Nonfiction-Description & Travel from The Brooklyn Bookman

KENNEDY, Randy: Subwayland: Adventures in the World Beneath New York. New York, St. Martin's Griffin, 2004. Softcover, 226 pp. Subject: Nonfiction / New York City-Description & Travel / Subways – New York City / New York City Subway – History & Anecdotes. Condition: Very Good. Book copy is in gently-used, near first-rate condition with unmarked pages. This book gives a… Read more about this item

CHRISTMAN, Henry M. (Editor): Walt Whitman's New York: A Collection of Walt Whitman's Journalism Celebrating New York from Manhattan to Montauk. New York, The Macmillan Company, 1963. Hardcover with dust jacket, 188 pp. Subject: Nonfiction / Essays, Journalism & Reportage – New York City and Long Island, 19th Century / Walt Whitman, 1819-1892. Book… Read more about this item

GERARD, Sarah: Sunshine State: Essays. New York, Harper Perennial, 2017. Stated First Edition (later printing). Softcover, 359 pp. Subject: Nonfiction / Essays / Florida-Description-Social and Environmental Conditions-21st Century/ Memoir. Condition: Very Good. Signs of light moderate wear to the covers. All pages clean and unmarked. The noted author's first collection of… Read more about this item

IYER, Pico (Editor): The Best American Travel Writing 2004. Boston & New York, Houghton-Mifflin Company, 2004. First Edition. Softcover, 332 pp. Subject: Nonfiction / Travel & Adventure / The Best American Series (Fiction and Nonfiction). Condition: Very Good Plus. Former owner's red inked inscription found on the front endpaper. Copy is… Read more about this item

BURUMA, Ian: God's Dust: A Modern Asian Journey. London, Phoenix, 2000. (Originally published in the UK in 1989 by Jonathan Cape, Ltd.) Softcover, 267 pp. Subject: Nonfiction / Travel-Asia / Asian Studies. Condition: Very Good. Covers gently worn with lightly-toned pages but all unmarked and clean. "What happens to Asian… Read more about this item

TAPLIN, Mark: Open Lands: Travels Through Russia's Once Forbidden Places. South Royalton, VT, Steerforth Press, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket, 376 pp. Subject: Nonfiction / Russian Federation-Description & Travel / Journeys-Russian Federation / Russia-Personal Narrative Accounts. Book and jacket condition: Very Good/Near Fine. Slightly used appearance to the dust wrapper but in near-fine condition overall. Sturdy wine-dark book… Read more about this item

MAYES, Frances: Under The Tuscan Sun: At Home in Italy. New York, Broadway Books, 1997. Originally published: 1996. Softcover, 280 pp. Subject: Nonfiction / Memoir / Travel-Italy-Tuscany. Condition: Very Good Minus. Evident toning to the pages, yet unmarked. Light smudges to the upper extremities of front cover. Otherwise a first-rate copy. Exuberant and touching account by renowned poet, gourmet cook… Read more about this item

ROBBINS, Michael W.(Editor): Brooklyn: A State of Mind. New York, Workman Publishing, 2001. Stated First Printing. Softcover, 392 pp. Subject: Nonfiction / New York-Brooklyn / Description & Travel / History. Condition: Very Good. Very light curling to the front cover's edge. Otherwise a copy in top-notch condition with all pages clean and fully illustrated throughout. "Celebrate America's hometown in a… Read more about this item

HOFMANN, Paul: That Fine Italian Hand. New York, Henry Holt and Company, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket, 238 pp. Subject: Nonfiction / Italy – Civilization, National Characteristics. Book & Jacket Condition: Very Good. Almost few signs of wear to the jacket with a bit of wear to the central top… Read more about this item

KONING, Hans: A New Yorker in Egypt. New York & London, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1976. Stated First Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket, 265 pp. Subject: Nonfiction / Egypt-Description & Travel, 1945-Late 1970s. Book & jacket condition: Very Good Plus. Light sunning to the jacket's interior. Small tear to jacket's lower extremity. … Read more about this item

MATTHIESSEN, Peter: African Silences. New York, Random House, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket, 225 pp. Subject: Nonfiction / Africa – Description and Travel / Natural History – Africa. Book and jacket condition: Very Good Minus. A bit of foxing to the top-side of the book, but no other visible imperfections. Tiny tears to the center-top and bottom of… Read more about this item

KRAKAUER, Jon: Into The Wild. New York, Anchor Books, 1997. Originally published: 1996. First Paperback Edition. Trade Paperback, 207 pp. Subject: Nonfiction / Biography / Adventure and Adventurers / Hitchhiking / Wayfaring Life – U.S. West and Alaska. Condition: Good / Acceptable. Some page margins are marked in pen, but the text is readable. Slight tilt to book-spine with USED… Read more about this item

SANTINI, Loretta: Rome and Vatican. Terni, Italy, Edizioni Fotorapidacolor, 1972. Softcover, 127 pp. Subject: Nonfiction / Rome & Vatican / Picture Books. Condition: Very Good. Overall used appearance and condition to the pages, but clean with a transparent "dust jacket". Thoroughly illustrated throughout with stunning color photography. An important pictorial guide to the artistic and cultural heritage of the "Eternal… Read more about this item