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Basingstoke, England: AA Publishing, 1995.. Essential Explorers are your perfect travelling companions - you'll get to know the real Germany - simple-to-use A-Z of what to see, travel facts etc and 38 full-colour maps". Pp.288, with colour illustrations. P/b with illustrated cover. G+.

London:Hodder & Stoughton, 1990.. 1st ed. Moorhouse was travelling not only his own golden road to Samarkand, but also in the footsteps of the Mughals, whose heartland this was before they conquered India. Pp.189. Maps to endpapers. Light brown cloth, gilt title to spine, illustd. d/w with small chip. VG/G+.

London:Blackie,1940.. 1st ed. Travels in South America by the female archaeologist Hanna Rydh. Pp.12/171,frontis. + 49 further b/w plates + sketch map of South America. Brown cloth,gilt title to spine. G+.

London: John Murray, 1986.. 3rd impression. On Foot to Constantinople from the Hook of Holland: The Middle Danube to the Iron Gates. Pp.248, double page map. Blue cloth, dustwrapper (designed by John Craxton). VG/VG.

London: George Routledge & Sons Ltd, 1931.. The Broadway Travellers series (edited by Sir E.Denison Ross and Eileen Power. This book has been selected and edited with a biographical introduction by Professor H.G.Rawlinson of the Indian Educational Service. Contents include. Chapter I. Bombay; II.Sir Samuel Hood and the Alligator Hunt; III. Picnic Party in the Cave of Elephanta; IV.Excursion to Candelay Lake in Ceylon; V. Griffins in India - Sinbad's Valley of Diamonds - A Mosquito Hunt; VI. Ceylonese Canoes - Peruvian Balsa - The Floating Windlass of the Coromandel Fishermen; VII. The Surf at Madras; VIII. The Sunnyasses; IX. Palankeen Travelling - Irrigating Tanks in the Mysore Country; X. The Dessera Festival at Mysore; XI. Granite mountain cut into a statue - Bamboo Forest - Rajah of Coorg; XII. Visit to the Sultan of Pontiana, in Borneo - Sir Samuel Hood. Pp.272/8 publisher's catalogue, black & white portrait frontispiece, minor pink stains to top of rear endpapers. Red cloth, gilt title to… Leer más

London: Macmillan London Ltd., 1993.. 1st ed. "An absorbing personal journey into the heart of modern Japan and the lives of its people." Pp. 11/305. Black cloth, illustrated d/w. VG/VG.

London: Macmillan And Co., Limited, St. Martin's Street, 1910 .. First edition. Publisher's original maroon cloth binding. 8vo. pp.xviii/pp.426 . 9.0" x 6.0" x 1.5" . Light rubbing to gilt titles and bumped corners. Otherwise clean throughout with all illustrations and map. VG

London: Evans Brothers Ltd, 1955.. 1st ed. ".Few countries can offer quite such a blend of architectural,scenic and cultural attractions as those Dalmatia has to offer". Pp.144, maps to endpapers, 20 b/w illustrations. Blue cloth, illustrated dustwrapper. G+/G+.

London: G.Bell and Sons Ltd, 1954.. 1st edition. "An account of the dangers and the humours of travel in the Sahara and in Syria...Major Stuart went to North Africa to fetch back the vicar's son from the Foreign Legion. Failing in this, he decided to walk across the Sahara. With an Arab, and three camels of decided individuality, he set out over the giant sand dunes by a route never used before by a European. Thus, mostly on foot, he crossed the desert and reached Timbuktu, where he stayed for some time." Pp.183, 16 black & white photo illustrations + a map, owner's name to front free endpaper, slight toning to endpapers. Red cloth, dustwrapper rubbed with edge tears and small losses to top and tail of spine and corner tips. G+/Good.

