Europe & UK

Europe & UK
We love Europe, we just can't afford to go there (dang mortgage!). So buy heaps of our books from our fine range of secondhand travel books covering such fine destinations as France, Italy, England, Ireland, Germany, Holland, Finland, Denmark, Turkey, Spain and more.

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RIDERS TO THE MIDNIGHT SUN From the Black Sea to the Russian Arctic by Marc Llewellyn (Cycling Northern Europe & Russia)
A scarce and popular cycling travel book - the author travels the former Soviet Union by bicycle.

Price: AUD $8.00

RITE OF PASSAGE Tales of Backpacking Round Europe Edited by Lisa Johnson
A popular and sought after book of backpacking yarns published by Lonely Planet. This is a used travel book in good condition: pages are nice and clean and ageing lightly; cover shows only light wear. See photos for cover blurb and sample pages. The book in the photos is the actual book you will receive - we never use stock pictures - enjoy!

Price: AUD $10.00


ROME Eyewitness Travel Guides
A colourful guide to the great attractions of Rome. It was published in 2003 but is still handy resource, and it's cheap!

Price: AUD $8.00

ROME IN THE EAST The transformation of an Empire by Warwick Ball
A scarce history/archeology book. This is a used large softcover book in very good condition: very clean with just a little corner wear; clean white pages. A nice copy of a rare book. See photos for cover blurb and sample page(s). The book in the photos is the actual book you will receive - enjoy!

Price: AUD $25.00

ROSEMARY AND BITTER ORANGES Patrizia Chen - Growing Up In A Tuscan Kitchen (Italy)
ROSEMARY AND BITTER ORANGES is a combination of cookbook and memoir. Author Patrizia Chen grew up in Livorno, Tuscany.

Price: AUD $10.00

ROUND IRELAND IN LOW GEAR by Eric Newby
A classic by a legendary travel writer. Book is in good condition with light reading wear and general age. Owners name written on first page, light foxing on end pages. See photos for condition, cover blurb and sample pages - enjoy!

Price: AUD $8.00

ROUND IRELAND WITH A FRIDGE by Tony Hawks
A very popular travel cult classic. Books has been read quite a few times: cover looks worn, pages are clean and tanning lightly with age. Not perfect but perfectly readable and cheap.

Price: AUD $8.00

RULE No. 5 NO SEX ON THE BUS Confessions of a Tour Leader by Brian Thacker (Europe)
RULE No. 5 NO SEX ON THE BUS - Brian Thacker is one of the funniest travel writers around and this book is his best in my humble opinion. It's memoir about his time as a tour leader on Europe 'Contiki' style bus tours. Better him than me!

Price: AUD $10.00

RUSSIA PERCEIVED Elizabeth Pond - A Trans-Siberian Journey
First published in 1981, Russia Perceived is an account of journalist Elizabeth Pond's travels by train through Russia.

Price: AUD $10.00

SANDMAN IN SIBERIA by Steve Abbott
A hard-to-find book by 'The Sandman' from JJJ radio & TV. He travels Siberia with his 72 year old mother to return to their ancestral home.

Price: AUD $10.00

SARAJEVO MARLBORO Miljenko Jergovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
SARAJEVO MARLBORO: A scarce novel of the Bosnian War.

Price: AUD $9.00

SAVAGE COWS & CABBAGE LEAVES Marie Alfafaci - An Italian Life (Australia)
In SAVAGE COWS & CABBAGE LEAVES author Marie Alfaci documents her aunt's life growing up Italian in Australia.

Price: AUD $10.00

SCOTLAND BY CAR Eric Dymock - Vintage 1968 Travel Guide with Map
SCOTLAND BY CAR: a vintage 1968 guide book for touring Scotland by motor vehicle. Just a bit out of date but fun. Has a few pages of black and white scenery photos, no car photos though. Has a lovely fold-out map attached to rear inside cover.

Price: AUD $5.00

SECRET BRUSSELS Nicolas van Beck and Nathalie Capart - Walking Off The Beaten Track (Belgium)
SECRET BRUSSELS: an insider's travel guide to the sites of Brussels.

Price: AUD $10.00

SHORT WALKS FROM SURREY PUBS by Derek Palmer
A great book for the alcoholic adventurer within. 20 short and easy walks that begin and end with a good pub. This is a used book in very good condition: nice and clean with only light wear and age. 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

SICILLIAN SUMMER Brian Johnston - A Story About Honour, Religion and the Perfect Cassata (Italy)
SICILLIAN SUMMER Brian Johnston's travelogue of a summer in Sicily.

Price: AUD $8.00

SILVER LININGS Martin Fletcher - Travels Around Northern Ireland
SILVER LININGS presents a portrait of Northern Island utterly at odds with its dire international image, a Northern Ireland of lakes, rivers, and mountains, where customs, traditions, and old-world charm survive.

Price: AUD $8.00

SILVERLAND Dervla Murphy - A Winter Beyond the Urals (Russia)
In Silverland legendary travel writer Dervla Murphy travels from Moscow to the Far East.

Price: AUD $9.00

SLOW JOURNEY SOUTH Walking to Africa - A year in footsteps by Paula Constant (WORLDWIDE - AFRICA/EUROPE)
SLOW JOURNEY SOUTH: A great read for hikers - the author walks from London to Morocco, I find it hard enough just to get out of bed!

Price: AUD $9.00