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Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Russell Drysdale. Signed by Author. (2), 206 pages, including index. Map end pages -- both different and text is illustrated with black-and-white drawings by Russell Drysdale, drawn during their trip around Australia. Traces of foxing to the top of front edges of the text block, and to the 1st couple of pages of the book, and the rear couple of pages. Original bookseller's sticker on front paste down lower right-hand corner. Signed in ink on the half title page, by Russell Drysdale, with gift inscription on the front free end page for Christmas 1963. No other damage to describe. Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. Dust Jacket price-clipped. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Russell Drysdale. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Genealogy & Local History; Travel; Australia; Signed by Author. Inventory No: 0235081. .

Alfred Knopf, New York, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good/Good. introductory note, author's note. Endpapers illustrated by the maps showing the 3 voyages of Captain Cook. Maroon coloured cloth with pale purple boards with embossed author's name on front panel and gilt coloured titles to the spine. Purple coloured tint to the top textblock edge. The front fore text are untrimmed. There are dust marks on top paper edge. Previous owners name on the free front endpaper. Illustrated dustwrapper, showing "Death of Cook" by John Clevely, with black convert coloured titles to the front panel and spine. Corners are slightly rubbed and there is some creasing along the top edge of the dustwrapper. Dustwrapper is price clipped. This is a novel, in diary form, in which Captain James Cook may have written his thoughts and observations on his third and final voyage of discovery to the Pacific. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" -… Leer más

Constable, London, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Various. 600 g; XVI, 252 pages, indexed, and illustrated with either photographs, or reproductions of drawings, of the various literary personages discussed, as well as reproductions of the buildings associated with each of the literary ensemble presented in this book. The author details all of the authors' particular associations with the hotels, along with the main events of their lives, as well a briefing the reader with the hotels' attractions. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. We are happy to provide pictures of this book on request Illustrator: Various. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Social History; Travel; ISBN: 0094651809. ISBN/EAN: 9780094651807. Inventory No: 0235882. . 9780094651807

Lonely Planet, Footscray, Victoria, 2013. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine Condition/Near Fine. there is no damage to describe. The wraparound three-quarter jacket, with double sided image of waterfall and archipelago on the front side, and flamingos on the inside is also without damage. The books sections are Origins – Nourish – Untamed – Community – Celebration – Transformation – Space – Harmony – Monumental – Eternal in some cookery books the images are so large, lush, moist and enticing, that the type of photography is referred to as "Food pornography". This book is an absolutely delightful example of travel pornography, with landscapes and vistas, animals and birds, natural features and man-made objects all presented with a certain "wow factor". Quite suitable for giving as a gift to a child or adult. Full number line. Size: Folio ( 12"- 15" tall ). 256… Leer más

Lonely Planet, Footscray, Victoria, 2013. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine Condition/Near Fine. there is no damage to describe. The wraparound three-quarter jacket, with double sided image of waterfall and archipelago on the front side, and flamingos on the inside is also without damage. The books sections are Origins – Nourish – Untamed – Community – Celebration – Transformation – Space – Harmony – Monumental – Eternal in some cookery books the images are so large, lush, moist and enticing, that the type of photography is referred to as "Food pornography". This book is an absolutely delightful example of travel pornography, with landscapes and vistas, animals and birds, natural features and man-made objects all presented with a certain "wow factor". Quite suitable for giving as a gift to a child or adult. Full number line. Size: Folio ( 12"- 15" tall ). 256… Leer más

Pacific Publications, Sydney, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Poor Condition. 650 g; 256pp., index, maps and credits. Illustrated endpapers, showing the main Islands within the Pacific region. The text is illustrated with numerous black-and-white photographs from the various Pacific Islands. White coloured boards with ochre coloured illustration on the front panel, running the full lenght of the panel, and ochre coloured writing on the spine. There is a foxing to the top edge of the text block. Previous bookseller's sticker at the lower right-hand side of the front paste down. The dustjacket, which is now protected, has water damage to the left-hand edge of the rear panel, and several short tears. The front fold over flap has almost separated from the rest of the jacket. Now protected. In this book, the author has written, not for editors and publishers, but to please herself. Many observations and conclusions, some probably long suppressed, are set out here in a way… Leer más

HarperCollins Publishers, London, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Photographic. 800 g; VI, 282 pages, last two pages blank, indexed, 32 pages of black-and-white photography. Colour illustrated dustwrapper. There is a security device stuck to the verso of the rear fold over flap, ownership inscription on front end page, and the second last page has some grubby marks. "Here, in the selection from the best of his published writings, will learn how to clear a pig sty in a gale near Cape Horn; what it is like to row 1200 miles down the Ganges or live behind German lines in occupied Italy; how to brave address buyers in postwar Edinburgh and in the wilds of Mayfair; how to deal with equally terrifying conduct of servers on the trans-Siberian railway; and how to cycle around the island in what was optimistically described as summertime -- in fact it rained for five months" -- front fold over blurb Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall.… Leer más

Houghton Mifflin Co, Boston, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: H. Lockwood Frost. Signed by Author. 164 pp., with a section at the back with black and white plates. Illustrated endpapers by H. Lockwood Frost, showing a map of Mexico. The text is illustrated with small black and white vignettes by H. Lockwood Frost, and at the rear there are 51 black and white photographs. Cream coloured boards with brown stamped writing on the front panel and brown writing on the spine. The corners are rubbed in slightly bumped at the top and there is shelf wear on the bottom edges of the book. The head and heel of the spine are soft and slightly bumped, and there is the beginnings of foxing in the spine gutter edges and on the front panel. Dust marks to the top paper edge and browning to the rest. Illustrated dustwrapper, again by H. Lockwood Frost, with yellow and black background with yellow and red writing on the front panel and black on the spine. The… Leer más

New Authors Limited / Hutchinson of London, London, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Peter Dunbar -- Dustwrapper. a note on New Authors. Black coloured boards with silver writing on the spine. Illustrated dustwrapper, by Peter Dunbar, with white coloured titles to the front panel and spine. A personal memoir of a young English woman's experiences, in Australia, in the late Fifties and early 1960s. Shelf wear to the top and bottom of the book. Foxing and browning to the top paper edge, and foxing to the other edges. The foxing has also occurred to the endpapers but does not intrude upon the internal pages to any large extent. The dustwrapper is rubbed and faded and corners are slightly chipped. There is a tear on the top rear spine gutter, measuring 2". Slight browning and foxing is noticeable on the verso of the dustwrapper. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. XVIII, 240 Pages,. Please refer to… Leer más

Methuen Haynes, North Ryde, New South Wales, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Various. 500 g; XX, 212 pages, illustrated with a frontispiece, and several other reproductions of drawings. Illustrated dustjacket. The dustjacket is somewhat rubbed across the top edge with a small split at the top of the rear fold over crease, bumping to the tail of the blue papered spine, with slight rubbing it to the bottom edge of the front board, previous owner's bookplates on the front paste down with a gift notation dated 1985 on the front free end page. No other damage to detail. "Even today Ocean is perhaps the most widely quoted of all travel books about Australia in the 19th century. Here it is republished for the 1st time in nearly a century. Edited and abridged by Geoffrey Blainey, this new edition includes a foreword on Froude and his life, and notes that illuminate his travels." -- Dustwrapper blurb please note that the publisher has issued the… Leer más

Cheshire, Melbourne, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/Very Good. Signed by Author. list of illustrations. Endpapers are illustrated by a map, showing Aboriginal communities visited. The text is illustrated with black and white photographs. Pale yellow cloth coloured boards with maroon coloured illustration on front panel and maroon coloured titles on spine. Alann Marshall's signature to the verso of the half title page. Allen Marshall's trip to the northern parts of Australia visiting and talking to the Aboriginal inhabitants. Softening to the back strip edges with rubbing of the book corners. Light browning of the text block edges and age toning of the pages. Offset tanning to the end pages. Rubbing of the dustwrapper edges and panels and particularly to the top right hand corner of the front panel. A little sunning to the back strip and rear panel. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [9], 10 -320 pages,.… Leer más

Allen Lane, London, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. Illustrator: Photographic. 545 g.; VIII, 248 pages, last two pages blank, list of illustrations, and index. Map Illustrated endpapers, showing St Paul's journeys throughout his life. The text is illustrated with 12 pages of black-and-white photography between page 120 and 121. Orange/red coloured boards with gilt titles to the backstrip. Mine are rubbing to the book corners and to the backstrip corners. Browning to the text block edges and age toning to the internal text. Colour photographic dustwrapper (wraparound), showing reproduction of a fresco from the first century C.E. from Boscoreale (near Pompeii) showing a coastal scene, with purple and white titles to the front panel and backstrip. Rubbing and chipping to the top dustwrapper corners and to the lower backstrip edge. Some fading to the backstrip. Like Browning to the fold over panels. " Paul of Tarsus (St Paul) was a Jew by birth but a Roman by… Leer más

Seal Books/Rigby, Adelaide, 1970. First Australian Paperback Edition. Softcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Photographic. list of illustrations. The text is illustrated with numerous black-and-white photographs throughout the text. Colour photographic front cover, showing an Aboriginal Elder at a grinding rock, with black and white titles to the front panel and black titles to the backstrip. Minor creasing to the book corners and reading creases to the backstrip. Age toning of the text block edges. Previous owner's details to the lower right-hand corner of the half title page. The details of the author's journey into Central Australia to "discover" a hereto unknown Aboriginal tribe. Part of the Seal Books series. Size: Standard Paperback. VIII, 184 pages (I),. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: History; Travel; Exploration; Australia; Indigenous… Leer más

The Jacaranda Press, Brisbane, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. 122 pages. The text is illustrated with eight black-and-white photographs. Aqua coloured boards with white coloured backstrip with aqua coloured titles. Bumping to the head and to the heel of the spine and shelfwear to the lower book edges. The white of the spine has become yellowed and discoloured. Browning and foxing to the paper edges. Offset tanning , browning and foxing to the endpapers and internal pages are also very slightly brown. Illustrated dust wrapper, showing a man playing a violin with a line of playing cards behind him, against a black background with white coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. Rubbing to the dust wrapper corners and to the head and to the heel of the spine. Small chips to the spine gutter edges and there is a tear to the top, rear spine down to edge measuring 1.5 " with associated creasing. The spine of the dust wrapper has become darkened.… Leer más

The Jacaranda Press, Brisbane, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. 122 pages. The text is illustrated with eight black-and-white photographs. Aqua coloured boards with white coloured backstrip with aqua coloured titles. Bumping to the backstrip edges and to the book corners. Rubbing along the lower book edges with Browning to the textblock edges and internal text. Offset tanning to the endpapers. Illustrated dust wrapper, showing a man playing a violin with a line of playing cards behind him, against a black background with white coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. Chipping to the backstrip edges and book corners. Rubbing to the dustwrapper panels and along the dustwrapper creases. Staining to the verso of the dustwrapper. The autobiography of the author who left Sweden to sail the seas and ended up in Australia and then went exploring. This is the first Australian edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please… Leer más

Webb & Bower, Exter, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Harry Price. not paginated, biography of Harry Price, 1877-1965. Illustrated endpapers, showing the seal of the H.M.S. Opir against a dark blue background. Photographic frontispiece, of Harry Price, taken early in the 20th century. The text is illustrated with numerous water colour paintings drawn by Harry Price. Dark blue boards with gilt illustration of the seal of the H.M.S. Opir, with gilt writing on the spine. Illustrated dust wrapper, picture by Harry Price, against a blue background with white and red writing on the front panel and white on the spine. " The Royal Tour is a facsimile of Petty Officer Harry Price's hand written and illustrated account of the cruise of HMS Opir in 1901, when the Duke and Duchess of York ( later King George V and Queen Mary ) toured almost the whole of the British Empire with the exception of India." -- from the front fold… Leer más

Webb & Bower, Exter, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Harry Price. not paginated, biography of Harry Price, 1877-1965. Illustrated endpapers, showing the seal of the H.M.S. Opir against a dark blue background. Photographic frontispiece, of Harry Price, taken early in the 20th century. The text is illustrated with numerous water colour paintings drawn by Harry Price. Dark blue boards with gilt illustration of the seal of the H.M.S. Opir, with gilt writing on the spine. Illustrated dust wrapper, picture by Harry Price, against a blue background with white and red writing on the front panel and white on the spine. " The Royal Tour is a facsimile of Petty Officer Harry Price's hand written and illustrated account of the cruise of HMS Opir in 1901, when the Duke and Duchess of York ( later King George V and Queen Mary ) toured almost the whole of the British Empire with the exception of India." -- from the front fold… Leer más

Webb & Bower, Exter, 1980. Facsimile -- First Thus. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Harry Price. not paginated, biography of Harry Price, 1877-1965. Illustrated endpapers, showing the seal of the H.M.S. Opir against a dark blue background. Photographic frontispiece, of Harry Price, taken early in the 20th century. The text is illustrated with numerous water colour paintings drawn by Harry Price. Dark blue boards with gilt illustration of the seal of the H.M.S. Opir, with gilt writing on the spine. Bumping to the book corners. Bumping to the head and to the heel of the backstrip. Browning and light foxing to the text block edges. Illustrated dust wrapper, by Harry Price, against able blue background with white and red writing on the front panel and white on the spine. Rubbing to the top and bottom dust wrapper edges. There has been quite significant rubbing to the dust wrapper panels. " The Royal Tour is a facsimile of Petty Officer… Leer más

Bodley Head, London, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good/Good. 224 pp., illustrated dustwrapper with author astride a horse on the front, and rear panels. "An adventurous and observant traveller, forever open to strange encounters and new experiences, Borna Bebek set off one summer night in 1977 from his native Yugoslavia and headed eastward with little luggage and less money. Riding horseback across the steppes of Afghanistan he was attacked by bandits but fought them off. In Karachi he joined an American adventurer in raising a sunken yacht, 'refitting' her and sailing her under jury rig to Thailand - from where they were soon to be expelled after an affray in Bangkok. They sailed to Mauritius where they parted, Bebek tiring of the lotus life. He roamed the length and breadth of India, and not far from Pun on the Bay of Bengal his travels would have ended prematurely on the banks of a river where a crocodile lurked: he woke in time to watch the carnage as four… Leer más

Pan, London, 1956. Reprint. Softcover. Very Good Condition. List of illustrations in photograve, preface and introduction by author stop between pages 136 and 137 there are 14 pages of photography stop colour photographic paperback binding with black coloured titles to the front panel and white coloured titles to the back strip. Heinrich Harrer, already a famous mountaineer and Olympic ski champion, was caught by the outbreak of World War II while climbing the Himalyas. Being an Austrian, he was interned in India. On his third attempt, he succeeded in escaping from the internment camp and fled into Tibet. After a series of experiences in a country never crossed before by a Westerner, Harrer reached the Forbidden City of Lhasa. He stayed there for seven years, learned the language and acquired a greater understanding of Tibet and the Tibetans. He became friend and tutor to the young Dalai Lama and finally accompanied him into India when he was put to flight by the Red Chinese invasion. A little… Leer más