India, and Soviet Central Asia. With many illustrations from b&w photographs.; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 246 pages New York

THE SEA AND THE ICE; A Naturalist in Antarctica

Halle, Louis J. · 1973 · The Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket Houghton Mifflin Company First Edition Light wear to DJ extremities with light chipping to spine ends. DJ price clipped; An examination of the birds and other fauna of the coldest place on earth. Profusely illustrated.; B&W Photographs; 8vo ...

IT SEEMS LIKE YESTERDAY

Kaltenborn, H. V. · 1956 · The Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Very Good in Poor dust jacket G. P. Putnam's Sons DJ tattered, tape repaired and stained. Spotting to boards; INSCRIBED by author to front free endpaper. Photo montage laid in. Major events of the 20th century as reported by author Kaltenborn, whose career spanned sixty years;...

THE LAND OF THE WHITE HELMET; Lights and Shadows around Africa

Forbes, Edgar Allen · 1910 · The Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Very Good+ Fleming H. Revell Company Front hinge weakening.; hither and thither in Africa; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 356 pages New York

ADVENTURER'S IN PARADISE

Scobie, Alastair · 1955 · The Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket Travel Book Club Light wear to tape repaired DJ; Looking for (and finding! ) wild animals in Eastern Africa. Including a map of the Tanganyika Territory.; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 249 pages London

GLIMPSES OF SOUTH AFRICA

Wright, Noel · 1929 · The Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore

$60.00 (€54.44 | £45.42 | ¥9,581)

Very Good+ A & C Black Boards with light wear to extremities. Very light waterstaining to spine. Former owner's name on title page; Thirty-one photographs and one folding map. A travel account, covering the whole country, including the Cape Peninsula, the Garden Route, Port El...

HOME FROM SEA

Packer, Joy · 1963 · The Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket E. P. Dutton & Co. , Inc. First Edition Light wear to DJ; South African author Packer writes of her upbringing; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 250 pages New York

AMERICAN SCRIPTURES

Van Doren, Carl & Carmer, Carl · 1946 · The Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket Boni & Gaer DJ tattered and taped together; INSCRIBED by both authors ('Carl' and 'Carl') on front free endpaper; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 302 pages New York

YALLAH

Bowles, Paul · 1957 · The Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore

$115.00 (€104.34 | £87.05 | ¥18,364)

Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket McDowell, Obolensky Wear to DJ. One corner bumped; 83 pages of photos of the peoples of Northwestern Africa. Text by Paul Bowles. Review copy with slip laid in; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 17,83 pages New York

FOUR FACES OF SIVA; The Detective Story of a Vanished Race

Casey, Robert J. · 1929 · The Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

Very Good Bobbs-Merrill Company Boards with light wear to extremities. Former owner's name on front free endpaper. Rear hinge weakening; SIGNED by author on half-title page; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 373 pages Indianapolis

PASSPORTS FOR ASIA

Borland, Beatrice · 1933 · The Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Very Good Ray Long & Richard R. Smith, Inc. First Edition Boards with light rubbing to extremities. Spine a bit faded. Erased previous inscription to front endpaper; An adventurous 10-months-trip by a woman through the whole continent by all means of transportation, including ...

LABRADOR LOOKS AT THE ORIENT; Notes of Travel in the Near and the Far East

Grenfell, Wilfred Thomason · 1928 · The Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Very Good Houghton Mifflin First Edition Slight wear to extremities. Previous owner's name in front free endpaper; Persuaded at last to take a holiday after thirty years, author Grenfell takes a trip round Asia. Includes Egypt, Up the Nile, Jerusalem and Galilee, Bethlehem, Sy...

THINKING BLACK; 22 Years Without a Break in the Long Grass of Central Africa

Crawford, D. · 1912 · The Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Very Good George H Doran Company Second Printing Boards with light rubbing to extremities. Hinges weakening; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; xvi,485,18 pages New York

LAKE VICTORIA TO KHARTOUM WITH RIFLE & CAMERA

Dickinson, Capt. F. A. · 0 · The Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore

$340.00 (€308.48 | £257.35 | ¥54,294)

Very Good John Lane the Bodley Head Boards with light rubbing to extremities. Light occasional foxing, moderate foxing to first few pages, but not affecting readability. Title page and introduction page shorter at fore edge due to a common binding error. Closed tear to page xv...

EASTERN JOURNEY

Scott, John H. MacCallum · 1939 · The Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket Travel Book Club DJ with small chips. Previous owner's name to front endpaper. Back hinge started but holding strongly together; Including chapters on Malay Peninsula, Siam, India; Book Club Edition; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 276 p...

FOURTEEN MEN; The Story of the Antarctic Expedition to Heard Island

Scholes, Arthur · 1952 · The Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket E. P. Dutton First Edition Light wear and small tears to price clipped DJ; An adventure from Australia to the Australian Antarctic Territory.; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 314 pages New York

ZANZABUKU; Dangerous Safari

Cotlow, Lewis N. · 1956 · The Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket Rinehart & Company DJ price clipped and with chips; Over a twenty year period, noted explorer and film producer Cotlow journeyed deep into Equitorial Africa in search of the ancient cultures--and the perfect photograph, like the one in this...