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1	Round Ireland in low gear more books like this by Eric Newby A spur of the moment decision brings Eric Newby and his wife Wanda to traverse the roads of Ireland by bicycle--beginning in December. This account of their months on two wheels is full of local lore, personal encounters, and vivid description. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $13.69! \| signed copies \| first editions
2	The Big Red Train Ride more books like this by Eric Newby Written before the fall of communism, Newby's travelogue exposes the bureaucracy and bad food behind an eight-day journey on the trans-Siberian railroad. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $13.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	On the shores of the Mediterranean more books like this by Eric Newby A humorous account of the travels of Eric Newby and his wife Wanda, round the Mediterranean littoral starting from Naples onwards. Last published in 1985. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.03! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Departures & Arrivals more books like this by Eric Newby From an open boat ride on the Ganges to the Indian Ocean (pushing in the water most of the way) to long-distance cycling through Europe to exploring the Forbidden City in China, the tales of Eric Newby's travels are always entertaining in his recollections of highlights from an eventful life. He transplants the reader to all manners of eclectic ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.95! \| first editions
5	Small place in Italy more books like this by Eric Newby Since first setting eyes on Italy at the age of 22 through the periscope of a submarine, Eric Newby has come to feel it is the country he knows and understands best. In 1967, he and his wife bought "Il Castagni", otherwise "The Chestnuts", a small and ruinous farmhouse in the foothills of the Apuan Alps on the borders of Liguria and northern ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.49! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Lonely Planet a Short Walk in the Hindu Kush more books like this by Eric Newby, Evelyn Waugh (Preface by) The view was colossal. Below us on every side mountains surged away it seemed forever; we looked down on glaciers and snow-covered peaks that perhaps no one has ever seen before, except from the air.' Feeling restless in the world of London's high-fashion industry, Eric Newby asked an old friend to accompany him on a mountain-climbing expedition ... see all copies from $9.99! new only from $99.00!
7	A traveller's life more books like this by Eric Newby A chronicle of the adventures and travels of Eric Newby, ranging from his time as a fashion buyer for a chain of department stores to his participation in a tiger shoot in India. Last published in 1983. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $30.00! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Something wholesale : my life and times in the rag trade more books like this by Eric Newby An overview of the adventures of Eric Newby during his time as a commercial traveller working in the world of haute couture for the family firm of Lane and Newby, from his repatriation as a prisoner-of-war in 1945 until he embarked on his walk in the Hindu Kush in 1956. Last published in 1985. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $24.00! \| first editions
9	A merry dance around the world : the best of Eric Newby. more books like this by Eric Newby Here, in this selection of the best of Eric Newby's published writings, we learn how to clean out a pigsty in a gale near Cape Horn; what it is like to row 1200 miles down the Ganges, or live behind German lines in occupied Italy; how to brave dress buyers in post-war Edinburgh and in the wilds of Mayfair; deal with terrifying conductresses on the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $20.80! \| signed copies \| first editions
10	What the traveller saw more books like this by Eric Newby This book is a collection of travel essays by a distinguished travel writer. Other books by Eric Newby include "The Last Grain Race", "Slowly Down the Ganges", "Love and War in the Appennines" and "On the Shores of the Mediterranean". see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.31! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11	Lonely Planet Round Ireland in Low Gear more books like this by Eric Newby, Wanda Newby Having decided to explore Ireland by bicycle, Eric and Wanda Newby set out one December - not the best time to ride a bike around the highways and by-ways of the Emerald Isle, even when protected by thermal underwear. From the Cliffs of Moher to St Brigid's Vat, Dublin, the Aran Islands, the Ring of Kerry and Croagh Patrick, their rain-soaked ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.00!
12	When the Snow Comes, They Will Take You Away more books like this by Eric Newby see all copies from $2.95! first editions
13	Something Wholesale more books like this by Eric Newby see all copies from $10.79! signed copies \| first editions
14 view cover	Around the World in Eighty Years more books like this by Eric Newby Born in London in 1919, Eric Newby was educated at St Paul's School. He began his travelling career in a perambulator commuting between Hammersmith Bridge and such seaside resorts as Frinton. In 1938 he persuaded his father to have him apprenticed to the four-masted Finnish barque Moshulu and, with camera in tow, sailed in the last Grain Race from ... see all copies from $7.79! new only from $15.15! \| first editions
15 view cover	Lonely Planet a Small Place in Italy more books like this by Eric Newby In 1967 Eric and Wanda Newby fulfilled a long-cherished dream when they bought a run-down farmhouse in northern Tuscany, in the foothills of the Italian Alps. They were the first foreigners to live in the region. "A Small Place in Italy" describes how the house was restored with the help of their neighbors, a colorful east of characters who ... see all copies from $1.99!
16 view cover	Lonely Planet on the Shores of the Mediterranean more books like this by Eric Newby As they travel around the sea at the center of Western history, Eric Newby and his wife Wanda visit not only the better-known Mediterranean sights and cities but also venture into places where Westerners are few: Albania under Hoxha, the holy Muslim city of Fez, and a country about to disappear in civil war - the former Yugoslavia. Eric Newby ... see all copies from $5.51!
17	Something Wholesale: My Life and Times in the Rag Trade more books like this by Eric Newey, Eric Newby see all copies from $99.00!
18 view cover	Learning the Ropes: An Apprentice in the Last of the Windjammers more books like this by Eric Newby From the perspective of 60 years on Eric Newby looks back with characteristic humour to his young self and his days on board 'Moshulu' and pays tribute, with his photographs, to these magnificent ships and their crews. No one with a love of the sea or a sense of the past could fail to be moved and excited by them. see all copies from $56.74! new only from $56.74! \| first editions

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