Shell Motor Tours. [South Australia (cover subtitle)]
Adelaide, The Shell Company of Australia Ltd, [circa 1930s]. More
Travel
A New Slant on America. 'Un Oeil Neuf Sur L'Amerique'
Chicago, Rand McNally, 1931. Translation from the French by Margaret Gaffey Mel. With Drawings from the French Edition by D. Olere. More
Travels in the South of Europe and Brazil, with a Voyage up the Amazon and the Xingu' [sic]. Translated by Sir Robert H. Schomburgk and John Francis Taylor
London, David Bogue, 1849 [first edition in English]. Prince Adalbert (1811-1873) was a Prussian naval theorist and admiral; several journeys led him between 1826 and 1842 to the Netherlands, Britain, Russia, Turkey, Greece, and Brazil (Wikipedia). He spent the last four months on 1842 in Brazil. Alexander von Humboldt makes..... More
The Wide World Magazine. An Illustrated Monthly of True Narrative: Adventure, Travel, Customs and Sport. Volume V: April, 1900 to September, 1900
London, George Newnes, Ltd., 1900. With the armorial bookplate of James Howard Johnson, great-grandson of George Fife Angas (and the local binder's ticket of F. Binns & Co., Charles Street, Adelaide). Not least, Western Australia (pages 63-66). More
Italian Journey, 1786-1788
London, The Folio Society, 2010 (first thus). Translated, and with an Introduction, by W.H. Auden and Elizabeth Mayer. More
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The National Geographic Magazine. Volume 53, January to June, 1928 [and] Volume 54, July to December 1928 [12 separate issues]
Washington, National Geographic Society, 1928. These twelve issues contain a number of important lengthy articles by (or about) famous early aviators: Lindbergh (two), Cobham, de Pinedo, and Kingsford-Smith and Ulm. The main article in the December issue, 'Renascent Germany' (pages 639-717), makes very interesting reading. More
Madeira. Kanarische Inseln. Azoren. Westküste von Marokko. Handbuch für Reisende [Madeira. Canary Islands. Azores. West Coast of Morocco. Guide for Travellers]
Leipzig, Karl Baedeker, 1934. The first edition of a scarce Baedeker, and the only edition in German (one in English appeared in 1939). More
Traveller's Joy. The Diary of Josephine Mary Bagot. Part 1: 1926-1927
Adelaide, The Hassell Press, 1948. 'Twenty-five copies printed for private circulation' is printed on the verso of the title page: consider it rare. Loosely inserted is a printed 'With the Compliments of the Editor' slip (identifying Walter Hervey Bagot). A handwritten note attests to the fact the book was received..... More
Great Steamers White and Gold. A History of Royal Mail Ships and Services
Southampton, Ensign Publications, 1993. More
The Chinese At Home. Adapted from the French of Emile Bard by H. Twitchell
London, George Newnes, Limited, [1906]. More
Three Years in Tristan da Cunha
London, Skeffington and Son, 1910. With the ownership signature of local businessman Arnold Edwin Davey, and a small article on the subject tipped-in to an early blank. More
Indian Album
London, B.T. Batsford Ltd., 1945 ('First published, Winter, 1945-6'). 'Cecil Beaton was sent to India and China by the Ministry of Information to take photographs. The narrative of his journey, "Far East", has been published, but only a few of the vast number of pictures taken could be used to..... More
Nomads of Niger. Text by Marion Van Offelen
London, Harvill, 1991 [first thus]. More
National Geographic Photographs. The Milestones
Washington, National Geographic, 1999. In addition to the 250 illustrations from photographs (most in colour), there are essays by Bendavid-Val, Robert A. Sobieszek, Carole Naggar, Anne H. Hoy, Ferdinand Protzman and Fred Ritchin. More
From the Log of the Velsa
London, Chatto and Windus, 1920. More
Travelling Sketches on the Sea-Coasts of France, with beautifully finished Engravings, from Drawings by Clarkson Stanfield, Esq. [Heath's Picturesque Annual, 1834 (spine title)]
London, Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green and Longman, 1834. With the armorial bookplate of 'George Bennett, MD, Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, England'. Dr George Bennett (1804-1893), naturalist and doctor, migrated to Australia in 1836, 'developing a successful medical practice in Sydney and becoming a leading figure in..... More
Gurdjieff. Making a New World
London, Turnstone Books, 1973. Plus several plates from photographs. More
Journeys in Islamic Countries
Santa Fe, Bennett Books, 2000 (first single volume)/ 1976 and 1977. "... a unique collection from his Central Asia travel notes of 1953..." (rear cover). More
Pearl Diver. Adventuring Over and Under Southern Seas
London, William Heinemann, 1930. Some Australian content. More
The Shell Poster Book
London, Hamish Hamilton, 1992. More
Toil, Travel and Discovery in British New Guinea. ['British New Guinea from the Protectorate to the Sovereignty, 1884-1888' is the spine title]
London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, 1890. More
On and Off the Platform under the Southern Cross
Wellington, Hicks, Smith & Wright, 1949. With the contemporary ownership signature of Brian Lewis Jones (a relative of the author; see page 159) and his two pencilled annotations. Together with: Philp Beveridge Mair: 'Shared Enthusiasm. The Story of Lord and Lady Beveridge, by her Son' (Surrey, Ascent Books Ltd, 1982;..... More
The Hard Road. The Life Story of Amalie Dietrich, Naturalist, 1821-1891, by her daughter
London, Martin Hopkinson Ltd, 1931 (first thus). Translated from the German by A. Liddell Geddie. More
The Beachcombers, or Slave-Trading under the Union Jack
Londond, Ward, Lock, 1900. More