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Excitement, adventure and really wild things. Filling in the blanks on the maps and visiting far flung places unspoilt by the modern world and tourism.
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c1935 A Search in Secret IndiaLondon: c1935The second impression of Paul Brunton's insightful travel works, recounting his spiritual travels across India.
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1849 Wayside Pictures Through France, Belgium, and HollandLondon: 1849The first edition of this scarce travel work by Robert Bell, in which he explores France, Belgium, and Holland.
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Signed1931 The Hungry Traveller in FranceLondon: 1931A scarce first edition gastronomical travel work on France by Norman Davey, signed by the author, from the library of wine seller Charles W. Berry.
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1812 Travels in Greece, Palestine, Egypt, and Barbary. Volume II OnlyLondon: 1812The second volume of the second edition of Shoberl's scarce English translation of Chatreaubriand's Middle Eastern travels.
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1911 Rural Denmark and its LessonsLondon: 1911A smart first edition copy of this lesser known non-fiction travel work by H. Rider Haggard.
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1897 The Valley of Zermatt and the MatterhornLondon: 1897The scarce first edition of Edward Whymper's guide to Zermatt and the Matterhorn, profusely illustrated and with folding maps of the region.
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1936 Don Gypsy: Adventures with a Fiddle in Barbary, Andulusia and La ManchaLondon: 1936The first edition of this charming travelogue by Walter Starkie, illustrated throughout and in the scarce original dust wrapper.
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1831 The Landscape Annual for 1831: The Tourist in ItalyLondon: 1831The first edition of this travel work on Italy by Thomas Roscoe, illustrated with detailed engravings by Samuel Prout.
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1914 Vizagapatam. Proposals For the Improvement and Development of the Harbour.London: 1914The very scarce first edition proposal on a harbour to be built at Vizagapatam, led by civil engineer Sir John Wolfe Barry.
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1904 The Sportsman's Book For IndiaLondon: 1904An illustrated guide to the various popular sporting pursuits of India, the first edition of this work edited by F. C. Aflalo.
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1904 Simla Past and PresentCalcutta: 1904A scarce first edition of this illustrated work on Simla, a detailed study on the city by Edward J. Buck.
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1945 Kashmir: Eden of the EastAllahabad: 1945The scarce first edition of this 1945 celebration of the state of Kashmir, illustrated with folding maps and photographic plates.
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Signed1926 Courts and Camps in IndiaLondon: 1926A signed presentation copy of this very scarce first edition work from Socialite, theatre actress and volunteer nurse Yvonne Fitzroy.
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1895 The Relief of ChitralLondon: 1895The first edition of this work on the Siege of Chitral and the Chitral Expedition, complete with illustrations.
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1881 The Land of the Midnight SunLondon: 1881An illustrated travel work detailing Paul du Chaillu's explorations across Scandinavia.
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1851 Pitcairn's Island, and the Islanders, in 1850London: 1851A scarce travel work on the Pitcairn Islands, the second edition of this detailed and illustrated work.
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1891 Beast and Man in IndiaLondon: 1891A smart first edition copy of John Lockwood Kipling's work on India, an illustrated study of this work from the library of Kipling's agents.
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1910 A Trip Through the Land of Sunshine and SurpriseLondon: 1910A vanishingly scarce promotional work by the East Indian Railway, a colourfully illustrated guide to India.
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1931 All About Mysore: A Comprehensive Handbook Up-to-Date & IllustratedBangalore City: 1931The very scarce first edition of D. V. Gundappa's guide to the city of Mysore in India, illustrated throughout.
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1904 A Lonely Summer in KashmirLondon: 1904The first edition of Margaret Cotter Morison's personal account of a summer spent in Kashmir.
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1771 A New Geographical, Historical, and Commercial GrammarDublin: 1771The very scarce second edition of William Guthrie's noted 'Geographical, Historical and Commercial Grammar', complete with many folding maps.
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1788 An abridgement of Captain Cook's First and Second VoyagesLondon: 1788The fourth edition of this single volume abridged edition of Captain James Cook's account of his famous first two voyages.
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1820 Flowers of Modern Voyages and TravelsLondon: 1820The first edition of this vanishingly scarce four volume work describing major voyages between the years 1806 and 1820.
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1948 The Book of AustriaVienna: 1948The first English language edition of Ernst Marboe's beautiful celebration of the history of Austria, in a full crushed morocco binding.
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1882 Roughing It and the Innocents at HomeLondon: 1882Mark Twain's semi-autobiographical travel works exploring America, Europe, and the Holy Land, illustrated throughout.
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1882 India and its Native Princes: Travels in Central IndiaLondon: 1882A smart edition of Louis Rousselet's 'India and its Native Princes', edited by Lieut.-Col. Buckle, illustrated throughout and with a folding map.
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1826 Scenery of the Rhine, Belgium and HollandLondon: 1826The first edition of Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Batty's collection of sixty engravings illustrating the Rhine, Belgium and Holland.
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1816 A Tour through Belgium, Holland, Along the Rhine and through the North of FranceLondon: 1816The very scarce first edition of this account of the European travels of James Mitchell.
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1805 Four Principal Islands of the African Seas; Gleanings of A Wanderer in Various parts of EnglandLondon: 1805Two first edition travelogues bound together, and including the first edition of J. B. G. M. Bory de St. Vincent's very scarce account of the islands of the African Seas.
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1820 A New Picture of Brussels, and its EnvironsLondon: 1820The second edition of this vanishingly scarce 'stranger's guide' to early nineteenth century Brussels.
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1831 Paris and its Environs, Displayed in a Series of Picturesque ViewsLondon: 1831A wonderful work consisting of steel engravings of the French capital by Pugin.
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1813 Journal of a Tour in Iceland, in the Summer of 1809London: 1813The second edition of this scarce travel work exploring Iceland by William Jackson Hooker, illustrated throughout, including with folding maps.
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1891 The Indian Mutiny of 1857London: 1891A scarce limited edition copy of this work on the Indian mutiny of 1857, with illustrations and plans and bound in full tree calf.
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1926 A Mirror to FranceLondon: 1926A rumination on France's society and characteristics by noted novelist Ford Madox Ford, the first edition, illustrated with a colour frontispiece.
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1921 Sea and SardiniaNew York: 1921The first edition of D. H. Lawrence's travel books, illustrated with colour plates and retaining the original dust wrapper.
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1911 KashmirLondon: 1911The richly illustrated second edition of Younghusband's 'Kashmir', in the very scarce dust wrapper.