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	BAWLF, SAMUEL The secret voyage of Sir Francis Drake Allen Lane, 2003, 1st edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.0 7139 9589 0.As new /As new.Scarcely used.xiii, 400 pp.In English. GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 US$ 19.99 \| JP¥ 1778] Book number: 5670 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	M'CLINTOCK, SIR F. LEOPOLD The voyage of the ""Fox"" in the arctic seas in search of Franklin and his companions John Murray, London, 1895, 6th edition.Full leather binding, 4 raised bands, gilt title on spine.Good /No Jacket.Tip of spine frayed, otherwise a tight neat binding.336 pp.Folded map present. In English. GBP 160.00 [Appr.: EURO 179.25 US$ 266.56 \| JP¥ 23712] Book number: 5512 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	DARWIN, CHARLES Voyage of the Beagle Penguin Books, 1989.Paper covers.0 14 043268 X.Fair /No Jacket.Cover sl.soiled, a bit out of shape due to spillage of ?coffee on bottom corner (not affecting text).Abridged version of Darwin's own account of his seminal expedition.xi, 432 pp.(plus three pages of publishers' advertisements at rear).In English. GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 10 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: 114 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	DARWIN, CHARLES The voyage of the 'Beagle' Dent (Everyman's Library), 1980, Reprint of 1959 edition.Paper covers.0 460 01104 3.V.g./No Jacket.Transparent plastic coating of cover.496 pp. In English. GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 10 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: 4827 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	DILKE, SIR CHARLES WENTWORTH Greater Britain: a record of travel in English-speaking countries during 1866 and 1867 Macmillan, 1869, 4th edition.Original green cloth, gilt title on spine.Good /No Jacket.Heavy foxing to t.p.and its facing page, ditto to rearmost pages, otherwise internally v.g.; corners bumped, some edge wear.xi, 595, 56 pp. In English. GBP 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 39.25 US$ 58.31 \| JP¥ 5187] Book number: 3474 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	GERRARD, DAVID (ED.) The hidden places of Cheshire, including the Wirral Travel Publishing, 1998, 5th edition.Paper covers.1 902 00716 6.Good /No Jacket.Plasticated cover.Damp stained at rear.194 pp, 4 maps. In English. GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 10 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: 4090 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	GRANT WATSON, E.L. Departures Pleiades, 1948, 1st edition.Hard covers, no dust jacket.V.g./No Jacket.Discreet owner's inscription on front pastedown.Nicely illustrated by John O'Connor.(6), 131 pp. In English. GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 US$ 19.99 \| JP¥ 1778] Book number: 5953 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	GREENBANK, ANTHONY Instructions in mountaineering Museum Press, 1967, 1st edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.0 273 48746 9.Good /Good.Ex-library copy with usual stamps and traces of labels.125 pp. In English. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.33 \| JP¥ 741] Book number: 6185 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS Life with the Esquimaux: a narrative of Arctic experience in search of survivors of Sir John Franklin's expedition Sampson, Low, Son & Marston, 1865, Popular edition.Full leather binding, 5 raised bands, gilt decoration to spine.V.g./No Jacket.Prize bookplate, heraldic gilt motif on front cover; some foxing to prelims.One tear in folded map at rear.x, 547 pp. In English. GBP 124.00 [Appr.: EURO 139 US$ 206.58 \| JP¥ 18377] Book number: 5535 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	HANBURY-TENISON, ROBIN Fragile Eden: a ride through New Zealand Century Hutchinson, 1989, 1st edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.1 86941 038 6.V.g./V.g. Discreet owner's initials on ffep, small tear at top corner of wrapper, price sticker (in NZ$), otherwise near fine.Travelogue by a pair of keen long distance riders who were raising money for Riding for the Disabled.224 pp. In English. