Gestalten, July 2018. Flexible Boards. We push past the colourful chaos and Frida Kahlo merchandise to find the city's tastiest tacos and the retailers breathing new life into classic crafts. Quesadillas sizzling on street corners outside cosy coffee shops; mariachi in sequined sombreros serenading late-night revellers; tower blocks casting long..... More
Mariner Books, April 2005. Trade Paperback. In Spoken Here, Mark Abley takes us on a world tour from the Arctic Circle to Oklahoma to Australia in a fervent quest to document some of the world's most endangered languages. His mission is urgent: Of the six thousand languages spoken in the..... More
Knopf, November 1998. Oversized Hardcover. In August 1914, days before the outbreak of World War I, the renowned explorer Ernest Shackleton and a crew of 27 set sail for the South Atlantic in pursuit of the last unclaimed prize in the history of exploration: the first crossing on foot of..... More
Tribeca Trib Inc., January 1999. First Edition. Cloth. Quarto in dustjacket with mild edgewear. Dark blue cloth covered boards with gold lettering. Bright clean copy without internal markings. Tight binding. 128 pages. More
Karl Baedeker, January 1902. Hardcover. 'avec 45 cartes et 36 plans de villes'. Limp boards. More
Aleph Book Company, February 2020. Hardcover. notable shelf wear on dust jacket front along top and spine (top and bottom); light shelf wear along front dust jacket; light corner bumping and top, bottom, front, back and spine; light rubbing on board cover corner and spine. More
Lyons Press, March 2005. First Edition. Paper Back. Felice Benuzzi recounts one of the most bizarre and daring prisoner-of-war and escape adventures of the past century. In 1943, Felice Benuzzi and two Italian compatriots escaped from a British POW camp in equatorial East Africa with only one goal in mind..... More
Grand Central Publishing, July 2020. First Edition. Hardcover. FINALIST FOR THE KILLER NASHVILLE SILVER FALCHION AWARD Perfect for readers of Jon Krakauer and Douglas Preston, this "authentic and encyclopedic" book examines real-life cases of those who vanish in the wilderness without a trace (Roman Dial)--and those eccentric, determined characters who..... More
Harper & Row, January 1975. Paper Back. Scarce paperback edition of this classic tale of the road. Unfortunately there is silverfish bites along the fore-edge and bottom corner of the first five inside pages, though this damage does not effect the text. Otherwise a decent reading copy (or starter copy);..... More
The Great Western Railway /Ballantyne press, 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. First/first {7 & 1/4' x 10'} Quarto. Black cloth covered spine with gold lettering & black paper covered boards with title stamped in gold. Worn board edges with bumped/bent corners. Damp stains across bottom of front board and up the..... More
Penguin USA, July 1990. Trade Paperback. In this text, Bruce Chatwin writes of his father, of his friend Howard Hodgkin, and of his talks with Andre Malraux and Nadezhda Mandelstram. He also follows unholy grails on his travels, such as the rumour of a "wolf-boy" in India, or the idea..... More
Anchor, December 2006. Mass Market PaperBack. The Appalachian Trail trail stretches from Georgia to Maine and covers some of the most breathtaking terrain in America-majestic mountains, silent forests, sparking lakes. If you're going to take a hike, it's probably the place to go. And Bill Bryson is surely the most..... More
Souvenir Press, April 2006. Trade Paperback. This rich and fascinating celebration of Venice presents a series of unconventional impressions of the heart of Venice and its dazzling spectrum of people. With a wealth of eyewitness accounts and comments by its famous visitors, including Joseph Brodsky, Benjamin Disraeli, Thomas Mann, Marcel..... More
Random House, February 1996. Hardcover. Minor shelf wear on the jacket. More
Vintage, April 1996. Trade Paperback. The author of A Wolverine Is Eating My Leg and Pecked to Death by Ducks gives new meaning to the words "going to extremes" in this exhilarating--and frequently hilarious--collection of adventure travel writing. "Cahill . . . (writes) with the precision ofJohn McPhee and Joan..... More
Random House (NY), January 1993. Hardcover. An all-new collection of hilarious gonzo travelogues from the author of Jaguars Ripped My Flesh. Whether he's exploring the world's deepest cave, fighting oil-well fires in Kuwait, or encountering the world's most ghastly outhouse--the hideous throne of terror--in Guatemala, Cahill delivers thrills so vivid..... More
Harpercollins, January 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Shares a day-long spiritual journey through the natural world of the Missouri Ozarks, where the author and his wife have lived for twenty years. First/first. {4 & 1/2' x 8 & 1/4'} In dustjacket with mild edgewear and tears. Flap is not clipped. Artichoke..... More
Touchstone Books, January 1993. Trade Paperback. More
Viking Books, September 1989. Hardcover. Here is a journey into the interior of a celebrated novelist and traveler, charged with all of the narrative power and intellectual challenge of his fiction. Back cover creased. Small indentation on cover. More
Viking Books, September 1989. Hardcover. Here is a journey into the interior of a celebrated novelist and traveler, charged with all of the narrative power and intellectual challenge of his fiction. Later printing. More
Atheneum, 1962. Reprint. Mass Market PaperBack. Mass market paperback with dark stains on cover. Moderate edgewear. A previous owner's name written in ink first inside pa[303 pages plus one page list of Atheneum titles availble]. More
Hamilton, Adams, and Co., January 1848. Cloth. Second Edition, Enlarged. Green cloth boards with heavy wear & leaning spine. Rubbing, discoloration. Bruised corners. Frayed/worn spine, top & bottom. Darkened spine. Previous owner's name inked front free end page. Binding tender but intact. More
Interlink Pub Group Inc, October 1998. Trade Paperback. The Traveller's History series is designed for travellers who want more historical background on the country they are visiting than can be found in a tour guide. Each volume offers a complete and authoritative history of the country from the earliest times..... More
Harper Perennial, September 1995. Trade Paperback. A land of enormous proportions, countless secrets, and incredible history, Central Asia--the heart of the great Mongol empire of Tamerlane, site of the legendary Silk Route and scene of Stalin's cruelest deportations--is a remote and fascinating region. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union..... More
HERITAGE PRESS, 1960. Hardcover. This handbook provides all those teaching in higher and further education with a reference on how to develop and use a toolkit which is capable of exploring and assessing all the relevant aspects of their students' learning. It discusses how readers can assess their own teaching..... More
