Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1999. dj. Hardcover first edition - An account of his journey from the Atlantic to the Pacific using inland waterways of the United States - a trip which covered 5000 miles - more than any other cross-country river traveler has ever managed, and which often retraced the journey of some of our most famous explorers from Henry Hudson to Lewis and Clark Maps, photographs. xii, 506 pp. Illustrated endpapers. ISBN: 0-395-636264.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1999. First edition - An account of his journey from the Atlantic to the Pacific using inland waterways of the United States - a trip which covered 5000 miles - more than any other cross-country river traveler has ever managed, and which often retraced the journey of some of our most famous explorers from Henry Hudson to Lewis and Clark Maps, photographs. xii, 506 pp.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1999. SIGNED first edition - An account of his journey from the Atlantic to the Pacific using inland waterways of the United States - a trip which covered 5000 miles - this except includes Part VII - the Lower Missouri River. Double page schematic of the 'Nikawa.' SIGNED on the title page. 31 pp.

New York & Boston: Little, Brown & Co. (2008). First edition - A personal account of a series of journeys into small towns across America. 566 pp.

San Marino, CA: Huntington Library, (1998.) dj. Hardcover - Account of 24 year old Lucy Kendall Herrick's 137-day voyage in 1852 from New York to San Francisco via Cape Horn, aboard the 'Josephine', a 947-ton, three-masted freighter, a trip made with her mother, sister and family friend, to rejoin her father in the gold mines. One of the few accounts written by women about sea journeys during that era. Introduction by Andrew Rolle. Illustrated with photographs. Notes, bibliography and index. A handsomely produced book, somewhat oversized. 135 pp. ISBN: 0-87328-1659.

London: Geoffrey Bles, 1958. dj. Hardcover first edition - An account of the expedition of Peter Holmes and his wife, Judy, to the Himalayas especially the mountainous desert province of Spiti, on the borders of Tibet. This book focuses on both the mountain-climbing adventures and on the people who live in the area (especially the story of one remarkable young boy - Shiring Dawa.) Illustrated with several sections of black and white photographs by the author, contains 2 folding maps. Index. 191 pp.

London: Hamish Hamilton, (1986) dj. Hardcover first edition - An account of a three-month coast-to-coast journey across Africa - by tugboat, car, single track train, small plane and on foot - from Boma at the mouth of the Congo to the island of Lamu on the east coast. 258 pp. ISBN: 0-241117429.

Caldwell, Idaho: Caxton Printers, 1941. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A description of a leisurely journey through France before World War II - illustrated with maps, photographs. INSCRIBED by the author on front pastedown: " To.... with the good wishes of his friend.."

London: Heinemann, (1990) dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's first non-fiction work - an account of life on the smallest of the Channel Islands (and the last British territory liberated in World War II.) Told mostly in the voices of the islanders. Map preceding the text. Bibliography. 212 pp. ISBN: 0-434365327.

New York & Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2004. SIGNED first edition - Includes a foreword by Jason Wilson, series editor, and an introduction by Pico Iyer. Collects 26 of the best essays from both commercial and literary publications in 2003. Includes contributions from Joan Didion, Adam Gopnik, Bill McKibben, John McPhee, George Packer, Patrick Symmes and others. SIGNED by Iyer on the title page. Notes on contributors. xxiv, 332 pp. ISBN: 0-618341269.

New York: The Library of America, (1993) dj. Hardcover first edition - The second volume of Henry James travel writings in the Library of America series (number 65 in series), edited and with notes by Richard Howard. His travel writings display the distinctive charm of his style, serve as guidebooks and including penetrating reflections on the national characteristics and charm. This volume begins with the classic 'A Little Tour in France', illustrated with Joseph Pennell's drawings from the original 1900 edition. The final piece is on the American volunteer motor-ambulance corps in France, during the first World War. Includes chronology, glossary, notes, index. 845 pp. Lists to this title at rear of book. ISBN: 0-940450771.

Shrewsbury, UK: Swan Hill Press, (1995). Hardcover first edition - A combination of a history of polar exploration and an account of the author's own attempt to reach the North Pole. Illustrated with full-color photographs. Select bibliography, index. 144 pp. ISBN: 1-853102113.

New York: Hawthorn Books, 1978. dj. Hardcover first edition - A biography. ISBN: 0-8015-25578.

