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DOWN IBERIA'S LONGEST RIVER.
Edition: First edition.
New York: Vantage Press, (1982) dj. Hardcover first edition - A slightly fictionalized account of traveling on a rubber raft down the Tajo River, which flows for more than 1000 kilometers from eastern Spain to Lisbon in Portugal and into the Atlantic. Illustrated with photographs. 109 pp. ISBN: 0-533047625.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (corner of front endpaper clipped)
Book ID: 73965More details Price: $21.50 -
DEAD MEN DON'T LEAVE TIPS: Adventures X Africa.
Edition: Trade paperback original, not issued in hardcover.
Paia, HI: Pilgrim's Tales Inc., (2006.). First edition - Adventures of the author and his wife, a young couple who live in Hawaii when not traveling, on a trip from Morocco to the southern tip of Africa, partly as part of a group of "overlanders" (a group trip from hell), and partly on their own, Written with humor but also with a deep respect for both the people and the natural environment of Africa. Photographs. Map. 271 pp. ISBN: 0-9770536-44.
Condition: Very good - slight spine slant, reading crease to front cover,
Book ID: 47856More details Price: $15.00 -
ENDURANCE: An Epic of Polar Adventure.
Edition: 2nd printing.
New York: Norton, (1999) dj. Hardcover - An attractive new edition of this classic account of Shackleton's 1914-1916 Antarctic expedition by the commander of the ship, Endurance, and originally published in 1931. Includes a new preface by Patrick O'Brian. Illustrated with photographs. Index. xxvi, 310 pp. ISBN: 0-393046842.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 69324More details Price: $16.50 -
SWITZERLAND: HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE.
New York: Carlton & Porter. n.d. (ca 1856.). Hardcover - A small slim published by the 'Sunday School Union.' 214 pp plus 10 pp of 'Books for Sunday Schools." Actually a fairly decent history of Switzerland, and an interesting description of the natural beauty and the towns in this country.
Condition: Very good in embossed green cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. A small volume measuring approx 6 inches tall by 4 inches wide (stamp and name of town on front endpaper.)
Book ID: 55282More details Price: $20.00