The Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore: Far East
| found: 12 books |
Ceylon a Tourist Guide.
Colombo: Gouvernment Tourist Bureau, 1951. First Edition. Softcover. Slight rubbing to covers. ; A profusely illustrated guidebook of nowadays Sri Lanka ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; vi, 178 pages. Very Good+.
The Complete Traveller Antiquarian BookstoreProfessional sellerBook number: 20974
USD 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 38.5 | £UK 33.25 | JP„ 6620]
Catalogue: Far East
Oriental Tours 1920 Japan, China, Korea, Philippines.
Boston/new York/san Francisco: Benett's Travel Bureau, Inc. 1920. First Edition. Booklet. Small discoloration to front wrappers. ; Text and illustrations printed in green. Detailed descriptions of tours leaving from San Francisco. Hand-bound with string. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 12 pages. Very Good+.
The Complete Traveller Antiquarian BookstoreProfessional sellerBook number: 21258
USD 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 42.75 | £UK 37 | JP„ 7356]
Catalogue: Far East
To the Orient From Seattle.
Admiral Oriental Line. Hardcover. Light wear to covers. ; A folded booklet by the steam ship operator, promoting their services all around the Far East. Including b&w illustrations from photographs of sights, train tables in China, interiors of ships etc. ; Narrow 8vo 8" to 9" tall; 28 pages. Very Good.
The Complete Traveller Antiquarian BookstoreProfessional sellerBook number: 21358
USD 125.00 [Appr.: EURO 107 | £UK 92.25 | JP„ 18390]
Catalogue: Far East
The Far East and the New America [Vol 1 and 2 Only] Japan, Hawaii and the Philippines.
New York And Los Angeles: The R. H. Whitten Company, 1901. Hardcover. Boards with light rubbing to extremities. ; Volume 1 and 2 only (of 6 volumes). Covering Japan, Hawaii and the Philippines. Bound in half morocco with grey cloth boards and grey endpapers. Tissue guarded heliotype frontispieces. ; B&W Photographs; 4to 11" - 13" tall; ix, 235; 236-479 pages. Very Good+.
The Complete Traveller Antiquarian BookstoreProfessional sellerBook number: 21165
USD 125.00 [Appr.: EURO 107 | £UK 92.25 | JP„ 18390]
Catalogue: Far East
The Silken East a Record of Life & Travel in Burma.
London: Hutchinson & Co. (Publishers) LTD. 1928. Hardcover. Boards with light rubbing to extremities. Light color stain to front boards. DJ with light chipping and with minor loss along DJ top edge. Slight browning to endpapers. A hint of foxing to front endpaper and edges. ; Foreword by Sir Harcourt Butler, twice governor of Burma. With 200 illustrations - including 8 in color by J. R. Middleton and Saya Chone. Rear fold-out map in color. "Mr. Scott O'Connor has been described by a critic as the traveller's poet. He writes of what he has seen pleasantly, simply, and accurately, but with just that poetic touch, born of sympathy and insight, which places his work in a class of its own. 'The Silken East' is perhaps the best of his works, and has long been appreciated as a leading work on Burma." L. D. S. IN The Geographical Journal. Vol. 74, No. 1 (Jul. 1929) , pp. 79-80 (2 pages). This is the second edition in one volume. Rare, especially in DJ. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 384 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket.
The Complete Traveller Antiquarian BookstoreProfessional sellerBook number: 20978
USD 300.00 [Appr.: EURO 256.5 | £UK 221.5 | JP„ 44136]
Catalogue: Far East
Von Ceylon Zum Himalaja Ein Reisebuch.
Berlin: Volksverband Der Bücherfreunde, 1926. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Boards with light rubbing to extremities. Very small dent to first couple of pages. Else an unusually nice copy with binding tight ; A detailed travel description in German. 3/4 leather boards and gilt spine lettering. Decorative boards with pictorial design; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 360 pages. Very Good+.
