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Adventure
[019834] Abraham, J Johnston. The Surgeon's Log : Impressions of the Far East. London: Chapman and Hall, 1931. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. Orginal Cloth. Good / No Jacket. Covers worn, lettering on spine is faded. Binding good. Clean copy. $12.00
[008524] Acquaroni, J L . Bulls and Bullfighting. Barcelona, Madrid: Editorial Noguer, 1966. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hard Cover. Good Illustrated look a bullfighting. Some colour plates. Light wear. $10.00
[002918] Alderson, Frederick. The New Grand Tour. Travelling Today Through Europe, Asia Mionor, India and Nepal. Great Britain: David and Charles, 1971. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / Good. ISBN: 0715350056. Covers chipped and worn. Binding good. Text clean. Some b/w illus. Index. 192 pp. $15.00
[018048] Alexander, Michael. Omai Noble Savage. London: Collins Harvill, 1977. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / Fair. Jacket is chipped and worn wih short tears and light losses.Binding good. Text clean. A good copy. Old price label on front. $25.00
[008523] Alexandrakis, Maria. Athens from the Acropolis. Greece: Alexman Edition, 1957. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Pictorial Card. Fair 118 pp guide to the Acropolis. Inc index and fold out map at rear. Binding cracked. Interesting traveller's reference. $10.00
[002671] Alliston. Eleanor. Escape to an Island. London: Heinemann, 1966. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / Good. Jacket lightly worn, protected with clear wrap. Price clipped. Covers and binding good. pages clean. Light foxing along edges.184 pp. Maps at ends. A family settles on Three Hummock Island off Tasmania. $15.00
[021598] Anderson, Mona. A River Rules My Life. Wellington: Reed, 1968. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / Good. Jacket is chipped and worn . Book plate and gift inscription inside. Binding good. Text clean. $17.00
[015154] Anderson, W A. Doctor in the Mountains. Wellington: A.H & A.W Reed, 1964. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good Slight sunning on binding $11.00
[002050] Arnold, Elliott. Rescue!. London: Corgi, 1959. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Mass Market Paperback. Fair 253pp. The exciting human story of the heroic men of the Air Sea Rescue Service in war and peace. Covers worn. Edges browning. Rolled. Edges browning. $5.00
[013198] Bailey, F M. Mission to Tashent. London: The Folio Society, 1999. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Very Good / No Jacket. Near fine copy in slip case. Issued without a jacket. $18.00
[002137] Balstad, Liv. North of the Desolate Sea. London: Souvenir Press, 1958. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / Good. Life in the Arctic Circle. Jacket is chipped and clipped. Some small tears. Corners and spine bumped. Covers good. Binding good. 224 pp. Some b/w illus. $10.00
[012419] Barber, Noel. The White Desert. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1958. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / Fair. Jacket is chipped and worn with large loss on rear. Binding good. Previous owner's name inside. $18.00
[011456] Barrett, Charles. Isles of the Sun. Melbourne: William Heinemann, 1954. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / No Jacket. 258 pp. Covers clean. Light foxing on first few pages. Couple of small silverfish nibbles on title page. Gift inscription inside. Binding good. Clean copy. New Guinea history. Some illus. $22.00
[023029] Barrett, Charles. Australian Caves, Cliffs and Waterfalls. Melbourne: Georgian House, 1944. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover Cloth Spine. Good / No Jacket. Interesting vintage book on caves, cliffs, waterfall, rock structures, monoliths in Australia with 68 b/w illus. Includes history of discovery etc. Details of WA's south west caves, Yalingup and caves on the Nullabor. Edges bumped, some wear to spine. Foxing to back cover. Previous owner's name inside, has been whiteouted out with some scribbling over the top. Some pages lightly stained in places, text clean. $22.00
[009584] Barrett, Charles. Australian Caves, Cliffs and Waterfalls. Melbourne: Georgian House, 1944. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Original Cloth. Good / Good. Interesting vintage book on caves, cliffs, waterfall, rock structures, monoliths in Australia with 68 b/w illus.Includes history of discovery etc. Details of WA's south west caves, Yalingup and caves on the Nullabor. Jacket has light wear. $25.00
[017570] Barrett, Charles. The Island World. Melbourne: Oxford, 1944. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. Original Cloth. Good / Fair. Top right-hand corner of front cover jacket missing. Water stains to jacket spine. Edges bumped with a few tears along edges. Some grubby marks. Pages browning. $12.00
[011331] Batson, Alfred. African Intrigue. Grea Britain: The Beacon Library, 1937. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Fair / No Jacket. An actual record of an African adventure. Fair copy only. Part of jacket pasted inside. Binding cracked. Worn and marked. $12.00
[001547] Bauer, Josef Martin. As Far as My Feet Will Carry Me. London: Andre Deutsch, 1957. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / No Jacket. Spine sunned with gilt lettering faded. Spine extremities slightly frayed. Binding good. Text clean. Previous owner's name inside. $40.00
[006577] Bayliss, John. Exploits in Africa. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1963. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / No Jacket. A collection of African stories for older children written by some great authors, Moorhead, Durrell etc. No jacket . Light wear. Rehab centre stamp inside but no library paste-ins etc. $20.00
[004524] Bechervaise, John. The Far South. Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1961. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Ex-Library. Good / Good. Ex lib. Jacket protected and is good. Usual library marks. Author was a leader of 3 Antarctic Research Expeditions. 103 pp. Index. B/w illus. $15.00
[001605] Becker, Peter. Rule of Fear. London: Panther, 1966. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Mass Market Paperback. Good The life and times of Dingane. King of the Zulu. paperback. 284pp. pages browning with age. Edge worn. Slight roll. Binding good. Text clean. $10.00
[005259] Bellow, Saul. To Jerusalem and Back. London: Secker and Warburg, 1976. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / Good. Jacket is chipped, clipped, worn and lightly marked with a faded spine. Binding good. Text clean.. Previous owner's name inside. $10.00
[003574] Bethell, L.A (ed). Blackwood Tales from the Outposts. Jungle Tales. London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1936. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / Good. Jacket is chipped and worn with some losses. Now protected. Binding good. Text clean. PON inside. Edges dusty. $35.00
[019206] Bisschop, Eric De. Tahiti-Nui By Raft from Tahiti to Chile. London: Collins, 1959. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Orginal Cloth. Fair / Good. The story of a raft expedition. Jacket is chipped and worn. Good copy. Illus. Maps at ends. $30.00
[005793] Blake, W T. Thailand Journey. London: The Travel Book Club, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / Fair. A travel through Thailand in 1955. 192 pp. Index. B/w ills. Jacket is tatty but worth preserving. Gift inscription inside. $10.00
[020191] Bolland, Terry. The Long Way Home. Bassendean, Western Australia: Self Published, 1998. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Paperback. Good A 24,00km walk, cycle and kayak around Australia. Covers worn with some creases to front cover, light scratching and rub marks to back cover. Water damage to first few pages, doesn't interfere with text, pages just slightly warped on top edge. Text clean. $50.00
[007059] Bolton, Kenneth. Harambee Country a Guide to Kenya. London: Geoffrey Bles, 1970. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / No Jacket. A revised an up to date edition. 233 pp. Fold out map. Inc specialist chapters. Top corner of first blank page has been name clipped. $14.00
[002242] Bonington, Chris. Annapurna South Face. Great Britain: Book Club Associates, 1971. Second Impression. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / Good. Jacket chipped and worn with a few small tears and folds. Covers clean and bright. Binding good. Text clean. Retirement village stamps inside. 334 pp. Numerous colour illus. Index. Fold out photo inside rear cover. A very nice copy. $15.00
[000800] Botting, Douglas. One Chilly Siberian Morning. ill. Botting, Leslie.W. London: The Travel Book Club, 1965. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. The story of the travels of Botting and Bayliss through the northern regions of Russia. A very nice copy. Only minor chipping along top of jacket and spine. 912pp. $12.00
[004954] Braxton, Dorothy. The Abominable Snow-woman. Wellington: A.H & A.W Reed, 1969. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Ex Lib. Good / Good. Ex lib copy with usual wear. The first woman journalist to visit Antarctica. 210 pp. Binding good. Text clean. Illus. $12.00
[011743] Brown, Lilian. I Married a Dinosaur. London: George G Harrap, 1951. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / Good. ISBN: palaeontology. The light hearted story of a strange honeymoon in Indian and Burmese jungles, hunting big game that has been dead for millions of years. jacket is clipped and chipped. Binding good. Text clean. Gift insc inside. Some interesting b/w illus. $12.00
[022854] Bulpin, T V. The Golden Republic. Cape Town: Howard B Timmins, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Orginal Cloth. Good / No Jacket. The story of the South African Republic from its foundation until 1883. 236 pp. Illus. maps at ends. Index. $10.00
[000493] Burgess, P.H.E. Diamonds Unlimited. London: The Adventurers Club, 1960. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Good Written by a former security officer at the Williamson diamond mine in Tanganyika this book reveals the richness of the diamond field and the length to which worker would go to smuggle stolen gems from the mine. Illustrated. 190pp. Ex-Red Cross library with some stamps and markings. Part of the dust jacket has been placed on the front cover and covers are protected by plastic. $10.00
[016106] Buxton, David. Travels in Ethiopia. London: Benn, 1957. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Good / No Jacket. Good condition- covers clean. Slightly rolled. Pages browning. Contains assorted black-and-white photographs. Original owner's name stamped inside front cover. $10.00
[008227] Byrd, Richard. Alone. London: Ace, 1958. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Mass Market Paperback. Good A near very copy of this amazing adventure story. Paperback. Ace edition. $8.80
