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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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1873 The Lands of CazembeLondon: 1873A fascinating work on Portuguese travels to remote Africa, including the original large folding map of the voyage.
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1899 Rambles in Dickens' LandNew York: 1899A charming guide to the England of Charles Dickens', illustrated throughout.
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1960 A Tourist in AfricaLondon: 1960A lovely first edition copy in its original, unclipped dustwrapper of this travel diary by noted author Evelyn Waugh, documenting his voyage to East Africa in 1959.
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c1890 American NotesLondon: c1890Dickens' popular travelogue on American and North American society and culture, with various other works by Dickens included.
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1960 A Tourist in AfricaLondon: 1960A lovely first edition of Evelyn Waugh's seminal travel work about his 1959 tour of East Africa, illustrated throughout,
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1905 By The Ionian SeaLondon: 1905A smart copy of this Italian travel work by popular novelist, George Gissing.
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The Worst Journey in The WorldLondon: 1922A unique example of this highly influential and very scarce work regarding Robert Falcon Scott's doomed quest for the South Pole, containing a signed letter from the author and member of the expedition, Apsley Cherry-Garrard. Truly a special example. -
1860 2vol The Lake Regions of Central Africa Richard F Burton Illus First Ed ColourLondon: 1860A finely bound copy of the first edition of this account of Richard Burton's tantalising nineteenth century explorations of the African Great Lakes. Charmingly illustrated, with chromoxylographs.