Douglas, William

Strange Lands and Friendly People

New York NY: Harper & Brothers, 1951. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket; DJ is worn and torn at edges. DJ has surface tears on front; B&W Photographs; 336 pages.

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N° du livre: 51807

Catalogue: Travel::Travel Writing

Mots-clés: Douglas, William Travel Adventure Illustrated Photographs Middle East Greece Persia Israel

Dunning, Mary Parker

Mrs. Marco Polo Remembers

Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; DJ is worn and torn at edges; 203 pages.

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N° du livre: 32453

Catalogue: Travel::Travel Writing

Mots-clés: Travel Travel Writing Dunning, Mary 1st Edition Far East Middle East

Durden, Kent

Fine and Peaceful Kingdom

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0671219596. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; DJ is worn at edges; The delightful creatures he has encountered and sometimes adopted from the time he was a boy through his professional career as a wild life filmmaker for Walt Disney; B&W Photographs; 160 pages.

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N° du livre: 30917

Catalogue: Natural History::Nature Writing

Mots-clés: 0671219596 Animal Behavior Nature Writing 1st Edition Walt Disney Durden, Kent Illustatred Photographs Movies Nature

Earnest, Ernest

Uses of Prose

New York: Harcourt Brace, 1956. Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket; Edgewear; B&W Photographs; 558 pages.

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N° du livre: 54300

Catalogue: Reference::Writing

Mots-clés: Anthology Textbook Writing Essays Literature Earnest, Ernest

Eiseley, Loren

Immense Journey

New York NY: Vintage Books, 1959. Softcover. ISBN: 0394701577. Very Good with no dust jacket; Edgewear; An anthropologist and naturalist contemplates the mysteries of nature through a review of his experiences; 210 pages.

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N° du livre: 61293

Catalogue: Natural History::Nature Writing

Mots-clés: 0394701577 Eiseley, Loren History Anthopology Philosophy Essays Nature Writing

Emery, Clark

Practice in Writing

New York: Dryden Press, 1954. Fourth Printing. Softcover. Very Good with no dust jacket; Edgewear. Previous owner's name. Front cover has slight soiling; Trade PB; 312 pages.

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N° du livre: 29206

Catalogue: Reference::Writing

Mots-clés: Writing Emery, Clark

Forman, Henry James

In the Footprints of Heine

Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1910. First Edition. Hardcover. Illustrated by Walter King Stone Very Good with no dust jacket; Edgewear. Previous owner's name; 256 pages.

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N° du livre: 38870

Catalogue: Travel::Travel Writing

Mots-clés: Travel Travel Writing Forman, Henry James Illustrated Stone, Walter King Heine, Heinrich European Travel 1st Edition Germany

Fox, Winifred Lowe

Observer in Palestine

New York NY: Fleming H. Revell, 1938. Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket; Edgewear. Cover is spotted; B&W Illustrations; 253 pages.

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N° du livre: 64423

Catalogue: Travel::Travel Writing

Mots-clés: Palestine Travel Religion Christianity Fox, Winifred Illustrated

Franklin, John Hope

Southern Odyssey Travelers in the Antebellum North

Baton Rouge, La: Louisiana State University Press, 1977. Hardcover. ISBN: 0807101613. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; DJ is worn and torn at edges; B&W Illustrations; 299 pages.

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N° du livre: 72757

Catalogue: Travel::Travel Writing

Mots-clés: 0807101613 Franklin, John Hope History US History Southern History Southern US Travel Writing Antebellum

Fuller, Elizabeth

Nima a Sherpa in Connecticut

New York: Dodd, Mead & Co, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0396083048. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; DJ is worn at edges; In 1980, John and Elizabeth Fuller went to Mount Everest in the Himalayas for a forty-day trek. One of their escorts was 18 year old junior Sherpa guide named Nima. They brought him to the US for six months to recover from tuberculosis. During his time here he became Americanized and imparted elements of his Buddhist wisdom to the Fullers and their friends. He returned to Nepal with the skills to build a teahouse, improved English, and a first aid course to help in his work as a mountain guide; B&W Photographs; 199 pages.

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N° du livre: 37397

Catalogue: Travel::Travel Writing

Mots-clés: 0396083048 Mount Everest Nepal Fuller, Elizabeth Nima Sherpa Connecticut Travel Writing True Adventure Illustrated

Fulton, Maurice Garland compiled by

Writing Craftsmanship Models and Readings

New York: MacMillan, 1936. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket; Edgewear. Previous owner's name; 841 pages.

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N° du livre: 71978

Catalogue: Reference::Writing

Mots-clés: Writing Fulton, Maurice Reading

Gates, H. Phelps

You Know You Can Write

Dubuque, IA: Wm. C. Brown Company Publishers, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; DJ is worn and torn at edges. Advertising brochure taped on front endpaper; Signed and inscribed by H. Phelps Gates ; 57 pages; Signed by Author.

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N° du livre: 87830

Catalogue: Reference::writing

Mots-clés: Signed Autographed Writing Gates, H. Phelps Journalism

Gavron, Jeremy

King Leopold's Dream Travels in the Shadow of the African Elephant

New York: Harpercollins, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0679419985. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; The author's travels chronicle the African elephant's struggle for survival in a world where its tusks carry a deadly value, a battle paralleling old Africa's struggle to survive in the age of modern Africa; 288 pages.

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N° du livre: 58942

Catalogue: Travel::Travel Writing

Mots-clés: 0679419985 1st Edition Elephants Africa African Elephants Travel Writing Gavron, Jeremy

National Geographic

Secret Corners of the World

Washington D. C.: National Geographic, 1982. Hardcover. ISBN: 0870444123. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Travels through The Marquesas, Northern Afghanistan, Tierra del Fuego, The Santa Martas, The Alpujarras, The Ruwenzori; Color Photographs; 200 pages.

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N° du livre: 31143

Catalogue: Travel::Travel Writing

Mots-clés: 0870444123 True Adventure National Geographic Travel Illustrated Photographs Afghanistan Marquese Islands Tierra Del Fuego

National Geographic

Secret Corners of the World

Washington D. C.: National Geographic, 1982. Hardcover. ISBN: 0870444123. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Travels through The Marquesas, Northern Afghanistan, Tierra del Fuego, The Santa Martas, The Alpujarras, The Ruwenzori; Color Photographs; 200 pages.

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N° du livre: 57090

Catalogue: Travel::Travel Writing

Mots-clés: 0870444123 True Adventure National Geographic Travel Illustrated Photographs Afghanistan Marquese Islands Tierra Del Fuego