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The National Geographic Magazine - April 1922 - Vol XLI No. 4

National Geographic Society. 1922. Soft cover. Articles on The Scenery of North America, by Viscount Bryce; Modern Scenes in Mesopotamia, by Eric Keast Burke; South Georgia, an Outpost of the Atlantic, by Robert Cushman Murphy. Covers marked and worn, name and some pen marks to front cover, otherwise clean, sound, good. Good.

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Book number: 13847

Catalogue: Travel

Keywords: travel

ASHENDEN

The Mountains of My Life

William Blackwood & Sons Edinburgh 1st 1945 HB. Hardcover. Climbing memoirs, illustated with the author's b/w photographs. VG, some age-mottling, in chipped and edge-worn DJ, good only. 212pp 0. Good.

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Book number: 7853

Catalogue: Travel

Keywords: GENERAL, TRAVEL, MOUNTAINEERING, CLIMBING, General

BAIN, KENNETH

The New Friendly Islanders

London, Hodder & Stoughton. 1993. (ISBN: 034058338x). Hardcover. The Pacific island of Tonga. VG, no inscriptions, in VG DJ. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 10058

Catalogue: Travel

Keywords: 034058338x TRAVEL, HISTORY, PACIFIC, TONGA, FRIENDLY ISLES

BAIRD, JAMES B

Children of Africa

Oliphants London HB. Hardcover. Undated. In The Children's Missionary Series. A colonial, missionary view of Africa. With eight coloured plates. Brown decorated cloth a little worn and marked, presentation label to front paste-down, tight and sound, good in chipped and worn good DJ. 95pp 0. Good/Good.

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Book number: 8971

Catalogue: Travel

Keywords: AFRICA, MISSION, COLONIAL, CHILDREN'S, JUVENILE Children's

BEAGLEHOLE, J C

The Exploration of the Pacific

A & C Black London 1st edition 1934 HB. Hardcover. 4 folding maps. In the series, "The Pioneer Histories." Blue cloth, very lightly sunned, neat pen inscription to front paste-down, small crease to top corner, front board. Generally VG. No DJ. 411pp 0. Very Good.

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Book number: 3874

Catalogue: Travel

Keywords: GENERAL, TRAVEL, PACIFIC, EXPLORATION, MAGELLAN, COOK General

BRUCE, JAMES

An Interesting Narrative of the Travels of James Bruce Esq Into Abyssinia

'Printed for and sold by all the booksellers in town and country' London. 1790. Hardcover. '.to discover the source of the Nile. Abridged from the original work to which is added notes and extracts from the travels of Dr. Shaw, M, Savary, and the Memoirs of Baron de Tott. ' This is the first abridged edition, published in the same year as the five volume first edition. Small octavo in original full leather. Head and tail have worn away. Leather spine title is missing, five raised headbands much worn. Spine and inner hinge repaired with nepalese papers, but still fragile. Corners of boards and edges much worn. Contemporary ink name to feps. Contents foxed throughout, occasional sooty marks. Erased pencil marks to rear ep. Two closed tears repaired. Good. 387pp 0. Good.

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Book number: 8752

Catalogue: Travel

Keywords: TRAVEL, BLUE NILE, ABYSSINIA, HORN OF AFRICA, ETHIOPIA, EAST EIGHTEENTH CENTURY EUROPEAN TRAVELLERS, GEOGRAPHY, EGYPT, NORTH AFRICA

ZWART, CHRISTINE AND ILLUS. MACHIN, FRANCIS

Oxford - an Explorer's Guide

Explorer's Guides Oxford 1980 PB. (ISBN: 0950702307). Soft cover. A charming pictorial guidebook. Large stapled booklet, VG. 0. Very Good.

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Book number: 6937

Catalogue: Travel

Keywords: 0950702307 GENERAL, TRAVEL, OXFORD, GUIDE General

DANIEL CONNER AND LORRAINE MILLER

Master Mariner: Capt. James Cook and the Peoples of the Pacific

Canongate. 1978. (ISBN: 0903937751). Hardcover. Generally VG, no inscriptions, in worn, creased, chipped, mended, DJ, good only. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 13893

Catalogue: Travel

Keywords: 0903937751 history, travel, biography, anthropology Biography Anthropology

COOPER, GORDON

A Fortnight in the Balearics

Percival Marshall & Co London 1963 PB. Soft cover. Reprint, first published in 1956. A snapshot of the islands in the past, focussing mainly on Mallorca and Minorca, though with a rapid overview of Ibiza and a still more sketchy look at Formentera. Covers worn and marked, no inscriptions, good. 90pp 0. Good.

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Book number: 8679

Catalogue: Travel

Keywords: TRAVEL, TOURISM, SPAIN, SPANISH, IBIZA, FORMENTERA, MALLORCA, MINORCA

CORBRIDGE, SYLVIA LOVAL

We Go to Ireland

George G Harrap & Co London 1st 1959 HB. Hardcover. In the 'We Go' series. Prize label to ffep, o/w good, clean, tight and sound in slightly worn, mended, good DJ. 187pp 0. Good/Good.

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Book number: 8784

Catalogue: Travel

Keywords: TRAVEL, IRISH, IRELAND, WE GO, GUIDEBOOK

DAWSON, R.B.

Livingstone the Hero of Africa

Seeley, Service & Co London 1929 HB. Hardcover. Good, light wear and marks to decorative covers, no inscriptions, no DJ, clean, tight and sound. 249pp 0. Good.

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Book number: 5300

Catalogue: Travel

Keywords: GENERAL, TRAVEL, EXPLORATION, AFRICA, LIVINGSTONE General

DUMAS, ALEXANDRE

Tangier to Tunis

Peter Owen London 1959 HB. Hardcover. Translated and edited by A E Murch, with five illustrations. The writer's travels in North Africa in 1846. Ex-lib but minimal markings (number to spine and stamp to title verso only), new ffep, clean, tight and sound, no DJ. 191pp 0. Very Good.

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Book number: 8458

Catalogue: Travel

Keywords: TRAVEL, MORROCO, ALGIERS, TUNISIA, DUMAS, MURCH

ESCUDO DE ORO ED.

All Sevilla

Escudo de Oro Barcelona 1984 PB. (ISBN: 8437806178). Soft cover. A lavishly illustrated guidebook to this Spanish city, text in English. Very slightly edge-worn, generally VG. 95pp 0. Very Good.

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Book number: 6613

Catalogue: Travel

Keywords: 8437806178 GENERAL, TRAVEL, GUIDE BOOK, ANDALUCIA, SPAIN General

ELYASHKEVICH, M. L. (TRANSLATOR)

A Short Guide-Book to Leningrad

1966 PB. Soft cover. No publisher details listed in English. Book translated from the Russian, fascinating piece of history, full of propaganda. Good 163pp 0. Good.

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Book number: 6507

Catalogue: Travel

Keywords: GENERAL, TRAVEL, ST PETERSBURG, LENINGRAD, 5 YEAR PLAN General

EVERSLEY, RUTH

Wasdale - a Celebration in Words and Pictures

Beckermet, Michael Moon. 1981. (ISBN: 0904131254). Hardcover. A collection of words and pictures about one of the loveliest Lake District valleys. Ex-lib, missing ffep, clean and sound, good in marked, creased, mended, good DJ. Good/Good.

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Book number: 10085

Catalogue: Travel

Keywords: 0904131254 TRAVEL, LOCAL HISTORY, LAKE DISTRICT, WASDALE Local history