[016847] Campbell, Gina. Bluebirds: The Story of the Campbell Dynasty. London: Sidgwick and Jackson, 1988. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Inscribed By Author. Good / Good. The story of Gina Campbell, the world's fastest woman on water. Inscribed inside front cover to previous owner, with Christmas wishes. Cover lightly worn and yellowing along the top edge of front cover. Few light scratches on the back cover. Top edge of jacket grubby. Text clean, binding good. $15.00
[004159] Carrington, Dorothy. The Traveller's Eye. London: The Pilot Press, 1947. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / No Jacket. The English traveller from Tudor times to 1947. 381 pp. Index. B/w illus. Binding good. Text clean. $8.00
[021937] Carson, J B. Sun, Sand and Safari. London: Robert Hale, 1957. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Orginal Cloth. Good / Good. Jacket is worn with some minor losses, chips and tears to edges, a few grubby rub marks. Jacket is price clipped. Previous owner's name stamped inside. Pages yellowing and binding good. $18.00
[004246] Cheeseman, Evelyn. Things Worth While. London: Hutchinson, 1957. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / Good. The autobiography of a naturalist who visited many of the Pacific Isles. Jacket chipped and worn. First page has been name clipped. maps at ends. Binding good. Text clean. $7.00
[000452] Cloete, Stuart. The Mask. London: Collins, 1958. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Good / Fair. 256pp. Jacket is torn and marked with pieces missing from top and bottom of spine. Edges browning. Corners bumped. $7.00
[011772] Cloete, Stuart. The African Giant. London: Collins, 1956. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / Good. Jacket is clipped, chipped and worn. Previous owner's name inside. Binding good. Text cean. $20.00
[004906] Clune, Frank. Sky High to Shanghai : An Account of My Oriental Travels in the Spring of 1938, with Side Glances at the History. Sydney: Angus and Roberston, 1941. Second Impression. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / Fair. Jacket is chipped and worn with substantial losses but is worth preserving. Now protected. Covers have a few marks and there are a few marks along top edges that have bled slightly into pages in a few pages. Do not detract from the book. Binding good. A nice copy. mail for a scan and full details. $48.00
[021945] Clune, Frank. Hands Across the Pacific. Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1951. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / No Jacket. Covers are worn with light fraying of the cloth at top and bottom of the spine. Previous owner's name? on title page. Binding good. A tidy copy. $14.00
[020727] Clune, Frank. Land of Hope and Glory. Sydney: Angus and Roberston, 1949. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Orginal Cloth. Good / No Jacket. An Australian traveller's impressions of post-war Britain and Eire. Covers worn, edges bumped, spine lightly sunned and spotted. Some light foxing to edges. Text clean, square. $12.00
[011411] Clune, Frank. Roaming Around Europe. Sydney: Angus and Roberston, 1954. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / Good. A first edition by one of Australia's leading travel/adventure writers. 248 pp. Numerous illus. Jacket is chipped and worn. Binding good. Text clean. A very nice copy. $14.00
[017712] Clune, Frank. All Roads Lead to Rome. Sydney: Invincible Press, 1950. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Fair / No Jacket. Rolled, edges bumped. Spine cracked. Illustrated. $10.00
[004900] Clune, Frank. Somewhere in New Guinea. ill. Miller, Syd. Sydney: Angus and Roberston, 1951. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / No Jacket. Covers lightly worn. Previous owners name and gift card taped inside. Owner's initials penned on edge. $10.00
[009272] Clune, Frank. Somewhere in New Guinea. ill. Miller, Syd. Sydney: Angus and Roberston, 1951. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / Fair. jacket has losses but is worth preserving. Covers clean and bright. A good copy. $16.00
[003071] Clune, Frank. Roaming Around Europe. Sydney: Angus and Roberston, 1954. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / Good. A first edition by one of Australia's leading travel/adventure writers. 248 pp. Numerous illus. Jacket is chipped and worn. Binding good. Text clean. A very nice copy. $14.00
[004136] Clune, Frank. To the Isles of Spice with Frank Clune. Syde: Angus and Robertson, 1944. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Fair / No Jacket. Covers worn. Some damage to spine. First page has been removed. B/w illus. maps at ends.327 pp. Biblio. A vagabond voyage by air from Botany Bay to Darwin , Bathurst Island , Timor , Java , Borneo , Celebes , and French Indo-China. $14.00
[009141] Cobham, Alan J. My Flight to the Cape and Back. London: A & C Black, 1926. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Card. Fair A narrative of an early flight from London to cape Town, includes maps and interesting African images. 70 pp. Cover lacks spine. $20.00
[018146] Cobold, Lady Evelyn. Pilgrimage to Mecca. London: John Murray, 1934. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / No Jacket. Rare copy. Covers lightly worn. Gilt lettering on spine and front cover. Board stain inside covers. A few pen marks (lines) in margins to highlight text. Email for a scan. Binding good. Near very good copy. $1,500.00
[002237] Collier, Eric. Three Against the Wilderness. London: Hutchinson, 1960. Second Impression. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / No Jacket. No jacket. Bumped. Covers lightly marked. Edges marked. No exchange stamp on edges. Binding good. A few marks have bled into pages from edges. Some b/w illus. $10.00
[003591] Collier, Eric. Three Against the Wilderness. London: Readers Book Club, 1962. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / No Jacket. No jacket. Bumped. Covers lightly marked. Edges marked. Binding good. Some b/w illus. $10.00
[018478] Collodon, augustus C. Congo Jake. London: Sampson Low, 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Mass Market Paperback. One of the Stranger Than Fiction series. Vintage paperback circa 40s? Has light wear. Nice clean copy. $10.00
[007073] Corbett, Jim. Man-Eaters of Kumaon. London: Penguin, 1964. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Mass Market Paperback. Fair The story of the hunt for a man eating tigers in India. Worn paperback in fair condition. Tape stains inside. $5.50
[008274] Corbett, Jim. Man-Eaters of Kumaon. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1985. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Mass Market Paperback. Fair The story of the hunt for a man eating tigers in India. Worn paperback in fair condition. Worn along spine. $6.60
[011026] Corbett, Jim. The Temple Tiger and More Man-Eaters of Kumoan. London: Geoffrey Cumberlege, 1955. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original Cloth. Ex Lib. Fair / Fair. 197 pp. Some b/w plates. Ex lib copy. Usual marks and wear. Some sticky patches inside covers. Tear/lift on first blank page from sticky tape. Binding good. Jacket under plastic. $50.00
[018735] Corbett, Jim. Man-Eaters of Kumaon and Temple Tger. London: Oxford University Press, 1960. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Orginal Cloth. Fair The story of the hunt for a man eating tigers in India. One of The World's Classics series. Cloth is split along spine and the binding is cracked inside. $15.00
[002203] Cox, A Bertram. Siestas and Fiestas. Adelaide: Rigby Ltd, 1961. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / Good. Jacket is chipped and worn and has some small tears. Covers good. Text clean. 238 pp. Australians abroad! $10.00
[008024] Cox, A Bertram. The Other Half. ill. Joan Jagoe. Adelaide: Rigby Ltd, First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / Good. Jacket is chipped and worn and has some tears and losses. Covers good. Title page has been name clipped. Text clean. 238 pp. Australians abroad! $15.00
[017666] Craciunas, Silviu. The Lost Footsteps. London: Collins Harvill, 1961. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Fair / Good. Jacket spine is discoloured, top edges bumped with slight creasing. Book is rolled. Pages yellowing. $15.00
[015183] Crad, J.. White Hell of the North. London: Sampson Low, Marston and Co, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Fair / Fair. Cover badly marked, jacket is clipped and has some tears. Previous owner inscription. $50.00
[017576] Crockett, Charis. The House in the Rainforest. London: Hutchinson, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / Good. Contains 28 illustrations and an endpaper map. Minor losses to jacket edges, some small tears and creases. Rub marks to back cover jacket. Foxing to edges of book. Pages yellowing. $27.00
[019381] Cronin, Vincent. The Last Migration. London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1957. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Orginal Cloth. Good / Fair. Jacket is chipped and worn with light losses at extremities. Binding good. Text clean. $15.00
[011299] Cumming, C F Gordon. At Home in Fiji. Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1882. Fourth Edition Complete in One Volume. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Poor / No Jacket. 365 pp. This is a scarce and complete historical account of south sea island life and travel in the late 1800s. It is a poor but complete text (map at end is missing) reading research copy with very worn covers, taped repairs inside front and back covers. Binding cracked. marked etc. Valuable historical reference for anyone interested in South Sea history. $25.00
[013051] Cummings, Lewis V. I Was a Head Hunter. London: George G Harrap, 1942. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Ex Lib. Fair / No Jacket. Ex lib rebound copy with some lib marks. Binding good. $16.60
[020016] Cummings, Lewis V. I Was a Head Hunter. London: George G Harrap, 1942. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Fair / No Jacket. Covers worn, rolled, title on spine faded. Pages yellowing and spine cracked. $20.00
[008642] Curie, Eve. Journey Among Warriors. London: William Heinemann, 1945. Second Australian Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Fair / No Jacket. Covers are worn. Binding slightly cracked opp title page. Pages browning with age $10.00
[015678] Curle, J H. This World of Ours. London: Methuen, 1929. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / No Jacket. Pages browning, edges bumped and worn, binding cracked. Previous owner's name inside front cover. $12.00
[016479] Davis, Tom & Lydia. Doctor to the Islands. London: Michael Joseph, 1955. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Good / Good. Few small tears on jacket, lightly stained in places. Binding good. Original owner's name stamped inside front cover. Few marks on the first few pages. $10.00