London: Macmillan And Co., Limited, St. Martin's Street, 1908 .. First edition. Publisher's original navy blue cloth binding. 8vo. pp.xviii/pp.426/[2pp. - Adverts] . 9.0" x 6.0" x 1.5" . Light rubbing to gilt titles and bumped corners. Otherwise clean throughout with all illustrations and map. VG

London: Newman Neame, nd(1960).. Information for the air traveller in Europe in association with British European Airways. Pp.192, b/w photos + maps. Cream cloth, d/w rubbed and edges chipped. VG/G+.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1959.. 1st ed. "This book is the story of four modern people and their love affair with an enormous, beautiful, silver and black balloon they named The Small World." Pp. 256, 35 b/w illustrations, 1 diagram + 1 map, to title page, owner's name to fep. Black cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated d/w has clear film protective wrap. G+/G+.

New York ; Sydney; San Francisco : Oceanic Publishing Company, A. M. Robertson, [1920] .. Signed first edition with a dedication to Charlotte Cameron OBE. A very good tight binding. pp.10/pp.375, with 9 maps and 51 pages of black & white pictures (including the frontispiece of the author driving a team of huskies in Alaska). Original blue cloth covered boards with bright titles to both spine and front board. Edges lightly rubbed and bumped. Dedication in brown ink to front free-endpaper: "To Mrs. Charlotte Cameron O.B.E. with a welcome to the land beneath the Southern Cross from the author Frank Coffee April 21, 1921." There is also a second owner's name to the same page: "Andrew Wise 1948". Light soiling to endpapers, otherwise clean English text and illustrations throughout. Green 'Erratta' slip inserted before p.vii. A few leaves with creased corners or small edge tears. Still a verY good book with an interesting provenance. **Charlotte Cameron O.B.E was one of the world's most travelled… Leer más

New York: Facts on File, Inc., 1990.. 1st ed. A Volume in the Trade and Travel Routes Series. "This volume explores some of the first routes that linked early Western civilizations with the cultural centers of the Middle East and East Asia." 24cms. x 19cms. Pp. 8/114/6 Index, b/w illustrations throughout, owner's stamps to verso front cover, small black mark to lower edge of pages. Grey boards with grey cloth spine, map illustrated d/w. G+/G+.

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1992.. 1st ed. "Both journals sparklingly celebrate a brief moment in the history of the three most bewitching countries in early nineteenth-century Europe." 24cms. x 16cms. Pp. 17/187. Red cloth, portrait illustrated d/w. VG/G+.

London: James Nisbet & Co. Limited, 1899.. The Half Hour Library of Travel, Nature and Science for Young Readers series.. With numerous illustrations. Life Amid Snow and Ice. Travel to Iceland, Northern Russia, Greenland,Orkney, Shetland, Arctic Seas, Norway, and Sweden. Pp.xii/340/16(publisher's catalogue), numerous black & white illustrations throughout, brown foliate endpapers, occasional minor spotting. Teal cloth, gilt decorated title to front and spine, bleached discolouration to rear board. G+.

London: Sceptre, 1987.. Rep, Author retraces Hannibal's journey. Blend of history, travel, anecdote and personal philosophy. Pp.223, 15 illustrations. Toning to page edges. G.

New York: Hippocrene Books, 1992.. 1st ed. "Whether you choose to trek into the mountainous wilderness, encountering only a rare village or lofty monastery; or relax in the urban charm of Kathmandu Valley... this guide provides practical information, recommendations, helpful tips, maps, and illustrations to make your trip truly memorable." Pp.136 with b/w illustrations throughout. P/b with illustrated cover. G+.

London: Frederick Muller Limited, 1955 .. 8vo. 19cm x 12.5cm x 1.4cm. pp.125/1p.(advert). Illustrated throughout with black & white photographs. Plus a table listing the main hotels, their phone numbers and price of beds lunch and dinner! Clean English text. Green cloth boards, lightly rubbed, with gilt title to spine. G+ .

Germany: Eugen Diederichs Verlag, 1966.. 1st ed. Travel guide of Persia, in German. Pp. 280, 32 b/w illustrations, inscribed by author. Cream cloth, illustrated d/w has small closed tear to rear wrap and chipping to top of spine. VG/G+.