Search Results: Travel from Wheen O'Books

Poole, Blandford Press, 1984; 0 7137 1388 7. 1st UK edition. Hardback. Nr fine/ Dj Very good. 256pp with illustrations & Maps, Glossary & index. Red covers with gilt tile on spine. Clipped dust jacket has slight edge wear, US price intact. " The aauthor's journey through the bizarre world of fanaticcism and tribal rivalries was, by turns, perilous and hilarious , and it took him finally to the heart of the bloody struggle between Islam and the world's last empire." .

New York, Crescent Books, 1982;. Hardback. Nr fine/ Dj Nr fine. 11" x 8". Unpaginated & profusely illustrated in colour. Brown covers with white lettering. .

London, Heinemann, 1987;. 1st Edition; Hbk; Very good/ Dj Good+; 246pp with pictorial endpapers; Brown covers with gilt title on spine; Dust jacket has wear at edges, price intact. The adventures of a film-maker with the Mursi in southern Ethiopia .

London, Collins, 1943;. Reprint. The British Commonwealth in Pictures series. Hardback. Good +/ No dj. 48pp with twelve plates in colour and thirty-two illustrations in black and white. Light foxing to endpapers. Decorated paper covered boards. .

London, Methuen, 1979; 0 413 32110 x. 1st edition. Hardback. Very good/ Dust jacket very good. 255pp with many illustrations & Maps. Green covers with gilt title on spine. Protected dust wrapper has price intact. Areas include : Warwickshire, Worcestershire, Staordshire, East Shropshire & North Gloucestershire. .

London, William & Robert Chambers, nd ( Inscription dated 1854);. Hardback. Good/ No dj. Two Volumes in One--Vol. V & VI. Each chapter is separately paginated with delightful engravings at each chapter head. Volume V includes : The War in Caffraria, Rural Life in Greece, The Commerce of the Thames, Spirit of the Fairy Queen & more. Volume VI contains Irish Tours & Tourists in 1853, Maud the Sorceress, A Visit to Holland, Montenegro & the Montenegrins and more.... Internal hinge cracked but firm, some light foxing, tightly bound. Half leather boards with 5 raised bands . Boards a bit scuffed at front & back. .

Lonodn, Stanley Paul & Co, nd ( Inscription dated 1925);. Hardback. Good+/ No dj. 367pp profusely illustrated from Photographs by Alex. Begbie, John C. Douglas, and the Author. Red covers with black decoration & Lettering. Red covers with black title on spine. Back external hinge has small split at the top. " An attempt to describe the scenery of the Duchy's coast and moorlands by one who loves it and who believes it has an unique aethetic value." .

Edinburgh, Saint Andrew Press, 1970; 715200550. 1st edition. Softcover. Very good condition. 68pp. Pink softcovers with design by David Grace. .

Zagreb, Zadruzna stampa, 1985;. Softcover. Very good condition. 160pp profusley illustrated and with coloured fold-out map at the end. Text in English. Pictorial coloured covers with title on front & spine. .

London, Ward,Lock, nd ( inscript. dated 1924);. Hardback; Good+/ No dj; 213pp with coloured frontis. and 12pp of Publishers ads; Pale green embossed covers with coloured circular insert on front, black title on spine; covers badly " scuffed", internally very good. .

London, Nimmo, 1875;. Hardback. Good+ condition. xiv, 639pp with Portrait Frontis. and excellent fold-out Map . plus 16pp publisher's catalogue. Printed in double columns. Free front endpaper torn out. Internal hinge cracked but firm. Blue covers with gilt decoration & title on front & worn spine. Bevelled edges. All edges gilt. A solid copy. .

London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1981; 0340263709. Hardback. Good+ / No dust jacket. 512pp with many maps & drawings. Small light library stamps. Brown covers witht black title on front & spine. .

Freiburg, Baedeker, 1968;. 10th edition. Very good+ condition. ix, 264pp with 48 fold-out Maps & Plans with Maps on front endpapers. Red & green page marker ribbons. Red covers with gilt title on front & faded spine. .

London, Murray, 1892;. Eighteenth edition, Revised. Good condition. 63pp + 433pp with fold-out Maps and Plans of Towns plus 64pp period advertisements. Fold-out Map in back pocket in good condition. Blue publisher's catalogue on endpapers. Internal hinge cracked but firm. Page edges browning. Red covers with blind embossed line decoration & gilt title on front & on spine. Corner creased. Very good, clean content. .

London, Hale, 1955;. 1st edition. Hardback. Very good/ No dust jacket. 264pp with photographic illustrations. Translated by F. H. Lyon. Red covers with faded title on sunned spine. .

Palermo, Poligraf, 1979;. Softcover. 9.5" x 6.5". Good condition. Unpaginated with many coloured illustrations plus inserted fold-out map. Laminated pictorial covers. .

London, Reader's Digest Association, 1980;. Reprinted with amendments. Discovery & Exploration series. 10.5" x 7.5". Nr fine condition. 191pp profusely illustrated in colour & black/white. Small white label covers owners name. Pictorial laminated boards , with navy cloth spine & gilt title. Contents include : A Continent Discovered. Orellana Explores the Amazon. The Search for El Dorado. Measuring the Globe. A New World for Science. Darwin in South America. Three Naturalists. The River of Doubt. Unsolved Mysteries. Appendix. Explorers. Glossary and Index. .

Melbourne, Australia Publicity Council, nd ( c 1956);. Hardback. 12" x 9.5". Good/ No dj. 152pp profusely illustrated in colour & black/white. Light foxing to some pages. Blue covers with gilt decoration on front, faded title on spine. " Designed to paint a broad picture of Australia and her peopleat the time of the XVI th Olympiad, 1956." .

London, Besant & Co, nd (c 1929);. Hardback. Very good/ No dust jacket. xi, 111pp with 6 pen-drawings by R. H. Penton and green endpapers. Translated by Francis P. Marchant. Green paper-covered boards with title-label and buff-coloured cloth backstrip. .

London, Alan Sutton, 1986; 0 86299 316 4. Softcover. Reprint. Very good condition. xiii, 378pp. .