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  • ITALIAN NEIGHBORS, or, A Lapsed Anglo-Saxon in Verona. by Parks, Tim.
    Parks, Tim.
    ITALIAN NEIGHBORS, or, A Lapsed Anglo-Saxon in Verona.

    Edition: 2nd printing.

    New York: Grove Weidenfeld, 1992, dj. Hardcover - A celebration of 10 years of living in Montecchio in Italy by this prize-winning novelist and translator. 272 pp. ISBN: 0-8021-15314.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (as new.)

    Book ID: 42188
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  • A PLACE THAT'S KNOWN. by Pearson, Michael,
    Pearson, Michael,
    A PLACE THAT'S KNOWN.

    Edition: First printing.

    Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, (1994.) dj. Hardcover first edition - His second book of literary odysseys - from his childhood in the Bronx, to Flannery O'Connor's Georgia, interviews with John McPhee in the Pine Barrens of New Jersey and with Tony Hillerman in the Southwest, and to the Britain of Shakespeare, Yeats and Joyce. Small format. 256 pp. ISBN: 0-87805-6726.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)

    Book ID: 51801
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  • THE WHITE HEART OF MOJAVE. by Perkins, Edna Brush (1880-1930)
    Perkins, Edna Brush (1880-1930)
    THE WHITE HEART OF MOJAVE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Boni & Liveright, (1922). Hardcover first edition - A fascinating account of a trip by two suffragists (the author and her friend Charlotte Jordan) from Ohio to Death Valley - the heart of the Mohave - Although women had won the right to vote, their activism for women's rights had not ended, but they decided they needed a vacation: "Charlotte and I knew the outdoors a little. Though we were middle-aged, mothers of families and deeply involved in the historic struggle for the vote, we sometimes looked at the sky. . . I had some not altogether contemptible peaks to my credit and she had canoed in the Canadian wilds, so when we decided that a vacation…

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    New York: Boni & Liveright, (1922). Hardcover first edition - A fascinating account of a trip by two suffragists (the author and her friend Charlotte Jordan) from Ohio to Death Valley - the heart of the Mohave - Although women had won the right to vote, their activism for women's rights had not ended, but they decided they needed a vacation: "Charlotte and I knew the outdoors a little. Though we were middle-aged, mothers of families and deeply involved in the historic struggle for the vote, we sometimes looked at the sky. . . I had some not altogether contemptible peaks to my credit and she had canoed in the Canadian wilds, so when we decided that a vacation was due us we chose the outdoors." As they passed through the Mojave on the train heading to Los Angeles where a car was awaiting them, they determined that that was where they wanted to visit, but it was actually when they returned the next year, that they took a trip in the spring in a wagon pulled by a mule and a horse, with the "Worrier", the sheriff of an almost deserted mining town, as a guide, that they actually reached Death Valley. While this does not ignore the hardships and dangers, Perkins is always aware of the ever-changing beauty of the desert. Illustrated with photographs. Hard to find. 227 pp.

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    Condition: Fair condition only in aquamarine cloth with paper labels (some mottling from dampness on lower edge of front cover, tidemarks near the gutter affecting the lower and upper margins of most pages) - despite these cosmetic flaws, the book is still sturdy and easily readable.

    Book ID: 84468
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  • A TRIP AROUND CAPE COD: Our Summer Land and Memories of My Childhood. by Perry, E. G., "A Cape Cod Boy"
    Perry, E. G., "A Cape Cod Boy"
    A TRIP AROUND CAPE COD: Our Summer Land and Memories of My Childhood.

    Edition: First edition.

    Boston / Monument Beach: By the author, n.d. (ca 1895). Hardcover first edition - An informal guide to some of the people and places on Cape Cod, including Buzzards Bay (where President Grover Cleveland has a summer residence) and extending along the shore of Buzzards Bay to New Bedford - this book, of course, pre-dated by several years the construction of the Canal, which separated the Cape from the rest of Massachusetts. Profusely illustrated with photographs of houses, hotels, libraries, lighthouses, scenic spots and long time residents of the Cape. The trip goes up the North side of the Cape through Sandwich and the villages of Barnstable, to Provincetown and back along the South side, to Falmouth and more.…