[015172] De Poncins, G. The Ghost Voyage : Out of Eskimo Land. London: Victor Gollancz, 1955. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / Fair. Author's story of his life among the Eskimos. Jacket has small amount of tearing on three corners. Retirement village stamp inside. $18.00
[020229] De Prorok, Byron. Dead Men Do Tell Tales. Great Britain: Panther, 1962. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Mass Market Paperback. Good Pagan rites ... primitive passions ... savage cruelties ... mingle in a modern world of harems, slaves and barbaric splendour. Label lift on front cover. Worn. Slight roll. Browning with age. $10.00
[013237] De Prorok, Byron. Dead Men Do Tell Tales. Great Britain: Panther, 1963. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Mass Market Paperback. Fair Pagan rites ... primitive passions ... savage cruelties ... mingle in a modern world of harems, slaves and barbaric splendour. Paperback. Worn. Slight roll. Light damage to spine. Browning with age. $10.00
[004491] De Prorok, Byron. Dead Men Do Tell Tales. Great Britain: Panther, 1962. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Mass Market Paperback. Good Pagan rites ... primitive passions ... savage cruelties ... mingle in a modern world of harems, slaves and barbaric splendour. Paperback. Worn. Slight roll. Browning with age. PON inside. $10.00
[006796] Delius, Anthony. The Young Traveller in South Africa. London: Phoenix House, 1949. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original Cloth. Ex Lib. Fair / No Jacket. 160 pp. B/w illus. Travels in South Africa. No jacket. Ex lib with usual wear and marks. Covers protected by plastic. $15.00
[000674] Denis, Michaela. Ride a Rhino. London: Readers Book Club, 1961. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hard Cover. Good / No Jacket. 224pp. Edges marked. No jacket $8.00
[000657] Di Pirajno, Alberto Denti. A Cure For Serpents. London: The Reprint Society Ltd, 1956. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / No Jacket. 272pp with b/w photos. The story of a doctor in Africa. A few light marks on covers. $5.00
[018884] Dickson, Lovat. Half-Breed: The Story of Grey Owl. London: Peter Davies, 1960. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Orginal Cloth. Good / Fair. Jacket is clipped, chipped and worn wioth light losses. Clean copy. Previous owner's name inside. $15.00
[017257] Dickson, Lovat. Half-Breed: The Story of Grey Owl. London: Peter Davies, 1946. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Orginal Cloth. Good / No Jacket. Covers worn, few light stains on front and back cover. Edges bumped. Pages yellowing, spine cracked. $20.00
[018847] Dodwell, Christina. In Papua New Guinea. Great Britain: The Oxford Illustrated Press, 1983. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Orginal Cloth. Good / Good. ISBN: . 255 pp. Illus. Gift insc inside. Near very good copy. Light wear. $18.00
[018966] Dolinger, Jane. The Forbidden World of the Jaguar Princess. London: The Adevnturers Club, 1965. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Orginal Cloth. Good / Good. This is a strange tale! A beautiful girl alone in the Amazon! Jacket is chipped and worn,. Binding good. a few marks. $15.00
[007093] Domalain, Jean-Yves. Panjamon. London: Book Club Associates, 1973. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / Fair. The true adventure of a young French zoologist lost in the jungles of Borneo, adopted by a tribe of head-hunting Dayaks, and forced to marry the chief's daughter. Jacket is chipped and worn with some light losses. Binding good. Text clean. $8.80
[004515] Dupeyrat, Andre. Mitsinari. London: Staples, 1954. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / Good. Father Dupeyrat spent twenty years among primitive tribes in New Guniea. 255 pp. B/w illus. Jacket chipped and worn, now protected (nice cover!). Binding good. Text clean. A nice copy. Maps at ends. $22.00
[019844] Dupeyrat, Andre. Mitsinari : Twenty-one Years Among the Papuans. London: Staples Press Ltd, 1954. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Orginal Cloth. Good / No Jacket. Cloth covers have light wear. Clean and bright. Binding good. Gift inscription inside. $16.00
[022514] Eastwood, Frank. Guid to the Mulanje Massif. Natal: Lorton Communications, 1988. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Good ISBN: 0620118962. Mountain climbing guide to Mulanje. 147pp. Diags and 2 fold out maps at end. Clean text, good binding. minor wear on edges. Bookshop stamp on bottom corner first page. $30.00
[011053] Ebener, Charlotte. No Facilities for Women. London: Secker and Warburg, 1956. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / No Jacket. Covers have light wear. Bump on bottom edge. Previous owner's name penned over inside. $12.00
[002308] Evans, E.R.G.R. South with Scott. London: Collins Clear Type Press, 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / No Jacket. Covers worn. Gilt lettering on spine bright. Light wear to top and bottom of spine. Binding cracked but still intact and strong. Text clean. Maps at ends. 317 pp. Gift label inside front cover. One of the library of classic series. $20.00
[002248] Ferdon, Edwin. One Man's Log. London: Allen and Unwin, 1966. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Ex-Library. Good / Good. The personal account of a member of Thor Heyerdahl's expedition to Easter Island. Ex-library. Usual markings. Jacket clipped and covered. "Boan's Book Club" paste in inside. 198 pp. Some b/w illus. $18.00
[015792] Fischer, Edward. Light in the Far East. New York: Seabury, 1976. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Orginal Cloth. Good / Fair. Archbishop Harold Henry's forty-two years in Korea. Jacket is chipped and worn with some tears and taped repairs. Book good condition. $10.00
[006748] Fleming, Archibald Lang. Archibald the Arctic. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1959. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Fair / Fair. The life story of the famous Scot who dared the desolate wastes of Baffin Land and beyond, where no wite man had ever been, to bring Christianity to the eskimo. 314 pp. Maps at ends. Index. Illus. First blank page has been removed. $10.00
[017764] Fleming, Ian. The Diamond Smugglers. London: Pan Books, 1963. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Mass Market Paperback. Good The story of diamond smuggling. 153 pp. Some b/w illus. Light wear. Good copy. $7.70
[006742] Fleming, Ian. The Diamond Smugglers. London: Pan Books, 1964. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Mass Market Paperback. Poor The story of diamond smuggling. 153 pp. Some b/w illus. Marked. Pages coming loose. Worn and rolled. Poor copy only $5.50
[008975] Fleming, Ian. The Diamond Smugglers. London: Pan Books, 1963. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Mass Market Paperback. Good The story of diamond smuggling. 153 pp. Some b/w illus. Light wear. Good copy. $7.70
[019764] Fleming, Peter. Brazilian Adventure. London: Jonathan Cape, 1935. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Orginal Cloth. Good / No Jacket. Edges bumped. Previous owner's name inside. Pages yellowing. $15.00
[001030] Foreman, Russell. Long Pig. London: Heinemann, 1959. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Ex-Library. Fair / No Jacket. Fiction based on fact. The wreck of the survivors of the Argo on Fiji in 1800. Cannabilism, head hunters, survivors etc. Ex-library. All the usual marks and wear. $10.00
[017981] Fraser, John Foster. The Land of Veiled Women. London: Cassell and Co, 1913. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / No Jacket. Some wanderings in Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco. Lettering on spine faded. A few marks inside. $18.00
[018525] French, Evangeline. A Desert Journal Letters from Centra Asia. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1949. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Orginal Cloth. Good / Good. Jacket is chipped and worn with light losses. Previous owners name label inside. Good copy. $10.00
[001584] Freuchen, Peter. Ice Floes and Flaming Water. London: Four Square Books, 1959. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Mass Market Paperback. Good The exciting and fabulous life of a Dane who lived with the eskimos of Greenland. paperback. 222 pp. Slight roll. Pages browning. Binding is good. A tidy copy. Nice cover art. $5.00
[008270] Frost, Peter. Exploring Cuzco. England: Brandt Enterprises, 1984. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Pictorial Card. Good ISBN: 0946983003. The traveller's guide to Peru's most famous region. 134 pp with numerous maps, Designed to accompany a traveller to the region and appears to have already been there! Has a Peru book shop stamp inside. Covers are marked and edges worn. Scarce and valuable title. $50.00
[021788] Fuchs, Sir Vivian. The Crossing of Antarctica. London: Cassell, 1958. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Orginal Cloth. Good / No Jacket. Spine sunned with some light fraying to edges, edgeworn with a few grubby markings to covers. Pages yellowing, binding good, colour photographs inside. Previous owner's name inside front cover. $10.00
[000373] Gann, Ernest. Soldier of Fortune. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1955. Fourth Impression. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Good / Poor. 255pp hardcover. Dustjacket has chips and tears with a piece missing at base of spine. $8.00
[003061] Gardner, Erle, Stanley. Hunting the Desert Whale. London: Readers Book Club, 1964. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / Fair. Adventures in Baja California. Hunting killer man-hating whales. Its amazing how attitudes change! Jacket is chipped and worn with some losses. Bumped. Covers clean. Binding good. maps at ends. Some illus. Browning with age. $10.00
[000489] Geer, Andrew. Canton Airlift. London: Collins, 1957. 2nd Impression. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Good / Good. 320pp adventure from the author of Sea Chase. Dust cover has a small piece missing from top of spine and is chipped and rubbed. Some browning on back of jacket. Covers good. Black pen has been used inside to cover previous owner's name. $10.00
[004902] Gheerbrant, Alain. Impossible Adventure. London: Victor Gollancz, 1953. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / Good. An account of an 1948-50 exploration of the Orinoco. Jacket is chipped and worn with some losses. Binding good. text clean. 390 pp. $10.00
[006732] Gheerbrant, Alain. The Impossible Adventure. London: Panther, 1958. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Mass Market Paperback. Poor Savage ceremonies among the forgotten tribes of the Amazon. 319 pp. Poor condition. many loose pages. A reading/research copy only. $8.00
