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Foreign Correspondence
by Geraldine Brooks
Geraldine Brooks is also the author of Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women and a former foreign correspondent for The Wall Street Journal, where she reported on wars and famines in the Middle East, Bosnia, and Africa. A native of Australia and a graduate of Sydney University and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, she currently lives in Virginia with her husband and young son.
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Tales Of a Female Nomad
by Gelman, Rita Golden
Rita Golden Gelman is the author of more than seventy children’s books, including More Spaghetti, I Say!, a staple in every first-grade classroom. As a nomad, Rita has no permanent address. Her most recent encampments have been in Mexico and New York City.
Good-Bye, Boise... Hello, Alaska
by Holmes, Cora
Greendale, Wisconsin: Reiman Publications, Inc., 1994. First U.S. Edition . Hardcover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 274pp. Illustrated w colour photos. Full-wrap colour photo illustrated boards clean and without wear. Binding square and sound. Octavo. The True Story of a Family's Move to a Remote Island Ranch. Ranching in the Aleutian Islands is a rugged adventurous life, yet one filled with peace and solitude. You'll experience it all when you visit Cora and...
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NZ$22.44
North to the Orient: An Adventure in Aviation
by Lindbergh, Anne Morrow
New York, NY, USA: Tess Press / Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 2004. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Lindbergh, Charles A. (maps). xiii, 175pp w appendix. Maps by Charles Lindbergh. Decorative endpapers. Tan boards w crisp silver lettering on spine. No wear to covers or spine. Binding square and sound. Photo illustrated DJ is clean and without wear. Small octavo. Originally published 1935, this Common Reader Classic Bestseller reprint edition is...
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NZ$21.19
Castle Hotels of Europe
by Robert P. Long
Condition: Very good, light edge wear and corner creases, spine has nicks and slight scuffmarks.Official guide to Europe's most unusual accommodations.
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NZ$6.17
Neither Here Nor There: Travels in Europe
by Bill Bryson
Doubleday Canada, Toronto, 1998. 2nd trade paperback edition. Condition: Very good plus, light edge and corner wear.Bill Bryson's first travel book, The Lost Continent, was unanimously acclaimed as one of the funniest books in years. In Neither Here nor There he brings his unique brand of humour to bear on Europe as he shoulders his backpack, keeps a tight hold on his wallet, and journeys from Hammerfest, the northernmost town on the continent, to Istanbul on the cusp of Asia. Fluent in, oh, at least one...
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To the Town That Bears Your Name; A Young Woman's Journey to Nordegg in 1912
by Nordegg, Martin; Koch, Maria (translation)
Edmonton, AB, Canada: Brightest Pebble Publishing Company, 1996. First Canadian Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 112pp. Illustrated w historical bw photos. Gift inscription inked at top of title page. Photo illustrated wrapper is clean and without edgewear, showing soft diagonal crease to bottom back corner. Binding square and not creased. Octavo.
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NZ$18.70
The 10 Best of Everything: An Ultimate Guide for Travelers
by Nathaniel Lande and Andrew Lande
National Geographic Society, Washington, DC, 2012. 3rd edition. Condition: Very good plus, light edge wear and corner bumps, light nicks at spine ends. This is a heavy book which may require extra postage.This guide offers a wealth of information for travellers, offering specific recommendations from experienced globetrotters on how to get the best from every trip and includes ten best lists in over 60 categories with descriptions of each entry from best places to best sporting events.
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NZ$11.16
Great Railway Bazaar
by Paul Theroux
Ballantine, New York. 2nd paperback printing. Condition: Good, edge and corner wear, spine and corner creasing, store stamp on interior cover, well read.First published in 1975, Paul Theroux's strange, unique, and hugely entertaining railway odyssey has become a modern classic of travel literature. Here Theroux recounts his early adventures on an unusual grand continental tour. Asia's fabled trains -- the Orient Express, the Khyber Pass Local, the Frontier Mail, the Golden Arrow to Kuala Lumpur, the...
