Pemberley Natural History Books — Libri

A Description of the Western Islands of Scotland Circa 1695

Martin, M.; Monro, D.; Macleod, D.J. (Ed.) · 1934

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,545)

Eneas Mackay Stirling 540, [4]-ads, 2 folding maps, 2 b/w plates (1 folding). . HB. 8vo, orig. cloth, gt. Top edge stained blue, slight browning to endpapers. Vg.. Including A voyage to St. Kilda by the same author and A Description of the Western Isles of Scotland</...

The Highlands

Finlay, Ian · 1963

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

Batsford, B.T. London 208, b/w illus, maps. . HB. Vg in d/w.. An illustrated account of the Scottish Highlands, with each chapter covering a separate geographical area, exploring the region's landscapes, history, architecture, traditions and cultural heritage..

Sheba's Daughters being a Record of Travel in Southern Arabia

Philby, H.St.J.B. · 1939

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

Methuen & Co. London xix, 485, frontis + 46 b/w plates, text figs, folding map. . HB. 8vo, publisher's orig. cloth, spine gilt. Worn with 10cm split to top of rear joint; rear board cloth partly bubbled. Spine slightly faded. Half-title heavily foxed, with some occasional ligh...

Land of the Condor

Mielche, Hakon · 1947

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

William Hodge and Company 252, b/w photos, 330 marginal drawings. . HB. Tape marks to endpapers. Vg in browned and worn d/w.. Hemmed in between the Pacific and the Andes, Chile stretches for 3,000 miles up to the west coast of South America. It is through this charming country...

The Cloud Forest: a chronicle of the South American wilderness

Matthiessen, Peter · 1962

£22.50 (€26.97 | $29.73 | ¥4,745)

Andre Deutsch 264, b/w photos. . HB. Tape marks to endpapers. Vg in d/w. From the library of C. R. Vardy with his name to endpaper.. .

Livingstone's Lake: The Drama of Nyasa

Ransford, O. · 1971

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,218)

John Murray x, 313, b/w plates, maps. . HB. Vg in d/w (price-clipped). From the library of Prof. J. Green with his name to endpaper.. Reprint (first published 1966). A narrative history of Lake Nyasa (Lake Malawi), tracing its exploration and the history of the peoples of its ...

Brazilian Interior

Matthews, Kenneth · 1956

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

Peter Davies London 254, 11 b/w photos, 1 map. . HB. Good in vg d/w. Some marginal foxing; residual tape marks to endapers.. A vivid and perceptive account of travel through the vast inland regions of mid-twentieth-century Brazil by the journalist and author Kenneth Matthews. ...

In Brightest Africa

Akeley, Carl E. · 1924

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

William Heinemann London xvii, [3], 267, b/w frontis, 62 b/w plates, text figs + maps. . HB. 8vo, orig. brown cloth, gilt. Light rubbing to extremities. Withdrawn from an institutional library with discreet ink stamps at beginning and end; small circular labels to spine. Also ...

The Ends of the Earth

Willemsen, Roger · 2015

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,273)

The Armchair Traveller vii, 490, . . HB. As new in d/w.. Translated from German by Peter Lewis. First published as Die Enden der Welt. This remarkable collection of 22 psychogeographic travel essays, ventures far beyond the conventional tourist trail to explore the phys...

The Conquest of the Niger by Land & Sea: From the Early Explorers and Pioneer Steamships to Elder Dempster and Company

Hollett, David · 1995

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

P.M. Heaton Publishing Abergavenny 256, b/w illus. . HB. Fine in d/w.. . [9781872006048]

Islande, Voyages aux portes de l'Arctique

Ferrenbach, Pierre · 1991

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)

Jacques Damase Éditeur Paris 143, col photos, b/w figs, maps. 290x350mm. HB. 4to, oblong, cloth with silver stamp, edges silver. Fine (in orig. transparent protective sleeve).. A large-format French photography and travel book by Pierre Ferrenbach, published in Paris by Jacque...

Where Giants Trod: The saga of Kenya's desert lake

Brown, Monty · 1989

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

Quiller Press 431, col photos, folding map in rear pocket. . HB. Vg in d/w (short repaired tear to top of spine).. Foreword by Sir Vivian Fuchs. Beautifully photographed illustrating the history of the many expeditions to Lake Rudolf (now named Tukana) in Kenya.. [9781870948258]

An Account of The Discovery of Tahiti: From the Journal of George Robertson Master of H.M.S. Dolphin

Robertson, George; Warner, Oliver (Ed.) · 1973

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

Folio Society 127, wood engravings. . HB. Vg in orig. d/w (an unusual combination of clear acetate panels with printed paper flaps; price-clipped). Occasional light foxing.. With an Introduction by Oliver Warner; wood engravings by Robert Gibbings.. [9780460041416]

The Broken Road: From the Iron Gates to Mount Athos

Fermor, Patrick Leigh · 2013

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,273)

John Murray London xxi, 362, 1 b/w photo, 2 maps. . HB. Fine in d/w. A copy of a detailed review of this book by the American literary critic, Daniel Mendelsohn published in the New York Review of Books, June 19th, 2014 is loosely inserted (torn with a little loss to st...

The Alhambra

Irving, Washington · 1896

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,014)

MacMillan and Co. London xvii,, b/w frontis, numerous b/w illus. . HB. Small 8vo (185x125mm), orig dec. cloth, all edges gilt. Some foxing. Remnants of dust wrapper (front panel and part of spine) loosely enclosed. Vg.. An attractive late-Victorian edition of Washington Irving...

The Matopos

Tredgold, Sir Robert · 1956

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,796)

Federal Department of Printing and Stationery x, [2], 114, frontis, 22 b/w plates (1 folding), large folding map. . HB. Orig. pebbled cloth. Vg in d/w. Bookplate of the Rhodesian journalist, broadcaster and author, Frank Clements. From the library of Jim Green (1928-2016), Pro...

Sailing Forbidden Coasts

Treat, Ida · 1931

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,531)

31, b/w photos, 1 map. . PB. Stapled.. Article from National Geographic, V. 60, no. 3, p. 356-386. Ida Treat Bergeret (1889-1978) was an American university teacher, palaeontologist and traveller. This is her account of sailing the Dankali coast of Somalia, considered t...

The Heart of the Forest

Cowell, Adrian · 1960

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

Victor Gollancz London 256, col frontis, 42 b/w plates,. . HB. Vg in d/w (spine faded; minor edge wear). Previous owner's name and bookplate to endpaper.. First edition. An account of an expedition into the unexplored Xingu region of Brazil and the search for the "Everest of t...

The Chains of Heaven An Ethiopian Romance

Marsden, Philip · 2005

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,687)

Harper Collins London xiv, 298, b/w photos, map. . HB. 8vo. Vg in d/w.. An account of the author's travels through northern Ethiopia and his explorations of the history of the Ethiopic church.. [9780007173471]

The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile and Explorations of the Nile Sources. Vol. 1-2

Baker, Samuel White · 1962

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

Sidgwick & Jackson London xlviii, 1-255; (iv), 256-569, 2 frontispieces, b/w illus, maps. . HB + Slipcase. 2 vols, 8vo, orig. cloth, gilt titles to spines, some spotting to edges of text block. Vg in slightly worn d/w's (tear with loss to head of spine of Vol. 2), in orig. sli...