‎Travel‎

‎BIRTH OF RAIL TRAVEL : THE RAINHILL TRIALS‎

‎1830 Rainhill Railway Trials. A series of contemporary reports regarding the Rainhill Railway Trials and development of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. Historical details construction & costs preparatory experiments description of the railway opening of the railway the accident death of Wm. Huskisson commencement of traffic performance of the engines Stephensons' locomotive "The Northumbrian the locomotive carriages of Stephenson Braithwaite and Ericsson further correspondence commencement of goods carrying derailment of The Meteor etc. All contained in a series of 7 disbound issues of the Mechanics' Magazine September October November 1830 & January 1831‎

‎Knight and Lacey London 1830-31. Card Covers. Very Good Condition. The Rainhill Trials of 1829 were a landmark event in railway history but the subsequent reports in Mechanics' Magazine from 1830 and 1831 provided deeper insights into the development of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway including its construction costs and early operations. These reports covered ; Preparatory experiments leading up to the railway's full operation ; Detailed descriptions of the railway infrastructure and engineering challenges ; The opening of the railway including the tragic accident that led to the death of William Huskisson a prominent politician ; The performance of the engines including Stephenson's Northumbrian which played a crucial role in early railway operations ; The locomotive designs by Stephenson Braithwaite and Ericsson showcasing innovations in steam-powered transport ; The commencement of goods transport marking the railway's transition into commercial use : and incidents such as derailments including those involving The Meteor and The William the Fourth highlighting early challenges in railway safety. These reports were invaluable in documenting the early successes and setbacks of railway transport shaping future developments in locomotive engineering and railway management. The collection consists of the following complete issues: No. 372 Sept 25th 32 pages; No. 373 Oct 2nd 16 pages; No. 375 Oct 16th 16 pages; No. 378 Nov 6th 16 pages; No. 380 Nov 20th 16 pages; No. 384 Dec 18th 16 pages No. 389 Jan 22nd 16 pages; 1830 & 1831. These seven issues continue the contemporary reporting in this journal of the Rainhill Trials and the development of the Liverpool & Manchester Railway. The Rainhill Trials held in October 1829 aimed to test George Stephenson's assertion that locomotives would be the best motive power for the nearly completed Liverpool and Manchester Railway. Five locomotives participated running along a one mile stretch of level track at Rainhill Lancashire. Stephenson's Rocket was the only locomotive to complete the trials and was declared the winner. Consequently the directors of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway decided that locomotives should operate services on their new line awarding George and Robert Stephenson the contract to produce them. The opening ceremony of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway on 15 September 1830 was a significant event attracting notable figures from the government and industry including the Prime Minister the Duke of Wellington. The day began with a procession of eight trains departing from Liverpool for Manchester. The parade was led by Northumbrian driven by George Stephenson and included Phoenix driven by his son Robert; North Star driven by his brother Robert Sr.; and Rocket driven by assistant engineer Joseph Locke. Unfortunately the day was marred by the death of William Huskisson the Member of Parliament for Liverpool who was struck and killed by Rocket at Parkside. Genuine Original and Packed with Innovation! This weekly magazine isn't just a fragment of history it's a window into the cutting-edge advancements of the Victorian era! Since 1823 The Mechanics' Magazine has tackled revolutionary topics from printing presses to vapor baths hydrostatics and hydraulics. It dives into breakthrough safety measures preventing explosive contaminated air while exploring the mechanics of oxy-hydrogen blowpipes and self-laying rail carriages. Every page crackles with Victorian-era engineering brilliance capturing the relentless drive for invention that shaped the modern world! This is an exclusive standalone issue carefully separated from its original volume; authentic original and uniquely crafted. It is not a reprint or reproduction but a distinct piece in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 13 x 21 cms. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Mechanics' Magazine; New Arrivals; Special Features. Inventory No: 350540. This item may require more postage than the rates shown for delivery outside the UK. If extra postage is required we will contact you before processing your order and you will be given the details and option to decline the extra cost. Knight and Lacey unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 350540

‎Birtles, Dora‎

‎North-West by North‎

‎London: Virago Press. 1985. Octavo Size approx 15.5 x 22.8cm. Very Good condition. Previous owner's details to preliminary pages. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Robust professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 432 pages. With a new Introduction by the author. The 1930s adventure of Birtles leaving from Newcastle NSW in the cutter Skaga in 1932 and travelling to South east Asia via the Great Barrier Reef and Torres Strait. . Reprint. Softcover. Virago Press paperback‎

