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Travel - World Tours:

Cooper, Gordon . FORBIDDEN LANDS
NY 1955 1st Philosophical LIbrary. 8vo., 165pp., photo illustrations, hardcover. Good, some spotting on cover, no DJ. (a12004)
$22.00 Black, Harman . OUTLINES OF TRAVEL EASTWARD AROUND THE WORLD
London and NY 1924. Interesting details about process of travel itself, number of days between cities, mileage, etc. 2 volumes. 4to., 302pp., 258pp., many monochrome photo illustrations, maps on end papers, index, cloth. Good, spine ends and covers worn. Set of 2 volumes: (a13339)
$35.00 Buckley, J. M. . TRAVELS IN THREE CONTINENTS EUROPE AFRICA ASIA
NY 1895 (1894) Hunt. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 614pp., photo illustrations, index, gilt pictorial boards with picture of man with gun on camelback. VG, new end papers. (a19476)
$37.00 Jenkins, John S. . VOYAGE OF THE U.S. EXPLORING SQUADRON...IN 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, AND 1842 TOGETHER WITH EXPLORATIONS AND DISCOVERIES MADE BY ADMIRAL D'URVILLE, CAPTAIN ROSS, AND OTHERS ...AND AN ACCOUNT OF THE EXPEDITION TO THE DEAD SEA UNDER LIEUTENANT LYNCH
Detroit 1853 Kerr, Doughty and Lapham. Travel throught the Pacific and all over the world. Hardcover. Octavo, 517pp., plates, full leather. Fair, quite worn; light foxing throughout, cracked on outer hinges, spine ends worn down. Binding secure. Useful research copy. (a33717)
$49.00Clough, William Andrews. HELEN AND BILL'S WORLD CRUISE
New Bedford 1938 2nd. Reynolds. hardcover octavo., 151pp., photo illus. end paper maps. Journalist's travel memoir. VG plus. no dj. no owner marks. (a37847)
$28.00 Berndt, Helmut . DER SONNE ENTGEGEN MIT 19 FEHREN AUF FAHRT UM DIE WELT
Leipzig 1938 1st Hase & Koehler. Nineteen years of world travel. 8vo., 193pp., 60 Leica photo illustrations. VG, no DJ. (a38134)
$29.00 M'Collester, Sullivan Holman . AFTER-THOUGHTS OF FOREIGN TRAVEL IN HISTORIC LANDS AND CAPITAL CITIES
Boston 1882 3rd New England. Sm.8vo., 375pp., hardcover. VG, light cover soiling. (a42723)
$35.00 Minturn, Robert B. Jr. . FROM NEW YORK TO DELHI BY WAY OF RIO DE JANEIRO, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA
NY 1858 2nd Appleton. 8vo., 488pp., color foldout map as frontispiece, hardcover. Ex-library with spine numbers and pocket and a few internal stamps. Good, spine ends lightly fraying; text clean and binding secure. (a42724)
$33.00 Cunard Line . AROUND THE WORLD IN THE FRANCONIA 1930
1930. Sailing from New York January 11th Returning May 29th. Hardcover. Octavo, 99pp., monochrome photo illustrations, cloth. VG, light wear. (a42731)
$24.00 DeVine, J. F. . BEATING WINTER
Goshen, n.d (c.1935) Goshen Democrat Printing. 'This is an account of the principal rovings of a Mediterranean Cruise party, and an added appendix of a tour into 16 countries in Central Europe. It is a meager description of the world-renowned spots visited, taking up in a brief way the history of the countries, the genesis of the people and our daily doings.' Hardcover. Lg.8vo., 336pp., monochrome photo illustrations, end paper map, hardcover. ** Inscribed and signed by DeVine. VG, no DJ. (a42733)
$39.00Harris, Ira Francis. BREEZES FROM THE ORIENT (hardcover; signed)
Nashua 1914 Author. 'Letters written by Ira F. Harris, Cashier of the Indian Head National Bank, Nashua, NH, to the Nashua Daly Telegraph...while on a tour around the world' in 1913. Hardcover. octavo red cloth. 148pp.. ***Inscribed and signed by Harris on the front free blank. VG. no dj. (a42793)
