TRAVEL LITERATURE

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1973. Advance proof with publisher's "Compliments of M & S" packing slip laid in. Light soiling to edges and back cover. Includes 24-page section of colour and black-and-white photos.. ISBN: 0771011954. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine- in Wraps. CANADIAN AUTHORS, AUTHOR, PIERRE BERTON, YUKON, TRAVEL. more information

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Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, 1997. First Canadian edition. Signed by Richard Bocking on title page. "Richard Bocking takes his readers on a wonderful journey down the Fraser." 268 pages + source notes and Index. Dust jacket is protected in a clear sleeve.. ISBN: 155054523X. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. RIVERS, FRASER RIVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA. more information

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London: Michael Joseph, 1994. "Daniel Farson had a lifelong yearning to complete his father's 1929 attempt to cross the Klukhor Pass in the Caucasus on horseback. At sixty-four, 'abominably unhealthy', he determined to try. He envisaged a restful though jolly cruise down the Volga and an idyllic journey across the great mountain range. How wrong he was." 239 pages + Index; 16 pages of black-and-white photographs. Unclipped dust jacket is protected in mylar.. ISBN: 0718135881. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. DANIEL FARSON, KLUKHOR PASS, CAUCASUS, VOLGA, TRAVEL, NEGLEY FARSON. more information

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Toronto: Thomas Allen Publishers, 2003. A pristine, as new and unread copy in dust jacket. Signed by Sylvia Fraser on title page. Publisher's "Compliments of Thomas Allen & Son" card laid in. Award-winning author's account of a trip to Peru in which she investigates the mysteries of ancient cultures and the healing wisdom of the shamans. In particular, she ingests the highly psychoactive plant medicine ayahuasca which propels her on "terrifying but illuminating journeys into the unknown that, ultimately, force her to reassess Western concepts of what is 'real' and what is not." 321 pages + Glossary, Selected Bibliography & Notes.. ISBN: 0887621236. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. AMAZON, SHAMANS, AYAHUASCA, SHAMANISM, HEALING PLANTS, PERU. more information

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London: Octagon, 1992. An as new, unread copy with a touch of light wear to dust jacket. Noted esoteric author's account of two trips to the middle east, fifty years apart, in which he describes "secret conclaves of Druses, sheikhs and dervishes, magical ceremonies, desert ambushes and fights with drug-smugglers." 198 pages. Unclipped dust jacket is protected in a clear sleeve.. ISBN: 0863040713. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. DAMASCUS, ISTANBUL, ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT, AKABA, DRUSE, DERVISHES, ORIENT, MIDDLE EAST. more information

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Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1988. One of the founders of Greenpeace describes "staggering around in foreign parts doing disgraceful things" while posing as a travel writer in order to get things for free. 243 pages. Just a touch of shelfwear to edges.. ISBN: 0771042892. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine-. more information

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Toronto: Key Porter Books, 2000. An as new, unread copy in dust jacket. Signed by Lesley Krueger on title page. Novelist and former Globe and Mail correspondent explores themes of expatriation, the nature of being foreign and the importance of place and community, by comparing her own chosen life of incessant travel with the lives and stories of her two grandmothers, reluctant immigrants to Canada who never felt they belonged in their new country and remained foreigners looking back home. 269 pages. Tiny red mark to front edge of text block.. ISBN: 1552631818. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. more information

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London: Profile Books, 2006. An as new, unread copy. Signed by Peter Mayle on half-title page. "An indispensable, hugely informative and consistently entertaining guide to Provence by the bestselling writer who has made the region his own." 287 pages; illustrated throughout.. ISBN: 1861978847. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. more information

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London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1999. An as new, unread copy. Oversize hardcover. Photographed and designed by Basil Pao. Signed by Michael Palin on title page. 255 pages. Lavishly illustrated with full-colour photographs. Dust jacket is not price-clipped.. ISBN: 0297825283. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Basil Pao. MICHAEL PALIN, ERNEST HEMINGWAY, MONTY PYTHON, ADVENTURE, BASIL PAO, TRAVEL LITERATURE. more information

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Calgary, Alberta: Detselig Enterprises Ltd., 1990. The story of the four Canadian expeditions on Mount Everest since 1982 and the committed mountaineers who made the attempts. Inscribed and signed on Dedications page by Jim Elzinga, leader of the Everest Light Expedition and one of the subjects of the book. Both the book and the dust jacket have bumping to corners and very minor shelfwear to edges. 240 pages; colour and black-and-white photos throughout; map endpapers.. ISBN: 1550590154. Signed by Subject. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. MOUNT EVEREST, NEPAL, MOUNTAINEERING, JIM ELZINGA. more information

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