[006547] Gillespie, Susan. Himalayan View. London: Geoffrey Bles, 1947. Second Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / Good. Jacket has light wear and some marks. Gift inscription inside. Binding good. Scarce. $40.00
[002056] Gillman, Peter and Haston, Dougal. Eiger Direct. London: Collins, 1966. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Very Good / No Jacket. 183 pp. Numerous b/w illus. Covers clean. Lettering on spine bright. Binding tight. A very good copy minus a jacket. $20.00
[022458] Glemser, Bernard. The Long Safari. London: The Scientific Book Club Edition, 1971. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Orginal Cloth. Good / Good. Jacket is chipped and worn. Binding good. Gift inscription inside. $15.00
[009063] Goldring, Douglas. Journeys in the Sun. London: Macdonald & Co, 1946. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / Fair. Memories of happy days in France, Italy and the Balearic islands. 256 pp. B/w illus. Jacket is tatty but worth preserving. $15.00
[013473] Green, Lawrence G. There's a Secret Hid Away. Cape Town: Howard B Timmins, 1956. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / Good. Memories of unusual experiences and mysteries in Southern Africa and African Ilses; strange tales and legends and unrecorded adventures; and people who crossed the author's path and left him wondering. Jacket is chipped and worn with short tears and a small loss on rear. Binding good. Text clean. Board stains. $25.00
[014049] Grenfells, Wilfred. the Story of a Labrador Doctor. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1933. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / Good. Jacket is chipped and worn with losses at extremities. Good copy. $10.00
[019774] Grimble, Rosemary. Migrations, Myths and Magic from the Gilbert Islands. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1972. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Orginal Cloth. Good / Good. Early adventures of Sir Arthur Grimble. Jacket edges slightly worn in places. Stain on pages 164-65, does not interfere at all with the text. Text otherwise clean and tidy, binding good. $60.00
[016992] Gunther, John. Inside Latin America. United States of Amerca: Harper, 1941. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Fair / No Jacket. Worn copy, edges bumped, covers grubby. Deckled edges. Spine cracked, pages yellowing. Few grubby marks that don't interfere with the text. Large fold-out map. $12.00
[010939] Gurr, Andrew. A Little Piece of England. London: John Blake, 2001. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / Good. ISBN: 1903402379. Near very good copy. Some light wear. $18.00
[015454] Gye, Caroline. China 13. London: Faber & Faber, 1964. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Fair / Fair. Some corner bumping, jacket has tear on spine. Travelogue. $10.00
[009537] Harrer, Heinrich. I Come from the Stone Age. London: The Companion Book Club, 1964. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / Good. An adventure in New Guinea. Jacket is chipped and worn. Good copy. $14.00
[007376] Harrer, Heinrich. Seven Years in Tibet. London: Great Pan, 1956. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Mass Market Paperback. Good Vintage paperback. Pages browning with age. Slight roll. 267 pp. Sme b/w illus. $6.60
[002493] Harrer, Heinrich. Seven Years in Tibet. London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1955. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / Good. Jacket has been protected by plastic. Some tape marks inside. Clipped. Covers clean and bright. Binding good. PON has been white inked over. A very nice copy. $15.00
[000011] Harris, John. The Mercenaries. London: Readers Book Club, 1970. Readers Book Club Edition 198. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hard Cover. Good / Good. Good, clean copy. Hardcover with d/j. Previous owner's name is inside. $10.00
[022411] Hart-Davis, Duff. Ascension the Story of a South Atlantic Island. London: Constable, 1972. Fifth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Ex-Library. Fair / Fair. Ex library copy. Worn. Jacket protected. $22.00
[017619] Henderson, Jim (ed). Open Country Calling. Wellington: Reed, 1970. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / Good. Edges of jacket chipped and rubbed, few minor tears and creases. Inscription on first blank page has been crossed out with pencil but is still legible. Text clean. Some illustrations. $12.00
[002732] Herbert, Marie. The Snow People. London: Book Club Associates, 1974. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / Fair. Jacket chipped and worn with some losses. Bumped. Covers good. Binding good. 154 pp. Pages browning. Some illus. $10.00
[000386] Herzog, Maurice. Annapurna. London: The Reprint Society, 1954. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Good / No Jacket. 288pp account of the conquest of Mt Annapurna, the first 8000m peak. Written by the leader of the expedition. Maps and illustrations. Hardcover without d/j. Some corners have been folded. previous owners name and stamp inside front cover. Slight foxing to edges. Binding torn opp title page. $8.00
[018995] Heyerdahl, Thor. Aku-Aku: The Secret of Easter Island. Great Britain: George Allen and Unwin, 1958. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / Fair. Jacket is worn with some creases and losses, particularly along the bottom edge of the spine. Slight roll. Text clean. Colour illustrations. $15.00
[001824] Hillaby, John. Journey to the Jade Sea. London: Constable, 1964. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / No Jacket. No jacket. Covers and spine bright and clean.a few tape marks inside and an interesting paper cutting pasted op ffep. pages clean. Binding good. PON inside. $8.00
[002943] Hillary, Edmund. No Latitude for Error. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1961. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / No Jacket. The story of Edmund Hillary's participation in Antarctic exploration. Light wear to covers. Binding good Text clean. 255 pp. Illus, index. o jacket. $15.00
[015426] Hills, Denis. Man With a Lobelia Flute. London: George Allen, 1969. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / Fair. Impressions and encounters of the author in East Africa. Some sunning, otherwise in good condition. Previousn owner's name inside. $18.00
[000494] Holden, Philip. Seasons of the Hunter. Auckland: Hodder and Stoughton Ltd, 1977. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Good / Good. ISBN: 0 340 22618 8. The adventures of a hunter in Australia and New Zealand.134 pp. Illustrated. Ex Red Cross library and has sheets and markings. Jacket protected by plastic cover. $12.00
[009530] Horn, Alfred Aloysius. The Life and Works of Alfred Aloysius Horn an Old Visiter. London: Jonathon Cape, 1928. Original Cloth. Fair / No Jacket. Imitation marbled covers are worn with some damage at top and bottom of spine. Previous owner's name (1928) inside. Worn copy. No 1. The Ivory Coast in the earlies. Frontis. 320 pp. Of African interest. $40.00
[002543] Howart, David. The Sledge Patrol. London: The Quality Book Club, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / No Jacket. No jacket. Spine sunned. Binding good. Text clean. Maps at ends. $15.00
[015936] Howe, Marvine. One Woman's Morocco. Great Britain: Arthur Barker, 1956. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / No Jacket. Covers worn, edges bumped. Binding loose. Pages browning. Few stains on some of the pages. Contains black-and-white photographs. $20.00
[003438] Huxley, Elspeth. Four Gunieas. London: The Reprint Society, 1955. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / Good. A journey through West Africa. Jacket chipped and worn and has a few stains. Covers good. Binding slightly cracked opp frontis. 320 pp. Inc index and numerous illus. Clean text. $8.50
[019446] Huxley, Leonard. Scott's Last Expedition Volume II. London: MacMillan and Co, 1913. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Orginal Cloth. Ex Lib. Poor / No Jacket. Reports of the journeys and the scientific work undertaken by E A Wilson and the surviving members of the expedition. Contains illustrations and maps. Very worn ex-lib copy. Spine has been damaged and repaired with tape, edges are worn and insect nibbled, numerous stains to cover, spine cracked, back endpage has some losses, spine is cracked and edges grubby. Reading/research copy only. $80.00
[000236] Irish, David. 101 Best Adventure Stories. ill. Symonds, Kenneth. London: Ward, Lock and Co, 1966. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hard Cover. Good / Good. Drake, Frobisher, Crocket, Nelson , The story of Dunkirk, Mallory of Everest, Captain Kidd and much more... 256 pages of adventure. Covers good, spine bumped at top. Dust jacket good with some rubbing and a few chips on top of spine. $10.00
[014579] Irwin, E W. No Longer Innocent. Australia: Angus and Roberston, 1934. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original Cloth. Fair / No Jacket. Australians abroad. A travel story.n First bank page has been corner clipped. Covers worn and marked. Spine sunned. and stained. Some damage to spine. $13.50
[004249] Jabavu, Noni. The Ochre People. Great Britain: John Murray, 1963. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / Good. Scenes from South African life. The author writes about her people, the Bantu. 261 pp. Jacket has been laminated. Binding good. Text clean. Top edge dusty. $13.00
[019368] Jackson, Jack and Crampton, Ellen. The Asian Highway: The Complete Overland Guide from Australia to Europe. Brighton: Angus and Roberston, 1979. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Paperback. Good Covers worn and bumped with some grubby marks. Edges bumped. Pages yellowing. Some b/w photographs. $18.00
[014660] Karko, Kate. Namma a Tibetan Love Story. London: Sceptre, 2001. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Mass Market Paperback. Good Good copy. Light wear. Paperback. Some illus. Gift insc inside. $12.00
[013215] Kearton Cherry. Photographing Wild Life Across the World. London: J W Arrowsmith, First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Fair / No Jacket. Inc 84 photographs. Worn copy.Cloth cracked along spine. A few marks. African safari. $20.00
[021901] Key, Charles E. A Book of Recent Exploration. London: George G Harrap, 1946. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Orginal Cloth. Good / Poor. Jacket is worn with substantial losses to spine, creasing, chips and tears. Edgeworn. Pages browning, board stains inside front and back covers. Binding good, square. Some discolouration to covers. $18.00
[007106] Kimbrough, Emily. Water Water Everywhere. London: Heinemann, 1957. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / Good. Pleasures, mishaps, gay adventures during a voyage to Greece, through the Agean etc etc. Jacket is chipped and worn with some light losses. First blank page has been name clipped. White ink covering old name inside. $10.00
