LUNN ARNOLD

Matterhorn Centenary

London, George Allen Unwin. 1965, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. 144pp + plates, col frontis, DW price clipped otherwise VG. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 012920

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Keywords: Matterhorn Mountaineering Alps Nineteenth Twentieth Century Climbing

SCHOLES ARTHUR

Fourteen Men: Story of the Australian Antarctic Expedition to Heard Island

Melbourne, F. W. Cheshire. 1949, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. price clipped DW has tear to spine and lacks loer half of spine, some edge tears at corners, book is tidy, name and date to half title, 273pp + plates, first edition. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 010331

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Keywords: Australia Australian Antarctic Expedition Heard Island First Edition

BAIN J ARTHUR

Life and Adventures of Nansen the great Arctic Explorer

London, Walter Scott. 1897. Decorative Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. blue cloth titled in black with "THE CARNARVON SERIES" on upper board. some surface insect damage causing white speckling where the dye has been nibbled but not too bad, corners rubbed and bruised and starting to fray. 450pp + frontis and other illustrations. the frontis has a note stating "Reward edition". contents include; Greenland and its inhabitants / crossing of Greenland / The Fram / arctic equipment / arctic sport / Nansens arctic ship / arctic exploration previous to Nansen / a talk with Dr Nansen. introduction dated 1897 but probably later reprinting. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 000059

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Keywords: Arctic Polar Exploration Nansen Greenland Fram

QUARTERMAIN L. B.

Down to the Ice

Wellington, New Zealand School Publications Branch, Department of Education. 1965, First Edition. Pictorial Cover, Landscape 16mo. Post Primary School Bulletin Volume 16 Number 4 1965, stapled in pictorial stiff paper covers, small pen doodle to top of cover, minor and faint watermark to a few pages, handling soiled, 48pp, reduced shipping available to overseas. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 012021

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Keywords: Antarctic Antarctica South Pole New Zealand Scott Base Post Primary School Bulletin

DANIELSON BENGT

From raft to raft

London, Unwin. 1960, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. VG book 184pp + plates, map end papers. Presentation from author on blank leaf before half-title. [To Roger with Tahitian 'aroha from Bengt], DW would be VG except has been waterstained along the spine area, this is not seen from the outside on the front design but is evident on the white rear panel, which is also foxed. From Tahiti to Chile and back on a Thor Heyerdahl like raft journey. First English edition / translation. Very Good/Very Good. Signed by Author.

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Book number: 000336

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Keywords: Pacific Exploration Travel Anthropology Tahiti Nui Ancient Navigators Heyerdahl

BALCHEN BERNT

Come North with Me, an Autobiography

London, Hodder. 1959, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. lacks fep but has a blank fly before the half title, unclipped dust jacket lightly rubbed to folds, small chip wih associated tear at head of front panel, minor splitting ot shipping to spine ends, internally clean, 318pp + plates, pioneer pilot exploring both the Arctic and Antarctic on many expeditions. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 005989

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Keywords: Arctic Antarctic Polar Exploration Aviation Admiral Byrd Second World War Greenland Norway Norwegian Resistance Byrd Floyd Bennett Arnold Amundsen

CLARKE BRYAN

Berber Village, The story of the Oxford University Expedition to the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco

London, Longmans. 1959, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. unclipped dustwrapper chipped at head and tail of spine, short edge tears, two small patches of tape rust to fep otherwise VG+, The story of the Oxford University Expedition to the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco, 160pp + plates. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 003982

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Keywords: Atlas Mountains Morocco Expedition Anthropology Geography Geology Berber Travel

CLARKE BRYAN

Berber Village, The story of the Oxford University Expedition to the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco

London, Travel Book Club. 1959, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. (500 gram rate) unclipped dustwrapper, closed edges and some margins foxed, light spine lean otherwise VG, The story of the Oxford University Expedition to the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco, 160pp Book Club edition which lacks the plates in the original. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 006171

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Keywords: Atlas Mountains Morocco Expedition Anthropology Geography Geology Berber Travel

CLARKE BRYAN

Berber Village, The story of the Oxford University Expedition to the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco

London, Longmans. 1959, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. unclipped dustwrapper split at head of spine and to corners, faint fading or foxing to DW, fep clipped at top corner otherwise VG+, The story of the Oxford University Expedition to the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco, 160pp + plates. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 008119

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Keywords: Atlas Mountains Morocco Expedition Anthropology Geography Geology Berber Travel

NORWOOD VICTOR G. C.

A Hand full of Diamonds, Further Adventures and Experiences in the Jungles and Diamond Fields of Guiana and Brazil

London, T. V. Boardman & Company. 1960, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. light wear to cloth, clean copy, xx 235pp+ colour frontis & b&w plates. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 010138

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Keywords: British Guiana Brazil Diamonds Precious Minerals Jewels Gemstones Mining Geology Adventure

CLARKE ARTHUR C

The Reefs of Taprobane, Underwater Adventures Around Ceylon

London, Muller. 1957, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Ill.: Mike Wilson. black cloth with gilt titling which is dulled and discoloured, mild handling soiling of the boards, endpapers foxed, contents clean, 112pp, about 50% being colour and b&w plates ( illustrations) , non-fiction work on moon (Luna) exploration. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 010946

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Keywords: Scuba, Snorkelling, Corral Reef, Underwater Photography, Sri Lanka, Ceylon, Arthur C. Clarke Mike Wilson

VOSS J. C.

The Venturesome Voyages of Captain Voss ( Mariners Library 3 )

London, Rupert Hart Davis. 1950, reprint. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. second impression of Mariners Library series, unclipped dust jacket sunned to spine and rubbed to edges, with surface rubbing showing as some loss of pigment to the edges of the panels, faint cup-ring to front panel, dust jacket reinforced to back with glued paper, spine leans, xiii 326pp + plates, map endpapers. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 006734

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Keywords: Sailing Nautical Boats Voyages Mariners Library 3 Epic Voyaging Sea Stories Yacht

BERNACCHI L. C.

A Very Gallant Gentleman ( Captain Lawrence Edward Grace Oates )

London, Thornton Butterworth. 1935, reprint. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. maroon cloth sunned to spine with titling illegible, frayed head of spine, prize plate to paste down ( awarded to Derek Douglas from Christchurch Cathedral College 1935) owner inscribed address etc to fep, lightly foxed closed edges, internally clean, one two leaf collation was not sewn in by binder and sits loose, 240pp + plates, frontis port. and maps, second impression of cheap edition, biography of Captain Oates, who famously said "I am just going outside. I may be some time.". Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 003862

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Keywords: Antarctic Polar Exploration South Pole Exploration Captain Lawrence Edward Grace Oates Biography

KINGSLEY CHARLES

At Last, a Christmas in the West Indies (illustrated)

London, MacMillan. 1910, reprint. Decorative Cloth, 16mo - over 5? - 6? tall. shilling edition red cloth blind dec boards, gilt spine sunned, head and tail rubbed , offset toning to fep, name at head of half title, binding showing at front hingebetween fep and half title, x 334pp = 6pp adverts, 40 engraved illustrations, The West Indies, Trinidad, Monos, La Brea, Montserrat etc. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 002865

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Keywords: West Indies Carribean Victorian Travel Writing Charles Kingsley Illustrated Shilling Edition

MILLER CHARLES

The Lunatic Express

London, MacDonald. 1972, First Edition. (ISBN: 0356038548) Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. "The magnificent saga of how the white man changed Africa/The pioneers, visionaries and politicians - and their crazy railway" from jacket blurb Story of the Uganda Railway, white pioneers transforming Africa with the Ugandan railway project from 1895, tidy book, DW lightly sunned spine and price clipped, 559pp with illustrations in the text, HEAVY may incur excess postage. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 013142

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Keywords: Africa Imperial Colonial British Empire Uganda Railway Railways Steam Train 0356038548