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MARK TWAIN IN HAWAII Roughing it in the Sandwich Islands

Hawaii in the 1860's, looks like wonderful reading.

Price: AUD $8.00

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MAYAN DREAM WALK Richard Luxton with Pablo Balam

A scarce book. Mayan Dream Walk is the story of Mayan hieroglyphic writing remembered and interpreted by a contemporary Mayan Indian, don Pablo Balam, working with a young Anglo-Peruvian writer, Richard Luxton.

Price: AUD $10.00

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MULTATULI Max Havelaar or the Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company

A classic novel about Dutch Indonesian in the 1800s.

Price: AUD $10.00

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MY ASAKUSA Coming of Age in Pre-War Tokyo A Memoir by Sadako Sawamura

This book is quite hard to find and looks like wonderful reading for Japan-o-philes. Book is in very good condition: nice clean pages, just a little reading wear. Some rubbed-out pencil marks on first page. See photos for cover blurb, condition and sample pages - enjoy!

Price: AUD $12.00

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MY LIFE WITH THE HEADHUNTERS Wyn Sargent - Borneo

A cool old vintage travel book - 'On an expedition to the savage jungles of Central Borneo the author becomes blood brother to her guide and 'wife' to a royal Cheiftan.'

Price: AUD $8.00

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OLD BEIJING Xu Chenghei - People, Houses and Lifestyle

Old Beijing is a very hard to find book of photos and history of pre-bulldozer Beijing, this looks like a wonderful read for anybody into China.

Price: AUD $15.00

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ONE MAN'S MEXICO John Lincoln - A Record of Travels and Adventure

A classic Mexican travel book. First printed in 1967, One Man's Mexico is an account of author John Lincoln' travels in Mexico from 1958 to 1964.

Price: AUD $8.00

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OPIUM LORDS Amy McGrath - China 1832 - 42 - The Turbulent Birth of Hong Kong

Opium Lords is a rare and fascinating looking novel (fiction) based on the early colonial history of Hong Kong & China.

Price: AUD $15.00

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ORIGINAL LETTERS FROM INDIA Eliza Fay - Edited by E.M. Forster

ORIGINAL LETTERS FROM INDIA: Eliza Fay’s origins are obscure; she was not beautiful, rich, or outlandishly accomplished. Yet the letters she wrote from her 1779 voyage across the globe captivated E. M. Forster, who arranged for their British publication in 1925.

Price: AUD $6.00

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PARROT PIE FOR BREAKFAST An Anthology of Women Pioneers by Jane Robinson

A very interesting book of women battling in history all over the world. This is a used travel book in good condition: clean with light wear and age, some minor marks on edges of text block. A nice copy of a scarce book. 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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PASSAGE TO ARARAT by Michael J Arlen

A classic Armenia travel memoir.

Price: AUD $7.00

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PEKING PICNIC by Anne Bridge

A scarce novel set in China first published in 1932. This 1989 edition is in good condition with light reading wear and general age. See photos for cover blurb, condition and sample pages - enjoy!

Price: AUD $6.00

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PERFUME FROM PROVENCE Lady Fortescue (France)

PERFUME FROM PROVENCE: a French travel classic - Winifred and John Fortescue left in England to settle in Provence in the early 1930s.

Price: AUD $5.00

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PLAIN TALES FROM THE RAJ Edited by Charles Allen

A scarce book of true stories from British India.

Price: AUD $6.00

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PRAY FOR ME IN SANTIAGO Theresa Burkhardt-Felder - Walking the Ancient Pilgrim Road to Santiago de Compeostela (France - Spain)

PRAY FOR ME IN SANTIAGO is a wonderfully vivid personal story of the cultural, historical, spiritual and indeed life-changing, experience that is the long walk along the Ancient Road. This book is quite rare.

Price: AUD $15.00

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RAFFLES Maurice Collis - Thomas Stamford Raffles Biography (Singapore)

A biography of the famous founder of Singapore, Sir Thomas Stamford Faffles, after whom the famous Raffles Hotel was named. This book is quite hard to find.

Price: AUD $8.00

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RIDE A RHINO by Michaela Denis

A lovely old memoir for folks into African animals, worth it alone for the gorgeous cover (see photos). The book also has around 20 pages of black and white photos and a couple of pages of colour photos. Book is in good condition for its age but not fantastic. Cover looks charming but shows some shelf wear and minor tears at edges. Boards are very good. Pages are clean and aging lightly. Some bookseller pencil marks on first page. See photos for jacket blurb, sample pages, cover and condition - enjoy!

Price: AUD $8.00

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RIVER ROAD TO CHINA Milton Osborne - The Search for the Source of the Mekong 1866-73 (China & Southeast Asia)

RIVER ROAD TO CHINA: in 1866 six Frenchmen embarked on a two year journey following the Mekong River through Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Laos, Burma and China.

Price: AUD $10.00