[002343] Kinloch, Bruce. The Shamba Raiders. Memories of a Game Warden. London: Collins and Harvill, 1972. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Good / Fair. ISBN: 000261751x. 384 pp. Index. Some b/w illus. Ex-library with usual wear. Email for a scan. Bumped. Binding good. Usual library covering. $25.00
[021881] Krist, Gustav. Through the Forbidden Land. Great Britain: Readers Union Limited, 1939. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Orginal Cloth. Fair / No Jacket. Covers worn and grubby, rubbing to spine. Spine cracked and pages browning, previous owner's name inside. $10.00
[002063] Lambert, S.M. A Doctor in Paradise. London: J.M.Dent and Sons, 1943. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / No Jacket. Sine sunned. No jacket. Binding starting to loosen but still firm. 422 pp. Numerous b/w illus. maps inside front cover. PON inside. $10.00
[001175] Lansing, Alfred. Endurance. New York: The Adventure Library, 1994. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Quarter Cloth. Very Good ISBN: 1 885283 00 8. 274pp. Colour map endpapers, b/w illus title page. Gilt title on spine. Very good $25.00
[010310] Ledyard, Patricia. Friendly Island. London: Peter Davies, 1956. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / Good. 252 pp. Near very good copy. Author's experiences on Tonga. $15.00
[015855] Leechman, Douglas. Eskimo Summer. Great Britain: Museum Press, 1950. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Orginal Cloth. Good / Poor. Front and back jackets have a few small rips and tears, jacket spine badly damaged and pieces missing. Price clipped. First blank page appears to have been ripped out and the spine is slightly loose but the book is in otherwise good condition. $10.00
[021666] Legg, Frank. Once More on My Adventure: The Life of Frank Hurley. Sydney: Ure Smith, 1966. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Orginal Cloth. Good / Fair. Jacket ic chipped and worn. Clipped. Binding good. Text clean. A tidy copy. $22.00
[005898] Lewis, David. Voyage to the Ice. Australia: Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 2001. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / Fair. ISBN: 0002166720. The Antarctic Expedition of Solo. 144 pp inc colour and b/w illus, maps etc. Scratch and slight loss on back of jacket. Binding good. Text clean. $12.00
[007918] Lewis, Norman. A Drago Apparent. London: Pan, 1957. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Mass Market Paperback. Fair Adventures in a fabulous land: strange peoples and curious places. Illus. Rolled and worn with penned price on cover. $5.50
[016584] Liversidge, Douglas. The Last Continent. London: The Travel Book Club, 1958. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Good / No Jacket. Covers worn, marks from where someone has placed a glass on front cover. Spine sunned. Edges grubby. Some pages spotted with age. Spine cracked. Original owner's name stamped inside. $10.00
[002879] Lodwick, John. The Forbidden Coast. London: The Travel Book Club, 1956. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / No Jacket. Covers worn and lightly maked. No jacket. Marked and worn inside cover where a PON has been removed. Binding good. Text clean. Some b/w illus. $10.00
[015301] Lodwick, John. The Forbidden Coast. London: The Travel Book Club, 1956. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / Good. Near very good copy. $12.00
[007770] Loftus, E A. Speke and the Nile Source. Nairobi: East African Literature Board, 1954. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Illustrated Wrappers. Good One of the Early Travellers in East Africa series.74 pp. Some b/w illus. Email for more details. Short tear on front cover. Scarce. $20.00
[012367] Lohndorff, Ernst. The Forest of Fear. London: Corgi, 1957. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Mass Market Paperback. Good Terrifying incredible adventure in the green hell of the Amazon. Illus. Good copy. Pages browning with age. $15.00
[004118] Lort-Phillips, Patrick. Down Under. Great Britain: H.F And G Witherby, 1969. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / No Jacket. 272 pp. Index. B/w illus. No jacket. Covers and text clean. A nice copy. Travels around Australia. $15.00
[012438] MacDonald, Sheila. Tanganyika Safari. Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1948. First Australian. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / No Jacket. Covers worn and have a few marks. Wear a extremites. Binding good. $20.00
[022033] MacLean, Alistair. Force 10 from Navarone. London: Readers Book Club, 1968. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Orginal Cloth. Good / Good. Some light shelf wear to jacket, bumping to edges. Square, text clean. $20.00
[014662] Macnicol, Terri. Beyond the Skippers Road. Wellington: A H and A W Reed, 1973. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / Fair. Jacket is chipped and worn with a few short tears and light losses. Good copy. Previous owner's name inside. $10.00
[003275] MacQuarrie, Hector. Vouza and the Solomon Islands. Sydney: Angus and Roberston, 1946. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Oblong Quarto. Ex-Library. Good / No Jacket. A story of the Solomon Islands. Map. B/w illus. Interesting! Ex-library but only has light wear. Covers frayed slightly at extremities. A nice copy. $20.00
[019542] Mangel, Alby. Alby Mangel's World Safari. Adelaide: Savvas Publishing, 1986. Large Format. Orginal Cloth. Good / Fair. Jacket is worn with numerous tears, creases, scratches, etc. Substantial tears on spine and front cover. Text is clean and binding good. Numerous colour illustrations. Details the adventures of Alby Mangel on his 'world safari'. $40.00
[018080] Manning, Helen. To Perish for Their Saving. London: Victory Press, 1969. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / Good. A moving account by Helen Manning of the martyrdom in 1968 of two missionaries by cannibals in West Iran, and the dramatic events that followed. Jacket worn and chipped along edges. Some grubby marks on back cover. Jacket is price clipped. Tape stains on first blank page, have gone through to title page. Some b/w photographs. $10.00
[002578] Marnham, Patrick. So Far from God. a Journey to Central America. London: Johnathon Cape, 1985. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 0224021672. 253 pp. Maps at ends. Very good. $12.00
[002348] Marsh, John and Anson, Lyman. Skeleton Coast. London: Pan, 1961. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Mass Market Paperback. Fair Harrowing account of war-time disaster on earth's most desolate shore. Great pan paperback with illus. Binding tender. Pages browning. Covers marked and spine lightly damaged. A good reading copy. Some light insect damage. 221 pp. 4 pp b/w illus. $8.00
[022509] Martin, M. O Rugged Land Od Gold. London: Four Square Books, 1958. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Paperback. Fair 191pp. Good binding. Browning with age. Worn spine. slight wear of face. Price sticker present on cover $10.00
[002696] Maxwell, Gavin. The Rocks Remain. London: Longmans, 1963. Second Impression. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / Good. By the author of "Ring of Bright Water". Jacket chipped and lightly worn. Damp wrinkling on rear. Does not extend to book. Covers lightly marked. Binding good. Edges browning. 186 pp. Some b/w illus. $12.00
[012638] McKenzie, Douglas. Opposite Poles. London: Robert Hales, 1963. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Ex Lib. Fair / No Jacket. Ex lib copy with light wear. Spine sunned. A few lib marks inside. Binding good. $20.00
[007104] Mielche, Hakon. Passes and Trespasses. London: William Hodge and Co, 1954. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / Good. Translated from Danish. the further adventures of a well known travel author. Attractive jacket has light wear. Old penned price on jacket. Good copy. $15.00
[011313] Mielche, Hakon. The Amazon. London: William Hodge and Co, 1950. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / No Jacket. Covers clean and bright. A few tape remnants inside front covers. Binding good. Text clean. Amazon. $16.00
[015221] Migot, Andre. The Lonely South. London: The Travel Book Club, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good Some page yellowing with age. Binding loose inside. Photographs and maps of the Antarctic. Translated from the French by Richard Graves. $10.00
[006582] Mikes, George. Not By Sun Alone. London: Andre Deutsch, 1967. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / Good. Adventures in Jamaica, with darwings by Papas. Jacket is chipped and worn. Binding good. Text clean. Previous owner's name inside. $12.00
[012484] Millen, Sarah Gertrude. The South Africans. London: Constable and Co, 1926. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / No Jacket. Covers worn and marked. Binding good. Interesting South African history including a section on gold and diamond prospecting and mining. Previous owner's name and book plate inside. $20.00
[015179] Miller, C. Cannibal Caravan. London: Museum Press, 1951. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good Some foxing on edges. Dutch New Guinea stories. $15.00
[018913] Miller, Charles. Life Among the Cannibals. London: Robert Hale Ltd, 1958. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Orginal Cloth. Good / Good. One of the World Adventure Series. Clipped jacket is chipped and worn. Good copy. $15.00
[010976] Moorehead, Alan. The White Nile. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1961. Second Impression. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / Fair. Jacket is chipped and worn with some tears and losses at extremities. Binding good. Text clean. Good copy. $22.50
[009062] Moorehead, Alan. The White Nile. London: The Reprint Society, 1962. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / Good. jacket has shelf wear and sunned spine. Good copy. $12.00
[010977] Moorehead, Alan. The Blue Nile. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1961. Second Impression. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / Fair. Jacket is chipped and worn with some tears and losses at extremities. Clipped. Some sun marks on jacket. Binding good. Text clean. Good copy. $22.50
[007282] Moorehead, Alan. The Blue Nile. London: New English Library, 1972. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Mass Market Paperback. Good Paperback. Square copy. Small fold mark on one corner on cover. Edges browning. $8.80
[007622] Moorehead, Alan. The Blue Nile. London: Four Square Books, 1964. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Mass Market Paperback. Good Paperback. Square copy. Fold mark on one corner on cover. very light damp stain along corner at bottom edge of spine. Edges browning. $5.50
