Exploration & Travel

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1973 FINE/GOOD+ First Edition, 1st Printing. Perfect boards, as-new interiors except for ownership stickers on endpapers. DJ has moderate shelf wear, a few neat tape repairs. 6" by 8", 174 pages, map endpapers, 24 color plates. The famous Canadian author and his family travel by raft down the untamed Yukon River, retracing the great wilderness route of the 1898 goldrush from Lake Bennett, BC to Dawson, Yukon. An excellent book for canoeists, kayakers and adventurers.. more information

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Montreal: Canadian Automobile Assoc. - Reader's Digest Assoc. (Canada), 1984 AS-NEW First Edition Hardcover. A pristine unread volume with no wear. 8.5" by 11.25", 447 pages, hundreds of maps and photos. - - - Massive volume contains details of fascinating places to visit, from coast to coast in Canada, and in all the Northern States that border on Canada. Includes British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, Washington, Idaho, Montana, North & South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, New York, Vermont.. Hardcover. more information

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Hunter Publishing, 1988 FINE First Edition Trade Paperback, 1st Printing of this high quality book. All 276 pages printed on bright glossy paper. Includes color photographs, maps and fold-out map of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands. 5.5" by 8". - - - A fascinating guide that shows you the unforgettable sights of Jamaica that few visitors experience - the perfect companion for anyone planning a vacation. Here are the best places to stay, the little restaurants worth the trip in themselves, and a complete guide to the hundreds of roadside vendors. Special sections are included on shopping, foreign exchange and the black market, local transportation, language and patois, the best places to go for authentic crafts and reggae music. The emphasis is on walking, cycling, river travel, and horseback touring. It includes the people, history and language of Jamaica, geography, botany, climate, swimming, snorkeling, scuba diving, skinnydipping, hiking, backpacking, river canoeing, whitewater trips, horseback riding, mule trips, sailing, fishing, birds & bats, bicycle touring, tourist sites most guide books leave out, reggae music and dance, arts & crafts, money saving alternatives.. more information

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London, U.K.: Collins, 1936 VERY GOOD First Edition, no DJ. High quality decorated green cloth boards impressed with an elaborate pattern, illustrated color endpapers, hundreds of black and white photos & full page color plates. Forest green cloth HC's clean and fresh, and show only slight wear. Front hinge very slightly weakened, otherwise solid. All 374 text and photo pages excellent, one 1/4" tear on edge of title page. 7.25" by 10". - - - Includes stories about Nature, Transportation (The Graf Zeppelin, The Queen Mary, Oil-Electric Rail Car, etc), The Human Body, Folk Stories, Printing and English Literature, Profiles of the writers of Great World Literature, Gardening, Church Architecture, Natural Marvels... (Bryce Canyon & a Fallen Meteorite) , A Photographic Tour of London, etc. . Hard Cover. more information

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London, England: Collins, 1936 VERY GOOD/GOOD First Edition, undated but circa 1936. High quality volume with elaborate impressed pattern on green cloth boards, hundreds of b&w photos, full page glossy color plates. Clean & fresh HC's show only light wear. Square & solid. All 308 pages excellent, lightly tanned, 1.5" tear on last page. DJ shows has chpping, several tape repairs, light soiling. 7.25" by 10". - - - Includes stories and articles about: The Marvels of the Universe, The Triumph of Speed, How Man Has Gained Wings, History Under the Earth, The Wonders of Bygone Days, The Weather-Clerks, The Miracle of the Silver Screen, From Broadcasting House to Drawing-Room, etc.. Hard Cover. more information

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Washington, DC: National Geographic Society - Special Publications Division, 1982 FINE/VERY GOOD First Edition, 1st Printing. Crisp & clean, square & tight, no markings, perfect boards. DJ has three 1/4" tears, otherwise FINE. 200 pages, photographs by Robert W. Madden, who travelled 25,000 miles in the US Northwest taking photos for this volume. Includes Puget Sound, the coast, The Cascades and Mt. St. Helens, desert country, farm country, Columbia River, Rockies.. Hardcover with Dust-Jacket. more information

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Toronto: Stoddart, 1991 Fine/Very Good First Edition, 1st Printing of this personal travel narrative in the tradition of British writing between the wars. 5.75" by 8.75", 187 pages, b&w plates, remainder dot on bottom edge, crisp & clean, square and tight, unmarked, no wear to boards, binding or pages. Unclipped DJ has creases on front and rear flyleaf, no tears, no chipping. - - - This excellent book by Canadian poet, artist and author Douglas Fetherling is an account of a grueling trek across Russia and through China to Bangkok, concluding with an inside look at one of the refugee camps in Hong Kong. It's a story rich in incident and telling description. But it is also a startling document that freezes for inspection a starting point in modern political history - the spring of 1990, when the rise of democracy transformed the Soviet Union, and resistance to democracy revealed the soul of the People's Republic of China. . Hardcover with Dust-Jacket. more information