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    Boston / Monument Beach: By the author, n.d. (ca 1895). Hardcover first edition - An informal guide to some of the people and places on Cape Cod, including Buzzards Bay (where President Grover Cleveland has a summer residence) and extending along the shore of Buzzards Bay to New Bedford - this book, of course, pre-dated by several years the construction of the Canal, which separated the Cape from the rest of Massachusetts. Profusely illustrated with photographs of houses, hotels, libraries, lighthouses, scenic spots and long time residents of the Cape. The trip goes up the North side of the Cape through Sandwich and the villages of Barnstable, to Provincetown and back along the South side, to Falmouth and more. Includes a section on his memories of growing up on the Cape. Also included are 7 full page ads for hotels on Cape Cod, and also a double full-page ad by the author, a real estate broker, offering the chance to make some money by investing in land in the area. Printed at the Press of the Chas. S. Binner Company, Boston on glossy stock. 188 pp.

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    Condition: Good overalll in blue cloth with gilt lettering on the front cover, and beveled edges - some rubbing and wear to the ends of the spine, the corners, and even the lower edges of the boards, front hinge cracking, and title page almost detached, but still holding. Despite the flaws this is an appealing vintage book in the uncommon blue binding.

    Book ID: 85206
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  • LETTERS FROM CALIFORNIA: Its Mountains, Valleys, Plains, Lakes, Rivers, Climate and Productions. Also Its Railroads, Cities, Towns and People as Seen In 1876. by Phillips, D. L.(1823-1880)
    Phillips, D. L.(1823-1880)
    LETTERS FROM CALIFORNIA: Its Mountains, Valleys, Plains, Lakes, Rivers, Climate and Productions. Also Its Railroads, Cities, Towns and People as Seen In 1876.

    Edition: First printing.

    Springfield, IL: Illinois State Journal Co., 1877. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Contains 21 long letters written between October 1875 and March 1876, when David Phillips travelled to California in the unfortunately unsuccessful hope that a change of climate would restore the health of his son who was suffering from consumption. The detailed letters he wrote from there covered almost every aspect of California life at the , including the libraries of San Francisco, architecture, mining as well as the mountains and agricultural areas. A presentation copy, SIGNED "by the author" to "Hon. M. H. Chamberlain", who, in turn, presented it to McKendree College with his signed presentation right below that of the author. Bound in brick colored cloth with black decorations and gilt lettering on the front cover. 171 pp.

    Condition: Ex-college library with several stamps, signs of the removal of a pocket on the rear pastedown, but overall good condition - both sturdy and attractive despite its flaws.

    Book ID: 81353
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  • AROUND THE WORLD IN 20 DAYS: The Story of our History-Making Balloon Flight. by Piccard, Bertrand. and Jones, Brian.
    Piccard, Bertrand. and Jones, Brian.
    AROUND THE WORLD IN 20 DAYS: The Story of our History-Making Balloon Flight.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: John Wiley & Sons , Inc. 2000. First edition - An account of this historic round-the-world balloon flight told by the pilots themselves. The pilots took off in the Breitling Orbiter 3 balloon in Switzerland on March 1, 1999 and 20 days and 29,000 miles later landed in Egypt. 281 pp.

    Condition: Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (corner slightly bumped).

    Book ID: 59840
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  • THE GRAND PEREGRINATION, Being the Life and Adventures of Fernao Mendes Pinto. by [Pinto, Fernao Mendes, 1509 -1583] Collis, Maurice (1889-1973)
    [Pinto, Fernao Mendes, 1509 -1583] Collis, Maurice (1889-1973)
    THE GRAND PEREGRINATION, Being the Life and Adventures of Fernao Mendes Pinto.

    Edition: First printing.

    London: Faber & Faber, (1949) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first biography of this 16th century Portuguese adventurer and explorer who left Portugal in 1537 as a common soldier but whose travels were intended to help him establish himself as a merchant. Pinto traveled to the coast of India, Japan, China, and Malaya and more - was thrown into prison by the Chinese, introduced firearms to Japan, and succeeded in becoming wealthy but after meeting Saint Francis Xavier, he joined the newly formed Jesuit Society and headed a mission to Japan, only to recognize its futility. His autobiography - Peregrinacao or Pilgrimage - was published posthumously in 1614. While some of the claims in this work might have…

