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.
Europe & UK
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A CONCISE HISTORY OF THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR Paul Preston (Spain)
A CONCISE HISTORY OF THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR is a full blooded account of this pivotal period in twentieth -century European history.
Price: AUD $8.00
A DAY IN TUSCANY Dario Castagno with Robert Rodi - More Confessions of a Chianti Tour Guide (Italy)
A nice hardcover edition of the sequel to the very popular Too Much Tuscan Sun.
Price: AUD $8.00
A DRY SHIP TO THE MOUNTAINS Down the Volga and Across the Caucasus in My Father's Footsteps by Daniel Farson
A scarce Russia travelogue. Book is in good condition with light reading wear and age. Price marked on bottom edge with texta. See photos for cover blurb, sample pages and condition - enjoy!
Price: AUD $8.00
A FEZ OF THE HEART Jeremy Seal - Travels Around Turkey in Search of a Hat
A FEZ OF THE HEART: This looks like a great read, author Jeremy Seal travels Turkey to trace the history of the fez.
Price: AUD $8.00
A GOOD YEAR Peter Mayle (France)
A GOOD YEAR: a novel set in France by Peter Mayle, author of A Year in Provence.
Price: AUD $8.00
A LIZARD IN MY LUGGAGE Anna Nicholas - Mayfair to Mallorca in One Easy Move (Spain)
A popular Spanish treechange book. Anna had never liked the idea of Mallorca, thinking it was for the disco and beerswilling fraternity. That was until her sister hired an au pair from a rural part of the island who said it was the most beautiful place on earth. This work explores Mallorca's fiestas and traditions, as well as the ups and downs of living in a rural retreat.
Price: AUD $9.00
A SHOPPER'S GUIDE TO PARIS FASHION Alicia Drake
This 1997 guide is out of date but still a handy resource for trip planning and it's cheap!
Price: AUD $5.00
A SMALL PLACE IN ITALY by Eric Newby
This looks like a great read by a legendary travel writer. Book is in good, aging condition. Pages are clean and browning with age. A few age spots. Name inscription on inside cover. Cover shows general age and light wear, a sticker tear on rear. See photos for condition, sample page and cover blurb.
Price: AUD $8.00
A SWEET AND GLORIOUS LAND Revisiting the Ionian Sea by John Keahey
The author retrace's the journey made by in 1897-1898 by Victorian writer George Gissing throughout southern Italy.
Price: AUD $10.00
A THOUSAND DAYS IN VENICE Marlena de Blasi - An Unexpected Romance (Italy)
A popular true travel romance.
Price: AUD $8.00
A TRAVELLER'S COMPANION TO FLORENCE Edward Chaney (Italy)
This best loved and most visited of Italian cities is vividly brought to life in letters, diaries and memoirs of travellers from past centuries and by the Florentines themselves.
Price: AUD $9.00
A VALLEY IN ITALY by Lisa St Aubin de Teran
This looks like a lovely travel memoir, the author spends a year in an Italian village. This is a used travel book in good condition: clean with light wear and age. 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 $8.00
A WILD HERB SOUP Emilie Carles - The Life of a French Countrywoman (France)
A WILD HERB SOUP is the popular memoir of Emilie Carles, born in 1900 into a poor peasant community in the High Alps of southeastern France.
Price: AUD $6.00
A WOMAN UNKNOWN Voices from a Spanish Life by Lucia Graves
The author grew up in Majorca, looks like an interesting read for anybody into Spain. This is a used book in good condition: cover is clean with light wear and creasing; pages are clean and tanning at the edges with 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 $8.00
A YEAR IN PROVENCE Peter Mayle (France)
A YEAR IN PROVENCE: Peter Mayle's bestselling book of a year in rural France.
Price: AUD $7.00
ADVENTUROUS PUB WALKS IN OXFORDSHIRE Roger Noyce
A rare and nifty book for anybody off on a walking (or stumbling) tour of England.
Price: AUD $12.00
ALMOST FRENCH A New life in Paris by Sarah Turnbull (France)
ALMOST FRENCH: Sarah Turnbull's most popular France travel memoir, our best selling travel book.
Price: AUD $5.00
AN AUSTRALIAN ODYSSEY FROM GIZA TO GALLIPOLI Garrie Hutchinson (Turkey, Egypt, Lybia, Jordan, Syria, Greece)
The author travels the route of Alexander the Great to see what remained of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World and to make a pilgrimage to where Australian soldiers fought and died.
Price: AUD $10.00
AN ENGLISHMAN IN A LA CAMPAGNE Michael Sadler - Life in Deepest France
Englishman Michael Sadler is a fish out of water again, this time as a paysan in the depths of the French countryside. A witty follow-up to his hilarious An Englishman in Paris.
Price: AUD $8.00
AN INNOCENT IN SCOTLAND David W. McFadden - More Curious Rambles and Singular Encounters
David McFadden travels Scotland following a famous circa 1920/30s guidebook by the prolific travel writer, H. V. Morton.
Price: AUD $10.00





