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Corsairville: The Last Domain of the Flying Boat
by Coster, Graham
Toronto, ON, Canada: Viking / Penguin Books Canada, 2000. First Canadian Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. x, 276pp w bibliography. Three unpaginated sections of bw photo plates w captions. Two indexed maps. Photo illustrated endpapers. Deep blue boards w crisp silver lettering on spine. No wear to covers or spine. Binding square and tight. Colour illustrated DJ is clean and without wear, preserved in archival cover. Octavo.
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NZ$24.93
Explorers of the Nile: The Triumph and Tragedy of a Great Victorian Adventure
by Jeal, Tim
Yale University Press, 2011. First U.S. Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xvii, 510pp w bibliography, endnotes and index. Indexed plates and maps. Forest green boards w bold gold lettering on spine. No edgewear, mild bumping to bottom corners. Binding square and sound. Photo illustrated DJ is clean and without wear, preserved in archival cover. Octavo.
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NZ$26.17
A Wolverine Is Eating My Leg
by Tim Cahill
Vintage, New York. 4th trade paperback printing. Condition: Near fine, very light edge, spine, and corner wear.Tim Cahill "brings 'em back alive". Not only has he survived fantastic journeys through the Himalayan rapids, the Grand Terror of Montana, and Dian Fossey's forbidden zone, he writes about them, too. Fearless and hell-bent on destroying all obstacles in his path, Cahill takes us to places rarely seen and barely endured. All admonitions and warnings be damned: Tim Cahill dares us to follow him...
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The Evergreen Country: A Memoir of Vietnam
by Vuong-Riddick, Thuong
Regina, Saskatchewan: Hagios Press, 2007. First Canadian Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 208pp. Inscribed by the author to title page. Colour photo illustrated wrapper is clean and without wear. Binding square and tight, not creased. Small octavo: 22 x 13.5cm.
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NZ$24.93
The Life and Times of a Country Peddler (inscribed)
by Carter, Ira G
New York: Vantage Press, 1999. INSCRIBED on half-title p. by author. 117pp. paperback 8vo: Fine. A memoir by a traveling salesman for Proctor and Gamble in the rural South during the 1950s.
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NZ$25.53
Video Night in Kathmandu
by Pico Iyer
Vintage, New York. 2nd trade paperback printing. Condition: Good plus, edge wear and corner bumps, light nicks at edges and spine.Mohawk hair-cuts in Bali, yuppies in Hong Kong and Rambo rip-offs in the movie houses of Bombay are just a few of the jarring images that Iyer brings back from the Far East.
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NZ$6.17
Take This Exit: Rediscovering the Iowa Landscape
by Sayre, Robert F. (ed)
Ames, Iowa, U.S.A.: Iowa State University Press, 1990. First U.S. Edition 2nd Printing. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. viii, 331pp w index. Illustrated with bw photographs and maps. Photo illustrated covers clean and without wear. Binding square and not creased. Octavo.
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NZ$18.70
Hunza: Adventures in a Land of Paradise
by Tobe, John H
St. Catharines, ON, Canada: The Provoker Press, 1971. First Canadian Edition 5th or later Printing. Cloth. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. viii, 646pp w index. Seventeen indexed unpaginated bw archival photo plates. Illustrated cartographic endpapers. Red cloth w crisp black lettering on spine. No wear to covers or spine. Binding square and sound. No DJ. Octavo. Originally publihsed 1960, this is the fifth printing, stated.
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NZ$21.19
In the Throne Room of the Mountain Gods
by Rowell, Galen A
San Francisco, California, U.S.A.: Sierra Club Books, 1986. Soft cover. Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 334pp w index. Illustrated w bw photographs in text and one section of colour photo plates. Colour photo illustrated wrapper is clean and without wear. Binding square and not creased. Quarto: 27.5 x 21cm. Foreword by George Schaller.
