Search Results: TRAVEL & EXPLORATION from Fortuna Books

Melbourne: MacMillan, 1979 120pp of black and white photographs taken on the Antarctic expeditions mentioned, book near fine, DW VG just a little wear including a short tear starting at top lower fold 10mm long, the white dw is a bit soiled, probably could clean up with care.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Ponting & Hurley. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

Beijing: New World Press, 1980 (500 gram rate) sewn sections with dust jacket pasted to spine over limp card wrappers, former owner inscription to outside cover (under dust jacket) 238pp + map section at rear including fold out map, travel writing giving history of prominent attractions in China, book form of Travel Talks given on Radio Peking. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Shao Yu. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

London: Hodder, 1938 disasters at sea and shipwrecks. Covers the East Indiaman 'Antelope', HMS 'Alceste', 'Proserpine','St George', 'Defence' and 'Litchfield'. By Vice -Admiral Gordon Campbell. blue cloth with blue DW rubbed and with chipped spine ends and corners with some loss, Faint crease mark to front panel. some foxing and soiling to DW. BOOK has some foxing, and pencil name to free end paper. 318pp + plates and folding maps. Book is tight and VG excepting foxing. DW is G+ . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

Wellington: Reed, 1969 clean used copy, DW slightly handling soiled, a female journalist (the first) makes it to Antarctica, 201pp + plates. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1899 minor rubbing to cloth, small split at head of spine, old ink inscription to fep 'Frederick W Gale Kaikoura 1900', light foxing to endpapers, tissue guarded frontis, ix 307pp + plates +32pp publishers adverts, illustrated in line throughout and on plates, places Dickens referred to in his writings. New and Enlarged. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

London: Bodley Head, 1932 boards lightly rubbed edges , prize plate to fep, 212pp + 4 pp adverts, 8 colour and 62 B&W illustrations / photographs, the plates are slightly rippled due to atmospheric humidity and are in no way watermarked or stained, the authour travelled across Lapland and took photos and cinematograph footage of the culture of the Laplanders, both Finnish and Swedish. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Olive Murray Chapman. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Souvenir Press, 1958 slight spine lean, ink name to end paper. DW has edge chipping as well as some pieces out of the spine area. there are pieces of tape to the outside of the DW that are starting to brown, give them about 5 years and they will fall off of their own accord! The DW is nearly complete but not too attractive. otherwise book is VG copy. 200pp + plates, Danish documentary maker crosses the Rio das Mortes to penetrate the Matto Grosso ( the white uncharted area of the map). much on anthropology and natural history. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Scientific Book Club, 1958 book club edition, DW has edge chipping as well as some tears and creases, DW is nearly complete but not too attractive, otherwise book is VG copy. 200pp lacks the plates and map present in the Souvenir Press edition, Danish documentary maker crosses the Rio das Mortes to penetrate the Matto Grosso, much on anthropology and natural history . First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Odhams, 1958 tidy book with lightly foxed closed edges, unclipped DW has large chip out of bottom of spine and onto front panel as well as some short edge tears and rubbing, autobiography of the man who among other things took the cinematographic record of Hillary's successful Everest expedition, 256pp + 40pp of photos and a frontis. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

Christchurch: Whitcombe and Tombs, 1961 near VG copy, dust soiling to boards, gift inscripition to fep 214pp + frontis. very tidy book on the early Spanish expeditions to the Phillipines. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

Christchurch: Whitcombe and Tombs, 1961 near fine in same dust jacket, 214pp + frontis. very tidy book on the early Spanish expeditions to the Phillipines. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

Christchurch: Whitcombe and Tombs, 1961 VG in same dust jacket with rubbed corners, top edge dusty, 214pp + frontis. early Spanish expeditions to the Phillipines. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Collins, 1959 DW unclipped, chipped to corners and spine ends, some rubbing and nicking to edges, splits at joint ends, name to pictorial fep otherwise tidy book, a little browning of the paper stock, photos by Rehna Cloete, account of a safari trip about most of Africa. reprint. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Illus. by Rehna Tiny Cloete. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Hodder, 1939 (500 gram rate) price clipped DW rubbed to joints and corners, some light browning or foxing to prelims, 319pp Hodder and Stoughton Black Jacket series, Author was medic on Everest expeditions and stayed on to help the locals. reprint. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

London: Frederick Muller, 1988 gift inscription to fep otherwise tidy copy, ix 346pp+ adverts. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

Colorado: American Alpine Journal, 1996 427pp colour & b&w plates. near new copy. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Religious Tract Society, 1907 undated but appendix dated 1907, paper stock is age toned, binding a little shakey, joints rubbed, lower joint split to bottom half, upper joint split at head, front hinge opened and loosening, a tired copy but but internally good, 388pp + plates, frontis and map, illustrated in the text as well. reprint. Decorative Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

London: Cape, 1952 price clipped DW under plastic sleeve which has tape which has left tape rust to end papers, faint rubber stamp to rear panel of DW with number '31252', apart from tape stains a clean copy with many plates and the folding map/ chart at rear. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Bodley Head, 1930 RARE Forester title, black cloth lightly soiled, rubbed to joints, backstrip a little faded, spot of discolouration to upper board, fore edge of upper board has a bump, faint scattered foxing to closed edges, tidy but shows age, travelling through Weimar era Germany on a motor boat along the rivers and canals, well illustrated, vi 311+ 39 illustrations and 2 folding maps, + 8pp adverts. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

London: Herbert Jenkins, 1959 blue cloth rubbed edges.map endpapers. 264pp + plates. pp21-36 has a small bit of damage to the bottom edge margin where the page has been dented at bottom edge with short tear (minor). DW rubbed to edges, price-clipped. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.