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Used Travel Books & Narratives - pg. 2 including Great Trade Route by: Ford, Ford Madox

Travel writing from horseback and canoe trips to the Arctic and Alaska, plus old guidebooks to Mexico and the Himalaya.

 

Great Trade Route by: Ford, Ford Madox

Hardcover. New York, Oxford University Press , 1st, 1937, Book: Good, Previous owner's signature on front end paper. Soiling, stains to covers. Spine faded. Record # 510992
Price: $12.00 

 

Royal Tour 1901, The by: Price, Harry, Illust. by: Harry Price

New York, William Morrow, 1st US, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-Paginated. Cloth boards. Illustrated in color and black & white by Petty Officer Harry Price. Clean, tight copy. Record # 511399
Price: $12.00 

 

Journey Around the World, The


Clark, Frances E./Harriet E. Clark

Hardcover. Hartford, A.D. Worthington & Co., 1st, 1895, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 641 pages. Cloth boards. Spine and cover illustrated in gilt. Cover quite worn and hanging by a thread. Interior solid. Illustrated with black & white etchings. 1 fold out map.

Record # 511572


Price: $15.00 

 

Bibliotheca Curiosa: Chancellor's Voyage to Muscovy; being Clement Adams Anglorum Navigatio Ad Muscovitas, taken from Respublica Muscoviae(1630),...edited with notes by Edmund Goldsmid


McCrindle, J.

Edinburgh, privately printed, reprint, 1886, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 78 pages, an additional 7 pages on Coins of Russia. An early (1630) account of England's contact with Russia. One of 350 copies. Paper cover with small tears otherwise very good.

Record # 512073


Price: $60.00 

 

La Bretagne - Trente Planches en Couleur


Mauclair, Camille and J.F. Bouchor, Illust. by: J.F. Bouchor, David Burnand

Softcover. Paris, Henri Laurens, 1st, 1932, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Paperback, French text. 172 pages, 20 tipped-in color illustrations by Bouchor. B&W drawings by David Burnand.

Record # 601926


Price: $19.00 

 

Life Along the Connecticut River


Hooper, Marion

Hardcover. Brattleboro, VT, Stephen Daye Press, 1st, 1939, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 120 pages, b & w photographs, fading on front cover and spine, end papers tanned, gutter cracked at half title page, previous owner's inscription, internally clean.

Record # 603206


Price: $24.00 

 

Trip to England, The by: Winter, William

Hardcover. Boston, James R. Osgood, 2nd, 1881, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 167 pages. Illustrated with Heliotypes from sketches by Joseph Jefferson. Light fraying at top and bottom of spine. Clean, tight copy. Record # 604073
Price: $12.00 

 

Voices of Marrakesh, The: A Record of a Visit


Canetti, Elias

Hardcover. New York, Seabury Press, 1st US, 1978, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 103 pages. Black cloth, silver lettering to spine. Dust jacket spine slightly sunned, else a very neat, tight, clean copy.

Record # 606463


Price: $40.00 

 

Eric Shipton - Everest & Beyond


Steele, Peter

Hardcover. Seattle, Mountaineers, 1st US, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 290 pages. Illustrated with black & white photographs and drawings. Dent on Bottom edge of back cover. Previous owners inscription on front endpaper. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 606814


Price: $12.00 

 

Haps and Mishaps


Greenwood, Grace

Hardcover. Boston, Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 3rd printing, 1854, Book: Good, 437 pages. Pages foxed with some stains on outer margins. Covers worn with stains and spotting. Cloth at top and bottom of spine frayed and curling. Sold as is.

Record # 606833


Price: $20.00 

 

Lawrence and the Arabian Adventure


Graves, Robert

Hardcover. New York, Doubleday Doran , 1st US, 1928, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 400 pages. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Previous owners inscription on reverse of front endpaper. Rubbing to cloth on upper half of back cover. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 606955


Price: $20.00 

 

Voyage to the Island of the Articoles, A


Maurois, Andre

Hardcover. New York, D. Appleton, 1st, 1929, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 76 pages. Gilt title on cover and spine. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 607637


Price: $12.00 

 

Sicilian Carousel


Durrell, Lawrence

Hardcover. London, UK, Farber & Farber, Reprint, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 223 pages, b&w illustrations. Red cloth, silver lettering to spine. Light edgewear to dust jacket with slight bump to upper edge of spine. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 607710


Price: $18.00 

 

Through Spain and Portugal


Peixotto, Ernest

Hardcover. New York, Scribners, 1st, 1922, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 281 pages. Black & white illustrations by Ernest Peixotto. Covers show light wear. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 607764


Price: $30.00 

 

Florence and Tuscany


Whelpton, Eric

Hardcover. London, Robert Hale, 1st, 1965, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 192 pages. Black & white photographs. Dust jacket price clipped. Spine slightly cocked.

