Search Results: Travel and Adventure from W. Fraser Sandercombe

Palo Alto, California: Travelers' Tales - Solas House, 2010. Book. Very Good+. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo. (xxviii) 348 pp. Trade paperback format. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. This story collection contains: Publisher's Preface by James O'Reilly; Introduction by William Dalrymple; Saigon Trio - Vietnam by Richard Sterling; Stuck in Balawayo - Zimbabwe by Laura Lee P. Huttenbach; A Dugout Canoe in the Darien Gap - Panama by Martin Douglas Mitchinson; Epiphany of a Middle-Aged Pilgrim in Tea-Stained Pajamas - Italy by Peter Wortsman; A Viking Repast - Iceland by Cameron M. Smith; Bored Japanese Housewives - Tokyo by Phil Goldman; Kaptein, Span die Seile - South Africa by Brian Eckert; We Wait for Sping, Moldova and Me - Moldova by Kevin McCaughey; Submitting to Shasta - California by Colette O'Connor; Can I Help You - Philippines by Brad Newsham; My Roman Reality Show - Italy by Jann Huizenga; Takumbeng, C'est Quoi -… Read More

Honolulu, Hawai: University of Hawai'i Press, 2001. Book. Very Good+. Soft cover. First Printing - First Thus. 8vo. (xi) 265 pp. Trade paperback format. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Illustrated with colour plates and black and white photographs. The Contents are: Preface: Entering the Field; Fabricscapes; Between the Folds; and Shuttling Between Worlds; followed by an index..

London: Adlard Coles, 1987. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Printing - First Thus. 8vo. 203 pp. Trade paperback format. Light wear on the corners with an uncreased spine; no interior markings. Illustrated with black and white photographs and charts. Hiscock and his wife had sailed twice around the world in their thirty-foot yacht and this is the story of their second circumnavigation. The Chapters are: A Second Voyage and Why; South to the Cape Verdes; The Atlantic and British Guiana; Into the Pacific; Three Thousand Miles to the Far Mountain; Islomanes' Paradise; Towards Fiji; Out of the Tropics; The Coral Sea; The Stranding Off Croker Island; Indian Ocean Crossing; The Red Sea and Suez Canal; and The Mediterranean and Home; followed by: Appendix One: Wanderer III; Appendix Two: Photography and Tape Recording; Appendix Three: Table of Times and Distances; and an index. ..

New York: Ballantine Books, 1971. Book. Very Good-. Soft cover. First Paperback Printing. 274 pp. Ballantine Book 024205. Light edge and corner wear with some creasing on the covers and spine; no interior markings. He started in a country dooryard and worked his way out from there, down the road, into the meadow, up into the woods, down along the riverbank and beside the swamp....

Ontario: Ministry of Natural Resources, 1980. Book. Illus. by Howard Coneybeare;. Very Good. Soft cover. Second Revised Edition. 4to. Unpaginated. Staple-bound in pictorial card covers. Light wear on the corners with some rubbing on the covers; no interior markings. Cover art and interior line drawings by Howard Coneybeare. Everything from Owls to Kingfishers, Hawks to Waxwings and Warblers..

Wroxham, Norwich, England: Blakes, 1995. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo. Presented in a glossy card folder. Light wear; no interior markings. Featuring: Rivers and Broads; Places of Interest; Roads; Boatyards and Moorings; Towns and Villages; Navigation; Inns; Churches; and River Distances. For cruising and sailing..

Portugal Cove, Newfoundland: Breakwater Books, 1976. Book. Illus. by Gerry Squires;. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. (x) 219 pp. Orange boards lettered in gilt on the spine; illustrated with drawings by Gerry Squires. A few small nicks and chips around the edges and corners; previous owner's name and a few small marks on the front pastedown and the front free endpaper. This story collection contains writing by: Percy Jones; Ray Guy; Michael Cook; Helen Porter; Anne Hart; Bernice Morgan; Harold Horwood; Gary Saunders; Al Pittman; Len Margaret; Patrick O'Flaherty; George Story; and Wilfred Wareham..

