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New York: Pocket Books, 1992. Stephen Coonts turns his storytelling genius to non-fiction in The Cannabal Queen, an account of the summer of '91 - of three glorius months spent exploring America from the cockpit of a vintage biplane, an extraordinary adventure, following highways, railroad lines, rivers and touching down in all forty-eight of the contintental United States. Illustrated with color photos. Map endpapers show the flight of the Cannabal Queen. A bright,clean book in a photo illustrated price intact dust javket.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1986. Alexander Frater follows the original Imperial eastbound route all the way from Heathrow to Brisbane's Eagle Farm Airport using local air services fifty years after the legendary Imperial Airways Eastbound Empire service first operated (in the 1930's). An absorbing record of Frater's progress through twenty nations with twenty-two airlines, this amusing, engrossing and beautifully observed book will be relished by all readers fascinated by air travel. Two-page map spread of the Imperial Airways Route and Alexander Frater's Route. The contents provide prologue, six very interesting chapters and epilogue. The chapters cover travel From London to Athens, From Athens to Muscat, From Muscat to Dhaka, From Dhaka to Singapore, From Singapore to Darwin, and from Darwin to Brisbane. A bright, square book in a pictorial, price-intact dust jacket.. ISBN: 0-684-18837-6. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Ait Travel History… Leer más

Boston,: Houghton,Mifflin Company, 1985. Traveler extraordinary and master of the unexpected insight, Theroux has now brought together the travels that fell outside the scope of his other books. His journeys take place not only in the exotic, unexpected places of the world, but in the thought, reading , and of the writer himself. Jacket illustration by J.M. W. Turner, courtesy of the Tate Gallery , London. A clean bright copy.. ISBN: 0-395-38221-1. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Non Fiction + Travel + Discoveries + Corsica + Afghanistan + Uganda + Burma + Graham Greene + John MnEnroe + V S Prichett + Rudyard Kipling + Henry Miller + Richard Nixon + The Orient Express + Malaysia + Leper Colony + Africa. Catalogs: Travel.

Boston: Houghton,Mifflin Company, 1983. Theroux's narrative presents a vivid picture of a complex country and her people with tart irony, humor, sympathy, and insight. Those familiar with this great country will gain a surprising new perspective as they explore the coasts of Britain with Theroux. Endpaper map by John V. Morris. Price-clipped photo wrap-around dust jacket. A clean, bright most respectable copy..... a good read.. ISBN: 0-395-34645-2. First Edition, Third Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Great Britain Description and Travel 1971 + Railroad Travel +Great Britain + British Coastal Travel + Travel + West Somerset Railway + West Cumbria Line + Northfolk Railway + Hastings + Bognor Regis + Ise of Wight + Plymouth + Barnstaple + Ulster + Londonderry. Catalogs: Travel.

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1988. If you want to understand China, take the train - as the author did - in every province of the People's Republic, from the searing gobi of western Xinjiang to the frozen wastes of Manchuria. The result is the most beguiling and revealing book on China travels since the adventures of Marco Polo. In 'Riding The Iron Rooster' the author's practiced eye, adventurous spirit, and rich prose produce a vital memoir, full of people and talk - warm outspoken conversations about the private life of China today, the Cultural Revolution and Mao, and the thousand details of everyday life. Map endpapers. Price-intact photo illustrated dust jacket.. ISBN: 0-399-133309-7. First Edition,Fourth Printing. Hard Cover. Good/Very Good. Train Travel + Railroad Travel China + Journeys China + China + Non Fiction + Mongolia + Shanghai + Peking + The Iron Rooster + Manchuria. Catalogs: Travel.

New York: Penguin Putnam Inc, 1982. Movie Tie-In. Foreword by His Holiness The Dali Lama. Translated from the German by Richard Graves. Introduction by Peter Fleming. An incredible adventurous twenty-one month trek across rugged mountain and desolate plain to the mysterious heartland of Tibet. It tells of exciting elements of mountain climbing, daring escapes, life in secret, forbidden Tibet and encounters with extraordinary people. Two-page map spread showing author's itinery, and a section of photographs provided. The contents give 17 chapters and an epilogue. Movie photo illustrated card covers. Notation on back page. A extremely clean, bright book.. ISBN: 0-87477-888-3. Eleventh Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good. Tibet + Travel + Movie Tie in + Mountain Climbing + Brad Pitt + His Holiness The Dali Lama + History + Mountaineering Expedition. Catalogs: Travel.

