CHAPMAN F SPENCER

Living Dangerously

London, Chatto & Windus. 1953, reprint. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. Ex-Library, (500 gram rate) library marks to spine and endpapers, stamps etc, good copy apart from this, author fought as British guerilla against the Japanese from the jungles of Malaya, some reference to this as well as his other non-military adventures. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 009736

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Keywords: Travel Expedition Adventure Iclenad Greenland Lapland Himalaya Tibet Bhutan Malaya Second World War Far East Japanese

KNIGHT STEPHEN

Icebound, the Greenpeace Expedition to Antarctica

Auckland, Century Hutchinson. 1988, First Edition. (ISBN: 1869410203) Soft Cover, 4to - over 9? - 12" tall. near fine copy, softcovered wraps, 126pp with black and white and colour photographs, the expedition of the MV Greenpeace, totally unsupported by any of the Governmental outposts on the continent (500 gram rate). Fine/No Jacket.

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Book number: 003968

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Keywords: Antarctic Antarctica South Pole Polar Expedition Exploration Greenpeace 1869410203

KNIGHT STEPHEN

Icebound, the Greenpeace Expedition to Antarctica

Auckland, Century Hutchinson. 1988, First Edition. (ISBN: 1869410203) Soft Cover, 4to - over 9? - 12" tall. near fine copy, softcovered wraps, 126pp with black and white and colour photographs, the expedition of the MV Greenpeace, totally unsupported by any of the Governmental outposts on the continent. Fine/No Jacket.

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Book number: 011163

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Keywords: Antarctic Antarctica South Pole Polar Expedition Exploration Greenpeace 1869410203

CLOETE STUART

The African Giant, The story of a Journey

London, Collins. 1959, reprint. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Ill.: Rehna Tiny Cloete. DW unclipped, chipped to corners and spine ends, some rubbing and nicking to edges, splits at joint ends, name to pictorial fep otherwise tidy book, a little browning of the paper stock, photos by Rehna Cloete, account of a safari trip about most of Africa. Good/Good.

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Book number: 009926

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Keywords: Safari Africa White Hunter Cloete Safari Tanganyika Rehna Tiny Cloete

GUIBAUT ANDRE TRSL LORD SUDLEY

Tibetan Venture, Second Guibaut-Liotard Expedition in the Country of the Ngolo-Setas

London, Readers Union. 1949, First Edition. Cloth, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. lacks DW, front hinge cracked but still tight, map endpapers, lightly soiled cloth, 206pp + plates, cheap book club edition, still nice copy, Exploration in Tibet, concerned with the hydrology of the Tong river, also covers religious and cultural beliefs of Tibetans. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 003698

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Keywords: Tibet Nepal Himalaya Exploration Expedition Anthropology Geography Geology Tong River Hydrology Tibetan Buddhism

HECKMAIR ANDERL TRANSLATED BY GEOFFREY SUTTON

My Life as a Mountaineer

London, Victor Gollancz. 1975, First Edition. (ISBN: 0575019301) Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. price clipped dust jacket, small pen name to endpaper, fore edge faintly foxed, shows handling but no faults, 224pp + plates. A climber from Munich who has climbed and guided around the world.First ascent of the North Face of the Eiger. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 010932

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Keywords: Mountaineering, Climbing, Alps, European, German, Bavaria, Munich, Bavarian Mountaineer, Autobiography, Memoir, Eiger, Eigerwand, North Face 0575019301

HEDIN SVEN

Rasel der Gobi. Die Fortsetzung der Grossen Fahrt durch Innerasien in den Jahren 1928-1930

Leipzig, Brockhaus. 1931, First Edition. Decorative Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. (2000 gram rate 2kg, extra shipping charge applies) ix 335pp +plates and 1advert, decorative cloth with some minor foxing, closed edges dusty, Leinen, Mit 74 s/w. Abbildungen, Fraktur/ Altdeutsche Schrift, expedition to Central Asia. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 006181

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Keywords: German Language Deutsche Gobi Asia Central Asia Travel Expedition Shamballah Agharti

HEDIN SVEN

Trans-Himalaya, Discoveries and Adventures in Tibet (Vol 1 only)

London, MacMillan. 1909, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. (1500 gram rate) One volume only, red cloth gilt titled and decorated, top page edges gilt, has split to head of lower joint, backstrip sunfaded with frayed head, bookseller rubber stamp to base of fep, paper scar to paste down, some scattered foxing throughout, hinges cracked but tight, xxiii + 436pp + 188 images on plates and 7 maps. First edition in British issue. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 010930

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Keywords: Leh,Tibetan, Karakorum, Trans-Himalaya, Brahmaputra, Tsangpo, Shigatse, Tibet, Himalaya, Exploration, Travel, History

