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1. Ackerley, J.R. HINDOO HOLIDAY, A Indian Journal. London. Chatto & Windus. 1952. Cloth. very good. mildly soiled cover, name on flyleaf. new edition.
Our price $30.00

2. Alexander, Michael. OFFBEAT IN ASIA. An Excursion.. David McKay. (1960). Illustrations. Map. Cloth. Small 8vo. Very good. Chipped and torn dj. A journey along the Russian Frontier. 180pp. Errata slip laid-in--concerns a libelous statement about a merchant based on hearsay. Author drives 18 thousand miles, with beautiful London model, through Turkey, Persia, and Afghanistan. Way to go.
Our price $9.00

3. Allsop, Kenneth. HARD TRAVELLIN'. The hobo and his history.. New American Library. (1967). 1st printing. Illustrations. Hardback. 8vo. Good. Map endpapers. Chipped dust jacket with small piece missing. Half-cloth binding. Foredge nicks and tears in several early pages--text not affected. 448pp. Allsop, Kenneth (1920-1973) British author and early television personality, traveled extensively in USA for his books on hobos and bootleggers.
Our price $15.00

4. Anderson, Commander William R. (U.S.N.) with Clay Blair, Jr. NAUTILUS 90 NORTH.. World Publishing. (6th printing, 1959). Photographs by John Krawczyk, U.S.N. Cloth. 8vo. Nicked dj. Clean reading copy. Ex Prep School Library. Two blank blue pages inserted after flyleaf, creases near joint on half-title, title and few pages following. Atomic submarine makes first crossing of the Arctic Ocean from the Pacific to the Atlantic, passing over North Pole. Illustrated front cover and spine. 251pp.
Our price $3.00

5. Anderson, J.R.L. VINLAND VOYAGE.. Funk & Wagnalls. (1967). Illustrations. Cloth. Small 8vo. Very good. No dj. Map endpapers. Decorated front cover. A little fading of spine, gilt lettering still visible. Bookplate on first blank under name of 'Stetson.' Gift note lettered on half-title page: 'For Olaf, Because he's a Viking himself. Basil Stetson.' Introduction by George D. Painter. May & June 1966 author and five companions sailed out in a small ocean-yacht to follow the old Norsemen's route to America via Faeroes, Iceland and Greenland. This is their story.
Our price $4.75

6. Antin, Parker with Phyllis Wachob Weiss. HIMALAYAN ODYSSEY. The Perilous Trek to Western Nepal. NY. Donald I. Fine Inc. 1990. Wraps. Large 12mo. Very good. Uncorrected Proofs. Small label shadow on front cover. 257pp.
Our price $10.00

7. August, Oliver. INSIDE THE RED MANSION, On the Trail of China's Most Wanted Man.. Houghton Mifflin. (2007). Trade paperback. Small 8vo. New fine. Advanced Reading Copy. Uncorrected Proof. 268pp. A British journalist offers another side of China's new economics and politics by tracking the very successful but illegal career of a Chinese businessman. It is a mixed bag world of capitalism, corruption, and repression. Very small, light label shadow on cover.
Our price $7.95

8. Avraham, Shmuel. with Arlene Kushner. TREACHEROUS JOURNEY. My Escape From Ethiopia. NY. Shapolsky Publishing. (1986). 1st edition. Photo Illustrations. Maps. Hardback. 8vo. Fine dj. Very good. Slight darkening of pages. Part of the Jewish exodus from East Africa. xii+ & 178pp.
Our price $11.95

9. Baay, Henry Van L. BOATS, BOAT YARDS, AND YACHTSMEN.. Van Nostrand. (1961). 1st edition. Illustrations. Cloth. 8vo. Very good. No dj. Introduction by William H. Taylor. If yoy're into the yachting experience (buying, chartering, insuring, building and repair and so on) this is your book. xv & 211pp.
Our price $6.00

10. Bailey, Anthony. THE LIGHT IN HOLLAND.. Knopf. 1970. 1st edition. Illustrations, map. Cloth. Small 8vo. Very good dj. Fine. viii+ & 263pp plus 7 page index. Recommended by Rene Dubos. In three parts: The Country as a Crowd,.as a Park,.as a Community.
Our price $4.95

11. Bainbridge, John. ANOTHER WAY OF LIVING. A Gallery of Americans Who Choose to Live in Europe.. Holt, Rinehart and Winston. (1968). 1st edition. Cloth. 8vo. Chipped dj. Near fine. 381pp. Americans living abroad. At the time an estimated two and a half million Americans resided in other countries.
Our price $4.40

12. Bauer, Fred. HOW MANY HILLS TO HILLSBORO?. Old Tappan, NJ. Hewitt House. (1969). Small chapter head sketches. Hardback. Small 8vo. Good reading copy. No dj. Family of bicyclers on ten-week crosscountry trip. Several pages with mild waves. Name and address on flyleaf: Sybil Perrin, Birmingham, Ala. 215pp Light dust marks outside.
Our price $4.00

