Featuring a vivid selection from biographies, novels, letters, poems, diaries and memoirs, this volume traces the story of St Petersburg from earliest times. Through these pieces, readers can observe the city's foundation by Peter the Great, on the marshy shores of the Gulf of Finland. First hand accounts tell of the 1825 Decembrists standing in the snow in Senate Square, refusing to accept Nicholas I as Tsar, being shot down where they stood; of the imprisonment of Dostoevsky and the duel that killed Pushkin; of the last moments of the mad Emperor Paul; and of the storming of the Winter Palace by the crowd in 1917. 285pp. N.B. Newspaper review of this title sellotaped to insdie of front cover alongside previous owners sticker. Otherwise Fine.
Robinson, 2003, Paperback, Book Condition: Very Good, Jacket Condition: No d/j as Published. . . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

ISBN: 1841197076

Inventory #24039

Price: £ 7.50 GBP ($ 11.85 approx. - € 9.06 approx.)

In the early years already the Phoenicians recognized the peculiarities of this region, which has 3,000 hours of sunshine per year and settled here. The trip through Andalusia leads far further than the well-known villages with their wealth of folklore and handiwork to impressive mountain landscapes with interesting fauna on dreamy sandy beaches or breathtaking cliff lines. Windsurfers favor Cadiz and skiers the Sierra Nevada. The capital Seville, established according to the saga by the Greek hero Hercules, is an experience for architecture fans, in Malaga you can enjoy the specialties offered in a unique atmosphere, Granada offers, among other things, a view to the highest mountain in Spain, Mulhacen, 3,482 m high, and Jaen is well known for the high-value native olive oil produced there. Paul Trummer has sought out all these locations and many more. He is married to an Andalusian and understandably also has a holiday home there. In excellent pictures he introduces the country and its people and his love of the region enables him to capture the, in part unique, light plays with his camera. 200pp.
NZVP Books, 2008, Cloth, Book Condition: New, Jacket Condition: No d/j as Published. First Edition. Heavy Item Postage Quote. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

ISBN: 9781877477034

Inventory #20007

Price: £ 25.00 GBP ($ 39.50 approx. - € 30.20 approx.)

The year was 1928 when two young Hungarians decided to travel around the world on a motorcycle. Like Robert Fulton, whose circumnavigation of the globe is chronicled in his 1937 book "One Man Caravan", Sulkowsky thought his was the first around-the-world journey on a motorcycle. Sulkowsky's account of his travels, originally published in Hungary in 1937, has recently been translated into English and published with the original photographs. The trip, on a Harley-Davidson motorcycle with sidecar, started in Paris, France. During the next eight years Sulkowsky and his friend Gyula Bartha travelled through Europe, Africa, the Middle East, India, Australia, south-east Asia, China, Japan, North and South America, and back to Europe. They earned enough money to keep travelling by selling photographs and accounts of their experiences and giving lectures in the many cities they visited along the way.Sulkowsky gives a very clear-eyed view of the world in the 1930s - a world where the colonising influence of Europe had affected much of Africa and Asia. He describes in detail the overwhelming effect the British had on Indian culture and contrasts that with countries farther east where the trappings of European dominance barely reached beyond the major cities. Sulkowsky and Bartha experienced the riches of sultans, witnessed primitive cultures and extreme poverty in remote villages, travelled through wilderness with the ever-present danger of wild animals, and traversed roads of all descriptions. They dealt with mud, sand, extreme heat and cold, and rivers where the motorcycle had to be taken apart to cross in a small boat. This intelligent and engaging book offers a unique worldview between the World Wars, flavoured by a sampling of the great diversity of cultures and the wide variety of human life that exists on this planet. 413pp.
Whitehorse Press, 2008, Cloth, Book Condition: New, Jacket Condition: New. First Edition. . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

ISBN: 9781884313776

Inventory #23796

Price: £ 16.50 GBP ($ 26.07 approx. - € 19.93 approx.)

Providing painstakingly detailed information for safely and securely navigating some of Latin America's most rewarding excursions, this guide is for both avid climbers attempting Chimborazo's 20,700-foot summit or recreational trekkers looking to get off the beaten path. From the heights of the Andes and the cloud forests to the Amazon, coastal rainforests, and the low-lying beaches, time-tested travel advice and updated route descriptions are offered on how to select the best outing to suit each individual's interests, abilities, and time constraints. It includes step-by-step instructions on how, when, and where to approach each trail guide climbers, hikers, bikers, and trekkers through these often unmarked paths. 308pp.
Viva Travel Guides, 2008, Paperback, Book Condition: New, Jacket Condition: No d/j as Published. Sixth Edition. . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

ISBN: 9780979126451

Inventory #21816

Price: £ 12.50 GBP ($ 19.75 approx. - € 15.10 approx.)