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    London: Faber & Faber, (1949) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first biography of this 16th century Portuguese adventurer and explorer who left Portugal in 1537 as a common soldier but whose travels were intended to help him establish himself as a merchant. Pinto traveled to the coast of India, Japan, China, and Malaya and more - was thrown into prison by the Chinese, introduced firearms to Japan, and succeeded in becoming wealthy but after meeting Saint Francis Xavier, he joined the newly formed Jesuit Society and headed a mission to Japan, only to recognize its futility. His autobiography - Peregrinacao or Pilgrimage - was published posthumously in 1614. While some of the claims in this work might have been inaccurate, Collis considers them compatible with historical events and Pinto's work as the most complete European account of 16th century Asian history. Includes 13 illustrations, bibliography, index. 313 pp

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    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (toning to pages and endpapers, some chipping to the dj at the top of the spine)

    Book ID: 84600
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  • CARTOGRAPHIC FICTIONS: Maps, Race, and Identity. by Piper, Karen.
    Piper, Karen.
    CARTOGRAPHIC FICTIONS: Maps, Race, and Identity.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover.

    New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, (2002). First edition - A book which discusses how maps "reveal changing perceptions of the natural world, as well as conflicts over the acquisition of territories. [It] looks at maps in relation to journals, correspondence, advertisements, and novels by authors such as Joseph Conrad and Michael Ondaatje. Piper follows the history of cartography through three stages: the establishment of the prime meridian, the development of aerial photography, and the emergence of satellite and computer mapping." Illustrated, notes, bibliography, index. xiv, 220 pp. ISBN: 0-813530733.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 86464
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  • DERBYSHIRE: The County Books. by Porteous, Crichton.
    Porteous, Crichton.
    DERBYSHIRE: The County Books.

    Edition: First printing.

    London: Robert Hale, (1950) dj. Hardcover first edition - A very personal view of Derbyshire by a man who lived there - and loved it - for more than 25 years, but also had childhood memories going back much further. A title in The County Books series. Illustrated with 49 black and white photographs. Folding map tipped in at rear. Index. viii, 310 pp.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (usual toning to the pages and spine of dj, price-clipped with a new publisher's price-sticker attached)

    Book ID: 84429
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  • THE LOST CITY OF THE MONKEY GOD: A True Story. by Preston, Douglas.
    Preston, Douglas.
    THE LOST CITY OF THE MONKEY GOD: A True Story.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Grand Central Publishing, (2017) dj. Hardcover first edition - A book which surpasses his fiction in adventure and suspense. "In 2012, Preston joined a team of explorers searching for Ciudad Blanca ('The White City'), a legendary ruin hidden in the dense jungle of eastern Honduras. The city also known as 'the Lost City of the Monkey God' - was literally a legend; while various hucksters and hoaxers had claimed to have discovered the abandoned metropolis, no credible evidence had ever been presented. In addition to the objective hazards of tropical disease, wild boars, and the deadly fer-de-lance viper, locals stoked the mystique, describing various curses awaiting would-be discoverers. But this team had an advantage that previous searchers…

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    New York: Grand Central Publishing, (2017) dj. Hardcover first edition - A book which surpasses his fiction in adventure and suspense. "In 2012, Preston joined a team of explorers searching for Ciudad Blanca ('The White City'), a legendary ruin hidden in the dense jungle of eastern Honduras. The city also known as 'the Lost City of the Monkey God' - was literally a legend; while various hucksters and hoaxers had claimed to have discovered the abandoned metropolis, no credible evidence had ever been presented. In addition to the objective hazards of tropical disease, wild boars, and the deadly fer-de-lance viper, locals stoked the mystique, describing various curses awaiting would-be discoverers. But this team had an advantage that previous searchers had lacked: LIDAR, an advanced laser-imaging technology able to penetrate the dense jungle canopy - just enough - and return detailed elevation profiles from which subtle, man-made anomalies could be identified. Almost immediately, two major sites emerged, their scale and architecture indicating a civilization to rival another local, more famous power, the Maya." But the dangers were real- and Preston and severl other contracted a horrifying disease in the jungle. Illustrated with photographs in color. Sources and bibliography, index. viii, 326 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 978-1455540006.

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    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 88333
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  • Pritchett, V. S.
    AT HOME AND ABROAD

    Edition: First US printing.

    San Francisco: North Point Press, 1989. dj. Hardcover first edition - Travel writing by this author whom Eudora Welty called "one of the great pleasure-givers in our language." The subjects range from Portugal to South America, to the Thames in history and to Appalachia.

    Condition: Near fine in a near fine dust jacket (an apparently unread copy, but some signs of handling.)

