A Turn in the South (Vintage International)
Vintage, February 1990. Trade Paperback. Naipaul's first book about America. A revealing, disturbing book about the American South--a part of the country that nonetheless remains a world unto itself. More
Travel Literature
Coming Home To Jerusalem: A Personal Journey
Simon & Schuster, July 2001. Trade Paperback. An American Jewish immigrant to Jerusalem paints a funny and painful picture of the city's daily life based on the various personalities she encounters, including peaceniks, settlers, famous artists, political elite, and housewives. Reprint. 10,000 first printing. More
THE OREGON TRAIL Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life -- No. 267
Modern Library, publication date not listed. Reprint. Cloth. 12mo. in well worn dustjacket. Flap not clipped. Modern Library available titles listed on DJ verso. Brown cloth covered boards with gold lettering on spine. Kent end papers in grey ink. Ink note on page opposite half title page. [366 pages]. More
In Light of India
Mariner Books, April 1998. Trade Paperback. "In Light of India" is Paz's celebration of that country and his most personal work of prose to date. As in all of his essays, he brings poetic insight and voluminous knowledge to bear on the subject; the result is a series of fascinating..... More
JAMAICA GALLERY, A Collection of the Artist's Impressions with Descriptive Text
Little Brown & Co., January 1960. First Edition. Cloth. Quarto in dust jacket with tanned spine and large (three inch tear bottom of spine. Some bow to boards. Stated 'first printing'. More
The European Tribe
Farrar Straus & Giroux, August 1987. First American. Hardcover. Previous owner's name; a little bit of soiling and sunning; else, very good condition. More
Wpa Guide to New York City: The Federal Writers' Project Guide to 1930's New York (Revised)
New Press, September 1995. Trade Paperback. Originally published in 1939 at the time of the World's Fair, this is a reissue of this guide for time-travellers. It offers New York-lovers and 1930s-buffs a look at life as it was lived in the days when a trolley ride cost only a...... More
Sicilian Odyssey
National Geographic Society, March 2003. Hardcover. A blending of art and cultural criticism, travel writing, and personal narrative, Sicilian Odyssey is Francine Prose's imaginative consideration of the diverse cultural legacies found juxtaposed and entangled on the Mediterranean island of Sicily. She writes of the intensity of Sicily, the commitment to..... More
Ruskin's Venice: The Stones Revisited
Lund Humphries Pub Ltd, October 2003. Oversize Softcover. John Ruskin's masterpiece The Stones of Venice (1851-53) was one of the most influential books on art and architecture ever written and is still regarded as a classic work. However, the problems posed by its length (almost half a million words in..... More
In the Cities and Jungles of Brazil
Henry Holt & Co, March 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Light shelf wear on the jacket. More
Cairo: The City Victorious
Vintage Books USA, February 2000. Trade Paperback. From a noted journalist who has spent much of his life in Cairo, here is a dazzling cultural excavation of that most ancient, colorful, and multifaceted of cities. The seat of pharaohs and sultans, the prize of conquerors from Alexander to Saladin to..... More
The Jaguar Smile: A Nicaraguan Journey
Viking, March 1987. Hardcover. Small chip at top of dust jacket, spine is sun faded. More
Stones of Silence: Journeys in the Himalaya
Viking Adult, March 1980. Hardcover. Tight binding; Clean, sturdy boards, gently edge-worn; Text free of markings; Un-clipped dust jacket Very Good, mildly worn w/ no significant flaws to disclose; An excellent copy. More
My Paris
Dalkey Archive Press, September 2003. Trade Paperback. In My Paris, a Canadian woman keeps an extraordinary journal of her time in a Parisian studio. Not a typical tourist, she prefers indoor spaces, seeing Paris go by on TV or watching from her window the ever-changing displays of men's designer clothing..... More
Fez of the Heart : Travels Around Turkey in Search of a Hat
Harcourt, March 1996. Trade Paperback. Inspired by a dusty fez in his parents' attic, Jeremy Seal set off in 1993 to trace the astonishing history of this cone-shaped hat. Soon the quintessentially Turkish headgear became the key to understanding a country beset by contradictions. "A modern travel classic" (Herald Express)..... More
In Search of Moby Dick: The Quest for the White Whale
Basic Books (AZ), April 2000. Hardcover. Among travel and adventure writers, Tim Severin occupies a unique place in that, as Jan Morris says, he "uniquely combines in himself the gifts of the adventurer, the historian, and the litterateur." Over the years, Severin has sailed in a leather boat across the..... More
Appalachian Odyssey: Walking the Trail from Georgia to Maine
Stephen Greene Press, May 1977. First Thus. Paper Back. Octavo. Cover design by Karl Stuecklen. Foxing to textblock edge. Complete number string. First paperback edition. [248 pages]. More
African Madness
Alfred A. Knopf, November 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. More
The Rivers Amazon
Random House, Inc., September 1986. Trade Paperback. More
The Fracture Zone: My Return to the Balkans
Harper Perennial, October 2000. Trade Paperback. A True Portrait of One of the World's Most Chaotic and Beautiful Regions That Explains Why Violence Has Always Occurred There--And Why It May Continue For Years To Come The vast and mountainous area that makes up the Balkans is rife with discord, both..... More
The Bridge of the Brocade Sash: Travels and Observations in Japan
World, 1959. First American. Cloth. First/first US edition in mildly edgeworn, price-clipped dust jacket. Green cloth boards with dark green lettering with darkened/faded edges. Pink end pages with previous owner's lettering in ink. Green topstain faded. Sound binding. Unmarked text. More
Francis Frith's Lake District
Frith Book Company Ltd. Soft Cover. This work features approximately 150 detailed historic photographs from The Francis Frith Collection with extended captions and full introduction. Suitable for tourists, local historians and general readers. Crisp, clean copy. More
Beyond Euphrates
John Murray, 1951. Hardcover. Gilt-titled green cloth. Some foxing and light shelfwear. More