Record # 608138


Price: $12.00 

 

New Guide to Pompeii


Engelmann, Wilhelm

Hardcover. Leipzig, Wilhelm Engelmann, 2nd Revised, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 201 pages. Illustrated with black & white photographs and fold-out map. Leather spine chipping at top and bottom with tear from above title approx. 2" down right side. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 608284


Price: $15.00 

 

Tamrart - 13 Days in the Sahara


Clark, Eleanor

Hardcover. New York, Stuart Wright, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 106 pages. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR ON FRONT ENDPAPER. Black & white illustrations by Luly Hamlin. Minor spot of adhesive(?) on front of dust jacket. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 608505


Price: $40.00 

 

Le Sud-Ouest de La France


Baedeker, Karl

Softcover. Leipzig, Karl Baedeker, 1906, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 450 pages. Features fold-out maps. Notes in ink on rear endpaper. Rubbing to cloth cover along spine. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 608602


Price: $30.00 

 

Stanley's Wonderful Adventures in Africa


Headley, J. T./Willis Fletcher Johnson

Hardcover. Philadelphia, Edgewood Publishing, 1st thus, 1889, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 687 pages. Black & white illustrations. Approximately 2" narrow section of paper missing from front endpaper and inner spine hinge. Cloth covers show some spots of rubbing. Gilt title and illustrations on cover and spine still bright and intact. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 609054


Price: $25.00 

 

Alaska - Our Beautiful Northland of Opportunity


Burr, Agnes Rush

Hardcover. Boston, Page Company, 1st, 1919, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 428 pages. Features fold-out map and fifty-four plates of which six are in color. Minor foxing to some plate edges. Top edge gilt. Light wear overall. Clean, unmarked copy.

Record # 609491


Price: $80.00 

 

Richard Hakluyt and The English Voyages


Parks, George Bruner

Hardcover. New York, American Geographical Society, 1st, 1928, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 289 pages. American Geographical Society - Special Publication No. 10. Black & white illustrations with 3 fold-out maps. Light wear overall. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 609513


Price: $15.00 

 

Land of Contrasts - A Briton's View of his American Kin, The


Muirhead, James Fullarton

Hardcover. Montreal, Montreal News Company, Limited, 1st, 1898, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 282 pages. Blue cloth with gilt title on cover and spine. Light wear to corners. Clean, unmarked copy.

Record # 609838


Price: $30.00 

 

South-Eastern France


Hare, Augustus J. C.

Hardcover. London, George Allen, 1st, 1890, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 598 pages plus 4 pages of ads. Black & white illustrations. Previous owners name on front endpaper. Brown cloth covers with title and decoration in gilt. Fraying to cloth at top and bottom of spine. Spine slightly cocked. Clean, unmarked copy.

Record # 610658


Price: $31.00 

 

North-Eastern France


Hare, Augustus J. C.

Hardcover. London, George Allen, 1st, 1890, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 518 pages plus 4 pages of ads. Black & white illustrations. Previous owners name on front endpaper. Brown cloth covers with title and decoration in gilt. Some loss of cloth (approx. 1/8th inch) at top and bottom of spine. Spine slightly cocked. Rear hinge paper with some very narrow cracks. Clean, unmarked copy.

Record # 610659


Price: $31.00 

 

Patagonia Revisited


Chatwin, Bruce/Paul Theroux

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1st US, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 62 pages. Black & white illustrations by Kyffin Williams. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 610829


Price: $25.00 

 

Everest - The West Ridge


Hornbein, Thomas F./Norman G. Dyhrenfurth

Hardcover. London, George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1st UK, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 201 pages. Hardcover. Illustrated with full color photographs. Dust jacket price clipped, shows light wear. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 611548


Price: $63.00 

 

Cloud Forest - A Chronicle of the South American Wilderness, The


Matthiessen, Peter

Hardcover. Viking Press, Viking, 1st, 1961, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 280 pages. Hardcover. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Dust jacket with rubbing, short tears along edges - jacket now protected with clear plastic cover. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 611588


Price: $31.00 

 

Search of the Primitive, In


Cotlow, Lewis

Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1st, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 454 pages. Hardcover. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR ON FRONT ENDPAPER. Illustrated with full color and black & white photographs. Dust jacket with chipping along edges, wrinkling to back cover. Small area of fading to cloth at bottom of spine. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 612672


Price: $25.00 

 

St. Lawrence Reservation - Recreation Circular 5


Strough, Arthur B.