    Book ID: 10319
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  • AFRICAN DRUMS. by Puleston, Dr, Fred.
    Puleston, Dr, Fred.
    AFRICAN DRUMS.

    Edition: Early printing.

    New York: Farrar & Rinehart, (1930). Hardcover - Fred Puleston ran away from home at 17 and went to Africa as an agent for Hattan & Cookson he stayed there off and on for 14 years: 1882 to 1896. This book - which describes those experiences - includes some surprising statements - For example "All white men (except missionaries) of his acquaintance in the Congo had black 'harems'."[one to three native girls - he approved the custom.] Cannibalism was common among the blacks; three of Agent Puleston's friends were eaten. Twice he met Explorer Stanley, "discoverer" of Livingstone. Other chapters deal with witch doctors, and in one he contrasts slavery in Africa as practiced by Africans versus that of…

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    New York: Farrar & Rinehart, (1930). Hardcover - Fred Puleston ran away from home at 17 and went to Africa as an agent for Hattan & Cookson he stayed there off and on for 14 years: 1882 to 1896. This book - which describes those experiences - includes some surprising statements - For example "All white men (except missionaries) of his acquaintance in the Congo had black 'harems'."[one to three native girls - he approved the custom.] Cannibalism was common among the blacks; three of Agent Puleston's friends were eaten. Twice he met Explorer Stanley, "discoverer" of Livingstone. Other chapters deal with witch doctors, and in one he contrasts slavery in Africa as practiced by Africans versus that of white men, whom he accuses of turning two islands into "hell holes." Puleston is also known as one who exposed Alfred Aloysius ("Trader") Horn. Indignation at the gross ignorance of Congo Africa which he detected in the "Horn-books" caused Dr. Puleston (then a prosperous Miami, Florida physician) to exclaim to friends, "I can't believe this man was ever in the Congo!" Illustrated with fantastic art deco paintings and drawings by Andre Durenceau (as one commentator noted "his illustrations tended towards the provocative, and even at times the erotic and grotesque.") including a color frontispiece and endpapers, 5 black and white glossy full page plates and several small drawings at the tail of some of the chapters. 318 pp.

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    Condition: Very good in brown cloth with dark brown lettering (some wear to the edges of the boards and the corners, but overall a clean and tight copy), no dust jacket.

    Book ID: 85085
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  • HUNTING MISTER HEARTBREAK. by Raban, Jonathan.
    Raban, Jonathan.
    HUNTING MISTER HEARTBREAK.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Edward Burlingame / Harper Collins, (1990) dj. Hardcover first edition - Selected by WorldHum in 2006 as one of the top 30 literary travel books of all time: "Like a modern-day Alexis de Tocqueville, Jonathan Raban has traveled the length and breadth of the United States, observing Americans with the keen eye of a foreigner. [This] book traverses the pathways of American immigration from late 19th century Ellis Island to late 20th century Seattle. In the book, Raban fully inhabits each place he visits, even borrowing an old black labrador named Gypsy in Alabama to feel more at home among the locals. He investigates whether a foreigner can truly become an American. In the end Raban realizes…

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    New York: Edward Burlingame / Harper Collins, (1990) dj. Hardcover first edition - Selected by WorldHum in 2006 as one of the top 30 literary travel books of all time: "Like a modern-day Alexis de Tocqueville, Jonathan Raban has traveled the length and breadth of the United States, observing Americans with the keen eye of a foreigner. [This] book traverses the pathways of American immigration from late 19th century Ellis Island to late 20th century Seattle. In the book, Raban fully inhabits each place he visits, even borrowing an old black labrador named Gypsy in Alabama to feel more at home among the locals. He investigates whether a foreigner can truly become an American. In the end Raban realizes that one can adopt American ways but can never become completely American." 373 pp. ISBN: 0-060182091.

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    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 79051
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  • HUNTING MISTER HEARTBREAK. by Raban, Jonathan.
    Raban, Jonathan.
    HUNTING MISTER HEARTBREAK.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Edward Burlingame / Harper Collins, (1990). First edition - Selected by WorldHum in 2006 as one of the top 30 literary travel books of all time: "Like a modern-day Alexis de Tocqueville, Jonathan Raban has traveled the length and breadth of the United States, observing Americans with the keen eye of a foreigner. [This] book traverses the pathways of American immigration from late 19th century Ellis Island to late 20th century Seattle. In the book, Raban fully inhabits each place he visits, even borrowing an old black labrador named Gypsy in Alabama to feel more at home among the locals. He investigates whether a foreigner can truly become an American. In the end Raban realizes that one can adopt American ways but can never become completely American." 372 pp.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 79052
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  • THE STORY OF THE PACIFIC. by Rabling, Harold.
    Rabling, Harold.
    THE STORY OF THE PACIFIC.

