Travel from David Ford Books

Yokohama, Japan Gazette, 1890 Softcover book, 258 pages, lacking the map or maps in pocket at the rear. The Book starts with the title page with evidence that possible seven pages of adverts? have been removed. This copy belonged to the Grand hotel in Yokohama with several of the hotel's ownership stamps in text. There is also some notes and… Read more about this item

Vievy, Editions L'Escargot Savant, 2009 Hardcover book , English edition 2009 translated from the French by Andrew Wright. 176 pages with many colour illustrations, no dustjacket . The Natural history and landscape of Svalbard. A Fine copy. Pictures available.

London, J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1923 Hardcover book, First edition thus. in dustjacket. First published in 1893. Travels amongst the Natural history and natives , together with pen pictures of the travels by Alfred Hartley and J. Smit. A Very Good/ near fine copy in a Very Good dustjacket. Previous owner's name to front end paper… Read more about this item

Stroud, The History Press, 2008 Hardcover book, first edition in dustjacket. Signed and dedicated by the author to half title page. 320 pages with illustrations. The Life of this great explorer and naturalist who died with Scott. A Fine copy in a Fine unclipped dustjacket. Pictures available.

London, James Duncan, 1833 Hardcover book, first edition. 376 pages with a map by Arrowsmith of the excursions by the author. Covering the Pennine, Graian, Cottian, Rhetian, Lepontian and Bernese areas. A Good only copy with some wear. The spine is probably a replacement with the original worn paper label reattached. covers are worn and rubbed. The map… Read more about this item

London: Collins, 1982 First edition. Hardcover book . Signed and dedicated by Eric Newby to title page. Cloth and photo-illustrated dustjacket. 302 pages. With excellent b&w photos. From Frinton in Essex to the jungles of India. A book of memories and past edventures. A Fine copy in a near Fine dustjacket. Pictures available.

London, Putnam, 1938 Hardcover book , first edition in glascine jacket with information flaps . A journey of less than a month in 1930 from Cairo, to Suez, Mount Sinai, Akaba, Petra and into Palestine ending in Baalbek. 90 pages, rough cut edges. Very Good with marbled boards, Jacket is Very Good and I assume is original.… Read more about this item

Leipzig: Karl Baedeker 1908 The Third edition Small, soft red covers, xcvi, 588pp, 9 maps, 57 plans. Book has red cloth covers, gilt to front, only very light wear to spine edges, Some light pencil notes. small personal ink stamp to title page. Small tear to general map of Spain and portugal. … Read more about this item

London, The Argonaut Press, 1930 Hardcover book, first and limited edition thus with five maps. Journals and letters for his first , third and fourth voyages with an account of his second voyage writteb by Andres Bernaldez. No 359 of a limited edition of 1050 copies. printed on Japon Vellum . Bound in quarter vellum? in grey boards… Read more about this item

London: John Murray, 1857 First edition. Hardcover book, full leather binding with gilt titles and decoration to spine, and gilt -stamped Rugby School decoration to boards. Marbled end papers. Previous owners signature to end paper with date 1857. 711pp, h: 23cm.With 47 engraved illustrations as plates and in-text, incl. portrait of the author, and… Read more about this item

London, Macmillan and Co Ltd, 1970 Hardcover book, first edition (UK) 370 pages with illustrations in dustjacket. The Development of the Egyptian capital over the years. A near Fine copy in a Fine dustjacket. Pictures available.

Glasgow, John Smith and son Ltd, 1933 Hardcover book, second edition? Large, 34cm x 26 cm. An unusual volume originally published in Egypt, telling the story of a trip across the Libyan desert by the XIIth Royal Lancers a distance of over eleven hundred miles. This is together with the history and geography of the region post first world war.… Read more about this item

London: B.T. Batsford Ltd. 1970 Hardcover book with dustjacket, 140 pages with illustrations. Tooley's classic book on everything the map collector should know regarding Cartography. A Very Good copy without inscriptions in a Very Good near Fine unclipped dustjacket. Very slight tanning to page edges . No inscriptions. Pictures available.

London: Sidgwick & Jackson 1954 Hard cover book. Illustrated by Fred Wolff. A complete picture of space and space travel from 1949 when a V-2 rocket soared upward at 5,100 miles per hour. First Edition, x, 212pp, 64 black & white plates. Some light foxing early and late, minor wear to spine ends otherwise internally… Read more about this item

New York: Haskell House 1973 Hard Cover book. xii, 308pp, frontis, 15 other illustrations and sketch map. Cloth covers, no dust jacket. Previous owner's pencilled signature to front endpaper . A near Fine copy. Pictures available.

USA: Mountaineers Books 2002 Hard Cover book. First Edition, large format, 224pp with colour and black and white photographs and illustrations throughout. A Fine copy in Fine dust jacket. Pictures available.

London: Viking Penguin , 1996 First edition, Ist impression. HB. Cloth and dustjacket. 374pp. With colour photos in plates and 7 b&w maps. Fine in Fine protected jacket. No inscriptions and not price clipped. very slight bump to one corner. Pictures available.

London, Robert Hale Ltd,1963 Hardcover book , first edition in dustjacket, Ex- Library. 192 pages with illustration. A journey through Asia from Malaya in their VW campervan starting in 1960. Although an ex-lib copy with the usual numerous stamps and label it does have the scarce unclipped dustjacket. The jacket has some handling wear but is complete with… Read more about this item

Dublin: The Lilliput Press 2003 Hard cover book. Revised, corrected edition. Endpaper map, 208pp with over 100 photographs, maps and engravings. Title page inscribed, signed and dated 2009 by Jonathan Shackleton cousin of the explorer. Blue cloth covers, pictorial dust jacket has tiny chip and bumping to spine head. A fine copy in near Fine… Read more about this item

London: Duckworth & Co 1924 A small book of travel essays. Hardcover book with Dust jacket.. Second impression, 311pp. Blue cloth boards with some minor bumping to spine ends. Dust jacket has some creasing along top edge, tiny chipping and age wear. A Very Good copy in still Very Good dust jacket.… Read more about this item