BRAXTON DOROTHY

The Abominable Snow-Women

Wellington, Reed. 1969, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. clean used copy, DW slightly handling soiled, a female journalist (the first) makes it to Antarctica, 201pp + plates. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 010196

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Keywords: Antarctica Antarctic South Pole Women Female Journalist Journalism Dorothy Braxton Campbell Island Magga Dan

FORBES DUNCAN

The Heart of Ethiopia

London, Travel Book Club. 1972, First Edition. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. first thus book club edition very tidy in same DW, 224pp a cultural and historical look at Ethiopia. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 011970

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Keywords: Travel Exploration History Ethipoia Africa

LONG DWIGHT

Sailing all Seas in the Idle Hour

London, Hodder. 1938, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. tan cloth slightly sun-faded or handling soiled, minor surface flecking, pictorial map endpapers, pencil name to half title, 352pp + frontis and plates, half of front panel of the dust jacket slipped in at front. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 013234

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Keywords: Sailing Yachting Travel Adventure Nautical

MIDDLETON E. E.

The Cruise of the Kate

London, Rupert Hart Davis. 1953, First Thus. Buckram, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. (500 gram rate) unclipped DW with minor handling soiling, two short tears top edge of front panel, slight foxing to closed edges, first edition of the Mariner's Library edition, introduction by Arthur Ransome, beige buckram, 165pp + plates, include maps and line illustrations in the text. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 010715

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Keywords: Nautical, Yachting, Solo, Seafaring, Travel, Exploration, Biography, British Sailing, Empson Edward Middleton, Mariner's Library

WILLIAMS E.

Walks and Talks with Fellman

Burnley, John R. Ainsworth. 1951, First Edition. Quarter cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. gift inscripiton to fep, price clipped DW handling worn with some surface soiling and minor wege or corner wear, undated but intro dated 1951269pp + plates internally clean. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 010110

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Keywords: British Countryside Fell Fell Walking Countryside

HILLARY EDMUND

High Adventure

London, Hodder. 1955, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Ill.: George Djurkouic. lacks dust jacket , foxing, top quarter of fep trimmed off, blind bookseller frank to bottom of fep, light age toning to closed edges, otherwise VG. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 006490

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Keywords: Everest Hillary Mountaineering Climbing George Djurkouic

HILLARY EDMUND

High Adventure

London, Hodder. 1955, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Ill.: George Djurkouic. lacks dust jacket, mild foxing, light handling soiling to boards, spine titling dulled, otherwise VG, first edition first impression, 224pp + plates, maps and colour frontis. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 007190

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Keywords: Everest Hillary Mountaineering Climbing George Djurkouic

HILLARY EDMUND

High Adventure

London, Hodder. 1955, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Ill.: George Djurkouic. head of fep trimmed off, blind bookseller frank to bottom of fep, light age toning to closed edges, unclipped DW has a few short edge tears, corners chipped or split etc, otherwise VG. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 010284

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Keywords: Everest Hillary Mountaineering Climbing George Djurkouic

HILLARY EDMUND

No Latitude for Error

London, Hodder. 1961, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. unclipped dust jacket with light wear to edges and corners, handling soiling, book unmarked, 255pp+ plates, the Transantarctic Expedition led by Hillary. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 007847

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Keywords: Edmund Hillary Antarctica South Pole Expedition First Edition Transantarctic Expedition

CANDLER EDMUND

The Unveiling of Lhasa

London, Thomas Nelson. 1905, reprint. Decorative Cloth, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. (500 gram rate) reprint, preface dated 1905, 375pp Account of the British expedition to Tibet and Lhasa, this is NOT in the Nelson Library pocket edition, but a larger format without any plates. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 012135

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Keywords: Tibet Himalaya Lhasa Younghusband Nepal British Empire Imperial Victorian Travel Exploration History

FOORD EDWIN

The Homeland Handbooks : Volume 93 The Channel Islands - Part II The Island of Jersey

London, The Homeland Association. 1924, First Edition. Decorative Cloth, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. (500 gram rate) olive cloth with white dec. titling to cover, gilt to spine, small area torn with loss to spine, internally tidy copy, printed on sixed art paper, b&w photos in text, fold out map with advertisements on verso, staioner's stamp to blank side of map and verso of frontis. 80pp + 51 pp of adverts, uncommon in cloth. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 010030

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Keywords: First Edition of the Homeland Handbooks Jersey Channel Islands Cloth History Travel Guide Britain British Isles

MAILLART ELLA

Forbidden Journey, from Peking to Kashmir

London, Heinemann. 1949, reprint. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. spine titling starting to wear, light dust soiling to closed top edge, lacks dust jacket, translated from the French 'Oasis Interdites' xvi 312pp + plates and folding map, travel from Peking westawards across Central Asia to Kashmir, undertaken in the mid 1930s amidst rumblings of Japanese aggression in the East. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 005062

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Keywords: Far East Asia Travel Exploration Travel Writing Early Twentieth Century China Turkestan Tibet Cossack Cherchen Takla Makan Sinkiang Kashmir

AXELSON ERIC

Congo to Cape, Early Portugese Explorers

London, Faber. 1973, First Edition. (ISBN: 0751095615) Cloth, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. price clipped dust jacket, boards a little bumped, covers the late Fifteenth Century explorations of Portugese explorers Diogo Cao and Bartolomeu Dias to West Africa, 224pp + plates, uncommon. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 011732

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Keywords: Exploration Travel Portugese West Africa Africa Diogo Cao Bartolomeu Dias Medieval Exploration 0751095615

TEICHMAN ERIC

Journey To Turkistan

London, Hodder & Stoughton. 1937, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Ex-Library, navy leatherette style cloth, silver spine title, rebound for lending library. NO library marks except small tiny piece remains of a Boots label to rear paste down, looks as if never been a library copy though. text block a little loose but hinges fine, 221pp + plates, one 6 panel folding map at rear but lacks one map that was on the front cover (DW?). a retired British Consul's travels in Chinese Turkistan and adjacent areas in the 1930s, many illustrations ( photo) and much information on the local peoples and tribes etc, a very tidy copy in a stout and tidy new binding. scarce. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 012609

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Keywords: Turkestan Turkistan Mongolia China Gobi Travel Exploration Pamir British Colonial Consulate

TAMBS ERLING

The Cruise of the Teddy ( Mariners Library 5 )

London, Rupert Hart Davis. 1950, First Edition. Cloth, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. second impression of the Mariners Library edition, unclipped dust jacket lightly rubbed to joints and edges, has insect damage to the lower fore edge fold, minor foxing to dust jacket and endpapers, map endpapers, name to fep, 256pp + plates, illustrations in the text. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 006596

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Keywords: Sailing Nautical Boats Voyages Mariners Library 18 Epic Voyaging Sea Stories