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.33 \| JP¥ 741] Book number: 2651 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	HUXLEY, JULIAN (ED.) T.H. Huxley's diary of the voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake Chatto & Windus, 1935, 1st edition.Hard covers, no dust jacket.V.g./No Jacket.A very tidy copy, no jacket.viii, 371 pp. folded map at rear. In English. GBP 110.00 [Appr.: EURO 123.25 US$ 183.26 \| JP¥ 16302] Book number: 5529 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	MCGREGOR, EWAN & BOORMAN, CHARLEY Long way round: chasing shadows across the world Time Warner Books, 2004, 1st edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.0 316 72868 3.V.g./V.g. Little used; jacket sl.creased along edges.The story of an epic motorcycle ride across Europe, Asia and North America by two actors on vacation.viii, 312 pp. route maps on end papers. In English. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.66 \| JP¥ 1482] Book number: 3932 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	MIKKELSEN, IJNAR Lost in the Arctic: being the story of the 'Alabama' expedition, 1909-1912 William Heinemann, 1913, 1st English edition.Hard covers, no dust jacket.V.g./No Jacket.Some foxing and dusting to folded map at rear, otherwise very good.xviii, 395 pp. In English. GBP 190.00 [Appr.: EURO 213 US$ 316.54 \| JP¥ 28158] Book number: 5527 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	MITCHELL, ANDREW A fragile paradise: nature and man in the Pacific Collins, 1989, 1st edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.0 00 217942 3.Fine/Fine.Price clipped.An account of a naturalist's travels, exploring the main island groups in the south Pacific and Hawaii by canoe.The author is an experienced television producer.256 pp. many col.ills. maps of Pacific and route travelled on end papers. In English. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.66 \| JP¥ 1482] Book number: 2272 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	MUIR, JOHN The eight wilderness discovery books Diadem Books, London & The Mountaineers, Seattle, 1992.Hard covers, dust jacket.0 906371 34 1.V.g./V.g. Bookplate.A collection of Muir's travel books from the early C20.New introudction by Terry Gifford.1030 pp. In English. GBP 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 22.5 US$ 33.32 \| JP¥ 2964] Book number: 3350 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	NIVEN, CHRISTINE; NOBLE, JOHN; FORSYTH, SUSAN; WHEELER, TONY Lonely Planet Sri Lanka Lonely Planet Publications.Paper covers.Fine /No Jacket.In English. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.33 \| JP¥ 741] Book number: 3923 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	VAN ORMAN, RICHARD A. The explorers: nineteenth century expeditions in Africa and the American West University of New Mexico Press, 1984, 1st edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.0 8263 0711 6.Fine /V.g. Jacket sl.sunned, in protective plastic cover; internally fine.xiii, 243 pp. In English. GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 US$ 19.99 \| JP¥ 1778] Book number: 4343 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	PALIN, MICHAEL Michael Palin's Hemingway adventure Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1999, 1st edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.0 297 82528 3.As new /As new.256 pp. In English. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.33 \| JP¥ 741] Book number: 4070 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	PEARY, ROBERT E.; INTRODUCTION BY THEODORE ROOSEVELT The North Pole Hodder & Stoughton, 1910, First U.K.edition.Green cloth with gilt medallion of the author.V.g./No Jacket.Slight edge wear, but a very good copy.xii, 326 pp. 116 figures.In English. GBP 325.00 [Appr.: EURO 364.25 US$ 541.45 \| JP¥ 48164] Book number: 5546 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	SAVIO, TOM & LAMBERT, ANTHONY Extraordinary railway journeys Ted Smart, 2004, Reprint of 2004 New Holland edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.1 84330 933 5.Fine /Fine.Scarcely used.160 pp. In English. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.66 \| JP¥ 1482] Book number: 4047 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	SCOTT, R.F.; PREFACE BY NANSEN The voyage of the ""Discovery"" John Murray, 1937, Reprint of cheap edition, first published in 1905 by Smith, Elder.Hard covers, dust jacket.V.g./V.g. Donor's inscription on rear of ffep. spotting to fore-edge.xxiii, 720 pp. In English. GBP 24.00 [Appr.: EURO 27 US$ 39.98 \| JP¥ 3557] Book number: 5489 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	WYATT, COLIN The call of the mountains Thames & Hudson, 1962, 2nd impression.Hard covers, dust jacket.V.g./Fair.Jacket torn, top edge chipped; in protective plastic cover.96 pp. In English. GBP 14.00 [Appr.: EURO 15.75 US$ 23.32 \| JP¥ 2075] Book number: 5595 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.