Bookseller reference : BIB313610 ISBN : 0860686442 9780860686446

‎BISCH Jorgen‎

‎Across the river of death true adventure in the green hell of the amazon‎

‎London: Souvenir Press 1958 slight spine lean ink name to end paper. DW has edge chipping as well as some pieces out of the spine area. there are pieces of tape to the outside of the DW that are starting to brown give them about 5 years and they will fall off of their own accord! The DW is nearly complete but not too attractive. otherwise book is VG copy. 200pp plates Danish documentary maker crosses the Rio das Mortes to penetrate the Matto Grosso the white uncharted area of the map. much on anthropology and natural history. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7 - 9 tall. Souvenir Press hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 000339

‎BISCHOFF ED.‎

‎VOYAGE EN GASCOGNE D'AGEN A AUCH‎

‎M. ICARD. 1866. In-8. Broché. Etat d'usage, Coins frottés, Dos abîmé, Intérieur frais. 237 pages - 1 carte dépliante en 5 volets - Quelques annotations à l'encre - Renfort adhésif sur le dos - cartes et gravures en noir et blanc - MANQUE EN COIN EN PIED SUR LE 1ER PLAT - DOS PARTIELLEMENT DESOLIDARISE DU CORPS DU TEXTE. . . . Classification Dewey : 910.4-Voyages‎

‎Classification Dewey : 910.4-Voyages‎

Bookseller reference : R240126845

‎BISCOSSA, Giuseppe.‎

‎Rotta del Canguro. Impressioni di viaggio.‎

‎Lugano, Grafiche Gaggini-Bizzozero S.A. 1968, 215x145mm, 272pagine, in brossura. Ottimo stato.‎

‎fotografie a colori e b/n, Pour un paiement via PayPal, veuillez nous en faire la demande et nous vous enverrons une facture PayPal‎

Bookseller reference : 36764

‎Bishop Hannington‎

‎Peril and adventure in Central Africa. Being illustrated letters to the youngsters at home by the late Bishop Hannington.‎

‎The Religious Tract Society Book. Illus. by illustrated in Black/white. Acceptable. Hardcover. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. NOTE FIRST EDITION 1880s ! Hardback - Internally very clean 96 pages published by Religious Tract Society about 1900 covers well worn & rubbed but gilt titles to front clear & readable - black/white illustrations - Name/address in pencil inside front cover - Guaranteed posting 24hrs from Cornwall ST234. The Religious Tract Society Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 015182

‎Bishop of Chichester G. K. A. Bell‎

‎The English Church - Britain in Pictures Series‎

‎William Collins London 1942. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Hardcover. 48 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: William Collins London 1942. First Edition. CONDITION: The book itself is in very good condition and comes in good dust jacket. More specifically: Edges of boards have moderate wear. Edges of dust jacket have moderate wear and moderate chipping. . Pages are lightly tanned and mildly foxed. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Travel & Places; Inventory No: 14030017. William Collins hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 14030017

‎Bishop, George‎

‎Hibiscus Years: Travels of a UN Man‎

‎Basingstoke Hampshire United Kingdom: Fisher Miller Publishing 1995. Soft cover. Good/No Jacket as published. 6" x 8. 261 pages. Some reading wear but still clean and sound. All orders processed and shipped promptly from the UK. Please email with your questions. 6"x8 <br/> <br/> Fisher Miller Publishing paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 004153 ISBN : 1899077014 9781899077014

‎Bishop, Gordon‎

‎Gems of New Jersey‎

‎Prentice-Hall. VG/Fair. 1985. Hardcover. 0133474364 . DJ has large edge tears. ; Book is very clean. Profusely illustrated. Originally a 72 part series published in NJ's newspaper "The Star-Ledger". 372 pages. ; Jacket Design . Prentice-Hall hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 5308 ISBN : 0133474364 9780133474367

