Travel

1. Attenborough, David.: Zoo Quest to Madagascar. London: Pan Books, 1964. 1st. P/B edn. 144pp. B/w photos., map. All pp somewhat tanned. Pictorial card covers just a little rubbed on edges and corners otherwise a clean, bright copy.  (Stock ref 5280) £5.00

2. Aughton, Peter: Resolution: Captain Cook’s second voyage of discovery London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2004 1st. edn. xiv, 189 pp. Cold. and b/w illus., maps. D/w, a mint copy.  (Stock ref 1102) £9.00

3. Baddeley, M. J. B.: The English Lake District London: Dulau & Co., 1895 7th. edn., thoroughly revised. xxxii, 254 pp plus publisher’s list and adverts.15 maps. One of the Through Guides series. Ownership signature and address to half-title. Inner front hinge weak. Red cloth gilt rather rubbed and worn. A good copy.  (Stock ref 2813) £10.00

4. Baedeker, Karl: Palestine and Syria With the Chief Routes Through Mesopotamia and Babylonia Handbook for Travellers Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1906 4th. edn., remodelled and augmented. c, 436 pp. 20 maps, 52 plans and a foldout panorama. Small tear in top edge of half-title. Red cloth gilt slightly rubbed on edges with a 20 mm split at spine head otherwise a clean,sound copy.  (Stock ref 2811) £120.00

5. Ball, Ian M.: Pitcairn: children of the Bounty. London: Victor Gollancz, 1973. 1st. edn. xvi, 380pp. B/w illus., map. Price-clipped d/w very slightly rubbed on edges otherwise a very clean, bright copy.   (Stock ref 4843) £10.00

6. Barr, William & Williams Glyndwr (eds.): Voyages to Hudson Bay in Search of a Northwest Passage, 1741-1747 London: The Hakluyt Society, 1994-95 1st. edn. 2 vols., xii, 333 and xv, 393 pp. 31 b/w illus. and maps. Vol. i is The Voyage of Christopher Middleton, 1741-1742 and vol. ii is The Voyage of William Moor and Francis Smith, 1746-1747. D/w’s very slightly rubbed on edges otherwise a fine set.  (Stock ref 1269) £50.00

7. Barratt, Glynn: The Tuamotu Islands and Tahiti Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 1992 1st. edn. xvii, 298 pp. 18 b/w plates, maps. Russia and the South Pacific, 1696-1840 series volume 4. D/w very slightly creased on spine foot otherwise a fine copy.  (Stock ref 1175) £9.00

8. Beaton, Cecil: Portrait of New York London: B. T. Batsford, 1948 Revised edn. of “Cecil Beaton’s New York”. viii, 136pp. Numerous b/w photos. with line drawings by the author. Lengthy gift inscription to ffep. D/w somewhat rubbed and worn on edges with some loss to spine tail but, internally, a clean, bright copy.  (Stock ref 2960) £50.00

9. Becher, Captain A. B.: Navigation of the Atlantic Ocean: containing a brief account of  the winds, weather and currents prevailing therein according to the most experienced authorities and Navigation of the Indian Ocean, China and Australian Seas. London: J. D. Potter, 1859. 2nd edns., two vols bound in one. (4)139pp:xv, 262pp Four fold-out maps, tables. 1/2 calf gilt over rather rubbed marbled boards. A clean, sound copy.  (Stock ref 6006) £250.00

10. Bishop, George.: Travels in Imperial China: the explorations and discoveries of Pere David.. London: Cassell Publishers, 1990. 1st. edn. 192pp. 20 cold. plates and numerous b/w illus. D/w a little dust marked and rubbed on edges but a very good copy.  (Stock ref 4117) £8.00

11. Brennan, Michael G.(ed.): The Origins of the Grand Tour: the travels of Robert Montagu, Lord Mandeville (1649-1654), William Hammond  (1655-1658) and Banaster Maynard (1660-1663) London: The Hakluyt Society, 2004. 1st. edn. xviii,331pp. Many b/w illus. D//w, a fine copy.  (Stock ref 6940) £20.00