New York: Pantheon Books, 1984. Photo illustrated card covers. A whole new way to experience nature. From Maine's rugged Mount Katahdin to the banks of the Hudson River, this ground breaking field guide opens the wonders of the natural world to the weekend adventurer and experienced naturalist alike, telling you not only what you are seeing but why it is there.Glossary, bibliography and index provided. Northeast Inland covers Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut and New York. This is a remaindered book in a clean sound state. A most serviceable book!. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine.

London: Hodder And Stoughton, 1974. 1974. First Edition, First Printing. This copy is being offered as a READING COPY only. Hardcover. In 1972 the author began a traverse of the great Sahara desert, from the Atlantic to the Nile, by camel and himself. The essential reason for making his attempt was to examine the bases of fear, to explore an extremity of human experience. He crossed 2,000 miles of the most merciless country on earth and survived. Tamanrasset was reached March of 1973 and the journey ended here... exhausted through illness and deprivation, he could go no further. Although the crossing was not completed, his journey was a personal victory and an inspiration to us. Maps, drawings and photographs in color and b/w provided. An appendix follows the last chapter. While this book ia a library cancel in dust jacket, the book remains bright, sound and complete.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Reading Copy.

Methuen & Co., Ltd.,London/Reginald Saunders, Toronto, 1944 (to Title page) Fifth Canadian Edition October, 1944. Illustrated Edition. Book Good Plus. No dust jacket. Hardcover. Ten chapters are offered, postscript and index. A generous list of illustrations provided....a number of the photos taken by Mr H.V. Morton. While this book shows edgewear to board extremities, it remains firm, complete and most serviceable.. Hard Cover. Very Good.

Toronto: Stoddart Publishing Co. Limited, 1990. With McIntosh as your humorous Canadian guide, you will travel to the Prairies during the Great Depression, where everyone he meets as he hitchhikes from job to job attempts to sign him up for WW2. You will share in his many hilarious experiences.... Like those rare works "Butter Down The Well' and Bruce Hutchinson's 'In The Country', the book is a lesson in living well. Remainder mark to bottom edge. This book shows mild spine lean - it remains sound, bright and most presentable.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Near Fine.

Emmaus, Pennsylvania: Rodale Press, 1990. Michener writes about his two-week trip to Poland and Rome in 1988 and finds every moment filled with political, spiritual and personal meanings. His meeting with Lech walesa, meeting a Jewish immigrant from the Soviet Union who penciled a Russian translation of "The Source" into notebooks, and his dining with the Pope. All of these stories - and many more- are beautifully told in this book. Cream color boards with copper print to spine. Gift inscription to ffep. Illustrated price-clipped dust jacket. A very nice copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

New York: Fodor's Travel Guides, 1983. Travel guide of Rome includes: where to stay, wining and dining, entertainment etc. Illustrated with several maps, including maps of Italy. English-Italian vocabulary plus index.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good.

London: Ward Lock & Co., Limited No Date. Fourteenth Edition...Revised. With Large Plan of the City, Plans of the Bois De Boulogne, Versailles, The Louvre and Numerious Illustrations. This book contains a fund of knowledge and delightful reading. A list of illustrations provided...photo plates and plans. Three fold-out maps are present (one of which shows an internally mended tear). Bright cherry-red cloth boards. Gilt title print to front board and spine. Ribbon bookmark. Photo illustrated price-intact dust jacket. Dust jacket shows wear to extremities and rubbing. A sound, firm copy.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good.

