World Geography & Travel

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PUBLISHERBachman & Turner Ltd. London.
BINDINGBlue cloth boards with gilt lettering
BOOK CONDITIONGood, a little wear and fading to edges of boards. Some foxing to...

A fascinating travel guide to Egypt from the 1920's

Originally written in 1605, an account of the doomed attempt of the conquest of North America by Hernando de Soto; as told to the author by a member of that expedition.

PUBLISHERWilliams and Norgate, London.
BINDINGBlue cloth boards. Sketch maps on endpapers.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards are worn with scuffing and some fraying to edges and spine, corners bumped. Some dents and patches of discolouration. Hinges a little weak but binding feels secure. A little browning and foxing affecting mainly outer...

A vivid account of the intrepid author's travels in the Malay Peninsular in the late 1800's. Isabella Bird is perhaps best known for her earlier "A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains."

PUBLISHERT. Nelson and Sons, London.
BINDINGRoyal blue cloth boards with gilt lettering and design and embossed decoration.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards are generally worn and scuffed, but in good condition for age. Gilt is still bright. Binding feels secure, although one plate is loose but present. Some browning and discolouration...

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PUBLISHERWilliam Kimber, London.
BINDINGBrown toned cloth boards with matching stain to top of block edges. 
BOOK CONDITIONIn good condition with just a little shelf wear...

A very handsome reproduction of Darwin's ground-breaking work.

PUBLISHERThe Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. Cambridge, Massachusetts.
BINDINGQuarter bound pale green boards with mid green cloth over spine.
BOOK CONDITIONVery good, little handled. Text and images are clear an unmarked.
DUST JACKETA little wear and creasing at top of spine, otherwise in good condition.
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PUBLISHERWilliam Heinemann Ltd. London.
BINDINGGreen cloth boards with gilt lettering and design.
BOOK CONDITIONIn good condition for age. Boards have some general shelf wear to edges, a few small marks, spines faded. Foxing and browning affecting mostly block edges and some margins of printed pages. Text and images...

A beautifully written account of the British author and his wife's experiences during the fifteen years they spent working as doctors in a small hospital in Zululand.

A journey through Africa at a time of great change as new nations begin to gain independence.

PUBLISHERArthur Hall, Virtue, and Co. London.
BINDINGBrown cloth boards with gilt design and lettering.
BOOK CONDITIONIn worn condition commensurate with age. Splits at the top of the spine exterior, front hinge split. However, binding does feel secure, no loose leaves. Some browning and  faint foxing throughout, although printed...

PUBLISHERGeorge Allen & Unwin Ltd, London.
BINDINGRed cloth boards.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards are generally faded and worn. Hinges a little weak but binding secure. Some slight foxing to block edges, only lightly affecting printed pages. These and the images are otherwise largely clear and little marked. Fold out maps...

A record to commemorate ten years of travel scholarships, which were set up after the untimely death of their namesake. Including introductions by Norman Susnow's father Eric, Simon Schama and others, plus many accounts of the adventurous travels taken by the  scholars.

Subtitled Being a Record of Sundry Expeditions, New and Old, in Search of Buried Treasure. Accounts of true-life hunts for diamonds and gold; silver, precious stones and shipwrecks.

PUBLISHERGeorge Allen & Unwin Ltd. London. (both books)
BINDINGSpinners of Silk: red cloth boards.
Etching of a Tormented Age: pictorial boards.
BOOK CONDITIONSpinners: boards are quite worn at edged, with bumped corners and some fading. Some browning and foxing mainly affecting outer leaves. Text is little marked....

A history of colonial rule in what is now Zimbabwe and Zambia, leading up to the struggles towards independence.