Travel & Exploration from Lawrence Jones
New Arrivals
To the Banks of the Zambezi.
by Bulpin, T.V.
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- Second Edition
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- 1968
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Johannesburg: Books of Africa, 1968. 441pp, index, bibliography, bw ills, endpaper maps. Pictorial cloth- no jacket as issued. Spine darkened, top corners a bit rounded, some foxing to page edges and prelims. Prospectors, hunters, adventurers -the stooy of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe).. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Telford, A.A.. 8vo. Item Price
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2 Volume Set. Modern Egypt. Volume I & II.
by The Earl of Cromer.
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- Used - Near Very Good
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- No Jacket
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- Second Printing
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- 1908
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- Hardcover
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London: Macmillan & Co., 1908. 2 volumes-complete. xviii, 594pp, folding map, frontis portrait; xiv, 601pp, index, chronology. Volume I has some surface insect damage to cloth on rear cover, both volumes a little rubbed, boards a bit worn at edges, even toning to page edges and offset toning to endpapers.. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Near Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. Item Price
$40.36
Kennedy of Cape York.
by Beale, Edgar.
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
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- First Edition
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- 1970
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- Hardcover
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Adelaide: Rigby, 1970. 281pp, index, notes, bibliography, bw ills, maps, endpaper maps. Or maroon cloth in jacket. Spine very slightly faded. Account of Edmund Kennedy and his ill-fated exploration of Queensland's Cape York. The 1848 expedition, based on erratically misleading information, ended in exhaustion and starvation. Kennedy and Jackey-Jackey went for help, and Kennedy was killed by pursuing aborigines. Jackey-Jackey… Read more about this item Item Price
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Islands of Tomorrow.
by Elmberg, John-Erik; Walford, Naomi (translated by)
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
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- First English Language Edition
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- 1956
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- Hardcover
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London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1956. 255pp, bw ills, maps. Blue cloth in jacket. Jacket slightly rubbed. Moderate foxing throughout. The author travelled to India, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, the Celebes, the Moluccas and New Zealand learning about the arts, ceremonies and taboos of 'primitive poeples' along the way. . First English Language Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Item Price
$16.81
The White Road. polar Exploration from the Vikings to Fuchs.
by Kirwan, L.P.
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
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- First Edition
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- 1959
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- Hardcover
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London: Hollis & Carter, 1959. x, 374pp, index, bibliography, bw ills, maps, endpaper maps. Blue cloth in jacket. Jacket price clipped with minor wear. Page edges and prelims foxed. A history of polar exploration.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Item Price
$16.81
The Art of Luxury Surfing.
by Phillips, Ross & Di.
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- Used - Very Good
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- Slipcase
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- First Edition
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- 2012
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- Hardcover
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$67.26
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Noosa Heads: Tropicsurf, 2012. HEAVY. Unpaginated (approx 250pp), num col photographs, pictroial endpapers. Decorated white cloth in slipcase. Slipcase badly stained but book only has some foxing to cloth. Produced by Tropicsurf, an Australian company that provides luxury surf tours and vacations in various exotic locations.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Slipcase. 4to. Item Price
$67.26
The Northern Rivers of New South Wales: Four Volume Set in Folder.
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- Used - Fine
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- First Edition
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- 1985
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- Paperback
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- 9780959514186
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Lismore, N.S.W.: Northern Star, 1985. Four pictorial booklets, each 36pp, illustrated throughout with full colour photos, with fold out centre-spread, and a map at the inside rear cover. All are in Fine condition. The booklets are in a red card presentation folder whichis somewhat rubbed and worn. 1. The Tweed & Brunswick Rivers (Byron Bay, Tweed Heads, Brunswick Heads, Murwillumbah,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Arctic Explorations: The Second Grinell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin 1853, '54, '55.
by Kane, Elisha Kent.
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- Used - Good
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- Reprint
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- 1870
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- Hardcover
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London: T. Nelson & Sons, 1870. x, 510pp, glosary, notes, folding map, num bw ills- all edges gilt. Rebound with original red pictorial cloth laid on to front, rear and spine. Bottom half of map missing with further loss to lower left of remaining half, occasional foxing.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Good. 8vo. Item Price
$33.63
Discoverers of the Cook Islands and the Names They Gave. Cook Islands Library and Museum Bulletin 1.
by Kloosterman, Alphons M.J.
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- Second Edition, Revised & Augmented.
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- 1976
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- Paperback
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Arorangi, Cook Islands: Cook Islands Library & Museum, 1976. 102pp, bibliographyline drawings. Red pictorial card with red cloth tape spine. Tiny bump to bottom corner.. Second Edition, Revised & Augmented.. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. Item Price
$50.44
the Expedition of the St. Jean-Baptiste to the Pacific 1769-1770 from the Journals of Jean De Surville and Guillaume Labe.
by Dunmore, John (translator/editor); De Surville, Jean; Labe, Guillaume.
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
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- First Thus
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- 1981
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- Hardcover
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- 9780904180114
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London: Hakluyt Society, 1981. x, 310pp, index, bibliography, appendices, bw ills, map. Or blue cloth in jacket. Minor rubbing/light edge wear to jacket. The Jean-Baptiste expedition entered the Pacific by way of the northern Philippines, made landfall in the Solomon Islands, sailed to New Zealand (where it narrowly missed encountering Cook's Endeavour) and crossed the southern Pacific to Peru.. First… Read more about this item Item Price
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Wild Life in Florida with a Visit to Cuba.
by Townshend, F. French.
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- Used - Very Good
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- None, as Issued.