The Complete Traveller Antiquarian BookstoreProfessional sellerBook number: 19161
USD 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 30 | £UK 26 | JP„ 5149]
Catalogue: Far East
Himalayan Barbary.
New York: Abelard-Schuman Inc. 1956. First American Edition. Hardcover. DJ with a bit of chipping. ; The borderlands of India and Eastern Tibet is one of the most remote and undiscovered places in the world. The author, a professor of Asian Anthropology in London, is sent to find out more. Profusely illustrated. ; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 241 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket.
The Complete Traveller Antiquarian BookstoreProfessional sellerBook number: 20655
USD 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 42.75 | £UK 37 | JP„ 7356]
Catalogue: Far East
Karma and Other Stories Essays.
London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. 1921. First Edition. Hardcover. Decorative dark red boards with gilt shield and gilt lettering. Including: Karma, A Ghost, the First Muezzin, China and the Western World, Chin-Chin Kobakama, The Goblin-Spider, The Old Woman who lost her Dumpling, The Boy who drew Cats. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 205 pages. Very Good+.
The Complete Traveller Antiquarian BookstoreProfessional sellerBook number: 19870
USD 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 38.5 | £UK 33.25 | JP„ 6620]
Catalogue: Far East
Forbidden Journey From Peking to Kashmir.
London: William Heinemann, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Spine a bit slanted. Boards with light rubbing to extremities and with a light bump to one corner. Spine with a hint of sunning. Toning to endpapers. Front hinge has a bit of play. Occasional light foxing to pages and edges. ; Profusely illustrated and with one fold out map in front. Chapters include Peking, Inner China, Sian (sic) , Borodishin, Across the Takla Makan Desert, Sinkiang, Kashgaria, India. Ella Maillard was a Swiss travel writer, who undertook this journey with Peter Fleming, British Travel writer and brother of Ian Fleming, creater of James Bond. The trip went across China to India. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 312 pages. Very Good.
The Complete Traveller Antiquarian BookstoreProfessional sellerBook number: 20753
USD 125.00 [Appr.: EURO 107 | £UK 92.25 | JP„ 18390]
Catalogue: Far East
"Martello Tower" in China and the Pacific in H.M. S. "Tribune" 1856- 60.
London: George Allen, 1902. Hardcover. Boards with light rubbing to extremities. Very light browning to front free endpaper, extremely light occasional foxing. ; The journey of the vessel towards China by Valparaiso, Peru, and the Sandwich Islands. The stops on the way were: The Chincha Islands, Hong Kong, Fort Chuenpee, Manila, Canton, Whampoa, Nagasaki, Vancouvver Island, San Juan, Nanaimo and the East Coast ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 299, [4] pages. Very Good+.
The Complete Traveller Antiquarian BookstoreProfessional sellerBook number: 21337
USD 75.00 [Appr.: EURO 64.25 | £UK 55.5 | JP„ 11034]
Catalogue: Far East
Sea- Wake and Jungle Trail.
London: John Murray, 1925. Hardcover. Boards with light rubbing to extremities. Spine a bit sunned. ; Blue cloth boards with gilt pictorial design of someone riding on an elephant. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 323 pages. Very Good+.
The Complete Traveller Antiquarian BookstoreProfessional sellerBook number: 20982
USD 80.00 [Appr.: EURO 68.5 | £UK 59.25 | JP„ 11770]
Catalogue: Far East
Taliput Leaves in the Path of the Sunrise.
New York: Mitchell Kennerley, 1921. Hardcover. Light soiling, closed tears and edgewear to DJ. ; Travel impressions with b&w photographs from Japan, "French China", Ceylon and India; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 191 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket.
The Complete Traveller Antiquarian BookstoreProfessional sellerBook number: 19029
USD 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 30 | £UK 26 | JP„ 5149]
Catalogue: Far East
| Pages: 1 |