New York: Villard Books, 1984. An uncommon guide to winter travel. Sun and surf or snow and skis. Either way, this book offers a cornucopia of literary impressions and practical suggestions from the pens of such highly acclaimed writers such as John Updike, Joyce Carol Oats, V.S. Prichett, Margaret Atwood, Peter Maas, and many more. These extraordinary writers give us their personal travel experiences, both here and abroad, on beaches and on ski slopes. The indispensable travel guide for those who almost don't need one, complete with illustrations. Attractive blue cloth boards, white title print to front board and spine. No ownership markings. Illustrated dust jacket by Nancy Stahl. Front and rear flap of dust jacket carries a gentle crease but remains fresh, and bright. A very nice copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1976. When the author of this remarkable book arrives in Moscow as an American graduate student, he soon comes face to face with a country where the terms of his trade,'paradigms', party structure and intergroup pressures no longer apply. The book is the reminiscences of what the author saw, heard and felt. It is reportage of his Russian friend's lives and of his observations. A small part of the "author's" note reads, "To modify Christopher Isherwood on his rendering of Berlin forty years ago, it is a record more of what happened than of what might have happened to me abroad." Blue boards with gilt to spine. Lovely photo jacket. A clean, square copy - no owner markings or inscriptions.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1953 (c.1953) Book Very Good in a Fair Dust Jacket. Out of a journey through the East comes this revealing and warmly personal book about the problems and hopes of peoples now coming of age. Illustrated with 32 pages of photographs. This is a chronicle of a five month trip that carried Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt to Lebanon, Syria, Jordon, Israel, Pakistan, India and Indonesia. Traveling with her as we do in this book, we see not only the problems of the East, but the thrilling challenge, heroic purpose and inspiring triumphs. Front endpapers make up a two-page spread of ' The Middel East'. A sound copy. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair.

London: Methuen & Co., Ltd., 1949. 234pp includes 'Index of Persons and Books' and 'Index of Places'. Fifteen gravure plates and an endpaper 'Map of Suffolk' provided. The lovely frontispiece is titled 'Lavenham:the magnificent Church'. This volume deals largely with historical associations, especially on the ecclesiastical and literary sides. Contents are: Introduction by the author, twenty-two informative chapters, and a generous list of illustrations. Brown cloth boards. White title print to spine. No ownership markings. The full wrap-around picture used on the dust jacket is from a photograph by Staniland Pugh. The price is still intact.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good.

New York: Harper & Row, 1969. Book Club Edition. The author of the world - famous " Inside" books here applies his zest and talent to cities rather than to continents or countries : London, Paris, Brussels, Hamburg, Vienna, Rome, Warsaw, Moscow, Jerusalem, Beirut, Amman and Tokyo. This book is a stimulating and entertaining foray with an acute observer and guide into some of the fascinating cities of the world. Black cloth boards with gilt to spine. Bookplate to fep and name to ffep. A clean, square copy in a nice, bright dust jacket.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

New York: Harper & Brothers (c. 1954) An American Negro views the African Gold Coast. Richard Wright made a thorough tour of the Gold Coast area and has put into words, as only an author of his stature could, the heart and soul of a splendid nation. He brings before the reader's eye every beautiful and terrible aspect of this country, its slums, its landscapes, its laughter and sorrow and promise. Richard Wright has produced a passionate and memorable book.... Photo frontispiece on heavier semi-gloss stock is that of Kwame Nkrumah, Prime Minister of the Gold Coast. An index provided. Name to ffep. Wear to top and bottom extremities of the boards. Untrimmed foredge. Endpaper gutters darkened. Dust jacket back panel is a photo of the author. Price intact. A most serviceable copy.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair.

New York: Vintage Books, 1991. Fourth Printing. Title page and chapter headings illustrated by drawings of Judith Clancy. In this witty and warm-hearted account, Peter Mayle tells what it is like to realize a long-cherished dream and actually move into a 200 year-old stone farmhouse in the remote country of the Luberon with his wife and two large dogs. A Year In Provence transports us into all the earthly pleasures of Provencal life and lets us live vicariously at a tempo governed by seasons, not by days. This book won the British Book Awards 'Best Travel Book of the Year', in 1989. The cover illustration is by Ruth Marten. A lovely bright book with a 'new' look and feel. A very nice copy!. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine.