YEE CHIANG

The Silent Traveller in New York

London, Methuen. 1950, First Edition. Decorative Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Ill.: Chiang Yee. cream buckram with green chinese characters to cover and titled to spine. map end papers, book VG 281pp + 17 coloured plates and over 120 images in the text also. DW unclipped and tidy but some spots of foxing starting and spine a little discoloured, small edge chips to the head. A unique view of 1950 New York by a Chinese professional travel writer and artist. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 012854

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Keywords: New York Chinese Artist Art Travel Plates Prints Scenes Nineteen Fifties 1950s Chiang Yee

BECKWITH CHRISTIAN

The American Alpine Journal, vol 38 Issue 70 1996

Colorado, American Alpine Journal. 1996, First Edition. (ISBN: 0930410645) Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. 427pp colour & b&w plates. near new copy. Fine/No Jacket.

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Book number: 013087

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Keywords: Alpine Mountaineering Climbing American Journal 0930410645

ISHERWOOD CHRISTOPHER

The Condor and the Cows

London, Methuen. 1949, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Ill.: William Caskey. first edition Methuen 1949 VG used copy. no dust jacket but the front flap is slipped in. spine very lightly faded 195pp + plates, pictorial endpapers, rear hinge small split. booksellers small stamp foot of fep. top edge dusted red and faded. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 011670

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Keywords: South America Travel Post War William Caskey

HUGHES CLEDWYN

A Wanderer in North Wales

London, Phoenix House. 1949, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Ill.: John Petts. (500 gram rate) spine ends and corners slightly bumped, unclipped dust jacket very tidy with a few short splits at head of the spine, fore edge of lower board one small bump, map endpapers, illustrated in line and engravings by John Petts, 200pp Welsh countryside travel writing. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 005082

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Keywords: Wales Welsh Travel Writing Phoenix Open-Air Books Snowdonia Snowdon Secenery British Countryside John Petts

SIERRA CLUB

Ascent Volume 1 Number 6 June 1972 ( Sierra Club Mountaineering Journal )

Oakland, Sierra Club. 1972, First Edition. Soft Cover, 4to - over 9? - 12" tall. (500 gram rate) 65pp well illustrated with b&w photos. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 002135

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Keywords: Rock Climbing Mountaineering Mountain Climbing Journal American British

SIERRA CLUB

Ascent Volume 2 Numbers 1 & 2 July 1973 & 1974 ( Sierra Club Mountaineering Journal )

Oakland, Sierra Club. First Edition. Soft Cover, 4to - over 9? - 12" tall. (500 gram rate) number 1= 65pp well illustrated with b&w photos; number 2= 97pp, covers detached due to perished glue, text block is sewn and glued so easily reglued to the stiff card wraps, some stunning photography, two issues sold together. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 002136

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Keywords: Rock Climbing Mountaineering Mountain Climbing Journal American British

NEW ZEALAND ALPINE CLUB

New Zealand Alpine Journal 1997

New Zealand Alpine Club. 1997, First Edition. Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. light reading crease at joint, 128pp with colour and B&W photos. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 003040

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Keywords: Alpine Mountaineering Climbing New Zealand Annual Hardcover

COLLIS, EVANS, SMYTHE, MATHEW, JOHNSTONE, TANGYE, EDITED W J TURNER

British Adventure

London, Collins. 1947, First Edition. Cloth, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. beige cloth gilt titled spine, boards VG pen inscr to end paper, age toned offset end paper. 324pp + 48 col plates and 120 b&w illustrations. chapters incl; British Merchant adventurers, Polar explorers, Mountaineers, Seamen, Soldiers, Britain in the Air. Beautiful col. plates. Crisp clean and tight. DW unclipped and crisp and fresh excepting some sunning to spine and very minor instances of surface rubbing. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 000180

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Keywords: Discoveries Exploration Voyages Polar Antarctic British Aviation Britain in Pictures Series Omnibus

LEWIS DAVID

Daughters of the Wind

Wellington, Reed. 1967, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Tidy copy but is missing the title page, will be 1967 first edition, 320pp + plates, map endpapers, dust jacket has some edge wear and chipping loss, uncommon title, By catamaran from England to New Zealand via the Straits of Magellan with children aboard, includes charts, diagrams and illustrations, with some observations on Polynesian navigation, LACKS TITLE PAGE. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 011783

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Keywords: Travel, Maritime, Nautical, Sailing, Adventure, Memoir, Exploration, Polynesia, Navigation,

LEWIS DAVID

Voyage to the Ice, The Antarctic Expedition of Solo, Signed by Author

Sydney, Collins. 1979, First Edition. (ISBN: 064297604X) Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. signed David Lewis to half title, unclipped DW has slight sun fade to spine, 144pp + col. plates. Very Good/Very Good. Signed by Author.

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Book number: 010332

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Keywords: Australian Issue Signed By David Lewis Antarctic Polar Sailing Yachting Solo Boating Non-Fiction 064297604x

HOUGHTON DAVID

Weather at Sea, a yachtmasters guide

Steyning, Fernhurst. 1986, First Edition. (ISBN: 0906754232) Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. near new, 64pp, produced in consultation with the RYA and recommended for RYA/DTp coastal Skipper and yachtmaster offshore courses. Basic principles of weather and sailing in it. email for reduced shipping quote on this item. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 001613

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Keywords: Yachting Sailing Boating Weather Maritime Nautical Handbook British 0906754232

GAURY GERALD DE

Arabian Journey and Other Desert Travels

London, Harrap. 1950, First Edition. Cloth, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. unclipped DW handling soiled with a few short tears at corners, map endpapers, clean book, slight foxing to closed edges, 390pp + plates. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 009057

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Keywords: Arabia Middle East Arab Travel Iraq North Africa Ethnology Sociology

EGYPTIAN STATE TOURIST DEPARTMENT

Egypt a Travel Quarterly Summer + Autumn 1939 2 Bound Issues

Tourist Development Association of Egypt. 1939, First Edition. Pictorial Boards, Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. magazine bound into boards with original wrappers pasted down over cloth spine, cloth faded and lightly foxed, otherwise VG, sewn binding, sepia toned photographs throughout, Summer; 32pp but this has not had the adverts bound in, Autumn; 14pp adverts + 25pp, +9pp adverts, colour 'tomb art' Egyptian style covers. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 012458

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Keywords: Egypt Travel Tourism Vintage Ephemera Magazine

WILSON DEREK

The World Encompassed, Drake's Great Voyage 1577-1580

London, Hamilton. 1977, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. price clipped DW, minor foxing to closed edges and endpapers, xiii 240pp with illustrations throughout. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 002987

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Keywords: Francis Drake Elizabethan Exploration Nautical Navigation Sailing Biography

SHIPTON DIANA

The Antique Land

London, Hodder. 1950, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Ill.: Jill Davis. rare title, book has light rubbing to cloth at spine ends, tipped on school prize plate adhered by thin strip to one edge, unclipped dust jacket under a plastic sleeve, light wear with short split at head of spine, minor offset tape rust to endpapers, map end papers, 219pp + plates, some illustrations in text, Eric Shipton's wife writes of six years spent in Sinkiang Province. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 005566

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Keywords: Sinkiang China Travel Exploration Central Asia Eric Shipton Mongol Mongolia Jill Davis