Workman Publishing Company, October 2019. Hardcover. Discover wonder. "A wanderlust-whetting cabinet of curiosities on paper."-- New York Times Inspiring equal parts wonder and wanderlust, Atlas Obscura is a phenomenon of a travel book that shot to the top of bestseller lists when it was first published and changed the way.....
Harper Perennial, September 2005. Trade Paperback. An exemplary travelogue of danger and achievement by the Frenchwoman Madame Alexandra David-Neel of her 1923 expedition to Tibet, the fifth in her series of Asian travels, and her personal recounting of her journey to Lhasa, Tibet's forbidden city. In order to penetrate Tibet.....
W. W. Norton & Company, October 2018. Trade Paperback. Fascinated by our pervasive fear of dead bodies, mortician Caitlin Doughty embarks on a global expedition to discover how other cultures care for the dead. From Zoroastrian sky burials to wish-granting Bolivian skulls, she investigates the world's funerary customs and expands.....
Penguin Classics, July 2001. Trade Paperback. A fascinating account of nineteenth-century America sketched with Charles Dickens's characteristic wit and charm When Charles Dickens set out for America in 1842 he was the most famous man of his day to travel there - curious about the revolutionary new civilization that had.....
St. Martin's Press, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. 240 pages. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author on the half-title page. Andrei Codrescu, longtime observer and commentator on things odd and American, takes us on a personal tour through our withered yet.....
Thames & Hudson, June 2011. Trade Paperback. From the terra cotta and ocher of the Ionian Islands to the brilliant blues and whites of the Aegean, the villages of Greece and its islands are incomparable. The variety of village life and buildings springs from a multitude of histories and influences.....
Mariner Books, February 1999. Trade Paperback. Very good in wrappers (paperback). Bill McKibben has called this book "the deepest map anyone ever made of an American place"--a majestic survey of land and time and people in a single county of the Kansas plains. It takes the author--by car, on foot.....
Smithsonian Institution, January 1995. Hardcover. Foreword by Frederick L. Rath, Jr. Illustrated throughout with stunning, full-color photographs, Discover America reveals that the true gift of America's 368 national parks lies in our ability to apprehend through them the nation's cultural, political, and natural history.
Simon & Schuster, 2016. Trade Paperback. First paperback edition (first printing). Very good in wrappers (paperback). #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - #1 Indie Next Pick - Winner of the PEN New England Award "Enchanting...A book filled with so much love...Long before Oregon, Rinker Buck has convinced us that the.....
Earth Aware Editions, May 2017. Trade Paperback. The National Parks: An American Legacy tells the story of the parks through the photography of Ian Shive and poignant essays by today's leading naturalists, scientists, explorers, and artists. From the cascading waterfalls of Yosemite to the unique geothermal features of Yellowstone, the.....
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.....
Vintage, March 2013. Trade Paperback. #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER At twenty-two, Cheryl Strayed thought she had lost everything. In the wake of her mother's death, her family scattered and her own marriage was soon destroyed. Four years later, with nothing more to lose, she made the most impulsive decision of her.....
Mountaineers Books, August 2020. Trade Paperback. 2020 Banff Mountain Book Competition Finalist in Adventure Travel In Journeys North, legendary trail angel and thru hiker Barney Scout Mann spins a compelling tale of six hikers on the Pacific Crest Trail in 2007 as they walk from Mexico to Canada. This ensemble.....
Hardcover.
Geoffrey Bles, 1947. Hardcover. Puppets in Yorkshire: 245 pp.; Peep Show, 200 pp. Later printings. Very good copies in very good dust jackets.
[Jesuit Historical Institute], [1971]. First Edition Thus. Trade Paperback. Single sheet, folded in half and then tri-folded, 9.25 x 6.4 inches when folded, with map on one side and place finder and title on reverse. Photocopy of the map that accompanies 'Kino and Manje, Explorers of Sonora and Arizona.' First.....
Greystone Books, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. 247 pages. The author's travel memoir of a cruise around the Galapagos Islands in the company of his 7 year-old dauther and his 73 year-old father. First edition (first printing). Slight lean to the spine sle a fine copy in a fine dust jacket.....
A. Phillips & Co., 1889. Trade Paperback. Single sheet folded to create 10 pages. Photograph of interior of Pullman's Tourist Sleeping Car. Map of itinerary on rear. Phillips & Co. organized 'Personally conducted' tours with 'Through Cars, Best Accomodations, Lowest Rates.' A very good copy. Rubber stamp of L. H......
Heritage Press, 1974. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. 327 pages. First edition thus. Near fine copy in illustrated cloth covers. In a very good slipcase with surface scuffing. With Heritage Club Sandglass.
Trade Paperback.
Paul Livingstone, 1938. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Unpaginated, about 65 pages. The author, an unemployed newspaper reporter, leaves Tampa, Florida, with his wife, Dianne, with the intention of living off people's or business's support. They traveled 1000 days, 40,000 miles,in a 1927 Model T sedan, refusing all gifts and requesting.....
The Travelogue Bureau, 1914. First Edition. Hardcover. 343 pages. B/W photographic illustrations. First edition (first printing). A very good copy in green cloth and leather covers with gilt lettering and decoration on spine. Mild edge wear. Boards beginning to show at front corners.
Heron Press, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. 79 pages. Limited to 535 copies, this copy on Louvain. 15 silhouette illustrations in B/W of various conveyances for transportation. First edition (first printing). Near fine copy in red cloth with bright gilt illustration on front cover and gilt lettering on spine. Spine slightly.....
Cupples and Hurd, 1888. Hardcover. 338 pages.
Modern Age Books, 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. 340 pages. Five young college students visit everywhere they can in 92 days, covering 15,000 miles. First edition (first printing). A very good copy in illustrated yellow cloth covers. Covers are soiled. Mild edge and corner wear. Spine ends are rolled and have.....