The only continuous land route between Western Europe and the Pacific coast of the USSR, the Trans-Siberian Railway covers nearly a 100 degrees of longitude, seven time zones and 5900 miles in a journey lasting 192 hours and 35 minutes. In 1977 Eric Newby set out with his wife, an official guide and a photographer to gather a wealth of irreverent and humorous detail about life in the USSR. Eric Newby has also written "When the Snow Comes, They Will Take You Away", "The World Atlas of Exploration", "Great Ascents" and many ...
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The only continuous land route between Western Europe and the Pacific coast of the USSR, the Trans-Siberian Railway covers nearly a 100 degrees of longitude, seven time zones and 5900 miles in a journey lasting 192 hours and 35 minutes. In 1977 Eric Newby set out with his wife, an official guide and a photographer to gather a wealth of irreverent and humorous detail about life in the USSR. Eric Newby has also written "When the Snow Comes, They Will Take You Away", "The World Atlas of Exploration", "Great Ascents" and many travel other travel books.
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Add this copy of The Big Red Train Ride to cart. $27.88, very good condition, Sold by Cambridge Rare Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Cambridge, Gloucestershire, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1978 by Weidenfeld & Nicolson.
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1978. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. Hard Cover. Book-VG. Dj-Good, spine sunned. 8.5x5.5. 267pp. 1 map, some b/w photos, illus endpapers. From Moscow to the Pacific on the Trans-Siberian Railway is the big train ride-a journey of nearly 6, 000 miles, stretching over seven time zones and consuming almost 8 days. This is a highly individual and idiosyncratic account of a sometimes challenging journey on the train in 1977.
Add this copy of The Big Red Train Ride to cart. $28.24, very good condition, Sold by Arapiles Mountain Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Castlemaine, VIC, AUSTRALIA, published 1978 by Weidenfeld and Nicolson.
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VG+ in VG jacket. VG+/VG. 8vo. original green boards gilt (prev. owner's name, corner of one page turned) in dustwrapper (price-clipped, slightly rubbed & frayed, spine a trifle sunned); pp. (xii), 268 (last blank), with illustrations, a double-page map & pictorial endpapers. A very good copy.