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Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, colour illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1MBF; BGA; BM; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 151 x 20. Weight in Grams: 334.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Liberties Press
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
9781907593420
ISBN
9781907593420
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.56

Paperback. Provides occasional articles about some of the places in the world that interested the author. He wanted to describe 'not the extraordinary but the ordinary, the typical, the everyday', and his accounts from a kibbutz in Israel to summer rains in Japan, bicycles in Cambridge to Notting Hill at the end of the 1950s. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJPK; 3JJPL; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571240906
ISBN
9780571240906
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.97

Paperback. The bestselling first volume of Tim Mackintosh-Smith's masterful journey in the footsteps of fourteenth-century traveller Ibn Battutah Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1QFM; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 24. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
John Murray Press
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848546752
ISBN
9781848546752
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. In 1878, Robert Louis Stevenson was suffering from poor health, struggling to survive on the income derived from his writings, and tormented by his infatuation with Fanny Osbourne, a married American woman. His response was to embark on journeys through Cevennes and America where he wrote 'Travels With a Donkey' and 'The Amateur Emigrant'. Editor(s): MacLachlan, Christopher. Num Pages: 320 pages, maps. BIC Classification: WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141439464
ISBN
9780141439464
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.23

Paperback. The author buys an elephant named Tara and rides her over six hundred miles across India to the Sonepur Mela, the world's oldest elephant market. From Bhim, a drink-racked mahout, Shand learned to ride and care for her. From his friend Aditya Patankar he learned Indian ways. And with Tara, his new companion, he fell in love. Num Pages: 206 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 217 x 13. Weight in Grams: 270. 208 pages. The author buys an elephant named Tara and rides her over six hundred miles across India to the Sonepur Mela, the world's oldest elephant market. From Bhim, a drink-racked mahout, Shand learned to ride and care for her. From his friend Aditya Patankar he learned Indian ways. And with Tara, his new companion, he fell in love. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1FKA; WTL. Dimension: 142 x 217 x 13. Weight: 266.
Publisher
Eland Books
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906011697
ISBN
9781906011697
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.27

Paperback. Num Pages: 376 pages, 1 map, 1 port. BIC Classification: 1HFD; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 25. Weight in Grams: 474. 376 pages, 1 map, 1 port. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1HFD; WTL. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 25. Weight: 474.
Publisher
Eland Books
Number of pages
376
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780907871040
ISBN
9780907871040
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.19

Paperback. The author has travelled up the Indus to Lahore and to the Khanates of Afghanistan and Central Asia in the 1830s, spying on behalf of the British Government in what was to become known as the Great Game. This title provides an account his travels. Editor(s): Hopkirk, Kathleen. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 344.
Publisher
Eland Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906011710
ISBN
9781906011710
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.72

Paperback. Illustrator(s): Yeats, Jack B. Num Pages: 232 pages, 8 b&w drawings. BIC Classification: WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
Serif
Number of pages
232
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781897959657
ISBN
9781897959657
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. Until 1893, Mary Kingsley lived the typical life of a single Victorian woman, tending to sick relatives and keeping house for her brother. However, on the death of her parents, she undertook an extraordinary decision: with no prior knowledge of the region, she set out alone to West Africa to pursue her anthropological interests. Editor(s): Turner, Lynnette. Num Pages: 736 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFD; HBJH; HBTQ; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 37. Weight in Grams: 498.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141439426
ISBN
9780141439426
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.04

hardcover. This book portrays the singular and everyday Tuscany as seen by a tranquil English Traveller, a lover of art and fine food, prodigal with adjectives, full of good sense. Illustrator(s): Rauch, Andrea. Num Pages: 96 pages, over 100 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 170 x 17. Weight in Grams: 490. Good clean copy. Scoring in pencil to half title
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Mandragora Italy
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMO0000176
ISBN
9788885957817
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

Paperback. Both an addition to the Stendhalian canon and a pioneering work of the travel-writing genre, Travels in the South of France provides an illuminating perspective on this popular region and the phenomenon of tourism in general. Translator(s): Abbott, Elizabeth. Num Pages: 228 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 212. 228 pages. Both an addition to the Stendhalian canon and a pioneering work of the travel-writing genre, Travels in the South of France provides an illuminating perspective on this popular region and the phenomenon of tourism in general. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DDF; WTLC. Dimension: 203 x 128 x 18. Weight: 212. Translator(s): Abbott, Elizabeth.
Publisher
Alma Books
Number of pages
228
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847492920
ISBN
9781847492920
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.72

Paperback. Describes the customs of India, recounts the story of the king who died eighty-four times and explains how to retrieve diamonds from snake-infested caves.. Series: Little Black Classics. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; 3H; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 111 x 8. Weight in Grams: 54.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141398358
ISBN
9780141398358
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.52

Paperback. 247 pages, 10maps, 34 illustrations. Explores the question, are women travel companions' accounts more generally unpretending narratives, and men's the opposite? Using extensive quotations, the author pursues questions through the relations and accounts of couples visiting or living in foreign places, from Liberia to Siberia, from Vanuatu to Chinese Turkestan, between 1664 and 1973. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: WTL. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 16. Weight: 410.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Holo Books
Number of pages
247
Condition
New
SKU
V9780954405694
ISBN
9780954405694
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.71

Hardcover. A Selection from Contemporary Tourist Journals. Series: Scottish History Society 6th Series. 266 pages, 43, 42 black and white, 1 line drawing. Editor(s): Durie, Alastair J. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JF; 3JH; BJ; WTLC. Dimension: 239 x 164 x 24. Weight: 762.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Scottish History Society
Number of pages
266
Condition
New
SKU
V9780906245309
ISBN
9780906245309
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.96

Hardcover. First quality reprint of this famous travelogue. Relevant for anybody interested in Asia travels and colored plate books of the 19th century. Num Pages: 380 pages, B/W line drawings, 12 Colour Plates (2 folded) Map. BIC Classification: WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 750.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Studio Orientalia
Condition
New
SKU
V9788192450247
ISBN
9788192450247
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.55

Hardback. In 1974 Roland Barthes travelled in China as part of a small delegation of distinguished French philosophers and literary figures. They arrived in China just as the last stage of the Cultural Revolution was getting underway - the campaign to criticize Lin Biao and Confucius. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPL; WTL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 148 x 23. Weight in Grams: 438.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745650807
ISBN
9780745650807
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.45

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVWYK; TVHH; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 139 x 26. Weight in Grams: 342.
Publisher
Signal Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904955900
ISBN
9781904955900
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.68

Paperback. .
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780375760495
ISBN
9780375760495
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 15.94

Paperback. Join Sue Monk Kidd, bestselling author of THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES and THE INVENTION OF WINGS, and her daughter Ann, on their journey to Greece, Turkey and France, as they each found themselves at a turning point in their lives. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 198 x 21. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
Headline Review
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755384631
ISBN
9780755384631
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.89

Paperback. Published for the first time in English, this is an account of Che Guevara's 1952 motorcycle tour of South America by his close friend and travelling companion, Alberto Granado. Translator(s): Alvarez de Toledo, Lucia. Num Pages: 240 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1KLS; BGH; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 168.
Publisher
Pimlico
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844134267
ISBN
9781844134267
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

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