Search Results: Travel & Exploration from Quagga Books

John Lane The Bodley Head, 1905. Bound in decorative cloth with gilt titles to the spines and front boards. Spines faded with chips to heads and feet. Splitting to the gutters at the endpapers but binding of both volumes firm. All maps present. Two maps to rear pocket of volume 1 and three to the rear pocket of volume 2. Previous owner's signature to the paste down of both volumes. Plate facing page 8 of volume 2 is in facsimile. Some light foxing to the prelims.

Richard Bentley, 1839. Small library plate to the paste down of each volume and stamp to the title page and page 1 of each volume. Three plates and the map are all present. The map has been neatly detached and is without tears.The spines have been professionally rebacked on each volume and the set would be in very good condition save for a consistent level of foxing throughout both volumes.

Daldy, Isbister & Co.. Bookplate of George Ernest Morrison to paste-down of both volumes. Also signed by previous owner and historian, Eric Axelson. Chipping to the head and foot of the spines of both volumes and general edge-wear to the bindings. Folding map to the rear pocket of Volume 1. Numerous illustrations, folding maps and charts. Foxing to the prelims. Some minor tide marks to the top edge of a few pages in Volume 1. Contents clean. Vol I - xiv; 389pp; 4pp ads. Vol II - x; 366pp; 8pp ads.

Daldy, Isbister & Co.. Faded red outline image of Africa with a crown at the top and the signature of the author at the bottom on the front covers. Gilt lettering to spines. Vol 1: Splitting to front end papers. Two embossed stamps of W H Smith & Son Library on front end paper. Lacks folding map. Vol 2: Repaired splitting to spine and chipping to head and foot. Contents in both volumes remarkably clear with light foxing only to the prelims. Cloth boards are scuffed. 389 pages (Vol 1) and 366 pages (Vol 2). 4th Edition. Condition: Fair to good. Spines are in poor condition. Hardcover. Black cloth boards. Edge-wear to extremities.

Henry Colburn, 1846. An account of a journey made through the two regencies by Viscount Fielding and Captain Kennedy. In half leather over green cloth. With 2 engraved frontispieces. Some rubbing to the leather and boards of both vols. Two small cataloguing labels to foot of each spine. Funchal English Rooms bookplate to front paste downs and rubber stamp to title pages. Frontis of vol. 2 present, but loosed. Leaves with scattered foxing and browning. VG copies overall.

Macmillan Company. Exploration of the ancient city. Marbled end papers. Previous owner's label and a school book prize to the feps. Dull gilding to top edge with a few specks of foxing. Embossed device in gilt to the front board and spine. 9 sketch plans; 8 full page plates (incl frontispiece) and numerous illustrations. Some mild foxing to front and rear prelims. 579 Pages. Contents clean and binding sound. 2nd Edition. Condition: Very good. Binding: Hardcover. Full leather with five bands. Edge-wear and rubbing to the extremities.

The Hudson's Bay Record Society. Volume XXVII in Hudson's Bay Record Society series. Number 1055 of a limited Edition which is issued only to subscribers to The Hudson's Bay Record Society. Light foxing to the verso of the fold out map at the rear. Light foxing to top-edge with a small stain on the fore-edge.

Kurt Schroeder. Language: German. Experiences and research in the jungles of Indian. With 228 illustrations and 2 maps. Previous owner's name on front fep. Pencil notes on page 1 and lines on Page 386. Light foxing to front and rear prelims. 2nd Edition. Condition: Good. Binding: Hardcover. Maroon cloth boards with gilt lettering. Some edge-wear to extremities.

