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GERMANY - OFF THE BEATEN TRACK
Written by Hans Eberhard Friedrich. Illustrated by Hans Liska.
Stock no. 1711390
Published by Verlag Mensch; Arbeit Munich. 1957. Very good condition.

Pictorial boards. Colour & B/w illustrations. Dedicated to the Friends of the Mercedes-Benz AG. Original Germany title is 'Fahren und Erleben'.

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TEXAS WILD THE LAND, PLANTS, AND ANIMALS OF LONE STAR STATE
Written by Richard Phelan.
Stock no. 1711300
Published by E.P. Dutton & Co. Inc.. 1st usa 1976. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Photographs by Jim Bones. Colour photos. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0876902182. Wrapper edge-chipped and faded to spine.

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THE RHINE FROM ROTTERDAM TO CONSTANCE
Written by Karl Baedeker.
Stock no. 2114634
Published by Karl Baedeker. 7th 1880. Good condition.

Seventh Remodelled Edition. With 23 Maps and 19 Plans. Baedeker Guide, Handbook for Travellers. Red cloth, gilt titles. Marbled text block. Splitting to spine; some fraying of cloth. Marks to coves. Corners are bumped. Bookplate partially removed from front pastedown. Inscription in ink to prelims. Maps and plans have not been collated but appear to be complete. If on receipt it is found to have any missing parts, please contact us. 1st map is detached, but loosely inserted.

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ROUTES DE LA FURKA ET DU GRIMSEL
No author listed.
Stock no. 1709692
Published by Photoglob Co.. Circa 1910. Very good condition.

Oblong format, gilt titles. Collection of 12 photographs of various mountain scenes. Not dated but assume between 1900 and 1920. Covers lightly worn.

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IN LIMBO THE STORY OF STANLEY'S REAR COLUMN
Written by Tony Gould.
Stock no. 2112115
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st 1979. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth. A most interesting study of the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition of 1887. Illustrated in b/w. ISBN: 0241101255. Bumping to spine. Some page browning and light foxing. Wrapper is faded to spine, with edge-creasing.

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THE DUAB OF TURKESTAN
Written by W. Rickmer Rickmers.
Stock no. 2111590
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st 1913. Very good condition.

A Physiographic Sketch and Account of Some Travels. Large format. Green cloth with gilt title to spine. With 207 maps, diagrams and other illustrations. Spine is browned, with damp mark. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Uneven browning to cover edges. Grubby marks to endpapers and outer page edges.

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WIEN
Written by Alfred Von Baldass.
Stock no. 1206814
Published by Compassverlag. 1928. Good condition.

Red cloth, white titles. 459 pages + advertisements. Guide to Vienna. Text in German. Contents very good. Spine very worn.

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SOUTH OF FRANCE
Written by C.B. Black.
Stock no. 1206809
Published by Adam & Charles Black. Circa 1880. Very good condition.

A Black's Guide. Third Edition. East Half. The Riviera from Montpellier and Marseille to Florence and Leghorn with the Roads to Them. Including the Island of Corsica. Small format. Blue cloth, gilt titles to spine and front cover. Large folding b/w map. 8 other maps and 14 plans. 200 pages + index + 20 pages + index for Corsica. Contents clean and bright. Spine a little dulled.

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AMONG INSURGENTS: WALKING THROUGH BURMA
Written by Shelby Tucker.
Stock no. 1806756
Published by The Radcliffe Press. 1st 2000. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Describing the Kachins, the most important of Burma's "hidden colonies". ISBN: 1860645291.

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IN AND ABOUT THE MEDITERRANEAN
Written by Clive Holland.
Stock no. 1805759
Published by Herbert Jenkins Limited. 1st 1934. Almost very good condition.

With chapters upon Corunna, Orporto, Lisbon, Tangier, and Casablanca. A cruising handbook. Blue cloth boards, dark blue titles. B/w photos. A few light marks to covers. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Scattered foxspots throughout. All plates present. A few annotations in pencil and red ink.

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PORTRAITS OF NIAGARA
Written by Preston Haskell.
Stock no. 1804936
Published by The Dam Publisher Inc.. 1st 2001. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Journey of Visions and Words to the World Behind the Falls. A snap-shot of an area known as the Niagara Region, which is considered to be one of the most photogenic regions in the world. Oblong format. Black boards, gilt titles. Colour photos throughout. ISBN: 0969562586. White pictorial wrapper is edge-creased, slightly grubby and has a 1" closed tewar (no loss) to lower rear edge.

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AFRICAN RAINBOW
Written by H.K. Binks.
Stock no. 1206071
Published by Sidgwick & Jackson. 1st 1959. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The author's adventures in Kenya illustrated by his own b/w photographs. From farming to nature photography and ivory hunting. 264 pages. SIGNED by author. Corners bumped. Wrapper price-cut, somewhat browned and a little edge-chipped.

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