Haig, Major-General M. R.

The Indus Delta Country: A Memoir, Chiefly on its Ancient Geography and History.

Indus Publications, Karachi, 1972. 1972. First Thus. Hardcover. Facsimile reprint of 1894 original. 148 pp. 3 folding maps, 8vo, brown cloth with gilt titles, ribbon marker. Nearly Fine copy with very light wear to tips, small Karachi bookstore stamp to ffep. Very Good.

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Book number: 4457

Catalogue: Travel

Keywords: TRAVEL ASIA INDAI

Hanley, Major R. E. USMC

Corea: The Hermit Nation

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1882. 1st. Hardcover. First printing. Pp. xxiii, 462, frontis plate with tissue guard (view of Seoul), 21 illustrations, 26 plates and maps, plus folding color map at rear, bibliography, original blue cloth over beveled boards, with attractive gilt decorations and spine titles. A very attractive copy with no serious flaws. Hinges are intact and firm, cloth and gilt bright and not significantly faded, slight wear to fore-tips, not really worn through, short pull-tears to spine-ends, with slight loss to cloth at head of spine (under 1/4"). Internally there is no owner's name or other markings to text, except for a tiny "31" to the top corner of the title page. There is no loss or significant wear to the large rear folding map except for a large tear near where it is bound in. A superb copy overall. Quite scarce to find one in this condition since most are ex-library and heavily read. Very Good.

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Book number: 788971

Catalogue: Travel

Harper, Malcolm Mc Lachlan.

Rambles in Galloway: Topographical, Historical, Traditional, and Biographical.

Dumfries: Mann, 1908. 1908. Hardcover. Third revised and expanded edition with approx. 100 additional pages. XVI, 479, X pp. frontis, 55 plates, 123 ills. in text, two page map, appendix, index, 8vo, green cloth, gilt decorations, teg. Tight, square copy, bright decorations, owners name, some wear to cloth at extremities. Couple of small punctures to rear board otherwise VG copy. Very Good.

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Book number: 772631

Catalogue: Travel

Keywords: TRAVEL

Hearn, Lafcadio. Suda Ed.

Stories and Essays

Kanda, Tokyo, Seikosha, 1932. 1st. Hardcover. First printing. 130 pp. 12mo format in blue buckram with gilt spine titles, dust jacket. Laid in: business card of Canadian author and diplomat Kenneth Kirkwood to a Canadian Trade Commissioner, both of whom lived in Tokyo in the 1930s. (Mr. Kirkwood was the author of "Unfamiliar Lafcadio Hearn", 1936.) Text is very fresh and unworn with some wear to extremities, cloth not faded or soiled, hinges tight. There extensive pencil notes to one of the stories, mostly in Japanese. These are very light and could be erased. The very fragile dust jacket is Good with considerable edge-wear and tears, some chipping, mostly to the spine-ends, some inside tape repair. A Nearly Fine/Good copy. The six stories and essays included in the book are: At a Railway Station, Literature and Political Opinion, Kusa Hibari, The Story of Miminashihoichi, The Japanese Smile, and On Reading. This book is not listed in the Trussel bibliography. When contacting Mr. Trussel we were informed tha they were not aware of this book. They kindly provided a translation of the publisher's label. Very rare Hearn item. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included.

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Book number: 788634

Catalogue: Travel

Hudson, Peter.

Two Rivers: Travels in West Africa on the Trail of Mungo Park.

Chapman's, London, 1991. 1991. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First printing. 251 pp. 8vo, hardcover, dustjacket. Fine/Nearly Fine. Some edge-wear to dj, no tears, no names. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included.

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Book number: 776410

Catalogue: Travel

American Youth Hostels Inc.

AYH Knapsack (American Youth Hostels) Vol. 12, No. 1

Northfield, MA, American Youth Hostels, 1947. 1st. Paperback. First printing. 64 pp. photos, maps, etc. small, square softcover, about 4.5" X 6.5". This copy was owned by head of the Canadian Youth Hostels Association, Great Lakes Region, and bears his ownership signature. Also included is a three page printout detailing US Customs & Immigrantion rules for Canadians, stapled inside the front cover. Rare and interesting item. Quite a bit of wear, especially to the covers, but complete item with staples holding. Modest "old book" odour. Good.

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Book number: 788794

Catalogue: Travel

American Youth Hostels Inc.

Hosteling Along Vol. 4 No. 4 July-Aug. 1948

Philadelphia, American Youth Hostels, 1948. 1st. Paperback. 8 pp. newsletter, maps, events, trip plans, ads, about 7" X 9", softcovers. Laid in: "A Message from the President" by John D. Rockefeller III. Nice condition. Expected "old paper" odor but not too bad. Very Good.

