A SECRET PILGRIMAGE TO MECCA AND MEDINA
Written by Richard F. Burton; Tim Mackintosh-Smith.
Stock no. 1825426
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2004. Slightly better than very good condition.

Beige pictorial boards. Introduced by Tim Mackintosh-Smith. B/w photos. 529 pages includes index. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is a little scuffed. Book appears to be unread.

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THE LOG OF THE SCOTIA EXPEDITION, 1902-4
Written by William Speirs Bruce; Peter Speak.
Stock no. 1825307
Published by Edinburgh University Press. 1st 1992. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Edited by Peter Speak. A remarkable account of early Polar exploration written by one of the foremost polar explorers of the Heroic Age. Large format. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0748602933. This copy belonged to Ian M. Terris, himself a merchant adventurer having travelled to both Poles. Prelims of book and rear endpapers have many relevant (to Ian Terris) magazine and newspaper cuttings glued in. Also some loose inside book. Contents themselves otherwise clean. Blue dustwrapper is lightly edge-worn.

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STILL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT: FIFTY YEARS LATER
Written by Gene Smith. Illustrated by Bill Berry.
Stock no. 1825293
Published by William Morrow & Company. 1st 1965. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

During the summer of 1964, the author traveled 2,000 miles along the former front lines of the First World War. Here he reveals what he found fifty years after the first troops marched. Blue cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. Light rubbing to spine & corners. Text block browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn with a few closed tears and chips, repaired to verso with clear tape, rear panel scuffed and browned.

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OVERLAND
Written by Peter Fraenkel.
Stock no. 1324816
Published by David & Charles. 1st 1975. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Covering most of the snags, many of the pleasures and virtually all of the official pieces of paper that are an unavoidable part of being a modern nomad. Beige boards with gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0715370405. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Front free-endpaper has been removed. A few foxspots to textblock. Dustwrapper is price-cut and slightly marked.

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HALF HOURS UNDERGROUND: VOLCANOES, MINES AND CAVES
No author listed.
Stock no. 1324656
Published by James Nisbet & Co. Limited. 1900. Very good condition.

The Half Hour Library of Travel, Nature and Science for Young Readers. Blue pictorial cloth, gilt titles and vignette. 369 pages plus booklist to rear. Spine bumped and slightly darkened. Prize plate to front pastedown. Floral decorated endpapers. Small mark to lower edge of first few pages.

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AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS
Written by Jules Verne. Illustrated by Peter Brookes.
Stock no. 1824443
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1982. Slightly better than very good condition.

Translated by G.M. Towle and N. Danvers. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. Decorative globe to covers. Top edge brown. B/w illustrations. Spine lightly faded else a fine copy in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed.

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FROM PARIS TO NEW YORK BY LAND
Written by Harry De Windt.
Stock no. 1824419
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. 1st 1903. Almost very good condition.

An account of a long land journey to ascertain the feasiblity of constructing a railway to connect the chief cities of France and America, Paris and New York. Smaller format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. Minor creasing to front board, spine browned, rear board stained at vertical edge. Name & date in ink to front pastedown. Front hinge between frontis and title page split, rear joint split, binding is still tight. Endpapers and text block browned.

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OVERLAND
Written by Peter Fraenkel.
Stock no. 1324001
Published by David & Charles. 1st 1975. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Covering most of the snags, many of the pleasures and virtually all of the official pieces of paper that are an unavoidable part of being a modern nomad. Beige boards with gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0715370405. Spine and corners bumped. Foxing to endpapers and textblock, top edge of textblock is dusty. Dustwrapper is foxed on verso, slightly edge creased and slightly faded to spine.

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CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS ACCOUNTS AND LETTERS OF THE SECOND, THIRD, AND FOURTH VOYAGES (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Christopher Columbus; Paolo Emilio Taviani; Consuelo Varela; Juan Gil; Marina Conti; Luciano F. Farina; Marc A. Beckwith.
Stock no. 2140820
Published by Istituto Poligrafico E Zecca Della Stato. 1994. Slightly better than very good condition.

Nuova Raccolta Columbiana - English Edition. In Two Parts. Large format. Fold-out maps. Ministry of Cultural and Environmental Assets. National Commission for the Celebration of the Quincentennial of the Discovery of America. ISBN: 8824038077. Contained in a very good slip case.

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ROUND THE WORLD IN A BABY AUSTIN
Written by Hector MacQuarrie.
Stock no. 2140364
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1933. Almost very good condition.

B/w photos. Foxing to spine, endpapers and outer page edges.

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MILESTONES IN A MOTORING LIFE
Written by Dudley Noble.
Stock no. 1823906
Published by Advanced Mile-Posts Publications Ltd. 1st thus 1969. Slightly better than very good condition.

This is an Author's Presentation Copy of which only 250 copies have been issued. The author's extensive and adventurous travels, in the 1920s and 1930s, in his motorcar and sometimes with caravan. Cloth boards, brown spine with gilt title, blue boards with brown oval portraiture to front. B/w photos. ISBN: 0362000409. SIGNED and dated (with compliments) by the author to verso of half-title page. Top & tail of spine lightly rubbed. Text block browned. Contents clean.

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BY MOTOR TO THE GOLDEN GATE
Written by Emily Post; Jane Lancaster.
Stock no. 1823860
Published by McFarland & Company, Inc.. 1st thus 2004. Very good condition.

In 1915, journalist Emily Post set out from New York to investigate whether is was possible to drive comfortably across the country to San Francisco in an automobile. This is a reprint of Post's only travel book, originally published in 1916. This annotated edition includes a biographical sketch of Post. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0786419407. Glued binding at half-title is drying out and thus split at lower half - front joint fragile but binding still tight elsewhere.

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