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- First Edition
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- 1875
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- Hardcover
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London: Hurst & Blackett, Ltd, 1875. xiv, 319, [16]pp, frontis, map. Green cloth titled in gilt to spine, decorated in black and blind. Minor foxing, mainly to edges and prelims, very small faint stain to fore-edge of frontis and title page. One of the preliminary gatherings unopened. A lovely fresh copy of this 19th century account of a trek through… Read more about this item Item Price
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In an Unknown Prison Land: An Account of Convicts and Colonists in New Caledonia with Jottings Out and Home.
by Griffith, George.
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- First Edition
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- 1901
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- Hardcover
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$235.41
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London: Hutchinson & Co, 1901. xii, 324pp, 32 bw ills. Brown cloth, gilt lettering, no jacket. Cloth lightly rubbed with slight fading to spine, prev owner blindstamp on frotn free endpaper, small bookseller label on front pastedown, front hinge just starting, occasional light foxing, 1 plate loosening at bottom. The journey of British writer George Griffith to New Caledonia and… Read more about this item Item Price
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Putting Queensland on the Map. The Life of Geologist & Explorer Robert Logan Jack [with CD-ROM].
by Jack, Felicity.
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Near Fine
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- First Edition
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- 2008
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- Hardcover
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- 9781921410260
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Sydney: UNSW Press, 2008. HEAVY. ix, 275pp + CD-ROM (at rear), index, bibliography, bw ills, map, pictorial endpapers. Pictorial boards in jacket. Very slight edge wear to jacket. Robert Logan Jack was a Scottish geologist who made a significant contribution to Queensland's mining and agricultural industries at the end of the 19th century. Among his accomplishments were expeditions to Cape… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Outside Man: Jack Hides of Papua
by Sinclair, James
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- Used - Near Very Good
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- Good
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- First Edition
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- 1969
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- Hardcover
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Melbourne: Lansdown Press, 1969. Foreword by D O Hay. xiii, 266pp + index, portrait frontis and b/w photos, bibliography, index, folding map in pocket at front. Red boards in jacket. Edge wear to jacket with tear at chip at top of spine and associated creases. Spine faded, corners bumped. Foxing to page edges and prelims.The story of patrol officer 'Jack-a-Hides',… Read more about this item Item Price
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With the White People. The Crucial Role of Aborigines in the exploration and Development of Australia.
by Reynolds, Henry.
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- Used - Very Good
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- First Edition
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- 1990
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- Paperback
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- 9780140128345
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Melbourne: Penguin, 1990. ix, 288pp, index, bibliography, notes, bw ills. Or card. Light edge wear to covers, light toning/foxing to page edges . Guides, linguists, diplomats, interpreters, trackers, troopers, servants, companions, labourers, concubines, nursemaids, cooks, porters, stockworkers, pearl-divers, mine-workers- the fascinating story of Australia's black pioneers has been largely overlooked by both black and white commentators.. First Edition. Soft Cover.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Voyages & Discoveries in the South Seas 1792-1832. [marine Research Society Number 6]
by Fanning, captain Edmund.
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- No Jacket
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- First Edition
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- 1924
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- Hardcover
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$73.99
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Portland, Me: The Southworth Press, 1924. xvi, 335pp, index, bw ills, endpaper maps. Blue cloth, no jacket. Light foxing to page edges and prelims. Very bright fresh copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. Item Price
$73.99
Packhorse & Waterhole. with the First Overlanders to the Kimberleys.
by Buchanan, G.
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- Used - Near Very Good
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- Good
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- First Edition
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- 1933
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- Hardcover
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$168.15
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Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1933. xi, 215pp + 27pp catalogue at rear, bw ills, endpaper maps. Red cloth in jacket. Jacket with some tiny speckles, short tears at folds and a couple of tiny chips-NOT clipped. Spine cloth faded, offset toning to endpapers, occasional minor foxing, foxing to edges. Prev owner name on top and bottom edges and on first… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Search After Livingstone. (A Diary Kept During the Investigation of His Reported Murder.)
by Young, E.D.; Waller, Rev. Horace (revised by)
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- First Edition
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- 1868
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- Hardcover
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London: Letts, Son, & Co / Simpkin, Marshall & Co., 1868. vi, 262pp + 16pp publisher's catalogue at rear, folding map at rear, bw ills. Original bevelled green cloth boards with gilt vignette to front, titled in gilt to spine, hinge starting at pp96, light foxing to prelims, handwritten prize presentation (for Industry) on front blank dated 1872. Royal Navy… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Discovery of Australia Including the Mandated Territory of New Guinea. A Chronological Survey of Voyages of Discovery Up Till the Foundation of Australia (1526-1788)
by Emery, James.
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- Used - Very Good
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- First Edition
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- 1973
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- Paperback
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- 9780600072355
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Sydney: Hamlyn Guides, 1973. 48pp, large folding map at rear. Brown card titled in gold. One page creased at bottom corner. No date - c1973. Prepared for use with the map included at rear. Text printed in brown.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. Item Price
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Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. K.C.B., P.C., F.R.S. An Appreciation.
by Mackaness, George; Beaglehole, J.C. (edited by)
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- First Limited Edition
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- 1962
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- Paperback
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Sydney: D.S. Ford (printers), 1962. 13pp, few bw ills, references. Textured cream card. Some toning to covers, crease at bottom front corner, small stain to lower margin of last few pages, surfave silverfishing to front cover. This edition limited to 250 copies privately printed for the author. Published to mark the publication by the Trustees of the Public Library of… Read more about this item Item Price
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