    Edition: 2nd printing.

    New York: Norton, (1965.) dj. Hardcover - The story of the explorers of the Pacific, including the Spanish, Russians, English, New England whalers, and more, written for older children. Illustrated throughout, Index,. 191 pp

    Condition: Very near fine in a good only (several edge tears and rubbing to the dj.)

    Book ID: 4540
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  • Ridgeway, Rick.
    BELOW ANOTHER SKY: A Mountain Adventure in Search of a Lost Father.

    Edition: Uncorrected proof.

    New York: Henry Holt, 2001. A renowned adventurer travels to Tibet with a young woman in search of her father's memory. By the author of THE SHADOW OF KILIMANJARO. 306 pgs.

    Condition: Near fine. Some creasing on front wrapper.

    Book ID: 18968
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  • CLUBBED CLASS. by Ronson, Jon.
    Ronson, Jon.
    CLUBBED CLASS.

    Edition: First printing.

    London: Pavillion, (1994). Hardcover first edition - The first book by this Welsh journalist and documentary filmmaker. "This is a travel book with a difference. A terrifying , funny, breathtaking journey where Ronson lies and cheats his way around the world, sampling the jet set life that we all deserve but few get to experience" -from South Africa to Las Vegas to the Queen Elizabeth 2. In 2017 on Twitter, Ronson referred to this book as "the child I keep in the attic because I'm so ashamed." 142 pp.

    Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.) Sticker noting that this is distributed by Trafager Square, Vermont, on title page. Clearly they did not distribute a lot of copies in the US since this is quite hard to find, especially in this condition.

    Book ID: 75726
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  • TRAVELS IN AMERICA 1851-1855. by Roos, Rosalie (1823-1898); Sigrid Laurell and Carl L. Anderson, editors.
    Roos, Rosalie (1823-1898); Sigrid Laurell and Carl L. Anderson, editors.
    TRAVELS IN AMERICA 1851-1855.

    Edition: First edition.

    Carbondale, IL: Swedish Pioneer Historical Society / Southern Illinois University Press, (1982) dj. Hardcover first edition - Letters and diary entries by Roos, who left the constraints she felt doomed to as a woman in Sweden in the 1850s and so traveled to America to test her ability to be independent, spending four years on a plantation in South Carolina as a governess, just as the slavery debate was entering its most heated phase. She comments on contrasts: freedom and slavery, cold and heat, great industriousness and total apathy, but when she returns to Sweden, confident in her independence, she has only scorn for the arguments she heard espousing the "good" of slavery. As she pleaded for the rights…

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    Carbondale, IL: Swedish Pioneer Historical Society / Southern Illinois University Press, (1982) dj. Hardcover first edition - Letters and diary entries by Roos, who left the constraints she felt doomed to as a woman in Sweden in the 1850s and so traveled to America to test her ability to be independent, spending four years on a plantation in South Carolina as a governess, just as the slavery debate was entering its most heated phase. She comments on contrasts: freedom and slavery, cold and heat, great industriousness and total apathy, but when she returns to Sweden, confident in her independence, she has only scorn for the arguments she heard espousing the "good" of slavery. As she pleaded for the rights of women in Sweden, she drew analogies between those theories of slavery and the treatment of women. Translated and with a preface by Carl L. Anderson, who notes that at the end of the 19th century she was recognized as one of the 'three pioneering women and leaders who transformed social and economic conditions for women.'Photographs, footnotes. xvi, 152 pp. ISBN: 0-80931018X.

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    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)

    Book ID: 88320
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  • THE SOPHISTICATED TRAVELER: WINTER: Love it or Leave It. by Rosenthal, A.M. and Arthur.Gelb, edtiors.
    Rosenthal, A.M. and Arthur.Gelb, edtiors.
    THE SOPHISTICATED TRAVELER: WINTER: Love it or Leave It.

    Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.

