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A Traveller in Southern Italy

MORTON H V · 1969

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

Methuen fine, unclipped DW vibrant colours with publishers lamination intact, very small closed tear at head of upper joint taped with invisible tape, xii 420pp + plates, map end papers H First Edition Fine London Fine 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall

The Silent Continent

KEARNS William H & Beverley Britton · 1955

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Victor Gollancz names to fep, top corner bumped, DW tear along front panel with some tape residue showing from the rear side 237pp + plates, DW under plastic sleeve H First Edition Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

Antarctic Adventure

FUCHS Vivian · 1959

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Cassell excellent copy, a little small minor amount of tape oxide to fep where it offset from some tape holding a plastic cover, the tape was ONLY on the plastic not the endpapers, 190pp illustrated, foxing to closed edges, The Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1955-58....

Climbing [Rock, Ice, Alpine, Expeditions]

SALKELD Audrey (ed.) Ron Fawcett, Jeff Lowe, Paul Nunn and Alan Rouse · 1986

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

Bell & Hyman Four top climbers on the history, techniques and equipment in their specialist fields: rock, ice and alpine climbing and expeditions. VG in same DW no obvious faults. 4to, pp 255, illustrated with colour and b/w photographs and line drawings. H First Edition Very ...

Forbidden Journey, from Peking to Kashmir

MAILLART Ella · 1937

$95.00 (€86.20 | £71.91 | ¥15,170)

Heinemann third reprint, November 1937, dust soiling to closed top edge, lacks dust jacket, translated from the French 'Oasis Interdites' xvi 312pp + plates, maps and folding map, travel from Peking westwards across Central Asia to Kashmir, undertaken in the mid 1930s amidst ...

A Star to steer her by

JONES TRISTAN · 1985

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Bodley Head VG, spine a little sunned to DW, 275pp. An account of his voyage from San Diego through Central America and the Carribean and on to England with a crew of two. H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

South Col, One Man's Adventure on the Ascent of Everest 1953

NOYCE Wilfrid · 1954

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,783)

Heinemann dark blue cloth, gilt spine, endpapers illustrated with portraits of the expedition members, 303pp+plates and maps. some plates in colour, line drawings in text. top edge dusted blue. minor foxing to top edge, frontis glue not holding at bottom half. Windmill blind ...

The White Desert, the official account of the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition

GIAEVER John · 1954

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

Chatto & Windus blue cloth buckram, gilt spine, minor rubbing to corners, still sharp, small booksellers ink stamp bottom of fep, 304pp+ maps and plates. DW has rubbing to corners and spine ends showing as white crazing to the blue printed surface. the reverse of the spine ha...

High Lights and Flights in New Guinea

RHYS Lloyd · 1942

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

Hodder Being in the main an account of the discovery and development of the Morobe Goldfields, name and an old price marked out to fep overall VG and tidy EXCEPT ALL THE PLATES ARE MISSING maybe it is an advance copy?. 253pp someone has numbered the few blank leaves at the rea...

Sailing all Seas in the Idle Hour

LONG Dwight · 1938

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,783)

Hodder tan cloth slightly sun-faded or handling soiled, minor surface flecking, pictorial map endpapers, pencil name to half title, 352pp + frontis and plates, half of front panel of the dust jacket slipped in at front H First Edition No Jacket London Very Good 8vo - over 7? -...

The Lunatic Express

MILLER Charles · 1972

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

MacDonald "The magnificent saga of how the white man changed Africa/The pioneers, visionaries and politicians - and their crazy railway" from jacket blurb Story of the Uganda Railway, white pioneers transforming Africa with the Ugandan railway project from 1895, tidy book, DW ...

About England with Dickens

RIMMER Alfred · 1899

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Chatto & Windus minor rubbing to cloth, small split at head of spine, old ink inscription to fep 'Frederick W Gale Kaikoura 1900', light foxing to endpapers, tissue guarded frontis, ix 307pp + plates +32pp publishers adverts, illustrated in line throughout and on plates, pla...

The American Alpine Journal, vol 38 Issue 70 1996

BECKWITH Christian · 1996

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

American Alpine Journal 427pp colour & b&w plates. near new copy S First Edition No Jacket Colorado Fine 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

South from the Red Sea

TAZIEFF Haroun translated Naomi Lewis

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Travel Book Club first thus book club edition. 213pp + plates. Book tidy, DW unclipped, edgewear, small chips from head of spine and corners, small area of tape reside. Author was with Captain Cousteau and his Red Sea diving expedition, also travelled into central Africa, T...

The Mutiny of the 'Bounty'

BARROW John · 1961

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Blackie price clipped DW with edge wear and some chipping from head and tail of spine, small taped tear rear cover, name and adress at head of fep, a little handling soiling, 318pp H First Edition Good London Very Good Nigel Lambourne 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall

The Mutiny of the 'Bounty'

BARROW John · 1961

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Blackie unclipped DW, a little handling soiling, 318pp, name and address to front paste down H First Edition Very Good London Very Good Nigel Lambourne 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall

Nawok! the New Zealand expedition to New Guinea's highest Mountains

TEMPLE Philip · 1962

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Dent black cloth, some rubbing to bottom edge of upper board, single name in felt to fep, 189pp + plates colour frontis. DW price clipped, rubbed heavily to edges chipped spine ends and corners, lower panel surface rubbed. Inroduction by Edmund Hillary. The first English...

The English Circumnavigators the most remarkable voyages around the World

PURVES David Laing & R Cochrane · 1876

$125.00 (€113.42 | £94.62 | ¥19,961)

Nimmo with a preliminary sketch of their lives and discoveries. Decorative geen cloth in gilt and black with bevelled edge boards. some rubbing to corners and edges, Tips frayed, front paste down marred by removal of a bookplate?, front hinge cracked and opened but cover hol...

The Forbidden Mountain

NAVARRA Fernand trsl Michael Legat · 1956

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

MacDonald An expedition to Mt Ararat in Turkey by six Frenchmen in 1952 to summit the mountain and hopefully find Noah's Ark!, excellent copy, jacket is price clipped but otherwise VG with minimal edge chipping to spine ends and corners, spine slightly sunned, rear white pane...

The Cruise of the Dream Ship

STOCK Ralph · 1931

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Heinemann DW has minor edge and corner chipping, is intact and near complete but has some long tears taped on the reverse, one is across the front panel, another along the upper joint, Crown Library reprint edition, large 8vo, ink name to fep,272pp illustrated with photographs...