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(Benjamin Harrison) . OUR PRESIDENT FROM THE ATLANTIC TO THE PACIFIC 1891
Kansas City 1891 1st Hudson-Kimberly Pub. Co. Details and speeches of Harrison's trip across and back the United States. Hardcover. 12mo., 199pp., doublepage map of The US showing the route of Harrison's tour of the U.S. in April and May of 1891, yellow leaf-pattern end papers, teal blue cloth with map of tour in silver on front. Good plus, front hinge cracked, faint browning to text. Very Scarce. (a76372)
$175.00 (england) . THE NEW BATH GUIDE OR USEFUL POCKET-COMPANION
Bath n.d. (1767 written in pencil on the title page) 5th C. Pope. For all persons residing at or resorting to this antient and opulent City. 12mo., 64pp., copperplate frontispiece of Richard Nash, 1/2 leather with marbled paper-covered boards. ***Agnes DeMille's copy, signed by her. Good, later spine, margins lightly cropped (not near text.) (a42825)
$150.00 (japan guide) . TERRY'S JAPANESE EMPIRE INCLUDING KOREA AND FORMOSA
Boston 1914 Houghton Mifflin. Small octavo, 799pp., 8 maps, 21 plans, original limp cloth hardcover. Good, old light light water stain on lower right corner of all pages. (a64869)
$135.00 (japan) . USEFUL NOTES AND ITINERARIES FOR TRAVELING IN JAPAN
Tokyo 1910 Eighth Edition 1910. The Welcome Society. 12mo., 37pp., ads, illustratioms, foldout maps, colored pictorial wraps. Small Chamber of Commerce stamp on front. Near VG, spine worn, light rubbing, light wear. (a36884)
$150.00 (missionary) . MISSIONARY ANECDOTES SERIES FIRST
Philadelphia (c. 1850) American Sunday-School Union. The Islands of the Pacific; India and Burmah; China; North Africa and Turkey; South Africa and Madagascar; North America and the West Indies. 12mo., 233pp., frontis illustration of Chinese prayer wheel index, gilt decorated purple cloth hardcover. Good, occasional light foxing, front cover almost faded to grey. Scarce. (a62196)
$160.00 (music) . REISEHARSE EIN MELODIEENBUECHLEIN ZUM REISEPSALTER
Berlin n.d, (1855). 16mo., 168pp., 16pp. A small prayerbook for travellers, with words in German and music for singing. Owner signed on front free blank and name stamp on title page (Paul Mutscheit). Good, boards rubbed, a bit worn, light foxing on pages. (a37458)
$150.00 (space medicine) . METHODS FOR DETERMINING BLOOD FLOW THROUGH INTACT VESSELS OF EXPERIMENTAL ANIMALS UNDER CONDITIONS OF GRAVITATIONAL STRESS AND IN EXTRA TERRESTIAL SPACE CAPSULES - STATUS REPORT NOVEMBER 1960-APRIL 1961; MAY 1961-JULY 1962 (2 VOLUMES)
NY 1961 Columbia University. NASA Research Grant NSG-112-61. 2 volumes. 4to., 59 leaves (rectos only), illustrations, 210pp. (recto and verso), original printed wraps. VG, new paper spines, light wear. 2 volumes. (a56516)
$145.00 (Stewart, A.) . DIARY OF AN EXCURSION TO FRANCE, IN THE MONTHS OF AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER, 1814 IN A SERIES OF LETTERS
Edinburgh 1814 1st Printed for Peter Hill, Manners and Miller, Edinburgh. Stewart, his wife, daughter and son, travel to France just after Napoleon's exile to Elba. Stewart commments on most everything he sees but is especially interested in architecture and in schools for the deaf, dumb and blind. Octavo, 171pp., full leather hardcover with mounted black leather spine label. Near Good, lacks front free blank, front exterior hinge cracked, rear exterior hinge beginning, cover worn on edges and slightly warped outward. Readable and interesting window into an important time in French history. Scarce. (a70053)
$750.00 (travel guide) . A GUIDE TO CALAIS AND THE CONTINENT
Calais no date (map has printed date 1828 ). Containing an account of the antiquities, monuments, public and other edifices, municipal laws, etc. of the ancient and celebrated town of Calais, its suburbs and vicinity.....embellished with a planof the town and Basse-Ville. 12mo. (3-1/2 x 5 inches), 154pp., map, original maroon cloth. All edges gilt. Owner signed (Josefa Benita Pratte). Good, map lightly foxed and some light curling on edges, covers unevenly faded. (a44747)
$250.00 (travel) . A WINTER CRUISE AND SOME MENTAL RAMBLINGS
1922 Printed fo Private Circulation, in Great Britain by T. and A. Constable at the Edinburgh University Press. Cruise to Mexico, Majorca, Gibralter, Sardinia, etc. Small octavo, 132pp., blue cloth hardcover with paper label on front. Inscribed but not signed: With the writer's best wishes for 1923. Good plus, 9 pages have stainat top corner (not near text), light foxing. (a68305)
$250.00 Abbot, F. A. . SKETCHES IN ENGLAND, FRANCE AND SCOTLAND AS THEY ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN LETTERS TO THE NEW ORLEANS PICAYUNE
NY 1858 Wynkoop, Hallenbeck. 8vo., 116pp., original light bluegreen cloth. Owner signed. VG, minor foxing. Not in Smith. (a19546)
$200.00 Abbott, John S. C. . SOUTH AND NORTH; OR, IMPRESSIONS RECEIVED DURING A TRIP TO CUBA AND THE SOUTH
NY 1860 1st Abbey & Abbot. Author's particular interest was in slavery--book includes eyewitness descriptions of slave auction, slave cabins, remedy for slavery, and so on. Small octavo, 352pp., original cloth hardcover. Freont free blank removed. Good, a few small chips on cover, heel of spine worn, rear cover gently bowed and rippled. (a70027)
$120.00 Abulfeda (1273-1331) . DESCRIPTIO AEGYPTI ARABICE ET LATINE
Goettingae 1776 Christian Dieterich. Ex Codice Parisiensi edidit Latine vertit notas adiecit, Ioannes David Michaelis. Description and travel in Egypt. Octavo, 36pp. in Arabic, 134pp. of notes in Latin, later black paper-covered boards with white and gilt spine label. Small owner signature on front blank. Small institution name on title page and two institution names on verso. VG, corners worn, a bit of light foxing on initial and final pages. Rare. (a41574)
$575.00 Adams, William . OVER THE OCEAN FERRY; OR, EUROPE TO AMERICAN EYES, NOTES OF TRIPS AND TOURS THROUGH ENGLAND AND THE CONTINENT
NY n.d. (c.1900) Ogilvie. Travels of Adams, a publisher from firm of Beadle and Adams of New York City . Octavo, 196pp., 17pp. (in Memoriam after author's sudden death in 1896), brown cloth with gilt decoration and lettering. VG plus. Scarce. (a65833)
$175.00 Anderson, Aeneas . A NARRATIVE OF THE BRITISH EMBASSY TO CHINA IN THE YEARS 1792, 1793 AND 1794 CONTAINING THE VARIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE EMBASSY WITH ACCOUNTS OF CUSTOMS AND MANNERS OF THE CHINESE; AND A DESCRIPTION OF THE COUNTRY, TOWNS, CITIES, &C
New York 1795 1st American edition, Printed by T. and J. Swords. 12mo., 328pp., (includes short glossary of Chinese words), later green buckram with title, author, library name and library numbers printed neatly on spine. Good, cover only slightly worn, leaves lightly and evenly browned with just a few tiny scattered stains; no hinges cracked; binding very secure. (a52123)
$295.00 Arnot, Fred S . GARENGANZE; OR , SEVEN YEARS' PIONEER MISSION WORK IN CENTRAL AFRICA
Chicago n.d. (preface dated 1889) Fleming Revell. Adventures West Central Africa in Angola and Zambia. 8vo., 274pp., woodcut illustrations, large color folding map, index, original brown cloth with black and silver lettering. Very faint residue of label on heel of spine. Blindstamp on title page. VG, new endpapers, one inch closed tear along one fold of map on lower edge, light cover wear and light cover soiling. (a51009)
$145.00 Asboth, J. de . AN OFFICIAL TOUR THROUGH BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE HISTORY, ANTIQUITIES, AGRARIAN CONDITIONS, RELIGION, ETHNOLOGY, FOLK LORE AND SOCIAL LIFE OF THE PEOPLE
London 1890 Swan Sonnenschein & Co. Authorized English ed. 4to., 496pp., large foldout color map, many monochrome illustrations, original green cloth. Bookplate (Ruth and Frederick Fischer). VG, hinges tender, spine ends lightly frayed. (a51968)
$385.00 Asher, A. (Hulsius, Levinus) . BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY ON THE COLLECTION OF VOYAGES AND TRAVELS, EDITED AND PUBLISHED BY LEVINUS HULSIUS AND HIS SUCCESSORS AT NUREMBERG AND FRANCFORT FROM ANNO 1598 TO 1660
London and Berlin 1839 1st, Copy No. 31. Square octavo, 118pp., paper covered hardcover. Good, boards quite worn, end papers a bit foxed, spine label chipped. Scarce. (a69238)
$400.00 Atkinson, Thomas Witlam . ORIENTAL AND WESTERN SIBERIA: A NARRATIVE OF 7 YEARS' EXPLORATION AND ADVENTURES
NY 1858 Harper. Includes Siberia, Mongolia, the Kirghis Steppes, Chinese Tartary and part of Central Asia. Lg.8vo., 533pp., map, illustrations, cloth. VG, spine a bit yellowed, some wear on lower spine end. (a23098)
$200.00 Atkinson, Thomas Witlam . TRAVELS IN THE REGIONS OF THE UPPER AND LOWER AMOOR AND THE RUSSIAN ACQUISITIONS ON THE CONFINES OF INDIA AND CHINA WITH ADVENTURES AMONG THE MOUNTAIN KIRGHIS; AND THE MANJOURS, MANYARGS, TOUNGOUS, TOUZEMTS, GOLDI AND GELYAKS; THE HUNTING AND PASTORAL TRIBES.
NY 1860 Harper. Nerhood 239: This book continues the author's coverage of his journey of 1848-55 and in particular, in this volume, alerts the British to Russian ambitions in the area. Hardcover. Octavo, 448pp., map, engravings, original cloth. Owner signed and stamped on end paper (Katherine Manson). VG, minor wear to cover, one tiny break in front cloth at top edge. (a23214)
$245.00 Baedeker, Karl . EGYPT AND THE SUDAN HANDBOOK FOR TRAVELLERS
Leipzig 1908 6th Baedeker. 12mo., 439pp., 24 maps, 76 plans and 57 vignettes, limp cloth. Collated complete. Near Fine in VG DJ. Very scarce in in jacket, especially in this condition. (a52040)
$450.00 Baedeker, Karl . GERMANY A HANDBOOK FOR RAILWAY TRAVELLERS AND MOTORISTS
Leipzig 1936 Baedeker. 12mo., 528pp., large foldout plan in rear pocket for the Olympic Reichssportfeld, 108 maps and plans, red cloth. VG, light wear, cover evenly darkened, spine lettering a bit faded. (a62428)
$295.00 Baker, C. Alice . A SUMMER IN THE AZORES WITH A GLIMPSE OF MADEIRA
Boston 1882 1st Lothrop Lee. Hardcover. Small book: 4 x 6 inches. 174pp., mustard-colored cloth with gilt pictorial cloth with black title lettering. All edges gilt. VG light soiling on cover. Scarce, (a72247)
$225.00 Baker, Sir Samuel W. . EIGHT YEARS' WANDERINGS IN CEYLON
Philadelphia 1869 1st Lippincott. 12mo., 323pp., hardcover. Good, cloth faded to gray, covers rubbed, some chipping on outer rear hinge. (a61760)
$145.00 Barbour, Geo. M. . FLORIDA FOR TOURISTS, INVALIDS AND SETTLERS
NY 1882 (1881) Appleton. 8vo., 310pp plus 12pp of advertisements, foldout map and illustrations, original green cloth. Owner signed on end paper and titlepage. VG, two very small spots of residue where a news articles was glued to front end paper. (a49875)
$190.00 Bellows, Henry W. . THE OLD WORLD IN ITS NEW FACE. IMPRESSIONS OF EUROPE IN 1867-1868 2 VOLUMES (COMPLETE)
NY 1869 1st Harper. New Yorker travels through Europe, Middle East and Egypt. Hardcovers. Two volumes. Small octavos, 454pp., 528pp., original brown cloth with gilt spine lettering. Good plus, light wear. (a71403)
$220.00 Bennet, James Henry M.D. . WINTER AND SPRING ON THE SHORES OF THE MEDITERRANEAN
London 1875 5th J & A Churchill. Covers: Geneoese Rivieras, Italy, Spain, Corfu, Greece, Constantinople, Corsica, Sicily, Sardinia, Malta, Algeria, Tunis, Smyrna, Asia Minor, Biarritz and Arcachon as winter climates. Octavo, 655pp., color frontis, woodcut illustrations, 4 large color foldout maps, original green cloth hardcover. Good, new endpapers, light foxing, spine ends a bit worn. (a68565)
$275.00 Berchere, N. . LE DESERT DE SUEZ, CINQ MOIS DANS L'ISTHME
Paris no date (1863) Collection Hetzel, Jung-Treuttel. Hardcover. In French. Octavo, 289pp., half leather with brown marbled boards and Association Philotechnique in gilt wreath on front. Lacks map. VG, light wear. Scarce. (a70949)
$525.00 Bergerat, Emile . A WILD SHEEP CHASE NOTES OF A LITTLE PHILOSOPHIC JOURNEY IN CORSICA
NY 1894 Macmillan. Translated from French to English. Octavo, 315pp., original illustrated maroon cloth hardcover. VG, light wear, light soiling. (a66759)
$175.00 Bergman, Sten . THROUGH KAMCHATKA BY DOG SLED AND SKIS
Philadelphia 1927 Lippincott. A vivid description of adventurous journeys amongst the interesting peoples of the most inacessible parts of this remote Siberian peninsula. 8vo., 284pp., many photo illustrations, 2 maps, index, original yellow cloth. Light ink date written under title on spine. Good, light wear, light soiling, no DJ. (a51977)
$145.00 Bernatz, J. M . PAL�STINA; NEW ALBUM OF THE HOLY LAND...FROM NATURE BY J M BERNATZ AND OTHER ARTISTS...WITH DESCRIPTIVE NOTES BY DR G. H. V. SCHUBERT, DR J. ROTH AND DR. O. FRAAS.
Stuttgart 1868 Steinkopf. Text in English, German and French. Oblong sm.4to., not paginated, 48 tinted lithograph illustrations almost all with tissues, 2 original photographs (Beirut and Damascus), descriptive letterpress, foldout map at end, original red stamped boards with gilt picture on front and later paper spine. Top edge gilt. Institution name and cancel stamp on title page-no other marks. Good, boards worn down a bit at corners, a few stains and spots, some occasional very light foxing. Scarce. (a41545)
$720.00 Bickmore, Albert S. . TRAVELS IN THE EAST INDIAN ARCHIPELAGO
London 1869 (1868) Murray. Malaysia, Indonesia, Java, Celebes, Timor, Sumatra, Singapore, etc. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 533pp., 6pp. (ads), woodcuts, two folding maps, original brown cloth with gilt peasant on front board and large gilt palm tree on spine. Good plus, occasional light foxing. (a70965)
$185.00 Bill, Ledyard . A WINTER IN FLORIDA OR, OBSERVATIONS ON THE SOIL, CLIMATE AND PRODUCTS OF OUR SEMI-TROPICAL STATE; WITH SKETCHES OF THE PRINCIPAL TOWNS AND CITIES IN EASTERN FLORIDA. TO WHICH IS ADDED A BRIEF HISTORICAL SUMMARY TOGETHER WITH HINTS TO THE TOURIST, INVALID AND SPORTSMAN.
