The Gentle Art of Walking: A Compilation from The New York Times
by Trent, George D., ed., w/intro. by Hal Borland
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0394476190
- ISBN 13
- 9780394476193
- Seller
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Decatur, Georgia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Arno Press/Random House, 1971 book club ed. 313pp. illus. beige cloth 4to: Very Good in a Good+ dj [small rem. dot top edge; else VG; dj = slightly torn @ spine ends; nicked & rubbed @ corners; else G+] A big anthology of famous walkers, trails, personal discoveries and impressions, and tours by foot of dozens of cities in the USA and abroad, illustrated w/drawings, over 50 maps & more than 100 photos taken from the pages of The New York Times covering over a century’s worth of material. The format is newspaper clipping style, with actual clips from Times articles reproduced by offset printing.
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- Seller
- Auldfarran Books, IOBA (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 1910
- Title
- The Gentle Art of Walking: A Compilation from The New York Times
- Author
- Trent, George D., ed., w/intro. by Hal Borland
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1971 book club ed.
- ISBN 10
- 0394476190
- ISBN 13
- 9780394476193
- Publisher
- New York: Arno Press/Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- This edition first published
- 1971
- Keywords
- SPORTS FOOT TRAVEL HIKING ANTHOLOGY TREKKING WORLD
- Bookseller catalogs
- World Travel;
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Auldfarran Books, IOBA
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