$39.00 Palmer, Austin P. . AROUND THE WORLD IN FIVE MONTHS (signed)
Concord 1950 Privately Printed. Travel in the East. 8vo., 248pp., monochrome photo illustrations, index, printed hardcover. **Inscribed and signed by Palmer on the half title. VG, light soiling, in Fairly Good DJ, stained and lightly worn. (a43774)
$29.00 Francis, Harriet E. . BY LAND AND SEA
NY 1891 Nims and Knight."Incidents of Travel with chats about history and legends. Francis and her husband who was U.S. Minister at the Courts of Greece, Portugal and Austria-Hungary took a world tour together with the results published here. Hardcover, 4to., 198pp., photo illustrations, illustrated boards. Top edge gilt. Owner bookplate. Good, cover somewhat soiled. (a50069)
$59.00 Peebles, J. M. . AROUND THE WORLD: OR, TRAVELS IN POLYNESIA, CHINA, INDIA, ARABIA, EGYPT, SYRIA AND OTHER 'HEATHEN' COUNTRIES
Boston 1875 Colby and Rich. Lg.8vo., 414pp., gilt stamped cloth. Good, some wear and soiling on cover, slight bit of wrinkling on backstrip. (a50666)
$90.00 Spry, W. J. J. R.N. . THE CRUISE OF HER MAJESTY'S SHIP 'CHALLENGER' VOYAGES OVER MANY SEAS, SCENES IN MANY LANDS
London 1876 first edition Sampson Low Marston Searle & Rivington. Hardcover Octavo, 388pp., 24pp., large foldout map, text illustrations, green cloth with fine gilt ship pictured on front and gilt lettering with publisher's logo on spine. VG plus, some slight spotting on fore-edges, slight wear on lower spine end and corners. No ownership marks. All hinges secure and unbroken. The Very hard-to-find first edition. Lovely copy. (a51920)
$340.00 Teagle, Frank H. Jr. . A COLLECTION OF LETTERS WRITTEN BY FRANK H. TEAGLE, JR. TO A GROUP OF HIS FRIENDS DURING HIS TRAVELS AROUND THE WORLD OCTOBER 1936 TO AUGUST 1937
1938 1st Privately printed. Limited to 50 copies. Letters from London, Sicily, on sea near India, on the Yangtze, etc. Sm.8vo., 93pp., hardcover. VG plus, no DJ. (a52247)
$50.00 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 Thomas, Margaret . AROUND THE WORLD IN 1912 & 1913 DIARY OF MARGARET THOMAS
Boston 1961 Privately printed. 4to., 74pp., photo illustrations, hardcover. VG. light wear on cover tips. (a56269)
$75.00 Emerson, J. M. . NEW YORK TO THE ORIENT A SERIES OF LETTERS WRITTEN DURING A BRIEF TRIP THROUGH EUROPE TO PALESTINE, RETURNING VIA EGYPT, ITALY, FRANCE AND ENGLAND WITH A DESCRIPTION OF THE WRITER'S EXPERIENCE ON THE STEAMSHIP OREGON AT THE TIME OF HER LOSS
NY 1887 3rd Pelton. Hardcover. 12mo., 218pp., cloth. VG. (a58182)
$50.00 Warren, Henry Mather . TO AND FRO
Philadelphia 1908 1st Fell. Travel to Alaska, Matterhorn in Switzterland, Italy, German. Hunting in India. Sm.4to., 106pp., photo illustrations, maroon cloth hardcover with mountains illustratated in gilt on front. VG, light wear. (a58597)
$39.00 Carlisle, George L. . AROUND THE WORLD IN A YEAR
NY 1908 1st Robert Grier Cooke. Octavo, 310pp., photo illustrations, original decorated hardcover. Top edge gilt. A few light pencil underlines, some other small marks (a few in ink). Good, inner hinges cracking, small bump on edge of rear cover, a few spots on bottom fore-edge. (a58745)
$28.00Hecht, R. S.. AROUND THE FACE OF THE GLOBE
New Orleans (c. 1952) Upton. World tour taken to Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Wet Africa, Egypt, Sudan, Afghanistan, Kashmir, Ceylon, India, Burma, Indo-China, Japan, Formosa . 8vo., 199pp., original wraps. Good plus, edges a bit frayed. (a58990)