NY 1869 1st Wood & Holbrook. Hardcover, 12mo., 222pp.., ads, original green cloth with gilt title on front and spine. Contemporary decorative owner signature (Chas Edwin Collins.) VG, some occasional light foxing, slight wear on corners. The original hardcover first edition. Nice condition. (a50105)
$90.00 Bingham, Hiram . ACROSS SOUTH AMERICA , AN ACCOUNT OF A JOURNEY FROM BUENOS AIRES TO LIMA BY WAY OF POTOSI WITH NOTES ON BRAZIL, ARGENTINA, BOLIVIA, CHILE AND PERU
Boston 1911 first edition Houghton. Hardcover. Octavo, 405pp., photo illustrations, green cloth with gilt. Good, spine browned, cover unevenly faded. (a76313)
$65.00 Birch, John Grant . TRAVELS IN NORTH AND CENTRAL CHINA
London 1902 1st Hurst and Blackett. Hardcover. 8vo., xiv, 379pp., photo illustrations, advertisements, illustrated hardcover with dramatic large gilt dragon and red lettering on front, gilt spine lettering. VG, new endpapers, light fraying of spine ends. (a60492)
$300.00 Bird, Isabella L. . A LADY'S LIFE IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS
NY 1879-80 Putnam's Sons. Small octavo, gilt illustrated green cloth hardcover. Owner signed. VG. (a70234)
$230.00 Bird, Isabella L. (I. Bird Bishop) . UNBEATEN TRACKS IN JAPAN AN ACCOUNT OF TRAVELS ON HORSEBACK IN THE INTERIOR INCLUDING VISITS TO THE ABORIGINES OF YEZO AND THE SHRINES OF HIKKO AND ISE 2 VOLUMES
NY 1881 1st Putnam. 2 volumes. Octavo, 407pp., 392pp., illustrations, foldout map, index, maroon cloth with gilt pictorial front, gilt spine lettering. Bookplate and Owner signature of Herbert Knight. Good, covers and spine ends worn. Excellent reading-recommended! 2 volumes. (a61041)
$175.00 Bird, Isabella L. (Mrs. Bishop) . THE GOLDEN CHERSONESE AND THE WAY THITHER
NY 1883 1st (American) Putnam. Small octavo, 483pp., plates, text illustrations, foldout map, original bright green cloth hardcover with full gilt pictorial front (elephant in a jungle). Signed by owner on top of title page (Emma C. Kellogg, Chicago, Ill, June 16 1883). Near Fine. Scarce in such excellent condition. (a61038)
$400.00 Bonvalot, Gabriel . ACROSS THIBET BEING A TRANSLATION OF "DE PARIS AU TONKIN A TRAVERS LE TIBET INCONNU 2 VOLUMES (COMPLETE)
London 1891 Cassell. Translated by C. B. Pitman. 2 volume set complete. Lg.8vo., 218pp., 230pp., with illustrations from photographs taken by Prince Henry of Orleans, and a map of the route. Several private library blind stamps in text. No other library markings except inch-in-diameter circle in middle of each backstrip where circular spine label once attached and removed taking part of spine color away. Good plus, light wear and soiling on cover. New glassine covers. Set: (a38960)
$500.00 Bonvalot, Gabriel . ACROSS THIBET BEING A TRANSLATION OF DE PARIS AU TONKING A TRAVERS LE TIBET INCONNU 2 VOLUMES (COMPLETE)
NY 1892 Cassell. Sm.4to., 417pp., photo illustrations, large folding map in pocket, light purplish tan cloth with brown and gilt pictorial front. Good plus, map splitting at folds, corners a bit worn, light cover wear and soiling. Excellent travel narrative. (a61561)
$295.00 Bookwalter, John W. . SIBERIA AND CENTRAL ASIA
Springfield 1899 First edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 548pp., illustrated with photos taken by the author, original blue cloth with gilt trident horse-drawn buggy on front board. VG, light wear, corners bumped. (a33167)
$115.00 Bottome, Margaret . A SUNSHINE TRIP GLIMPSES OF THE ORIENT
NY 1897 Edward Arnold. Mediterranean cruise to Middle East and Egypt. Octavo, 215pp., nice frontis portrait of author, hardcover. Owner signed. VG, spine browned. (a67721)
$105.00 Boyd, Corabel Tarr . AROUND THE WORLD 1929-1930 LETTERS BY CORABEL TARR BOYD
n.p. n.d. (1930?) Japan, China, India. 4to., 183 leaves, mimeo on rectos only, full leather binding with name of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Parlin printed in gold on front. Good, leather rubbed, faded and worn, spine ends worn. Probably unique copy. Rare. (a42747)
$300.00 Brockway, Alice Pickford . LETTERS FROM THE FAR EAST
Philadelphia 1919 1st Judson. Christian missionaries in China. Sm.8vo., 75pp., photo illustrations, hardcover with mounted photo illustrations on front. VG, light wear. Scarce. (a57500)
$125.00 Brooks, Ida. S. . A HOLIDAY IN THE SOVIET
1932. 4to., 30 leaves (rectos only), original carbon typescript with 78 original mounted photographs (2x3 inches), red cloth with gilt lettering.Author's husband, Sage, sold zinc and lead to Russians. Ida amazingly accurately sums up Russia thus: "Pathetic beyond all words, with no religion left to them, all of their best class gone and an unworkable scheme which, instead of advancing their civilization is pushing them farther back." (p. 30) Signed "Ida" on last page. VG. (a49931)
$500.00 Brooks, James . A SEVEN MONTHS' RUN UP, AND DOWN AND AROUND THE WORLD
NY 1872 1st Appleton. World travel to Pacific, Japan, China, India. Written in letters to the NY Evening Express. Hardcover small octavo., 375pp., frontis map, hardcover. Fair, new endpapers, cover soiled and worn, slight bruise to top fore-edge. Binding secure and text clean. (a58169)
$24.00 Buckham, George . NOTES FROM THE JOURNAL OF A TOURIST 2 VOLUMES (COMPLETE)
New York 1890 1st Gavin Houston. 2 volumes. Volume 1: Egypt, Holy Land, Syria, Austria and Switzerland; Volume 2: Italy, Spain, Central and Northern Europe. Octavo, 535pp., 389pp., index, gilt decorated navy blue cloth hardcovers. Top edges gilt. Printed presentation to John W. Thompson Esq with compliments of The Author. VG , very nice set, all hinges secure; text clean; no faults just lightly worn. Scarce. (a62201)
$295.00 Budge, Sir E. A. Wallis . COOK'S HANDBOOK FOR EGYPT AND THE EGYPTIAN SUDAN
London 1911 3rd Thomas Cook. Sm.8vo., 950pp., illustrations, numerous maps, one large folding map in rear pocket, original printed hardcover. VG. (a57274)
$250.00 Burnes, James . A NARRATIVE OF A VISIT TO THE COURT OF SINDE; A SKETCH OF THE HISTORY OF CUTCH, FROM ITS FIRST CONNEXION WITH THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT IN INDIA TILL THE CONCLUSION OF THE TREATY OF 1819; AND SOME REMARKS ON THE MEDICAL TOPOGRAPHY OF BHOOJ
Edinburgh 1831 1st Robert Cadell. Octavo, 253pp., errata, two large foldout maps, one folding genealogical table, contemporary binding in full green cloth with mounted red leather spine label. VG, slight occasional light foxing in text, frontis map has a few short closed tears on fold lines (one tiny piece of tape at one corner) and one 4 inch closed tear on back panel (no loss), second map has a bit of breaking along fold lines. (a64502)
$1300.00 Burton, William . A COMMENTARY ON ANTONINUS HIS ITINERARY OR JOURNIES OF THE ROMANE EMPIRE SO FAR AS IT CONCERNETH BRITAIN: WHEREIN THE FIRST FOUNDATION OF OUR CITIES, LAWES, AND GOERNMENT, ACCORDING TO THE ROMAN POLICY ARE CLEARLY DISCOVERED, ETC
London 1658 Printed by Tho. Roycroft and are to be sold by Henry Twyford. Hardcover. 4to., (20), 266pp., (6), errata, title page in red and black, double page map, full leather. Lacks frontis.Small owner bookplate. Good, cover chipped and worn. (a73052)
$500.00 Callery and Yvan, MM. . HISTORY OF THE INSURRECTION IN CHINA; WITH NOTICES OF THE CHRISTIANITY, CREED AND PROCLAMATIONS OF THE INSURGENTS
New York 1853 1st Harper. Translated from the French with a supplementary chapter narrating the most recent events by John Oxenford. Callery was a missionary and an interpreter to the French Embassy in China. Dr. Yvan was a physician to the French Embassy in China. Small octavo, v, (2), 301pp., ads (6pp.), facsimile of Chinese map of the course of the insurrection and a portrait of its chief, Tien-te, original floral endpapers, 3/4 black leather with black cloth on boards. Private library bookplate and two withdrawn stamps on end papers. Good, some light foxing in text, some rubbing and wear on cover. Scarce. (a61756)
$450.00 Campbell, Donald . JOURNEY OVER LAND TO INDIA
Philadelphia 1797 T. Dobson. Partly by a route never gone before by any European...Comprehending his shipwreck and imprisonment with Hyder Alla and his subsequent negotiations and transactions in the East. Much content on Turkey. 8vo., 424pp., plus 6 page Appendix and 2 page List of Books published by Dobson. Later paper backstrip with original leather boards which are quite worn. Internally the binding is secure. No blank end papers or halftitle - opens to titlepage. Top blank margin of titlepage cut off (no loss of text at all.) Title page has old dry water stain. Good usable copy. Occasional spots and stains in text. Scarce. (a37556)
$600.00 Campbell, Thomas . LETTERS FROM THE SOUTH 2 VOLUMES (COMPLETE) (ORIGINAL PRINTINGS, NOT MODERN REPRINTS)
London 1837 1st Henry Colburn. Travel in Algeria. Hardcover. Octavo, 358pp., three full page engravings, blue cloth with later paper spines. Bookplate and blind stamp (on title page) of Silas Bronson Library with withdrawn stamp on title page. Good. Two volumes, complete. (a71764)
$200.00 Carey, William . ADVENTURES IN TIBET, INCLUDING THE DIARY OF MISS ANNIE R TAYLOR'S REMARKABLE JOURNEY FROM TAU-CHAU TO TA-CHIEN-LU THROUGH THE HEART OF THE FORBIDDEN LAND
Boston 1901 1st United Society of Christian Endeavor. Hardcover. Octavo, 285pp., photo illustrations, original yellow cloth with blue and black picture of two yaks and a driver on front. VG, new endpapers, cover a bit worn and lightly soiled. (a70966)
$124.00 Carr, John . NORTHERN SUMMER; OR TRAVELS ROUND THE BALTIC, THROUGH DENMARK, SWEDEN, RUSSIA, PRUSSIA AND PART OF GERMANY IN 180 (NOT A MODERN REPRINT)
Hartford 1806 Lincoln and Gleason. Hardcover. Small octavo., 330pp., full leather with later paper spine. Good, some foxing, hinges beginning to crack inside. Hard-to-find title. (a11403)
$119.00 Castellan, A. L. . LETTERS ON ITALY ILLUSTRATED BY ENGRAVINGS
London 1820 1st Sir Richard Phillips and Co. Octavo, 108pp., 6 fullpage engravings, 3/4 black leather with maroon boards. VG, light foxing, tiny chip on spine. (a65512)
$158.00 Ceylon . HOW TO SEE THE WORLD CEYLON THE PEARL OF THE INDIAN OCEAN
Colombo 1937 1st Ceylon Publicity Committee. 12mo., 97pp., photo illustrations, 2 large foldout maps,colr wraps designed by Heather Hawer. VG cover somewhat worn. (a74571)
$140.00 Chamberlain, Basil Hall . A HANDBOOK FOR TRAVELLERS IN JAPAN INCLUDING THE WHOLE EMPIRE FROM SAGHALIEN TO FORMOSA
London 1907 8th edition, revised and partly rewritten, John Murray. Small octavo, 570pp, 32pp. (ads), plans and folding maps, numerous illustrations, large foldout map in rear pocket (this map has one 5 inch closed tear along bottom fold line and one inch closed tear in lower margin not near the map itself), limp red cloth hardcover. Collated complete. Owner signed twice, once on title page. Collated complete. near VG, some light wear overall. (a50042)
$145.00 Champlain, Samuel . NARRATIVE OF A VOYAGE TO THE WEST INDIES AND MEXICO IN THE YEARS 1599-1602 WITH MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS
NY c. 1970. Franklin reprint of original Hakluyt Society edition. Translated ...with biographical notices and notes by Alice Wilmere. Edited by Norton Shaw. Hardcover. Octavo, xcix, 48pp., illustrations, blue grey cloth. VG, light spotting on endpapers. (a58217)
$145.00 Chapple, Joe Mitchell . TO BAGDAD AND BACK
Boston 1928 1st Chapple. Automobile trip through Iraq. Octavo, 298pp., etching by Levon West, drawings by Chauncy Howard Peters, color inserts by Saul Arkin and Konrad Meindl, photo illustrations, hardcover. Inscribed to Daniel Marsh and signed by Chapple. Bookplate of Daniel L. Marsh. VG, cover faded and rubbed, no DJ. (a70063)
$195.00 Chase, Anna Howe . NOTES OF TRAVEL IN EUROPE
Albany 1897 1st Weed Parsons. Privately published. Lg.8vo., 233pp., hardcover. Top edge gilt. Good plus, light cover wear. (a51152)
$195.00 Chitty, F.-R. . IN CHINE CHOSES VUES
Paris 1910 Vuibert. Traduit de l'Aanglais par Lugne-Philipon. 4to., 214pp., illustrations, finely bound in red cloth with red leather spine with raised bands and full gilt trim onbackstrip. All edges gilt. Heavy textured white end papers. VG. (a52092)
$250.00 Chonnelier, Jules . DICTIONNAIRE GEOGRAPHIQUE DE L'ASIE CENTRALE
Paris 1869 Maisonneuve & cie. Imp. Lith et Augo le Callet. Offrant par ordre alphabetique les transcriptions en caracteres mandchoux et Chinois, desnoms geographiques donnes en langue nationale de chaque contree, accompagnees de notices extraits ou traduites des ouvrages choinois et autres ourages originaux de l'Orient musulman le tout publie annote et ornee de cartes levees sur les originaux. In French. Small folio, 53pp., original printed green wraps. Good, some wear on all cover edges and corners, some chips on spine. (a66209)
$350.00 Clavering, Sir W. A. . ON THE TARSHISH OF THE SECOND BOOK OF CHRONICLES
London 1849 George Barclay. 4to., 18pp., original full page mounted photograph (calotype?) of Clavering (?), thin leather over flexible boards (bound with several blanks at the beginning and at the end). Inscribed and signed by Clavering inside the front cover. There is no separate title page; the date of publication and the publisher are printed at the bottom of the final page, which ends with the single letter 'C.' (presumably referring to Clavering). The date of publication is also written in pencil on the front free blank, as is the identity of the author. Club stamp on the verso of the mounting for the photoghraph and on the top margin of the first page. Good, some scuffing on the covers, a few stains at the inner margins of some blanks, hinges tender. Extremely scarce. (a53652)
$6500.00 Cochrane, Capt. John Dundas . NARRATIVE OF A PEDESTRIAN JOURNEY THROUGH RUSSIA AND SIBERIAN TARTARY FROM THE FRONTIERS OF CHINA TO THE FROZEN SEA AND KAMTCHATKA
Philadelphia 1824 1st Carey. Performed during the years 1820, 1821, 1822, and 1823. Royal Navy Captain walks, except for short cart and sledge rides, from St. Petersburg to Kamchatka. Nerhood 171. 8vo., 415pp., 3/4 leather with marbled boards, gilt spine lettering with raised bands. Good plus, front board reattached professionally, end papers foxed, occasional light areas of browning in text. (a23438)
$245.00 Collins, Perry McDonough . A VOYAGE DOWN THE AMOOR: WITH A LAND JOURNEY THROUGH SIBERIA AND INCIDENTAL NOTICES OF MANCHOORIA, KAMSCHATKA AND JAPAN
New York 1860 1st Appleton. Small octavo, 390pp., 4 lithograph plates with tissue, original pressed brown cloth hardcover. Institution bookplate. Discard stamp and owner signature on title page. Small date stamp at end. Good, light fraying on corners and spine ends. (a61752)
$175.00 Conder, Claude Reignier . TENT WORK IN PALESTINE: A RECORD OF DISCOVERY AND ADVENTURE (2 vol set, complete)
London 1878 1st Bentley. 2 volume set, complete. 8vo., 381pp., 352pp., illustrations by J. W. Whymper, titlepages in red and black, map in volume w, nicely bound in 3/4 red leather with marbled boards. Bookplates of girls school in each volume and spot where library pocket torn out from rear end paper. VG, some light cover wear, internally clean and tight. 2 volumes. (a52033)
$750.00 Cook, Joel . THE MEDITERRANEAN AND ITS BORDERLANDS ILLUSTRATED. 2 VOLUMES
Philadelphia 1910 1st John C. Winston Co. From Spain to Italy, Corsica, Sardinia , Malta, Turkey, Middle East and Egypt. Hardcovers. 2 volumes. 8vo., 609pp., 648pp., 50 full page illustrations, red cloth. with brilliant full gilt decoration on front and spine of both volumes. Association copy: Ink inscription in volume one reads: Presented to Elizabeth More from Mary Cook wife of Joel Cook. VG plus, very light wear to corners and spine ends, top corners of a few pages have slight wrinkle, in original red cloth VG DJs, with gilt lettering on spines, light wear on spine ends, spine lettering a bit faded. Ribbons present but frayed. Lovely set. (a51703)
$200.00 Cook, Thomas . COOK'S HANDBOOK TO THE HEALTH RESORTS OF THE SOUTH OF FRANCE, RIVIERA AND PYRENEES
London 1905 Thos. Cook & Son. Including Marseilles, Toulon, Cannes, Hyeres, Nice, Beaulieu, Monaco, Monte Carlo, Mentone, Bordighera, San Remo, Genoa, and Pisa, Bordeaux, Arcachon, Biarritz, Pau, Eaux Bonnes, Eaux Chaudes, Lourdes, Cauterets, Bigorre, and Luchon. Hardcover. 12mo. 274pp., foldout map, index, appendix, ads, original printed red cloth. VG. (a66084)
$155.00 Cook, Thomas . COOK'S TOURISTS' HANDBOOK FOR HOLLAND, BELGIUM, THE RHINE AND BLACK FOREST
London 1901 Thomas Cook. Hardcover. 12mo., 460pp., maps and plans, plus 63 pages of advertisements. Near VG, hinges tender but intact. (a27373)
$120.00 Cordes, H. . HANDELSSTRASSEN UND WASSERVER BINDUNGEN VON HANKAU NACH DEM INNERN VON CHINA
Berlin 1899 Ernst Siegfried Mittler und sohn. In German. Hardcover. 4to., 21pp., large folding map of china (29x 29 inches), loose in original printed wraps. In professional custom-made cloth folding case with matching cloth slip case with ribbon pull, leather spine and gilt trim and lettering. Name Guillermo Tamayo printed on lower end of spine (bookbinder?) Fine. Quite Scarce. (a62656)
$250.00 Cottrell, Charles Herbert, Esq. . RECOLLECTIONS OF SIBERIA IN THE YEARS 1840 AND 1841
London 1842 1st John W. Parker. 8vo., 420pp., large foldout map of Western Siberia as frontispiece, errata slip, original green cloth with gilt spine lettering. Village library bookplate, library name stamp on title and residue of pocket and slip on rear end paper. VG, light cover wear. Recommended addition for any fine book collection. (a47086)
$500.00 Cox, Edward Godfrey . A REFERENCE GUIDE TO THE LITERATURE OF TRAVEL INCLUDING VOYAGES, GEOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTIONS, ADVENTURES , SHIPWRECKS AND EXPEDITIONS 3 VOLUMES SBN 8371-2162-0, 8371-2163-9, 8371-2161-2.
