Travel And Exploration from JWMah

USA: Florida Resources, 1983. (USA?) Second Edition No markings, Fine in about Fine Dust jacket with a hint of rubbing to panel gloss and very slight fading to the red colour on the spine. This is the second edition with the photo of the fountain to the front panel of Dj. 26… Ler mais sobre este item

London: John Murray, 1948. (UK) 2nd printing of the first edition 1948. No markings, Fine in unclipped Near Fine dust jacket in mylar sleeve. Cloth hardcover, 206pp, index, B&W photos. This is an account of the Second Guibaut Liotard Expedition to Tibet in 1940, to identify the sources of the Tong and demarcate the basin of the Blue River. … Ler mais sobre este item

Sidney BC: Gray's Publishing Limited, 1976. (CAD) Presumed 1st edition with the date 1976 to the title pages. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR: "Best wishes, Cliff Kopas", owner's inscription as well, no other markings, Very Good. Wraps, 132pp, index, line maps, In 1933 Kopas and his bride Ruth, set off from Clagary by packhorse, following the old trails of the explorers… Ler mais sobre este item

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1984. (CAD) Presumed 1st edition, No markings, Fine in unclipped Very Good dust jacket with two tiny tears and a hint rubbing to head of spine, Dark blue cloth wiht silver titles, 200pp, index, mostly full-page colour photos throughout of Rajasthan in northwestern India. A heavy book, (3.8 JM 0601. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good.… Ler mais sobre este item

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1977. (CAD) 1st of this reprint edition: the book first appeared in Sweden in 1904. No markings, a touch of dust soiling to the top edge of pages, a small faint splash of tea(?) to a small potion of the lower edge of pages, the top corner tips of the covers are bumped, hinges solid,… Ler mais sobre este item

Southampton / London: Navigator Publishing , 1970. (UK) Presumed 1st edition. No markings, Fine in Fine dust jacket in mylar sleeve. hardcover, 200pp, index, Maps, colour fold-out map in perfect order, B&W photos. This is a guidebook to travel on French inland waterways, with tips on the type of boats and equipment required, detailed routes, costs, locks. (2.0 JM … Ler mais sobre este item

NY: Park Lane, 1974. (USA) 3rd printing of the first American edition. No markings Fine in unclipped Very Good dust jacket with a 1/2" tear to the bottom corner of the front flap. Hardcover, patterned end papers, 398pp, 410 colour photos and illus.This is an excellent book on the Vatican buildings and palaces including the Borgia apartments, the library and… Ler mais sobre este item

Minneapolis: University of Minnesota, 2009. (USA) 1st printing. No markings, slight easing of cover corner tips, Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Hardcover, 228pp, no illus. Dregni ia Assistant Professor of English at Concordia Univeristy in St.Paul MN and dean of the Italian Concordia Language Village , Lago del Bosco. This is a book centered on Modena. What began… Ler mais sobre este item

London: The Medici Society, 1924. (UK) First edition 1924. Owner's name to end paper, owner's inscription to front fly dated 1927, no other marking, but a brace of faint small spots to the front cover, mostly noticeable when the book is held up in slanted light, a touch of rubbing to spine extremities and cover corner tips, thus Good… Ler mais sobre este item

Peru: AFP Integra, 2001. (PERU) Presumed 1st edition. No markings, Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Hardcover, [398]pp, lots of colour photos of the site, the surroundings, the bitds and other wildlife, and the tourists. This is a beautifully photographed work which gives a complete wider sense and appreciation of Machu Picchu : the Sacred Kingdom; The… Ler mais sobre este item

Italy: Consorzio Conegliano Valdobbiadene, 2017. (ITL) Presumed 1st edition No markings, Fine, no dust jacket as published. Hardcover, no page numbers [about 112pp). The book presents colour photos of the lovely countrysides of the prosecco regions in the Veneto. There are messages from Luca Zaia, president of the regione del Veneto, and from Innocente Nardi, President of the ATS,… Ler mais sobre este item

Tokyo: The Kyoyekishosha, 1899. (JPN) May 17 Meiji 32 Tokyo (1899). No markings, tiny faint spot to spine, Very Good; no dust jacket. Dark red cloth with blind embossed borders, page 253 to 596, then appendix I i-xlii, then Appendix II xliii-lxiii, then Appendix III lxiv-lxvi, then Index lxvii -xcviii, then a fold-out map in excellent order. one small… Ler mais sobre este item

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1971. (CAD) Presumed 1st edition, No markings, hinges solid, Very Good in about Very Good unclipped dust jacket which has been laminated in clear film and taped to covers; there is a hit of residue to the covers from the tape. Hardcover, photo end papers, 224pp, ;ist of plates, 105 tipped-in colour photographic plates, including 72… Ler mais sobre este item

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1988. (CAD) Presumed 1st edition No markings, Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Hardcover,243pp, no illis. Hunter is here described as Canada's first hippie columnist, fiunder ten president of Greenpeace. This is the craziest travel book where Hunter seems to get into trouble whenever he leaves his Vancouver home to visit places like Germany, Cuba,… Ler mais sobre este item

Toronto: Doubleday Canada, 2009. (CAD) 1st printing. INSCRIBED BY BOTH AUTHORS to the title page,: To C------/ Best wishes on your own adventures/ Julie Angus, Colin Angus", no other markings, Fine unclipped Fine dust jacket. Boards, 369pp. Colour photos. (1.9 JM HOJ 302/1. Inscribed By Author(s). 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Duncan Baird, 2001. (UK) 1st printing. No markings, Fine in Near Fine dust jacket Hardcover, 144pp, index, colour photos mostly of the Scottish landscape assoicated with the great distilleries. This book take sus on a journey from Glasgow to Arran to Campbeltown, Isay,Mull, Skye, Orkney, Wick to Inverness, visiting the Spreyside Rivers of Whiskey, Aberdeenshire, Dalwinnie to Perth to… Ler mais sobre este item

Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1981. (IND) First of this edition; the book first appeared in English in London in 1884. No markings, small bookseller's label to the endpaper, slight foxing to top and eading edges of pages, thus Very Good used copy in unclipped Very Good dust jacket. Red cloth hardcover, cviii, 369pp, index, foldout map to back of the… Ler mais sobre este item

Northern Ireland: Clenagh Publishing, 1991. (NIRE) Revised (2nd ei=dition) of 1991. SIGNED BY AUTHOR to the title page, no othe rmarkings, Fine; no dustjacket perhaps as published. Hardcover, 157pp, index, pen and ink drawings. This is a survey of monuments, locales. tombs, ritual sites, and buildings of interest on the North coast of Ireland. The book originally appeared in 1987.… Ler mais sobre este item

NY: Harry N Abrams, 1998. USA) Presumed 1st eidtion No markings, Fine in Fine dust jacket. Hardcover, 220pp, lovely colour photos augmented with small B&W illu and photos. Marella Agnelli was an Italian noblewoman, art collector, socialite, style icon,and wife of Fiat S.p.A. chairman Gianni Agnelli. She died in 2019. The family estate is located in Villar Perosa, some… Ler mais sobre este item

London: The Folio Society, 1992. (UK) Presumed 1st Folio edition, No markings, Fine; no dust jacket as published in Fine slipcase. Hardcover with image of old maps to front and back covers, 279pp, colour frontis and 6 colour plates; B&W plates, maps. Early life, fragments from the first voyage; letters, the Torres memorandum; the third Atlantic crossing, the last… Ler mais sobre este item