Buy this book on-line SIMON, TED: : Dreaming of JupiterLONDON.LITTLE,BROWN,2007. ISBN 9780316732277.
UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn.FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj. Laid in loosely,a folded A4 press release for the book and also a publisher's compliment slip addressed to book's recipient.Bright,crisp, clean,matt colour photographic illustrated dw/dj,with white+pale blue lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight, clean - pristine - no intentional dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - though there is a couple of accidental creases,one to pp205/6's top corner and a small double creased top corner on pp223/4,otherwise the book appears unread apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original plain dark blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain khaki/tan endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj, illustrated,1st edn,2-435pp [paginated] includes 47 chapters and an Epilogue,16pp of colour (the majority) +b/w contemporary scenic and autobiographical photographs in 2 blocks of 8pp apiece,between pp154/5 and pp282/3 respectively; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a Prologue,2pp blanks,pre-acknowledgement's page, single page with facts & figures,nuts & bolts,bags and boxes and 4pp blanks at the rear. In 1974 Ted Simon set out on a round-the-world trip by motorbike.His extraordinary account of his four-year odyssey,'Jupiter's Travels',was a huge bestseller,and is now hailed as a classic. In 2001,at the age of sixty-nine,Ted Simon decided to retrace his journey.
'Jupiter's Travels' had encouraged countless travellers to embark on their own adventures,so why shouldn't it inspire him too? Would the journey be too arduous for an older man? How much had the world changed? How much had he changed? Travelling through Europe,Africa,South and North America, and Asia,Ted Simon rediscovers the thrill of riding solo across the world, catching up with old friends, experiencing new dramas,breaking some bones and even falling in love . . .
Set over two and half years and passing through forty-eight countries,'Dreaming of Jupiter' is at turns thrilling,philosophical,hilarious and moving.A fascinating read for bikers and armchair travellers alike,it is a hugely inspiring read with a positive message at it's heart: that the world is still full of wonder, with adventure waiting round every corner.
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