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Sir Aurel Stein: Archaeological Explorer
$25.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFew names loom as large in the annals of Central Asian discovery as Sir Marc Aurel Stein, the Hungarian-British archaeologist whose audacious expeditions across...
Macartney At Kashgar: New Light On British, Chinese, And Russian Activities In Sinkiang, 1890-1918
$25.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the heart of the Great Game — that shadowy contest of empires played out across the rooftop...
Naples: A Travellers' Companion
$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew cities in the world have captivated the imagination of travellers, poets, and painters quite like Naples —...
The Voyage Of Charles Darwin: His Autobiographical Writings Selected And Arranged By Christopher Ralling
$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Very goodPages: GoodFew journeys in the history of science have altered the course of human understanding as profoundly as Charles Darwin's five-year expedition aboard HMS Beagle, and...
Skywriting: An Aviation Anthology
$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerFrom the cockpit to the clouds, Skywriting: An Aviation Anthology is a masterfully curated collection that captures the full spectrum of human...
Danube: A Journey Through The Landscape, History, And Culture Of Central Europe
$30.00 AUD
Edition: 2nd pr.,Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodFew rivers in the world carry the weight of history and civilization quite like the Danube, and Claudio Magris — one of...
Cooper's Creek: The Story Of Burke And Wills
$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the scorching heart of 19th-century Australia, two men dared to do what no European had done before...
Heaven's Command: An Imperial Progress
$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageHeaven's Command: An Imperial Progress is a sweeping, magisterial chronicle of the British Empire at its zenith, tracing...
Farewell The Trumpets: An Imperial Retreat
$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThe sun was setting on the greatest empire the world had ever known — and Farewell the Trumpets:...
The Desert And The Sown
$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the dawn of the twentieth century, one of history's most remarkable women saddled her horse and rode...
Reflections On A Marine Venus: A Companion To The Landscape Of Rhodes
$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the sun-drenched aftermath of World War II, Lawrence Durrell arrived on the island of Rhodes as a...
Istanbul: A Travellers' Companion
$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew cities in the world have inspired as much wonder, intrigue, and literary fascination as Istanbul — the...
Edinburgh: A Travellers' Companion
$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew cities in the world command the literary imagination quite like Edinburgh — a city of volcanic crags,...
A Traveller's War: A Journey To The Wars In Africa, India And Russia
$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingIn the darkest years of the Second World War, journalist and war correspondent Alaric Jacob...
Gertrude Bell
$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodShe mapped deserts, shaped nations, and moved through the corridors of imperial power at a time when women were barely permitted to enter them...
The Loss Of El Dorado
$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: Tanning and foxingAt the heart of The Loss of El Dorado lies one of history's most seductive and devastating myths — the...
Living Well Is The Best Revenge: Two Americans In Paris 1921-1933
$100.00 AUD
Edition: 1st uk ed.,Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerIn the glittering, jazz-soaked boulevards of 1920s Paris, few Americans lived with more style, generosity, and élan...
The 'southern Cross' Story / Early Birds: Two Books In One
$10.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA landmark chapter in Australian aviation history unfolds in this remarkable two-in-one volume, combining Sir Charles Kingsford Smith's...
The Discoverers
$25.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodWhat does it truly mean to discover — to shatter the boundaries of the known world and reimagine the very fabric of human understanding?...
Return To A Chinese Village
$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageTwenty years after his landmark visit to Liu Ling, a remote village in northern China's Shaanxi province, Jan...
Prince Of Navigators: Gatty
$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageBefore GPS and satellite navigation, one man charted the skies with nothing but extraordinary skill, daring, and an...
The Ascent Of Everest
$20.00 AUD
Edition: First ed.Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous owner,Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and cornersCondition remarks: Mylar sleeve on jacketOn the 29th of...
South Col: One Man's Adventure On The Ascent Of Everest, 1953
$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and cornersCondition remarks: Mylar sleeve.In the spring of 1953, a team...