George Virtue. Illustrated in a series of views of Constantinople. Travels and observations of Istanbul, Turkey. 80 Plates. Foxing throughout. Pink tinge to flimsies. Gilt to all edges. Bookplate on front fep. Marbled end papers with splitting at the gutter. Inscription on 2nd fep. Long split at the gutter of the frontispiece. 164 Pages. Binding firm. Good. Hardcover. Cloth boards over leather spine and corners. Rubbing with some abrasions to the leather. Some discolouration marks to the cloth. Edge-wear to all extremities with some fraying,

C Struik (Pty) Ltd. A special study of "Callers at the Cape" whose visits are only to be found in log-books and diaries which have never been published. Translated and annotated by Major R Raven-Hart. 216 Pages. Contents clean and binding sound. 1st Edition. Condition: Very good. Dust jacket: Good-. Tiny open tears to the rear fold. Foxing to verso and rear panel. Edge-wear with some browning. Insect nibbling to spine. Binding: Hardcover. Olive green cloth boards.

Gesellschaft fur Wissenschaftliche Entwicklung und Museum Swakopmund, Namibia. Text: German. Fold out map at the rear. Ex libris stamp on front fixed end paper. 180 Pages. Contents clean and binding sound. Facsimile. Reprint. Condition: Very good. Binding: Hardcover. Faux leather with gilt. Read More

J E Hawkins & Co. Ltd. Published circa 1893. 2 fold out maps - map of Katanga Company has a small tear and a long closed tear to the fold. Previous owner's signature on front paste-down. Contents are clean and firmly bound.

Black and white photos of the ill-fated 1934 Nanga Parbat exbedition with resulted in the loss of 10 lives. Card wraps loose.

Gordon & Cremonesi, 1977. Foxing to all page edges. Gilt lettering and motif on spine. Contents clean and tightly bound.

The Brenthurst Press. The watercolours, drawings and oil-paintings of Thomas Baines - traveller, artist and man of enterprise. 183 Pages. Contents mainly clean and tightly bound. Some light thumbing. 183 Pages. Standard 1st Edition. Condition: Good. Dust jacket: Good+. Some edge-wear with evidence of insect damage. Sunning to spine. Some creasing. Binding: Hardcover. Some edge-wear with small discolouration marks to the boards.

C Struik (Pty) Ltd. No. 37 of the de luxe numbered copies. With portraits and other illustrations. Covering the latter years of Rhodes' life. Interesting information on the aims of the Afrikaner Bond and a fascinating insight into Rhode's own ambitions. Mild foxing to front end papers with toning and some foxing to rear prelims. Light foxing and browning to top edge. 382 Pages. Contents clean and tightly bound. 2nd Edition. Condition: Good+. Binding: Hardcover. Half leather with a few small abrasions to extremities. Title label lifting up on the spine.

Swinnerton and Brown, 1877. Inscribed by the author to the title page. Some foxing to the prelims. Boards show little wear.

George Allen, Circa 1900 . 2 volumes bound in half leather over cloth boards by Sotherans for the Durban Club of South Africa. Some edge wear to the bindings and foxing, mostly to the prelims. Folding colour frontis of plan of Florence to volume I, towns of Florence, Siena, and other towns of Tuscany and Umbria. Volume II, in the Emilia and Marche, and some town in Umbria and the Campagna of Rome. Top edge gilt. Scattered foxing. Bookplate pasted on marbled fixed end paper. Binding sound. Condition: Good. Binding: Hardcover. Half leather over cloth boards.

Putnam. Travels, adventures and tales from the South West Africa coast, Saldanha, Walvis Bay, Orange River, sunken treasures of Table Bay and treasure islands. Foxing throughout. Splitting at the gutter between Page 268-269. 22 illustrations. 269 Pages. 1st Edition. Condition: Fair. Binding: Hardcover. Cloth boards. Lacks header. Two small open tears to footer. Soiling to covers with sunning to spine.

Iziko Museums of Cape Town. Annotated watercolours of landscapes, flora and fauna observed on the expidition to the Copper Mountains in the country of the Namaqua undertaken in 1685-6 by Simon van der Stel, Commander at the Cape of Good Hope. Ex Libris stamp of previous owner on front fixed end paper. 190 Pages. Contents clean and binding sound. 1st Edition. Condition: Good to very good. Dust jacket: Good. Some sunning to spine and covers. Mild edge-wear. Binding: Hardcover. Some mild sunning to edges.