NORTH, MARIANNE

A Vision of Eden: The Life and Work of Marianne North

New York, Holt.Rinehart & Winston. 1980, First Edition. (ISBN: 0030574536) Hardcover. Book, "Marianne North was one of those intrepid Victorian Lady Travellers, most renowned for her brilliant botanical paintings, displayed in specially designed Gallery in the Botanical Gardens at Kew. This book uses extracts from her autobigraphical account of her travels ("Recollections of a Happy Life. Being the Autobiography of Marianne North". Edited by Her Sister Mrs. John Addington Symonds. Two volumes. 1894) and is beautifully illustrated with her paintings, many reproduced for the first time. The book was published in collaboration with The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Preface by J P M Brenan, Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens. Foreword by Anthony Huxley. Biographical note by Brenda E Moon. 240p. illus (col) maps on endpapers. A nice book to send as a gift !. Fine/Fine.

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N° du livre: 038398

Catalogue: Travel Books

Mots-clés: 0030574536 America Canada Jamaica Brazil Japan Indonesia Africa Egypt Travel Australia Botanical Illustrations Women Explorers & Travellers Gift Books

PFEIFFER, IDA

A Lady's Voyage Round the World: A Selected Translation from the German of Ida Pfeiffer

London, Century. 1988, Re-issue. (ISBN: 0712624279) Soft cover. Book, Ida Pfeiffer was in intrepid lady who travelled unaccompanied around the world between 1846 and 1848, Introduction by Maria Aitken. 272p. Very Good.

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N° du livre: 038400

Catalogue: Travel Books

Mots-clés: 0712624279 Travel Brazil, India Iran Iraq Russia China Women Explorers & Travellers

STEINBACH, ALICE

Without Reservations : The Travels of an Independent Woman

New York, Random House. 2002, Reprint. (ISBN: 0375758453) Trade Paperback. Book, "In many ways, I was an independent woman," writes Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Alice Steinbach. "For years I'd made my own choices, paid my own bills, shoveled my own snow." But somehow she had become dependent in quite another way. "I had fallen into the habit of defining myself in terms of who I was to other people and what they expected of me." But who was she away from the people and things that defined her? In this exquisite book, Steinbach searches for the answer to this question in some of the most beautiful and exciting places in the world: Paris, where she finds a soul mate; Oxford, where she takes a course on the English village; Milan, where she befriends a young woman about to be married. Beautifully illustrated with postcards from Steinbach's journeys, this revealing and witty book transports you into a fascinating inner and outer journey, an unforgettable voyage of discovery.Contains a "Reader's Guide" (pp 283-295). As New.

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N° du livre: 038404

Catalogue: Travel Books

Mots-clés: 0375758453 Travel Paris London Oxford Italy Women Explorers & Travellers