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1	Ladys Life in the Rocky Mountains more books like this by Isabella Lucy Bird add to wishlist Hailing from both sides of the Atlantic, the authors included are as diverse as Edith Wharton, Henry James, Ernest Shackleton and Alfred Russel Wallace. Every title has been reset in a contemporary typeface, and has been printed to a high-quality production specification, to create a series that every lover of fine travel literature will want to ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Unbeaten Tracks in Japan more books like this by Isabella Bird Bishop, Isabella Lucy Bird add to wishlist This classic travel book details Isabella Bird's 1878 trip, where she set out alone to explore the interior of Japan--a rarity not only because of Bird's gender but because the country was virtually unknown to Westerners. The Japan she describes is not the sentimental world of Madame Butterfly but a vibrant land of real people with a complex ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.09! \| first editions \| SVS
3	The Yangtze Valley and Beyond: An Account of Journeys in China, Chiefly in the Province of Sze Chuan and Among the Man-Tze of the Somo Territory more books like this by Isabella Bird Bishop, Isabella Lucy Bird add to wishlist see all copies from $2.66! new only from $22.99! \| first editions
4	Among the Tibetans more books like this by Isabella L Bird add to wishlist Isabella Bird writes of her adventures in a manner that captivates her readers Isabella L Bird (1831 - 1904) was a 19th century British traveler and writer. Since her father was a Church of England priest the family moved many times during her childhood. Bird traveled to Colorado when she heard the air was very healthy. She covered the 800 miles ... see all copies from $4.05! new only from $4.05! \| SVS
5	Englishwoman in America more books like this by Isabella Lucy Bird add to wishlist In 1856, Isabella Bird published The Englishwoman in America, the first of what would be many books of her travels around the world. Adopting a tone of aloof bemusement, she describes in detail the hardships and annoyances of her travels by sea from England to Halifax, and on the road to Boston, Cincinnati, and Chicago. The book's 20 chapters are ... see all copies from $6.00! new only from $16.52! \| first editions \| SVS
6	The Hawaiian Archipelago. Six Months Among the Palm Groves, Coral Reefs, and Volcanoes of the Sandwich Islands more books like this by Isabella Lucy Bird add to wishlist Isabella Lucy Bird (October 15, 1831 - October 7, 1904) was a nineteenth-century English traveller and writer. see all copies from $14.18! new only from $14.18! \| SVS
7	Unbeaten Tracks in Japan more books like this by Isabella L Bird add to wishlist Isabella L. Bird was one of the most famous British travelers of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Her account of her trip to Japan in 1878 is viewed as a classic of travel writing and a valuable account of little documented areas of Japan in that era. see all copies from $2.91! new only from $7.02! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Journeys in Persia & Kurdistan more books like this by Isabella Lucy Bird add to wishlist Describing her work as a healer in Asia, Isabella Bird travels to Trebizond and describes the customs, beliefs, dress and activities of the inhabitants. She also wrote "A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains", "Unbeaten Tracks in Japan", and"The Yangtse Valley and Beyond". see all copies from $14.37! new only from $18.99! \| SVS
9	The Golden Chersonese and the way thither more books like this by Isabella Lucy Bird add to wishlist Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Letter ii. A DELIGHTFUL CLIMATE. 35 LETTER II. The Palace, Victoria, December 29. I Like and admire Victoria. It is so pleasant to come in from the dark, misty, ... see all copies from $4.17! new only from $12.92! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Korea & Her Neighbours more books like this by Isabella Lucy Bird add to wishlist see all copies from $21.99! new only from $21.99!
11	Six Months in Sandwich Isles more books like this by Isabella Lucy Bird add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $33.00! \| SVS
12	Golden Chersonesse more books like this by Isabella Lucy Bird add to wishlist In the last two decades of the nineteenth century, Isabella Bird, by then an established travel writer, was still able to refer to the Malay Peninsula as an almost unknown land. Travelling back from Japan, the intrepid travel writer stopped off in Singapore, where the British Colonial Secretary had the idea that she might like to visit the native ... see all copies from $7.58! new only from $276.60!
