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Boston: Little Brown, 1977. Signed by author on fep Stated First Edition 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 203 crisp, clean pages, tight binding. From jacket:"Whether he is describing a night spent in a hotel in a cave in the Sahara Desert or spending a winter's day locked up in Elsinore Castle or struggling through the Amazon jungle searching for an Indian village or joining a beach full of nudists on the Ile du Levant, (the author) writes with a vivid and distinguished prose style that makes the reader feel that he or she is traveling with a well informed and humorous companion." Contents include: The Green Hall of Leticia The Best Ham in the World. Period. Europe's Most European Country The Hotel in a Cave Finland, Loyly, Cloudberries and I The Girl from Ipanema From Key Largo to Key West A Haunted Place, more Some slight abrasions to bottom of jacket spine where label was removed; light wear to jacket, lightly bumped head and heel of spine. Quotes are for illustrative… Read More

New York: Apollo Editions, 1962. 194 pages illustrated with maps. Wear to covers. From back: "Here is the supreme adventure story of man's attempt to discover a navigable sea route to China across the top of North America. It is the story of ships and men, of fabulous exploration, of unsurpassed bravery, of incredible Arctic hardships." Quotes are for illustrative purposes only and remain the property of their copyright holders. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Falconer, George. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Henry Holt, 1991. Stated First Edition with full numberline 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 219 pages with some black and white photographs From jacket: "Within most of us is a strong desire for fulfillment and a equally strong sense of incompleteness that we have little time to acknowledge in our busy lives. Recognizing this, (author) Robert Perkins plunged into the great barren solitude of the Canadian tundra to confront what he felt he most needed to understand in order to find peace within: himself, his mortality, his relationship to the world. The 750 miles of the Back River, among Canada's toughest for a sole canoeist, contain a multitude of hazards both on land and in the water. Retracing the 1834 voyage of British Navy Captain George Back, Perkins encountered the same rapids, rocks, steep hikes, foul earth and wind that Back described." Edgewear to jacket, lightly bumped front bottom corner under jacket. . First. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over… Read More

Fancy Times, 2010. 12mo size paperback; 85 pages with color illustrated covers and black and white illustrations by Michael Kupperman From book: "L.P. Eaves was the pseudonym under which Jack Pendarvis wrote his seventy class Jungle Geronimo adventures." Edgewear, creases to front cover. The last five or so pages have some wrinkling or textural change and three pages are creased at top corner. . Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: Broadway Books, 2009. From jacket: "At 28,251 feet, the world's second-tallest mountain, K2, thrusts skyward out of the Karakoram Range of northern Pakistan. Climbers regard it as the ultimate achievement in mountaineering." 324 crisp, clean pages plus a section of black and white photographs on glossy stock. Slight wear and curl to top and bottom of jacket, crease to inside fold of rear jacket flap. Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and lifelong learning. . First. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Warner Books, 1986. First Edition Thus with full numberline 12mo size mass market paperback; 240 pages with several black and white photographs. From back: "It was planned as an idyllic summer voyage aboard a beautiful blue and white trimaran. But a freak Pacific storm turned it into a 73 day ordeal of emotions stripped bare, endurance pushed beyond human limits, and a savage struggle for sanity and survival. Adrift on the wide, lonely expanse of ocean between Los Angeles and Hawaii were Linda, the lovely Eurasian girl ... Bob, her tough, honest husband... Jim, blond and handsome, possessed with a secret..." This is the true story of disaster at sea. In July 1973, Bob Tininenko; his wife, Linda; and his brother in-law, Jim Fisher set sail on a 31-foot trimaran. They encountered a storm which capsized their boast and were lost at sea. Only one survived. Wear to covers, including creased to spine and small depressions at top of cover; teeny spots on top of front cover. .… Read More

Mills and Sanderson, Publishers 8vo sized softcover; 210 pages. From back: "(In this book) bicyclist Kameel Nasr has created a fascinating and personal introduction to the world's people... Sharing diverse episodes from his 40,000 mile bicycle journey through 70 countries (the author) offers his readers a vicarious view across the handlebars as he tackles the Appalachians, the Andes, the Himalayas... crosses Sinai the summer... explores Morocco's Hashish Trail." Some moderate wear and edgewear to covers; some light soil to outside pages. . Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.