Travel Books at Dial a Book Sydney

Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El-Medinah and Meccah
Burton, Richard F
Book Number: 65186
ISBN:
Heron Books. 8vo. dec. cloth hardcover. 518pp. b/w illus. Very good.
Price: $25.00

Scottish Pilgrimage in the Land of the Lost Content
Barnett. T. Ratcliffe
Book Number: 65118
ISBN:
John Grant, UK. 1942. 8vo. hardcover. 207pp. b/w illus. Very good. / Good+ d/w chipped on corners.
Price: $15.00

Direction Finding. By Sun, Moon and Stars. Simple Methods Not Involving Mathematical Calculations.
Woolnough, W. G.
Book Number: 64862
ISBN:
Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1943.. 8vo. softcover. 159pp. + 7 pages of charts at rear, b/w diagrams, one folding. Very good, page edges lightly toned & cover toned, owner's name on cover, cover chipped at bottom of spine.
Price: $125.00

Famous Mountain Passes of the World
Hartley, H. A.
Book Number: 64667
ISBN:
Frederick Muller London 1963 Small 8vo. hardcover. 144pp. index, b/w illus. Very good. / Good+ d/w rubbed on corners with small tear on spine.
Price: $18.00

Early Travellers in the Alps
De Beer, Gavin, Sir
Book Number: 64670
ISBN:
Sidgwick & Jackson, London, 1966. 8vo. softcover. 204pp. index, b/w illus. folding map. very good.
Price: $15.00

Linnaeus. (Afterwards Carl von Linne).
Jackson, B.D.
Book Number: 64024
ISBN:
H.F. & G. Witherby. 1923. 8vo. hardcover. 416pp. index, b/w plates, folding map. Very good, small crease to map. Light foxing.
Price: $30.00

Rides out and about. Rambles of an Australian school inspector. The longest stage-ride in the world. An adventure in the desert.
Bonwivk, James (not stated in book)
Book Number: 63938
ISBN:
The Religious Tract Society, London. n.d. circa 1880 8vo. hardcover. 159pp. + 16pp ads. b/w illus. Good solid copy with presentation pastedown inside front cover, some insect damage to cloth on rear cover panel
Price: $150.00

Through the Belgian canals (Nautical canals of Europe series)
Bristow, Philip
Book Number: 63831
ISBN: 0245509755
Nautical Publishing Co, 1972. 8vo. hardcover. 158pp. index, b/w illus, maps. Very good, light foxing. / Very good d/w.
Price: $20.00

Istanbul: Memories of a City
Pamuk, Orhan
Book Number: 63832
ISBN: 0571218326
Faber & Faber, London, 2005. 8vo. hardcover. 348pp. index, b/w illus. Very good, foxing to outer page edges. / Very good d/w.
Price: $15.00

Journey to Katmandu.
Baker, Michael H.C.
Book Number: 63818
ISBN: 0715363670
David & Charles, London, 1974. 8vo. hardcover. 167pp. index, b/w illus. Very good, owner's inscription on fep., foxing to endpapers. / Very good d/w.
Price: $15.00

I Have See the World Begin
Jensen, Carsten
Book Number: 63821
ISBN: 1860465846
The Harvill Press, London, 2000. 8vo. hardcover. 337pp. b/w maps. Very good. / Very good d/w. Travels through China, Cambodia, and Vietnam
Price: $15.00

Locations
Morris, Jan
Book Number: 63825
ISBN: 0192129961
Oxford University Press, 1992 8vo. hardcover. 152pp. very good. / very good d/w.
Price: $12.00

Tibetan Marches
Migot, Andre
Book Number: 63607
ISBN:
Rupert Hart-Davis, London, 1960. 8vo. hardcover. 288pp. b/w illus. Very good. / Very good d/w.
Price: $12.00

A Traveller's Christmas
Bradbury, Sue (into); Slater, Paul (illus.)
Book Number: 63421
ISBN:
Folio Society 2006. 8vo. hardcover in slipcase. 287pp. colour illus. Fine. / Near Fine slipcase.
Price: $22.00

Flowers and Views of the Holy Land.
no author stated
Book Number: 63244
ISBN:
Jerusalem n.d. oblong 12mo. illustrated wooden boards with cloth spine. Full page colour plates with pressed flowers with tissue guards. Very good, some tissue guards creased, owner's inscription on fep.
Price: $55.00