[022529] Morier, James. The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan. London: The Cresset Press, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Orginal Cloth. Ex Lib. Fair / No Jacket. Ex lib copy. Covers worn and marked. Binding good. 460 pp. Edges grubby. A few internal marks. A fair copy. $45.00
[016877] Mowat, Farley. The Polar Passion. Canada: McClelland and Stewart Ltd, 1973. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Paperback. Good With illustrations and maps. Covers worn, few creases and marks, reading creases on spine. Binding good. $8.80
[014829] Muller, Karl. Underwater Indonesis Aguide to the World's Greatest Diving. Sinapore: Periplus, 1995. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Mass Market Paperback. Good ISBN: 9625930299. 326 pp. Numerous maps and illus. Guide for divers. Good copy. $15.00
[001471] Murray, Robert. From the Edge of a Timeless Land. a History of the North West Shelf Gas Project. Australia: Allen and Unwin, 1991. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good / Good. ISBN: 0 04 442295 4. 206 pp. Both jacket and book in good to very good condition. maps, b/w and colour illus. $22.00
[013185] Murray, W h. The Story of Everest. London: J M Dent, 1953. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / No Jacket. Cloth covers worn. Binding good. Text clean. $10.50
[021908] Myint-U, Thant. The River of Lost Footsteps: A Personal History of Burma. New York: Farrar, Straus and Gioux, 2007. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Paperback. Good With a new afterword on recent events. Covers worn, edges bumped. Text clean, binding good, square. $10.00
[022524] Nansen, Fridtjof. The First Crossing of Greenland. London: Longmans Green and Co, 1898. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Orginal Cloth. Fair Worn copy. Binding loose. Covers worn. New edition. Farholm Girl's High School Guildford embossed on front cover. Don't buy print on demand. Get the real book! $35.00
[016592] Newman, Bernard. Still Flows the Danube. London: Herbert Jenkins, 1955. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Good / Fair. Jacket worn and chipped, small piece of bottom spine jacket missing, few tears and marks. Jacket has been price clipped. Text clean, binding good. Contains black-and-white photographs. $12.00
[022534] Nichol, J R. Stepping Stones to the South Pole. Australia: Angus & Robertson, 1948. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Orginal Cloth. Good / No Jacket. A tidy copy . Covers have light wear and lettering on spine is faded. Binding good. Text clean. Antarctica history. Eploration. Numerous b/w illus. Previous owner's name inside. $10.00
[013628] O'Donoghue, John. In a Strange Land. London: B T Batsford, 1958. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / No Jacket. Worn copy. A few bumps along edges. Gift insriptions inside. $10.00
[018155] Ommanney, F D. Isle of Cloves. London: The Travel Book Club, 1957. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / Good. Jacket has light wear. Near very good copy. $12.00
[018686] Oram, Malcolm. The Long Brown Path. Sydney: Horwitz, 1957. First American Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Orginal Cloth. Ex Lib. / No Jacket. Ex lib copy. Travel through Europe. Worn and marked. $10.00
[015206] Packer, Joy. Apes and Ivory. London: Eyre & Spottiswood, 1956. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Fair / Fair. The story of Lady Packer's African Travels. Has previous owner's name inside and inscription. Some edgewear. $15.00
[004200] Pearson, John. Wildlife and Safari in Kenya. Nairobi: East African Publishing House, First Edition. Large Format. Original Cloth. Fair Published in the late 1960s this book cover the National Parks and game Reserves of kenya. 384 pp. Numerous colour and b/w illus. Adverts. Great wildlife photos. The covers are worn and marked. Bumped. Inscription inside. Binding good. Interesting safar1/wildlife text. $10.00
[013055] Pearson, Kenneth. The Dorak Affair. London: Michael Joseph, 1967. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original Cloth. Ex Lib. Fair / Fair. True storu of an adventure in archaeology. Ex lib copy. Usual wear and markings. $12.00
[010523] Peck, Graham. Through China's Wall. London: Reader's Union, 1945. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original Cloth. Fair / No Jacket. Covers worn and marked. Binding good. Text clean. $12.00
[006724] Perrottet, Tony. Off the Deep End. Australia: Flamingo, 1996. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Mass Market Paperback. Good Travels in forgotten frontiers. Journeys of an Australian writer and photographer. paperback. Slight roll. A few creases on covers and a few marks. $8.80
[022975] Petro, W. Triple Commission. London: John Murray, 1968. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / No Jacket. Covers are worn with some rubbing and grubby stains. Previous owner's name inside, small tape stain and some pencil marks. Light board stains inside front cover. Text clean, square. $18.00
[019290] Phelan, Nancy. Atoll Holiday. Sydney: Angus and Roberston, 1958. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Orginal Cloth. Fair / Fair. The record of a holiday to the Gilbert Islands. Jacket worn along edges with chips, minor losses, tears and creases. Pages are yellowing and binding good. Part of the free endpage has been removed. Some b/w photographs. $15.00
[002919] Phillips, Wendell. Quataban and Sheba. Exploring Ancient Kingdoms on the Biblical Spice Routes of Arabia. London: Victor Gollancz, 1955. Second Impression. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / No Jacket. Covers worn with light fraying at extremities. Gilt lettering on spine faded. Binding good. Text clean. 335 pp. map inside front cover. Some b/w illus. Bumped. $12.00
[011052] Piajno. Alberto Denti Di. A Grave for a Dolphin. London: Andre Deutsch, 1956. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Fair / No Jacket. Worn and marked copy. Previous owner's name inside. $14.00
[009612] Pinney, Peter. Who Wanders Alone. Sydney: Angus and Roberston, 1954. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / No Jacket. Covers worn. Lettering on spine faded. Binding starting to loosen. One corner bumped. $10.00
[011312] Pinney, Peter. Who Wanders Alone. Sydney: Angus and Roberston, 1954. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / No Jacket. Covers edge worn. Binding good. Text clean. $10.00
[007049] Pinney, Peter. Who Wanders Alone. Sydney: Angus and Roberston, 1954. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / No Jacket. Covers worn. lettering on spine faded. Binding starting to loosen. $10.00
[004952] Pirajno, Alberto Denti Di. A Cure for Serpents. London: Andre Deutsch, 1953. Second Impression. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / Good. Jacket is chipped and worn. Boards stained. Binding good. Text clean. 26 pp. Index. Numerous interesting b/w illus. $7.00
[013750] Pirajno, Alberto Denti Di. A Grave for a Dolphin. London: Andre Deutsch, 1956. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / Good. Jacket is chipped and worn. Boards stained. Binding good. Some light foxing first few pages and on edges. $12.00
[019637] Pollard, Jack. One for the Road. Australia: Jack Pollard Pty Ltd, 1974. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Orginal Cloth. Good / Good. Jacket worn and grubby. Text clean and binding good. 255pp. $12.00
[019387] Pomeroy, Miggs and Collins, Catherine. The Great Saharan Mouse-Hunt. London: Hutchinson, 1962. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Orginal Cloth. Ex Lib. Good / Good. Jacket is worn along edges. Covered with protective plastic. 'Boans Book Club' sticker on back cover jacket. Spine cracked. Tape stains inside. Pages yellowing. Worn. $20.00
[013219] Ponting, Herbert G. The Great White South. London: Gerald Duckworth, 1947. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Fair / No Jacket. Worn copy. Has been some light damp markings on bottom of last few pages which does not interfere with text or plates. Previous owners' names inside. $13.00
[019731] Post, Laurence Van Der. The Lost World of the Kalahari. London: The Companion Book Club, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Orginal Cloth. Good / Fair. Rear jacket has a number of large tears. Rest is good. Binding good. Text clean. $12.00
[021712] Potous, Paul L. No Tears For the Crocodile. London: Hutchinson, 1956. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Orginal Cloth. Good / No Jacket. Crocodile hunting in southern Africa. 187 pp. b/w illus. Maps at ends. Clean and tidy copy with faded lettering on the spine. Binding is good. $20.00
[004669] Pound, Reginald. Scott of the Antarctic. London: World Books, 1968. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original Cloth. Very Good / Good. The biography of the great explorer. A very nice copy. $10.00
[018227] Prescott, William H. Conquest of Peru, Vol. III. London: George Routledge & Sons, 1874. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. Original Cloth. Fair / No Jacket. Covers worn and rubbed, with some sunning to front cover. Spine cracked and some water damage to edges. Worn copy. $30.00
[012440] Pretorius, P J. Jungle Man. Sydney: The Australasian Publishing Co, 1948. Reprint. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original Cloth. Fair / No Jacket. Worn copy. First blank page removed. Binding good. Inc African hunting. Illus. $18.00
[000699] Price, Willard. The Amazing Amazon. London: Heinemann, 1954. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Hard Cover. Good / Poor. Vanguard library edition No 27. Wrapper is poor with several pieces missing and some tears. Pages browning with age. 244pp. $8.00
[022057] Rawicz, Slavomir. The Long Walk. London: Readers Book Club, 1958. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Orginal Cloth. Good / Good. Jacket worn at edges with some bumping. Few grubby marks. Corners bumped. Text clean and binding good, square. $20.00
[005166] Reid, Henry. Hashish. London: Penguin, 1946. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Mass Market Paperback. Fair First Penguin.No 527. Covers worn and marked. Previous owner's name on cover and inside. Spine faded. Cover starting to loosen but binding (stapled) still strong. $15.00
[002142] Ridgway, John and Blyth, Chay. A Fighting Chance. London: Paul Hamlyn, 1966. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hard Cover. Good / Good. Story of two men who rowed from America to Ireland in a 20ft boat in 1966. Numerous illustrations. jacket has some light silverfish damage along inside edges, not visible from outside the book. Else very good. Binding good. Text clean. $10.00
[006191] Robert, Derek. Look at Me Now. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1963. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / Good. A book of travel in Australia and the islands of the South Pacific. One map. Jacket is chipped and worn. A few marks inside. Binding good. Previous owner's name inside. $16.00
