London, The Folio Society, 2005 (first thus). 'Eric Newby, the dean of British travel writers, called O'Hanlon's first book "Into the Heart of Borneo", "the funniest travel book I have ever read". This one is even better' (from the foreword by Bill Bryson). More
Sydney, Harper Collins Publishers Australia Pty Ltd, 2013. More
London, Longmans & Green, 1947 (3rd impression)/ 1938. With the ownership signature and details of local maritime enthusiast Peter McBride. A 'purely personal account of life in the Antarctic, among whalers in South Georgia, and on board the Royal Research Ship 'Discovery II''. More
London, Sampson Low ... sixth edition [circa 1900]. With over 100 pages on Australia and New Zealand - a much-expanded and 'completely new account' prepared for this sixth edition. More
London, Chatto & Windus, 1934. 'This is the journal of a walking tour in Southern Italy. It has that mellowness and unbuttoned ease which follow food and drink after a long day in the open. Mr Orioli has all the qualities which make for pleasant reading in such a book;..... More
New York, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1973 (first edition). 'From the African veldt to New Zealand's Southern Alps to Alaska's glacier country ...'. More
Hong Kong, Ravi Kumar for Visual Dharma Publications Ltd., 1982. Number 552 of 3000 copies. More
Canberra, Roebuck Society, 1981. Number 29 in the Roebuck Series. More
London, Caliban Books, 1984 (smaller-format facsimile edition)/ 1784. An unauthorised account of Cook's first voyage by Sydney Parkinson, the young natural history draughtsman engaged by Joseph Banks. More
Adelaide, J.L. Bonython & Co., 'The Advertiser' Office, 1894. The author was 'Professor of Laws at the University of Adelaide'; perhaps not surprisingly this copy has the small circular rubber-stamp of then-Chief Justice [Sir Samuel] Way on the front cover and the title-page. More
Melbourne, Nelson, 1982. More
Melbourne, Grayflower, 1962. With an introduction by Ronald Searle. More
Adelaide, Libraries Board of South Australia, 1968 (facsimile edition)/ 1789. Peade A185: 1,144 copies. More
Adelaide, Libraries Board of South Australia, 1968 (facsimile edition)/ 1789. Peade A185: 1,144 copies. More
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London, Effingham Wilson, 1832. An important and early emigrants' guide. More
Ann Arbor, University of Michigan Press, 1967. With the ownership signature of [Sir] Walter Crocker. More
Cairo, American University in Cairo Press, 2003. Poole lived in Cairo from 1842 until 1849 with her brother, the well-known Orientalist Edward Lane, and her two children. During her residence, Poole learned Arabic and adopted Egyptian clothing that enabled her to not only to observe day-to-day life in the streets..... More
London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1883. Tipped in on the title page is a slip from the publishers, who 'have much pleasure in announcing that Her Majesty the Queen has been graciously pleased to accept a copy' of the book. More
London, The Folio Society, 1997 (first thus). Subtitle: Being a rambling but truthful account of what one man saw and heard and felt and thought during a journey through England during the Autumn of the year 1933. Introduction by Margaret Drabble; this edition follows that of the 1984 Jubilee edition..... More
Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1966. With the ownership signature of noted Russian scholar [Associate Professor] Fredric S. Zuckerman, and his pencilled annotations and emphases. More
Botley, Old House books & maps, 2012 [facsimile edition]/ 1913. 'A faithful facsimile of the 1913 edition, as used in the BBC TV series' (dustwrapper), referencing Michael Portillo's BBC series "Great Continental Railway Journeys". 'Divided into three sections: timetables for services covering the continent, short guides to each city and..... More
Firenze [Florence], Francesco Pineider, 1930. 'A sea journey by steamer from England to Albany, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney and many points on a radius from these cities' (according to a bookseller's catalogue entry, quoted on Trove). In fact, the voyage is not the focus of the book; it is primarily an..... More
Delhi, Thomson Press (India), 1974. More
Clinton, Amwell Press for the National Sporting Fraternity Limited, 1993. Number 516 of 1000 copies signed by the author and Jim Rikhoff, president of the publishers, the National Sporting Fraternity Limited. More
London, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1843. This would appear to be all twelve unnumbered and undated issues of the cumulative edition of Volume 1 of the magazine. The editor's 'Farewell Address' (see pages 359-363) indicates there will be no more: 'as regards the success of my project, it is..... More