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On the Missionary Trail: A Journey Through Polynesia, Asia, and Africa With the London Missionary Society by: Hiney, Tom

On the Missionary Trail: A Journey Through Polynesia, Asia, and Africa With the London Missionary Society by: Hiney, Tom

Hardcover. US, Atlantic Monthly Pr, 1st, 2000-10-30, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 367 pages. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Record # 462700
Price: $12.00 

Passionate Nomad: The Life of Freya Stark by: Geniesse, Jane

Passionate Nomad: The Life of Freya Stark by: Geniesse, Jane

Hardcover. US, Random House, rep, 1999-09-28, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 402 pages, b&w photos. Light edgewear to dust jacket, otherwise a clean, tight copy. Record # 463211
Price: $12.00 

Prisoners of the North by: Berton, Pierre

Prisoners of the North by: Berton, Pierre

Softcover. 2nd printing thus, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 328 pages, b&w illustrations. Light edgewear to pictorial wrappers, page 7 dog-eared, slight stain to for-edge. Nice, tight copy. Record # 452937
Price: $12.00 

Road to Ubar, The : Finding the Atlantis of the Sands by: Clapp, Nicholas

Road to Ubar, The : Finding the Atlantis of the Sands by: Clapp, Nicholas

Hardcover. US, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1st, 1998-02-10, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 342 pages. Light shelf-wear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy. Record # 466422
Price: $12.00 

Smalltime: A Story of My Family and the Mob by: Shorto, Russell

Smalltime: A Story of My Family and the Mob by: Shorto, Russell

Hardcover. NY, W. W. Norton , 1st, 2021, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 259 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is in very good condition, as are the interior pages and binding. Smalltime is a riveting American immigrant story that travels back to Risorgimento Sicily, to the ancient, dusty, hill-town home of Antonino Sciotto, the author's great-grandfather, who leaves his wife and children in grinding poverty for a new life -- and wife -- in a Pennsylvania mining town. Clean copy. Record # 33633
Price: $12.00 

Spaniard in the Portuguese Indies, A: The Narrative of Martin Fernandez de Figueroa by: McKenna, James B.

Spaniard in the Portuguese Indies, A: The Narrative of Martin Fernandez de Figueroa by: McKenna, James B.

Hardcover. Cambridge MA, Harvard University Press , 1st, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 288 pages, b&w illustrations. Red dust jacket with rubbing, light edgewear. Record # 406660
Price: $12.00 

The Savoy: The Romance of a Great Hotel by: Jackson, Stanley
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The Savoy: The Romance of a Great Hotel by: Jackson, StanleyThe Savoy: The Romance of a Great Hotel by: Jackson, Stanley

The Savoy: The Romance of a Great Hotel by: Jackson, Stanley

Hardcover. NY, E. P. Dutton & Co., 1st, 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 318 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is significantly worn, with a mix of open and closed tears. Pink cloth covers underneath are clean and bright, as are the interior pages. Binding is solid. This book chronicles the history and glamour of the iconic Savoy Hotel in London, from its opening in 1889 through the book's publication in 1964. B&W photography throughout. Clean copy. Record # 33735
Price: $15.00 

Travel and Adventure in the Territory of Alaska by: Whymper, Frederick

Travel and Adventure in the Territory of Alaska by: Whymper, Frederick

Hardcover. London, Readex Microprint, reprint, 1966, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 331 pages, hardcover. Covers are significantly bumped near the spine. Interior pages are clean and bright, and the binding is solid. This is a reprint of an 1868 book, with original B&W illustrations throughout. In 1864, the Russian government granted permission to the Western Union Telegraph Company to make a survey for a possible telegraph line extending from British Columbia through what was then called Russian America (Alaska)... One of the participants was Frederick Whymper, a young English adventurer, writer, and artist, who joined the expedition and wrote Travel and Adventure in the Territory of Alaska, one of the earliest and best accounts of Alaska during the transition from a Russian to an American possession. Previous owner wrote two short notes on the inside back cover, otherwise clean copy. Record # 33785
Price: $18.00 

Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs by: Hawass, Zahi, Illust. by: Garrett, Kenneth
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Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs by: Hawass, Zahi, Illust. by: Garrett, KennethTutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs by: Hawass, Zahi, Illust. by: Garrett, Kenneth

Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs by: Hawass, Zahi, Illust. by: Garrett, Kenneth

Hardcover. Washington D.C., National Geographic, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 287 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is in good condition, with sticker residue on rear. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Minor bumping to corners. Binding is solid. This National Geographic book accompanied a traveling exhibition of relics and artifacts relating to Tutankhamun. Contains full color photography throughout. This is an oversize book, available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Clean copy. Record # 34000
Price: $12.00 

Victorian Traveler's Companion by: Chamberlain, Holly

Victorian Traveler's Companion by: Chamberlain, Holly

Softcover. Philadelphia, The Victorian Society in America, 2nd, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 127 pages, b&w illustrations throughout. A pocket guide to 19th century museums, inns, restaurants, tours and historic sites. Blue pictorial stiff paper wrappers. Light wear, and slight rubbing to spine, else clean, tight copy. Record # 605626
Price: $12.00 

With Forks and Hope: An African Notebook by: Huxley, Elspeth

With Forks and Hope: An African Notebook by: Huxley, Elspeth

Hardcover. New York , William Morrow & Co., 1st, 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 398 pages, b&w illustrations. Dust jacket with light wear, soil. Record # 406407
Price: $12.00 


  
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