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A Voyage round the World, in His Majesty s Ship the Dolphin, Commanded by the Honourable Commodore Byron.
An Officer. (Byron, John)

In which is contained, A faithful Account of the several Places, People, Plants, Animals, & c. seen on the Voyage. A minute and exact description of the Streights of Magellan, and of the gigantic peoples called Patagonians. Together with an accurate account of seven islands lately discovered in the South Seas. By an Officer on Board the said Ship. Book Description: Printed for J. Newbery, in St. Paul's Church Yard; and F. Newbery, in Pater-noster Row, London, 1767. Hard covers. Second Edition. (Same year as First and actually a reprint with the same typographical errors), 8vo. Pp. (2), 186, (2). Engraved frontispiece, Title, Preface (2pp), 186pp, 2 further plates, advertisement leaf at rear. Book Condition: Good. Re-backed using original boards, which are a little frayed, new gilt label on spine with blind tooling, new endpapers. Small old owner’s stamp to back of frontispiece and top of Title (see images). Half a dozen of the typos have been corrected in an old hand. This book is available on the internet currently from £1,245 to well over £2,000.

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Ref 10450 : £590
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Guide de Bruxelles et ses Environs.
Anon.

Bruxelles Imp. et Lith. A. Berqueman. 1899. Edited by la Societe Anonyme. Hard covers. No Jacket. 20me Edition 1904. 16mo. 283pp including advertisements at the start and end. Plates throughout, being photographs and engravings. Very large coloured folding map at page 270. Red blind stamped cloth with gilt letters and decoration on the front cover. Condition: Very good. French and English in parallel columns. All edges gilt. Spine sunned. Text block solid. Covers not only Brussels but also Belgian towns, railways, trams, hotels, museums, the arts, etc. See images.

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Ref 10577 : £14
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A Pictorial History of Swindon s Other Railway, Vol. 1. 1872 - 1899 A M & S W J R Album.
Barrett, D; Bridgeman, B & Bird, D.

Redbrick Publishing, Swindon. 1981. First Edition. Soft covers. Book Condition: Very good save for small crease on front cover. 86 pp packed with photographs, some rather unusual, and maps. Two images available.

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Ref 10179 : £4
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Guide to the City of Quebec, Descriptive & Illustrated.
Carrel's

… showing Electric Railway circuit. Published by Frank Carrel, Daily Telegraph Office, Quebec, 1906. Small quarto. Paper covers. 150pp + vi. Numerous photographic plates and engravings. Large folding map. Period advertisements. In very good condition for its age. Corners a little bumped and covers a bit creased, spine rubbed. The map has a few short repairs verso but is complete with index.

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Ref 10558 : £18
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The World's Railways: The History and Development of Rail Transport
Chant, Christopher. (ed John Moore)

Book Description: Menai Bridge, Island Books, 2000. Hard Covers. Laminated pictorial Boards with matching dust jacket. Oblong Folio. 447pp. Book Condition: Fine, the book is as new with Very Good unclipped dust jacket that has just slight unevenness along the edges and two of the tiniest tears to top corners of the back (repaired).

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Ref 10023 : £12
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The Great Balloon Festival. A Season of Hot Air Balloon Meets Across North America.
Dosien, Ed (Principal Photography). Text by Joe Nigg.

Design by Bob Brown. Foreword by Dave Liniger. Book Description: Free Flight Press, Englewood, Colorado, USA, 1989. Hard covers. Book Condition: Fine. First Edition, First printing. No Dust Jacket as issued. Bound in full blue leather with raised bands spine, gilt title to spine and front cover, silk ribbon bookmark. Presentation Panel opposite title is blank. Folio. 208 pp. Hundreds of colour photographs of the Ballooning World in the US and Canada.

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Ref 10200 : £18
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The Traveller's Handbook to Northern and Central Italy including Rome.
Elston, Roy.

Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., London. 1927. Hard covers. Thick small octavo. xl + 808pp. Original red cloth. Complete with all maps and plans, many folding. Very good condition. Minimal wear for a travel book of this age. Scarce volume of any date.

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Ref 10562 : £30
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The Cordwood Limited A History of the Victoria & Sidney Railway
Hearn, G & Wilkie, D.

