U.K.: Hodder & Stoughton, 2002. 432pp., several intext, b/w halftone plate and locality map illustrations. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Inscription, signed by author, on title page, otherwise leaves clean. Pictorially-illustrated card wrapper nominally bumped and edgeworn only . . . Following the theme of the bestseller 'McCarthy's Bar', Pete embarks on a world-wide quest to find his own clan history, a journey that takes him to Gibraltar and Morocco, New York, Tasmania, Montserrat in the Caribbean, and finally to the remote Alaskan township of McCarthy and its population of just eighteen people, but a lot more bears. Tragically, Pete McCarthy, whose real name was Peter Charles Robinson, born 9 November, 1952, in the U.K., died of cancer on 6 October, 2004 . . . Book weight approx. 670g.. Signed by Author. 1st. Aust. Thus [P/B] 1st Impression. Trade Paperback. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Bookseller: Diversity Books, IOBA (AU)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 003122
Title: THE ROAD TO McCARTHY. (Signed Copy)
Author: McCarthy, Pete
Format/Binding: Paperback
Book Condition: Used - Very Good +
Edition: 1st. Aust. Thus [P/B] 1st Impression
ISBN 10: 0340824387
ISBN 13: 9780340824382
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Place of Publication: U.K.
Date Published: 2002
Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
Keywords: TRAVEL, ADVENTURE, TRAVEL WRITERS, SIGNED COPY, MACCARTHY, PETE [1952-2004]
Bookseller catalogs: Travel and Exploration; Signed Books;

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