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GREAT SOUTHERN LANDINGS An Anthology of Antipodean Travel edited by Jan Bassett

A wonderful book of 90 extracts of Australian travel writing dating from 1605 to the1990s. This is a used hardcover travel book in very good condition: nice and clean with just a little shelf wear and age, lovely clean white pages. See photos for cover blurb and sample page(s). The book in the photos is the actual book you will receive - we never use stock pictures - enjoy!

Price: AUD 9.00

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HIGH ALBANIA Edith Durham - A Victorian Traveller's Balkan Odyssey

Edith Durham began her travels late in life on her doctor's orders. She sailed to Montenegro and began a love affair with the Balkans that lasted the rest of her life. This is her passionate account of life in the formidable mountainous terrain of Northern Albania.

Price: AUD 15.00

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HINDOO HOLIDAY An Indian Journal by J.R. Ackerley

A classic account of travelling India in the 1920s.

Price: AUD 6.00

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HISTORY OF THE DONNER PARTY A Tragedy of the Sierra by Charles F McGlashan

A classic acount of a group of American pioneers who set out for California in a wagon train. Delayed by a series of mishaps, they spent the winter of 1846–47 snowbound in the Sierra Nevada. Some of the emigrants resorted to cannibalism to survive, eating those who had succumbed to starvation and sickness.

Price: AUD 8.00

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HONG KONG PAGES FROM THE PAST Trea Wiltshire

A lovely hardcover photographic history of Hong Kong, a nice book.

Price: AUD 15.00

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INCIDENTS OF TRAVEL IN YUCATAN Volume Two by John L Stephens

A classic book of exploration of jungles of Yucatan, looking for evidence of Maya civilization.

Price: AUD 8.00

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INVENTING A NATION Washington, Adams, Jefferson by Gore Vidal

A scarce book for folks into US history.

Price: AUD 9.00

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INVENTING JAPAN Ian Buruma - From Empire to Economic Miracle

A very readable and hard-to-find book on modern Japanese history. The story of modern Japan, from first 'opening' to the West with Admiral Perry's Black Ships in 1853, through World War II, to Japan's emergence as a Western-style democracy and economic power at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.

Price: AUD 9.00

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IRISH JOURNAL Heinrich Boll - A Traveller's Portrait of Ireland

A scarce Ireland travel novel by a Nobel Prize winning author.

Price: AUD 9.00

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ISAAC'S STORM A man, a time and the deadliest hurricane in history by Erik Larson

A scarce book on Texas hurricane in 1900. See photos for condition, cover blurb and sample pages - enjoy!

Price: AUD 6.00

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ISLAND EXILES The Story of how Nauru and its people survived the Japanese invasion by Jemima Garrett

This book is very hard to find. The book is in very good condition with only very light wear and age. Appears to be signed by the author on the title page. See photos for cover blurb, sample pages and condition - the book in the photos is the actual book you will receive - enjoy!

Price: AUD 15.00

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ISLAND OF BALI Miguel Covarrubias

A classic on Balinese history and culture first published in 1937.

Price: AUD 15.00

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JAVANESE PEASANTS AND THE COLONIAL SUGAR INDUSTRY Impact and Change in a East Java Residency 1830-1940 by RE Elson

A rare academic text. Book is in good condition with general age and scuffing to cover, pages age clean and aging lightly, light reading wear. See photos for cover blurb, sample pages and conditiion - enjoy!

Price: AUD 12.00

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JOURNEY TO THE ALCARRIA Travels through the Spanish Countryside by Camilo Jose Cela

A translation of an account of a walking tour taken by Cela of the Alcarria region of northeastern Spain in the 1940s. This is a used travel book in good condition: clean with light reading wear and age. See photos for cover blurb and sample pages(s). The book in the photos is the actual book you will receive - enjoy!

Price: AUD 8.00

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LAND BELOW THE WIND Agnes Newton Keith

This looks like an incredible book, an account of life in Borneo in the 1930s.

Price: AUD 17.00

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LAST POST The End of an Empire in the Far East by John Keay

A fascinating looking history book. This is a used book in very good condition: nice and clean; pages tanning lightly with age; rarely read. See photos for cover blurb and sample page(s). The book in the photos is the actual book you will receive - we never use stock pictures - enjoy!

Price: AUD 10.00

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LOVE AND WAR IN THE APENNINES by Eric Newby

A classic true story by a legendary writer. Book is in good condition with light reading wear and age. See photos for cover blurb, sample page and condition - enjoy!

Price: AUD 8.00