‎Bishop, MJ. M. J.‎

‎Buxton in Old Picture Postcards In Old Picture Postcards‎

‎Zaltbommel Netherlands: European Library 1984. 76 fascinating b/w illustrations from old picture postcards pictorial cover. Lightly rubbed head and tail of spine and corners of boards tiny scrapes to bottom edges of boards. Text and illustrations are clean bright and tight throughout. Minor tanning to page edges. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Used. European Library Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 109879 ISBN : 9028827617 9789028827615

‎BISHOP, Nathaniel H.‎

‎Four Months in a Sneak-Box; A Boat Voyage of 2600 Miles Down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, and Along the Gulf of Mexico‎

‎8vo [21 x 14.5 cm]; xii, 322, [ii, ads] pp, frontis, many illustrations including full-page, 5 maps. original pictorial cloth with gilt picture of author in small boat, gilt lettering on spine, spine label removed, internal hinges cracked but firm, bookplate on endpaper, light marginal stain on few leaves, else interior quite good and clean. A picture of 'Excellent account of people, social conditions, economics and political life but is of special significance on natural history' (Bruns - Angling Books of the Americas 164). Not in Sabin or Howes. His sneak-box was a small duck hunters' boat that looked like a row-boat. The author had also written 'Voyage of the Paper Canoe.' A classic American travel.‎

‎Bishop, Patrick‎

‎Bomber Boys‎

‎UK: Harper Press 2007 ex- Edinburgh lib bk so usual stamps lib plastic cover also apparently Scotties aren't as careful as they should be as 2 photo pp loose----grrrr & low price! Details hereThis book is written about those who actually flew the pilots navigators bomb aimers rear gunners. Most of the recollections are take from their letters. This is because the Bomber Boys formed the front line of WWII. That meant the death rate was appalling. You cannot get away from the sense of loss - Patrick Bishop has done a brilliant job of bringing the Bomber Boys to life and latterly showing how little their achievements and sacrifice have been officially recognised. 429pp 800g to post. Harper Press hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 010827

‎BISHOP, William Henry‎

‎Mexico, California, and Arizona being a New and Revised Edition of Old Mexico and Her Lost Provinces‎

‎8vo [20.5 x 14 cm]; xii, 569, [6, publisher's ads] pp, frontis map, over 100 illustrations including many full-page, maps including one of the railroads of Mexico and southern US, portraits, index. original red pictorial cloth, gilt lettering on spine and cover, spine worn but intact, spine ends chipped, name on endpaper, internal hinge cracked but firm, interior is clean and very good in good cover, sound. A picture of this book is available upon r Cowan p. 19 (1900 edition), Eberstadt 157: 32. Welch p. 153. Cole 50 (1889 edition). Six Guns 215. Not in Sabin or Howes. Part I is an account of travel in Mexico while part II is an account of travel in California and Arizona (with mention of the OK corral, Doc Holiday, Wyatt Earp, Tombstone, etc). There are many interesting illustrations including of downtown San Francisco, China town, Los Angles and other towns. Well illustrated. This expanded version has an additional 50 pages.‎

‎BISSCHOP ERIC DE‎

‎KAIMILOA - D'HONOLULU A CANNES PAR L'AUSTRALIE ET LE CAP A BORD D'UNE DOUBLE PIROGUE POLYNESIENNE / COLLECTION AU DELA DES HORIZONS LOINTAINS‎

‎PLON. 1942. In-8. Relié. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 357 pages - nombreuses photos en noir et blanc hors texte - couverture d'origine conservée - plats et contre-plats jaspés.. . . . Classification Dewey : 910.4-Voyages‎

‎Classification Dewey : 910.4-Voyages‎

Bookseller reference : RO20188779

‎Bissell, Tom.‎

‎Chasing the Sea‎

‎New York: Pantheon 2003. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. 8vo. xxii 388 2 pp. Bound in quarter purple over yellow boards maps on endpapers deckle edge in illustrated dust jacket. Includes bibliography and index. Inscribed by Author on title page:"To Steve/Fellow traveler/with my best/wishes/Tom Bissell/5-12-4". Very Good hard diagonal crease to front free endpaper soiling to top edge of text block minor soiling and wear to extremities in Very Good dust jacket with light soiling and wear to extremities. <br/><br/> Pantheon hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 003404 ISBN : 0375421300 9780375421303

‎Bista Dor Bahadur‎

‎Report from Lhasa‎

‎Kathmandu Nepal: Sajha Prakashan 1979. Good softcover 1979 1/5100 copies. First Edition. Softcover. Good. Sajha Prakashan paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 211012-MB71