$33.00 Buckham, George . NOTES FROM THE JOURNAL OF A TOURIST - 2 VOLUMES (COMPLETE)
New York 1890 1st edition. Gavin Houston. Hardcover. 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 bright gilt. Printed presentation slip tipped inside cover " to John W. Thompson Esq with compliments of The Author." VG , very nice set, all hinges secure and unbroken; text clean; no faults just lightly worn. Scarce. (a62201)
$170.00 Fisk, Wilbur . TRAVELS IN EUROPE VIZ, IN ENGLAND, IRELAND, SCOTLAND, FRANCE, ITALY, SWITZERLAND, GERMANY AND THE NETHERLANDS
New York 1843 6th Harper. Octavo, 688pp., 8 full page engravings, full leather with mounted red leather spine label. Good plus, light wear to spine ends, corners worn, some foxing, slight bit of worming on lower corner of final blank leave (text unaffected). (a62210)
$70.00 Hurlimann, Martin . ATLANTIS L�NDER / V�LKER / REISEN. 1. JAHRGANG (12 issues, complete)
Berlin 1929 Wasmuth. In German. First 12 issues of this German magazine bound in one large 4to. Covers not bound in. 768p. Many fine color and monochrome photo illustrations, many by famous photographers as Hoppe. Focus on Oriental and Exotic cultures, including Native American Indians. Bright turquoise blue cloth with gilt lettering and spine decoration. Near Fine, just slightest bit of of wear, no DJ. (a63950)
$75.00 DeVine, J. F. . BEATING WINTER
Goshen (1938) Goshen Democrat Printing Company. This is an account of the principal rovings of a Mediterranean Cruise party, and an added appendix of a tour into sixteen countries in Central Europe. Sm.4to., 366pp., 66 photo illustrations, 7 maps, hardcover. **Signed by DeVine. VG plus in Good DJ. (a64872)
$45.00 Urvick, W. . SKILDRINGER FRA EN REISE RUNDT JORDEN
Christiania 1881 Den norste Lutherstistefes Forlag. Travel to U.S., Japan, India etc.Translated from English to Danish. 12mo., 254pp., illustrations, original brown pressed cloth hardcover with copper-toned title on front. VG. (a64881)
$65.00 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 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)
$175.00Kircheiss, Kapitan Carl. MEINE WELTUMSEGELUNG MIT DEM FISCHKUTTER HAMBURG
Berlin 1932 dritte auflage Kribe Verlag. Travel around world to Bali, Japan, Central America , Hawaii, etc.In German. 12mo., 305p., frontis portrait, illustrations, end paper maps, hardcover. Signed by Kircheiss with some ink notations by him on the title page. Good, cover faded and both hinges cracked internally. (a67415)
$35.00 Welch, G. Harold . TRIPPING WITH FATHER
1965 1st Privately printed. Memoir of travel to Mexico, Jamaica, Alaska, Africa. 4to., 230pp., hardcover. Near Fine, no DJ. (a67447)
$40.00 Smith, Lee S. . ROUND THE WORLD TOWARD THE WESTERING SUN
Chicago 1904 1st Revell. Octavo, 286pp., photo illustrations, dark blue pictorial cloth hardcover. Good, light wear. (a67782)
$20.00 LoCascio, AlfredJr. . BLOODS OF THE EQUATOR
Boston 1939 1st Meador. World travel: West Indies, Java, Kenya, etc. focusing on juju, scorcery, and magic in each country. Small octavo, 202pp., green cloth hardcover. Eight line mss inscription in ink signed by Lo Cascio. VG plus, no DJ. (a68304)
$55.00 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 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. Hardcover. Octavo, 261pp., illustrations, full leather with one (of 2) mounted spine label and raised bands. Good, light wear, some chipping and repairs on spine. (a68984)
$120.00Del Mar, Walter. AROUND THE WORLD THROUGH JAPAN
