Exploration and Adventure

London: Phoenix, 2005. xiv, 224 pp. A little yellowing to edges of text block. Illustrated with b/w maps in the text and colour plates.. Reprint. Paperback. Near Fine. 12mo. more information

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London: Faber, 1973. 224 pp. Light edgewear to unclipped dustwrapper. Very light rubbing to corners of orange cloth boards. Faint foxing to upper edge of text block. Internally unmarked, uncreased and solidly bound. Illustrated with b/w plates.. First. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good +. 8vo. more information

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Melbourne: Oxford University Press Australia, 1996. xvii, 317 pp. Dustwrapper, now protected in removable clear sleeve, is not price clipped but has very light wrinkling along upper edge. Black cloth boards have a little wear to edges, esp. at corners and extremities of backstrip. Unobtrusive rem mark to lower edge of text block near base of spine. . First. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo. more information

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New York: Doubleday, 1976. 288 pp. Dustwrapper, now protected in removable clear sleeve, is not price clipped but has extensive loss to backstrip and rear panels as well as edgewear, discolouration, rubbing, wrinkling and small closed tears. Olive boards (1/4 yellow faux leather) a little worn and bumped along the edges. Light foxing to upper edge of text block, light stains and scuffing to fore- and lower edges. Many pages have been dog-eared, two or three pages have light stains in the margins, o/w clean and solidly bound. Illustrated with b/w photos. "From Africa to the Yukon, Alaska, South America, India . . . by one of the foremost outdoorsmen in the world.". Later Printing. Hard Cover. Good/Poor. Duodecimo. more information

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Melbourne: Macmillan, 1982. xiii, 230 pp. Dustwrapper, now protected, is not price clipped and is just slightly discoloured along upper edge. Light foxing to upper edge of text block. A little edgewear to red cloth boards. Internally as new. . First. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Oxford University Press, 1968. xi, 263 pp. Dustwrapper is unclipped, but has some edgewear including wrinkling and rubbing. Foxing to upper and fore edges of text block. Illustrated with 10 b/w maps in the text and b/w plates.. First. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Octavo. more information

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Dover, 1986. 353pp + Dover catalogue. Occasional B&W maps and illustrations. "These rare firsthand accounts, among the only such tales still extant, recreate in remarkable detail the exciting post-Revolutionary War era when American sailing ships explored the seven seas and transformed a young nation into a maritime power." Excellent condition inside, wraps with moderate general and edgewear, particularly at edges and spine.. First Thus. Soft Cover. Good+. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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Australia: Angus & Robertson, 1978. 190pp. Illustrations, b&w plates section, maps to endpapers. "Special Centenary Edition." "The Schomberg and the Loch Ard were the pride of their lines; magnificent colonial clippers making their hazardous way between England and Australia packed with immigrants. But danger and destruction loomed on the jagged cliffs of Bass Strait." Excellent condition internally, some light wear to page edges. Wraps with light edgewear, creasing to spine.. Reprint. Soft Cover. Good+. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. more information

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Herberton, Queensland, Australia: Hisine Technique. Unpaginated. Chapbook binding, stapled. Pages yellowed, possibly deliberately "antiqued" in the publishing process. "Captain Cook's First Voyage, Commenced in 1768, and finished in 1771. His first published account of landing in the Endeavour River.. Reprint/facsimile. Paperback. Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Vintage Books, 1992. x, 241 pp. Light general wear to wraps. Upper front corner bumped and creased, with creases carrying through first 40 or so pages. Edges of text block yellowed. Orange remainder mark to lower edge. Spine uncreased. Internally clean and solidly bound.. Reprint. Paperback. Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Remainder. more information

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Carlton South, Victoria: Melbourne University Press, 1999. xii, 334 pp. . First. Paperback. Fine. Octavo. more information

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London: Picador, 2004. 256 pp. Light wear to wraps, lower corner bumped, spine uncreased, edges of text block a little yellowed. Internally clean and solidly bound.. Reprint. Paperback. Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Cambridge, New York, and Melbourne: Cambridge University Press, 1994. xi, 324 pp. Extremely light wrinkling to edges of illustrated dustwrapper, unclipped and now protected in removable clear sleeve. Book has light wear to corners and extremities of backstrip. Internally as new. Black-and -white illustrations.. First. Hard Cover. Very Good +/Very Good +. Small Quarto. more information

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London: Thomas Nelson and Sons. xii, 379 pp. No date, c. 1920-1930. Includes folding map in excellent condition. Page edges and endpapers foxed. Maroon boards faded at spine, with moderate general and edgewear.. Hard Cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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Dural Delivery Centre, NSW: Rosenberg Publishing, 2005. 192 pp. Very light general and edgewear to illustrated wraps. Corners a little curled. Spine uncreased; internally as new. Illustrated with b/w and colour maps and plates.. First. Paperback. Very Good. Octavo. more information

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Palmerston, ACT, Australia: Tabletop Press, 1999. 255 pp. Very light shelfwear, otherwise as new. Autobiography of the founder of Tabletop Press, author of many books about the Australian High Country.. First. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Australia: Doubleday, 1984. 252pp. Numerous b&w illustrations. Maps to endpapers. Excellent condition internally, some light edgewear to boards. Dustjacket with light to moderate edgewear.. First. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good+. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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London: BBC Books, 1991. 208 pp. A few fine wrinkles to edges of unclipped dw. Illustrated with b/w maps, diagrams and drawings, and colour and b/w plates.. First. Fine/Near Fine. Octavo. more information