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	BAWLF, SAMUEL The secret voyage of Sir Francis Drake Allen Lane, 2003, 1st edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.0 7139 9589 0.As new /As new.Scarcely used.xiii, 400 pp.In English. GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 US$ 19.99 \| JP¥ 1778] Book number: 5670 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	M'CLINTOCK, SIR F. LEOPOLD The voyage of the ""Fox"" in the arctic seas in search of Franklin and his companions John Murray, London, 1895, 6th edition.Full leather binding, 4 raised bands, gilt title on spine.Good /No Jacket.Tip of spine frayed, otherwise a tight neat binding.336 pp.Folded map present. In English. GBP 160.00 [Appr.: EURO 179.25 US$ 266.56 \| JP¥ 23712] Book number: 5512 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	DARWIN, CHARLES Voyage of the Beagle Penguin Books, 1989.Paper covers.0 14 043268 X.Fair /No Jacket.Cover sl.soiled, a bit out of shape due to spillage of ?coffee on bottom corner (not affecting text).Abridged version of Darwin's own account of his seminal expedition.xi, 432 pp.(plus three pages of publishers' advertisements at rear).In English. GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 10 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: 114 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	DARWIN, CHARLES The voyage of the 'Beagle' Dent (Everyman's Library), 1980, Reprint of 1959 edition.Paper covers.0 460 01104 3.V.g./No Jacket.Transparent plastic coating of cover.496 pp. In English. GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 10 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: 4827 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	DILKE, SIR CHARLES WENTWORTH Greater Britain: a record of travel in English-speaking countries during 1866 and 1867 Macmillan, 1869, 4th edition.Original green cloth, gilt title on spine.Good /No Jacket.Heavy foxing to t.p.and its facing page, ditto to rearmost pages, otherwise internally v.g.; corners bumped, some edge wear.xi, 595, 56 pp. In English. GBP 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 39.25 US$ 58.31 \| JP¥ 5187] Book number: 3474 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	GERRARD, DAVID (ED.) The hidden places of Cheshire, including the Wirral Travel Publishing, 1998, 5th edition.Paper covers.1 902 00716 6.Good /No Jacket.Plasticated cover.Damp stained at rear.194 pp, 4 maps. In English. GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 10 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: 4090 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	GRANT WATSON, E.L. Departures Pleiades, 1948, 1st edition.Hard covers, no dust jacket.V.g./No Jacket.Discreet owner's inscription on front pastedown.Nicely illustrated by John O'Connor.(6), 131 pp. In English. GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 US$ 19.99 \| JP¥ 1778] Book number: 5953 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	GREENBANK, ANTHONY Instructions in mountaineering Museum Press, 1967, 1st edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.0 273 48746 9.Good /Good.Ex-library copy with usual stamps and traces of labels.125 pp. In English. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.33 \| JP¥ 741] Book number: 6185 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS Life with the Esquimaux: a narrative of Arctic experience in search of survivors of Sir John Franklin's expedition Sampson, Low, Son & Marston, 1865, Popular edition.Full leather binding, 5 raised bands, gilt decoration to spine.V.g./No Jacket.Prize bookplate, heraldic gilt motif on front cover; some foxing to prelims.One tear in folded map at rear.x, 547 pp. In English. GBP 124.00 [Appr.: EURO 139 US$ 206.58 \| JP¥ 18377] Book number: 5535 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	HANBURY-TENISON, ROBIN Fragile Eden: a ride through New Zealand Century Hutchinson, 1989, 1st edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.1 86941 038 6.V.g./V.g. Discreet owner's initials on ffep, small tear at top corner of wrapper, price sticker (in NZ$), otherwise near fine.Travelogue by a pair of keen long distance riders who were raising money for Riding for the Disabled.224 pp. In English. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.33 \| JP¥ 741] Book number: 2651 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	HUXLEY, JULIAN (ED.) T.H. Huxley's diary of the voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake Chatto & Windus, 1935, 1st edition.Hard covers, no dust jacket.V.g./No Jacket.A very tidy copy, no jacket.viii, 371 pp. folded map at rear. In English. GBP 110.00 [Appr.: EURO 123.25 US$ 183.26 \| JP¥ 16302] Book number: 5529 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	MCGREGOR, EWAN & BOORMAN, CHARLEY Long way round: chasing shadows across the world Time Warner Books, 2004, 1st edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.0 316 72868 3.V.g./V.g. Little used; jacket sl.creased along edges.The story of an epic motorcycle ride across Europe, Asia and North America by two actors on vacation.viii, 312 pp. route maps on end papers. In English. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.66 \| JP¥ 1482] Book number: 3932 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	MIKKELSEN, IJNAR Lost in the Arctic: being the story of the 'Alabama' expedition, 1909-1912 William Heinemann, 1913, 1st English edition.Hard covers, no dust jacket.V.g./No Jacket.Some foxing and dusting to folded map at rear, otherwise very good.xviii, 395 pp. In English. GBP 190.00 [Appr.: EURO 213 US$ 316.54 \| JP¥ 28158] Book number: 5527 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	MITCHELL, ANDREW A fragile paradise: nature and man in the Pacific Collins, 1989, 1st edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.0 00 217942 3.Fine/Fine.Price clipped.An account of a naturalist's travels, exploring the main island groups in the south Pacific and Hawaii by canoe.The author is an experienced television producer.256 pp. many col.ills. maps of Pacific and route travelled on end papers. In English. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.66 \| JP¥ 1482] Book number: 2272 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	MUIR, JOHN The eight wilderness discovery books Diadem Books, London & The Mountaineers, Seattle, 1992.Hard covers, dust jacket.0 906371 34 1.V.g./V.g. Bookplate.A collection of Muir's travel books from the early C20.New introudction by Terry Gifford.1030 pp. In English. GBP 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 22.5 US$ 33.32 \| JP¥ 2964] Book number: 3350 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	NIVEN, CHRISTINE; NOBLE, JOHN; FORSYTH, SUSAN; WHEELER, TONY Lonely Planet Sri Lanka Lonely Planet Publications.Paper covers.Fine /No Jacket.In English. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.33 \| JP¥ 741] Book number: 3923 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	VAN ORMAN, RICHARD A. The explorers: nineteenth century expeditions in Africa and the American West University of New Mexico Press, 1984, 1st edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.0 8263 0711 6.Fine /V.g. Jacket sl.sunned, in protective plastic cover; internally fine.xiii, 243 pp. In English. GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 US$ 19.99 \| JP¥ 1778] Book number: 4343 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	PALIN, MICHAEL Michael Palin's Hemingway adventure Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1999, 1st edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.0 297 82528 3.As new /As new.256 pp. In English. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.33 \| JP¥ 741] Book number: 4070 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	PEARY, ROBERT E.; INTRODUCTION BY THEODORE ROOSEVELT The North Pole Hodder & Stoughton, 1910, First U.K.edition.Green cloth with gilt medallion of the author.V.g./No Jacket.Slight edge wear, but a very good copy.xii, 326 pp. 116 figures.In English. GBP 325.00 [Appr.: EURO 364.25 US$ 541.45 \| JP¥ 48164] Book number: 5546 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	SAVIO, TOM & LAMBERT, ANTHONY Extraordinary railway journeys Ted Smart, 2004, Reprint of 2004 New Holland edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.1 84330 933 5.Fine /Fine.Scarcely used.160 pp. In English. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.66 \| JP¥ 1482] Book number: 4047 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	SCOTT, R.F.; PREFACE BY NANSEN The voyage of the ""Discovery"" John Murray, 1937, Reprint of cheap edition, first published in 1905 by Smith, Elder.Hard covers, dust jacket.V.g./V.g. Donor's inscription on rear of ffep. spotting to fore-edge.xxiii, 720 pp. In English. GBP 24.00 [Appr.: EURO 27 US$ 39.98 \| JP¥ 3557] Book number: 5489 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	WYATT, COLIN The call of the mountains Thames & Hudson, 1962, 2nd impression.Hard covers, dust jacket.V.g./Fair.Jacket torn, top edge chipped; in protective plastic cover.96 pp. In English. GBP 14.00 [Appr.: EURO 15.75 US$ 23.32 \| JP¥ 2075] Book number: 5595 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.