1969 Greenwood. SBN 8371-2162-0, 8371-2163-9, 8371-2161-2. 3 volumes (complete). 4to., 404pp., 591pp., 832pp., grey cloth with gilt spine lettering. One of the best of all the historical travel bibliographies, original published in 1938. Near Fine. (a55699)
$240.00 Coxe, William . TRAVELS INTO POLAND, RUSSIA, SWEDEN AND DENMARK - VOLUME IV (of 5) SWEDEN
London 1792 Fourth edition. T. Cadell. This volume covers Sweden. Octavo, 429pp., 3 portraits, 3 fine large foldout maps, two foldout charts, index, full leather. Good, cover very rubbed, inner and outer hinges cracked, head of spine chipped, lacks spine label. Volume IV only. This volume covers Sweden. (a65423)
$145.00 Coxe, William . TRAVELS INTO POLAND, RUSSIA, SWEDEN AND DENMARK - VOLUME V (of 5) NORWAY AND DENMARK
London 1792 Fourth edition. T. Cadell. This volume covers Norway and Denmark. Octavo, 360pp., 3 portraits, 5 fine large foldout maps, two foldout charts, index, full leather. Good, cover very rubbed, inner and outer hinges cracked, head of spine chipped, lacks spine label. Volume V only, which covers Norway and Denmark. (a65424)
$145.00 Cranworth, Lord . PROFIT AND SPORT IN BRITISH EAST AFRICA
London 1919 Macmillan. Being a second edition, revised and enlarged, of A Colony in the Making. Large octavo, 503pp., maps, illustrations, index, hardcover. Top edge gilt. Good, cover worn, a few tiny snags along outer hinge, corners bumped. (a38123)
$100.00 Crawford, Mabel Sharman . LIFE IN TUSCANY
NY 1859 1st Americam from the London edition, Sheldon and Company. Octavo, 339pp., original brown cloth with gilt spine lettering and original yellow end papers. Copy of Alfred Corning Clark signed by him boldly across title page and on front end paper. Bookplate of Elihu Phinney from whom a note reads that the book was purchased in 1878. VG, light cover rubbing and wear. Scarce in this condition. (a70061)
$210.00 Crawfurd, John . JOURNAL OF AN EMBASSY FROM THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF INDIA TO THE COURTS OF SIAM AND COCHIN CHINA; EXHIBITING A VIEW OF THE ACTUAL STATE OF THE THOSE KINGDOMS
London 1830 2nd Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley. Two volumes, complete. 8vo., 475pp., 459pp., stunning frontis foldout engraved view of Singapore (Volume I), very large detailed foldout map of Siam and China (map opens to 25 inches x 40 inches), 6 full page or double page engraved views including view of Bangkok (Volume I), foldout engraving showing 8 regional head/face types plus 6 more engraved views including map and plan of Singapore (Volume II), woodcuts, large foldout chart of Vocabularies, later half leather with mounted black leather gilt trimmed spine labels and marbled boards. Near Fine, very light wear, one tiny scuff mark on spine; occasional spot of soiling intext. A rare and highly desirable set of a landmark classic in travel literature in Beautiful Condition. 2 volumes. (a60251)
$6000.00 Croffut, W. A. Ph.D. . FOLKS NEXT DOOR THE LOG BOOK OF A RAMBLER
Washington c. 1905 3rd Eastside Publishing Co. Yachting adventures in the Northeast and in Maine; Fishing in Cape Cod, Quoddy Island, Newfoundland, Labrador, Quebec, Panama Canal, Mexico. Small octavo, 371pp., illustrations, original red cloth hardcover. VG, light cover wear, one leaf has light wear in the margin. Scarce. (a65990)
$120.00 Culbertson, Rev. M . Simpson . DARKNESS IN THE FLOWERY LAND; OR RELIGIOUS NOTIONS AND POPULAR SUPERSTITIONS IN NORTH CHINA
New York 1857 Scribner. Culbertson, (1819�62) was a Presbyterian Missionary in China. He who was educated at West Point and at Princeton Theological Seminary, and worked on a Chinese Bible.12mo., 235pp., original grey cloth hardcover with gilt spine lettering. Owner bookplate. A few light pencil lines in margins. Good, cover lightly worn with a small bit of chipping on spine. Very scarce. (a61758)
$600.00 Cureau, Dr. Ad. . DETERMINATION DES POSITIONS GEOGRAPHIQUES MANUEL D'ASTRONOMIE PRATIQUE ET DE TOPOGRAPHIE A L'USAGE DES VOYAGEURS ET DES EXPLORATEURS
Paris 1910 Challamel. In French. 4to. , 486pp., half green leather and green marbled boards. VG, corners worn. (a47518)
$325.00 Curtin, Jeremiah . A JOURNEY IN SOUTHERN SIBERIA - THE MONGOLS, THEIR RELIGION AND THEIR MYTHS
Boston 1909 1st Little Brown. Octavo, 319pp., photo illustrations,map, original red cloth hardcover with gilt lettering. Owner blind stamp on title page. VG, new endpapers. (a66801)
$180.00 Curtis, Benjamin Robbins . DOTTINGS ROUND THE CIRCLE
Boston 1876 Osgood. World tour beginning in Boston, to Salt Lake City, across Pacific to Japan, China, Java, Ceylon, India, Egypt then home. Hardcover. Octavo, 329pp., original green cloth with black and gilt trim. VG, new end papers. (a75703)
$140.00 Cutting, Suydam . THE FIRE OX AND OTHER YEARS
NY 1947 1st (A) Scribners. Travel to Nepal and Tibet. 4to., 393pp., photo illustrations and color drawings, hardcover. Half page ink drawing of man on elephant by Cutting, and inscription to Ambassador and Mrs. Kirk signed by Cutting. VG, small spot on front cover and corners worn, no DJ. (a24024)
$125.00 Dawson, Christopher (editor) . THE MONGOL MISSION: NARRATIVES AND LETTERS OF THE FRANCISCAN MISSIONARIES IN MONGOLIA AND CHINA IN THE THIRTEENTH AND FOURTEENTH CENTURIES
London 1955 1st Sheed and Ward. Translated by a Nun of Stanbrook Abbey. 8vo., 246pp., red cloth hardcover. A volume with translations of a number of important sources not available elsewhere. Fine in VG DJ, a bit browned. Scarce. (a58573)
$162.00 De Booy, Theodoor and John T. Taris . THE VIRGIN ISLANDS OUR NEW POSSESSIONS AND THE BRITISH ISLANDS
Philadelphia 1918 1st Lippincott. Hardcover. Octavo, 292pp., 97 illustrations, 5 maps, cloth. Top edge gilt. VG, light soiling. (a71955)
$120.00 De Ferrari, J. B. . A NEW GUIDE OF NAPLES, ITS ENVIRONS, PROCIDA, ISCHIA AND CAPRI COMPILED FROM VASI'S GUIDE, SEVERAL MORE RECENT PUBLICATIONS AND A PERSONAL VISIT OF THE COMPILER TO TH CHURCHES, MONUMENTS, ANTIQUITIES, ETC.
Naples 1852 Second Edition Gennaro Agrelli. 12mo., 247pp., index, 1/2 leather and boards. Two original small brightly colored watercolors or pastels--one of Grotto di Posillipo and other of Grotto di Pozzuoli are tipped into end papers (front end paper detached.) Good, occasional light brown spotting in text., front hinge cracked, corners worn, spine rubbed. (a50259)
$210.00 De Salvo, Marquis . TRAVELS IN THE YEAR 1806 FROM ITALY TO ENGLAND THROUGH TYROL, STYRIA, BOHEMIA, GALLICIA, POLAND, AND LIVONIA; CONTAINING THE PARTICULARS OF THE LIBERATION OF MRS SPECER SMITH FROM THE HANDS OF THE FRENCH POLICE
Troy 1808 1st. Wright, Goodenow, and Stockwell. Hardcover. Octavo, xliii, 236pp., original paper covered boards with later paper spine. Owner signed (Harriet Bronson Oct. 5 1811) Good, paper wearing off the cover, corners worn, page edges uneven. (a70961)
$175.00 De Wautier, M. G . REMARQUES CUREUSES ET PEU CONNUES SUR LA VILLE DE BRUXELLES ET SUR SES ENVIRONS
A Bruxelles 1810 Leduc. Entries listed alphabetically. In French. 12mo., 82pp., later professionally made cover over original green wraps. Good, all edges frayed, leaves a bit wrinkled. Rare. (a61342)
$350.00 Denon, Vivant; Arthur Aikin . TRAVELS IN UPPER AND LOWER EGYPT DURING THE CAMPAIGNS OF GENERAL BONAPARTE IN THAT COUNTRY...TO WHICH IS PREFISED AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE INVASION OF EGYPT BY THE FRENCH BY ARTHUR AIKIN - VOLUME II (OF 2)
NY 1803 Heard and forman. Denon's work is translated from the French. Hardcover. Octavo, 307pp., 5 plates (3 of which foldout), index, leather hardcover. Signed on top margin of title page by R. Stockton (of Princeton, New Jersey). Good, leather boards present but detached. Needs rebinding. Volume II only. (a71513)
$195.00 Dingle, Edwin J. . ACROSS CHINA ON FOOT LIFE IN THE INTERIOR AND THE REFORM MOVEMENT
Bristol 1911 1st Arowsmith. Lg.8vo., 446pp., photo illustrations, foldout map, original red cloth hardcover. Owner signed. VG, light cover wear. (a52070)
$245.00 Doblin, Alfred . REISE IN POLEN
Berlin 1926 1st Fischer. About Jewish life in Poland after First World War. In German. Hardcover. Octavo, 367pp., printed cloth. Good, some wearing along rear outer hinge, spine ends lightly frayed, faint rippling to text pages, no DJ. In protective removable glassine jacket. (a47541)
$200.00 Doughty, Marion . AFOOT THROUGH THE KASHMIR VALLEYS
London 1901 1st. Lg.8vo., 276pp., photo illustrations, decorated blue cloth.Top edge gilt. VG, some foxing inside covers, very slight wear to corners. (a51388)
$400.00 Dunning, H. W. PhD . TO-DAY IN PALESTINE
NY 1907 1st James Pott. Hardcover. Octavo, 278pp., 190 photo illustrations, of which frontis is in color, one map, illustrated boards. Top edge gilt. Near Fine, corners lightly bumped, in new glassine cover. (a39209)
$175.00 Durand, E. R. . AN AUTUMN TOUR IN WESTERN PERSIA
NY no date (1906?) Dutton. Much on Lur Tribes of Western Persia. Author's husband was hoping to hunt lions but seems to have only shot birds. Octavo, 266pp., illustrations, foldout map, original maroon cloth hardcover with gilt lettering. Top edge gilt. Inscribed, dated (Oct 1906) and signed by Ella Durand. VG, cover verylittle worn, hinges secure; some foxing throughout; closed page ends quite foxed. (a61119)
$160.00 Durham, Mary E. . THROUGH THE LANDS OF THE SERB
London 1904 1st Eward Arnold. Hardcover. Octavo, 345pp., photo illustrations, foldout map, original gilt printed red cloth. Faint residue of spine label. Dmall paper abel inside front cover, and small institution stamp on title page. VG, light foxing on initial and final pages, fore-edges and on foldout map. (a70960)
$465.00 Dutcher, Addison P. MD . TWO VOYAGES TO EUROPE WHAT I SAW AND LEARNED IN GREAT BRITAIN, FRANCE, SWITZERLAND AND GERMANY
Cleveland 1884 1st House of Evangelical Association. Hardcover. Octavo, 347pp., original mounted photograph portrait of Mrs. Dutcher and author's friend John C. Covert who travelled with him, 16 woodcuts in text, lovely bright green gilt decorated cloth with full black design on front board, fancy end papers. Near Fine, small area of soiling on front, faint bit of foxing in text. Excellent condition. (a70792)
$150.00 Dwight, Rev. H. G. O. (Missionary to Constantinople) . MEMOIR OF MRS. ELIZABETH B. DWIGHT INCLUDING AN ACCOUNT OF THE PLAGUE OF 1837 WITH A SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF MRS. JUDITH S. GRANT MISSIONARY TO PERSIA
NY 1840. Dodd. Hardcover. Sm.8vo., 323pp., frontis portrait of Mrs. Dwight, who died during a plague epidemic in Constantinople, original black cloth. Some names in pencil on front blank. VG, a few small chips on spine, some foxing on pages. Bright gilt labelling on spine. Original book, not a reprint. (a32070)
$98.00 Dyott, G. M. . ON THE TRAIL OF THE UNKNOWN IN THE WILDS OF ECUADOR AND THE AMAZON
NY 1926 1st Putnam. Hardcover. Octavo, 288pp., photo illustrations, cloth. VG, faint fading on spine, no DJ. (a71811)
$110.00 Eaton, Webster W. . AROUND THE WORLD ON THE CARINTHIA
NY 1926 1st Bardner Wells. Tour: Panama Canal, Hawaii, Japan, China, Philippines, Antipodes, India, Suez. Passenger list included. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 304pp., photo illustrations, gilt printed blue cloth. Top edge gilt. Owner signed. Nunnery stamp on end paper and title page. Spine numbers removed. VG plus, no DJ. Scarce. (a73760)
$225.00 Ellis, Rev. William . THREE VISITS TO MADAGASCAR DURING THE YEARS 1853-1854-1856 INCLUDING A JOURNEY TO THE CAPITAL
London 1859 John Murray. Hardcover. Large octavo, 476pp., illustrated with woodcuts from photographs, maps, steel engraved portrait of Ellis, original cloth boards with new paper spine. Good, new endpapers, a few pages lightly foxed. (a70709)
$130.00 Enriquez, Major C. M. F. R. G. S. (Theophilus) . A BURMESE WONDERLAND A TALE OF TRAVEL IN LOWER AND UPPER BURMA
Calcutta and Simla 1922 1st Thacker, Spink & Co. Small octavo, 265pp., photo illustrations,green cloth with gilt lettering. Author of A Burmese Enchantment, A Burmese Loneliness and many other books. One of his scarce titles. VG plus, excellent condition, cover a bit faded. (a68276)
$300.00 Eves, C. Washington . THE WEST INDIES
London 1893 3rd Sampson Low Marston. Hardcover. Small octavo,, 351pp., woodcut illustrations, 9 large color folding maps, bright red cloth with gilt picture and lettering on front and lettering on spine. All edges gilt, Good, new end papers, spine ends professionally reinforce, spine and corners a bit worn. Scarce. (a58377)
$190.00 Ewbank, Thomas . LIFE IN BRAZIL: OR A JOURNAL OF A VISIT TO THE LAND OF THE COCOA AND THE PALM
NY 1856 (1855) Harper. Sm.4to., 469pp., illustrations, original brown stamped cloth. Good, lower corners bumped, spine ends worn. (a15116)
$195.00 Fellowes, W(illiam) D(orset) . A VISIT TO THE MONASTERY OF LA TRAPPE IN 1817 WITH NOTES TAKEN DURING A TOUR THROUGH LE PERCHE, NORMANDY, BRETAGNE, POITOU, ANJOU, LE BOCAGE, TOURAINE, ORLEANOIS AND THE ENVIRONS OF PARIS
London 1818 second edition (published in same year as first edition) William Stockdale. Octavo, 188pp., 3/4 black leather with red marbled boards and later paper spine. All edges gilt. Ten (of twelve) very finely hand colored plates, mounted etching on page 75 (as required), 2 monochrome plates. Museum bookplate on rear end paper. Good. (a57898)