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Geneva: Edito-Service / Heron Books, 1970. xxvii, 360 pp. Small puncture to lower front edge of blue faux leather boards. Some scuffing and discolouration to edges of text block. Internally unmarked, unwrinkled, solidly bound. Decorated eps and blue bound-in placekeeping ribbon. First-person and contemporaneous accounts of early Portuguese exploration including The Route to India, 1497-8; The Discovery of Brazil, 1500; The Lands of Prester John, 1520-6; The Furthest East, 1537-58; The Tragic History of the Sea, 1552 and 1585; The Jesuits in Abyssinia, 1625-34; Overland Return from India, 1663. B/w illustrations.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Collins, 1973. 220 pp. Dustjacket, now protected in archival mylar, is price clipped and has light discolouration along the upper edge. Maroon cloth boards are square and clean. Sticker residue to front pastedown. Illustrated with b/w plates and maps.. First. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Macmillan Pty. Ltd., 1955. viii, 236 pp. Light wear to grey cloth boards. Foxing to edges of text block. Some offsetting to eps. Occasional foxing throughout. At least one instance of pencilled annotation. Fold-out map.. First. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Octavo. more information

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London: Granta Books, 2004. 306 pp. Very light edgewear to illustrated wraps. Small crease to lower rear corner. Edges of text block a little yellowed. Spine square and uncreased. Internally as new. Black/white illustrations throughout.. Reprint. Paperback. Very Good. 12mo. more information

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London: Book Club Associates, 1972. 192 pp. Colour and b&w illustrations/plates. Very light foxing to page edges. Boards with lightly bumped corners and light edgewear. Pen markings to front board. Dustjacket with overall light creasing and general wear, some edgewear with small tears at corners.. First Thus. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Heinemann, 1947. 217 pp. Dustwrapper, now protected in clear removable sleeve, is price clipped and has considerable wear including foxing, chips and wrinkles. Foxing to edges of text block, offsetting to decorated eps (map of itinerary - Turkey to India- to front eps, map of Afghanistan to rear eps). Bookseller's sticker to front pastedown. Internally unwrinkled, unmarked, solidly bound. Illustrated with b/w plates.. First. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Constable & Co., 1971. 245 pp. Dustwrapper, now protected in removable archival mylar sleeve, is price clipped and has light foxing to reverse side. Foxing to upper edge of text block and verso of frontis. Otherwise internally unmarked and solidly bound. Illustrated with b/w plates and sketch map of the Lakes Region by the author.. First. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Chatto & Windus, 1970. xi, 260 pp. Dustwrapper, now protected in removable archival mylar sleeve, is price clipped and has light general and edgewear. Light edgewear to blue cloth boards, spine very slightly canted. Foxing to upper edge of text block. Internally clean and solidly bound. Illustrated with black-and-white photos and maps, including fold-out map of the area of the Zambesi Expedition.. First. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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South Australia: Wakefield Press, 1996. 438pp. Mawson's own account, illustrated with more than 90 original photographs. Essentially in as new condition, only extremely light edgewear to bottom edge.. First Thus. Soft Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Fourth Estate, 2006. xi, 302 pp. Account of the sorry fate of the Eskimo son of Robert Flaherty, the Irish-American explorer who made the film "Nanook of the North". . First British. Paperback. As New. Octavo. more information

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London: Horace Cox, 1902. xii, 299 pp. Calf boards are worn and chiupped. Raised bands and gilt decoration to spine. Geelong College stamp in gilt to upper board. Gilt to all edges of boards. All edges of text block are marbled. Eps are marbled. Geelong College prize bookplate dated 1905 to front pastedown. Occasional light foxing throughout, otherwise internally unmarked and solidly bound. Illustrated with plates of b/w photos. Foldout map of the route through China.. Third Edition. Hard Cover. Good. Octavo. more information

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Sydney: Colporteur, 1982. 288 pp. Illustrated dustwrapper is not price clipped, but has extremely light edgewear. Green cloth boards square and unbumped. Slight discolouration to upper and fore edges of text block. Internally unmarked, unwrinkled, solidly bound. Colour and b/w illustrations include maps, charts, photos, drawings.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Small Folio. more information

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London: Arlington Books, 1978. 267 pp. 44 b/w illustrations. Book very good except for some light foxing and fading to top edge. D/W (now protected) very good except for some minor wear and wrinkling to top edge.. First. Cloth. Good+/Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Constable and Company Ltd., 1956. 241 pp. Dustwrapper, now protected, is not price clipped but is wrinkled and, especially on back panel, soiled. Corners are chipped, as is top of backpanel, and there is a closed tear to the front panel. Blue cloth boards clean and square, corners unbumped. Rather heavy foxing to edges of text block. Offsetting to endpapers (foxing to rear eps and flyleaf). Internally unmarked.. Fifth Reprint Before Publication. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. `. more information

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London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1922. "With 51 Illustrations" "New Impression" 256pp. Numerous b&w illustrations throughout. Very good condition internally, some light foxing to page edges. Boards with light edgewear, particularly at spine and corners. . Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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London: Oxford University Press, 1965. 62 pp. Very light wear, including some offsetting, to wraps. Internally unmarked, uncreased, solidly bound.. Reprint. Paperback. Good+. Duodecimo. more information

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