Sydney, Australia: Hodder Headline, 1999. Book. Very Good+. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo. (ix) 159 pp. Oblong format. Light edge and corner wear with an uncreased spine; no interior markings. Illustrated with black and white photographs. The Chapters are: The McCristal Legacy; That Man McSea; Why Men Fish; The Rex Hunt Phenomenon; Just Call Me Bushy; Quotes and Tips; How It Starts; Father and Son; Mad Max; A Fishing Life; Garry McDonald; A Fishing Machine; Shann's the Man; The Getting of Wisdom; Paraphernalia; Capturing Dreams; Barra's Rods; The Art of Angling; Hot Spots and Honey Holes; Bagging Out at Arthurs; Swan River Sunrise; Bass Man; Brazakka's Time Machine; Ol' Man Murray; Messing About in Boats; Cape York Dreaming; E. T. at Home; Freespool; Top End Rig; Boothy's Boats; Those 10 Percenters; An Unnatural Desire; King of the Lakes; Fish Gill; A Case of Deception; The Future; Take a Kid Fishing; Bigger Kids; A Fortunate Life; and The River of Time..

Dobbs Ferry, New York: Sheridan House, 1995. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Printing - First Thus. 8vo. 251 pp. Trade paperback format. Light edge and corner wear with an uncreased spine; no interior markings..

London: Cassell and Company, 1970. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Revised Edition. 8vo. (x) 170 pp. Blue boards lettered in gilt on the spine; illustrated with black and white plates. Light rubbing on the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; no interior markings. The Contents are: When Starting With an Open Boat; Choosing Your Yacht; Buying Your Yacht: Registration and Insurance; Building; Sails; Engines and Mechanical Equipment; Precautions; Yards, Mainenance and Moorings; Crews, Crewing, Clubs and Paid Hands; Chartering; Going Foreign; Salvage; Multihulls; and Selling; followed by a glossary and an index..

London: Collier Books - A Scribner Classic, 1970. Book. Illus. by Gordon F. Huntley; Ronald Mongredian;. Very Good. Hardcover. Later Printings. 12mo. 511, 384, 384 pp. Black boards decorated in silver on the spine; blue cloth decorated in siliver on the spne; red cloth decorated in silver on the spine; England has decorated endpapers. All three books have been illustrated with black and white plates. Dustjackets by Gordon F. Huntley and Ronald Mongredian. All three books have a bit of wear at the corners; England and Ireland have been price clipped; Ireland has a previous ownner's name inside; the other two have no interior markings. England contains writing about: History; London; Customs; Places; Gardens, Flowers and Trees; Going to the Play; Colleges and Schools; Seas and Sailors; Sport; Character and Comedy; and First and Last Things; by an assortment of authors, including: Rudyard Kipling; William Shakespeare; G. K. Chesterton; Samuel Pepys; Jane Austen; Bernard Shaw; James Boswell;… Read More

Toronto: Britannia Magazine, 1989. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 4to. 52 pp. Very light wear. The front cover features Ken Barlow - William Roache from Coronation Street. The contents are: Crimewatch - Neighbourhood Policing by Richard Clifton; Great Britons - Ann Roddick by Nicole Swengley; Charlie Chaplin - 100 Years On by John Russell Taylor; Theatre Capital of the World by Marc Kemmis; The Curse of Macbeth: Can It Be True? by Keith Brace; English Silver Miniatures by Elizabeth de Castres; The Wit and Wisdom of Dr Johnson by Peter Lewis; The Rose of the Shires - Northamptonshire; Our Special Scottish Section, The Thistle; Returns; Cliff Richard - The Peter Pan of Rock; Little Petrol - Now Spares - Wartime Motoring; along with all the usual features, including recipes; and the Coronation Street Corner and East Enders..

Toronto: Britannia Magazine, 1989. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 4to. 52 pp. Magazine format. Very light wear. The front cover features a British breakfast table. The contents are: Round Britain Cookery Book - recipes, including Roast Beef and Never-Fail Yorkshire Pudding; Salmon and Potato Puffs; Poacher's Tomato; Green Tomato Chutney; and an assortment of others; Angling - Britain's Favourite Sport; Heroes of the Electronic Age - Britain's 56,000 Firefighters; A Garden Museum for Lambeth by Rosemary Nicholson; A Derelict Church on the Banks of the Thames; and Anglesey - The Druid's Isle; along with all the usual features, including recipes; and the Coronation Street Corner..

Toronto: Britannia Magazine, 1989. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 4to. 52 pp. Very light wear. The front cover features Lady Diana. The contents are: Remembrance Sunday; Britain's Street Fashions by Avril Groom; Private Water by Vic French; Bobby Helmets Galore at the Police Museum; Top of the Pops - Annie Lennox by Alan Jackson; Great Britons - Ross Simms; Spent Honeymoon in Convent by Bill Clarke; Peter's Toy Theatres - Peter Baldwin by Paula Kelso; Remember Rush Hour by David Welsh; The British Jazz Scene by Aaron Fox; and The Thistle - Scottish Section - Buried Treasure Belongs to the Nation in Scotland by Alec Forrest; The Biggest Grouse in the World by David Stephen; along with all the usual features, including recipes; the Coronation Street Corner; East Enders; and an untouched crossword..