    New York & London: Penguin, (1985.). Includes contributions by Joyce Carol Oates, Herbert Gold, Margaret Atwood, Peter Benchley, Mordecai Richler, Muriel Spark, V.S. Prichett, John Updike, Peter Maas, Harry Crews, Alison Lurie and many others. Index. 541 pp. ISBN: 0-14-0081488.

    Condition: Very good (usual toning to the pages.)

    Book ID: 52043
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  • DESERT AND PLAIN, THE MOUNTAINS AND THE RIVER: A Celebration of Rural America. by Roueche, Berton; photographs by David Plowden.
    Roueche, Berton; photographs by David Plowden.
    DESERT AND PLAIN, THE MOUNTAINS AND THE RIVER: A Celebration of Rural America.

    New York: Dutton, (1975) dj. Hardcover first edition - A book which reveals a rural America that even then fifty years ago had been lost to most of us - from the town of Stapleton in the middle of the Sand Hills country of Nebraska to the town of Welch in the Appalachian Mountains of West Virginia, rich in coal but poor in people. Text by Roueche, and illustrated with strking black and white photographs David Plowden. Oblong format. ISBN: 0-52509010.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 86460
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  • Roy, James Charles.
    THE BACK OF BEYOND: A Search for the Soul of Ireland.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    Boulder, CO: Westview Press. 2002. First edition - Roy, an authority on Irish history, escorts a disparate group of Americans through the backwaters of ancient Ireland.

    Condition: Fine.

    Book ID: 20270
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  • THE BACK OF BEYOND: A Search for the Soul of Ireland. by Roy, James Charles.
    Roy, James Charles.
    THE BACK OF BEYOND: A Search for the Soul of Ireland.

    Edition: First printing.

    Boulder, CO: Westview Press. (2002) dj. Hardcover first edition - Roy, an authority on Irish history, escorts a disparate group of Americans through the backwaters of ancient Ireland. Illustrated with photographs. 218 pp. ISBN: 0-81333909x.

    Condition: Very good in a near fine dust jacket (few tiny marks in the text and a comment at the end summing it up - 'enjoyed this book ++'.

    Book ID: 82962
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  • AFRICAN HAYRIDE. by Ryan, Margaret G.
    Ryan, Margaret G.
    AFRICAN HAYRIDE.

    Edition: First printing.

    Chicago: Rand McNally, (1956) dj. Hardcover first edition - A lighthearted account of a New Yorker's 18,630 mile trip through 12 African countries, from Algeria through the Sahara Desert and on to French West Africa, Nigeria, and more. Chico drove the specially built car, and she was accompanied by her dog Fllicka. Illustrated with maps and drawings by Seymour Fleishman. 255 pp.

    Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket (price-clipped)

    Book ID: 84086
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  • AMERICA REVISITED (Volumes I and II.) by Sala, George Augustus.
    Sala, George Augustus.
    AMERICA REVISITED (Volumes I and II.)

    Edition: First thus.

    New York: Arno Press, 1974. Hardcover - A one volume reprint of this work originally published in two volumes in 1883. The author, an Englishman, first visted the US in 1863, in the midst of the Civil War, and although he was in the North, his sympathies (as a member of a family who had held slaves in the West Indies) were with the South. This is a profusely illustrated account of the author's second American tour, made in 1879, with chapters on New York, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Richmond, Augusta, Atlanta, New Orleans, Chicago, Omaha, Salt Lake City, and San Francisco (including China Town) - not a very flattering look, especially when it comes to ethnic minorities. A title in…

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    New York: Arno Press, 1974. Hardcover - A one volume reprint of this work originally published in two volumes in 1883. The author, an Englishman, first visted the US in 1863, in the midst of the Civil War, and although he was in the North, his sympathies (as a member of a family who had held slaves in the West Indies) were with the South. This is a profusely illustrated account of the author's second American tour, made in 1879, with chapters on New York, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Richmond, Augusta, Atlanta, New Orleans, Chicago, Omaha, Salt Lake City, and San Francisco (including China Town) - not a very flattering look, especially when it comes to ethnic minorities. A title in the Foreign travelers in America, 1810-1935 series. Each volume is numbered individually, but a total of almost 700 pp. ISBN: 0-405-054718.

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    Condition: Ex-library with relatively few markings, missing the front endpaper, but overall tight and clean in gold cloth with burgundy lettering.