12. Burckhardt, John Lewis.: Travels in Arabia, comprehending an account of those territories in Hedjaz which the Mohammedans regard sacred. London: Henry Colburn, 1829. 2nd. edn. Two vols.,I. xx11,452pp, II. (4)431pp. One foldout map and four plans. Armorial bookplate with the name Chambers to both front pastedowns. Some offsetting from the map and folded plans. 1/2 maroon calf gilt over marbled boards, rubbed on edges and corners and faded on spine. Overall, a clean, sound set.  (Stock ref 6007) £1500.00

13. Carrington, Dorothy.: The Corsica: a complete guide. London: Hammond & Hammond, 1962. 1st. edn. 272pp. Cold. and b/w photo., maps. D/w a trifle rubbed on top edges otherwise a very clean, bright copy.  (Stock ref 4655) £8.00

14. Cell, Gillian T. (ed.): Newfoundland Discovered: English attempts at colonisation 1610-1630 London: The Hakluyt Society, 1981 1st. edn. xviii, 310 pp. Two b/w illus., three maps. D/w very slightly rubbed on extremities otherwise a fine copy.  (Stock ref 1267) £20.00

15. Cummings, E. E.: EIMI New York: Civici, Friede, 1933. 1st. edn. (1)432(2)pp. No. 915 of an edn. of 1381 copies representing the number of orders received at the publisher by 15th. February, 1933. Signed by the author. Front epp. with several stamped and written addresses for members of the Klein family. Yellow cloth boards with black lettering rather grubby and rubbed on corners otherwise a sound copy.  (Stock ref 6810) £250.00

16. De Nerval, Gerard.: Journey to the Orient: an exotic quest for women, hashish and eastern mystery. London: Panther Books, 1973. 1st. UK P/B edn. 283(4)pp. Ownership signature. All pp somewhat tanned. Pictorial card covers a little rubbed on corners otherwise aclean, sound copy.  (Stock ref 5429) £6.00

17. Denham,H.M.:: The Ionian Islands to the Anatolian Coast: a sea-guide. London, John Murray, 1982. 1st. edn. xx, 224 pp. 32 b/w plates, 111 drawings and maps. D/w , fine. Gives detailed advice on all aspects of sailing in the area together with historical and archaeological information.  (Stock ref 6083) £7.50

18. Durrell, Lawrence: Caesar’s Vast Ghost: aspects of Provence London: Faber, 1990 1st. edn. xiv, 210 pp. Numerous cold. photos. D/w ver slightly rubbed on corners otherwise a fine copy.  (Stock ref 1437) £7.50

19. Dutton, Ralph & Lord Holden.: The Land of France. London: B. T. Batsford, 1952. 4th. edn. xvi, 158pp. Cold. frontis., numerous b/w photos., maps. Ownership signature to front pastedown. Price-clipped Brian Cook d/w chipped and worn with loss to both panels but clean and sound intenally.  (Stock ref 4779) £4.00

20. Evans, A. J.: The Escaping Club Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1939 1st. Penguin edn. 248pp plus 7 pp. publisher’s list and adverts. All pp. somewhat tanned.  Card covers a little rubbed on edges otherwise a clean, sound copy.  (Stock ref 2976) £5.00

21. Fedden, Robin.: The Land of Egypt. London: B. T. Batsford, 1939. 1st. edn. viii, 120pp. Cold. frontis. and numerous b/w photos. Some light foxing to epp. Brian Cook d/w very slightly tanned on spine otherwise a very clean, bright copy.  (Stock ref 4873) £15.00

22. Filippi, Filippo de: Ruwenzori: an account of the expedition of HRH Prince Luigi Amedeo of Savoy, Duke of the Abruzzi London: Archibald Constable & Co., 1909 2nd impression. xvi, 408pp. Cold. frontis., many b/w illus., five fold-out panoramas and five fold-out maps. Translated from the Italian by Caroline de Filippi and with a preface by HRH The Duke of the Abruzzi. Gift inscription to ffep. Olive cloth boards a little rubbed on edges and corners and with some staining to spine. A little foxing, particularly to prelims., otherwise very clean and sound internally.  (Stock ref 2942) £150.00

