Guilford, CT: Lyons Press, (2003) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's second memoir, a sequel to Snowball Oranges. "Spring is approaching; the neighboring rooster, General Franco, is crowing earlier and louder; and the author, a Scottish farmer who, with his family, has left his homeland to grow fruit in Mallorca, is up to greet the gorgeous island dawn. . . As Kerr and his family try to adjust their Scottish farming experience to the Mallorcan climate, they are on a steep learning curve, both cultural and agricultural. " Illustrated with drawings at the beginning of each chapter. 231 pp. ISBN: 1-585746371.

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.

New York & Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2005. First edition - Includes a foreword by Jason Wilson, series editor, and an introduction by Kincaid. Collects 25 of the best essays from both commercial and literary publications in 2004. Includes contributions from Pam Houston, Tom Bissell, John McPhee, Simon Winchester, William T. Vollmann and others. Notes on contributors. xix, 374 pp. ISBN: 0-61836952x.

New York & Boston: Little Brown, (2004). First edition - After surviving a shipwreck off the coast of Africa in 1815, Captain James Riley and his crew were captured by desert nomads and sold into slavery, and eventually dragged on an incredible journey through the heart of the Saharan desert. Illustrated with maps at the head of each chapter and small photographs. Includes an appendix on the publication of Riley's original account, a glossary of Arabic terms, notes and index. Maps. xi, 336 pp.

Boston: Little Brown, 1975. dj. Hardcover first edition - Eight men aboard a replica of 2000 year old Chinese junk attempt to prove that ancient mariners once voyaged from Asia to Central and South America. Translated by Rita and Robert Kimber. Illustrated with full color photographs.

Chicago: University of Chicago Press, (1979) dj. Hardcover first edition - Lakier's account is an uncommon view of America by a Russian, originally published in Russian in 1859 but unknown in English until this publication. It has a confident and optimistic conclusion, but also reveals how someone accustomed to despotism responds to a free society. Translated by Arnold Schrier and Joyce Story. Foreword by Henry Steele Commanger. Illustrated. Index. xli, 272 pp. ISBN: 0-226813134.

London: Hutchinson, (1956) dj. Hardcover first edition - An account of a trip undertaken by two young French ethnologists to trace the remote Indian villages in Bolivia and Peru, including around Lake Titicaca and near Machu Pichu, communities which had been respected by the Incas and not conquered by the Spanish conquistadores. This account is focused more on the people they encountered than on the scientific aspects of the trip, on the sexual and religious customs, on the rites of witchcraft, marriage and death. Translated from the French by Geoffrey Sainsbury. Illustrated with 36 black and white photographs and 3 drawings. Index. 198 pp.

New York: Henry Holt, (1991.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Leo's story of homesteading - first with his girlfriend in 1981 - and then for 10 years with his young son - in a wild and beautiful land. 303 pp. ISBN: 0-8050-15752.

New York: Henry Holt, (1991.) dj. Hardcover - Leo's story of homesteading - first with his girlfriend in 1981 - and then for 10 years with his young son - in a wild and beautiful land. 303 pp. ISBN: 0-8050-15752.

Denver: Tendril Press, )2010). SIGNED first edition - "Pursuing the spirit of adventure and an altruistic goal of raising global awareness and funds for breast cancer, Polly Letofsky broke down barriers and walked across four continents, 22 countries, and covered over 14,000 miles in five years to be the first American woman to successfully walk around the world." INSCRIBED on the half title page. Illustrated with photographs. 423 pp plus 3 pp ads. ISBN: 978-0984154326.

Golden, CO: Fulcrum Publishing. (1993) dj. Hardcover - An account of the author's journey across America on Highway 50 - from aOcean City, Maryland to Sacramento, California. Double page map. Illustrated with black and white photographs. 219 p. ISBN: 1555910734.

Seattle: REI Press, 1972. dj. Hardcover first edition - Uncommon first edition of this classic guide. Illustrated with many photographs by Keith Gunnar, including some in full color, and cartoons by Bob Cram. Foreword by Jim Whittaker. 356 pages.

Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1889. Hardcover first edition - Two young men set off to see the world in 1877 - going from New York to the West,with a stop in Chicago - and from there down to Mexico and the pampas of the Argentinas, on a ship and around the world - vivid descriptions, including San Francisco, the Sierras and deserts of California, and much more. glossy frontispiece and many illustrations in the text. Bound in olive green cloth with gold and black lettering and design on the front. 361 pages.

New York: Simon & Schuster, (1986) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's second book, an account of a trip he made in 1983 to Guatemela in search of the quetzal, the bird of life, a bird whose existence in endangered both by loss of habitat and by the civil war raging in Guatemela. A blend of political, social and natural history. Map, selected bibliography, index. 229 pp. ISBN: 0-671-52738x.

