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My Life As an Explorer
by Amundsen, Roald
- Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket; Top corner of front free endpaper creased, light rubbing to boards.
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1927
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Selkirk, New York, USA
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$70.00
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Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Company. Very Good with no dust jacket; Top corner of front free endpaper creased, . light rubbing to boards.. 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. Blue cloth titled in gilt. Yellow topstain. Index, illustrations. The Norwegian explorer recounts travels to discover the Northwest Passage, reach the South Pole, and other arctic adventures. ; 8vo… Read more about this item Item Price
$70.00

Variations on a Dutch Theme
by Temple, Peter
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- Used - Very Good in Fair dust jacket; Jacket tattered and rear panel has several large tears, some tape-repaired.
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1956
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Selkirk, New York, USA
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$20.00
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London: Secker & Warburg. Very Good in Fair dust jacket; Jacket tattered and rear panel has several . large tears, some tape-repaired.. 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. Many black and white photos. Map of the Netherlands on front free endpaper. Vintage travel guide to the Netherlands. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 244 pages . Item Price
$20.00

Mountaineering and its Literature: A Descriptive Bibliography of Selected Works Published in the English Language, 1744- 1976
by Neate, W. R.
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- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First US Edition
- Published
- 1980
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- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0898860040
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- 1
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Selkirk, New York, USA
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$15.00
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Seattle: The Mountaineers. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1980. First US Edition. Hardcover. 0898860040 . Black and white frontispiece photo, indexes, maps, and appendices. A solid copy of this soft cover US edition which has been rebound in blue cloth. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 165 pages . Item Price
$15.00

The Life and Voyages of Joseph Wiggins, F. R. G. S.: Modern Discoverer of the Kara Sea Route to Siberia Based on His Journals & Letters
by Johnson, Henry
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- Used - Good with no dust jacket; Boards lightly worn, lower corners bumped, spine sunned, bookseller label on front pastedown endpaper
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1907
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- Hardcover
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Selkirk, New York, USA
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$30.00
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London: John Murray. Good with no dust jacket; Boards lightly worn, lower corners bumped, spine . sunned, bookseller label on front pastedown endpaper, owner name on verso . of front free endpaper.. 1907. First Edition. Hardcover. xxiv, 396pp. Red cloth decorated in gilt, top edges gilt. Several pages of publisher ads at rear. Frontispiece photogravure portrait of the … Read more about this item Item Price
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Red Smoke
by Levine, Isaac Don
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- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket; Owner name on half title, boards lightly rubbed.
- Edition
- Book Club Edition
- Published
- 1932
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Selkirk, New York, USA
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$20.00
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National Travel Club. Very Good with no dust jacket; Owner name on half title, boards lightly . rubbed.. 1932. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Photos, map endpapers. Black cloth binding. Vintage travel and description of the Stalinist Soviet Union. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 134 pages . Item Price
$20.00

Red Peak: A Personal Account of the British-Soviet Pamir Expedition
by Slesser, Malcolm
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- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket; Owner name on verso of front flyleaf, boards lightly worn, pages toned.
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Published
- 1964
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Selkirk, New York, USA
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$15.00
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NY: Coward - McCann, Inc.. Very Good with no dust jacket; Owner name on verso of front flyleaf, . boards lightly worn, pages toned.. 1964. First American Edition. Hardcover. Brown cloth binding. Photos, index, map endpapers. Two British climbers were tragically killed on this 1962 expedition in the Pamir Mountains in present-day Tajikistan. Neate 582, Krawcyzk 872. ;… Read more about this item Item Price
$15.00

Tourist Routes of Crimea Guide
by Semraev, E. ; Braznik, A.
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- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket; Pages toned.
- Published
- 1989
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 5778001169
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- 1
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Selkirk, New York, USA
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$40.00
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Simferopol: Tavrija. Very Good with no dust jacket; Pages toned.. 1989. Hardcover. 5778001169 . Color photo-illustrated boards. Many color photos. Text in Russian. A vintage tourist guide to Crimea. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 235 pages . Item Price
$40.00

Leopard in My Lap
by Denis, Michaela
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- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket and boards lightly rubbed.
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1955
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Selkirk, New York, USA
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$15.00
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NY: Julian Messner, Inc.. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket and boards lightly rubbed.. 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Many photos by Armand Denis. The author tells of her adventures in Australia, Africa, South America and the South Pacific accompanying her wildlife photograpaher and film producer husband. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 254 pages… Read more about this item Item Price
$15.00

Our Own Baedeker from the New Yorker
by Kinkead, Eugene; Maloney, Russell
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- Used - Very Good in Good dust jacket; Jacket tattered and taped and price-clipped.
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- 1947
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- Hardcover
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Selkirk, New York, USA
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$20.00
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NY: Simon and Schuster. Very Good in Good dust jacket; Jacket tattered and taped and price-clipped.. 1947. Hardcover. Collected humorous articles about various cities and countries around the globe culled from the New Yorker. Many illustrations. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 281 pages . Item Price
$20.00

The Big Red Train Ride
by Newby, Eric
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- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Edges foxed, owner name on front flyleaf.
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1978
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0312078498
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- 1
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Selkirk, New York, USA
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$20.00
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NY: St. Martin's Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Edges foxed, owner name on front . flyleaf.. 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. 0312078498 . Absorbing travel narrative of Newby's seven days aboard the Trans-Siberian railway from Moscow to Vladivostock. Photos, bibliography, index. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 267 pages . Item Price
$20.00