The British Columbia Railway Historical Association, 1966. First Edition. Soft covers. Book Condition: Very good save for small crease on back cover. 80 pp with masses of photographs, maps and timetables.

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Ref 10183 : £7
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The Italian Lakes and Lakeland Cities.
Lunn, Arnold.

Harrap, 1932. First Edition. Hard covers. Original cloth with blind tooling to the upper board. Small Octavo. 156pp. Condition: Good. Some fading to the covers and spine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. 17 plates and folding map.

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Ref 10581 : £15
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Wild About Flying! Dreamers, Doers, and Daredevils.
Marshall, David & Harris, Bruce.

Book Description: Firefly Books, Buffalo, New York, 2003. Hard covers with dust-jacket. First edition. 232 pp. Oblong folio. Book Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Showcases the brilliant minds, bodies and spirits of the people behind the flight revolution. David Marshall's beautiful color illustrations, teamed with Bruce Harris's riveting storytelling, make these true life adventure stories an inspired reading experience. Four images.

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Ref 10314 : £5
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Winter 8000
McDonald, Bernadette.

Book Description: Published by Vertebrate Publishing, Sheffield. 2020. Hard covers with dust-jacket. First Edition. First Printing, octavo, 266 pp. Book Condition: Fine (unread?), no inscriptions. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine, not price clipped. See images. 16 pp of colour photographs with B&W photos in the text. Climbing the world's highest mountains in the coldest weather. Please check with me for shipping charge outside the UK.

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Ref 10630 : £8
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The World's Smallest Public Railway: Birth progress and majority of the Romney Hythe and Dymchurch railway
Morris, O J

Ian Allan Hampton Court, Surrey, 1946. 1st edition. Publisher's original stapled card covers. 8vo; 7¼ x 4¾. Good condition, with just a little sign of handling. 64 pp with over 50 photographic illustrations and diagrams on glossy paper. Two images available.

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Ref 10178 : £5
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Hand-book for Travellers in Holland and Belgium
Murray's

Book Description: John Murray, London. 1889. Hard covers. Crown 8vo. Twenty-first edition. Revised on the Spot. Original bright red cloth with gilt blocked title on upper board and spine. (22) + 268 pp + 48 pp adverts. Complete with all maps and plans of which 12 are tipped in and folding. Book Condition: Fine bright upper cover. Spine faded. Top of lower board bleached. Internally in the most exceptional condition. The folding maps are in a remarkable state without the slightest tear.

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Ref 10139 : £55
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Railways of Wales
Owen-Jones, Stuart.

Published by The National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, 1990. Soft covers. Book Condition: Very Good. 48 pp of text and photographs in large format of the construction and operation of railways both mainline and branches all over the Principality from 1790 to the late 1960s.

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Ref 10189 : £3
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From Mountains to Sea. The Story of Westland National Park, New Zealand.
Potton, Craig.

Department of Lands and Survey, New Zealand, 1985. Book Description: Glossy illustrated covers, softback. 160pp packed with colour photographs and informative text about this area of the South Island, between the huge Alpine Fault and the West coast, with its famed glaciers. Folded colour map tipped in on inside back cover. Book Condition: Very Good +

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Ref 10192 : £6
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The Spirit of Paris
Sommerville, Frankfort

Book Description: A & C Black, London, 1913. Hard Covers. Book Condition: Very Good with just sl bumping. xii + 169 pp + leaf of adverts, illustrated by 20 full page colour plates with captioned tissue guards. One plate has a 2cm tear neatly repaired on verso (outside the illustration). Evocative pictorial coloured boards colour just a trifle subdued. t.e.g. A very nice copy.

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Ref 10075 : £32
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Seaplanes of the World: A Timeless Collection from Aviation's Golden Age.
Yenne, William. Batchelor, John (illustrator).

Book Description: OG Publishing Inc, San Francisco, 1997. 1st Edition. Laminated hard-covers with pictorial dust-jacket. Small folio. 174 pp. Book Condition: Very good. Slight spotting to top edges. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Spotting to inside, only showing on the flaps. Packed with colour illustrations, cut-aways and monochrome and colour photograph.

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Ref 10353 : £2
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There are 17 items in category Travel, Transport & Mountaineering on this page.

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