New York: Vintage Books, (1992). SIGNED - An account of a 3-day rafting voyage down an uncharted section of the Boh River in Borneo, where journalist Tracy Johnston knew little in advance of the adventure she had signed up for - including treacherous rapids, foot rot, leeches, swarms of sweat-eating of bees, swimming cobras and more. In addition, she learned what it was like to be a woman adventurer on the wrong side of forty. INSCRIBED on the half title page "To - Here's to many more adventures in mid-life. PS. Thanks for your leech stories." 256 pp. ISBN: 0-679740104.

New York: North Point Press (Farrar Strauss), (2004.) dj. Hardcover first edition - "An Incisive Portrait of Europe's Most Beautiful, Most Disconcerting Country" - In 1999, Jones emigrated to Italy and the country he discovered there turned out to be far from the pastoral bliss described by centuries of travel writers, and instead he found one beseiged by almost unfathomable terrorism and paranoia. Notes, index. 314 pp. ISBN: 9780865477001.

Rapid City, SD: Images of the World. (1991). SIGNED first edition - An account of a husband and wife's 26-month around-the-world bicycle trip. "They crossed four continents through sweltering temperatures and winter snowstormspunctuated by 42 flats." A book designed to promote awareness of the world's culture and respect for the environment. INSCRIBED on the first page by Junek. Maps. Illustrated with photographs by Tass Thacker. Equipment list, glossary. 287 pp. ISBN: 0-963044818.

New York: Vintage Books, (1990). SIGNED - The author's first book, a firsthand account of the 1985 Amazon Source to Sea Expedition - the only expedition to travel the entire 4,200 mile length of the Amazon from its origins high in the Peruvian Andes to the Atlantic Ocean. Kane, an award winning environmental reporter was the only American to travel the full distance. INSCRIBED on the first page to the late Oklahoma book collector Larry Owens and dated in 1995. Maps, photographs. xii, 278 pp. ISBN: 0-679-72902x.

Alfred A. Knopf, The Adventure Library. (1995). SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first book (originally published by Knopf 1989) a firsthand account of the 1985 Amazon Source to Sea Expedition - the only expedition to travel the entire 4,200 mile length of the Amazon from its origins high in the Peruvian Andes to the Atlantic Ocean. Kane, an award winning environmental reporter was the only American to travel the full distance. INSCRIBED on the title endpaper "For.... Best of luck on all your adventures" and dated in 1995. This edition includes a new introduction by Alex Shoumatoff, and a new afterword by the author. Maps, photographs. xvii, 321 pp. ISBN: 1885283024.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first book, a firsthand account of the 1985 Amazon Source to Sea Expedition - the only expedition to travel the entire 4,200 mile length of the Amazon from its origins high in the Peruvian Andes to the Atlantic Ocean. Kane, an award winning environmental reporter was the only American to travel the full distance. INSCRIBED on the front endpaper to the late Oklahoma book collector Larry Owens - "run the rivers, hike the trails!" and dated in 1996. Maps, photographs. xiv, 278 pp. ISBN: 0-394-553314.

Boston: Little Brown, (1992) dj. Hardcover first edition - Recounts a journey of over 25,000 miles through American deserts from the Black Rock Desert of Oregon to the Mexican border, with discussion about things like plate tectonics, botany and the animals that live in the deserts, but especially about the people she encounters - Navaho weavers, Hopi silversmiths, children on a reservation, an old prospector and gold miner, a cattleman and a missionary and more. Illustrated with drawings. xvi, 262 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 0-316482986.

New York: Ballantine, (1956) dj. Hardcover first edition - A book which captures a nation on the verge of revolution - the same year that this was published, Eisenhower approved the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956 which authorized the construction of the nation's interstates. This book looks at what is involved with high speed driving, including highway hypnosis, learning to drive ahead of your car and more. Illustrated with many drawings. Includes a state-by-state listing of turnpikes, and more. 148 pp.

New York: IDG Books, 2000. Includes a removable, folded color map.

Guilford, CT: Lyons Press, (2002) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first book - "It's the stuff of dreams: a Scottish family giving up relative sanity and security to go and grow oranges for a living in a secluded valley in the mountains of the Mediterranean island of Majorca. But dreams, as everyone knows, have a nasty habit of not turning out quite as intended. Being greeted by a freak snowstorm is only the first of many surprises and "experiences," and it isn't long before they realize that they have been sold a bit of a lemon of an orange farm by the wily previous owners." Illustrated with drawings at the beginning of each chapter. 226 pp. ISBN: 1-585745480.