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New York: Farrar, Straus & Co. (1964).. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Virginia M. Caldwell. Cloth spine. 224 pages. A clean, attractive copy.

Saint Laurent, Canada: Yunia Publications (1997).. Soft cover. Very Good. Trade paperback. 207 pp. Photos. Inscribed by the author. Faint crease to lower cover. Contents clean and tight.

New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., 1958. First Edition . Hardcover. Good/Very Good. Cloth. xiii, 272 pp. Index. Dust jacket has tears and two large chips. Blemish to front endpaper from attempt to erase previous owner's name.

London: Abacus (1991).. Soft cover. Very Good. Reprint. Trade paperback. 293 pp. Photos. Minor wear to covers. Contents solid. "The author recounts his three-month automobile tour of Cuba with his family as they experience the culture of a country with an unstable economy and a quality of life few people have encountered.

Camden, ME: Ragged Mountain Press (1992).. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. x, 273 pages. Signed by the author. A clean, attractive copy.

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1966. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Gray cloth with gilt lettering. li, 287 pages. Previous owner's name neatly in ink. Price-clipped dust jacket has a couple of short tears. Contents clean and tight.

London: Headline (1999). . First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 308 pages. Photos. Inscribed to previous owner and signed by Jones. A clean, attractive copy. Includes wrap-around band.

Santa Monica, CA: Clover Park Press, 1994. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. vi, 289 pages. Signed by the author. Dust jacket has a couple of tiny nicks. One page has a corner crease. A solid copy. "This affecting travel and spiritual adventure concerns five Peace Corps volunteer women teachers in Liberia who in 1964 undertook a seven-week, 4000-mile journey through West Africa, crossing the Sahara from Nigeria to Algiers by train, bus, car and trans-Saharan truck." - PW

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1960. First American Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Red cloth with gilt lettering to spine. 304 pages. Photos. Price-clipped dust jacket. Contents clean and tight.

New York: St. Martin's Press (2005).. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Later printing. viii, 274 pages. Inscribed to previous owner and signed by the author. Only light wear to jacket. A solid copy.

London: Courtenay, 1949. Hardcover. Very Good. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Map endpapers. 290 pp + indices. Photos. No dust jacket. Previous owner's name.

London: Ashley Courtenay, 1948. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Cloth with gilt lettering. 253 pages. B&W photos. Index. Dust jacket has a couple of chips and tears. A clean book with little wear.

San Francisco: The Colt Press , 1946. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Mallette Dean. Edition limited to 500 copies. Cloth spine. Bookstore label to rear paste-down endpaper. A solid copy with only light wear.

Smithtown, NY: Exposition Press (1981).. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. ix, 114 pages. Photos. Small stamp to fore edges. Dust jacket has a couple of short tears. A clean, attractive copy.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company (1994). . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Later printing. Quarter cloth with silver lettering to spine. Illustrated endpapers. 378 pages. Photos. Index. Inscribed to previous owner and signed by Lovell. Jacket has a couple of short tears. "The untold story of the American moon shot that almost ended in a fatal catastrophe, told by the flight's commander, offers a thrilling chronicle of courage, heroism, and adventure.

Laren, Netherlands: A. G. Schoonderbeek. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. No date. Text in English, French, German, and Dutch. Gray paper-covered boards. 80 pp. Map on front endpapers. B&W photos. Some yellowing to endpapers. Dust jacket has a couple of chips.

New York: The Literary Guild, 1931. Hardcover. Very Good. Diego Rivera. Reprint. Cloth, stamped in blind. vii, 338 pp. Bibliography. Index. No dust jacket. Minor wear to binding, glue from plate to front paste-down. A solid copy with only light wear.

London: John Murray, 1912. Hardcover. Very Good. Reprint. Orange cloth. xiv, 468 pages. Illustrated. Fold-out map. Index. Spine faded. Light foxing, mainly to edges. Complete and readable.

Halcottsville, NY: Breakaway Books, 2009. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 303 pages. Illustrated. Signed by the author. Smudge to upper board. Contents clean and tight.

New York: Macmillan (1996).. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Cloth spine with gilt lettering. vii, 246 pp. Index. Inscribed by the author. A clean copy with little wear. "The author relates his adventures participating in some of the world's most extreme and dangerous sporting activities, including swimming in shark-infested waters in the first leg of the Escape from Alcatraz triathlon.