Category: Travel & Voyages
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The Journal of Rochfort Maguire, 1852-1854 - Two years at Point Barrow, Alaska
by Rochfort Maguire, edited by John Bockstoce
Price: US $9.00
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
Volume two only, a fine copy that does not appear to bave been read. No prior owner marks. No flaws on the dust jacket, which is not price clipped. Details
The Land of the Lamas
by Rockhill, William Woodville (1854 - 1914)
Price: US $300.00
Binding: Cloth
Book Condition: Very Good
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Cloth
Book Condition: Very Good
Edition: First Edition
This is Rockhill's first trip from Peking, subtitled Notes of a Journey Through China, Mongolia and Tibet. He was sponsored by the Smithsonian Instit... Details
Diary of a Journey Through Mongolia and Tibet in 1891 and 1892
by rockhill, WilliamWoodville (1854 - 1914)
Price: US $490.00
Binding: 1/2 Leather
Book Condition: Very Good
Edition: First Edition
Binding: 1/2 Leather
Book Condition: Very Good
Edition: First Edition
This is Rockhill's second trip from Peking, far to the west and south into Tibet at a time when the Chinese were especially suspicious of British trav... Details
The Present State of Persia
by Sanson d'Abbeville, Nicolas
Price: US $500.00
Binding: Full-Leather
Book Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Full-Leather
Book Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: First Edition
Minor scuffs to the full dark brown calf binding estimated to be early 20th Century. Raised bands and new title and author labels on the spine. Hinge... Details
Juan Maria Schuver's Travels in North East Africa 1880-1883
by Schuver, Juan Maria, Edited By Wendy James
Price: US $16.00
Binding: Cloth
Book Condition: Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Cloth
Book Condition: Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
Edition: First Edition
Schuver was a Dutch explorer, who went south from Cairo in 1880, seeking a new route to East Africa. The Mahdist revolt in Sudan forced him into the ... Details
The Heart of Africa, Three years' Travels and Adventures in the Unexplored Regions of Central Africa from 1868 to 1871, Volume Two Only
by Schweinfurth, Georg
Price: US $20.00
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Fair
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Fair
Edition: First Edition
Volume Two Only. One of the cornerstones of Africa travel, in a dull rubbed black cloth with weak hinges. Fine candidate for rebinding. Clean pages... Details
Winged Wheels in France
by Shoemaker, Michael Myers
Price: US $26.00
Binding: Decorative Cloth
Book Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Decorative Cloth
Book Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: First Edition
Original brown cloth with bright gilt titles on the front and unfaded spine, and a gilt winged auto on the front cover. The 24 horsepower auto must ... Details
South Norway
by Stagg, Frank Noel
Price: US $15.00
Binding: Cloth
Book Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Cloth
Book Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
Edition: First Edition
South Norway , the oldest part of the country to have contact with Germany and Denmark. This is a fine history of that coast, its people, art and eco... Details
India
by Steel, Flora Annie
Price: US $75.00
Binding: Decorative Cloth
Book Condition: Very Good
Binding: Decorative Cloth
Book Condition: Very Good
Publisher's decorative cloth with gilt peacocks and India design on the front coverand spine, same as the first edition. Pages 216 with index. ... Details
Incidents of Travel in Egypt, Arabia Petraea, and the Holy Land
by Stephens, John Lloyd
Price: US $30.00
Binding: Cloth
Book Condition: Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
Binding: Cloth
Book Condition: Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
Edited and with an introduction by Victor W von Hagen. A very nice copy with no prior owner marks. Clean and tight inside and out. Details
Letters of Transit, essays on Travel, History, Politics, and Family Life Abroad
by Stevenson, Matthew
Price: US $6.00
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
Edition: First Edition
An impeccable copy, as new inside and out, dust jacket NOT price clipped, no prior owner marks. Very readable essays oincluding to Moscow, Prague, Se... Details
Bruges, a Record and an Impression
by Stratton, Mary
Price: US $11.00
Binding: Decorative Cloth
Book Condition: Near Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Decorative Cloth
Book Condition: Near Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: First Edition
Original dark blue cloth with gilt swans and title on the front cover and gilt title also on the unfaded spine. Top edge gilt. Only a hint of edge ... Details
Nerval, Gerard de { pen name of Gerad Labrunie )
by The Women of Cairo, Scenes of Life in the Orient, 2 volumes
Price: US $98.00
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: First Edition
Very nice original red cloth, with very slight edge wear and fresh black title on both unfaded spines. Mild foxing here and there throughout both vo... Details
Behind the Wall - A Journey Through China
by Thubron, Colin
Price: US $12.00
Binding: Cloth
Book Condition: Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
Binding: Cloth
Book Condition: Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
Thubron is a great travel writer, and this is a long trek through China before it became so relatively easy , and so many joined the China travel hord... Details
Voyages de C.P, Thunberg au Japon, 2 volumes
by Thunberg, C.P.
Price: US $3400.00
Binding: Full-Leather
Book Condition: Near Fine
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Full-Leather
Book Condition: Near Fine
Edition: First Edition
Very nice full tree calf, the original binding with professionally repaired corners and top edges of both spines. Red title labels with gilt titles o... Details
The Americans in Japan
by Tomes, Robert
Price: US $130.00
Binding: Cloth
Book Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Cloth
Book Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: First Edition
Subtitled, "An Abridgment of the Government Narrative of the U.S. Expedition to Japan, Under Commodore Perry". Pages 415, 8 pages publisher ads. Ori... Details
The Land of Israel; a Journal of Travels in Palestine
by Tristram, H.B.
Price: US $99.00
Binding: Full-Leather
Book Condition: Near Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Binding: Full-Leather
Book Condition: Near Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Near fine, recent black calf binding, with green labels and raised bands on the spine and fresh gilt titles. Nice marbled endpapers in black and bei... Details
The Itinerary of Ludovico Di Varthema of Bologna
by Varthema, Ludovico di
Price: US $65.00
Binding: Half-Leather
Book Condition: Very Good
Binding: Half-Leather
Book Condition: Very Good
Vellum spine on green cloth boads, an unnumbered copy of 975 limited edition. This copy has never been read, as top edges of signatures are uncut. N... Details
Fridtjof Nansen, Explorer - Scientist - Humanitarian
by Vogt, Per
Price: US $40.00
Binding: Full-Leather
Book Condition: Very Good
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Full-Leather
Book Condition: Very Good
Edition: First Edition
Beautiful medium blue calf, with gilt vertical lines and Nansen initials, bright gilt title on the spine. Top edge gilt. Pages 198 (8). The leather... Details
The Crescent and the Cross, or Romance and Realities of Eastern Travel
by Warburton, Eliot
Price: US $70.00
Binding: 3/4 Leather
Book Condition: Very Good Plus
Binding: 3/4 Leather
Book Condition: Very Good Plus
Travel in 1843 to the Middle East. Pages xiv, 238 and 242.Volume one is mostly on Egypt, with a bit on Nubia (Sudan) and Ethiopia. Volume two is mos... Details