Penguin Putnam, September 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing w/ no additional printings stated; Sound binidng; Clean, sturdy boards in green cloth; Pages free of markings; Un-clipped dust jacket Very Good w/ no significant flaws to disclose; Jacket housed in protective mylar to ensure further preservation; An excellent copy. More
The Franklin Library, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Sound binidng; Clean, sturdy boards - ever-so-gently edge-worn; Slight sunning to spine; Pages free of markings; An excellent copy, gently worn. More
Touchstone, February 1992. Trade Paperback. "Long Ago in France" is Fisher's exquisitely evocative, deliciously candid memoir of her three-year stay in Dijon. It is a delightful journey backward - in the grandest of company - into the voluptuous, genteel world that has vanished forever. More
Penguin (Non-Classics), August 1987. Trade Paperback. More
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, September 1990. Hardcover. This is an extraordinary tale of life on the high seas aboard one of the last American merchant ships, the S.S. Stella Lykes, on a forty-two-day journey from Charleston down the Pacific coast of South America. As the crew of the Stella Lykes..... More
Harcourt, May 1995. Trade Paperback. A fascinating exploration of the history, sights, seasons, arts, food, and people of an incomparable city. "A highly intelligent portrait of an eccentric city, written in powerful prose and enlivened by many curious mosaics of information...a beautiful book to read and to possess" (The Observer)..... More
Penguin Classics, November 1992. Paper Back. The foremost account of Ireland's cultural and spiritual heritage In 1907 J. M. Synge achieved both notoriety and lasting fame with The Playboy of the Western World. The Aran Islands, published in the same year, records his visits to the islands in 1898-1901, when..... More
Adams Media Corporation, November 2018. Oversize Softcover. Whether you're downsizing or thrill-seeking--or anything in between--find out if the RV lifestyle is right for you, and learn how to transition from a life of traditional home-ownership to one on the road. Do you love traveling? Meeting new people and seeing new..... More
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, February 2017. Hardcover. FINALIST FOR THE PEN/DIAMONSTEIN-SPIELVOGEL AWARD FOR THE ART OF THE ESSAY A New York Times Notable Book of 2017 The flâneur is the quintessentially masculine figure of privilege and leisure who strides the capitals of the world with abandon. But it is the..... More
William Collins, October 2023. Hardcover. 'A seven-year old girl on a seventy-foot yacht, for ten years, over fifty thousand miles of sailing . . . a fantastic story of a truly Odyssean journey across all the world's great oceans - but is also the inspiring story of the developing of..... More
Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited, April 2013. Paper Back. Sixty years ago New Zealand's greatest adventurer, Edmund Hillary, made world history with his ascent of Mt. Everest. This intimate and inspiring book tells the full story of Sir Edmund Hillary's extraordinary life, from his expeditions to remote corners of..... 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
Thomas Cook, 1939. Hardcover. Tight in tired midnight navy boards with dimmed gilt lettering. Slightly bowed with a heavy backward lean. Corners bumped. Spine sunned. Overall light scuffs. Vintage price sticker on title pages. Interior free of markings. Random very light foxing and/or touch grime throughout. 13 Maps and Plans..... More
A & C Black, 1919. Hardcover. Square and tight in well-loved red boards with black lettering and pastefront decoration. Spine heavily worn with loss, not impacting lettering. Corners heavily bumped. Integrated heavy touch grime. Light overall fading. Interior clean with no markings. Pages toned with scattered light foxing. Four color..... More
McClure, Phillipps, 1907. Hardcover. Square and tight in clean russet boards with gilt lettering and decoration. Corners heavily bumped. Head/heel of spine heavily rubbed with light chips. Moderate edgewear.Deckled edges. A few pages lightly chipped or bent. Interior lightly toned with light to moderate scattered foxing. 16 color illustrations by..... More
Metheun, 1925. First Edition. Hardcover. A sound, tight copy in clean sienna boards with black lettering and trim. Front cover leans slightly forward. Corners gently bumped. Spine edges mildly rubbed. Head/heel of spine moderately bumped. Front/rear endpapers heavily toned with tranference and moderate foxing. Page edges darkened. Unmarked nterior shows..... More
Adam and Charles Black, 1911. Hardcover. Square and tight in clean red boards with with gently dimmed gilt lettering and decoration. Corners mildly bumped and/or lightly creased. Top edge of front board has two small dents. Crown of spine very gently frayed. Rear board show light integrated touch grime. Else..... More
Knopf, March 2012. Hardcover. NATIONAL BEST SELLER - Oprah's Book Club 2.0 selection. - A powerful, blazingly honest memoir: the story of an eleven-hundred-mile solo hike that broke down a young woman reeling from catastrophe--and built her back up again. At twenty-two, Cheryl Strayed thought she had lost everything. In..... More
Baedeker, 1912. Flexible Boards. Square and tight in clean red covers with bright gilt lettering on cover, less bright on spine. Moderately bumped corners. Bottom of spine missing 1/2' of cloth. Top of spine heavily chipped/frayed. Spine moderately darkened. Light toning to extremities. 3/4' x 1' damp stain on bottom..... More
Baedeker, 1906. Flexible Boards. Square and tight in clean red covers with bright gilt lettering. Spine gently sunned. Spine lettering gently dimmed. Cover edges very lightly toned. Else, minimal wear. Front/rear endpapers clean. Previous owner info penciled on ffep. Interior clean and unmarked. With 22 Maps, 58 Plans, and a...... More
Baedeker, 1909. Flexible Boards. Square and tight in clean red covers with bright gilt lettering. Nominal wear. 1/4' blemish on back cover appears to be a light whisk of paint. Front/rear endpapers clean. Interior bright and clean with the random light smudge. Previous owner info neatly fountain-penned on half title..... More
Baedeker, 1911. Flexible Boards. A sound copy in gently worn red covers with moderately dimmed gilt lettering. Corners lightly bumped. Top/bottom of spine lightly rubbed and moderately creased. 3.5' thin, 'dashed' line of white paint in center of spine. Rear board has a handling crease from top to bottom. Front..... More
Baedeker, 1910. Flexible Boards. A sound copy in mellowed red covers with gently dimmed gilt lettering. Corners mildly bumped. Spine moderately sunned with light soiling. Front cover shows light touch grime. Fore edges heavily toned. Previous owner notations in pencil on front pastedown and ffep. Interior clean with random light..... More
Penguin (Non-Classics), January 2007. Trade Paperback. One of the most iconic, beloved, and bestselling books of our time from the bestselling author of City of Girls and Big Magic, Elizabeth Gilbert. Elizabeth Gilbert's Eat Pray Love touched the world and changed countless lives, inspiring and empowering millions of readers to..... More
Baedeker, 1929. Flexible Boards. Square and tight in clean burgundy covers with gilt lettering. Corners gently bumped, front bottom corner moderately so. Small scuff to edge of front spine crease. Minimal edgewear. Page edges and front/rear endpapers moderately toned. Fore edges of half title, title and Preface pages heavily noshed..... More