    Book ID: 42919
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  • SENOR BUM IN THE JUNGLE: Up the Orinco, Down the Rio Negro and Out the Mighty Amazon. by Sand, Algo.
    Sand, Algo.
    SENOR BUM IN THE JUNGLE: Up the Orinco, Down the Rio Negro and Out the Mighty Amazon.

    Edition: First edition.

    New York: Robert McBride. 1932. Hardcover first edition - Illustrated by Robert Rotter with 7 glossy plates and numerous small drawings, and with 8 pages of photographs by the author. The idealized drawings form an interesting contrast to the descriptions of being beset by murderous Indians, mosquitos, stuck in the mud, and all the other calamities they dealt with. 319 pp. plus photographs. Illustrated endpapers.

    Condition: Good overall in red and gold illustrated boards (bookplate, corners bumped, one small wormhole only affecting the margins, but still sturdy and easily readable)

    Book ID: 88895
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  • Sauer, Carl O.
    NORTHERN MISTS.

    Edition: Trade paperback.- - first thus.

    San Francisco: Turtle Island Foundation, 1973. The theme proposed here is the faring out to sea during the Middle Ages from Atlantic Europe. The story of the discovery of Iceland, of the Vikings, of the Irish explorers and more. Includes black-and-white illustrations and an index.

    Condition: As new.

    Book ID: 15944
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  • THROUGH THE LIGHT CONTINENT; OR, THE UNITED STATES IN 1877-8. by Saunders, William.
    Saunders, William.
    THROUGH THE LIGHT CONTINENT; OR, THE UNITED STATES IN 1877-8.

    Edition: Facsimile Reprint.

    New York: Arno Press, 1974. Hardcover - Originally published in 1879. The author, an Englishman, travelled to California and back and gives his impressions of the American scene. A title in the Foreign Travelers in America, 1810-1935 series. 409 pp plus 3 pp of charts from the census. ISBN: 0-405-054726.

    Condition: Ex-library with missing front endpaper, relatively few markings and overall tight and clean in gold cloth with burgundy lettering.

    Book ID: 57387
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  • THE SUN BOAT: A Voyage of Discovery. by Schildt, Goran.
    Schildt, Goran.
    THE SUN BOAT: A Voyage of Discovery.

    Edition: First UK printing.

    London: Staples, (1957.) dj. Hardcover first edition - An account of a trip in a modern small sailboat, the Daphne, up the Nile from Alexandria to the Great Cataracts near Wadi Halfa in the Sudan, returning to the Mediterranean by Ismailia and the Suez Canal, by this Finnish traveler and his wife. A look at both the great monuments of Egypt and its current social and economic situation. Translated from the Swedish by Alan Blair. Photographs. 314 pp

    Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket (price-clipped.)

    Book ID: 50814
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  • IN THE SHADOW OF THE DRAGON: A Journey through South East Asia. by Schmid, Peter.
    Schmid, Peter.
    IN THE SHADOW OF THE DRAGON: A Journey through South East Asia.

    Edition: First UK printing.

    London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, (1957). Hardcover first edition - An account of the author's travels in Indo-China [Vietnam], Cambodia, Laos, Siam, Burma, Malaya and Indonesia in the period right after the collapsing of the colonial powers and of newly independent states. The "dragon" casting its shadow is Communist China. Illustrated with maps and photographs. Translated from the German by Mervyn Savill. Publisher's black tape on copyright page. 288 pp.

    Condition: Very good in a poor dust jacket with large chips to the front cover and the ends of the dj spine.

    Book ID: 82388
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  • SOLE MATES: True Story of One Couple's Walk Across America. by Schultz, Jerry and Cindy Schultz.
    Schultz, Jerry and Cindy Schultz.
    SOLE MATES: True Story of One Couple's Walk Across America.

    Edition: Trade paperback original.

    Olympia, Washington: Shiny Penny Press, (2003). SIGNED - In 1996, after "retiring at age 50, training over 1000 miles and planning for two years, these two soul mates waved good-bye to their three grandsons and three adult children and began a 3000 mile walk across America in Birkenstock sandals and to honor Habitat for Humanity International. Along the way, they experienced pain, blisters and a near lightening strike. They also experienced the kindness of their fellow Americans, deep admiration for each other and a new understanding of themselves as individuals." SIGNED by both authors on the title page with the words "Our life is what our thoughts make it." Doublepage map, photographs, list of support drivers, training schedule, etc. 317 pp. ISBN: 0-972678301.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 74150
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