Viaggi e geografia

Travel and Adventure in South East Africa.

SELOUS, FREDERICK COURTNEY. · 1972 · Chilton Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

Salisbury: The Pioneer Head, 1972. Limited edition (No,262 of 2000) facsimile reprint. Being the Narrative of the Last Eleven Years Spent by the Author on the Zambesi and its Tributaries; with an Account of the Colonisation of Mashunaland and the Progress of the Gold Industry ...

Through Mashonaland with Pick and Pen.

FITZPATRICK, J. PERCY./ CARTWRIGHT, A.P. (EDITOR). · 1973 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Johannesburg: AD Donker, 1973. 0949937017. Revised edition. "The personal account of a trio FitzPatrick made in 1891, when he accompanied Lord Randolph Churchill to Mashonaland. FitzPatrick had the knack of meeting interesting people and running into extraordinary adventures.....

Chronicle of an African Trip.

EASTMAN, GEORGE. · 1927 · Chilton Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.43 | ¥10,129)

Privately printed for the Author, 1927. 1st edition. Record and photographs of a big-game hunting trip to Africa. "The following letters chronicle the adventures of a party - consisting of Daniel E. Pomeroy, of New York, Dr Audley D. Stewart, of Rochester, and the writer [Geor...

Saga of the Twilight Nights.

PLANT, TERRY. · 1978 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Newton Abbbot:Wotton Limited (printers), nd. (c.1978). Autobiography. Memoir of the author's travels and life in Scandinavia. Pp.107, photo portrait frontispiece + 5 further black & white photo illustrations and a map, inscribed by the author to inner front endpaper + a colour...

Mandeville's Travels. Text and Translations. (2 Volume set).

LETTS, MALCOLM. · 1953 · Chilton Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London: The Hakluyt Society, 1953. A modernized version of the 'Egerton Text (British Museum)', the 'Paris Text' (Bibliotheque Nationale)and The Bodleian MS. (Rawl. D.99). The Appendix contains translations from Von Diemeringen's German version (Strassburg, 1484) and the vulga...

Red Carpet to China.

CROFT, MICHAEL. · 1958 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1958. 1st edition. "Invited 'out of the blue' to join an international youth delegation to China, Michael Croft - founder of the National Youth Theatre and author of that remarkable first novel 'Spare the Rod' - set out on the strange journey, v...

Lost and Found in Russia. Encounters in a Deep Heartland.

RICHARDS, SUSAN. · 2009 · Chilton Books

£12.50 (€14.99 | $16.52 | ¥2,638)

London: I.B.Tauris, 2009. 9781848850231. 1st edition. "Far from Moscow and St Petersburg, there lies another Russia. Overlooked by the new urban elites and almost unknown to the West, in the great provincial hinterlands of the Volga River and Siberia, Russians struggle to reco...

Climate And Health In Australasia : To which is added a chapter on the land laws of the Colony. Edited by James Bonwick : Queensland; Western Australia; Southern Australia; New Zealand; Victoria; Tasmania; New South Wales

BONWICK, JAMES (1817-1906) . · 1886 · Chilton Books

£400.00 (€479.53 | $528.54 | ¥84,412)

London: Street & Co, 30, Cornhill and Street Brothers, 5, Serle Street, Lincoln's Inn, 1886 . 0. A complete guide to Australasia! 7 sections bound together. Each with a preface and folded coloured map. 8vo. 7.0" x 5.0" x 1.25". Later quarter calf binding. Olld buckram boards w...

Station Life in New Zealand.

BARKER, LADY. · 1883 · Chilton Books

£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)

London: Macmillan and Co, 1883. New edition. A collection of letters Lady Barker wrote to London detailing her life on a Canterbury sheep station in the 1860s. Pp.xii/238/32 (publisher's catalogue), ownership details to front endpapers, spotting to endpapers and occasionally t...

Sunny Days in Italy. (Illustrated from Photographs).

LATHROP, ELISE. · 1907 · Chilton Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

New York: James Pott & Co, 1907. First edition, first impression. Travel in Italy. Pp.xii/323/2(publisher's catalogue), frontispiece + 29 further photo illustrations, slight toning to endpapers. Red illustrated cloth, slightly rubbed with date written to lower part of illustrt...

Hampshire: Its Past and Present Condition, and Future Prospects. Vol.III. Isle of Wight and the Channel Islands.

MUDIE, ROBERT. · 1975 · Chilton Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Alresford: Laurence Oxley, 1975. Facsimile reprint. Voloume III only. "This illustrated account of Hampshire was originally published at Winchester in 1838 and contains much information of historical and topographical interest. The fine steel engravings are reproduced to show ...

Hampshire. Its Past and Present Condition and Future Prospects. Vol.I. The Valleys of the Itchen and Test.

MUDIE, ROBERT. · 1975 · Chilton Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

Alresford: Laurence Oxley, 1975. Facsimile reprint. Volume I only. "This illustrated account of Hampshire was originally published at Winchester in 1838 and contains much information of historical and topographical interest. The fine steel engravings are reproduced to show vie...

Monte Dei Paschi Di Siena: Historical Notes.

MONTE DEI PASCHI DI SIENA . · 1955 · Chilton Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

Siena: Monte Dei Paschi Di Siena. [ Printed By Tipographia F. Mariani In September 1955] MCMLV. (1955) 0. First edition in slip-case. Ivory-coloured slip-case measures: 31.5cm x 21.7cm x 2.7cm. Small gilt crest to each cover, lightly soiled. [2pp.]/pp.104/[4pp.] . Ivory colour...

W. J, Cox's Guide To Whitstable And Its Surroundings.

COX, W. J. · 1876 · Chilton Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.43 | ¥10,129)

Whitstable [Kent]: Printed And Published by W. J. Cox, High Street, 1876 . 0. A well preserved original Victorian guide. Small 8vo. 61 pp. + [21] pp. adverts. Original illustrated green card wrappers. Covers soiled, creased and chipped. Spine carefully repaired with green tiss...

The Land That is Desolate. An Account of a Tour in Palestine.

TREVES, SIR FREDERICK. · 1913 · Chilton Books

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,799)

London: Smith, Elder & Co, 1913. Popular edition. Pp.viii/287, 43 black & white illustrations from photographs by the author folding map to end has a vertical tear at fold and a smaller tear at top of inner hinge margin, some spotting mainly to preliminary pages, owner's name ...

The Masai Story.

KOENIG, OSKAR. · 1956 · Chilton Books

£9.50 (€11.39 | $12.55 | ¥2,005)

London: Michael Joseph, 1956. 2nd impression. "It is over twenty years since I first made friends with the Masai, that famous warrior tribe, and since then I have probed deeper and deeper into their fascinating, ancient and almost uncharted country - perhaps some two thousand ...

New Zealand. Land of My Choice.

ROBERTS, ELLEN. · 1935 · Chilton Books

£28.00 (€33.57 | $37.00 | ¥5,909)

London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1935. 1st edition. Describes the life, sport, and industries of New Zealand, but also contains delightful descriptions of the adventures and heroism of the early pioneers. Pp.200, black & white photo frontispiece + numerous further photo illus...

Captain Basil Hall. R.N. F.R.S. Travels in India Ceylon and Borneo.

RAWLINSON, PROF.H.G. (EDITOR). · 1931 · Chilton Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,276)

London: George Routledge & Sons Ltd, 1931. The Broadway Travellers series (edited by Sir E.Denison Ross and Eileen Power. This book has been selected and edited with a biographical introduction by Professor H.G.Rawlinson of the Indian Educational Service. Contents include. Cha...

The Pilgrims' Road. A Practical Guide for the Pedestrian on the Ancient Way from Winchester to Canterbury.

ELLISTON-ERWOOD, FRANK C. · 1910 · Chilton Books

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,799)

London: The Homeland Association, nd. (c.1910). The Homeland Pocket Books series No.4. 14cms x 10.5cms. Pp.200/xi (publisher's catalogue and ads), with numerous sketch maps and many illustrations from drawings by the author and from photographs, owner's details to front free e...

The Bailiwick of Jersey. (Signed).

BALLEINE, G.R. · 1951 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1951. 1st edition. The King's Channel Isalnds series. Pp.xxxii/170, 114 sepia photo illustrations + map to rear endpapers, inscribed by the author to front free endpaper, some toning to endpapers. Red cloth, minor rubbing to top and tail of spine....