BULLEN FRANK T

A BOUNTY BOY - Being some Adventures of a Christian Barbarian on an unpremeditated Trip Round the World

London, T Fisher Unwin. 1908, First Edition. Decorative Cloth, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. dec cloth handling soiled, spine titling fading, faint "B" in white ink to spine, light edge rubbing, small stamps and code to paste down and fep and half title, age browing or foxing, first Colonial edition, 361pp + 18pp adverts for 1908, call number at head of chapter one and to rear paste down, one vintage library stamp noted at head of an internal page, G+ aged copy, historical fiction based on the Bounty Mutiny and the subsequent life of the mutineers in the South Pacific, whaling etc. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 005453

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Keywords: Bounty Mutiny, Norfolk Island, Sperm Whaling, New Caledonia Convict Settlement, Whaling, Pacific, Eliza Adams, New Zealand, Hawaii, Voyages Sailing Exploration

PALMER WILLIAM T.

Odd Corners in the Yorkshire Dales, Rambles, Scrambles, Climbs and Sport

London, Skeffington. 1946, reprint. Cloth, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. Ill.: J. Hardman. (500 gram rate) unclipped DW chipped at spine ends, light wear, name to fep, 112pp + photo plates by J. Hardman. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 008858

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Keywords: Yorkshire Dales British Countryside Travel History Sport Rambling Hiking Tramping Walking J. Hardman

BULLEN FRANK T

A Sack of Shakings

London & Bombay, George Bell. 1901. Cloth, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. plain green cloth gilt titled spine, rubbed to edges and corners. browned endpapers. Bell's Indian and Colonial Library viii, 389 +16pp adverts at rear, page edges browned, interior quite good. "Shakings are the odds and ends of rope and canvas accumulated during the voyage, which used to be the perquisite of the Chief Mate." Essays and articles many from the Spectator, reprinted in book form, on sailing and the sailors life. Superstitions, big game at sea, battle. author famous for his classic "Cruise of the Cachalot". Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 011316

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Keywords: Cachalot Voyages Sailing Exploration

KELLY R TALBOT

Burma

London, A & C Black. 1933, second revised edition. Decorative Cloth, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. Ill.: R Talbot Kelly. blind embossed boards, sunned at top and bottom edges, light fraying to extreme corner tips, foxed closed edges and some onto margins, bookplate Eileen Bolton to paste down, gift inscription to fep, second revised edition, some light scattered foxing throughout, 32 colour plates by Talbot Kelly, 256pp + plates + adverts. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 003885

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Keywords: Burma Myanmar Asia South East Asia Illustrated Travel a & C Black R. Talbot Kelly R Talbot Kelly

HANSEN THORKILD

Arabia Felix, The Danish Expedition of 1761-1767

London, Collins. 1964, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. price clipped DW slight surface wear to spine, handling soiling, small area discoloured to fep, translation from the Danish by James and Kathleen MacFarlane, 381pp, illustrated. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 010169

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Keywords: Exploration Arabia Arabian Peninsula Middle East Danish Explorers Denmark Travel History

STOBART TOM

Adventurer's Eye, the Autobiography of Everest Film-man Tom Stobart

London, Odhams. 1958, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. tidy book with lightly foxed closed edges, unclipped DW has large chip out of bottom of spine and onto front panel as well as some short edge tears and rubbing, autobiography of the man who among other things took the cinematographic record of Hillary's successful Everest expedition, 256pp + 40pp of photos and a frontis. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 011815

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Keywords: Mountaineering Himalaya Everest Film Camera Man Cinematography Photography Safari Hillary Everest Expedition

SHEPPARD TOM

Vehicle-Dependent Expedition Guide ( in Association with Land Rover )

England, Desert Winds / Land Rover. 1998, First Edition. (ISBN: 0953232409) Hard Cover, 4to - over 9? - 12" tall. (2 kg rate very large heavy book) clean tidy (but used) copy in unclipped dust jacket, approx 300pp well illustrated with diagrams and colour photos, complete guidde to outfitted and mounting an expedition or safari based on your vehicles rather than tourist transport, ideally suited for the Four Wheel Drive enthusiast, all aspects of expeditioning covered including travel documentation, logistics, clothing, camping, cooking and food, automotive modification, training, equipment and problems; electrics, lighting , heating and cooling; water supplies etc. well bound book will not fall apart en route!. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 007374

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Keywords: Land Rover Off Roading Four Wheel Drive 4wd Expedition Exploration Travel Extreme Safari Motoring Survival Camping Survivalist Equipment Vehicles Travel 0953232409