23. Flannery, Tim (ed.): The Life and Adventures of John Nicol, Mariner. Edinburgh: Canongate Books, 2000. 1st. edn. (8)198pp. B/w illus. D/w, a fine copy.  (Stock ref 3601) £6.50

24. Forbath, Peter: The River Congo London: Secker & Warburg, 1978 1st. edn. xii, 411 pp. Numerous b/w illus. D/w very slightly rubbed on edges otherwise a fine copy.  (Stock ref 1390) £10.00

25. Forbes, Rosita.: From Red Sea to Blue Nile. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1939. 1st. Penguin edn. 280pp plus 7pp publisher’s list. Card covers a trifle tanned on spine and very slightly rubbed on corners otherwise a very clean, bright copy.  (Stock ref 6416) £10.00

26. Foreman, John.: The Philippine Islands: a political, geographical, ethnographical, social and commercial history of the Philippine Archipelago London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co., 1899. 2nd edn., revised and enlarged. xvi,653pp. Many b/w photos. and other b/w illus., two maps(one fold-out) plus a third map in pocket on back board. Front inner hinge cracked, ownership signature to ffep verso. Some pp uncut. Blue pictorial boards with gilt lettering, rather rubbed on edges and corners and with a small piece missing from spine. Overall, a clean, sound copy.  (Stock ref 7002) £200.00

27. Gentleman, David.: David Gentleman’s India. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1994. 1st. edn. 192pp. Numerous cold. illus by the author. D/w very slightly rubbed along top edge otherwise a fine copy.  (Stock ref 5580) £12.00

28. Gordon, Nick:: Tarantulas, Marmosets and Other Stories: An Amazon Diary. London, Metro, 1997. 1st. edn. 238 pp. Many cold. photos. D/w, a fine copy. Living and filming wildlife in the Amazon rainforest.  (Stock ref 6097) £5.00

29. Gordon, Seton.: Amid Snowy Wastes. London: Cassell & Co., 1922. 1st. edn. xiv, 206pp. Many b/w photos., two maps. Pictorial blue cloth gilt. rather rubbed and worn at spine head and tail otherwise a very clean, tight copy.  (Stock ref 4805) £50.00

30. Green, Lawrence G.: Panther Head: the story of the South African bird islands London: Stanley Paul, 1955 1st. edn. 256 pp. 18 b/w photos, three maps. Some edge foxing not affecting text or plates. D/1 somewhat rubbed and worn woth several closed tears otherwise a clean, sound copy.  (Stock ref 2232) £10.00

31. Helmericks, Constance  and Harmon: Our Alaskan Winter London: Museum Press, 1953 1st. UK edn. 240 pp. 25 b/w illus., ep maps. Some very light edge foxing. D/w rather chipped and worn with some minor loss otherwise a clean, sound copy.  (Stock ref 2234) £10.00

32. Hemingway, Ernest.: Death in the Afternoon. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1966. 1st. Penguin edn. 349pp. Numerious b/w photos. Dated ownership signature to half-title. Pictorial card covers creased on spine a a little rubbed on edges and corners. A very good copy.  (Stock ref 6214) £8.00

33. Hervey, H. E.: Cage-Birds. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1940. 1st. Penguin edn. 155pp plus 5pp publisher’s list. All pp somewhat tanned. Card covers a trifle rubbed on edges, darkened on spine and with a small tear in bottom of front hinge. Otherwise, a clean, sound copy.  (Stock ref 3763) £7.50

34. Holm, Donald: The Circumnavigators: small boat voyages of modern times London: Angus & Robertson, 1975 1st. edn. xiv, 496 pp. Many b/w illus. Some very light foxing to page edges and d/w very slightly rubbed otherwise a fine copy.  (Stock ref 1448) £15.00

