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Nicosia, Cyprus: Zavallis Press, 1971. Eleventh edition from 1971. Some creasing to corners and minor scuffing to spine ends, a rusty staple mark on back cover, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this soft-cover book. Intended for RAF personnel and ther families posted to Cyprus, includes information on the facilities and amenities on the various bases, and many… Read more about this item

London: Macmillan, 1939. Ex library copy re-bound in dark red faux-morocco style boards and with new endpapers resulting in the loss of the endpaper map. Slight bumping to spine ends, card pocket, label and ink stamp inside front board, ink stamp and barcode label on f/ep, ink stamp on rev of title page. Otherwise a good clean tight copy of… Read more about this item

London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1957. Some creasing and wear to the edges of dustwrapper, slight bumping to spine ends and corners of blue boards, original owner's bookplate inside front board, some browning to outer pages and foxing to page edges, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Deals with the author's travels in Persia in the mid… Read more about this item

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1940. Creasing and some small tears to edges of price-clipped dustwrapper, minor bumping to spine ends and corners of gray boards, but otherwise a good clean tight copy, withh green titles on spine and front board still bright, of this hard-cover book. The author's accounts of his cycling trips made in the Cotswolds between 1935 and… Read more about this item

New York: Gaylord Watson, 1878. Some wear to the blue paper spine, with some of it worn completely away, some creasing and small tears to back cover, but otherwise a good, internally clean and tight copy of this soft-cover book. Originally published in 1873, this is a slightly later, undated edition but with advert inside front cover for Berkshire… Read more about this item

GiveLiveExplore, 2013. Slight scuffing to outer corners of cover, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this soft-cover book. The author's account of his two-and-a half week trip to Iceland in 2012. Staying in hostels, partying with locals, travelling to out-of-the-way parts of the country, meeting the ex-comedian who was mayor of Reykjavik, and more. 216pp.. Paperback.… Read more about this item

London: The Travel Book Club, 1957. Travel Book Club edition. The author's account of her journey with her husband through Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan and into Pakistan in 1949-50, following in the footsteps of Marco Polo. No publication date shown, but was originally published (as "After You, Marco Polo") in the US in 1955 and in the UK in… Read more about this item

London: The Travel Book Club, 1953. Travel Book Club edition. Quite a lot of creasing and tears to the edges of dustwrapper, minor bumping to spine ends and corners of blue boards, two previous owners' names (one scribbled out) on f/ep and inside front board, some yellowing to the pages, but otherwise a good tight copy of this… Read more about this item

London: The Travel Book Club, 1954. Travel Book Club edition. Some creasing and small tears to edges of dustwrapper, some grubbiness to back panel of same, minor bumping to spine ends and corners of yellow boards, a previous owner's name inside front board and another one (scribbled out) on f/ep, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this… Read more about this item

London: The Travel Book Club, 1955. Travel Book Club edition. Quite a lot of creasing and tears to edges of dustwrapper, also fading to spine of same. Some bumping to spine ends and corners of brown boards, a previous owners name inside front board and another (scribbled out) on f/ep, some yellowing to the pages, but otherwise a good tight… Read more about this item

London: The Travel Book Club, 1955. Travel Book Club edition. Some creasing and small tears to edges of dustwrapper, some old damp-marking to red boards, minor bumping to spine ends and corners of same, two previous owners' names (one scribbled out) inside front board and on f/ep, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. … Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1969. Paperback "Lyceum Edition" published by Scribners. A crease to the lower corner of front cover, scuffing to other corners, a previous owner's name and date (1993) on f/ep, some foxing to outer pages, but otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover book. Hemingway's classic… Read more about this item

London: The Reprint Society, 1962. Reprint Society edition. Slight creasing to edges of dustwrapper, minor bumping to ends of dark red spine strip and to corners of yellow boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Originally published in 1961, this is a Reprint Society edition ffrom the next year. The author's account of… Read more about this item

London: Victor Gollancz, 1977. Slight creasing to edges of price-clipped dustwrapper; minor bumping to spine ends and corners, and some shelf-wear to bottom edge of blue boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. The author's account of a 150 mile trip by kayak with her three children (aged 14, 13 and 5) along Eiriksfjord from… Read more about this item

London: The Bodley Head, 1980. Minor creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, slight bumping to spine ends of red boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. The author's travels from leaving his native Yugoslavia in 1977, overland to Afghanistan, Pakistan, sailing to Thailand with an American who had refloated a sunken yacht, then… Read more about this item

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1963. Creasing and small tears to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, also some small bits missing along top edge, minor bumping to spine ends and corners of blue boards, original owner's name on f/ep, some yellowing to the pages, but otherwise a not too bad, tight copy of this hard-cover book. The author's impressions of the south… Read more about this item

London: Lonely Planet Publications, 2002. Very slight scuffing to outer corners of cover, otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover book. Part of the publisher's "Lonely Planet Journeys" series, the book deals with the author's travels on foot and bicycle across southern Norway from Oslo to Bergen, and also a chapter… Read more about this item

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1971. Some creasing and a few scuff-marks to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, some fading to spine of same, minor bumping to spine ends of green cloth spine strip, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. The author's impressions (mostly looking at the nature) of two islands; Grand Manan in the Bay… Read more about this item

London: Jonathan Cape, 1997. Some yellowing to the pages, otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover book. The author's account of his travels in Texas in 1995, looking for any traces of Western Swing music, as played by such outfits as Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys back in the 1930s… Read more about this item

London: The Quality Book Club, 1960. Quality Book Club edition. Slight creasing to edges of dustwrapper, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Deals with the attempt made by Eiloart, his son Tim, and Colin & Rosemary Mudie to cross the Atlantic in a balloon in 1958. They set off from Tenerife, but… Read more about this item