[002320] Robertson, Dougal. Survive the Savage Sea. Adelaide: Rigby Ltd, 1973. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / Good. An amazing story of survival at sea. Covers lightly rubbed and chipped.Binding good. Pages have a few marks. $12.00
[005141] Robertson, Dougal. Survive the Savage Sea. New York: Praeger Publishers, 1973. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / Good. An amazing story of survival at sea. Covers lightly rubbed and chipped. A few tears and light losses. Binding good. Previous owner's name inside. $10.00
[018812] Robertson, R B. Of Whales and Men. London: The Reprint Society, 1958. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Orginal Cloth. Good / No Jacket. Jacket is worn with numerous rub marks, scratches etc. Edges bumped. Some discolouration to spine. Pages yellowing. Square. $10.00
[020125] Robson, R W. Queen Emma. Sydney: Pacific Publications, 1971. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Orginal Cloth. Good / No Jacket. The Samoan-American girl who founded an empire in 19th century New Guinea. Edges bumped, covers grubby. Binding good and text clean. Prevfious owner's name inside. $12.00
[010315] Rodger, George. Desert Journey. London: The Cresset Press, 1944. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Fair / Poor. Jacket is worn and has a large piece missing along the top edge. Covers marked., binding good. $10.00
[003254] Ruark, Robert. Use Enough Gun. Great Britain: Corgi, 1972. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Mass Market Paperback. Good ISBN: 0 552 08714 9. Paperback edition of the hunting classic from Ruark. Covers worn. Shadow where a label has been removed. Marks inside cover. Binding good. A "square" copy. 148 pp. Some b/w illus. $12.00
[000647] Ruhen, Olaf. Mountains in the Clouds. Adeaide, Australia: Rigby, 1963. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Very Good / Very Good. 240 pp with b/w photographs. Light rubbing to jacket. Price clipped jacket. Book in very good condition. $35.00
[019484] Sack, John. The Ascent of Yerupaja. London: Herbert Jenkins, 1954. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Orginal Cloth. Good / No Jacket. Covers grubby along edges, edges bumped, spine sunned. Pages yellowing. Some b/w photographs. $50.00
[004709] Sager, Gordon. Hawaii. London: Ward Lock, 1969. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / Good. One of the This Beautiful World Series. 110 pp. Numerous colour illus. Jacket has light wear and is price clipped. Binding good. $14.00
[000234] Scholefield, Alan. Great Elephant. Plymouth, Great Britain: Clarke, Doble and Brendon Ltd, 1967. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Good / No Jacket. A novel about a white family living in Suthern Africa during the time of Chaka the Zulu.215pp. Previous owner's gift inscription inside. No jacket. Brown cover with gilt lettering. A few spots on edges. $12.00
[022011] Scholes, Arthur. Fourteen Men. Melbourne: F W Cheshire, 1949. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Orginal Cloth. Good / Fair. Jacket worn and chipped at edges with some creasing and losses. Jacket rubbed with some grubby markings to back cover. Pages yellowing, text clean, binding good, square. $12.00
[015012] Scholes, Arthur. Seventh Continent. London: George Allen and Unwin, 1953. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / Good. Saga of Australasian exploration in Antarctica 1895-1950. . Illus. Index. Pages browning with age. Jacket is chipped and worn. A smattering of light foxing, especially along edges. Binding good. $22.00
[010287] Scholes, Arthur. Seventh Continent. London: Travel Book Club, 1954. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / Good. Saga of Australasian exploration in Antarctica 1895-1950. 226 pp. Illus. Index. pages browning with age. Jacket is chipped and worn with short tears and some light losses. Binding good. $15.00
[021699] Scholes, Arthur. Fourteen Men. Melbourne: F W Cheshire, 1949. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / No Jacket. Story of the Australian Antarctc expedition to Heard Ilsand. 273 pp, illus. Worn copy. Lacks a wrapper. $12.00
[003287] Scott, TH. The Treasure Trail. London, Great Britain: Federick Warne and Co, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Magazine. Good 192pp. A Three Star Book edition. Paperback in good condition. Wear at spine extremities. Light roll. Covers lightly worn and a few fold marks. A "square" copy. $8.00
[016583] Seaver, George. Edward Wilson of the Antarctic. London: John Murray, 1946. First Australian Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Good / Poor. 301pp, plus index and a few black-and-white photographs. Jacket is in pieces, inside front sleeve is seperate to the rest of the jacket. Large tear on front-cover jacket. Minor water damage on spine jacket. Few small tears and chips. Spine cracked. Text clean. $15.00
[017849] Seaver, George. Edward Wilson of the Antarctic Naturalist and Friend. London: John Murray, 1933. First Australian Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / No Jacket. Cloth covers have light wear and a few marks. A few spts of foxing inside. Previous owner's name inside. Bindig good. $20.00
[012462] Seeger, Elizabeth. The Pageant of Chinese History. New York: Longmans, Green and Co, 1947. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / No Jacket. Covers worn and marked. Edges grubby. Previous owner's name inside. $15.00
[002747] Shipton, Eric. Upon That Mountain. London: Readers Union, 1945. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / No Jacket. Covers worn, lettering on spine faded. Bumped. Binding good. Text clean. 248 pp. Some b/w illus. 4 maps. Has a single library stamp inside front cover and a hospital library title handwritten abovce. No other marks. $14.00
[014320] Sholomir, Jack. Sholomir's Journey. London: Secker and Warburg, 1959. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / Good. Adventure in Africa. Good jacket has been protected with plastic , now removed. Some tape stains inside. Good copy. $10.00
[002775] Siemel, Sasha. Tigrero. London: Arrow, 1957. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Mass Market Paperback. Good Armed only with a spear and iron courage he hunted the savage jungle killers. Illustrated Arrow edition. 253 pp. 14 b/w plates. Amazing stories of a jaguar hunter in the steamy jungles of Brazil. Scarce copy. Paperback in good condition. Light wear, slight roll. Pages browning. Binding good. Email for a scan of the cover $90.00
[004584] Sisson, Jessie. A Tour By Car Through England Scotland and Wales. Sydney: Bank of New South Wales, 1953. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / Good. A travel book from the fifties designed to assist Australians who wished to tour the UK. Includes a gazeteer section. A very nice copy. Jacket worn and chipped with a few tears. $6.00
[017686] Sitwell, Osbert. Escape With Me! An Oriental Sketch-Book. London: MacMillan and Co, 1949. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / No Jacket. Edges bumped, some light water stains (?) to covers. Pages yellowing. First blank page loose. Spine cracked. Illustrated. Square copy. $15.00
[012439] Sleeman, James L. From Rifle to Camera. London: Jarrolds, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Ex Lib. Fair / No Jacket. Fair copy only. Covers worn and taped. Taped repair inside. Complete. $20.00
[007740] Snow, Sebastion. My Amazon Adventure. London: Readers Book Club, 1955. Book Club Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hard Cover. Good / Fair. 288pp story of rafting on the Amazon. Jacket is chipped and worn with losses at extremities. $9.90
[000618] Snow, Sebastion. My Amazon Adventure. London: Readers Book Club, 1955. Book Club Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hard Cover. Fair / No Jacket. 288pp story of rafting on the Amazon. Hardcover, binding becoming loose.spine faded, edges brown. A good reading copy. $8.00
[010544] Spanton, Ernest F. Africa on the Hilltops. Westminster: Universities Mission to Central Africa, 1931. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Paperback. Poor 54 pp of life in the Africa from 1908. Written by a missionary but s not a religious story. Interesting hunting and African life. Poor copy. Complete and intact but very worn. Interesting though. $15.00
[018933] Spencer, Margaret. Doctor's Wife in New Guinea. Sydney: Angus and Roberston, 1959. First Australian Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Orginal Cloth. Ex Lib. Fair / No Jacket. Ex lib reading copy. Worn and marked. $10.00
[022066] Steinbeck, John. Travels with Charley. London: Readers Book Club, 1964. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Orginal Cloth. Good / Good. Jacket lightly worn with some minor chipping and bumping to spine. Jacket lightly browning. $10.00
[004918] Stevenson, Mrs Robert Louis. The Cruise of the Janet Nichol Among the South Seas Islands. Sydney: University of NSW Press, 2004. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 0295983701. Mrs Stevenson's diary. A new edition edited by Roslyn Jolly. Nicely presented with illus. Very good. $20.00
[010840] Storer, A G . I Wear the Burnous. London: Sampson Low, Marston and Co, First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / No Jacket. Undated, 50s? 282 pp. Some b/w plates. Covers worn. Binding good. $25.00
[013683] Stowe, Leland. Crusoe of Lonesome Lake. London: Victor Gollancz, 1958. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / Good. Jackt is clipped, chipped and worn. Book plate pasted inside front cover and previous owner's name inside. Good copy. $35.00
[009799] Summers, John. Road to Andamooka. London: The Travel Book Club, 1965. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / No Jacket. No jacket. Covers clean. Corners nudges. Binding good. $10.00
[015215] Sutherland Temple. The Golden Bush. London: Michael Joseph, 1956. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / Fair. Slight jacket damage otherwise good condition, page yellowing due to age. Previous owners name inside. Attempts by the author and his wife to earn a living in wild country in New Zealand. $12.00
[004830] Taylor, Maurice. Island Hopping Through the Indonesian Archipeligo. London: Wilton House Gentry, 1976. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / Good. ISBN: 0905064100. 256 pp of information for travellers to Indonesia. Jacket is covered with plastic. Previous owner's name inside. $12.00
[000559] Tazieff, Haroun. Caves of Adventure. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1953. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / No Jacket. Translated from French. Pioneer cavers penetrate the famous French caves in the 40s and 50s. 139pp with numerous b/w illus. No jacket. Small tear at top of cover spine. Good clean copy $8.00
