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Unbeaten Tracks in Japan. An Account of Travels in the Interior including Visits to the Aborigines of Yezo and the Shrine of Nikkô. Popular Edition
London: 1907. Second printing of the Popular Edition (first was Murray, 2 volumes, 1880). pp xxiv, 336; 40 illustrations, index. Full polished calf prize binding of Norwich School, with gilt-tooled arms on the covers, spine with raised bands, label, elaborate gilt decoration, marbled endpapers and page edges. Foxing to early and late leaves, minor rubbing to joints and spine ends, else a fine copy, hinges not cracked. A nice copy of this travel classic, one of the best books of this intrepid Lady Traveler. She set out alone in 1878 to explore the interior of Japan, then little known to westerners, especially the "hairy Ainu" of Hokkaido. ; Small octavo
Book ID: 51516More details Price: USD $175.00 USD $157.50 -
UNDER THE MOUNTAIN WALL. A Chronicle of Two Seasons in the Stone Age.
Edition: First printing
Book ID: 21924More details Price: USD $20.00 USD $18.00 -
VIEWS OF THE TYROL, from Drawings by T. Allom, after Original Sketches by Joanna V. Isser Geb. Brossrubatscher, with Letterpress Descriptions by a Companion of Hofer [i.e., Josef, Freiherr von Hormayr].
London: Black & Armstrong, no date [1836?]. Octavo, contemporary green leather, decorative borders to covers, "Tyrol" in gilt to spine, all edges gilt, yellow endpapers. [2], 128, [2, blank] pp. Engraved title and 45 steel-engraved plates inserted, all with tissue guards, 1 folding map at rear (all plates present). Spine rubbed at joints, tips, with short splits to top and bottom of front joint, small chip to foot of spine; rubbing to edges of covers; some foxing to plates (mainly to margins) and tissue guards, though a few plates have substantial foxing to the image as well; "E" gilt stamped to foot of spine; else a VG tight copy, no previous owner marks, inner hinges not cracked.
Book ID: 15058More details Price: USD $350.00 USD $315.00 -
VOYAGER: travel writings (inscribed)
Edition: First paper edition
New York: Ecco / HarperCollins, 2017. Inscribed by Author; Glossy card covers. Inscribed by the author to a noted Canadian writer, an old friend who was with him in his Chapel Hill days. ; Octavo; Signed by Author
Book ID: 52996More details Price: USD $39.95 USD $35.96 -
WALK TO THE POLE. To the Heart of Antarctica in the Footsteps of Scott. With Research and Additional Material by Lindsay Fulcher.
Edition: First US Edition
New York: Crown, 1987. Tall octavo, black boards, endpaper maps. (xiv), 306 pp. Colour and black & white photos throughout. Fine in very nealry fine jacket, no owner names. Story of these British explorers who in 1985 walked 883 miles to the south pole, following Robert Falcon Scott's 1912 route. Note: 1.5 kg parcel, extra postage may be required. 0517566117
Book ID: 18563More details Price: USD $16.95 USD $15.26 -
WESTVIKING. The Ancient Norse in Greenland and North America. Maps and Drawings by Claire Wheeler.
Edition: First Canadian issue
Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1965. Black cloth, endpaper maps, maps in text. Fine copy. Jacket has soft crease at head of faintly yellowed spine, and a crease across the extreme foot of spine, else fine. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR (simple signature, no inscription). 1.2 kg parcel. ; Octavo; Signed by Author
Book ID: 55545More details Price: USD $60.00 USD $54.00 -
WHEN THE GOING WAS GOOD
Edition: First Canadian issue
Montreal & Alburg, VT: Reprint Society of Canada, 1949. Small octavo, green cloth, spine label, colour frontispiece portrait. Yellowing to page edges, light endpaper yellowing, spine faintly darkened, amall soft bump to one outer corner, else fine, no owner names. Thin orange jacket has chips to ends of darkened spine, yellowing and spotting to rear panel, just good. A selection from his four travel books.
Book ID: 41588More details Price: USD $15.00 USD $13.50 -
WHEN THE GOING WAS GOOD
Edition: First Canadian issue
Montreal & Alburg, VT: Reprint Society of Canada, 1949. Small octavo, green cloth, spine label, colour frontispiece portrait. Light foxing to front endpapers, with rubber stamp on front pastedown hidden by jacket flap; light yellowing to page edges; partial cracks to inner hinges but quite firm, soft corner creases to first few leaves, VG otherwise, Note: lighter parcel, any default shipping price may be reduced. [Please purchase a license if using black top page edges not faded. Thin orange jacket has some chips to spine and lower inner corner of front panel but no lettering lost; good. A selection from his four travel books. Note: lighter parcel, any default shipping price may be reduced.
Book ID: 41595More details Price: USD $14.95 USD $13.46 -
WHITE SHADOWS IN THE SOUTH SEAS. Illustrated with Scenes from the Photoplay. A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture
Book ID: 31096More details Price: USD $50.00 USD $45.00 -
WILD DRUMALBAIN, or, The Road to Maggernie and Glen Coe
Edition: First Edition
Chambers: London & Edinburgh, no date (1927). Dark blue boards gilt, dark grey endpapers. pp xvi, (344), (8, ads) + 40 photo plates. Tidy ink owner name to verso of front free endpaper, ink name and rubber stamp to half-title page, else fine and bright. The white dust jacket has a few small chips and nicks, VG+ otherwise, clean, flap price intact. Nice copy of this travelogue about the Scottish Highlands.; Octavo
Book ID: 30103More details Price: USD $25.00 USD $22.50 -
WILLIAM DAMPIER: buccaneer explorer
Edition: First of this edition
London: Folio Society, 1994. Mustard illustrated cloth. pp xxii, 268 + 14 plates. Endpaper maps. Fine in fine slipcase. ; Tall octavo
Book ID: 54140More details Price: USD $19.95 USD $17.96 -
WILLIAM ROBERT BROUGHTON'S VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY TO THE NORTH PACIFIC 1795-1798. With an Introduction by Barry Gough
Edition: First Edition
London: Ashgate, for The Hakluyt Society, 2010. Blue cloth. pp lxxxii, 315. Index. 12 maps and 9 figures. Errata sheet tipped in at p lxx. Series III, Volume 22. Fine in fine jacket. Survey of the east coast of Asia. 1.5 kg parcel; Tall octavo
Book ID: 51642More details Price: USD $45.00 USD $40.50