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Condition: Near fine, very light spine crease. A shimmering evocation, by turns intimate and panoramic, of one of the world's great cities, by its foremost writer. Orhan Pamuk was born in Istanbul and still lives in the family apartment building where his mother first held him in her arms. His portrait of his city is thus also a self-portrait, refracted by memory… Read more about this item

Harper Press, London, 2010. First printing in this edition. Condition: Ner fine, very light reading creases at spine. Price sticker on rear cover. Introduction by Evelyn Waugh. No mountaineer, Newby set out with a friend to explore the formidable peaks of the Nuristan Mountains in northeast Afghanistan. His witty, unorthodox report is packed with incidents both ghastly and ecstatic as he takes… Read more about this item

Mariner Books, Boston, 2020. First trade paperback edition. Condition: New. The legendary travel writer drives the entire length of the US–Mexico border, then goes deep into the hinterland, on the back roads of Chiapas and Oaxaca, to uncover the rich, layered world behind today's brutal headlines. Paul Theroux has spent his life crisscrossing the globe in search of the histories and peoples… Read more about this item

Penguin, Toronto, 2006. First trade paperback edition. Condition: Very good plus, light edge wear and small creases at corner, small nicks at spine edges, slight scuffing. Sorry, Dorothy--sometimes your heart's desire isn't in your own backyard. Head of PR and spokesperson for Lonely Planet travel guides, Jennifer Cox has explored the most remote regions, toured the most exotic terrains, and bonded with… Read more about this item

Rodale Books, New York, 2007. 2nd trade paperback printing. Condition: Very good, edge wear and slight corner bumps, spine creasing and nicks at edges. Heavy books which may require additional postage. This ultimate "physician's desk reference" for travelers addresses the questions, anxieties, concerns, and desire for essential information that are common to seasoned and novice travelers alike.

Workman, New York. Later printing. Condition: Very good plus, light edge wear and corner bumps, faint spine creasing and nicks at edges. This is a heavy book and may require additional postage. Around the world, continent by continent, here is the best the world has to offer: 1,000 places guaranteed to give travelers the shivers. Sacred ruins, grand hotels, wildlife preserves,… Read more about this item

Anchor, Toronto, 2007. First trade paperback edition. Condition: Near fine, light edge wear and corner bumps, faint crease at bottom right edge. After three years of sipping, spitting, and slogging her way through bushy vine leaves and cellar cobwebs, award-winning writer Natalie MacLean takes readers behind the scenes of the international wine world, exploring its history, visiting its most evocative places,… Read more about this item

Knopf, New York, 2002. First edition. Condition: Near fine book in very good plus dust jacket, book has light corner bumps, dust jacket has light edge wear and creasing along spine. Spanning four decades and four continents, this magisterial volume brings together the essential shorter works of reflection and reportage by our most sensitive, literate, and undeceivable observer of the post-colonial… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

Condition: Near fine, light edge wear and corner bumps. Imagine if you will. Larry David (but shorter and with hair, but without the glasses) as a pugnacious, neo-existentialist, Montreal-born Jewish lawyer, writing about his experiences on a three day visit to Istanbul, Turkey.

Basic Books, New York, 2002. First edition. Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket, very light edge wear on dust jacket, else fine. For nearly three centuries, Robinson Crusoe has been the archetypal castaway, the symbol of survival in uninhabited wilds. In this book, Tim Severin adds this enterprising hero to the roster of legendary figures whose adventures he's replicated and… Read more about this item

Condition: Very good, light edge wear and corner creases, spine has nicks and slight scuffmarks. Official guide to Europe's most unusual accommodations.

Algonquin Books, 1989. First trade paperback printing. Condition: Near fine, very light edge wear and corner bumps. Retracing for modern-day visitors the Paris of The Sun Also Rises and A Moveable Feast, of James Joyce, Gertrude Stein, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Ezra Pound, this guidebook uncovers the cafes, hotels, restaurants, bars, nightclubs, gardens, and other landmarks immortalized by Hemingway in his… Read more about this item

Condition: Good, light edge wear and corner bumps, back cover has a tear along the bottom and store price sticker. No hotels, no museums, no historic site. Just the wildest bars, hottest beaches, fun restaurants, cheapest flea markets, romantic cafes and trendy nightclubs in Europe. Remarkably, some of these recommendations stand up today.

Viking/Penguin, New York. 5th trade paperback printing. Condition: Very good plus, light edge and corner wear else fine. As every reader of Durrell knows, his writing is steeped in the living experience of the Mediterranean, and especially the islands of Greece. This captivating and highly unusual text, originally conceived as a picture book and now reset in paperback format, weaves together… Read more about this item

Sun Dial Press, New York. No edition stated. Condition: Good in fair dust jacket, green cloth with black raised lettering and illustration of prone figure in a field, reading. Book has light edge wear and corner bumps, slight fading. Dust jacket has multiple tears and wear. David Grayson, pseudonym of Ray Stannard Baker, American author, who began as a Chicago newspaper… Read more about this item

Fawcett, New York. 6th trade paperback printing. Condition: Very good plus, light edge and corner wear, slight spine creasing. "Theroux's work is distinguished by a splendid eye for detail and the telling gesture; a storyteller's sense of pacing and gift for granting closure to the most subtle progression of events; and the graceful use of language. . . . We are… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

Penguin, New York, 1989. First printing. Condition: Very good, edge and corner wear, light nicks at spine ends, back cover has light wear and indentations. A paperback magazine of new writing. This issue includes Ryszard Kapuscinski, Jeremy Harding, John Ryle, Colin Thubron, and Bill Bryson.

Vintage, London, 2001. First trade paperback printing. Condition: Near fine, very light edge and corner wear. Having learned Mandarin, and travelling alone by foot, bicycle and train, Colin Thubron sets off on a 10,000 mile journey from Beijing to Tibet, starting from a tropical paradise near the Burmese border to the windswept wastes of the Gobi desert and the far end… Read more about this item