Narrative Of A Residence In Various Parts Of New Zealand: Together With A Description Of The Present State Of The Company's Settlements
$30.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodCondition remarks: Mylar sleeve on jacketAt the dawn of British colonisation in the South Pacific, a young draughtsman for the New Zealand Company set...
Shackleton's Forgotten Argonauts (SIGNED)
$65.00 AUD
Edition: First Ed.Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: SignedWhen Ernest Shackleton's name is invoked, history remembers the man at the centre of the storm — but Shackleton's Forgotten Argonauts...
The Goodwin Sands
$65.00 AUD
Edition: First ed.Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFew stretches of sea have claimed as many ships — and as many lives — as the treacherous Goodwin Sands, a ten-mile...
Born To Win: A Lifelong Struggle To Capture The America's Cup
$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerIn the high-stakes world of competitive sailing, few stories match the relentless ambition chronicled in Born to Win:...
The Ra Expeditions
$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous owner,Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and cornersIn 1969 and 1970, the legendary Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl set sail across...
The Royal Flying Doctor Service Of Australia: Its Origin, Growth And Development
$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerIn the vast, sun-scorched interior of Australia, where the nearest hospital could be hundreds of miles away, a...
Reported Safe Arrival: The Journal Of A Voyage To Port "X"
$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxingIn the grand tradition of wartime voyage narratives, Reported Safe Arrival: The Journal of a Voyage to Port X chronicles a gripping seafaring journey...
The Way Of A Transgressor
$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerFew lives in the twentieth century match the sheer audacity and breadth of experience chronicled in The Way of a...
Know Japan
$30.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and cornersCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the aftermath of World War II, as...
Pioneers' Country
$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew regions of the world carry the weight of raw, untamed history quite like the vast outback of...
March To Big Gold Mountain
$30.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: YellowedIn the great waves of migration that shaped the modern world, few stories are as vivid and compelling as that of the Chinese diaspora — and...
Richard Halliburton: His Story Of His Life's Adventure
$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxingFew lives have ever matched the sheer audacity of Richard Halliburton's — a man who swam the Panama Canal, retraced Hannibal's route over the...
The Dangerous Skies
$25.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerLong before jet travel made the world feel small, one man dared to conquer the skies...
Solo: The Bert Hinkler Story
$30.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageBefore the age of the jet engine and satellite navigation, one man dared to fly alone from England...
May You Be The Mother Of A Hundred Sons: A Journey Among The Women Of India
$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: YellowedBehind the glittering saris and sacred rituals of Indian womanhood lies a world of staggering inequality, quiet resilience, and breathtaking complexity — and it is into...
They Found The World
$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedLong before the age of satellites and GPS, a handful of intrepid men and women reshaped humanity's...
Beyond The Mexique Bay: A Traveller's Journal
$35.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodA restless mind is never wasted on the road, and nowhere is this more evident than in Beyond the Mexique...
Far East
$30.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: YellowedIn Far East, the legendary British aesthete, photographer, and wartime chronicler Cecil Beaton turns his singular eye...
My God! It's A Woman: The Inspiring Story Of One Woman's Courage And Determination To Fly (SIGNED)
$30.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: Signed with inscriptionCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn an era when women were expected to stay grounded in every sense of the...
Thames: Sacred River
$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodBeneath the grey skies of England, the Thames has flowed silently through millennia of human ambition, worship, tragedy, and...
Growing Up In New Guinea
$10.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the tradition of groundbreaking anthropological fieldwork, Growing Up in New Guinea presents a vivid and...
Mantle Of Safety: The Flying Doctor Service
$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: Tanning and foxingIn the vast, sun-scorched expanses of the Australian outback, where the nearest hospital could be hundreds of miles away, a...
Gliding And Sail-Planing: A Beginner's Handbook
$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous owner,Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and cornersAt the dawn of motorless flight, Gliding and Sail-Planing: A Beginner's Handbook stands...
European Commuter
$30.00 AUD
Edition: First ed.Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerIn the years following the Second World War, Europe was a continent in constant...
Australia: World Of Difference: The Australian Transition
$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodAt the crossroads of tradition and modernity, Australia: World of Difference: The Australian Transition presents a compelling portrait of a nation in the throes...