An account of the explorer, Benedict Allen's journey through Siberia and the remote landscape of Mongolia, and across the Gobi Desert to the border with China. 256pp.
BBC Worldwide, 1998, Cloth, Book Condition: As New, Jacket Condition: As New. First Edition. . 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

ISBN: 0563383755

Inventory #21029

Price: £ 12.50 GBP ($ 19.75 approx. - € 15.10 approx.)

Corners of D/J slightly chipped. Small tear to tail of D/J spine, Inch closed tear to head of D/J spine. This work provides an intellectual context of exploration. The author asks, how did explorers and their patrons understand the expanding world and their place in it? What were they really seeking, and how did they believe they could achieve it? How did they balance the known and the unknown in their minds? Historical maps are important in answering these questions, and this book displays the geographical ideas of the explorers themselves, through the maps they used or the new maps which they caused to be made. The power that came with increasing technological and geographical knowledge is made plain by the European empires that grew out of conquest, annexation and exploitation. There are maps, which although they seem innacurate and imaginative, serve as reminders of the gaps in people's knowledge. Up until very recent times, as maps show, there have been areas of the world remaining to be explored and "new found lands" to discover. 200pp.
The British Library, 1998, Cloth, Book Condition: Fine, Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. . 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

ISBN: 0712345574

Inventory #21531

Price: £ 15.00 GBP ($ 23.70 approx. - € 18.12 approx.)

This is the ultimate guide to getting the most out of your visit to the City Different. With the aid of this book and the internet, you can plan your trip using over 1,000 links to sites belonging to hotels, restaurants, historical sites, museums, retail stores, galleries, spas, pueblos and special places just outside the city. This book was designed for the traveller who stays for a few days, a week or perhaps a little longer. It highlights everything to see in this centuries-old city and takes you to the places you are most likely to enjoy, the places that provide the most immediate contact with the rich history of one of the oldest cities in America, where three cultures interact separately and together to create a rich and unique cultural mosaic. The guide covers key travel information, a downtown walking tour, and diversions: from the famed Santa Fe Opera, to the unique Tesuque Pueblo Flea Market, to the legendary artist colony on Canyon Road. Also included are historical buildings and art galleries, museums, restaurants with a past, lodgings of historical value, shopping and spas, the countryside from Abiquiu to Taos, outdoor activities from hiking to skiing, the Pueblos, their feast days and casinos, places of worship, secret spots for taking those special pictures, and major yearly events and celebrations. World-renowned photographer Marcia Keegan lavishly illustrates every section with corresponding photographs. Internet links guide you to the actual web sites of the places covered, where you can learn a great deal before you even get to Santa Fe! If you will be pressed for time, you can also use the sites to help you decide before arrival which actual places you are most interested in spending your valuable time and money.220pp.
Clear Light Publishers, 2003, Paperback, Book Condition: New, Jacket Condition: No d/j as Published. First Edition. . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

ISBN: 1574160729

Inventory #19287

Price: £ 6.00 GBP ($ 9.48 approx. - € 7.25 approx.)

Some slight foxing to pages and foredge of pages. Corners of D/J chipped and worn. Head of D/J spine and corners of D/J have some loss. 488pp.
John Murray, 1934, Cloth/Gilt, Book Condition: Very Good, Jacket Condition: Good. Second Impression. . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

ISBN:

Inventory #22804

Price: £ 30.00 GBP ($ 47.40 approx. - € 36.24 approx.)

Corners of D/J slightly bumped. The beach is the favourite getaway destination for most of us. Using numerous paintings, photographs and advertisements, this book charts the evolution of the seaside, from ancient societies, through the development of famous resorts to the present-day quest for the luxurious and unspoiled. 310pp.
Secker & Warburg, 1998, Cloth, Book Condition: Fine, Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

ISBN: 0436412179

Inventory #21694

Price: £ 5.00 GBP ($ 7.90 approx. - € 6.04 approx.)

Herodotus is known as the Father of History, but he was much more than that. He was also the world's first travel writer, a pioneering geographer, anthropologist, explorer, moralist, tireless investigative reporter and enlightened multiculturalist before the word existed. He was at once learned professor and tabloid journalist, with an unfailing eye for fabulous material to inform and amuse, to titillate, horrify and entertain. In his masterpiece the Histories, tall stories of dog-headed men, gold-digging ants and flying snakes jostle for space within a mesmerising narrative of the Persian Wars, from which Greece emerged triumphant in 5 BC to give birth to Western civilisation. Using the effervescent and profoundly modern Herodotus as his guiding light, Justin Marozzi takes the reader back to his world with eclectic travels to Greece, Turkey, Egypt and war-torn Iraq. Small closed tear to top edge corner of D/J.333pp.
John Murray, 2008, Cloth, Book Condition: As New, Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

ISBN: 9780719567117

Inventory #22594

Price: £ 15.00 GBP ($ 23.70 approx. - € 18.12 approx.)