35. Keyes, Frances Parkinson:: The Land of Stones and Saints. London, Peter Davies, 1958. 1st. edn. xxviii, 376 pp. Cold. frontis. and 14 b/w illus. D/w  rubbed on extremities and with two small tears otherwise a very good copy.  (Stock ref 6101) £6.50

36. Lubbock, Basil: Adventures by Sea From the Art of Old Time London: The Studio, 1925 No. 915 of an edn. limited to 1750 copies. x, 40 pp. 22 cold. plates with tissue guards, 93 b/w plates. Edited by Geoffrey Holme with a preface by John Masefield. Purple buckram boards with gilt lettering and decoration slightly faded on edges. D/w slightly faded on spine and rubbed on corners with minimal loss. A very good copy.  (Stock ref 1786) £200.00

37. Lubbock, Basil: Barlow’s Journal of His Life at Sea in King’s Ships, East and West Indiamen and Other Merchantmen From 1659 to 1703 London: Hurst & Blackett, 1934 No.10 of an edn. limited to 100 copies signed by the author. Two vols., 575 pp. 16 cold. and 64 b/w illus. Transcribed from the original mauscript by Basil Lubbock. Ownership signature and date to half-title. Dark blue quarter calf and buckram binding very slightly dust-marked and rubbed on corners. Inner hinges cracked in volume 1 but this does not affect the binding. Overall, a very good, bright set.  (Stock ref 1787) £500.00

38. Lubbock, Basil: The Blackwall Frigates Glasgow: James Brown & Son, 1922 1st. edn. xv, 332 pp. Three cold. and numerous b/w plates. Some light foxing throughout. Front inner hinge just showing some splitting but this does not affect the binding. D/w a little chipped and worn on edges and with three small tears in back panel but, overall, a nice, clean copy. Difficult to find in this state.  (Stock ref 2243) £80.00

39. Lubbock, Basil: The Log of the Cutty Sark Glasgow: James Brown & Son, 1924 1st. edn. xii, 422 pp. Many b/w illus., plans. Some edge foxing. Rather tatty d/w chipped and worn with fairly substantial loss to spine head and back panel. A very good copy and unusual in this state.  (Stock ref 2050) £60.00

40. Maddock, Shirley.: Islands of the Gulf Auckland: Collins, 1967. Reprint. 286pp. Numerous cold. and b/w photos. by Don Whyte. Boards bumped on corners. D/w slightkly faded on spine and chipped and rubbed at spine head otherwise a clean, sound copy.  (Stock ref 6052) £6.00

41. Malaurie, Jean.: The Last Kings of Thule: with the polar eskimos as they face their destiny. London: Jonathan Cape, 1982. 1st. UK edn. xx, 489pp. Many b/w photos. and line drawings. Translated from the French by Adrienne Foulke. Bottom corners of boards bumped, d/w slightly rubbed on edges otherwise a very clean, sound copy.  (Stock ref 5607) £9.00

42. Marston, Annie W.: The Great Closed Land: a plea for Tibet London: S. W. Partridge, nd (c1894) Presumed 1st. edn. 112 pp. B/w frontis. map and 24 b/w illus. neat ownership signature to ffep. Grey paper covered boards with gilt lettering and b/w illus. on front panel, paper spine. Covers rubbed on edges and corners bumped with some slight external splitting of hinges.Internally, some staining to bottom, inner corners of ep’s otherwise clean and sound.  (Stock ref 2414) £50.00

43. Martin, Esmond Bradley & Chryssee Perry.: Cargoes of the East: the ports, trade and culture of the Arabian Seas and western Indian Ocean. London: Elm Tree Books, 1978. 1st. edn. xii,244pp. Many cold. and b/w photos., text figures, maps. Two library stamps to title page signs of label removal to ffep and front pastedown otherwise a clean, sound copy in  a very good d/w.  (Stock ref 6282) £15.00

44. McIntyre, Kenneth Gordon.: The Secret Discovery of Australia: Portuguese ventures 200 years before Captain Cook. London: Souvenir Press, 1977. 1st. UK edn. xxii,427pp. Eight b/w plates, mnay text figures. D/w very slightly creased at spine head otherwise a fine copy.  (Stock ref 6939) £20.00

