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Latin Americana - Travel/Exploration:
Smith, Willard . PARAGUAYAN INTERLUDE OBSERVATIONS AND IMPRESSIONS
Scottsdale, Pa 1950-lst Herald press. 184p. Index. Author prof of history at Goshen College. Photo illus. Travel in Latin America. Fine. (a10750)
$35.00
Peck, Anne Marriman . ROUNDABOUT SOUTH AMERICA
NY 1940 1st Harper. 8vo., 359pp., author's illustrations, index, hardcover. VG, no DJ. (a11084)
$20.00
Theroux, Paul . THE OLD PATAGONIAN EXPRESS BY TRAIN THROUGH THE AMERICAS
Boston 1979 Houghton Mifflin. Fine in VG DJ. (a14583)
$25.00
Davies, Howell (editor). THE SOUTH AMERICAN HANDBOOK 1949
London 26th edition. Trade and Travel Publications. 8vo., 750pp., one large color foldout map, hardcover. VG. (a1812)
$22.00
Veatch, A. C.. QUITO TO BOGOTA (signed)
London 1917 1st Hodder and Stoughton. 8vo., 338pp., some photo illustratiions, index, cloth. ***Signed by author. VG, cover rubbed, some light spotting on fore-edges, no DJ. (a21604)
$50.00
(mexico) . MEXICO TRAVEL MANUAL
Mexico 1937 National Railways of Mexico. Lists hotels, rates, rooms, railway schedules, etc. Octavo, 36pp., photo illustrated brochure. Fairly Good, water wrinkled in places. (a5242)
$24.00
Curtis, William Eleroy. BETWEEN THE ANDES AND THE OCEAN
Chicago 1900 first edition. Stone. Hardcover. large octavo. "An account of an interesting journey down the west coast of South America from the Isthmus of Panama to the Straits of Magellan." 442pp., photos. Teg. Backstrip faded to brown but white spine lettering still bright and legible. Text clean and binding secure; nice and solid. no owner marks. no dj. Good plus. (a5346)
$35.00
(brazil) . ROTEIRO TURISTICO DA CIDADE DO SALVADOR
Salvador 1952. Orgaizacao Brasileira. 8vo., about 120pp., photo illustrations, 4 color foldout maps. Good, cover worn, lightly stained. (a5379)
$20.00
Minturn, Robert B. Jr. . FROM NEW YORK TO DELHI BY WAY OF RIO DE JANEIRO, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA
NY 1858 1st Appleton. Hardcover. Octavo, 488pp., color foldout map of India, cloth. Good, map wrinkled, spine ends worn down and frayed, beginning to tear along outer hinges. (a5392)
$59.00
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
van Sinderen, AdrIan . FROM THE CANAL TO THE HORN THE STORY OF SOUTH AMERICA
1953 1st Privately Printed. Limited to 650 copies. Sm.4to., 141pp., color and monochrome illustrations, printed hardcover. VG plus, light spotting on fore-edges, very light cover soiling, no DJ. (a57047)
$22.00
Martin, Franklin H. MD . SOUTH AMERICA AMPLIFIED TO INCLUDE ALL OF LATIN AMERICA; THE VANDYCK CRUISE
Ny 1927 revised edition. Revell. 12mo., 435pp., photo illustrations, red cloth hardcover. Inscribed presentation copy (possibly from author but unsigned.) VG, no DJ. (a57754)
$25.00
Andre, Eugene . A NATURALIST IN THE GUIANAS
NY 1904 Scribners. Preface by Dr. J. Scott Keltie. 8vo., 310pp., 34 illustrations including photo illustrations and some very attractive chromolithographs of birds, large foldout map, red cloth with gilt orchid on front. Small paper number label on lower spine and museum blindstamp on titlepage. Good, corners and spine ends a bit worn. (a58477)
$50.00
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
Osborn, Chase S. . THE ANDEAN LAND 2 VOLUMES (COMPLETE)
