Travel Books

Chatto & Windus London 1952. mildly soiled cover, name on flyleaf. new edition. very good. Cloth.. (more information)

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David McKay (1960). A journey along the Russian Frontier. 180pp. Errata slip laid-in--concerns a libelous statement about a merchant based on hearsay. Author drives 18 thousand miles, with beautiful London model, through Turkey, Persia, and Afghanistan. Way to go. Very good. Chipped and torn dj. Illustrations. Map. Cloth. Small 8vo.. (more information)

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New American Library (1967). Map endpapers. Chipped dust jacket with small piece missing. Half-cloth binding. Foredge nicks and tears in several early pages--text not affected. 448pp. Allsop, Kenneth (1920-1973) British author and early television personality, traveled extensively in USA for his books on hobos and bootleggers. Good. Illustrations. 1st printing. Hardback. 8vo.. (more information)

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World Publishing (6th printing, 1959). Ex Prep School Library. Two blank blue pages inserted after flyleaf, creases near joint on half-title, title and few pages following. Atomic submarine makes first crossing of the Arctic Ocean from the Pacific to the Atlantic, passing over North Pole. Illustrated front cover and spine. 251pp. Clean reading copy. Photographs by John Krawczyk, U.S.N. Cloth. Nicked dj. 8vo.. (more information)

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Funk & Wagnalls (1967). Map endpapers. Decorated front cover. A little fading of spine, gilt lettering still visible. Bookplate on first blank under name of 'Stetson.' Gift note lettered on half-title page: 'For Olaf, Because he's a Viking himself. Basil Stetson.' Introduction by George D. Painter. May & June 1966 author and five companions sailed out in a small ocean-yacht to follow the old Norsemen's route to America via Faeroes, Iceland and Greenland. This is their story. Very good. No dj. Illustrations. Cloth. Small 8vo.. (more information)

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Donald I. Fine Inc. NY 1990. Uncorrected Proofs. Small label shadow on front cover. 257pp. Very good. Wraps. Large 12mo.. (more information)

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Houghton Mifflin (2007). Advanced Reading Copy. Uncorrected Proof. 268pp. Nine pages of publisher's promotional essays laid-in. A British journalist offers another side of China's new economics and politics by tracking the very successful but illegal career of a Chinese businessman. It is a mixed bag world of capitalism, corruption, and repression. Very small, light label shadow on cover. New fine. Trade paperback. Small 8vo.. (more information)

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Shapolsky Publishing NY (1986). Slight darkening of pages. Part of the Jewish exodus from East Africa. xii+ & 178pp. Very good. Photo Illustrations. Maps. 1st edition. Hardback. Fine dj. 8vo.. (more information)

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Van Nostrand (1961). Introduction by William H. Taylor. If yoy're into the yachting experience (buying, chartering, insuring, building and repair and so on) this is your book. xv & 211pp. Very good. No dj. Illustrations. 1st edition. Cloth. 8vo.. (more information)

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Baedeker/ Fisher unwin/ Scribner's 1908. 15th revised edition. Flexible cover. xxxvi & 452 & 44pp index of streets. Little indent in rear cover edge. Marbled edges. Ribbon. Very good. Maps and plans. 12mo.. (more information)

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Knopf 1970. viii+ & 263pp plus 7 page index. Recommended by Rene Dubos. In three parts: The Country as a Crowd,.as a Park,.as a Community. Fine. Illustrations, map. 1st edition. Cloth. Very good dj. Small 8vo.. (more information)

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Holt, Rinehart and Winston (1968). 381pp. Americans living abroad. At the time an estimated two and a half million Americans resided in other countries. Near fine. 1st edition. Cloth. Chipped dj. 8vo.. (more information)

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Hewitt House Old Tappan, NJ (1969). Family of bicyclers on ten-week crosscountry trip. Several pages with mild waves. Name and address on flyleaf: Sybil Perrin, Birmingham, Ala. 215pp Light dust marks outside. Good reading copy. No dj. Small chapter head sketches. Hardback. Small 8vo.. (more information)

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Garden City Publishing NY (1920). ex library. clear platic wrap over boards. Note on flyleaf dated 1940. Faded spine. Fading along upper edge of covers. glue marks on endpapers. Wilderness adventure. viii & 270pp. Good, clean, toght copy. Illustrations by author. Cloth. Small 8vo.. (more information)

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Liveright Publishing NY (1942). Decorated front cover and spine. Map endpapers. Light rubs to lower outside cover corners and to head and foot of spine. 261pp. Woman with two grown daughters tour 15 countries, in various parts of the world, by car. Very good, clean, tight copy. Illustrated. Cloth. Chipped dj. 8vo.. (more information)