45. Meier, Andrew: Black Earth: Russia after the fall London: HarperCollins, 2004 1st. edn. (12), 511 pp. B/w photos., maps. D/w, a fine copy.  (Stock ref 1960) £7.50

46. Monfreid, Henry de: Hashish Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1946 1st. Penguin edn. 285pp plus 3pp publisher’s list. Translated from the French by Helen Buchanan Bell. All pp somewhat tanned. Pictorial card covers Slightly faded on spine otherwise a clean, sound copy.  (Stock ref 2953) £4.00

47. Muller, George:: Mentone and its Neighbourhood: the past and the present London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1910 1st. edn. xvi, 464 pp. Numerous b/w illus., fold-out map. Edited by J.E.Somerville. Dark green cloth gilt a little grubby and slightly rubbed on corners otherwise a very good, sound copy.  (Stock ref 6104) £20.00

48. Musson, Spencer C.: Sicilly. London: A. & C. Black, 1911. 1st. edn. xii,312pp. 48 tissue-guarded, mounted cold. plates by Alberto Pisa. T.e.g. Decorated cloth boards a little bumped on corners, scratched on back board and with a small split at spine head. A very clean, sound copy internally.  (Stock ref 6796) £50.00

49. Nerval, Gerard de: The Women of Cairo: scenes of life in the Orient London: George Routledge & Sons, 1929 1st. edn. in English. 2 vols. xiii, 283, viii, 402 pp. Red cloth boards a little bumped on corners and showing minimal shelf wear. Overall, a clean, bright set.  (Stock ref 2424) £100.00

50. Nunlist, hugo.: Spitsbergen: the story of the 1962 Swiss-Spitsbergen Expedition. London: Nicholas Kaye, 1966. 1st. UK edn. 191pp. 48 b/w photos., five maps.  Translated from the German by Oliver Coburn. D/w rather rubbed and worn on edges and corners otherwise a very good copy.  (Stock ref 4808) £5.00

51. Oliphant, Laurence.: The Land of Gilead: with excursions in the Lebanon. Edinburgh: Wiliam Blackwood & Sons, 1880. 1st. edn. xxxviii, 538pp plus 4pp publisher’s list. Nine b/w plates, two maps, one folding. Dark blue, decorated cloth boards, rebacked with original, faded spine laid on. Slightly rubbed on edges otherwise a clean, sound copy.  (Stock ref 4511) £75.00

52. Omond, George W. T.: Belgium. London: A. & C. Black, 1908. 1st. edn. x,390pp plus 8pp publisher’s list  77 tissue-guarded cold.plates by Amadee Forestie, fold out map. Decorated cloth binding  very slightly rubbed on corners otherwise a very clean, sound copy.  (Stock ref 6794) £20.00

53. Pearse, R. O.: Barrier of Spears: drama of the Drakensberg Cape Town: Howard Timmins, 1973 1st. edn. xii, 304 pp. Many cold. photos, maps. Price-clipped d/w rubbed and worn on extremities otherwise a very good copy.  (Stock ref 1392) £10.00

54. Peary, Robert E.: The North Pole London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1910 1st. UK edn. xii, 326pp. Numerous cold. and b/w plates, fold-out map. Introduction by Theodore Roosevelt. Gift inscription to ffep. Some foxing to endpapers. Grey-blue cloth with white decdoration and gilt lettering a trifle rubbed on edges and scratched on back board. Overall, a very good copy.  (Stock ref 2941) £50.00

55. Philbrick, Nathaniel:: In the Heart of the Sea: the epic true story that inspired Moby Dick. London: HarperCollins, 2000. 1st. edn. xvi, 302 pp. 25 b/w illus., text figures, map. D/e, a fine copy.  (Stock ref 6114) £8.00

56. Regler, Gustav: A Land Bewitched London: Putnam, 1955 1st. UK edn. xii, 239 pp. 16 b/w illus. A little edge foxing not affecting text or plates. Price-clipped d/w rather chipped and worn with several closed tears. A very good copy.  (Stock ref 2231) £8.00