London 1904 2nd Adam and Charles Black. Java, Macao, Singapore, Japan, Hawaii.Octavo, 435pp., photo illustrations, hardcover. VG, light wear, light soiling. (a69046)
$24.00 Taylor, Charles M Jr . ODD BITS OF TRAVEL WITH BRUSH AND CAMERA
Philadelphia 1900 1st Jacobs. Octavo, 358pp., gilt decorated red cloth hardcover. Good, inner hinges cracked. (a69079)
$22.00 Musin, Ovide . MY MEMORIES - A HALF-CENTURY OF ADVENTURES AND EXPERIENCES AND GLOBE TRAVEL WRITTEN BY HIMSELF (signed)
NY 1920 1st Musin Publishing Co. Violinist and composer. Hardcover. Octavo, 298pp., illustrations, gilt printed red cloth with portrait mounted on front (small stain on this mounted picture). **Inscribed in presentation to "my old friemd M. P. Joachim" and signed by Musin and dated 1920. Good plus, tiny pucker in spine cloth, slight stain on front cover portrait pastedown, author signature a bit smudged. Binding secure and text clean. In removable clear glassine jacket. (a69142)
$150.00Stark, Gilbert Little. LETTERS OF GILBERT LITTLE STARK JULY 23, 1907 - MARCH 12, 1908
Cambridge 1908 1st edition. Privately Printed at Riverside Press. Stark traveled to Japan, China, Mongolia, Formosa, Canton, Java, Malaysia, Burmah and India. Octavo, 509pp., portrait frontis, original gilt printed green cloth hardcover. Top edge gilt. Association copy signed by Gilbert M. Stark with 2 and 1/2 pages of autograph notes by Stark on his life. VG, no DJ. Original book not remake. (a69687)
$47.00 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 Carnegie, Andrew . ROUND THE WORLD
NY 1884 1st Scribners. 8vo., 360pp., tan cloth with elephant head inside gilt circle on front. Near Fine. (a69718)
$100.00De H�bner, M. Le Baron. A RAMBLE ROUND THE WORLD 1871
London 1884 Macmillan. Translated by Lady Herbert. 657p. Macmillan catalogue at end. Original gilt printed green cloth octavo hardcover. Owner signed. Good , light rubbing, small closed cut in edge of front. Binding secure; hinges not cracked; text clean. Three parts: America, Japan, China. 23 illustrations. no dj. (a69721)
$75.00Woodward, Ruth Ludlam. TO FARAWAY PLACES VOLUMES 1, 2, 3 (COMPLETE) (signed by author)
Old Greenwich 1958, 1963, 1968 Privately Printed by the Author. All illustrated with photographs by Cedric Rainey Woodward. (Volume 1 -1958): No. 133/ 200, Large Octavo, 316pp., covers trips to South Africa, South America, South Seas, Australia, Mexico, African Safari, Switzerland, Japan and Alaska, hardcover. Fine in VG plus Box. ( Volume 2 - 1963): Unnumbered copy, limited to 200 copies, octavo, covers 9 more trips, hardcover. Fine, no DJ or Box. ( Volume 3 -1968): octavo, about 40pp., covers 6 additional cruises and trips, original printed wraps. ***Volume 1 is signed by Woodward. VG. 3 volumes (2 hardcovers, 1 wraps). Volume 3 is Rare. (a69835)
$125.00 Davidson, Norman J. . MODERN TRAVEL - A RECORD OF EXPLORATION TRAVEL ADVENTURE & SPORT IN ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD DURING THE LAST FORTY YEARS DERIVED FROM PERSONAL ACCOUNTS BY THE TRAVELLERS
Philadelphia 1921 1st Lippincott. Hardcover. Octavo, 320pp., 53 illustrations, 10 maps, cloth. Owner signed. VG. (a70060)
$39.00 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)
$140.00Savage-Landor, A Henry. EVERYWHERE, THE MEMOIRS OF AN EXPLORER VOLUME II
NY 1924 1st Stokes. 4to. 437pp., photo illustrations, gilt printed dark brown cloth. Top edge gilt. Near Fine, no DJ. Volume II only. (a70333)