London: The Viking Press, (1986) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's second book, an account of a trip he made in 1983 to Guatemela in search of the quetzal, the bird of life, a bird whose existence in endangered both by loss of habitat and by the civil war raging in Guatemela. A blend of political, social and natural history. Map, selected bibliography, index. 229 pp. ISBN: 0-670-810878.

New York: Basic Books, 2017. First edition - A veteran war correspondent, Matloff journeyed to eight "remote mountain communities across the globe - from Albania and Chechnya to Nepal and Colombia - to investigate why so many conflicts occur at great heights. Mountainous regions are home to only ten percent of the world's population yet host a strikingly disproportionate share of the world's conflicts. . . . Traveling to conflict zones across the world, she introduces us to Albanian teenagers involved in ancient blood feuds; Mexican peasants hunting down violent poppy growers; and Jihadists who have resisted the Russian military for decades. At every stop, Matloff reminds us that the drugs, terrorism, and instability cascading down the mountainside affect us all." Bibliographic essay, 238 pp.

New York: The Viking Press, (1981.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An account of a 1979 safari into the Selous Game Reserve in southern Tanzania, with text by Matthiessen and full color photographs by Hugo van Lawick portray the people, the land, and the numerous wild animals of one of the world's last great wilderness areas. with accompanying photographs, chronicling their 1979 safari to the Selous Game Reserve of southern Tanzania. SIGNED by Matthiessen on the title page. Notes. Slightly oversized format, map endpapers. 213 pp. ISBN: 0-670-616966.

New York: Broadway Books, (2006.) dj. Hardcover first edition - "With her beloved Tuscany as a home base, Mayes travels to Spain, Portugal, France, The British Isles, elsewhere in Italy, and to the Mediterranean world of Turkey, Greece, and North Africa, Fez" Map endpapers. 420 pp. ISBN: 0-767910052.

New York: Broadway, (2000.). Italy in the springtime - a book full of happiness. 286 pp. ISBN: 0-7679-0284x.

New York: Broadway Books, (2000.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A lavishly illustrated tribute to Italian village life with new essays by Mayes, including one by her husband poet Edward Mayes, illustrated with 200 full color photographs by Bob Krist, including many 2 page spreads. SIGNED by Frances Mayes on a bookplate on the front endpapers. Slightly oversized, printed on heavy stock, 269 pp. . ISBN: 0-7679-05350.

New York: Vintage Books, 1992. ISBN: 0679736042.

New York: Vintage Books, 1992. The author's wonderful account of what it was like to move into a 200 year old farmhouse in a remote region of the Luberon. ISBN: 0-679731148.

Los Angeles: Saturday Night Publishing Company, 1928. Hardcover first edition - First publication in book form of the author's letters from a Mediterranean trip - a journey which took him to Madeira, Granada, Seville, Tunis, Carthage, Athens, Constantinople, Cairo, Thebes, Abydos, Luxor, Capri, and elsewhere. Full of interesting sidelights and comments - for example, Henry Timkin, the inventor of the revolutionary tapered roller bearings, and his wife were among the passengers and this leads to a digression on the need in California of faster transcontinental railroads; a brief comment "oil makes the world go round. Will oil be the cause of a future conflict?" Illustrated with 22 half-tone photographic plates by the author, with titled tissue guards. 117 pp. Map endpapers.

Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University Press, (1948). Hardcover first edition - Combines more than 100 photographs with maps for motorists, divided into four main areas: Southern Coast (including San Diego, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara and Ventura); Mid-Coast (Monterey Peninsula to Drake's Bay); The Mother Lode Area (gold rush country in the Sierra foothills); and other scattered areas. Historical Key and index of place names at end of book. xvi, 149 pp. Map endpapers.

Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, (1997). In the introduction to this book, the author, an award-winning African American poet, Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.describes this as a book of "impressions of journeys, memories held in fragments, like footprints on a beach." Her travels took her to Malaysia, to Fiji, to Ayers Rock in Australia and much more. 241 pp. ISBN: 1-566890594.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1984.) dj. Hardcover first edition - McPhee's fascinating and entertaining "portrait of Switzerland as seen through its ubiquitous army." 150 pp. ISBN: 0-374182418.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1995). Probably his best known book (this was certainly his 'break-through' book), and the longest, this is a fascinating study of Alaska and of contemporary Alaskans. Originally published in 1977. Map frontispiece. 417 pp. ISBN: 0-374-522871.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1978.). McPhee returns to the island of his ancestors - Colonsay, 25 miles west of the Scottish mainland. A moving portrait of this fragment of the Hebrides - of the history and legends, and most of all of the people. Illustrated with drawings by James Graves. 159 pp. ISBN: 0-374-514658.