$225.00 Field, Alice Durand . PALERMO A CHRISTMAS STORY
NY 1885 1st Putnam. 4to., 212pp., five full page engravings (each with protective tissue), full black leather with gilt trim and gilt title on front board. Owner inscribed and signed. Good, slight foxing throughout and on margins of plates, some wear on spine ends corners. (a51978)
$255.00 Fletcher, Rev. James C. and Rev. D. P. Kidder . BRAZIL AND THE BRAZILIANS PORTRAYED IN HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE SKETCHES
Boston 1866 6th ed, revised and enlarged. Lg.8vo., 639pp., steel engraved frontispiece, woodcuts in text, foldout map, index, green cloth. Top edge gilt. VG. (a40367)
$240.00 Forbes, S. Russell . THE FOOTSTEPS OF ST. PAUL IN ROME AN HISTORICAL MEMOIR FROM THE APOSTLE'S LANDING AT PUTEOLI TO HIS DEATH A.D. 62-64
London 1891 3rd, revised and enlarged. Small octavo, extra illustrated with 42 original photographs mounted in text (most are outdoor views of Rome), 16 of which are views of artwork, maps, coins or plans, white vellum with gilt borders on cover and gilt lettering, gilt decorations on spine. Owner signed. VG. (a45629)
$185.00 Ford, Richard . HANDBOOK FOR SPAIN. PART I: MADRID AND THE CASTILES, THE BASQUES PROVINCES, LEON, ASTURIAS AND GALICIA. PART II: ESTREMADURA, ANDALUCIA, MURCIA, VALENCIA, CATALONIA, ARAGON, NAVARRE, AND THE BALEARIC ISLANDS 2 VOLUMES (COMPLETE) FOR 1904
London 1898 Murray. This edition with index and directory for 1904. 2 volumes. Hardcover. 12mo., xi, 274pp., 39pp., vi, 52pp., vi, pp. 275-570, maps and illustrations, large foldout map in rear pocket, original red cloth hardcovers, VG plus. Excellent condition. 2 volumes. (a70197)
$235.00 Fradenburgh, Rev. J. N. . LIGHT FROM EGYPT
Cincinnati 1897 1st Curts and Jennings. 8vo., 400pp., photo illus. Library blind stamp on titlepage, and on penultimate text page (in text itself). Good, new endpapers, cover a bit worn and soiled, backstrip browned and lightly spotted, spine ends a bit worn. Scarce. (a34063)
$150.00 Francis, Harriet E. . ACROSS THE MERIDIANS AND FRAGMENTARY LETTERS
1887 De Vinne Press. Bostonians who traveled to California, China, India, Europe. Limited edition: Copy No. 295. Hardcover. 4to., 300pp., photo illustratrations, green cloth with gilt spine lettering. Top edge gilt. Inscribed and initialled by Francis. Card of Mrs. Francis laid in. VG plus, very slight cover wear. (a29887)
$200.00 Fraser, Mrs. Hugh . LETTERS FROM JAPAN A RECORD OF MODERN LIFE IN THE ISLAND EMPIRE ( 2 VOLUMES COMPLETE)
NY 1899 1st. Hardcovers. 2 volumes. Large octavos, 394pp., illustrations, 387pp., illustrations, pictorial cloth. Top edges gilt. Owner signed on front free blank of each volume. VG, light bumping to corners, light rubbing to cloth. 2 volumes (a38528)
$122.00 Friedman, Harry Jay . AS WE ROAM ABROAD (TWO VOLUMES)
1938, 1939. Written by a Friedman while travelling with his parents. Volume 1: Through England, France, Switzerland, Italy; the Mediterranean ports of Jugoslavia, Greece, Sicily, Algiers, Gibralter; to Portugal and the Azores. July and August 1938. Volume 2: United States, Canada and Alaska. July and August 1939. 2 volumes. Lg.4to., about 70 leaves (carbon typescript on rectos only), about 100 leaves (carbon typescript on rectos only), full black leather with gilt lettering on spines and front covers. Signed by Friedman. VG. 2 volumes. (a52248)
$200.00 Garrettson, F. P. . A SNAP-SHOT IN THE WEST INDIES A 35 DAY TRIP
Newport 1902 Herald. 12mo., 182pp.,,photo illus., map. Maroon cloth with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Good, hinges beginning to crack, cover soiled and a bit worn. (a27746)
$130.00 Geikie, Cunningham . THE HOLD LAND AND THE BIBLE , A BOOK OF SCRIPTURE ILLUSTRATIONS GATHERED IN PALESTINE (2 VOLUMES, COMPLETE)
London 1887 1st Cassell. Hardcover. Large octavo, 560p. 544p., very large color foldout map in volume one, cloth. Includes Index of Scripture passages referenced in text. Owner card tipped in Volume 2. Near Good, cover cloth rubbed on front board and rear board stained and worn; Volume 2, new endpapers, cracking along top outer hinges. Text clean and binding of text block is secure. Two volume set, complete. (a72987)
$140.00 Genoude, M. Eugene . VOYAGE DANS LA VENDEE ET DANS LE MIDI DE LA FRANCE; SUIVI D'UN VOYAGE PITTORESQUE EN SUISSE
Paris 1821 1st Henri Nicolle. In French. 8vo., 261p. plus errata page,1/2 leather with maroon textured paper covered boards and gilt emblem on fron. Gilt decorated spine with 4 raised bands. Old owner signature on top of half titlepage. VG, light cover wear, some uneven fading of maroon paper on rear board, occasional light spotting in text. (a59533)
$195.00 Gerrare, Wirt (pseudonym of William Misener) . GREATER RUSSIA THE CONTINENTAL EMPIRE OF THE OLD WORLD
London 1904 (1903 first) Heinemann. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 317pp., photo illustrations and large foldout map, index, cloth. Owner bookplate. VG plus, clean crisp and bright condition. (a50999)
$45.00 Gers, Jose . TERRE MOZABITE RHAPSODIE SAHARIENNE
Brussels 1933. In French. Number 13 of 53 copies signed by Gers on the verso of the title page (limitation page), with an original photograph of Gers in North Africa and an original leaf from the manuscript for the book, tipped in. Also inscribed and SIGNED by Gers on the title page. Sm.8vo., 212pp., wraps in DJ. Unopened. Fine in VG DJ that is foxed on the front and rear panels. Very scarce. (a41468)
$485.00 Gillis, Charles J . AROUND THE WORLD IN SEVEN MONTHS
1891 1st Privately Printed. New York to San Francisco, to Japan, Hong Kong, India, Egypt, Germany. Hardcover. 12mo., 158pp., frontis, turquoise cloth with gilt trim. Top edge gilt. Appears to be signed in pencil by Gillis. VG. (a65832)
$90.00 Goodolphim, Costa . VISITA A MADRID
Lisboa 1871 Universal. In Portuguese. Large octavo, 83pp., wraps. Handwritten title printed on front. Good, wraps frayed, worn. (a5521)
$110.00 Gordon-Cumming, C. F. . WORK FOR THE BLIND IN CHINA: PARTS I & II (THE LATTER WRITTEN FIVE YEARS AFTER THE FORMER)
London (1892) Gilbert & Rivington. Author of Lady's Cruise in a French Man o War and other books here tells of the work of Rev. W. H. Murray and presents the first Chinese Braille system. 12mo., 39pp., 40pp., frontis photo illustration, original green cloth hardcover. Manuscript note in front of book (and later ink notation on page 40) states that this is Professor S. M. Russell's copy with his annotations (there are a few pen underlines and margin notes.) Bound with the Sixth Annual Report of the Mission to the Chinese Blind for the year 1892 Glasgow, Maclure, Macdonald and Co., 15pp. Good, light soiling on cover, a bit shaken. Scarce. (a62662)
$600.00 Grattan, Thomas Colley "A Walking Gentleman" . HIGH-WAYS AND BY-WAYS; OR, TALES OF THE ROADSIDE PICKED UP IN THE FRENCH PROVINCES THIRD SERIES (3 VOLUMES, complete)
London 1827 1st Henry Colburn. The scarce 3rd series. 3 small octavo volumes. Octavo, 333pp., 319pp., 367pp., full stamped leather. Residue of bookplate in each volume. Good Plus, some rubbing and wear on covers. All mounted red leather spine labels present. Text clean and all hinges in and out are secure. 3 volume set. (a13826)
$265.00 Griffith, George . IN AN UNKNOWN PRISON LAND AN ACCOUNT OF CONVICTS AND COLONISTS IN NEW CALEDONIA WITH JOTTINGS OUT AND HOME
London 1901 1st Hutchinson. Hardcover. Octavo, 324pp., photo illustrations, original gilt stamped cloth. Top edge gilt. Small instituition stamp on title page, a few small numbers on verso. Good, new endpapers, shadow of removed label at heel of spine, slightly toned on fore-edges, cover worn and soiled. Scarce. (a58629)
$255.00 Grosvenor, Edwin A. . CONSTANTINOPLE (2 VOLUMES)
Boston 1895 Robert Brothers. Introduction by General Lew Wallace. 2 volumes.Hardcovers. Sm.4to., 811pp., monochrome illustrations, glossy stock, illustrated light blue boards. Top edges gilt. VG, boards a bit soiled, corner lightly bumped, lightly worn. Two volume set, complete.The classic work on Constantinople. (a7673)
$320.00 Guest, Moses . POEMS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. TO WHICH ARE ANNEXED, EXTRACTS FROM A JOURNAL KEPT BY THE AUTHOR WHILE HE FOLLOWED THE SEA, AND DURING A JOURNEY FROM NEW-BRUNSWICK , IN NEW JERSEY, TO MONTREAL AND QUEBEC
Cincinnati 1824 2nd Looker & Reynolds. Revolutionary War poetry. 12mo., 160pp., original marbled boards with later paper spine. Lacks front blank end papers (opens to title page; does not have the Lafayette poem which preceeded title page in some copies of the second edition). Howes 4330. Good, foxed throughout. (a67826)
$130.00 Guillemard, F. H. H. . THE CRUISE OF THE MARCHESA TO KAMSCHATKA & NEW GUINEA WITH NOTICES OF FORMOSA, LIU-KIU, AND VARIOUS ISLANDS OF THE MALAY ARCHIPELAGO
London 1889 2nd John Murray. Cruise from England through Red Sea to Southern India, Southeast Asia and up to Kamschatka. Sm.4to., 455pp., color foldouts, 14 maps, index, blue cloth with gilt decoration and lettering. Good, some wear at corners,spine ends frayed (a52091)
$300.00 Gundry, R. S. . CHINA AND HER NEIGHBOURS FRANCE IN INDO-CHINA, RUSSIA AND CHINA, INDIA AND THIBET
London 1893 1st Chapman and Hall. Octavo, 408pp., two large folding maps (India and Burma, and China), Chapman and Hall catalogue (40pp), original blue cloth hardcoverwith gilt border. Library numbers removed from spine, a few blind stamps in text, no other library markings. Some pages as yet unopened. VG, new endpapers, initial and final pages and fore-edgess foxed. Scarce scholarly book. (a62655)
$300.00 Gunn, Alexander . THE HERMITAGE-ZOAR NOTE-BOOK AND JOURNAL OF TRAVEL
NY 1902 1st William C. Whitney. Author traveled to Europe , Greece, Turkey and down the Nile. He had an estate in Ohio called the Hermitage with a famous garden. **Copy No. 176 of a limited edition printed on hand-made paper. Octavo, 261pp., illustrations, full leather hardcover with one (of 2) mounted spine label and raised bands. Good, light wear, some chipping and repairs on spine. (a68984)
$120.00 Hall, Captaine B. . VOYAGE AU CHILI, AU PEROU, ET AU MEXIQUE, PENDANT LES ANNEES 1820, 1821, AND 1822 2 VOLUMES (COMPLETE)
Paris 1825 1st Arthus Bertrand. In French. 2 volumes. 8vo., 358pp., large folding map, 313pp., lxxviii, wraps. Institution stamp on title and on one text page in each volume. Good, light fraying and curling of all page edges; some light chipping on backstrips; bindings secure; text has occasional light foxing. (lat155)
$225.00 Hall, Rufus; Isaac Martin . A JOURNAL OF THE LIFE , RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCES AND TRAVELS IN THE WORK OF THE MINISTRY OF RUFUS HALL ; A JOURNAL OF THE LIFE, TRAVELS , LABOURS...OF ISAAC MARTIN
Byberry 1840 1st John and Isaac Comly; Philadelphia 1834 Gibbons. 2 books bound as one. Hall travelled all over New York and Martin travelled the Northeast from Virginia to New Jersey. 12mo., 176pp.; 160pp., full leather with mounted spine label. Good, occasional light foxing. (a67152)
$135.00 Hamilton, Angus . IN ABOR JUNGLES BEING AN ACCOUNT OF THE ABOR EXPEDITION, THE MISHMI MISSION AND THE MIRI MISSION
London 1912 1st G. Bell. Military adventures in North East India. Octavo, 352pp., photo illustrations, large foldout map, hardcover. Owner signed. Good, light wear, occasional light foxing, a few wrinkles in map. (a67409)
$144.00 Hammond, Rev. Edward Payson . SKETCHES OF PALESTINE DESCRIPTIVE OF THE VISIT OF THE REV. EDWARD PAYSON HAMMOND TO THE HOLY LAND
Boston n.d. (preface 1868) Hoyt. Introduction by Rev. Robt Knox. Entire travel memoir done in verse. 12mo.,180pp., frontis portraits of Hammond and wife, hardcover. VG, spine faded. (a29836)
$150.00 Hampson, Walter . AWHEEL IN WHARFELAND: A HOLIDAY TOUR IN A LAND OF NATURAL BEAUTY
London 1918 Wiliam Nicholson. Bicycle tour in Yorkshire. Includes much historical information about the area. Limited to 40 copies. 12mo., 54pp., photo illustration of author with his bicycle as frontise, gilt and blue decorated red cloth. Signed by the author, and by owner (James Quinnell, Barnsley.) VG. (a38146)
$125.00 Harleben, A . ILLUSTRIRTER F�HRER DURCH TRIEST UND UMGEBUNGEN
Wien 1886 Harleben. Nebst Ausfl�gen nach Aquileja, G�rz, Pola, Fiume, Abbazia und Venedig, durch Istrien, im Quarnero, auf der Pontebba-Bahn, nach dem W�rthersee, Klagenfurt und Ober-Krain. Zweite, ganzlich umbearbeitete auflage. In German. 12mo., 144pp., 43 illustrations, karten, limp red cloth with gilt lettering. VG plus. excellent condition. (a64854)
$170.00 Hartleben . HANDBOOK OF DALMATIA
Vienna and Leipzig 1913 Hartleben. Abbazia, Lussin etc. The Austrian Riviera including the Albanian Coast, the Jonian Islands, Corfu, Patras, Athens. 12mo., 187pp., 87 illustrations, 20 maps, and 12 plans, red cloth cover. VG in VG DJ, light wear. (a44554)
$125.00 Hartshorne, Anna C. . JAPAN AND HER PEOPLE 2 VOLUMES (COMPLETE)
Philadelphia 1902 1st John C Winston. Small octavos, 377pp., 374pp., many fine photogravures by Gilbo and Co., original maroon cloth with very bright gilt picture of three large flying cranes on both front. Signed by Julia Howe Allegheny, 1909. VG plus, light fraying of spine ends. Lovely set. (a70796)
$120.00 Haslehurst, James Walcott and M. A. . DAYS FOREVER FLOWN