Toronto: Britannia Magazine, 1989. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 4to. 52 pp. Very light wear. The front cover features a rural scene at Ashdown Forest Farm, Rare Breeds Centre. The contents are: Memories from 3 September 1939 by Peggy O'Hara; Royalty - Help from the Prince by Greta Cerasale; Antiques - Cash or Sentiment - Treasure Trove in the Home by Deryk James; Great Britons - Frederick Forsyth by Alan Pearson; A Nation of Small Business by Fred Bromwich; Castle Building - An Englishman's Home by Ian Weekley; Back on the Mersey Beat - A Look at a Very Special Concert by Terry Fletcher; He Pictures Merry England - Graham Clarke; and a brief look at Paul McCartney; along with all the usual features, including recipes; and the Coronation Street Corner and East Enders..

Toronto: Britannia Magazine, 1989. Book. Very Good+. Soft cover. First Edition. 4to. 52 pp. Very light wear. The front cover features Cilla Black preparing for the Christmas pantomime. The contents are: Leeds Christmas Market - Mediaeval and Modern; County-by-County Looks at Oxfordshire; The Origins of Christmas by Nick Cole; Christmas Ghost Story by Bill Clarke; Yes, Miss Enid Blyton by Eric Chapman; The Forests Return to Britain by Roger Turff; and Britain at War by J. le Neve Johnson; along with all the usual features, including Yuletide Recipes - Nosh and Sloch; Merry Christmas from the Coronation Street Corner; East Enders by Gretchen Franklin; an untouched Christmas Crossword; and The Story of Christmas Pantomime by Frank Copperstone..

Toronto: Britannia Magazine, 1989. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 4to. 60 pp. Very light wear. The front cover features Derek and Mavis (Peter Baldwin and Thelma Barlow) from Coronation Street. The contents are: Coconut Cake Recipes; If It's Tuesday This Must Be Belgium - Memoirs of a Tour Guide by Ian Parsons; Edinburgh - City of Legends by Charles W. Cameron; Letter from the Borders by Sheila Falchney; My Small World - character dolls by Jean M. B. Wyllie; London's Royal Flower Show by Deryk James; Violent Britain - Concern on the Rise of Crime; and Full Up with Festivals - There Are Over 500 Festivals Every Year in Britain; and East Enders by Sarah Heath; along with all the usual features, including recipes; and the Coronation Street Special - Derek and Mavis..

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Historical Times, 1989. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 4to. 80 pp. Very light wear; no interior markings. The front cover features Chiddingstone, Kent, 16th and 17th century houses. This issue contains: The Best of Britain: The English Country House by Nigel Nicolson; The Adventures of the Mind by Sir David Wilson; A Treasure-House of Art by Sir Peter Wakefield; Protection Through Ownership by Viscount John Julius Norwich; The Cult of Preservation by Sir Hugh Casson; Understanding the World As It Was by Lord Montague of Beaulieu; and Message from The Queen Mother; along with the usual features..

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Historical Times, 1988. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 4to. 80 pp. Very light wear; no interior markings. The front cover features a telephone kiosk outside the Horsehouse Village Shop in North Yorkshire. This issue contains: Dawn of a Nation - Australia's Dynamic Birth, to celebrate the 200th anniversay by George Pettett; The Plymouth Connection by Reg Scott; G'Day Australia - Bicentennial Celebrations by Alan Deever; Out of Order - The Sad Demise of the Red Telephone Box by David Reed; Sup With Shakespeare by Claire Hopley; and Gardener's Delight by Cyril Bracegirdle; along with the usual features..

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Historical Times, 1991. Book. Very Good+. Soft cover. First Edition. 4to. 80 pp. Very light wear; no interior markings. The front cover features the pastel-coloured waterfront of Tobermory, the Isle of Mull. This issue contains: The Master- Alfred Hitchcock by Bruce Heydt; Haddon Hall: A Medieval Treat by Charleen Carr-DeWolf; Piers of the Realm by W. H. Owens; Scotland's Enchanted Isle - the Isle of Mull by James F. Lee; From Pillar to Post by J. T. Whitney; and Pearl of the Pacific - Hawaii by Ed Sheehan; along with the usual features..