Impossible Journeys by Mathew Lyons (52 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. With dust jacket. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

First Paperback Edition. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dulled. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: 221 p. ; 19 cm. Notes: Originally published: 2005. Subjects: Voyages and travels - History - Fiction. Explorers - History - Fiction. 1 Kg. …

hardcover. Condition: Good. Illustrated by Will Spring. Posted within 1 working day. Royal Mail Tracked 24 to UK. Tracked Airmail worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item.

First Paperback Edition. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dulled. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: 221 p. ; 19 cm. Notes: Originally published: 2005. Subjects: Voyages and travels - History - Fiction. Explorers - History - Fiction. 1 Kg. …

Condition: Very Good. 2009. No Edition Remarks. 222 pages. No dust jacket, Folio edition with slipcase. Illustrated paper covered boards with a blue spine strip and gilt. Includes blue slipcase. Pages remain clear with minimal marking. Binding remains firm. Boards have minimal edge wear or rubbing to surfaces. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Slight staining to cloth spine. Slipcase has moderate edge wear with marking to panels and scuffing to edges.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition, Illustrated Edition. Impossible Journeys by Mathew Lyons. Hardback with slipcase. Illustrated. Folio Society Edition. 2011 2nd Edition. Condition: Minor discolouration marks to the slipcase in places. Slight wear marks to the corners of the cover. No obvious signs of wear to the pages. Overall in very good condition.…

Condition: Very Good. 2009. No Edition Remarks. 222 pages. No dust jacket, Folio edition with slipcase. Pictorial paper covered boards with blue cloth to spine and slipcase. Black and white illustrations throughout. Book is in better condition than most examples of this age. Neat, clean, well bound pages with very minimal foxing, tanning and thumbing. Small inscriptions and neat labels may be present. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Slipcase has light edge wear with minor markings to panels.…

hardback. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. hardback, octavo, quarter navy cloth lettered and blocked with a design in gilt to the spine, pictorial paper covered boards. dust jacket not called for in this edition. A very well preserved tightly bound copy with clean and unmarked contents, xi + 222pp. Housed in a lightly shelf marked slipcase. …

Condition: Very Good. 2011. 2nd Printing. 222 pages. No dust jacket, Folio edition with slipcase. Pictorial paper covered boards with blue cloth to spine and slipcase. Black and white illustrations throughout. Binding remains firm. Pages are bright and clear with no visible markings. Boards have light edgewear with corner bumping. Mild crushing to spine, with occasional markings overall. Slipcase has light edge wear with minor markings to panels.…

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Near fine in near fine slipcase. I note every flaw I find, so buy with confidence.

Condition: Very Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. A very good condition book. No slipcase.

Boxed. Condition: Very Good. May have light to moderate shelf wear and/or a remainder mark. Complete. Clean pages.

Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Slip Case. First Folio hardback edition, 2009, with slipcase and no jacket as published. In overall fine, unread condition. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears almost unopened, no annotations or inscriptions; text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book. Photograph available.…

Publisher's Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First Edition. - 193 mm. Red cloth hardcover, gilt titling to spine. Pp. 221. Mild creasing and edge wear to DJ with faint vertical creasing to front inner flap.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Not Issued. First Edition Thus. Hardcover, pictorial paper covered boards illustrated with fantastical color drawings over dark blue cloth spine, lettered and decorated in gold. Housed in publisher's dark blue slipcase. 222 pages. Illustrated throughout with black and white engravings, prints, etc. First Folio Press edition, originally published in Great Britain in 2005 by Cadogan. This edition contain a new Chronology and Notes on Further Reading. "Impossible Journeys, a collection of travellers' tales about journeys to places that do not exist, was compared by The Guardian to a 'non-fiction Calvino'". No previous ownership marks. A clean, fresh, unmarked and like new copy. As new in publisher's slipcase which shows incidental bump to open edge.…

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. This copy is like new and has clearly not been read. The slipcase is in very nice condition. The thing is so difficult that it is not worthwhile attempting it. The thing is so difficult that I cannot help but attempt it.' So said the Norwegian civil servant Salomon Andrée, who attempted to reach the North Pole in a hot air balloon in 1897. His words encapsulate the spirit of the explorers, travellers and dreamers whose unlikely adventures are told in this book. Before the modern age, the world was an unknown and mysterious place, and only the intrepid, the foolhardy or the mad would undertake a voyage of exploration. Impossible Journeys tells the stories of 24 of these journeys spanning 600 years from the Middle Ages to the Victorian era, which 'whether in the planning, the execution or the outcome, were implausible or unlikely, if not wholly impossible. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. Boards betray fading and nicks and other signs of wear and imperfection commensurate with age. Binding is tight and structurally sound. Pages absent any extraneous marks. Sealed in plastic for shipping. Secure packaging for safe delivery. …

Hardcover. Condition: New. A beautiful new hardcover; still in cellophane wrapping.We are a brick-and-mortar store and sell our own inventory. We will refuse any orders from book brokers who sell to AI companies.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition Thus. 222 p. 21.5 cm. Sound and square binding, with cloth backed spine and paper covered boards. Minor wear to the corner tips. Inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. Sleeve has light bumping to some corners and some shelf rubbing and scratching. An account of travelling the world to places that no longer exist, cannot be travelled to in the same manner, or never existed except in someone's imagination. Illustrated in black and white. This is a Folio Society reprint of the original work. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. xxxiii + 222pp, bound in blue pictorial decorated boards, blue cloth and gilt decorated spine, gilt lettered, navy blue endpapers, with accompanying navy slipcase, book in very good condition - no markings or annotations to book, some markings to slipcase, The Folio Society, London, 2009. * Fantastic early travels to India, South Pacific, America, Newfoundland, etc.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. xxxiii + 222pp, bound in blue pictorial decorated boards, blue cloth and gilt decorated spine, gilt lettered, navy blue endpapers, with accompanying navy slipcase, both in very good condition - no markings or annotations to book, The Folio Society, London, 2009.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Second printing 2011. Pages clean and bright, includes original slipcase with light shelf wear. NEW EU 3 EURO CHARGE FOR IMPORTS IS INCLUDED IN OUR SHIPPING PRICE. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK, ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket As Issued. Slipcover included and in good condition, minor scratches apparent. Light foxing to the fore-edge of the pages. - Book is in great overall condition. No writing or major blemishes. Minor wear. ; - We're committed to your satisfaction. We offer free returns and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your item will be carefully wrapped in bubble wrap and securely boxed. All orders ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Book measures 22x17cm, 222pp. Bound in original publishers cloth, with title lettering on spine, illustrated boards. Binding in fine clean condition. Housed in publishers slipcase, fine. Internally, Previous owners bookplate and date in pen, otherwise pages clean, fine. A very good clean copy.…

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First edition. 1st thus 2009. Slightly better than very good condition with no wrapper. Attempted journeys to places that did not in fact exist; claims to have visited or seen such places; journeys it is not longer possible to make; and journeys that, whether in planning, the execution or the outcome, were implausible or unlikely, if not actually wholly impossible. Blue cloth spine with gilt title and decoration, blue pictorial paper boards. B/w illustrations. xxiii and 222 pages including index. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched. …

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Third printing thus. Fine in a near fine (two bumped corners) slipcase.