‎Biswas, K. (ed.)‎

‎The Himalayan Journal: Records of the Himalayan Club Volume XXIV 1962-63‎

‎London: Oxford University Press 1964. Paperback in acceptable condition. Covers are lightly marked scored and edge worn. Light creases on spine and covers slightly affecting pages. Tears on spine. Page block is lightly foxed. Contents remain clear throughout. Binding is sound. HCW. paperback. Acceptable. Used. Oxford University Press Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 458970

‎Biswas, K. (ed.)‎

‎The Himalayan Journal: Records of the Himalayan Club Volume XXV 1964‎

‎London: Oxford University Press 1965. Paperback in acceptable condition. Covers are lightly marked scored and edge worn. Light creases on spine and covers slightly affecting pages. Abrasion on spine foot. Page block and a few pages are lightly foxed. Item is cocked. Binding is slightly visible on rear inside cover but remains intact. Contents remain clear throughout. HCW. paperback. Acceptable. Used. Oxford University Press Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 458971

‎Biswas, K. (ed.)‎

‎The Himalayan Journal: Records of the Himalayan Club, Volume XXIII, 1961‎

‎Paperback in acceptable condition. Covers are lightly marked and edge worn. Light creases on spine and covers, slightly affecting pages. Spine head and front leading edge are nicked. Page block is lightly foxed. Contents remain clear throughout. Binding is sound. HCW Used‎

‎Biswas, K. (ed.)‎

‎The Himalayan Journal: Records of the Himalayan Club, Volume XXV, 1964‎

‎Paperback in acceptable condition. Covers are lightly marked, scored and edge worn. Light creases on spine and covers, slightly affecting pages. Abrasion on spine foot. Page block and a few pages are lightly foxed. Item is cocked. Binding is slightly visible on rear inside cover, but remains intact. Contents remain clear throughout. HCW Used‎

‎Biswas, K. (ed.)‎

‎The Himalayan Journal: Records of the Himalayan Club, Volume XXVII, 1966‎

‎Paperback in good condition. Covers are lightly marked and edge worn, slightly affecting pages. Light creases on spine. Spine foot is nicked. Page block and a few pages are slightly tanned and foxed. Contents remain clear throughout. Binding is sound. HCW Used‎

‎Bitsch Joergen‎

‎Ulu, le bout du monde- voyage dans la jungle de Bornéo‎

‎Albin Michel. 1961. In-8. Broché. Etat passable, Coins frottés, Dos satisfaisant, Papier jauni. 206 pages. Nombreuses planches de photos en noir et blanc et en couleurs. Quelques rousseurs et salissures. Jaquette correcte. Ex-dono à l'encre en page de garde.. Avec Jaquette. . . Classification Dewey : 910.4-Voyages‎

‎Traduit du Danois par marguerite Gay et Gerd de Mautort. Classification Dewey : 910.4-Voyages‎

Bookseller reference : RO30336072

‎BIVER, Marie-Louise.‎

‎Le Paris de Napoléon. Préface de Louis Hautecoeur.‎

‎Paris, Editions d’histoire et d’art, Librairie Plon 1963, 240x180mm, 396pages, broché sous jaquette. Bel exemplaire.‎

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Bookseller reference : 87756

‎Bizier, Helene-Andree, and Claude Paulette‎

‎Fleur de Lys: d'hier a aujourd'hui‎

‎Montreal Quebec Canada: Editions Art Global 1997. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Color glossy pictorial paper covered boards. 158 pp. illus. w/ color photographs. Mild foxing to front and rear blanks adjacent to flyleaves "Mfg. Sample" stamp on upper text block fore-edge otherwise nearly as issued. Text in French. Editions Art Global Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 041852 ISBN : 2920718673 9782920718678

‎Bjerre, Jens‎

‎Kalahari. Translated from the Danish By Estrid Bannister‎

‎New York: Hill and Wang 1960. 224pp index illustrated with color and b/w photos map. Cloth boards in dust-jacket which has a tear towardsthe lower section of its spine. In the Kalahari the author lived for many months with a grop of primitive Bushmen sharing their lives and witnessing their secret ceremonies. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Hill and Wang Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 022290