ALL ROUND THE WORLD: AN ILLUSTRATED RECORD OF VOYAGES, TRAVELS, AND ADVENTURES IN ALL PARTS OF THE GLOBE (2 VOLUMES)
Written by W.F. Ainsworth. Illustrated by Gustave Dore; et al..
Stock no. 1827689
Published by William Collins Sons & Company. 1st 1868. Almost very good condition.

Large and very heavy set of two volumes. Edited by Ainsworth. Leather spine & corners with 5 raised bands to spine, gilt tooling and title label. Brown cloth boards. Marbled endpapers and text block. Two hundred b/w illustrations. Six folding colour maps. Sereis I is 1st 1868, Series II is 1st 1870. Spine of Series I is split to top half of front joint. Both volumes are worn at board edges and scuffed. Title label of both volumes is heavily rubbed. Foxing throughout. Series I has a closed tear (no loss) mainly to margin of plate opposite page 592, also a small chip to vertical edge of illustration list. Biro mark to some maps. Else contents are very good.

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TURNER IN THE ALPS: THE JOURNEY THROUGH FRANCE & SWITZERLAND IN 1802
Written by David Hill. Illustrated by J.M.W. Turner.
Stock no. 1827684
Published by George Philip. 1st 1992. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A comprehensive guide to the most important tour Turner made, the author has travelled through the Alps in Turner's footstpes and vividly recreated the artist's journey, using Turner's sketchbooks and the writings of contemporaries including Byron and Shelley. A fascinating mixture of art, history and travel. Large, oblong format. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations, colour photos. ISBN: 0540012513. Small white mark to rear board. Tiny nick to lower edge of pages 59/60 and 61/62 (extremely minor). Else contents are fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at top of spine and slightly scuffed to rear panel.

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JOURNEY INTO RUSSIA
Written by Laurens Van Der Post.
Stock no. 1827663
Published by The Hogarth Press. 1st 1964. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

This book describes one of the longest journeys made in Soviet Russia by a writer without political bias. The story of a journey into the hears of the Russians and into the hears of places visited, from Moscow to Tashkent, Samarkand and Bukhara, Baku and Tbilisi, Kiev, and Moscow to Siberia and back. Blue cloth baords, gilt title to spine. Folding map to rear. Spine lightly browned. Text block browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is browned, grubby, edge-rubbed, repaired/strengthend to verso with brown paper tape.

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IN XANADU: A QUEST
Written by William Dalrymple.
Stock no. 1827517
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2015. Slightly better than very good condition.

With a new introduction by the author. The author's quest across Asia to Coleridge's Xanadu. Pictorial boards. Colour & b/w photos. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which has some light scuff marks (shelf wear).

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A BOOK OF TRAVELLERS' TALES
Written by Eric Newby.
Stock no. 1827514
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2005. Slightly better than very good condition.

An anthology of travellers' tales assembled by Eric Newby. Green cloth boards with blocked design and gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w plates. xiii and 558 pages including index. Light bump to base of spine. A few minor foxspots to text block. Contents clean. Publisher's slipcase is bumped at one open corner and a little scuffed.

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MEMOIRS OF A GEORGIAN RAKE
Written by William Hickey; Roger Hudson. Illustrated by John Lawrence.
Stock no. 1827297
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1995. Nearly fine condition.

Burgundy cloth spine, blue marbled boards. B/w engravings. Top edge blue. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is slightly grubby.

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A JOURNAL OF A THREE MONTHS' TOUR IN PORTUGAL, SPAIN, AFRICA
Written by The Marchioness Of Londonderry.
Stock no. 1827124
1st 1843. Almost very good condition.

'The object in publishing this Volume is to contribute the Profits towards the projected erection of an Infirmary, on a small scale, at Seaham Harbour, in the County of Durham.' Pink cloth boards with gilt title to front and embossed decoration to front and rear. Plain yellow endpapers. A few b/w plates. Lengthy subscribers list (31 pages). Spine browned, boards very grubby, corners bent. Name in ink to front endpaper. Joints just starting to split. Page browning, some foxing, one page has vertical edge crease. Small damp stain to prelims at lower gutter edges. A scarce item.

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THE WORLD
Written by Ascott R. Hope.
Stock no. 1826300
Published by A. & C. Black Ltd.. 1915. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth with gilt title to spine, blind decorations to both spine and front cover. Peeps at Many Lands. 32 full page colour illustrations. New edition. Spine and covers are a bit browned with some grubby marks. Some foxing and browning throughout. Some hinges pulled but binding tight.

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AN ILLUSTRATED JOURNEY ROUND THE WORLD
Written by Thomas Daniell; Samuel Daniell; William Daniell; Katherine Prior. Illustrated by Samuel Daniell; Thomas Daniell; William Daniell.
Stock no. 1325722
Published by Folio Society. 1st 2007. Slightly better than very good condition.

Edited and introduced by Prior. 3/4 buckram cloth with pictorial front board and gilt title. Large oblong format. Endpapers are maps. Full page colour illustrations throughout. Tiny crease and erased pencil mark to half title-page else a fine copy. Slipcase is a little scuffed and has a split to one of the top edges.

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IN HISTORIC LANDS: A RECORD OF OUR HOUSE-PARTY TOUR
Written by E.J. Wareham.
Stock no. 1825990
Published by Christian Touring Union Limited. 1st 1908. Very good condition.

A compilation of the Cuthbert House Party tour through the British Isles, the Continent (Europe), the Holy Land and Egypt. Written especially for those that took part in the tour in the hope that others might be interested. Small format. Blue cloth boards with gilt titles and pictorial onlays to spine and front board. B/w photos. Top & tail of spine rubbed, Corners lightly worn, minor creasing and a few marks to boards. Text block and endpapers browned. Name & date in ink to free front endpaper. Front hinge pulled. Contents clean.

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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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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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