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NY: Literary Guild, 1935 VERY GOOD/GOOD+ First Edition (stated). 6.5" by 9.25", 341 pages. Clean, very tight, unmarked but for date on front endpaper. Corners slightly bumped, a few endpaper spots. Nicely illustrated with b&w plates by E. Lander (all plates present). Unclipped DJ shows wear and short tears. - - - From the title page:. 'Being Talks with Road Sweepers, Barbers, Statesmen, Lords and Ladies, Beggars, Farming Folk, Actors, Literary Gentlemen, Tramps, Down-and-outs, Miners, Steel Workers, Blacksmiths, the Man-in-the-Street, Highbrows, Lowbrows, And All Manner of Folk of Humble and Exalted Rank with a Panorama of the English Scene in This Year of Grace 1935'. . Hardcover with Dust-Jacket. more information

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Edinburgh & London: Oliver and Boyd, 1962 NEAR-FINE/VERY GOOD+ First Edition, 1st Impression of this book about Somerset, Dorset, Devon and Cornwall. Nearly perfect maroon and white boards, square and solid binding, all 63 pages crisp & clean. Excellent unclipped DJ has no tears, no chipping. 7.5" by 10", nine page introduction plus one page of text opposite each of the 24 color plates. Photos include: Bristol Docks, The Avon Gorge, Church Steps Minehead, Selworthy, Corfe Castle, Lulworth Cove, Lyme Regis, Exeter Cathedral, Torre Abbey Sands Torquay, Brixham, Hound Tor Dartmoor, Woody Bay near Lynmouth, Salcombe, Stokenham, Plymouth From Smeaton's Tower, Looe, Polperro, Bedruthan Steps, Newquay, Portloe, Coverack, St. Michael's Mount, Mousehole, and Land's End. . Hard Cover. more information

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Mud Lake, Labrador: Travelling Man Enterprises, 1995 FINE First Edition (stated) softcover, SIGNED by the author on the title page. 5.5" by 8.5", 206 pages, many maps and illustrations, b&w photographic plates. No creases or wear to wraps or spine, interiors as-new. A tremendous reading adventure - a winter trek across Labrador by snowshoe ( Red Bay - Mary's Harbour - Port Hope Simpson - Norman's Bay - Black Tickle - Cartwright - Back Way - Rigolet - Goose Bay Lake Melville - Mud Lake ), and a summer kayak trip ( Goose Bay - Rigolet - Halton Harbour - Cape Harrison - Makkovick - Postville - Hopedale - Davis Inlet - Zoar - Nain ). 2500 miles in 8 months.. more information

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London, U.K.: J.M. Dent & Sons, 1960 VERY GOOD+/GOOD+ Sixth Edition, 1st Printing of revised edition. Nearly perfect boards, all pages crisp, tight & unmarked. Previous owner's name stamp on DJ and front endpaper. 4.25" by 7", 288 pages. Clipped DJ has light chipping & a few short tears. - - - This description of the principal antiquities and scenic beauties of England is divided into 12 'tours.' Contains section of 32 color maps of England (12 miles to an inch) edited by John Bartholomew. Adapted equally for motorists, bus passengers, cyclists, walkers, and railway travelers. Special chapter on seaside resorts. Sections on how to travel, where to stay and architectural styles.. Hardcover with Dust-Jacket. more information

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San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2001 AS-NEW Trade Paperback, 5" by 7", 190 pages. A perfectly clean, tight and unmarked volume - makes a great gift! - - - In this sequel to the first 'Worst-Case Survival Handbook', the authors explain to travelers how to cross a piranha-infested river, how to survive a sandstorm, how to survive an airplane crash, how to build a snow shelter, how to treat a scorpion sting, and how to pass a bribe. Also includes an appendix of travel strategies, phrases and gestures to use - and to avoid. . more information

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Chicago: Passport Books, 1994 AS-NEW Softcover, 5.25" by 8.5", 160 pages, maps, routes & itineraries for 22 cycling routes on the backroads of the beautiful Irish Countryside. Perfect size to take along in a backpack, only weighs half a pound. The author cycled each of the 22 routes he describes. The routes range from the Blackstairs Mountains south of Dublin, to the unspoiled coast, and finally to the famous Killarney Lakes. The book provides cyclists with a lot of background info on sites of interest, hazards and accommodations available, and of course maps and itineraries. . more information

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