NY 1892 Privately Printed. Wife of Haslehurst (1856-1891) composed this diary of their travel to California and Yosemite and Alaska before he died at age 35. 8vo., 401pp., photo illustrations, white cloth cover with gilt decoration. VG, very light cover soiling and spotting. Rare. (a45120)
$350.00 Hazlitt, William . NOTES OF A JOURNEY THROUGH FRANCE AND ITALY
London 1826 1st, 1st issue (Hazlitt name not printed on title page - written in ink by previous owner) Hunt and Clarke. Octavo, 416pp., original gilt trimmed brown cloth with black leather spine label. Bookplate of Wind Muller. VG plus, very light wear, light bit of soiling on spine, slight foxing on title page. Very scarce. (a69839)
$800.00 Hearn, Lafcadio . GLIMPSES OF UNFAMILIAR JAPAN 2 VOLUMES
Boston 1894 Houghton. 2 volume. Sm.8vo., 699pp., illustrations, index, original green cloth hardcovers with silver bamboo decorative pattern on front and spine.boards and backstrips. VG. 2 volume set. (a58601)
$150.00 Hearn, Lafcadio . TWO YEARS IN THE FRENCH WEST INDIES
NY 1890 1st Harper. 8vo., 431pp., illustrations, decorated green cloth with oval design on front board. Good plus, light cover soiling, end papers stained. (a51964)
$325.00 Henderson, Ebenezer . ICELAND; OR THE JOURNAL OF A RESIDENCE IN THAT ISLAND DURING THE YEARS 1814 AND 1815
Edinburgh 1819 Waugh and Innes. 8vo., 576pp. 16 engraved plates, folding map. 3/4 leather but loose in cover and large chip from backstrip. Needs recovering. Text VG, tight and largely clean with just a bit of occasional light spotting. (a37470)
$270.00 Hering, Oswald . DOWN THE WORLD: RANDOM TALES OF A TRAVELER (SIGNED)
NY 1932 McBride. 4to., 79pp., photo illustrations, original hardcover with mounted title label on front. Inscribed and signed by Hering. Good plus, light cover wear, a bit of light foxing, no DJ. (a74535)
$170.00 Hobbs, C. W. . C. W. HOBBS, MAPS OF ALL PRINCIPAL CITIES OF THE UNITED STATES. GUIDE MAP TO THE CITY OF BOSTON
Very large 19 x 27 inch color map of Boston folded down to book size(5-1/4 x 3 inches). Map copyright 1880 which appears to be the date of the book also. Maroon cloth covered stiff wraps with gilt lettering on front panel. Accompanied with 12 pages of Hints to Travellers and Places of Interest in and About the City plus 16 pages of floorplans with numbered seats for the Boston Theatre, Globe Theatre, Boston Museum, Parker Memorial Hall, Park Theatre, Boylston Museum and so on. VG, some light wear, a few tiny breaks along folds in corner of map. Scarce. (a73668)
$295.00 Huc, M. . TRAVELS IN THE CHINESE EMPIRE A JOURNEY THROUGH THE CHINESE EMPIRE 2 VOLUMES (COMPLETE)
NY 1859 (1855) Harper. This is a slightly later printing of the first edition and was published without the map. 2 volumes. Sm.8vo., 421pp., 422pp., original stamped green cloth with gilt spine lettering. A few institution stamps on title page and in text. VG, new endpapers, some light wear on spine ends. A nice looking copy in original cloth. (a58823)
$85.00 Hunter, Wm. S. Jr. . CHISHOLM'S PANORAMIC GUIDE FROM NIAGARA TO QUEBEC
Montreal 1868 Chisholm. 12mo., 66p., woodcuts, very long foldout illustrated panorama, original cloth with gilt lettering. Panorama detached--torn along first fold line but no loss of text. Light fraying and soiling along first few inches of panorama on one edge. Good, gilt on cover mostly faded away, staining and wear on rear board, head of spine worn, wear along outer hinges. (a26308)
$125.00 Huntington, Ellsworth . THE PULSE OF ASIA, A JOURNEY IN CENTRAL ASIA ILLUSTRATING THE GEOGRAPHIC BASIS OF HISTORY
Boston 1907 1st Houghton. Hardcover. Octavo, 415pp., photo illustrations, large color folding map, cloth. Top edge gilt. Owner signed (Blanche D. Woodward). VG plus. Excellent condition. (a72085)
$138.00 Ingram, J. Forsyth . THE COLONY OF NATAL, AN OFFICIAL ILLUSTRATED HANDBOOK AND RAILWAY GUIDE
London 1895 1st Sir Joseph Causton and Sons. Octavo, 273pp., 20pp. (illustrated ads), phot illustrations, large color foldout map, one foldout chart, original red cloth hardcover with black lettering. Good, light cover wear, small chip at heel of spine. (a67966)
$140.00 Japanese Government Railways . AN OFFICIAL GUIDE TOJAPAN A HANDBOOK FOR TRAVELLERS
Tokyo 1933 Japanese Government Railways. 12mo., 10 illustrations, 14 plans, 36 maps, gorgeous colorful end papers from prints by Hiroshige, red cloth. Fine. Almost impossible to find a copy in this beautiful condition. (a70733)
$250.00 Johnson, Clarence Richard . CONSTANTINOPLE TO-DAY OR THE PATHFINDER SURVEY OF CONSTANTINOPLE, A STUDY IN ORIENTAL SOCIAL LIFE
NY 1922 1st (stated) Macmillan. Foreword by Caleb F Gates. Study and survey organized by James Perry. Octavo, 418pp., photo illustrations, maps, dark blue pictorial cloth hardcover with orange lettering and spine label. Near Fine, very light cover wear, end papers a bit yellowed, no DJ. (a68166)
$315.00 Johnson, James MD. . CHANGE OF AIR, OR THE PHILOSOPHY OF TRAVELLING WITH OBSERVATIONS... ON THE MORAL, PHYSICAL, AND MEDICINAL INFLUENCE OF TRAVELLING-EXERCISE, CHANGE OF SCENE, FOREIGN SKIES, AND VOLUNTARY EXPATRIATION.
NY 1831 Samuel Wood. Author, Physician Extraordinary to the English King, suggests specific places to visit for specific ailments but gives such great historical detail about each place that the book almost seems to be a travel guide. But medical matters are always the focal point. Lg. 8vo., 326pp. , hardcover. Good, some foxing, top corner of front blank end page chipped, cover very worn. (a30264)
$145.00 Kazami, Takehide . THE HAMALAYAS A JOURNEY TO NEPAL
Tokyo 1969 Kodansha. This Beautiful world series. 12mo., 154pp., over 100 color photo illus., wraps. VG. (a26167)
$320.00 Ketchum, Harold ; Ken Durbin et al (editors) . JOURNAL OF SPACE FLIGHT AND THE ROCKET NEWS 28 ISSUES
Chicago 1950-1956. A newsletter published by the Chicago Rocket Society for the dissemination and information about flight into interplanetary space. The first year of publication was 1949. Incomplete run of 28 issues but no duplicates. Each issue consists of The Journal of Space Flight and The Rocket News. Issues are 4to., about 15-18 leaves mimeographed on one side only, stapled in yellow printed wraps. Published monthly (10 issues per year). Condition Good or better--most are in near Fine or Very Good condition. List of issues available on request. Set of 28 issues. Early work on space flight - ostensively scientific but unusually naive, quirky, credulous, including numerous articles on UFOs. Articles as Navigational Problems in space flight by Harold Ketchum, Report on an Interview Concerning the Observation of a Strange Flying Craft ; A New map of Solar Space by W. Proell. (a28718)
$225.00 Ketchum, Harold, Ken Durbin et al (editors) . JOURNAL OF SPACE FLIGHT AND THE ROCKET NEWS 10 ISSUES 1953 (complete year)
Chicago 1953. A newsletter published by the Chicago Rocket Society for the dissemination and information about flight into interplanetary space. (The first year of publication was 1949. )Run of 10 issues, the complete run for 1956. Issues are in original wraps (loose, as issued, not bound together) 4to., about 15-18 leaves mimeographed on one side only, stapled in yellow printed wraps. Published monthly (10 issues per year). Condition Good or better--most are in Fine or Very Good condition. Set of 10 issues. Highly unusual journal, ostensively scientific but almost like science fiction in it's naivete, enthusiasm and optimism about space travel including many articles on UFOS. Articles as: Recent Developments in Foreign Rockets and Guided Missiles by Norman Bowman; The Juvenation of Mars by Wayne Proell; Seven Necessary Books for Amy Manned Space Flight by M. Conley. Early work on space flight. (a45478)
$97.00 Kimball, Edwin Coolidge . MIDNIGHT SUNBEAMS OR BITS OF TRAVEL THROUGH THE LAND OF THE NORSEMEN
Boston 1888 1st Cupples and Hurd. Hardcover. Small octavo, 279pp., ads, original gilt printed marron cloth. VG plus. Excellent condition. (a70328)
$195.00 Kingdon Ward, Captain F. . FROM CHINA TO HKAMTI LONG
London 1924 1st Edward Arnold. Important classic in botanical exploration. 8vo., 317pp., monochrome photo illustrations, general index and plant index, black cloth. VG, some foxing on fore-edges, slight staining on rear end papers, no DJ. (a42803)
$585.00 Knox, Robert . AN HISTORICAL RELATION OF CEYLON TOGETHER WITH SOMEWHAT CONCERNING SEVERALL REMARKEABLE PASSAGES OF MY LIFE THAT HATH HAPNED SINCE MY DELIVERANCE OUT OF MY CAPTIVITY
Glasgow 1911 MacLehose. Reprinting of 17th century travel to Ceylon where Knox was held captive nearly 20 years. Hardcover. Octavo, 360pp., foldout map, index, red cloth with gilt medallion on front and gilt spine lettering and decoration. Institution blind stamp on title page. Spine numbers removed (but still very faintly visible.) VG, light wear. (a72087)
$200.00 Laborde, Leon de . JOURNEY THROUGH ARABIA PETRAEA TO MOUNT SINAI AND THE EXCAVATED CITY OF PETRA
London 1836 1st English edition John Murray. Translated from the French. Egypt, Jordan ,Sinai, Lebanon, etc. 8vo., 331pp., 62 Wood cuts and steel engraved plates, 1 fine foldout map and 1 plan. 3/4 leather with marbled boards and marbled fore-edges. Good, hinges tender, occasional light spotting in text, leather discolored and somewhat worn, mounted spine label gone but title still faintly legible. (a37851)
$240.00 Landor, A. Henry Savage . IN THE FORBIDDEN LAND AN ACCOUNT OF THE JOURNEY INTO TIBET CAPTURE BY THE TIBETAN LAMAS AND SOLDIERS, IMPRISONMENT, TORTURE AND ULTIMATE RELEASE
NY 1909 (1898) Harper. 2 volumes in one. Octavo, 307pp., 250pp., many small photo illustrations, large foldout map, original red cloth. Inscribed and signed by Henry Savage Landor in presentation to Rev. Minot J. Savag with kind regards and dated New York, June 25, 1910. Good plus, light cover wear, light spine end wear, front hinge tender, slight bit of spotting on fore-edges. Excellent reading! (a49936)
$195.00 Lansdell, Henry . RUSSIAN CENTRAL ASIA INCLUDING KULDJA, BOKHARA, KHIVA, AND MERV (VOLUME 2)
Boston 1885 first edition. Houghton Mifflin. Hardcover. Large octavo, 732pp., woodcut illustrations (several doublepage), grey hardcover with black silver and gilt picture and design on front (of wagon with rider and driver and 3 horses.) Important and lengthy bibliographical information on Central Asia at end. Very pale stamp of hospital on inside of covers. Good, front hinge tender, small closed tear on front end paper, light wear and light soiling. Volume 2 (of 2) only. (a61313)
$198.00 Le Febure, Roger . THE KEY TO HAVANA SEASON 1930-31
Havana 1930-31.Travel Guide to Havana. Small octavo, 224pp., photo illustrations, 3 large foldout maps (one color), original colorful wraps. Gift inscription on title page. Good plus, cover a bit worn. Internally Fine, clean with binding secure. (a68829)
$75.00 Lewis, Norman . SPANISH ADVENTURE
NY 1935 1st (stated) Holt. Hardcover. Octavo, 289pp., orange cloth with ivory lettering. 289p. VG plus, excellent condition, just slight spine end wear, no DJ. No ownership marks. In late clear removable glassine jacket. (a73027)
$210.00 Lilliehook, John . TVENNE AR BLAND ZOUAVERNE MINNEN OCH ANTECHNINGAR
Stockholm 1862 Bonniers Forlag. Fran Falttaget uti Italien och Expeditioner uti Afrika aren 1859 och 1860. In Swedish. 8vo., 290pp., 4 foldout maps (one colored), 8 plates (5 monochrome, 3 in color), index, originsl boards. Plates by Grumbach, Leipzig.) Good, later end papers, text foxed throughout with some old dry water staining on first 34 pages; later end papers. (a40791)
$165.00 Lindsey, N. Allen . CRUISING IN THE MADIANA THE RECORD OF A WINTER TRIP TO THE TROPICS
Boston 1901 1st. Printed for private circulation. Limited to 300 copies. Author from Marblehead, Massachusetts. 12mo., 182pp., monochrome photo illus., hardcover. VG. Very scarce. (a42523)
$125.00 Lithgow, William . DISCOURSE OF A PEREGRINATION IN EUROPE, ASIA AND AFRICKE
NY 1971. Johnson reprint of original London 1614 edition. The English Experience No. 399. From Scotland to ...Italy, Sycilia, Dalmatia, Ilyria, Epire, Peloponnesus, Macedonia, Thessalia, ...Greece, Creta, Rhodes...Cyprus , Phoenicia, Syria, Mesopotamia, Arabia Petrea, ...Egypt, ...Jerusalem. 8vo., about 200pp., red cloth with blue label. Fine, no DJ. (a28364)
$150.00 Livingstone, David . MISSIONARY TRAVELS AND RESEARCHES IN SOUTH AFRICA INCLUDING A SKETCH OF SIXTEEN YEARS' RESIDENCE IN THE INTERIOR OF AFRICA
London 1857 1st John Murray. And a journey from the Cape of Good Hope to Loanda on the west coast; thence across the continent down the river Zambesi to the Eastern Ocean. Octavo, 687pp., folding frontis engraving by Whympe, 45 plates including steel engraved portrait of Livingstone, two large folding maps, contemporary 3/4 leather with marbled boards and fully gilt decorated spine. Owner bookplate (C. F. Rowsell. Good, marbled paper worn off edges, outer hinges just beginning to crack. (a64847)
$500.00 Locher, A. . WITH STAR AND CRESCENT
Philadelphia 1889 (1888) Aetna. A full and authentic account of a recent journey with a caravan from Bombay to Constantinople, comprising a description of the country, the people and interesting adventures with the natives. Octavo, 634pp., illustrations, gilt decorated pictorial teal cloth cover. VG plus, foxing on fore-edges, tiny nick in cloth on top edge of rear cover (a65490)