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NZ$31.16
Kulturlandschaft Sachsen
by Pleticha, Heinrich
Freiburg, Germany: Herder-Buchgemeinde, 1992. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Muller, Wolfgang (photography). 198pp. Illustrated throughout w colour photography and historical prints. Maroon paper-over-boards w gold lettering on spine. No wear to covers or spine. Binding square and sound. Colour photo illustrated DJ clean and without wear; preserved in archival cover. Quarto. German language text on the culture and landscape of the Saxony region of Germany....
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Journey to Mauritius
by Saint-Pierre, Bernadin De; Wilson, Jason (trans)
New York, NY, USA: Interlink Books, 2003. Soft cover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. vii, 290pp w bibliography. Colour illustrated wrapper is clean and without wear. Binding square and tight, not creased. Small octavo. Book appears unread. From the series, Lost and Found: Classic Travel Writing. First published in 1773. Translated from the French, and edited for this edition by Jason Wilson
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NZ$24.93
The World of Water: Exploring the Sacramento Delta
by Gardner, Erle Stanley
New York: William Morrow & Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1965. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Inscribed by Gardner on the half-title page, "To Miriam Olsen with all best wishes. Yours, Erle Stanley Gardner." Olsen has written her name on the free endpaper. Corners bumped, and slight soiling to the dust jacket. Publisher's price of $5.00 on the front flap. ; 160 pages; Signed by Author .
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NZ$216.18
Britain: A Ward Lock Red Guide
by Hammond, Reginald J.W. (ed)
London, England: Ward Lock, 1969. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 256pp w index. Illustrated w bw photographs, two-tone drawings and maps. Red paper-over-boards w crisp gold lettering on spine. No wear to covers or spine. Binding square and sound. Colour photo illustrated DJ clean showing very light wear to top edges. DJ now preserved in archival cover. Small octavo: 20 x 14cm. A county by county record of Britain with selective lists of the...
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Unrolling the Map: Exploration of the Earth from 2750 B. C. to the Space Age
by Outhwaite, Leonard
New York: John Day Company. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1972. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Introduction by Walter Wood. Ship drawings by Gordon Grant. Inscribed in black fountain pen to author James C. Humes, "For Dianne and Jamie Humes with best wishes for a Merry Christmas and Happy Century. Lucille and Len. Beachmound, Newport, Dec. 10, '72." A bump to the bottom corner, and age toning to the front board. Chipping and scattered tears to the dust jacket. Publisher's price of...
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NZ$52.77
Hold the Enlightenment
by Tim Cahill
Vintage, New York, 2003. First trade paperback edition. Condition: Near fine, very light edge and corner wear.In his latest collection of death-defying exploits and far-flung travels, Outside Magazine editor Tim Cahill visits the side of an active volcano in Ecuador, the Saharan salt mines and the largest toxic waste dump in the Western Hemisphere. He also ventures to find a Caspian tiger in Turkey and giant centipedes in the Congo. Cahill is one of the last great intrepid journalists, and his thirty...
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NZ$9.91
Roaming Around Australia
by Clune, Frank
Melbourne: Hawthorn Press. Good with no dust jacket. 1947. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Green cloth with map endpapers, lacking the dust jacket. A bookseller label from Hall's Book Store in Melbourne to the front pastedown. Hinges cracked. Two page edges untrimmed. Sun fading to the edge of the front board, and a stain to the rear board. Black and white photos all present. ; 299 pages .
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NZ$52.77
A Pilgrim in Ireland: A Quest for Home
by Greenslade, Frances
Toronto, ON, Canada: Viking / Penguin Books Canada, 2002. First Canadian Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 253pp w bibliography. Signed by the author on title page. Grey and green paper-over-boards w grey lettering on spine. No wear to covers or spine. Binding square and sound. Small octavo.
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NZ$23.68
For Love of the British Isles: Anglophile Diaries Through the Decades (signed)
by Pendergrast, Nan Schwab w/photographs by Britt Pendergrast
Nature's Face Publications, 2015 1st ed. SIGNED on title p. by both author & photographer. 153pp. illus. paperback 8vo: Fine.
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NZ$76.60
