FOSTER HARRY L.

A Beachcomber in the Orient

London, John Lane. 1923, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. cloth boards faintly sunned, black decorative borders, tail of spine minor fraying, book clean and tidy, a few pages unopened, 395pp + plates, a travellers account of the east including Indo-China and Japan, illustrated with photographs. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 004450

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Keywords: Travel Exploration Indo-China Thailand South East Asia Early Twentieth Century Siam Malaya Japan

HARROWFIELD D L

Sledging Into History

Auckland, MacMillan. 1981, First Edition. (ISBN: 0333301307) Hard Cover, 4to - over 9? - 12" tall. (1500 gram rate) 119pp + 86 colour plates and 42 b&w photos as well as 11 diagrams.VG tidy book and DW with owner details to front paste down. A record of restoration/ curatorial work on the Antarctic Expedition huts of Scott and Shackleton. Many photos of the remains of these historic buildings and their contents. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 003892

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Keywords: Antarctic South Pole Polar Exploration Antarctica Scott Shackleton 0333301307

RICHMOND BROWN LADY

Unknown Tribes Uncharted Seas

London, Duckworth. 1924, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. second impression, cloth rubbed and faded to spine, tail torn with large chip missing, endpapers browned, otherwise tidy copy with light foxing mainly to prelims and closed edges, xvi 268pp + plates, much anthropological information on the native Indians of South America and San Blas, the authors 'safari' exploration of the jungles and coasts of the continent. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 002230

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Keywords: South Seas Anthropology Travel Expedition Exploration Crystal Skulls Jamaica Panama South America San Blas Island Indians

PURVES DAVID LAING & R COCHRANE

The English Circumnavigators the most remarkable voyages around the World

London, Nimmo. 1876, First Edition. Decorative Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. 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 holding by the cords, coloured free endpaper followed by the half-title. A double leaf engraved title page with portrait busts of Drake, Dampier, Anson and Cook precedes the standard title page. The first signature is a little loose on the cords, but the rest of the book is tightly bound. 831pp in double columns + four folding coloured maps, 16pp catalogue at rear. Includes facsimiles of original title pages to the original works. Two pages noted with small hole in the spine margin unaffecting any text, presentable copy. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 012995

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Keywords: British Exploration Navigation Nautical Drake Dampier Anson Cook New Zealand Pacific

VAN DER POST LAURENS

The Lost World of the Kalahari

London, Hogarth Press. 1958, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. tidy, short pen inscription to paste down, dust jacket unclipped and tidy, lamination just starting to peel at edges with small bit chipped off at top corner unaffecting the jacket design, 256pp author lived with the Kalahari Bushmen while making a TV documentary, Recommended by the Book Society yellow paper band slipped inside at front. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 002102

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Keywords: Africa Kalahari Travel Exploration Bushmen Anthropology Natural History Wildlife Book Scoiety Band

VAN DER POST LAURENS

The Lost World of the Kalahari

London, Hogarth Press. 1958, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. tidy, short pen inscription to free end paper, dust jacket price clipped with minor chipping to top edges, 256pp author lived with the Kalahari Bushmen while making a TV documentary. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 011517

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Keywords: Africa Kalahari Travel Exploration Bushmen Anthropology Natural History Wildlife Book Scoiety Band

NAVARRA FERNAND TRSL MICHAEL LEGAT

The Forbidden Mountain

London, MacDonald. 1956, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. 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 panel uniformly surface soiled, with one short edge tear, Book VG, some light scattered foxing starting, pencil bookseller notations to fep, internally VG indeed, 174pp + plates + 2 maps at rear. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 012980

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Keywords: Turkey Ararat Noahs Ark Mountaineering Climbing Biblical History

BICKEL LENNARD

Shackletons Forgotten Argonauts

Melbourne, MacMillan. 1982, First Edition. (ISBN: 0333338677) Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. unclipped DW slight sun fade to spine titling, name blacked out to top corner of fep, otherwise tidy used copy, xii 230pp + plates. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 009292