13	Six Months in Hawaii more books like this by Isabella Lucy Bird add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.00! \| first editions \| SVS
14	On Horseback in Hawaii more books like this by Isabella Lucy Bird add to wishlist When the intrepid Isabella Bird landed in Hawaii in 1873, she discovered the islanders rode - everywhere - and the clergyman's daughter soon joined them. Having never ridden astride because of the English cultural taboo, Isabella was reluctant to cast aside her native equestrian traditions. When she did, the greatest female equestrian traveller of ... see all copies from $16.87! new only from $16.87! \| SVS
15	Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume One more books like this by Isabella Lucy Bird add to wishlist Courageous, stoic, and resourceful, Isabella Bird, a clergyman's middle-aged daughter had already survived so many mounted adventures that the Times of London had dubbed her "the boldest of travellers." The story she weaves in "Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan" celebrates the indomitable horsewoman's mounted explorations in 1890 in this once ... see all copies from $16.87! new only from $16.87! \| SVS
16	Unbeaten Tracks in Japan: Travels on Horseback in 1878 - Volume Two more books like this by Isabella Lucy Bird add to wishlist Suffering from an unspecified illness, Isabella Bird left her English home in 1878 journeying to Japan to "improve her health." Her unorthodox cure consisted of buying a local horse and exploring the islands of the reclusive Japanese homeland. The Long Rider author carefully documented various aspects of the fascinating culture she discovered, ... see all copies from $15.03! new only from $15.03! \| SVS
17 view cover	Unbeaten Tracks in Japan: Travels on Horseback in 1878 - Volume One more books like this by Isabella Lucy Bird add to wishlist Suffering from an unspecified illness, Isabella Bird left her English home in 1878 journeying to Japan to "improve her health." Her unorthodox cure consisted of buying a local horse and exploring the islands of the reclusive Japanese homeland. The Long Rider author carefully documented various aspects of the fascinating culture she discovered, ... see all copies from $15.04! new only from $15.04! \| SVS
18	Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan: Volume 1 more books like this by Isabella Lucy Bird add to wishlist see all copies from $4.70!
19 view cover	Isabella Lucy Bird's "A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains": An Annotated Text more books like this by Isabella Lucy Bird, Ernest S Bernard (Editor) add to wishlist The watershed year of Isabella Lucy Bird's life was 1873. In autumn of that year, the forty-one-year-old English gentlewoman embarked by rail from San Francisco's east bay, bound for the Colorado Rockies. A challenging journey, it drove Bird to the utmost physical effort and initiated her lifelong career in what today is called adventure travel. ... see all copies from $34.00! first editions
20 view cover	Among the Tibetans more books like this by Isabella L Bishop add to wishlist This little-known gem by the doyenne of women travellers in the Far East describes a journey on horseback through the Himalayas and into Tibet, where she spent four months. Taking to the Tibetans whom she found '"the pleasantest of people," Bird's is a delightful account of a land of beauty and mystery, encircled by high mountains of vermilion and ... see all copies from $5.83! new only from $12.00! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Unbeaten Tracks in Japan: The Firsthand Experiences of a British Woman in Outback Japan in 1878 more books like this by Isabella Lucy Bird add to wishlist Isabella L. Bird was one of the most famous British travelers of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Her account of her trip to Japan in 1878 is viewed as a classic of travel writing and a valuable account of little documented areas of Japan in that era. see all copies from $14.40! new only from $14.40! \| SVS
22 view cover	The Hawaiian Archipelago more books like this by Isabella Lucy Bird add to wishlist Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: LETTER VIII. Windward Hawaii?"Gulches"?The Mexican Saddle?Onomea?A Sugar Plantation?Sugar Making?The Ruling Interest. Onomea, Hawaii. Judge Austin's. RS. A. has been ... see all copies from $16.00! new only from $16.00! \| first editions \| SVS
23	The Aspects of Religion in the United States of America more books like this by Isabella Lucy Bird add to wishlist see all copies from $29.00!
24 view cover	Unbeaten Tracks in Japan: An Account of Travels in the Interior Including Visits to the Aborigines of Yezo and the Shrine of Nikko more books like this by Isabella Lucy Bird add to wishlist In 1878, a decade into the Meiji restoration, the author explored the north-eastern district of Japan and Hokkaido. This book is the first record on the interior of Japan by a westerner. She observed ordinary Japanese village and town life including dress, food, religion, buildings and customs. Her observations on the Ainu are particularly ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.77! \| SVS
25 view cover	Letters to Henrietta Hbk more books like this by Betty Lynne Hull, Kay Chubbuck (Editor), Isabella Lucy Bird add to wishlist These letters are from Isabella Bird, the British spinster who not only traveled alone in the late 19th century but wrote about it. Here she chronicles a visit to the American West and to Hawaii. see all copies from $37.10!

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