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Book number: 788800

Catalogue: Travel

Hugo's Language Institute

Norwegian Simplified: How to Speak Norwegian in Three Months

London, Hugo's Language Instititute, 1938. 1st. Paperback. Only date in book is 1938. Two small softcover booklets in a titled paper sleeve. Part I is pp. 1-96, Part II is 97- 160, small format about 5" X 7", in grey card covers. This set appears unread with no wear to the booklets, only very light wear to the fragile paper sleeve. Nearly Fine. Fine.

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Book number: 788555

Catalogue: Travel

Touring Club Italiano

Carta Stradale D'Italia All '800.000 (1951)

Roma, Touring Club Italiano, 1951. Paperback. Large folding road map of Italy, about 36" X 26", large-scale very detailed map with driving distances between towns, etc. Nicely produced in stiff covers with the TCI logo etc. Map is in superb condition, stiff covers are lightly worn. Since this is an older paper item there is a modest "old paper" musty odor. Very Good.

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Book number: 788799

Catalogue: Travel

Kloss, C. Boden

In the Andamans and Nicobars: The Narrative of a Cruise in the Schooner Terrapin, with Notices of the Islands, Their Fauna, Ethnology, Etc.

London, John Murray, 1903. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing. Xvi, 373 pp. frontis, map, many photo plates, illustrations in text, appendices, index, octavo, blue buckram in three-quarters leather, decorated endpapers. VG: light wear to extremities, intact hinges. Title page and frontis held by cello-tape. Good.

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Book number: 784068

Catalogue: Travel, Old Stuff

Kenkokukinenjigiyo-kyokai

Japan in Advance Volumes I and II in Slipcase (+ ephemera)

Tokyo, Kenkokukinenjigiyo-kyokai, 1936. 1st. Hardcover. First printing this two-volume set produced to give an in-depth introduction to embassy staff, business people, etc. who came to live in Japan, pre-WWII. Volume I: 291 pp. 69 photo plates, large folding map of Japan in rear of book, large thick octavo format in coarse brown cotton cloth, dust jacket. Volume II: 305 pp. 60 photo plates, same format as Volume I. Both housed in the original publisher's slipcase/box of brown stiff cardboard with titles in black, nicely constructed with brass brads. Both texts are in Fine condition with the exception of some spotting to the edges of the text block. The fragile dust jackets are bright and fresh, with a few minor edge-tears and some edge-wear. These books do not appear to have been read. Condition is Nearly Fine/Nearly Fine, same for the box. Laid in: background information package for Canadian embassy staff, circa 1978, about 10 pp. Also, promotional material for several books related to Japanes Art and Classical Dance, circa 1935, with order form. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included.

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Book number: 788530

Catalogue: Travel

Laurence, Margaret.

A Tree for Poverty: Somali Poetry and Prose.

ECW Press & McMaster University Press, Toronto & Hamilton, 1993, 1993. F. Soft cover. First printing this edition with preface by Dones Xiques. Laurence's first book originally published in very small numbers in 1954. 145 pp. 8vo, ill. wraps. Fine copy. Fine.

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Book number: 3628

Catalogue: Travel

Keywords: AFRICA

Lawrence, T. E.

Oriental Assembly

New York, Dutton, 1940. 1st. Hardcover. First printing, US edition. 291 pp. frontis, about 140 photo plates, maps, index, octavo format in red cloth. Contemporary owner's bookplate to fep but no owner's marks. Light wear to text. Dust jacket has sun-darkening, mostly to spine, 3/4" chip to base of spine, few short tears. A decent copy. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included.

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Book number: 787773

Catalogue: Travel

Lear, Edward

Edward Lear in Greece: Journals of a Landscaper Painter in Greece and Albania

London, William Kimber, 1965. 1st. Hardcover. First printing, this republication of Lear's 1851 journal. 222 pp. 20 colour lithograph plates, maps, tall octavo format in orange cloth, dust jacket. Text is Nearly Fine. Only real flaw is some tape shadowing to the front free endpaper where the original owner attached a small gift card (laid in the book). Dust jacket is not price-clipped, no tears. A superb Nearly Fine/Nearly Fine copy. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included.

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Book number: 788529

Catalogue: Travel

De Leeuw, Hendrik.

Crossroads of the Caribbean Sea.

Messner, N.Y. 1935. 1935. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. vi, 331 pp. ills. extensive biblio, map ep's, rust decorated cloth in dj. Very Good text with some marginalia, light wear to extremities, top-edge dusty. Dj badly torn, spine sunned. Good/Dust Jacket Included.

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Book number: 3500

Catalogue: Travel

Keywords: TRAVEL CARIBBEAN WEST INDIES INDIAN