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Keywords: Antarctic South Pole Shackleton Travel Exploration Polar Biography Survival 0333338677

KERR J LENNOX

The Great Storm

London, Harrap. 1954, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. book is excellent dust jacket would be VG but very top of spine and a peice from top of rear panel missing, front panel complete and tidy. the authentic story of the loss at sea of the Princess Victoria and other vessels in the great storm of 1953. 213pp + plates. final page has small chip from lower corner (tiny). Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 011309

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Keywords: Shipwreck Nautical Great Storm 1953 Princess Victoria Disaster at Sea

TAZIEFF HAROUN TRANSLATED NAOMI LEWIS

South from the Red Sea

London, Travel Book Club. First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. 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, Tanganyika etc. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 013076

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Keywords: Red Sea Travel Cousteau Diving Calypso Central Africa Travel Natural History

TERRAY LIONEL

Conquistadors of the Useless from the Alps to Annapurna and Beyond

London, Gollancz. 1963, First English translation. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. trsl by Geoffrey Sutton, autobiography of Lionel Terray famed for the second ascent of North Face of Eiger (1947) and a dramatic rescue on it in 1957, includes climbing in the Alps, North Face Eiger, world war two in the Alps with mountain troops, Annapurna, Makalu, Chacraraju and his time guiding, 80 photographs in b&w, 351pp, the dustjacket is rubbed to edges and has been price-clipped, on the underside of the rear panel it has some offsetting from the blue boards where has been slightly damp, this is quite minor, some pages to the rear of the book have been slightly rippled due to long dried out moisture probably just atmospheric dampness as no watermarking is apparent, The leading edge of the upper board has a few dents where something heavy has been sat on it, again this is reasonably minor, all in all a VG copy in similar dustjacket with a few short tears to edges. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 000088

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Keywords: Mountaineering Himalaya Eiger North Wall Climbing

RHYS LLOYD

High Lights and Flights in New Guinea

London, Hodder. 1942, First Edition. Original Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. 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 but this copy ALL THE PLATES ARE MISSING. 253pp someone has numbered the few blank leaves at the rear and carried it on to the rear fep and paste down, which have a map on them, another owners details on the rear paste down. All maps are present in the text. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 013254

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Keywords: Gold Mining New Guinea Papua Aviation Australia, Morobe Goldfields

THOMAS LOWELL

Beyond Khyber Pass

London, Hutchinson. reprint. Cloth, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. (500 gram rate) Hutchinson's Booklover's Library edition, slight spine lean, 256pp + adverts, tidy copy, travel in Central Asia, Afghanistan etc, probably dates to 1950. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 005255

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Keywords: Travel Exploration Non-Fiction Asia Central Asia Afghan Afghanistan Waziristan Peshawar Khyber Pass Samarkand Kabul

THOMAS LOWELL

Beyond Khyber Pass

London, Hutchinson. reprint. Cloth, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. Hutchinson's Booklover's Library edition, spine leans, hinges loose but not split, name to paste down, 256pp + adverts, tidy but tired copy, travel in Central Asia, Afghanistan etc, probably dates to 1950, (500 gram rate). Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 011938

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Keywords: Travel Exploration Non-Fiction Asia Central Asia Afghan Afghanistan Waziristan Peshawar Khyber Pass Samarkand Kabul

THOMAS LOWELL

The Wreck of the Dumaru, a Story of Cannibalism in an Open Boat

London, Heinemann. 1931, First Edition. Decorative Cloth, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. Ill.: Kurt Wiess. blue decorated cloth, map endpapers, light foxing to prelims and closed edges, 271pp + plates (photographs and illustrations), gift inscription to fly leaf, small name and address at head of title, true account of a shipping disaster and the cannibalism that ensued, First World War ammunition cargo exploded and the crew were forced to abandon ship and eventually had to each each other to survive in the open boat. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 003864

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Keywords: Cannibalism Nautical Adrift Shipwreck Disatser Adventure Non-Fiction History Kurt Wiess