Gypsying Beyond the Sea from English Fields to Salerno Shores
by Lent, William Bement
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- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards lightly worn, corners rounded, gift inscription on front free endpaper, endpapers lightly
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- 1893
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- Hardcover
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Selkirk, New York, USA
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$35.00
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NY: Anson D. F. Randolph and Company. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards lightly worn, corners rounded, gift . inscription on front free endpaper, endpapers lightly foxed.. 1893. Hardcover. Gilt-decorated blue cloth. Top edges gilt. Many photogravures. A vintage travel account describing the author's journey through Russia, Finland, Denmark, Sweden, and Italy. ; 8vo 8" -… Read more about this item Item Price
$35.00

Russia Day by Day
by Lamont, Corliss; Lamont, Margaret
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- Used - Good with no dust jacket; Spine darkened, library markings on and owner name on front endpapers, foxing to preliminary and last
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1933
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
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Selkirk, New York, USA
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$30.00
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NY: Covici Friede. Good with no dust jacket; Spine darkened, library markings on and owner . name on front endpapers, foxing to preliminary and last several leaves.. 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. Red cloth binding. Frontispiece map depicting the authors' travels through Russia and Ukraine. ; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 260 pages . Item Price
$30.00

Esquire's Europe in Style
by Joseph, Richard (editor)
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- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Pages toned, jacket soiled.
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- 1960
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- Hardcover
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Selkirk, New York, USA
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$20.00
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NY: Harper and Brothers. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Pages toned, jacket soiled.. 1960. Hardcover. xi, 308pp. Purple cloth binding. Anthology of midcentury modern travel essays by a variety of authors, including Robert Ruark, Aldous Huxley, Sacheverell Sitwell, Paul Gallico, and many others. Illustrations. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Item Price
$20.00

Another Road to Samarkand
by Sergeant, Patrick
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- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Owner name on front free endpape, jacket worn at edges.
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1955
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Selkirk, New York, USA
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$25.00
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London: Hodder and Stoughton. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Owner name on front free endpape, . jacket worn at edges.. 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Blue cloth binding. Photos. Travelogue of 20,000 miles throughout the Soviet Union, including stops in Leningrad, Moscow, Tashkent, Kharkov, Kiev, Yalta, Tiflis, Barnaul, Siberia, and Samarkand. ; 8vo 8" - 9"… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Charm of Scandinavia
by Clark, Francis E. ; Clark, Sydney A.
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- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards lightly worn, front hinge cracked.
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1914
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- Hardcover
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Selkirk, New York, USA
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$30.00
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Boston: Little, Brown and Co.. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards lightly worn, front hinge cracked.. 1914. First Edition. Hardcover. Grey cloth binding with two examples of Scandinavian landscape embossed on front boards in white black and moss green. Gilt lettering on front boardsand spine. Top edges gilt. Index, many vintage photos. xiv, 326pp. The charms… Read more about this item Item Price
$30.00

Along the Edge of the Forest: An Iron Curtain Journey
by Bailey, Anthony
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- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Edges foxed and soiled.
- Edition
- Second Printing
- Published
- 1983
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0394523954
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Selkirk, New York, USA
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$20.00
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NY: Random House. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Edges foxed and soiled.. 1983. Second Printing. Hardcover. 0394523954 . xviii, 332pp. Chronology, maps, index. Travel writing about the author's trip from the Baltic to Trieste along the border with various Iron Curtain countries. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Item Price
$20.00

Man-Eaters of Kumaon
by Corbett, Jim
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- Used - Good in Good dust jacket; Pages toned, edges foxed, jacket tattered and toned.
- Edition
- Fourth Printing
- Published
- 1946
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
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Selkirk, New York, USA
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$15.00
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NY: Oxford University Press. Good in Good dust jacket; Pages toned, edges foxed, jacket tattered and . toned.. 1946. Fourth Printing. Hardcover. Introduction by Sir Maurice Hallett, preface by Lord Linlithgow. Glossary. Map endpapers. The adventurer and shikari (tiger hunter) author relates his experiences ridding the northern towns of India of man-eating tigers. Orange decorative cloth. xix,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Mrs. Kennedy Goes Abroad
by Patel, Vibhuti
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- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Remainder mark on page bottoms.
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- First Edition; First Printing
- Published
- 1998
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1579651232
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- 1
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Selkirk, New York, USA
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$20.00
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NY: Artisan. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Remainder mark on page bottoms.. 1998. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1579651232 . Illustrations by Duheme and with text by Vibhuti Patel, this book chronicles the First Lady's trip through India and Pakistan via Rome. Introduction by John Kenneth Galbraith. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 64 pages… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Lily of the Arno, Or, Florence, Past and Present
by Johnson, Virginia W.
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- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards soiled, corners rounded, owner name on front flyleaf.
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Published
- 1891
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- Hardcover
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Selkirk, New York, USA
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$25.00
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Boston: Estes and Lauriat. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards soiled, corners rounded, owner name . on front flyleaf.. 1891. Second Edition. Hardcover. Off-white cloth decorated in blue, red, and gilt. TEG. viii, 354pp. Photogravures with tissue guards. Antiquarian travel writing about Florence, Italy. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Item Price
$25.00

The Stones of Florence
by McCarthy, Mary
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- Used - Very Good in Good dust jacket; Jacket price-clipped and tattered, pages toned at edges.
- Edition
- early printing
- Published
- 1959
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
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Selkirk, New York, USA
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$30.00
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NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. Very Good in Good dust jacket; Jacket price-clipped and tattered, pages . toned at edges.. 1959. early printing. Hardcover. Orange cloth binding. Sumptuously illustrated with 128 black and white photographs by Evelyn Hofer and others of Florentine architecture, art, and scenes. A travel classic. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 130 pages . Item Price
$30.00