[017899] Thomas, Harold D. It's All in a Lfetime. New Zealand: Rotary Clubs of New Zealand, 1968. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / Good. Jacket is chipped and worn. Binding good. Text clean. Life in NZ. $15.00
[018871] Thomas, Lowell. With Lawrence in Arabia. London: Hutchinson, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / Fair. Spine sunned and worn. Covers marked and worn. Binding good. Browning with age. $12.00
[008966] Thomas, Lowell. With Lawrence in Arabia. London: Hutchinson, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / Fair. Hutchinson's Book Lovers Library No 16. Jacket is chipped and worn with tears and losses. White inked over inscription inside front cover. Binding good. Text clean. $12.00
[002802] Thomas, Lowell. Great True Adventures. London: Arco Publishers Ltd, 1958. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / Good. 17 of the world's greatest adventures from ancient to present times selected by Lowell Thomas. Jacket chipped and worn. Covers bright and clean. pages browning with age. A very nice copy $10.00
[003011] Tomlins, Jaqueline. A Girl's Own Adventure. Across Africa Any Way Any How. Australia: New Holland, 2003. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Pictorial Card. Good ISBN: 1 86436 779 2. Card covers lightly worn and have a few creases. Slight roll. Lightly bumped. Jacqui and Sarah tour Africa, the hard and adventurous way! $15.00
[022504] Tschiffely, A F . Tschiffely's Ride. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1952. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Orginal Cloth. Good / Poor. 289pp Illus. Map at end. Cover clean and bright. Binding good. Text clean. Jacket clipped, Substancial losses, but worth preserving. $28.00
[000854] Turnbull, Colin. The Forest People. London: The Reprint Society, 1961. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hard Cover. Good / No Jacket. 239 pp. Some maps and illus. Biographical details of the author have been pasted inside cover. Clean tidy text and covers. $5.00
[000763] Ullman, James Ramsey. The White Tower. London: Collins, 1946. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hard Cover. Good / No Jacket. 432pp. Some scribble inside front cover. Spine and corners bumped. $5.00
[009972] Ullman, James Ramsey. Banner in the Sky. London: Collins, 1959. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / Good. Juvenile edition of the Ullman classic. In near very good condition. $10.00
[003355] Underwood, Nick. 4 WD Weekends Out of Perth. Western Australia: Westate Publishers, First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Pictorial Card. Good 8 fully noted 4x4 adventures out of Perth, WA. 104 pp. Inc numerous illus. In good condition. $8.00
[010727] Van Der Post, Laurens. Venture to the Interior. London: The Hogarth Press, 1952. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / Fair. A journey into Africa after WW2. Dust jacket has numerous tears and light losses, is worth preserving. Binding good. $10.00
[000230] Van Der Post, Laurens. Venture to the Interior. London: Reprint Society, 1953. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hard Cover. Good / No Jacket. 254pp. A journey into Africa after WW2. No dust jacket. Book has a slight lean. Some browning and foxing. Binding is good. $7.00
[022031] Van Der Post, Laurens. The Lost World of the Kalahari. Readers Book Club, 1963. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hard Cover. Good / Good. Some light shelf wear, minor rubbing to back cover jacket. Square, pages yellowing, binding good. $10.00
[022484] Van Der Post, Laurens. The Dark Eye in Africa. London: The Hogarth Press, 1955. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Orginal Cloth. Good / No Jacket. Good copy. Lacks jacket. Small penned price inside. Gilt lettering on spine clean and bright. $18.00
[020198] Van Der Post, Laurens. First Catch Your Eland. London: The Hogarth Press, 1977. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Orginal Cloth. Good / Good. Tidy copy, light wear to jacket, small tear on front cover, jacket price clipped. Text clean and binding good. $18.00
[000483] Van Der Post, Laurens. The Lost World of the Kalahari. Readers Book Club, 1963. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hard Cover. Good / Good. 254pp. Adventure in Africa. Some b/w photos.Dustjacket is rubbed on and small tears at top and base of spine. $8.00
[006221] Van Der Post, Laurens. Journey Into Russia. London: Hogarth Press, 1964. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / Fair. Jacket is chipped, clipped and worn with pieces missing at extremities. Book is in good condition. $15.00
[000374] Van Der Post, Laurens. The Heart of the Hunter. ill. Wilson, Maurice. Readers Book Club, 1963. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hard Cover. Good / Good. 239pp. Adventure in Africa. Dustjacket is chipped on edges and small piece missing at base of spine. $10.00
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Van Der Post, Laurens. Flamingo Feather. Hogarth Press, 1955. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Fair / Good. Jacket is chipped, clipped and lightly worn. Covers clean and gilt lettering on spine is bright. First page has been torn out. Light foxing along edges. $9.00
[016458] Van Loon, Hendrick Willem. The Story of the Pacific. London: George G. Harrop and Co, 1942. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Good / No Jacket. Great stories of the Pacific, maps at ends. Illustrated. Some wear to covers, pages browning and spotted with age. Spine cracked. $18.00
[009227] Van Loon, Hendrick Willem. The Story of the Pacific. London: George G. Harrop and Co, 1952. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Good / No Jacket. Great stories of the Pacific, maps at ends. Iluss. Covers worn. Spine faded. Good copy, and interesting. $18.00
[000664] Vighne, Harry.C.De. The Time of My Life. A Frontier Doctor in Alaska. London: Readers Union/Robert Hale, 1946. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / No Jacket. 243pp. Original blue cloth with fading white title on spine. Cover frayed at bottom of spine. Book starting to come away from spine. Previous owner's name inside. A few marks. $8.00
[002522] Walton, E.W.Kevin. Two Years in the Antarctic. London: Panther, 1957. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Mass Market Paperback. Fair Covers chipped and worn. Some damage to top and bottom of spine. PON inside. Binding starting to weaken. A good reading copy. $12.00
[018180] Waugh, Alec. Where the Clocks Chime Twce. London: Cassell, 1952. Fifth Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / Good. Jacket is chipped and worn. Not clipped. Binding good. Text clean. A very nice copy. $20.00
[012437] Wavell, A J B. A Modern Pilgrim in Mecca. London: Constable and Co, 1918. New Cheaper Impression. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / No Jacket. Intro by Major Leonard Darwin. Frontis of Wavell. Worn copy. Pages browning with age. Covers worn with a few marks. Binding good. Rare. Previous owner's name inside. $66.00
[015112] Wavell, Stewart. The Lost World Of the East . London: The Adventurers Club, 1958. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / Good. About Malaya. Has photos, pages browing with age. 195 pp.Foxing inside jacket. $12.00
[003073] Webb, R.A.E. Brothers in the Sun. Australia: Rigby Ltd, 1978. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / Fair. ISBN: 0 7270 0623 1. The story of the Bush Brotherhoods of the Anglican Church and their outback Australian adventures. Maps at ends. Numerous illus. Jacket is chipped and worn and publisher's laminate is lifting at edges. Binding good. PON inside. $14.00
[003023] Wedderbern, E.A.M. Alpine Climbing on Foot and with Ski. ill. Derzaj, Edo. Great Britain: Open Air Publications, 1936. First Edition. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / No Jacket. A vintage mountaineering and skiing book. Covers numerous mountaineering subjects and is illustrated by line drawings showing mountaineering using very basic equipment. Would be of great interest to modern climbers. Cloth covers are worn and lettering on the spine is faded. Text clean. 118 pp. Email for more details if required. $20.00
[021711] Wilkins, Harold T. Mysteries of Ancient South America. London: Rider and Co, 1947. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Orginal Cloth. Fair / No Jacket. 216 pp, maps at ends, illus, index. South American mysteries of the past. Fair copy. Binding good. Worn and marked. $25.00
[000388] Williams, Eric. The Wooden Horse. The Reprint Society: 1950. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Fair / No Jacket. 236pp classic WW2 escape story. Hardcover, no jacket. Binding torn opp title page. Covers rubbed and slightly marked. Previous owner's name inside. $7.00
[000529] Willison, George. F. Here They Dug Gold. London: Readers Union, 1952. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / No Jacket. 237pp. Maps inside covers. Numerous illustrations.The story of the Pikes Peak gold rush of 1859 in Colorado Covers rubbed and spine slightly faded. Inscription and previous owner's name inside.. $15.00
[006154] Wilson, Amy V. No Man Stands Alone. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1966. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Ex Lib. Fair / Fair. Ex lib reading copy. A Health and Welfare Field Nurse's story of life in the Yukon in the late 1940s. Ex lib reading copy. $10.00
[014934] Wilson, Cecil. The Wake of the Southern Cross Work and Adventure in the South Seas. London: John Murray, 1932. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / No Jacket. 254 pp. Illus. No jacket. Binding good. Foxing and staining along edges. $60.00
[002695] Wise, Terence. Polar Exploration. London: Almark Publishing, 1973. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Ex-Library. Fair / No Jacket. ISBN: 085524146. Ex-library . Usual marks. First page clipped. 167 pp. Glossary, diags, illus. A reading copy of this valuable text. $12.00
[005889] Wood, Frederick T. Modern Travel. London: MacMillan, 1949. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / No Jacket. An interesting anthology of travel stories. Email for details of authors. $7.00
[010239] Woodburn, M Kathleen. Backwash of Empire. Melbourne: Georgian House, 1944. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / Fair. Life in New Hebridies. 223 pp. Illus. Maps at ends. Jacket is tatty. Good copy. $15.00
[018549] Yale, John. A Yankee Ad the Swamis. London: George Allen & Unwin, 1961. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Orginal Cloth. Good / Good. Clipped jacket. Light wear. Near very good copy. $15.00
[008514] Yutang, Lin. The Vigil of a Nation. London: William Heinemann, 1946. First Australian Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good / No Jacket. Story of a journey through seven Chinese provinces. Covers and edges worn. A few sun marks around edges. Previous onwer's name and a number penned inside. $15.00