Chicago 1909 1st McClrug. Two volumes. Octavo, 312pp., 331pp., illustrations, four maps, blue cloth hardcovers with map of South America and mounted picture of mountains on front. VG, covers rubbed. (a68321)
$75.00
Markham, Clements R. . THE TRAVELS OF PEDRO DE DIEZA DE LEON A.D. 1532-50 CONTAINED IN THE FIRST PART OF HIS CHRONICLE OF PERU
Burt Franklin reprint of original Hakluyt edition.Translated and edited with notes and an introduction by Clements R. Markham. Hardcover. Octavo, 434pp., foldout map, blue grey cloth. Near Fine, no DJ. (a70682)
$240.00
Markham, Clements R. (editor) . EXPEDITIONS INTO THE VALLEY OF THE AMAZONS 1539, 1540, 1639
Burt Franklin reprint of original Hakluyt edition.Translated and edited by Clements R. Markham. Hardcover. Octavo, 190pp., blue grey cloth. Near Fine, no DJ. (a70710)
$195.00
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
Martin, Percy F. . THROUGH FIVE REPUBLICS ( OF SOUTH AMERICA) - A CRITICAL DESCRIPTION OF ARGENTINA, BRAZIL, CHILE, URUGUAY AND VENEZUELA IN 1905 (original book not reprint)
NY 1906 1st Dodd Mead. Hardcover. Octavo, 487pp., 128 photo illustrations, 3 foldout maps, decorated cloth. Historical society bookplate. Good , light cover soiling, small residue of label on spine. Text near Fine, clean; binding secure. no dj. (a71754)
$35.00
Cook, William Azel . THROUGH THE WILDERNESSES OF BRAZIL BY HORSE CANOE AND FLOAT
NY 1909 1st American Tract Society. Hardcover. Octavo, 487pp., attractivey green cloth with black palm trees, blue sky, yellow lettering, etc. VG plus. (a71937)
$50.00
Calderone de la Barca, Frances . LIFE IN MEXICO, DURING A RESIDENCE OF TWO YEARS IN THAT COUNTRY VOLUME 1 (OF 2)
Boston 1843 1st Charles C. Little and James Brown. Hardcover. Small octavo, 412pp., frontis woodcut illustration of street scene in Mexico City, original dark brown cloth. Good, chip on soine, slight foxing in text. Volume 1 only. (a76508)
$90.00
Davies, Howell (editor) . THE SOUTH AMERICAN HANDBOOK 1952
London 29th edition Trade and Travel Publications. 8vo., 765pp., one large color foldout map, limp red cloth hardcover. VG plus. (a76518)
$20.00
Ullman, James Ramsey . WHERE THE BONG TREE GROWS
Cleveland 1963 2nd World. The log of one man's journey in the South Pacific. 8vo., 318pp., maps, hardcover. Fine in VG Plus DJ. (a8924)
$24.00
Goodspeed, Bernice . MEXICAN TALES, A COMPILATION OF MEXICAN STORIES AND LEGENDS WITH MAP. . . AND TRAVEL DIRECTORY (signed)
Mexico 1943 2nd American Book and Printing. Octavo, 227pp., wraps with attractive two-color woodblook illustrations. **Inscribed and signed by Goodspeed. Good, light wear. (lat145)
$35.00
Kappel, Philip. JAMAICA GALLERY
Boston 1960 1st Little Brown. 4to., 25 drawings plus text of Author's impressions of Jamaica, hardcover. Inscribed and Signed by Kapper. VG in Good DJ. (lat188)
$27.00
Bourne, Benjamin Franklin . CAPTIVE IN PATAGONIA; OR, LIFE AMONG THE GIANTS, A PERSONAL NARRATIVE
Boston 1858 Gould and Lincoln. True adventures of Californian who travels to Straits of Magellan. 8vo., 233pp., illustrated with fullpage woodcuts, hardcover. Good, worn, tight lightly foxed, woodcuts toned, spine ends chipped and frayed. Rare. (lat400)
$295.00
Cook, William Azel. . BY HORSE, CANOE AND FLOAT THROUGH THE WILDERNESS OF BRAZIL
Akron 1909 Werner. Hardcover. Octavo, 487pp., monochrome photo illustrations, boards. Near VG, spine lettering faded. (lat66)
$33.00