For the Armchair Explorer: Books on Travel and Exploration
Curated by Julian MacKenzie and Lucinda Boyle, our travel and exploration collection encourages you to travel the globe from the comfort of your own home. Their selections offer an unparalleled escape into the world of adventure, making perfect gifts for the travel-hungry soul or the history enthusiast.
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The Tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen
CARTER, Howard; MACE, A.C.Original price $11,504.00 - Original price $11,504.00Original price $0.00$11,504.00$11,504.00 - $11,504.00Current price $11,504.00| /With very rare original dust-wrappers. A set of Carter's TutAnkhAmen with the very rare dust-wrappers.At the age of seventeen in 1891, Carter went ...
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The Albert N'Yanza.
BAKER, Sir Samuel W.Original price $224.00 - Original price $224.00Original price $0.00$224.00$224.00 - $224.00Current price $224.00| /Baker, after various adventures in Ceylon and the area around the Black Sea, went to Africa and embarked on his greatest adventure, namely to disc...
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No.25. Wi-jun-jon, an Assinboin Chief, Going to Washington, Returning from Washington.
CATLIN, George (1796-1872).Original price $7,669.00 - Original price $7,669.00Original price $0.00$7,669.00$7,669.00 - $7,669.00Current price $7,669.00| /A fine image from the de luxe issue of Catlin's 'North American Indian Portfolio', one of the most important accounts of native-American lifeWi-ju...
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A View of Ossoore.
DANIELL, William [after BLAGDON, Francis William].Original price $480.00 - Original price $480.00Original price $0.00$480.00$480.00 - $480.00Current price $480.00| /Aquatint by J.C. Stadler, with original hand-colour. Dimensions: 305 x 370mm. (12 x 14.50 inches).
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Scenery of Portugal and Spain.
VIVIAN, George.Original price $5,113.00 - Original price $5,113.00Original price $0.00$5,113.00$5,113.00 - $5,113.00Current price $5,113.00| /A sequel to Vivian's volume on Spain, this series of lithographs is largely devoted to Portugal, including views of Lisbon, Cintra, Setubal, Arrab...
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Scenery of Portugal and Spain.
VIVIAN, George.Original price $5,752.00 - Original price $5,752.00Original price $0.00$5,752.00$5,752.00 - $5,752.00Current price $5,752.00| /A sequel to Vivian's volume on Spain, this series of lithographs is largely devoted to Portugal, including views of Lisbon, Cintra, Setubal, Arrab...
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Through Masai Land:
THOMSON, Joseph.Original price $5,752.00 - Original price $5,752.00Original price $0.00$5,752.00$5,752.00 - $5,752.00Current price $5,752.00| /Presentation copy. presentation copy on the half-title "to David McIntosh with the Author's Compliments. Lokoja. March 27th."David McIntosh was an ...
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The American testimonial banquet to Henry M. Stanley.
[STANLEY, Henry Morton].Original price $6,391.00 - Original price $6,391.00Original price $0.00$6,391.00$6,391.00 - $6,391.00Current price $6,391.00| /Paul du Chaillu's copy of the special autograph edition of Stanley's American testimonial banquet.An exceptionally interesting copy of this scarce...
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In Darkest Africa
STANLEY, Henry Morton.Original price $8,308.00 - Original price $8,308.00Original price $0.00$8,308.00$8,308.00 - $8,308.00Current price $8,308.00| /Deluxe edition of Stanley. The deluxe edition of Stanley's remarkable account of his expedition from the East Coast through the heart of Africa to ...
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On a raft, and through the desert:
ELLIS, Tristram.Original price $959.00 - Original price $959.00Original price $0.00$959.00$959.00 - $959.00Current price $959.00| /In 1879 Tristram Ellis (1844-1922), a successful watercolour artist, boarded a steamship for Alexandria with the aim of visiting Syria, Asia Minor...
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A Voyage to Arabia Fœlix
LA ROQUE, Jean de.Original price $5,113.00 - Original price $5,113.00Original price $0.00$5,113.00$5,113.00 - $5,113.00Current price $5,113.00| /The first part of La Roque's Voyage to Arabia Fœlix describes Yemen and Mocha. Mocha at this time was a considerable trading centre. The second pa...
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Journal of an Embassy
CRAWFURD, JohnOriginal price $6,391.00 - Original price $6,391.00Original price $0.00$6,391.00$6,391.00 - $6,391.00Current price $6,391.00| /The narrative of Crawfurd's Embassy to Burma. In 1827, following the First Anglo-Burmese War, John Crawfurd was chosen to travel to Burma (now Mya...
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Explorations in Turkestan
PUMPELLY, Raphael, editor.Original price $831.00 - Original price $831.00Original price $0.00$831.00$831.00 - $831.00Current price $831.00| /The American geologist Raphael Pumpelly led this important scientific expedition to Anau in Russian Turkestan in 1903-1904. He was accompanied by ...
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Three years in Persia
FOWLER, George.Original price $2,109.00 - Original price $2,109.00Original price $0.00$2,109.00$2,109.00 - $2,109.00Current price $2,109.00| /Scarce and interesting account of Persia. Fowler was a British diplomat in Tehran during the last years of the reign of Fath Ali Shah. 'A book ful...
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A picturesque illustration of the scenery, animals, and native inhabitants of the island of Ceylon.
DANIELL, Samuel.Original price $83,079.00 - Original price $83,079.00Original price $0.00$83,079.00$83,079.00 - $83,079.00Current price $83,079.00| /Magnificent copies of Samuel Daniell's Ceylon and African Scenery, his two masterworks, combined in a fine contemporary binding. Samuel Daniell (1...
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Al-Haram Al-Ibrahami Al-Khalil
SUPREME MOSLEM COUNCIL.Original price $320.00 - Original price $320.00Original price $0.00$320.00$320.00 - $320.00Current price $320.00| /A guide to the fourth holiest site in Islam, sacred to both Muslims and Jews. Includes a geographical and historical review of Hebron and the Cave...
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The Straits Times Annual
SINGAPOREOriginal price $1,279.00 - Original price $1,279.00Original price $0.00$1,279.00$1,279.00 - $1,279.00Current price $1,279.00| /A good pictorial record of Singapore before the Japanese invasion.First edition. Folio. illustrated throughout, original wrappers, light wear, a v...
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Essai sur la construction navale des peuples extra-européens
PARIS, François-Edmond.Original price $25,563.00 - Original price $25,563.00Original price $0.00$25,563.00$25,563.00 - $25,563.00Current price $25,563.00| /With sketches from the french grands voyages. Paris' comprehensive survey of sailing vessels and a valuable contribution to preserving the artifact...
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Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa;
LIVINGSTONE, David.Original price $10,865.00 - Original price $10,865.00Original price $0.00$10,865.00$10,865.00 - $10,865.00Current price $10,865.00| /Presentation copy of Livingstone's first expedition. A presentation copy 'Sir Thomas Dyke Acland/ with the kindest salutations/ of his friend/ Davi...
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The caravan route
SALVATOR, Ludwig, Archduke of Austria.Original price $831.00 - Original price $831.00Original price $0.00$831.00$831.00 - $831.00Current price $831.00| /The account of an expedition undertaken in March 1878 by the Archduke, to investigate the possibility of a coastal railway in southern Palestine. ...
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The Yangtze Gorges in pictures and prose.
LE PALUD, A. M.Original price $959.00 - Original price $959.00Original price $0.00$959.00$959.00 - $959.00Current price $959.00| /With the rare dust-wrapper. Le Palud's account of a journey from Chungking to Ichang illustrated with fine photographs4to, [iv], xviii pp., large ...
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