$150.00 Loring, George Bailey M.D. . A YEAR IN PORTUGAL 1889-1890
NY 1891 1st Putnam. Octavo, 313pp., frontis, original printed hardcover. VG, light foxing, very slight rippling of some pages. (a65989)
$195.00 M'Leod (McLeod) , John . VOYAGE OF HIS MAJESTY'S SHIP ALCESTE, TO CHINA, COREA, AND THE ISLAND OF LEWCHEW, WITH AN ACCOUNT OF HER SHIPWRECK (THIRD EDITION)
London 1820 3rd John Murray. Octavo., 399pp. large foldout engraved map and 5 lovely full-color aquatint plates, half pale yellow cloth with paper covered boards. VG, light soiling, corners gently bumped, original mounted paper spine label worn and chipped. (a61164)
$450.00 MacFarlane, Charles . JAPAN: AN ACCOUNT, GEOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL
Hartford 1856 Silas Andreus & Son. Hardcover. Octavo, many engraved illustrations, bound in coarse green cloth with mounted leather spine label. VG, very faint water line in top corner of each page. No ownership marks. (a72842)
$210.00 Macgregor, J. . THE ROB ROY ON THE JORDON, NILE, RED SEA & GENNESARETH &C. A CANOE CRUISE IN PALESTINE AND EGYPT, AND THE WATERS OF DAMASCUS
London 1870 3rd John Murray. 8vo., 474pp., 8 maps, some foldout, 4 color plates, many woodcuts, 3/4 leather with beige cloth. A truly superb original photograph (3x4 inces) tipped in, showing Macgregor in full canoe regalia with paddle and rope in hand and canoe behind him. Also tipped in is 3 page signed manuscript letter from Macgregor, about the Rob Roy and canoeing. Printed article about author is tipped in on rear end paper. Macgregor was a worldclass canoeist but also a spirited clever and amusing writer. End papers signed and stamped twice by previous owner. Good,backstrip has four small chips, head of spine worn down, corners worn, some wear along outer hinges. (a51999)
$600.00 Maclay, Rev. R. S. . LIFE AMONG THE CHINESE; WITH CHARACTERISTIC SKETCHES AND INCIDENTS OF MISSIONARY OPERATIONS AND PROSPECTS IN CHINA
NY 1861 Carlton and Porter. Hardcover. Octavo., 400pp., original cloth with full gilt decoration on backstrip. Smith M32. near VG binding secure; light cover wear; no ownership marks; occasional light foxing or staining in text; a few pinholes in cloth on outer hinges, fading of spine cloth. (a19518)
$155.00 Maclean, Charles M.D. . AN EXCURSION IN FRANCE AND OTHER PARTS OF THE CONTINENT OF EUROPE FROM THE CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES IN 1801 TO THE 13TH OF DECEMBER 1803
London 1804 T. N. Longman and C. Rees. Including a narrative of the unprecedented detention of the English travellers in that country, as prisoners of war. 8vo., 304pp., full leather with mounted black spine label (label chipped on edges.) Owner bookplate (EDC). Good, leather worn. Scarce. (a41421)
$650.00 Malleson, Colonel G. B. . HERAT: THE GRANARY AND GARDEN OF CENTRAL ASIA
London 1880 1st W H Allen & Co. Hardcover. Octavo, (6), 196pp., ads, gilt printed steel-blue cloth with bevelled board edges. Mercantile Association library name stamp on title page, beginning of text and end of text with ink numbers on title page - no other library marks. Good, hinges beginning to crack, front blank end paper detached, lacks front free blank free and half title, lacks map. (a70424)
$495.00 Manchen-Helfen, Otto . REISE INS ASIATISCHE TUWA
Berlin 1931 Der Bucherkreis. German exploration near USSR-Chinese border. In German, 8vo., 172pp., 28 photobildern, printed paper covered boards with cloth spine. Date stamp on inside front board. VG, end papers browned, cover somewhat worn, no DJ. Scarce. (a43474)
$300.00 Manning, Mrs. . ANCIENT AND MEDIAEVAL INDIA 2 VOLUMES (COMPLETE)
London 1869 1st Wm. H Allen. Hardcover. Octavos, 425pp., 380pp., full brown cloth with gilt decoration on front of crouching native and shrine. Near VG, new endpapers, light fraying on spine ends and corners. Scarce. 2 volumes. (a69082)
$195.00 Marmier, X. . LETTRES SUR LE NORD (DANEMARK, SUEDE, NORVEGE, LAPONIE ET SPITZBERG) ET SUR L'ISLANDE
Bruxelles 1841 Gregoir. In French. 2 volumes bound in one. 8vo., 273pp., 314pp., boards. Two institution stamps on title page. Good, rear board detaching, front hinge taped, spine ends worn, light foxing. (a42777)
$150.00 Marshall, Woodville K. (editor) . THE COLTHURST JOURNAL - JOURNAL OF A SPECIAL MAGISTRATE IN THE ISLANDS OF BARBADOS AND ST. VINCENT JULY 1835 - SEPTERMBER 1838
Millwoodk 1977 1st KTO Press. Slavery in the British West Indies.Tall octavo, 255pp., hardcover. Inscribed and signed by Marshall. Fine in VG DJ, light wear. (a68749)
$145.00 McCormick, Richard C. . ST. PAUL'S TO ST. SOPHIA; OR, SKETCHINGS IN EUROPE
NY 1860 1st Sheldon. Hardcover. Octavo, 364pp. frontis illustration, original green pebbled cloth with gilt spine lettering. VG. Scarce. (a70962)
$480.00 Michie, Alexander . THE SIBERIAN OVERLAND ROUTE FROM PEKING TO PETERSBURG THROUGH THE DESERTS AND STEPPES OF MONGOLIA TARTARY & c.
London 1864 John Murray. Hardcover. Octavo, 402pp., 2 long foldout maps, original blue cloth with gilt spine lettering. Good, light wear on corners and spine ends. No ownership marks. High Quality book. (a44546)
$360.00 Mills, Charles (editor) . THE TRAVELS OF THEODORE DUCAS, IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES IN EUROPE, AT THE REVIVAL OF LETTERS AND ART. PART THE FIRST: ITALY 2 VOLUMES
London 1822 Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown. Part the First was the only part published. An imaginary voyage. 2 volumes. 8vo., 388pp., 399pp., 1/2 leather and boards. Good, text quite clean, boards rubbed, corners worn, spines rubbed and worn. 2 volumes. (a57609)
$145.00 Moore, J. E. S. . TO THE MOUNTAINS OF THE MOON BEING AN ACCOUNT OF THE MODERN ASPECT OF CENTRAL AFRICA, AND OF SOME LITTLE KNOWN REGIONS TRAVERSED BY THE TANGANYIKA EXPEDITION, IN 1899 AND 1900
London 1901 1st Hurst and Blackett. Sm.4to., xvi, 350pp., color frontis, one large color foldout map and two smaller maps, many photo illustrations and drawings (some foldout), advertisements, original green cloth hardcover with dark blue picture of a donkey-man, gilt lettering on spine. Faint residue of numbers at heel of spine, institution booklate andstamp on title page. Good, corners and spine ends a bit worn. Scarce mountaineering book. (a61677)
$495.00 Morris, Mrs. James Edwin . A PACIFIC COAST VACATION
NY 1901 1st Abbey Press. Travel to Alaska and California. Small octavo, 255pp., photo illustrations, hardcover. Good, new endpapers, cover a bit rubbed, cover lettering faded. Scarce. (a69214)
$120.00 Murray, George T.; Gardiner, Robert S.; Baxter, Katharine Schuyler . THE LAND OF THE TATAMI; JAPAN AS WE SAW IT; IN BEAUTIFUL JAPAN A STORY OF BAMBOO LANDS (3 VOLUMES BOUND IN ONE)
1906, 1892, 1895. 3 titles bound in one volume. Octavo hardcover. Top edge giilt. 124pp., photo illustrations; 135pp., photo illustrations, foldout map; 381pp., photo illustrations. Original wraps bound in for the Murray and Baxter titles. Bound in one hardcover volume with two mounted leather spine labels. VG, spine labels worn, some foxing. Great collectible for Japan enthusiasts. (a60848)
$125.00 Murray, Hon. Amelia M. . LETTERS FROM THE UNITED STATES, CUBA AND CANADA
NY 1856 Putnam. Murray was Lady in Waiting to Queen of England and travelled as her emissary. Intelligent, high content letters with much on practice of slavery. Only two chapters on Cuba, most chapters on US. 2 volumes in one. 8vo., 402pp., boards. Good, some foxing, front hinge cracked, cover worn and backstrip quite chipped and worn. (a9180)
$125.00 Murray, John . A HANDBOOK FOR TRAVELLERS IN FRANCE PART 1 AND PART 2 (COMPLETE)
London 1890 Murray. Part 1: Artois, Picardy, Normandy, Brittany, Seine, Loire, Garonne, Bordeaux, Limousin, Gascony, Yrenees; Part 2: Artois, French Flanders, Campagne, Vosges, burgundy, Morvan, Lyons, Marseilles, Rhone, France-Comte, Jura, Dauphine, French Allps, Provence and Nice. Two volumes. Small octavos, 423pp., (48), 387pp. (48), foldout maps in text, large folding maps in rear pocket, limp red cloth. Small owner signature on top margin of both title pages. V G. 2 volumes. (a72067)
$245.00 Murray, Rev. Thos. Boyles; revised by Rev. C. C. Elcum . PITCAIRN OR THE MUTINY OF THE BOUNTY. PITCAIRN: THE ISLAND, THE PEOPLE AND THE PASTOR TO WHICH IS ADDED A SHORT NOTICE OF THE ORIGINAL SETTLEMENT AND PRESENT CONDITION OF NORFOLK ISLAND
London 1909 Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. Revised and brought up to date by Rev C. C. Elcum. Hardcover. Small octavo, 368pp., frontis of John Adams, pictorial front board with John Adams, the ship Bounty, ocean, rope, rocks, and so on. VG light wear. (a71953)
$120.00 Musin, Ovide . MY MEMORIES - A HALF-CENTURY OF ADVENTURES AND EXPERIENCES AND GLOBE TRAVEL WRITTEN BY HIMSELF
NY 1920 1st Musin Publishing Co. Violinist and composer. Octavo, 298pp., illustrations, gilt printed red cloth hardcover with portrait mounted on front. Insacribed and signed by Musin. VG, tiny pucker in spine cloth, slight stain on front cover portrait pastedown. In removeable clear glassine jacket. (a69142)
$220.00 Myers, P.V.N . REMAINS OF LOST EMPIRES: SKETCHES OF THE RUINS OF PALMYRA, NINEVAH, BABLYON AND PERSEPOLIS, WITH SOME NOTES ON INDIA AND THE CASHMERIAN HIMALAYAS
NY 1875 Harper. Hardcover. 8vo. 531pp., illustrations, cloth. Good plus, spine ends and corners worn and a bit frayed. (a11308)
$99.00 Nelson, Bob . WORLD BEATERS
Boston 1930 1st Meador. World travel adventures and humorous anecdotes by Canadian doctor who travelled to Hawaii, South Pacific,India. Written into a sort of novelistic travelogue. Octavo, 250pp., hardcover. Near Fine, in Good DJ, chipped on spine ends and lightly soiled. Rare. (a69705)
$145.00 Newman, John . THE THRONES AND PALACES OF NINEVAH AND BABYLON FROM SEA TO SEA A THOUSAND MILES ON HORSEBACK
NY 1876. Lg.8vo., 455p., double page map, illustrations, gold stamped hardcover. Class inscription to previous owner on front free blank. Good, cloth a bit worn and rubbed, pages lightly soiled. (a38527)
$200.00 Nolte, Vincent . FIFTY YEARS IN BOTH HEMISPHERES OR, REMINISCENCES OF THE LIFE OF A FORMER MERCHANT
NY 1854 1st Redfield. Long chapters on a shipwreck, on New Orleans, Napoleon's Defeat at Waterloo and its effect on himself and other seafearers, the election of Andrew Jackson, the 1848 Revolt in France. 8vo., 484pp., original cloth hardcover. Howes 7440. Good, small bit of light foxing, wearing along spine ends and along one inch of outer hinge. (a3485)
$118.00 O'Connor, V. C. Scott . THE SILKEN EAST A RECORD OF LIFE AND TRAVEL IN BURMA 2 VOLUMES (COMPLETE)
London 1904 1st Hutchinson. Two volumes. Large octavo, 842pp., 20 color plates, numerous photo illustrations, 2 large foldout maps (including panorama of the Ruby Mines), index, original bright blue cloth with full gilt trim. Set was in a Nunnery library and has several stamps on lower margins of initial pages, and there a residue of spine numbers on each volume. Owner bookplates (William Crozier). Good, one hinge tender, light wear. 2 volumes. (a65487)
$850.00 Oliphant, Laurence . NARRATIVE OF THE EARL OF ELGIN'S MISSION TO CHINA AND JAPAN IN THE YEARS 1857 '58, '59
NY 1860 Harper. 1st American edition. Octavo, 645pp., color frontis, numerous text illustrations, original gilt illustrated brown cloth. Good plus, spine ends worn down about 1/4 inch, one small closed tear and chip on spine. (a70194)
$245.00 Oliphant, Laurence . THE RUSSIAN SHORES OF THE BLACK SEA IN THE AUTUMN OF 1852 WITH A VOYAGE DOWN THE VOLGA AND A TOUR THROUGH THE COUNTRY OF THE DON COSSACKS
NY 1854 from the 3rd London edition. Redfield. Sm.8vo., 226pp., folding map as frontispiece, a few small vignette illus in text, original maroon cloth. Good, new end papers, some cover wear. (a29884)
$300.00 Ollen, Gerda . I MONGOLT�LT OCH GENOM �KNAR (IN MONGOL TENTS AND ACROSS THE DESERT)
Stockholm 1923. In Swedish. Sm.8vo., 96pp., photo illustrations, original printed wraps. Signed and dated by Gerda Ollen on the title page. VG, light wear. Scarce. (a57056)
$120.00 Olufsen, O. . THROUGH THE UNKNOWN PAMIRS (VAKHAN AND GARAN) - THE SECOND DANISH PAMIR EXPEDITION 1898-99
London 1904 1st Heinemann. Octavo, 238pp., photo illustrations, 2 folding maps, one foldout diagram, index, red cloth hardcover with black lettering. Good, spine faded, some discoloration and slight staining on front, end papers brown-speckled. (a61761)
$245.00 Otto, Erzherzog von �sterreich . TAGEBUCH MEINER REISE UM DIE ERDE 1892 - 1893 - ERSTER BAND, ZWEITER BAND(2 VOLUMES)
Wien 1896 Alfred Holder. Two volumes. In German. 4to., illustrations, charts, large foldout maps (Jokohama, Indien, Java, Australien, Japan), original wraps. VG. Two volumes. Scarce. (a67230)
$750.00 Owen, Sidney . INDIA ON THE EVE OF THE BRITISH CONQUEST. A HISTORICAL SKETCH
London 1872 1st Wm. H. Allen. Small octavo, later red paper spine with colorful marbled hardcover. Good, new endpapers, corners worn. (a69831)
$145.00 Palma di Cesnola, General Louis . CYPRUS: ITS ANCIENT CITIES, TOMBS AND TEMPLES
NY 1878 1st Harper. A narrative of researches and excavations during ten years' residence in that island. 8vo., 456pp., maps and illustrations, green cloth with black and gilt pictorial design on front board. Top edge gilt. VG, very light cover wear. A Beautiful Book. (a42476)