13. Beaton, Maude. FROM CAIRO TO KHYBER TO CELEBES. NY. Liveright Publishing. (1942). Illustrated. Cloth. 8vo. Chipped dj. Very good, clean, tight copy. Decorated front cover and spine. Map endpapers. Light rubs to lower outside cover corners and to head and foot of spine. 261pp. Woman with two grown daughters tour 15 countries, in various parts of the world, by car.
Our price $20.00

14. Belfrage, Cedric. AWAY FROM IT ALL. An Escapologist's Notebook.. Simon and Schuster. 1937. Cloth. Large 8vo. Tattered dj. Very good. Card from publisher laid-in. Name on flyleaf: 'From Helen, 5/17/37. Jurnalist quits his job and goes round the world during an interesting time, from January to December 1934--in the middle of the Great Depression. 415pp. In five parts: Portrait of a Man Seeking Hashish, Flight, To Sea in a Sieve, Laying an Old Ghost, Escape from Escape. Belfrage (1904-1990) born in Briton, long time resident in USA and Mexico. Involved in politics mainly through his writing and editing. A target of HUAC, in 1955 he was deported to UK.
Our price $6.90

15. Benedict, Stewart (Editor). THE LITERARY GUIDE TO THE UNITED STATES. NY. Facts on File. (1981). 1st printing. Illustrations, maps. Hardback. 8vo. Near fine. No dust jacket. 246pp. Very small pencil mark on cover.
Our price $4.00

16. Birnbaum, Alexandra Mayes (Editor). BIRNBAUM'S BARCELONA 1993.. Harper Perennial. (1992). A few maps. Trade paperback. Large 12mo. Very good. Travel guide. Nick in foredge of page following front cover. One corner crease. Small tear in front cover repaired. Stated 1st edition. xii & 226pp.
Our price $5.95

17. Bittner, Herbert and Ernest Nash (Editors). ROME. Chicago. Henry Regnery Co. 1950. Cloth. 4to. Very good. No dust jacket. Introduction by Giuseppe Prezzolini. 171pp including big section of photo plates in black and white. Imprimatur of Samuel Cardinal Stritch. Portrait of the Eternal City. Light rub to head of spine.
Our price $7.95

18. Bjerre, Jens. THE LAST CANNIBALS.. Morrow. 1957. Maps. Photo illustrations. Hardback. Small 8vo. Nicked dj. Very good. Translated from the Danish by Estrid Bannister. Edges of cover faded. Tear in dj repaired with tape. Ink lines in margins of a few pages. Danish explorer visits tribes in Australia and New Guinea. 192pp.
Our price $9.00

19. Blagden, David. VERY WILLING GRIFFIN. The story of the smallest boat ever to compete in the Singlehanded Transatlantic Race.. W.W. Norton & Co. (1974)(2nd printing of American edition). Illustrations. Cloth. Small 8vo. Very good with torn dj. Map endpapers. Author's autograph note on half-title page with his almost full-page sketch of a sailboat on vast ocean sailing toward the sunset. Note: 'To Bunny. My dear Mrs. Frankenthaler, with affection. David. Lon. '75' Foreword by Lt-Col. Odling-Smee. xvi & 237pp
Our price $50.00

20. Blaikie, W. Garden. THE PERSONAL LIFE OF DAVID LIVINGSTONE, Chiefly from his unpublished journals and correspondence in the possession of his family. NY. Fleming H. Revell Co. no date. frontis of Livingstone. Cloth. 8vo. good reading copy. No dust jacket. Head of spine rubbed, dull covers, light bump to upper ourside corners, scratch line on rear cover. If you like engravings, the frontispiece of Livingstone is worth our asking price. Aging paper. 508pp plus publisher's ads.
Our price $6.90

21. Blofeld, John. BANGKOK. Amsterdam. Time-Life. (1979). Photos by P.J. Griffiths. 4to. else verg good copy. 200pp. Part of Time-Life The Great Cities series. Decorated hardback. small owner's label on contents page. tear in last page of index.
Our price $12.00

22. Blunden, Godfrey. EASTERN EUROPE, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland. NY. Time Inc. (1965). Illustrated, some in color. 4to. near fine. 176pp. Life World Library. decorated cloth. map endpapers.
Our price $10.00

23. Bolt, Rodney. CADOGAN CITY GUIDES: AMSTERDAM. London/ Chester, CT. Cadogan Books/ Globe Pequot Press. (1992). Maps. Trade paperback. Large 12mo. Good. Light corner creases on front cover. Several corner creases on pages. 300pp.
Our price $5.95

24. Bond, Marybeth. GUTSY WOMEN. Travel Trips and Wisdom for the Road. San Francisco. Travelers' Tales Inc. (Oct. 1996). 1st edition. Trade paperback. 12mo. Fine. 121pp plus ads. Small note in ink on half-title page. Newspaper clip from Oct. 26, 1997 New York Times: Short Letter to the Editor about price of hotel rooms in Paris from Heywood Hale Broun. Pocket guide travel tips for women.
Our price $5.00

25. Branston, Brian. THE LAST GREAT JOURNEY ON EARTH. NY. Weybright and Talley. (1971). 1st Amer. ed. Photo Illustrations. Cloth. near fine with nicked dj. map endpapers.
Our price $18.00

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