$39.00 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. Good, inner hinges cracked, spine ends and corners lightly worn. (a70918)
$115.00 de PInedo, Francesco . UN VOLO DI 55.000 CHILOMETRI
Milano 1926 2nd Mondadori. In Italian. Hardcover. sm4to., 287pp., 9 foldout plates, attractive sky blue cloth with white lettering and world globe pictured on front. Faint owner blindstamp on titlepage. VG, light wrinkling of cloth on spine. (a70919)
$40.00 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. Near Good, inner hinges cracked, cover a bit worn. Good solid copy of Scarce book. (a71131)
$290.00 Massett, Stephen C. . DRIFTING ABOUT OR WHAT JEEMS PIPES OF PIPESVILLE SAW AND DID , AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY
NY 1863 Carleton. Massett travelled over the U.S., to Boston, to San Francisco and elsewhere. Comments on Gold Rush, travels to Panama, South Pacific, Malta, etc. Hardcover. Small octavo, 371pp., small text illustrations by Mullen, green cloth. Faint owner signature on front end paper. VG, a few pages lightly spotted. (a71512)
$45.00 Coffin, Charles Carleton . OUR NEW WAY ROUND THE WORLD
Boston 1881 1st Estes and Lauriat. Hardcover. Octavo, 524pp., illustrations, bright red cloth with full gilt picture on the front. VG. Attractive book. (a72356)
$75.00 Rew, Henry C. . WONDERS OF THE WORLD ABROAD, BEING SOME REMINISCENCES OF A TRIP AROUND THE WORLD DEDICATED TO THE OLD GUARD AT A MEMORABLE DINNER GIVEN IN BUFFALO
1905 1st Rew. Limited to 500 copies. Hardcover. Large 4to., 282pp., frontis, photo illustrations, tan cloth with mounted photo illustration on front of 3 elephants carrying 15 people. All edges gilt. Near Fine, cloth a bit rubbed. (a72845)
$70.00 Gilmore, Albert Field . YES, 'TIS ROUND THE LOG OF A FAR JOURNEY
Boston 1932 1st Stratford. Octavo, 393pp., hardcover. VG, spine lettering faded, no DJ. (a72908)
$34.00 Woodward, Ruth Ludlam . TO FARAWAY PLACES
Old Greenwich 1958 Privately Printed by the Author. Octavo, 316pp., photo illustrations by Cedric Rainey Woodward, cloth. Fine in VG Box. (a73053)
$35.00 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. No spine numbers. Tiny closed tear in top spine end cloth. VG , no DJ. Scarce. (a73760)
$190.00 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 Cravath, Paul D. . LETTERS HOME FROM THE FAR EAST AND RUSSIA 1931
1931 1st Author. Hardcover. 12mo., 97pp., clothr with title label on front. Copy for Gerard Swope. VG, lacks spine label, no DJ. (a74587)
$36.00 Atherton, Grace H. . FROM CANDLELIGHT TO SATELLITE
New Orleans 1959 1st Pelican. Hardcover. Octavo, 212pp., cloth. Near Fine in VG DJ. (a74592)
$24.00 (Cravath, Paul) . THE CRUISE OF WARRIOR IN THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN 1926
1927 Cravath. Hardcover. Small octavo, 94pp., photo illustrations, half blue cloth with mounted printed labels on front and spine. VG, spine label chipped, cloth a bit spotted. (a74764)
$75.00 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. Good plus, inner hinges cracked. (a75703)
$120.00Luther, T. C.. THE LUTHER TRIO ROUND THE WORLD (signed by Luther)
Troy 1928 1st Henry Stowell and Sons. From NY to Cuba to China, Japan, Egypt, Europe. Octavo, 119pp., photo illustrations in text. Limp hardcover. Brown cloth VG, light wear. Luther family of Mechanicville, New York. **Presentation copy signed by T C Luther. Very Scarce. (a77010)
$65.00 Phelps, Henry P. . THE WORLD'S FAIR VIA BALTIMORE & OHIO R. R. THE SIGHT-SEEING ROUTE TO CHICAGO THROUGH THE GREATEST CITIES, OVER THE GRANDEST MOUNTAINS, WHERE RAILWAY TRAVEL REACHES THE SUBLIME