$685.00 Pelleschi, Giovanni . EIGHT MONTHS ON THE GRAN CHACO OF THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC
London 1886 Samson Low. Sm.8vo., 311pp., maroon cloth with gilt spine lettering. VG, original half title remounted. (a53841)
$155.00 Peri, A. Penitent ( George Cullen Pearson) . FLIGHTS INSIDE AND OUTSIDE PARADISE
NY 1886 1st Putnam. Much about life in Japan. Hardcover. Small octavo, 389pp., unusual and attractive brown and beige patterned cloth hardcover with orange lettering. Bookplate of Atkinson. VG, light wear on corners. (a75161)
$129.00 Petech, L. . CHINA AND TIBET IN THE EARLY 18TH CENTURY HISTORY OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CHINESE PROTECTORATE IN TIBET (ORIGINAL BOO, NOT A MODERN REPRINT)
Leiden 1950 1st E. J. Brill. Monographies du T'Oung Pao Volume I. Large octavo, 286pp., wraps. A few pages yet uncut. Good, light wear and spine darkened. (a52086)
$300.00 Pfeiffer, Ida . VOYAGE A MADAGASCAR
Paris 1862 Hachette. Traduit de l'Allemand par W. de Suckau. et precede d'une notice historique sur Madagascar par Francis Riaux. In French. 12mo., 312pp., foldout map, original yellow printed wraps. Good, ancient dry water stain on cover and initial pages, some light foxing, small tear on hinge that holds the map. (a28454)
$99.00 Pierotti, Ermete . CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS OF PALESTINE ILLUSTRATING THE MANNERS OF THE ANCIENT HEBREWS
Cambridge 1864 Deighton, Bell. Translated by T.G. Bonney. 8vo., 280pp., original bright blue cloth with gilt spine lettering. Bookplate and withdrawn stamp from Scottish library. VG, corners of about 5 pages creased, slight foxing on a few pages. Rare. (a53695)
$1150.00 Pike, Nicolas . SUB-TROPICAL RAMBLES IN THE LAND OF THE APHANAPTERYX - PERSONAL EXPERIENCES, ADVENTURES AND WANDERINGS IN AND AROUND THE ISLAND OF MAURITIUS
NY 1873 1st. Harper. Hardcover. Octavo, 509pp., (6), illustrations, 3 foldout maps (one is cyclone chart), original green cloth hardcover. Faint blind stamp of club on title page. Good, new endpapers, light wear on corners and spine ends, spine faded, small stain on cover. (a69960)
$225.00 Pike, Nicolas . SUB-TROPICAL RAMBLES IN THE LAND OF THE APHANAPTERYX - PERSONAL EXPERIENCES, ADVENTURES AND WANDERINGS IN AND AROUND THE ISLAND OF MAURITIUS
NY 1873 1st. Harper. Octavo, 509pp., (6), illustrations, 3 foldout maps (one is cyclone chart), original green cloth hardcover. Good plus, paper near inner hinges repaired, small bit of taping on one map in margin, cover faded. (a71112)
$250.00 Polhill, A. T. . ACROSS SIBERIA WITH A BABY, & A VISIT TO A CHINESE PRISON
Cambridge 1904 1st Deighton, Bell. Edited with a Preface by Robert Sinker, D. D. 12mo., 84pp., photo illustrations, frontis map, printed blue cloth, VG. Rare. (a49922)
$295.00 Potter, Blanche . SEVEN BOUND VOLUMES OF ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT TRAVEL JOURNALS IN TYPESCRIPT BY BLANCHE POTTER 1904 - 1925
Seven 4to volumes. First volume is in a handmade book with full cloth limp cover and title emboidered in large letters across front board with silk ribbon binding . Remaining 6 volumes are uniformly bound in limp leather covers with leather thong ties. Volumes date from 1904 to1925. The first volume, 1904, is titled Journal of Three Spinsters About 150 leaves on rectos only. With a few hand written corrections. Based on letters sent by Potter to Louise Gianetti (sp?) and all the Grace Circle Members at Grace Parish House, 415 E. 13th st. New York City. The trio travelled throughout Europe in 1904. The remaining 6 volumes are letters which do not seem to be addressed to anyone in particular. All volumes about 100-200 pages of typescript printed on rectos and interspersed with mounted original photographs --between 25 and 75 photographs per volume. Vol 2 is 1911 travel to Egypt and Italy; vol 3 is 1912 trip from New York to California and Grand Canyon; vol 4 is 1913-1914 travel again to Europe; vol 5 is 1920 travel to Florida, Key West, Cuba, Jamaica; vol 6 is 1924 trip to South America-Chile, Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil; vol 7 is 1925 trip across the USA especially to Kansas, Colorado, California and Louisiana. Parts of envelopes and letters are bound into the text. Blanche Potter was daughter of Orlando B. Potter of New York City and author of two books of autobiography. (a72955)
$1000.00 Pratt, A. E. . TO THE SNOWS OF TIBET THROUGH CHINA
London 1892 Longmans, Green, and Co. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 268pp., illustrations, foldout map, original gilt printed blue cloth. Owner bookplate. VG, light rubbing on front outer hinge, light soiling. (a61460)
$525.00 Rado, A. . F�HRER DURCH DIE SOWJETUNION
Berlin 1928. Baedeker-like travel guide. 12mo., many large foldout maps, red cloth. Good. (a10552)
$98.00 Rapelje, George . A NARRATIVE OF EXCURSIONS, VOYAGES AND TRAVELS PERFORMED AT DIFFERENT PERIODS IN AMERICA, EUROPE, ASIA, AND AFRICA
New York 1834 Printed for the Author by West & Trow. Rapelje was born in 1771. 'This is a journal kept during a year's voyage to Europe and the Mediterranean in 1821-22. More interesting than most, it captures both the tedium and the excitement of travel' (--Smith, American Travellers Abroad). Sm.4to., 416pp., original green cloth with gilt illustration on front board (very faded) and gilt spine lettering. Owner signed (J M Dyer) on end paper. Good, a few tine spots in text, end papers foxed, corner worn and frayed, some wear and tear on cloth along outer hinges, spine ends worn down slightly and somewhat frayed, small chip in cloth in middle of front board. Rare. (a42422)
$650.00 Raumer, Friedrich von . BRIEFE AUS PARIS UND FRANKREICH IM JAHRE 1830
Leipzig 1831 Brockhaus. Erster theil und zweiter theil bound in one volume. In German. 8vo., 290pp., 334pp., gilt printed red leather spine with marbled boards. VG, occasional foxing. (a42826)
$180.00 Recamier, Docteur . L'AME DE L'EXILE SOUVENIRS DES VOYAGES DE MONSEIGNEUR LE DUC D'ORLEANS
Paris 1927 1st Plon. In French. 4to., 372pp., avec un portrait en heliogravure et quartre-vingt-deux illustrations, wraps. Uncut. Owner inscribed and signed on front end paper. Good, wraps a bit soiled and somewhat worn but intact. (a70052)
$110.00 Reeve, Henry Fenwick . THE GAMBIA ITS HISTORY, ANCIENT, MEDIAEVAL AND MODERN
London 1912 1st Smith, Elder. ...Together with its Geographical, Geological and Ethnographical Conditions and a Description of the Birds, Beasts, and Fishes Found Therein.Large octavo, 287pp., photo illustrations, 3 maps, errata, original gilt printed maroon cloth hardcover. Edges gilt. Partially removed name stamp on top gilt fore-ege. VG, occasional light foxing, very slight yellowing around edges of photo plates ,half inch closed tear at head of spine (professionally repaired). (a68132)
$120.00 Richardson, Gwen . ON THE DIAMOND TRAIL IN BRITISH GUIANA
London 1925 1st Methuen. Hardcover. Octavo, 243pp., 23 illustrations, most from photos including one with the author letting a scorpion play on the back of her hand and as frontis Annie Oakley-like pose with a gun, tan cloth. Good plus, occasional very light foxing throughout, some rubbing and spotting on boards, no DJ. (a71913)
$320.00 Riquet, Pierre Paul . GUIDE DU VOYAGEUR SUR LE CANAL DU MIDI ET SES EMBRANCHEMENTS
Toulouse 1835. Sur les canaux des stangs et de Beaucaire and sur le canal lateral a la Garonne. In French. 8vo., 216pp., steel engraved frontispiece of Author, Panorama du Monument eleve a la memoire de P. P. Riquet a Naurouse, 2 large foldout maps, many charts. 1/2 leather. Small bits of neat notation done in contemporary manuscript brown ink in some margins. Good, leather spine worn, head of spine chipped, outer and inner hinges cracked, boards worn on edges. Rare. (a6667)
$245.00 Rollins, Alice W. . FROM PALM TO GLACIER WITH AN INTERLUDE BRAZIL, BERMUDA, AND ALASKA
NY 1892 1st Putnam's Sons. Hardcover. Sm.4to., photo illustrations, sky blue cloth with full silver decoration and title on front. VG new end papers, spine ends and corners lightly worn. (a70918)
$175.00 Root, Rodolpha K. . TEN MONTHS IN EUROPE
Springfield 1883 1st Homestead Job Print. Miss Root's trip to Europe was during 1872. Hardcover. Octavo, 42pp., original maroon cloth. Owner signed (Mamie S. Arms) with letter of two paragraphs written by Arms about the book tipped in. VG. Scarce. (a51418)
$140.00 Ross, Sir John . NARRATIVE OF A SECOND VOYAGE IN SEARCH OF A NORTH-WEST PASSAGE AND OF A RESIDENCE IN THE ARCTIC REGIONS DURING THE YEARS 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832, 1833 INCLUDING THE REPORTS OF CAPT. J. C. ROSS,...AND THE DISCOVERY OF THE NORTHERN MAGNETIC POLE
Paris 1835 Baudry's European Library. Hardcover. Octavo., 475pp., 2 steel plates, newly rebound in 3/4 leather with gilt decorations and lettering on spine. Binding is Fine; internally VG, leaves cropped a bit (margin only, not affecting text). (a1969)
$325.00 Sandwith, F. M. . EGYPT AS A WINTER RESORT
London 1889 1st Kegan Paul. Sm.8vo., 153pp. plus catalogue of Kegan Paul (95pp.), boards with black and gilt design on front. VG, spine ends rubbed, lower corners gently bumped. (a50032)
$300.00 Savage-Landor, A. Henry . ACROSS UNKNOWN SOUTH AMERICA VOLUME 2
Boston 1913 1st Little Brown. Sm.4to., 439pp., 8 full page color plates, mnay monochrome photo illustrations, maps, index, dark blue cloth with gilt decoration and lettering. VG quarter-inch closed snag on backstrip cloth (no loss of cloth), spine faded. Volume 2 only. (a54934)
$165.00 Schuyler, Eugene . TURKISTAN NOTES OF A JOURNEY IN RUSSIAN TURKISTAN, KHOKAND, BUKHARA AND KULDJA 2 VOLUMES
NY 1885 3rd American Edition, with an additional chapter. 2 volume set. Hardcovers. Small octavos, 411pp., 463pp., woodcut illustrations, 2 color folding maps, cloth. Institution bookplates, small blind stamp on maps, title page and a few other pages. VG, slight stain on spine where circular labels once were affixed, leaves very slightly toned. (a32959)
$495.00 Schwarz, Julius . GLIMPSES OF PALESTINE
NY 1927 1st Author, Ashland Press. 12mo., 71pp., photo illustrations, errata slip, printed hardcover. Inscribed and signed in Hebrew, possibly by author. VG. Scarce. (a47049)
$195.00 Senn, Nicholas M.D. . AROUND THE WORLD VIA SIBERIA
Chicago 1902 1st Conkey. From articles that originally appeared in the Chicago Tribune. Author was Professor of Surgery at Rush Medical College and Chief of Operating Staff with the Army in Spanish American War and Surgeon-General of Illinois. 8vo., 402pp., photo illustrations, hardcover. Signed O.K. N. Senn. Good, front hinge cracking, light soiling on rear board. (a50685)
$170.00 Sessions, Francis C. . FROM THE LAND OF THE MIDNIGHT SUN TO THE VOLGA
NY 1890 1st Welch, Fracker Company. Sm.8vo., 167pp., frontis, photo illustrations, marbled boards and half blue cloth with mounted paper spine labels.Top edge gilt. Good, leaves browning especially along margins but not brittle, head of spine chipped off and reglued on (not too neatly) and boards worn. (a50079)
$129.00 Shelton, Flora Beal . SUNSHINE AND SHADOW ON THE TIBETAN BORDER
Cincinnati 1912 1st Foreign Christian Missionary Society. Hardcover. 8vo., 141pp., monochrome photo illustrations, boards. VG, new endpapers. (a41667)
$195.00 Skinner, J. E. Hilary . ROUGHING IT IN CRETE IN 1867
London 1868 1st ed. Bentley. 8vo., 272pp., original cloth hardcover. Village library bookplate and stamp on titlepage and pocket in rear; small ink numbers on verso of titlepag. Good, spine slightly discolored (shellac removed), light foxing. Rare. (a59536)
$500.00 Sladen, Douglas . SICILY THE NEW WINTER RESORT AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SICILIY
London 1905 1st Methuen. Extensively detailed text. Small octavo, 616pp.,photo illustrations, Methuen Catalogue (40pp.), large color folding map of Sicily, red cloth hardcover. Good, some light cover wear, (a70056)
$110.00 Smith, R.C. . LIFE INCIDENTS AND VOYAGES OF R.C. SMITH (PARALYTIC) GIVING INTERESTING NOTES OF HIS VOYAGES AROUND THE WORLD; HIS PARTICIPATION IN THE ZULU WAR, ETC. TOGETHER WITH NUMEROUS HINTS ON HEALTH AND OVER SEVENTY RECIPES
Oakland 1888 Published for the Author. 12mo., 99pp., printed stapled wraps. VG, spine a bit worn. Scarce. (a53648)
$350.00 Spry, W. J. J. R.N. . THE CRUISE OF HER MAJESTY'S SHIP 'CHALLENGER' VOYAGES OVER MANY SEAS, SCENES IN MANY LANDS
London 1876 1st Sampson Low Marston Searle & Rivington. 8vo., 388pp., 24pp., large foldout map, text illustrations, original green cloth with gilt ship on front board and gilt soldier and publisher's logo on backstrip. VG, some slight spotting on fore-edges, slight wear on lower spine end and corners. (a51920)
$600.00 St. John, J. A. . EGYPT AND NUBIA WITH ILLUSTRATIONS
London 1845 Chapman and Hall. 8vo., 472pp., rebound in later wraps. Historical library stamp on titlepage. Good. (a51885)
$175.00 Story, William W . ROBA DI ROMA (WITH 63 ORIGINAL MOUNTED PHOTOGRAPHS)