57. Skene, James Henry: The Danubian Principalities, the Frontier Lands of the Christian and the Turk London: Richard Bentley, 1854 3rd. edn. Two vols., viii, 423 and viii, 421 pp. Engraved frontis. to vol.I and a foldout map in vol.II. Some foxing throughout. Both vols. have the bookplate and ownership signature of R. A. Scott Macfie to the front pastedown and ffep respectively. Rear inner hinge of vol. II is cracked and a handwritten page of information about the author tipped in to the rear pastedown. Green cloth binding with blind stamped decoration and gilt lettering. Boards bumped on corners and somewhat faded on spines but, overall, a nice, clean set.  (Stock ref 1873) £150.00

58. Strasburger, Edward.: Ranbles on the Riviera. London: Fisher Unwin, 1906. 1st. UK edn. xxiv, 444pp. 87 cold. illus. by Louise Reusch. Translated from the German by O. and B. Comerford Casey. Rear inner hinge cracked. Green decorated cloth gilt dulled on spine and generally rather rubbed and worn on corners and edges but, otherwise, a pretty clean, sound copy.  (Stock ref 5160) £50.00

59. Taylor, Stephen: The Mighty Nimrod: a life of Frederick Courteney Selous, African hunter and adventurer, 1851-1917 London: Collins, 1989 1st. edn. xv, 312ppp. B/w photos., endpaper maps.Foreword by Wilfred Thesiger. D/w very slightly creased on edges otherwise a fine copy.  (Stock ref 1435) £40.00

60. Thomson, George Malcolm.: The North-West Passage. London: Secker & Warburg, 1975. 1st. edn. xii, 288pp. B/w illus. D/w a trifle dust marked otherwise a fine copy.  (Stock ref 5448) £6.00

61. Thrower, Norman J. (ed.): The Three Voyages of Edmund Halley in the Paramore, 1698-1701 London: The Hakluyt Society, 1981 1st. edn. 2 vols., the second being a portfolio of three maps. 392 pp. 15 b/w illus.  D/w’s very slightly rubbed and with a few tiny tears otherwise a fine set.  (Stock ref 1266) £25.00

62. Tobin, Lieutenant George.: Captain Bligh’s Second Chance: an eyewitness account of his return to the South Seas. London: Chatham Publishing, 2007. 1st. edn. viii,184pp. Numerous cold. illus., maps. D/w, a fine copy.  (Stock ref 5870) £7.50

63. Wilcox, Harry.: White Stranger:six moons in Celebes London: Collins, 1949. 1st. edn. 384pp. Numerous b/w photos. D/w a somewhat  rubbed and worn with some minor loss at spine head ands tail otherwise a very good copy.  (Stock ref 5597) £8.00

64. Williams, Glyn.: The Prize of all the Oceans: the triumph and tragedy of Anson’s voyage round the world. London: HarperCollins, 1999. 1st. edn. xxi, 264pp. B/w illus., maps.D/w, a fine copy.  (Stock ref 4037) £6.50

65. Winser, Nigel.: The Sea of Sands and Mists: desertification, seeking solutions in the Wahiba Sands. London: Century, 1989. 1st. edn. xxii,199pp. Cold. photos., maps. Price-clipped d/w, a very good copy.  (Stock ref 6269) £5.00

66. Wraxall, Nathaniel: Memoirs of the King of France, of the Race of Valois, interspersed with interesting anecdotes. To which is added, A Tour Through the Western, Southern and Interior Provinces of France in a series of letters London: Edward & Charles Dilly, 1777 1st edn. Two vols, xii, 396, vi, 414 pp (plus 2 pp publisher’s catalogue). Bookplate of Richard Oliver to front pastedowns.  Some foxing throughout. Mottled calf with gilt decoration to spines somewhat rubbed on edges. Hinges to vol I starting to crack but still holding firm. Overall, a bright, clean set.  (Stock ref 1821) £150.00