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Simon and Schuster 1937. Card from publisher laid-in. Name on flyleaf: 'From Helen, 5/17/37. Jurnalist quits his job and goes round the world during an interesting time, from January to December 1934--in the middle of the Great Depression. 415pp. In five parts: Portrait of a Man Seeking Hashish, Flight, To Sea in a Sieve, Laying an Old Ghost, Escape from Escape. Belfrage (1904-1990) born in Briton, long time resident in USA and Mexico. Involved in politics mainly through his writing and editing. A target of HUAC, in 1955 he was deported to UK. Very good. Cloth. Tattered dj. Large 8vo.. (more information)

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Facts on File NY (1981). 246pp. Very small pencil mark on cover. Near fine. No dust jacket. Illustrations, maps. 1st printing. Hardback. 8vo.. (more information)

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Harper Perennial (1992). Travel guide. Nick in foredge of page following front cover. One corner crease. Small tear in front cover repaired. Stated 1st edition. xii & 226pp. Very good. A few maps. Trade paperback. Large 12mo.. (more information)

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Henry Regnery Co Chicago 1950. Introduction by Giuseppe Prezzolini. 171pp including big section of photo plates in black and white. Imprimatur of Samuel Cardinal Stritch. Portrait of the Eternal City. Light rub to head of spine. Very good. No dust jacket. Cloth. 4to.. (more information)

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Morrow 1957. Translated from the Danish by Estrid Bannister. Edges of cover faded. Tear in dj repaired with tape. Ink lines in margins of a few pages. Danish explorer visits tribes in Australia and New Guinea. 192pp. Very good. Maps. Photo illustrations. Hardback. Nicked dj. Small 8vo.. (more information)

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W.W. Norton & Co (1974)(2nd printing of American edition). Map endpapers. Author's autograph note on half-title page with his almost full-page sketch of a sailboat on vast ocean sailing toward the sunset. Note: 'To Bunny. My dear Mrs. Frankenthaler, with affection. David. Lon. '75' Foreword by Lt-Col. Odling-Smee. xvi & 237pp. Very good with torn dj. Illustrations. Cloth. Small 8vo.. (more information)

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Fleming H. Revell Co. NY no date. Head of spine rubbed, dull covers, light bump to upper ourside corners, scratch line on rear cover. If you like engravings, the frontispiece of Livingstone is worth our asking price. Aging paper. 508pp plus publisher's ads. good reading copy. No dust jacket. frontis of Livingstone. Cloth. 8vo.. (more information)

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Time-Life Amsterdam (1979). 200pp. Part of Time-Life The Great Cities series. Decorated hardback. small owner's label on contents page. tear in last page of index. else verg good copy. Photos by P.J. Griffiths. 4to.. (more information)

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Time Inc. NY (1965). 176pp. Life World Library. decorated cloth. map endpapers. near fine. Illustrated, some in color. 4to.. (more information)

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Cadogan Books/ Globe Pequot Press London/ Chester, CT. (1992). Light corner creases on front cover. Several corner creases on pages. 300pp. Good. Maps. Trade paperback. Large 12mo.. (more information)

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Travelers' Tales Inc San Francisco (Oct. 1996). 121pp plus ads. Small note in ink on half-title page. Newspaper clip from Oct. 26, 1997 New York Times: Short Letter to the Editor about price of hotel rooms in Paris from Heywood Hale Broun. Pocket guide travel tips for women. Fine. 1st edition. Trade paperback. 12mo.. (more information)

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Weybright and Talley NY (1971). map endpapers. near fine with nicked dj. Photo Illustrations. 1st Amer. ed. Cloth.. (more information)

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Reed Wellington, N.Z. (1969). 201pp. First woman journalist to visit Antarctica. Fine. Map endpapers, Photo illustrations. Cloth. Very good dj. Small 8vo.. (more information)

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Cassell London (1960). 803pp. 5 fold-out maps on rear endpaper, one detached. Published for Federal Information Dept. and printed in Salisbury, Rhodesia & Nyasaland. minor wear to cover edges and points. very good copy. Photo illus. and maps. Cloth. Large 8vo.. (more information)

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Duell, Sloan and Pearce (3rd printing. Sept. 1961). Light rubs to corners and spine ends. Introduction by Colonel Hilton H. Railey. xvii & 230pp. Bibliography. Very good. No dj. Photo illustrations. Hardback. Small 8vo.. (more information)

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