Travel literature seeks to communicate information about newly discovered lands or those little known to the reader; it may be the history of an imaginary journey presented as a real one but important chiefly in terms of ideological and literary content, as in adventure stories, utopias, and philosophic works.
Recommended Books
![BURY PALLISER, [Fanny]. Brittany [and] Its Byways: Some Account of Its Inhabitants and its Antiquities; During A Residence in that Country. (1869)](data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHdpZHRoPSIxNTAiIGhlaWdodD0iMjAwIiB2aWV3Qm94PSIwIDAgMTUwIDIwMCI+PHJlY3Qgd2lkdGg9IjEwMCUiIGhlaWdodD0iMTAwJSIgZmlsbD0iI2NmZDRkYiIvPjwvc3ZnPg==)
BURY PALLISER, [Fanny]. Brittany [and] Its Byways: Some Account of Its Inhabitants and its Antiquities; During A Residence in that Country. (1869)
£60.00BURY PALLISER, [Fanny] (1805-78). Brittany & Its Byways: Some Account of Its Inhabitants and its Antiquities; During A Residence in that Country. (1869)
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SCOTT, G. Firth. The Romance of Polar Exploration. (1909). BINDING.
£55.00SCOTT, G. Firth (1862 -1935). The Romance of Polar Exploration. (1909). BINDING.
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BLISS, William. The Heart of England by Waterway A Canoeing Chronicle By River and Canal. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY
£120.00BLISS, William. The Heart of England by Waterway A Canoeing Chronicle By River and Canal. LIONEL FIELDING’S COPY (Author of Beggar my Neighbour) , PRESENTATION COPY- SIGNED BY BLISS.
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LEE, Edwin (d.1870). Continental Travel with an Appendix on the Influence of Climate, The Remedial Advantages of Travelling. (1848)
£120.00LEE, Edwin (d.1870). Continental Travel with an Appendix on the Influence of Climate, The Remedial Advantages of Travelling. (1848).
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ALDIN, Cecil (1870-1935) The Romance of the Road. (1933) INSCRIBED BY ALDIN.
£120.00ALDIN, Cecil (1870-1935) The Romance of the Road. (1933) INSCRIBED BY ALDIN.
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ATTENBOROUGH, Frederick (1887-1973). Cities In Sonnets. SIGNED
£50.00ATTENBOROUGH, Frederick (1887-1973). Cities In Sonnets. SIGNED. 1926.
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PURDY, John. (1773-1843). Memoir, Descriptive and Explanatory, To Accompany The Charts of the Northern Atlantic Ocean…
£150.00PURDY, John. (1773-1843). Memoir, Descriptive and Explanatory, To Accompany The Charts of the Northern Atlantic Ocean; and Comprising Instructions, General and Particular for the Navigation of the Sea. 1853
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LYNN, Stuart M. (1906- 97) New Orleans. 1949. SIGNED.
£60.00LYNN, Stuart M. (1906- 97) New Orleans. 1949. SIGNED.
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DILKE, Right Hon. Sir Charles (1843-1911). Chelsea: A Lecture delivered in the Town Hall…1888. SCARCE.
£50.00DILKE, Right Hon. Sir Charles (1843-1911). Chelsea: A Lecture delivered in the Town Hall…1888. SCARCE.
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Up The River From Westminster to Windsor and Oxford; A Descriptive Panorama of Thames Scenery. [c.1879]
£75.00Up The River From Westminster to Windsor and Oxford; A Descriptive Panorama of Thames Scenery.
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TIMBS, John (1801-75). A Picturesque Promenade Round Dorking, In Surrey. (1822).
£100.00TIMBS, John (1801-75). A Picturesque Promenade Round Dorking, In Surrey. (1822).
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RYE, Walter (1843-1929). Tourist’s Guide To The County of Norfolk… (1892). RARE.
£50.00RYE, Walter (1843-1929). Tourist’s Guide To The County of Norfolk With Some Preliminary Remarks as to its Natives, their Names, Superstitions and Peculiarities. 1 folding map, 1 folding plan. 8vo. London: Edward Stanford, 1892.
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HENDERSON, E. (1784-1858). The Vaudois… a Tour to the Valleys of Piedmont, In the Summer of 1844. (1845)
£55.00HENDERSON, E. (1784-1858). The Vaudois Comprising Observations Made During a Tour to the Valleys of Piedmont, In the Summer of 1844: Together with Remarks, Introductory and Interspersed, Respecting The origin, History, and Present Condition of That Interesting People. Folding map. PROVENANCE: Signature to front endpaper : ‘Thos Spalding’. 8vo. London, John Snow, 1845.
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Holidays on High Lands… 1869.
£40.00MACMILLAN, Rev. Hugh. Holidays on High Lands; or, Rambles and Incidents In Search of Alpine Plants. (Pages age toned, occasional spotting and foxing). Publisher’s blue pictorial cloth, gilt (wear to cloth, corners bumped, spine cocked). 8vo. London: Macmillan and Co. 1869.
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Hacky & Markey: Being The Adventures of Hacky Daniel & Markey Retchatts… 1855.
£60.00SIGNATURE next to the printed sentence: ‘’N.B. Every genuine copy is signed by the Author” is presumably the signature of TREGELLAS. TREGELLAS, L.T. (1792-1863 ). Hacky & Markey: Being The Adventures of Hacky Daniel & Markey Retchatts, Two Cornish Miners, Who Went Further To Sea Than They Intended and Encountered A Floating Regiment of What They Called….To Which Are Adde Their Extraordinary Confessions. [4], 22, [2] pp. Frontispiece (Pages soiled and a little grubby, some pages detached, sporadic spotting). Contemporary blue wrappers with white (now browned) title label (wrappers torn with loss, worn). 8vo. Penzance, F. T. Vibert, 1855.
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![Up The River From Westminster to Windsor and Oxford; A Descriptive Panorama of Thames Scenery. [c.1879]](https://nuckleyrarebooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/IMG_2102-150x200.jpeg)
![The Tour of Doctor Syntax. [c. 1821]](https://nuckleyrarebooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/In-Search-of-the-Picturesque-2851-scaled-150x200.jpg)