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
Seal Press, October 2003. Trade Paperback. Ayun Halliday may not make for the most sensible travel companion, but she is certainly one of the zaniest, with a knack for inserting herself (and her unwitting cohorts) into bizarre situations around the globe. Curator of kitsch and unabashed aficionada of pop culture..... More
Karl Baedeker, January 1902. Hardcover. 'avec 45 cartes et 36 plans de villes'. Limp boards. More
Charles C. Little & James Brown, 1843. Hardcover. Octavo. [4 & 1/2' x 7 & 1/2']. Two volume. Early printing of First American Edition of this classic example of travel literature. Possibly the first example of English language Mexican travel literature. Certainly the first written by a woman, and it..... More
Beacon Pr, June 1987. Trade Paperback. More
R. R. Donnelley & Sons / Lakeside Press, December 2015. Cloth. 12mo. {4 & 1/2' x 7'} Green cloth with gold lettering on spine, gold border lines front and back boards and gold publisher colophon within oval. Bright, clean, tightly bound. Gold top tinted textblock. Unmarked interior pages. Handsome book..... More
J.M. Dent, April 1913. Reprint. Cloth. 12mo. 5th printing. Army green cloth covered boards with gold lettering on spine. Mildly faded at margins with top & bottom of spine worn & slightly darkened. One of the most striking end page illustrations are these (Style #1) Everyman's Library designs. They are..... 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
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
Wildsam Field Guides, March 2018. Paper Back. Wildsam Field Guides: Austin reveals the Texas city through local stories, travel intel and modern lore, seeking out the real and rooted things, what's truly authentic and sharing the soul of a place, for travelers and locals alike. The soul of Austin (and..... More
Wildsam Field Guides, November 2014. Trade Paperback. Wildsam Field Guides: New Orleans reveals this one-of-a-kind city through local stories, travel intel and modern lore, seeking out the real and rooted things, what's truly authentic and sharing the soul of a place, for travelers and locals alike. Revel in the eccentric..... More
Wildsam Field Guides, November 2013. Paper Back. Wildsam Field Guides: San Francisco reveals this legendary city through local stories, travel intel and modern lore, seeking out the real and rooted things, what's truly authentic and sharing the soul of a place, for travelers and locals alike. See what's special about..... More
Broadway Books, December 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. From the author of A Short History of Nearly Everything and The Body comes a travel diary documenting a visit to Kenya. All royalties and profits go to CARE International. In the early fall of 2002, famed travel writer Bill Bryson journeyed to..... More
Bantam Dell Pub Group, July 2000. Trade Paperback. A classic from the New York Times bestselling author of A Walk in the Woods and The Body. After living in Britain for two decades, Bill Bryson recently moved back to the United States with his English wife and four children (he..... More
Harper Perennial, September 1990. Trade Paperback. An inspiring and hilarious account of one man's rediscovery of America and his search for the perfect small town. "The kind of book Steinbeck might have written if he'd traveled with David Letterman."-- "New York" magazine. More
Broadway, June 1999. Trade Paperback. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The classic chronicle of a "terribly misguided and terribly funny" (The Washington Post) hike of the Appalachian Trail, from the author of A Short History of Nearly Everything and The Body "The best way of escaping into nature."--The New York..... More
The Easton Press, 1992. First Edition. Leather. Bound in brown umber leather with gold lettering and gold decorative panels front and rear. Moire end pages. Silk Ribbon marker. 'This leather-bound First Edition is personally signed by William F. Bukley Jr.' on special page' after FFEP. 296 pages. 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
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
Vintage, February 1989. Trade Paperback. More
Touchstone Books, January 1993. Trade Paperback. More
MacMillan, August 1931. Reprint. Cloth. Early (2nd) printing. Printed in August, only weeks after first edition, likewise printed in August. Grey cloth covered boards with blue & red lettering & illustrated decor on spine and front board. Overall darkening. Mild wear to edges of boards. Lovely end page illustrated map..... More
Penguin USA, June 1988. Trade Paperback. Bruce Chatwin-author of In Patagonia-ventures into the desolate land of Outback Australia to learn the meaning of the Aborginals' ancient "Dreaming-tracks." Along these timeless paths, amongst the fortune hunters and redneck Australians, racist policemen and mysterious Aboriginal holy men, he discovers a wondrous vision..... More
January 1980. Trade Paperback. More