The Alpenstock; or Sketches of Swiss Scenery and Manners.
Latrobe, Charles Joseph
Book Number: 63149
ISBN:
R B Seeley and W Burnside, London 1829. 8vo. hardcover. 388pp. b/w frontis. appendix. Good, rebound in dark green cloth, some foxing, mainly to title page and endpapers, tear on corner of rear endpaper, rough cut page edges, pages wavy, spine faded.
Price: $150.00

A Tale of Double Lives Arabesques
Dessaix, Robert
Book Number: 62859
ISBN: 9780330424059
Picador, Australia 2009 Large 8vo. hardcover. 310pp. colour illus. Near Fine. / Very good d/w.
Price: $20.00

Journey To Portugal: In Pursuit Of Portugal's History & Culture
Saramago, Jose
Book Number: 62807
ISBN: 1860467040
Harvill Press, London 2000. 8vo. hardcover. 452pp. index, b/w ilus. Very good, small bump on top cover corners. / Very good d/w.
Price: $22.00

Rural Rides
Cobbett, William
Book Number: 62815
ISBN: 0356081184
Macdonald, London 1975 8vo. hardcover. 499pp. Very good.
Price: $15.00

Love Among the Butterflies: The Travels and Adventures of a Victorian Lady
Fountaine, Margaret
Book Number: 62805
ISBN: 0002165147
Collins, London 1980 Large 8vo. hardcover. 224pp. colour illus. Very good. / Very good d/w.
Price: $15.00

The Oxford Literary Guide to the British Isles
Eagle, Dorothy
Book Number: 34297
ISBN: 0192850989
Oxford University Press 1993 8vo softcover 415pp index, b/w illus, maps. very good. Informative and entertaining, this guide is the ideal companion for any journey around Britain and Ireland. From Shakespeare's Stratford and Dickens's London to the Dublin of James Joyce, it lists hundreds of places and gives details of their connections with the lives of famous writers. The wealth of curious information and anecdote will delight anyone with an interest in Britain and Ireland's rich literary heritage. Gazetteer of over 1,250 towns and villages. For each place, details of who lived there, where they lived, and what they wrote. Index with biographies of over 1,000 writers helps you follow a writer from place to place. Maps and detailed directions.
Price: $9.00

The Diary of a Happy Dropout
Rouse, Kate
Book Number: 32187
ISBN: 0646287427
Zepher, Sydney 1996 8vo. Yellow wraps. Inscribed by author. 375pp. very good. Not just a travel story, this book is about spiritual growth, realizing dreams and who we really are.
Price: $15.00

An Australian Odyssey. From Giza to Gallipoli
Hutchinson, Garrie
Book Number: 62540
ISBN: 0733603874
Sydney. Sceptre. 1997. 8vo. softcover. 315pp. b/w illus. very good, bottom cover corner creased.
Price: $8.00

Siberia in Asia: a visit to the valley of the Yenesay in east Siberia, with description of the natural history, migration of birds, etc.
Seebohm, Henry
Book Number: 42631
ISBN:
London: John Murray 1882 8vo. dec. cloth hardcover. 304pp. b/w illus. fold-out map. Cover Good, wear to cover corners, a few eaten spots on cover, map is worn on edge and has a small tear, Very good inside, light foxing.
Price: $95.00

Chinese Cookbook
Pan, Pei-Chih
Book Number: 53535
ISBN: 0712629130
China 1974 Small 4to. hardcover. 200pp. colour illus. Very good. / Very good d/w. 180 very traditional chinese recipes.
Price: $22.00

My Mission to Abyssinia
Portal, Gerald H.
Book Number: 54479
ISBN:
Edward Arnold, London, 1892. 8vo. maroon cloth hardcover. 261pp. b/w frontis with tissue guard, fold out map at rear. Good, missing fep & half-title, some foxing, mainly to endpapers & prelims, light wear to cover corners, hinges cracked.
Price: $125.00

The Blind Leading the Blind
Andrews, Stuart
Book Number: 33560
ISBN: 1741101794
Sydney New Holland 2004 8vo softcover 240pp colour illus. very good+. "Foreword by General Peter Cosgrove. In 1993, Stuart Andrews, Russell Short, Ched Town, and Brian Lang began an adventure. ... Travelling to Cape York, the group set out for Papual New Ginea in kayaks ... . Then factor in that Russell and Ched are blind.--Foreword.
Price: $12.00

OVER THE ALPS. Reflections on Travel & Travel Writings with special reference to the Grand Tours of Boswell, Beckford & Byron
Anderson, Patrick
Book Number: 20882
ISBN:
London, Rupert Hart-Davis 1969. First edition. 8vo. hardcover. 224pp. index. b/w illus. very good. / poor, chipped d/w.
Price: $12.00