Travel - General from Goldring Books

London: Century, 1993. An As New copy in an As New dustjacket which is not price-clipped. A large format volume of 192 pages. Illustrated throughout with photogrphs principally by Mostafa Hammuri. The story of Hannah Hauxwell, the legendary spinster lady from the Yorkshire Dales, has enthralled the nation for more than two decades. Until 1991, she had barely… Read more about this item

Caracas, Venezuela: Aurora, 1998. Black boards have bumping to lower corners and some minor marks. Internally clean and unmarked. Images of Caracas portrays the city in seven chapters, the first in words the other six in photographs. Text in English and Spanish. PLEASE NOTE A LARGE HEAVY VOLUME OF 1.3 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH WILL REQUIRE EXTRA SHIPPING… Read more about this item

London: Dorling Kindersley, 2004. A near Fine unmarked copy (Fine apart from a name to top edge of front endpaper). 328 pages. Reprinted with revisions. A definitive guide to Cuba with maps and coloured illustrations and photos throughout - everything a traveller needs to know. 50. Soft Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾"… Read more about this item

London: Andre Deutsch, 1957. Gilt title on black boards which have bumping to lower corner tips but no wear. Internally very clean, tight and unmarked. A Very Good+ copy. 253 pages. 20 illustrations. Translated from the Italian by James Cadell. A fascinating account of Lapland, Finland, the 'Western Ice' - the name given to the vast sea zone between… Read more about this item

London: The Travel Book Club, 1956. A near Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. 213 pages. 8 Illustrations. Haroun Tazieff went with Captain Jacques Cousteau to explore the Red Sea bed, and his descriptions of under-sea are among the best ever written. He climbed the volcano Nyiragongo, and spent a night at the… Read more about this item

London: Travel Book Club, 1958. A near Fine unmarked copy (Fine apart from minor indentations to fore edge and one to spine) with near Very Good dustjacket. 292 pages. 1 map. Translated from the Danish by F. H. Lyon. Carl Nielsen and two other amateur sailors made plans to sail 36,000 miles round the world. The Nordkaperen, a two-masted… Read more about this item

London: Lutterworth Press, 1980. A near Fine unmarked copy (Fine apart from a little age toning to endpapers) with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. 384 pages. 114 photographs including 17 in colour. 3 maps. THREE BOOKS IN ONE: Zoo Quest to Guyana; Zoo Quest for a Dragon; Zoo Quest in Paraguay. This new edition brings… Read more about this item

London: Cassell, 1989. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped.240 pages. 25 coloured photographs. 1 map. 'I need an adventure', said Patricia. Few statements have inspired a journey more individual than the cycling trip through Uruguay undertaken by the author and his wife. The wild frontiers of Uruguay provided not just the route… Read more about this item

London: Cadogan Guides, 2004. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket. 183 pages. This book, written by Cadogan Guide authors, is an engrossing gallimaufry of history, absurd legends, antique curiosities, inventions, miscellany and trivia, collected from over 20 years of travel and research. Informative and highly entertaining. B2C. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 12mo - over… Read more about this item

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1989. A near Fine unmarked copy (Fine apart from age darkening to page edges and a very small bookshop label to front pastedown ) with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. 256 pages. Map endpapers and illustrations by the author. A delightful book in its evocation of the Caribbean - not the usual tourist… Read more about this item

London: Cassell, 1980. A clean, tight and unmarked copy which has light foxing to top edge a small closed tear to one page (text still legible) with near Fine dustjacket. The author, a Times newspaper journalist, won a travelling fellowship in the United States and was invited 'to look for America'. He travelled in 38 of the 50 states, from… Read more about this item

Paris: Editions Delroisse, 1975. A Fine unmarked copy with VG dustjacket. Text in English and French. Map endpapers. A mainly photographic tour of Saudi Arabia covering its history, its rulers, its mosques, its culture and its cities. **** A LARGE HEAVY VOLUME OF 0.95 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST **** … Read more about this item

London: BBC Worldwide, 2000. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. Benedict Allen investigates four diverse traditions, joining the Vodou priests of Haiti, the remote rainforest healers of Siberut Island in Indonesia, shamanic drummers in Siberia and, in the Mexican desert, pilgrims who come face-to-face with their gods after eating an hallucogenic cactus. By observing… Read more about this item

London: Cassell, 1942. Blue title on grey cloth boards which are clean and unmarked with a touch of fading to top. Internally there is light foxing to closed edges and to the margin of the occasional page else clean, tight and unmarked. Dustjacket has some chipping, age darkening, a repaired closed tear and is price clipped. Second impression September 1942… Read more about this item

London: Little Brown, 1996. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. In the time its takes to get through Atlanta airport's luggage system, Peter Biddlecombe negotiates the perils of business life in 20 cities from Beirut to Budapest, all courtesy of another awe inspiring expense account. He is at his hilarious and thoughtful best,… Read more about this item

London: Macdonald, 1958. Gold title on green cloth boards which are very clean and unmarked with no wear. Internally there is a small gift inscription to front endpaper and foxing to closed egdges else very clean, tight and unmarked. Dustjacket is VG with little wear. First UK edition. When the author read an advertisement in a New York literary weekly… Read more about this item

London: George Allen and Unwin, 1966. A Very Good+ clean, tight and unmarked copy with dustjacket which has small repaired closed tears and a little wear to edges. The author and his Spanish wife have logged three-quarters of a million miles since the war and visited such remote and diverse places as Bokhara, Dawson City in the Yukon, Sable Island… Read more about this item

London: Macdonald, 1960. Gilt title on green cloth boards which are very clean and unmarked with no wear with a bump to one corner tip. Internally there is a small name to front pastedown and some light foxing to top edge else clean, tight and unmarked. Dustjacket has some wear with minor repaired closed tears. Translated from the Portuguese by… Read more about this item

London: Sphere, 2007. A near Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. After their fantastic trip round the world in 2004, fellow actors and bike fanatics McGregor and Boorman couldn't shake the travel bug and inspired by their UNICEF visits to Africa, they knew they had to experience this extraordinary continent in more depth.… Read more about this item

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 2003. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine price clipped dustjacket. In making a film for the BBC, Uhlenbroek had to dangle from a balloon high above the rainforest, explore the tree canopy in Borneo, travel through the flooded forest of the Amazon where pink dolphins swim between the trees, journey through the dense jungle of… Read more about this item