Baltimore 1893 Passenger Department, Baltimore & Ohio RR. Square octavo, 92pp., maps and numerous text illustrations, original printed wraps. Good, edges a bit frayed, many corners bumped, most pages have crease line where corner was turned down. Complete, binding secure, and no ownership marks. Very Scarce in this original edition. (a77702)
$160.00 (Hodgkin, George Lloyd) . GEORGE LLOYD HODGKIN 1880-1918
1921 1st Printed for Private Circulation. Biography, Diary and Letters of a Quaker who travelled to Middle East, Australia and other places. Hardcover. Octavo, 268pp., portraits, illustrations, foldout map, cloth. VG plus. (a77731)
$25.00Shaw, Elizabeth. PAINTED MAPS
New York 1931 1st Dial. Travel to France, Africa, Balearics, Yugoslavia, Iceland, Gotland, Soviet Russia. Hardcover. Octavo, 213pp., photo illustrations, maroon cloth. Good plus, spine ends lightly frayed, no DJ. (a79913)
$25.00 Colton, George . A MARYLAND EDITOR ABROAD WHAT HE SAW AND WHAT HE THOUGHT OF IT (SIGNED)
Annapolis 1881. Travel to Europe, Turkey, Middle East, Egypt. Hardcover. Octavo, 228p., illustrations, brown cloth with black trim and gilt lettering. **Presentation copy signed by Colton on front blank free end paper. Good, hinges beginning to crack, spine ends worn down, cover rubbed and a bit worn. (a79929)
$29.00 Balfour, Patrick . GRAND TOUR DIARY OF AN EASTWARD JOURNEY (ORIGINAL BOOK, NOT A REPRINT0
New York 1935 1st Harcourt Brace. From England to Malaysia by way of Suez Canal. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 318pp., illustrated with photographs taken by the Author, many of which are unique, end paper maps, cloth. VG, corners and spine ends very slightly frayed, no DJ. (a80293)
$70.00 Powell, Dr. Ernest D. . AROUND THE WORLD IN ELEVEN DAYS (SIGNED)
St. Paul 1949 1st Author. Airplane trip around the world. Hardcover. 12mo., 42pp., text illustrations, cloth. **Signed by Powell. VG , cover unevenly faded, no DJ. Scarce. (a80300)
$49.00 Ridger, A. Loton . A WANDERER'S TRAIL BEING A FAITHFUL RECORD OF TRAVEL IN MANY LANDS
NY 1914 1st Holt. Travel to San Francisco, Alaska, Japan, Korea, China, Africa, Malaya. Hardcover. Large octavo, 403pp., photo illustrations, cloth. Owner signed top margin of title page. VG, no DJ. (a80825)
$34.00 Stroock, Margaret and Bert . STROOCK'S TOURS VOLUMES I, II, III, IV (BOUND IN TWO VOLUMES, SIGNED)
Bound in two hardcover volumes. Octavos, 107pp., 166pp., 174pp., 166pp., monochrome photos, black cloth with gilt titles describing in detail the world travels of Margaret and Bert Stroock of Newtown, Connecticut. **Signed and inscribed to Chester Nimitz by Stroock. Volume I-IVB, bound in two. (a81652)
$450.00Sherrick, Johnson. AROUND THE WORLD AND SOUTH AMERICA LITTERS WRITTEN ON THE WAY FOR A HOME PAPER (signed)
Cantono 1912 First edition Repository Press. Letters written while Sherrick travelled from New York to India, China, Japan and South America. Hardcover. Octavo, 271pp., photo illustrations, cloth. **Signed by Sherrick. Good plus, light cover soiling. (a83032)
$35.00 Woodward, Ruth Ludlam . TO FARAWAY PLACES VOLUMES 1, 2
Old Greenwich 1963 Privately Printed by the Author. Two volumes. Sm.4tos, 316pp., 253pp., photo illustrations by Cedric Rainey Woodward, blue cloth. Tiny owner name labels inside front cover. VG, light wear. Volumes 1 and 2. (a83436)
$75.00Blackmur, Richard. TOWARD A MODUS VIVENDI