London 1875 7th Chapman and Hall. 2 volumes bound in one. Octavo., steel engraved Portrait frontispiece of author, illustrated with 63 original photograph, full vellum. Fourteen of the photographs are of artwork; forty nine are views of Rome: street scenes, architecture, landscape, and the Ghetto - all very interesting and of historical value. The photographs are of excellent quality (no photographer is given) and in perfect condition. VG, a few small spots on vellum. (a60609)
$950.00 Strong, Anna Louise . I SAW THE NEW POLAND
Boston 1946 1st Little Brown. Hardcover. Small octavo, 280pp., cloth. Presentation copy signed by Strong. Fine in colorful VG DJ. (a72253)
$145.00 Sullivan, May Kellogg . A WOMAN WHO WENT TO ALASKA
Boston 1902 1st Earle. Octavo, 392pp., photo frontis, photo illustrations, pictorial hardcover with mounted photo illustration of author on front. Owner signed with bookplate. Good plus, light wear. (a15300)
$150.00 Sumner, Mrs. George . OUR HOLIDAY IN THE EAST
London 1882 2nd Hurst and Blackett. Edited by Rev. George Henry Sumner. Travel to Egypt, Syria, Holy Land, Jersualem, Damascus, Beyrout, Lebanon. Hardcover. Octavo, 323pp., (4), original brown cloth decorated with black and gilt trim and lettering. All edges gilt. VG, new endpapers, light foxing on initial pages. (a65984)
$145.00 Tastevin, A. ete F. . GUIDE DU VOYAGEUR A MOSCOU
Moscou 1897 2-e edition, revue et corrigee. In French with Francais-Russe vocabulaire. 12mo., 194pp., small photo illustrations, large foldout maps, index, limp blue cloth. VG. (a60761)
$225.00 Telfer, Commander J. Buchan . THE BONDAGE AND TRAVELS OF JOHANN SCHILTBERGER A NATIVE OF BAVARIA, IN EUROPE, ASIA AND AFRICA 1395-1427
Burt Franklin reprint of original Hakluyt edition. With notes by Professor P. Bruun. and a preface, introduction and notes by the translator and editor. Octavo, 263pp., large foldout map, blue grey cloth. Near Fine, slight bit of soiling on cover . (a70700)
$110.00 Terry, T. Philip . TERRY'S GUIDE TO CUBA INCLUDING THE ISLE OF PINES
Boston 1926 Houghton. 12mo., 460pp., 2 maps, 7 plans, original limp red cloth hardcover. VG, with some uneven fading and spotting, mostly on rear cover. (a68950)
$195.00 Thiebaut de Berneaud, Arsenne . A VOYAGE TO THE ISLE OF ELBA; WITH NOTICES OF THE OTHER ISLANDS IN THE TYRRHENIAN SEA
London 1814 Longman, Hust, Rees, Orme and Brown. Translated from the French of Arsenne Thiebaut de Berneaud by William Jerdan. Octavo, 183pp., large foldout map of Elba, rebound in maroon cloth with gilt spine lettering. Small number on back of map. Copy of George Augusutus Sala , signed by him on title page (Brighton, 1883) with a note in his hand that Jerdan was Afterwards Editor for many years of a Gazette and that: I remember him. Good, map frayed on edges with a few closed tears, professionally taped on verso, final text pages also have a few small closed tears taped on verso. Scarce. (a70972)
$650.00 Thomas, J. M.D. . TRAVELS IN EGYPT AND PALESTINE
Philadelphia 1853 1st Lippincott Grambo. Hardcover. 8vo., 173pp., full pressed dark blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Owner signed on title page. VG, foxing on final pages of advertisement. Nice copy. (a41419)
$140.00 Thomas, Sidney J. . SIX AND ONE ABROAD
1914 1st E. L. Steck.Travel to Middle East, Holy Land, Egypt and Europe. Hardcover. Octavo, 281pp., photo illustrations, gilt printed green cloth. Inscribed and signed by Wellen S. Thomas in 1936. VG, some rubbing of cover cloth. (a70279)
$140.00 Thomson, J. . THE STRAITS OF MALACCA INDO-CHINA AND CHINA OR TEN YEARS' TRAVELS, ADVENTURES AND RESIDENCE ABROAD
London 1875 Sampson Low. Lg.8vo., 546pp., upwards of 60 wood engravings by J. D. Cooper, 3/4 mearoon leather. Small school stamp on titlepage. Good, end papers and fore-edges foxed, slight water effects on top corner of cover and initial 4 pages including light stain on frontispiece. (a50076)
$320.00 Timkowski, George . TRAVELS OF THE RUSSIAN MISSION THROUGH MONGOLIA TO CHINA, AND RESIDENCE IN PEKING IN THE YEARS 1820-1821 WITH CORRECTIONS AND NOTES BY JULIUS VON KLAPROTH 2 VOLUMES (COMPLETE)
London 1827 1st Longman Rees Orme Brown and Green. 2 volumes. Octavo, 468pp., 496pp., frontis engraving of Arachi Taidzi mounted on a camel, folding plan of Peking, one large folding map of China, original purplish tan cloth with gilt spine lettering. Good, new endpapers, covers quite worn, cracking along all outer hinges, spines discolored, some soiling and a few closed tears in margins. Fascinating reading--one of the major travel books. 2 volumes. (a61492)
$1250.00 T�pfer, R. . NOUVEAUX VOYAGES EN ZIGZAG
Paris 1870 troisieme edition Garnier Freres. In French. 4to., 454pp., blue cloth with leather spine. Front board present but detached. Text VG. (a57002)
$160.00 Trinkler, Emil . THROUGH THE HEART OF AFGHANISTAN
Boston 1928 1st Houghton. Edited and translated by B. K. Featherstone. Hardcover. Octavo, 246pp., photo illustrations, large foldout map, cloth. VG, light soiling, no DJ. (a72168)
$145.00 Turner, Thomas . NARRATIVE OF A JOURNEY, ASSOCIATED WITH A FLY, FROM GLOUCESTER TO ABERYSTWITH, AND FROM ABERYSTWITH THROUGH NORTH WALES JULY 31ST TO SEPTEMBER 8TH 1837
London 1840 Printed for Private Distribution only. 8vo., 222pp., frontispiece portrait of author, 11 engraved plates plus several other fullpage illustrations, rebound in later wraps. Good. (a51884)
$275.00 Vanderbilt, W. K. . ACROSS THE ATLANTIC WITH 'ARA', SUMMER OF 1924 (SIGNED)
NY 1925 1st Brentano. Yacht travel to Casablanca, Messina, Venice, Naples, Rabat, Fes and Marrakech. Hardcover. Octavo, 147pp., monochrome photo illustrations, 3 maps, cloth. **Signed presentation copy to Ellen Sturgis from Vanderbilt. VG, some light cover wear and spotting. Binding very secure and text clean. no DJ. (a43484)
$300.00 Venables, General . THE NARRATIVE OF GENERAL VENABLES WITH AN APPENDIX OF PAPERS RELATING TO THE EXPEDITION TO THE WEST INDIES AND THE CONQUEST OF JAMAICA 1654-1655
London 1900 1st Longmans Green. Edited for the Royal Historical Society by C. H. Firth. Square octavo, 180pp., original brown cloth hardcover with gilt spine lettering. Near Fine, (a66260)
$145.00 Vernon, Paul E. . MOROCCO FROM A MOTOR
London 1927 1st Black. Sm.4to., 184pp., color illustrations, foldout map, pictorial hardcover. Inscribed and signed by Vernon in presentation to Frank Gottsch. VG, no DJ. (a58179)
$150.00 Villamur, Roger . EN LISANT ET EN VOYAGEANT
Paris 1912 1st Challamel. In French. Sm.8vo., 251pp., original printed wraps. A few pages uncut. VG, light wear on spine. Rare. (a59531)
$175.00 von Raumer, Frederick . AMERICA AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE (ORIGINAL BOOK, NOT A REPRINT)
NY 1846 (1845) Langley.Translated from German by William W. Turner. Von Raumer was a German scholar, 1781-1873, who traveled extensively in America. Large octavo, 512pp., foldout chart with summary of constitutions of 26 US States, hardcover. Owner signed (Charles Sanford.) Fairly Good, occasional light foxing throughout, light brown water stain on lower margin of initial and final 20 pages or so, spine ends quite worn down, cloth worn off corners. (a3813)
$50.00 Vuillier, Gaston . THE FORGOTTEN ISLES IMPRESSIONS OF TRAVEL IN THE BALEARIC ISLES, CORSICA AND SARDINIA
NY 1896. Rendered into English by Frederic Breton. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 390pp., illustrations, pictorial red cloth. Good plus, spine lettering and cover a bit faded, light wear. (a65520)
$122.00 Ward, R. Gerard (editor) . AMERICAN ACTIVITIES IN THE CENTRAL PACIFIC 1790-1870 8 VOLUMES
Ridgewood 1966, 1967. 8 volumes. Lg.8vo., several hundred pages per volume, illustrations, foldout maps, illustrated cloth. Number labels on each spine. Institution name, bookplate and discard stamps on all endpapers. Name stamp on all fore-edges, number stamp on one or two interior pages of each volume. Volume 1 in Box with only 3 of the 9 folding maps. Sold as is. Eight volumes. (a48012)
$150.00 Ward, Sarita . A VALIANT GENTLEMAN BEING THE BIOGRAPHY OF HERBERT WARD ARTIST AND MAN OF ACTION
London 1927 1st Chapman and Hall. Ward was a famous sculptor and the wife of an explorer/adventurer of New Zealand, Borneo, Congo and elsewhere. Octavo, 276pp., photo illustrations, blue cloth hardcover. VG, spine faded to grey, lower corners slightly bumped, no DJ. (a68823)
$220.00 Waring, Geo. E. Jr. . BRIDE OF THE RHINE. TWO HUNDRED MILES IN A MOSEL ROW-BOAT
Boston 1878 (1877) Osgood. To which is added the paper on the Latin poet Ausonius and his poem Mosella by Charles T. Brooks. Boating in German. 12mo., 312pp., woodcut illustrations, bright green cloth hardcover with gilt and black decoration. Spine numbers, a few blind stamps in text but no other ownership markings. VG, new endpapers. (a65359)
$110.00 Weed, Thurlow . LETTERS FROM EUROPE AND THE WEST INDIES 1843-1862
Albany 1866 1st Weed, Parsons. Hardcover. Octavo, 805pp., 3/4 leather with matching marbled boards, end papers and fore-edges. Letters from Europe, 1843, pp. 1-307; from West Indies 1844-4, pp. 315-99; from Europe 1851-52 and 1861-62, pp. 407-797; Letter to New York Common Council 1862, pp.798-805. Name in gilt at heel of spine (S. W. Updike.) VG. (a39237)
$265.00 Weld, Isaac, Junior . TRAVELS THROUGH THE STATES OF NORTH AMERICA, AND THE PROVINCES OF UPPER AND LOWER CANADA DURING THE YEARS 1795, 1796 AND 1797. VOLUME II
London 1800 3rd Printed for John Stockdale, Piccadilly. Octavo, 376pp., 4 foldout plates (3 are views of Niagara falls), one foldout map of Niagara Falls, 3/4 leather with later paper spine. Fair, corners very worn, a few leaves have old dry light stain. Plates have light moisture stains. A few page cornerss gone. Inner hinges cracked through. Text binding secure. Reading Copy only. Volume II only. (a66400)
$180.00 Wilkinson, Hugh . SUNNY LANDS AND SEAS A VOYAGE IN THE SS. 'CEYLON' NOTES MADE DURING A FIVE MONTHS' TOUR IN INDIA, THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS, MANILA, CHINA, JAPAN, THE SANDWICH ISLANDS AND CALIFORNIA
London 1883 1st John Murray. Hardcover. Octavo, 324pp., frontis folding map, illustrations, attratcive blue cloth cover with gilt and black decoration and lettering. Good, new end papers, cover a bit worn. Good solid copy of Scarce book. (a71131)
$390.00 Williams, John . A NARRATIVE OF MISSIONARY ENTERPRISES IN THE SOUTH SEA ISLANDS
London 1837 Snow & Leifchild. First edition, Third Thousand. With Remarks Upon the Natural History of the Islands, Origin, Languages, Traditions and Usages of the Inhabitants. Hardcover. Octavo, 589pp., color frontis of Chief of Raratonga, foldout map, illustrations, 3/4 leather with marbled boards. Owner signed on verso of the frontis. Fairly Good, leather worn, rounding of corners, cracking on leather on spine; some foxing on a few pages. Binding secure. Original printing, not a modern reissue/ (a66086)
$170.00 Wolf, Teodoro . VIAJES CIENTIFICOS POR LA REPUBLICA DEL ECUADOR, VERIFICADOS Y PUBLICADOS POR ORDEN DEL SUPREMO GOBIERNO DE LA MISMA REPUBLICA, POR EL DR. T. WOLF I. RELACION DE UN VIAJE GEOGNOSTICO POR LA PROVINCIA DE LOJA. II. RELACION DE UN VIAJE GEOGNOSTICO POR LA PROVINCIA DEL AZUAY; III. MEMORIA SOBRE...PROVINCIA DE ESMERALDAS
Guayaquil 1879 Imprenta del Comercio. Hardcover. In Spanish. Three volumes bound in one.Octavo, (iv), 57pp., errata, two maps; 78pp., 2 maps; 87pp., one foldout lightly colored map, half maroon leather with blue marbled boards, raised spine bands and bright blue spine label. VG, light wear. (a71571)
$350.00 Workman, Fanny Bullock and William Hunter Workman . ALGERIAN MEMORIES A BICYCLE TOUR OVER THE ATLAS TO THE SAHARA
New York no date (c.1900) Anson Randolph. Small octavo, 216pp., photo illustrations, hardcover. Hospital name in ink and hospital stamp on end paper. Good, heel of spine chipped, head of spine worn, corners worn, rear hinge cracked, cover faded. In later clear protective glassine jacket. Scarce. (a65478)
$295.00 Wright, George Frederick . ASIATIC RUSSIA
NY 1902 1st McClure, Phillips. Russia colonization of Siberia, etc.2 volumes, complete. Roy8vo., 637pp., fine photo illus., 5 maps of which 3 are large folding maps and 2 of these are in color (all present). Chocolate brown cloth with mounted orange leather spine labels. VG plus, extremely light cover wear. Superior book in excellent condition. Set of 2 volumes: (a40431)
$245.00 Wright, Julia McNair . AMONG THE ALASKANS
Philadelphia 1883 Presbyerian Board of Publication. Hardcover. 12mo., 351pp., woodcuts, two maps, original mustard yellow cloth with black decoration. Fairly Good, new endpapers, spine ends worn down 1/4 inch. (a50990)
$45.00 Wrylaand, John . THE TRAVELS OF JOHN WRYLAND BEING AN ACCOUNT OF HIS JOURNEY TO TIBET, OF HIS FOUNDING OF A KINGDOM ON THE ISLAND OF PALTI, AND OF HIS WAR AGAINST THE NE-AR-BIANS
London and Allentown 1903 1st International News and Equitable Publishing. Sm.8vo., 236pp., original red cloth with white trim and lettering. VG, light uneven fading on cover, spine lettering partly worn off. VG. Very scarce. (a44751)
$200.00 Wylde, A.B. . '83 TO '87 IN THE SOUDAN WITH AN ACCOUNT OF SIR WILLIAM HEWETT'S MISSION TO THE KING OF ABYSSINIA 2 VOLUMES (COMPLETE)
London 1888 1st. 2 volumes. 8vo., 347pp., 314pp., foldout map at end, boards. Good, boards a bit rubbed and soiled, hinges tender and just beginning to crack. 2 volumes (complete). (a41490)
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