1954. Article at pp.507-535 in single complete issue of The Kenyon Review. Blackmur presents "A few of my reactions to people and politics in thirteen months of brief visits to England, France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, italy, Egypt, Lebanon and Turkey. Additional articles in issue as well. Octavo, original printed wraps. VG. (a84226a)
$29.00Forstmann, Julius George. WORLD CRUISE OF THE MOTOR YACHT ORION NOVEMBER 5TH 1929 - JUNE 11TH 1930
NY 1930 first edition William Edwin Rudge. Hardcover. Octavo., 244pp., photo illustrations, color end paper maps. Top edge gilt. Good plus, light cover soiling, spine lettering beginning to fade and spine rubbed. In original VG box. (a84231)
$340.00 Titus, Capt. Norman E. M.D. . ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT TRAVEL DIARY JANUARY TO DECEMBER 1919
One volume (trip is still ongoing as this volume ends. We do not have any later volumes) 5x6 inches, suede cover. All edges gilt. Titus was Captain in the Medical Corps of the U.S. Army and was discharged February 24,1919. Diary pages of January to March are mostly blank until Dr. Titus, his wife Jeffrey and her maid begin a trip around the world. They begin their tour in Virginia, going souith to Pernambuco, Buenos Aires, Chile, Valparaiso, backup through Panama Cana, New Orleans, Grand Canyon, California, up to Alaska, then Manila, Japan, Korea, China, Colombo where diary ends. A small newspaper clipping laid in diary indicates that Dr. Titus was a "prominant physician of New York". He gives his address in diary as being New York City. He graduated from Yale in 1910 (whether undergrad or medical degree is not made clear). He is clearly quite wealthy (he purchased multiple fur coats, jewelry and dresses for his wife on the trip. ) In diary Titus notes that his wife, Mrs. Jeffrey Titus, was born July 13, 1897. Diary entries follow pattern of giving the weather, time of rising, list of day's activities, summary of how he feels at bedtime. Typical entry: (Wed 15 October) "Wonderfully clear and comfortable. ...Up at 7:30 and had bum breakfast on boat. Landed at 10:30 late. Train is fine. American built and quite comfortable..etc. We cedrtainly are impressed by Kora. The country, train and hotel far ahead of anything in Japan". About 12 lines are written for each date from March to December. Very legible. Binding secure. Suede is worn and is shedding. Good. (a88180)
$390.00 Bridgman, Helen Bartlett . CONQUERING THE WORLD (signed)
New York 1925 first edition. Cloister. Hardcover. small octavo. Green cloth with orange board lettering. 264p. Author's world travels in Panama, Hawaii, Jaan, Chia, India, Egypt, Middle East, Greece, Italy, Germany, France. **Inscribed to her cousinLewis H Kilpatrick and signed by Bridgman. Rare title by Bridgman., Near Fine. no dj. (a89031)
$250.00 Vincent, Frank . THROUGH AND THROUGH THE TROPICS, 30,000 MILES OF TRAVEL IN OCEANICA, AUSTRALASIA, AND INDIA
NY 1876 (1875) Harper. Hardcover. Small octavo, 304pp., index, green cloth with black designed and gilt lettering.. Good plus, cover and spine ends worn. Binding secure and text clean; no owner ship marks. (lat366)
$39.00 Thorne, Samuel . LETTERS OF SAMUEL THORNE
NY 1930 1st Knickerbocker. Thorne, lawyer, toured world 1891-2 (most of the letters are from Europe), worked in DA's office then private practice. The letters are about things he saw and experienced on his travels, not on legal matters. 8vo., 139pp., hardcover. VG, no DJ. (ny213)
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