Softcover. Albany, State of New York, 1st Thus, 1932, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 23 pages. Paper covers. Guide book to New York's St. Lawrence Reservation circa 1932. Features black & white photographs, and fold-out map. Light wear. Clean, unmarked.

Record # 612803


Price: $38.00 

 

Lake George - Recreation Circular 6


Hopkins, A. S.

Softcover. Albany, State of New York, 1st Thus, 1932, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 23 pages. Paper covers. Guide book to New York's Lake George circa 1932. Features black & white photographs and fold-out map. Light wear. Clean, unmarked.

Record # 612805


Price: $38.00 

 

Public Use of the Forest Preserve - Recreation Circular 2


Pettis, F. E., C. R.

Softcover. Albany, State of New York, 1st Thus, 1932, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 16 pages. Paper covers. Guide to "Public Use of the Forest Preserve" of New York State. Guidelines, rules, etc. circa 1932. Black & white illustrations. Light wear. Clean, unmarked.

Record # 612807


Price: $38.00 

 

Wild Men and Wild Beasts; Or, Scenes in Camp and Jungle


Cumming, Lt. Col. Gordon/Bayard Taylor (Editor)

Hardcover. New York, Scribners, Armstrong, & Co., 1st, 1873, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 372 pages. Hardcover. Part of the 'Illustrated Library of Travel, Exploration, and Adventure' series. Previous owners inscription on front endpaper. Black & white illustrations. Foxing to preliminary pages. Titles and decorations with gilt highlights. Light wear to covers. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 612985


Price: $63.00 

 

Italian Days


Harrison, Barbara Grizzuti

Hardcover. New York, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 479 pages. Hardcover. Section of black & white photographs. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 613144


Price: $13.00 

 

Naples Declared - A Walk Around the Bay


Taylor, Benjamin

Hardcover. New York, Marion Wood Book/Putnam, 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 210 pages. Hardcover. Black & white illustrations, 8 pages of full color. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 613181


Price: $13.00 

 

Visit to India, China and Japan, in the Year 1853, A


Taylor, Bayard

Hardcover. New York, G. P. Putnam, 1st, 1855, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 539 pages. Hardcover. Ex-Library copy with stamp at bottom of half title page; Bookplate on inside front cover. Front endpaper is loose from book. Light foxing to preliminary pages. Card envelope has been gently removed from rear inside cover. Pages 305/306 and 307/308 missing bits of paper at top corner - no lost text. Half leather spine and corners over Marbled boards. Light fade and wear to spine. Spine titles in gilt. Clean, unmarked text.

Record # 613220


Price: $100.00 

 

Discovery and History of Carlsbad Caverns, New Mexico, The


White, Jim

Softcover. Carlsbad, Jim White, Reprint, 1949, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-paginated. Softcover. SIGNED BY MRS. JIM WHITE, WIFE OF JIM WHITE - THE CAVE'S ORIGINAL DISCOVERER AND EXPLORER AT BOTTOM OF TITLE PAGE. Full color and black & white illustrations. Light edge wear, minor staining on back cover. Clean, unmarked text.

Record # 613311


Price: $15.00 

 

Polynesian Triangle, The


Berry, Erick/Herbert Best

Hardcover. New York, Funk & Wagnalls, 1st, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 143 pages. Hardcover. Previous owners inscription opposite half title page. 16 pages of black & white photographs. Dust jacket with darkening to edges, chipping. Clean, Tight copy.

Record # 613570


Price: $15.00 

 

Plaza - Its Life and Times, The


Brown, Eve

Hardcover. New York, Meredith Press, 2nd printing, 1967, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 244 pages. Hardcover. Ex-library copy with stickers on dust jacket spine, envelope removed from rear endpaper. Black & white photographs. Spine slightly cocked. Clean, unmarked text. Good reading copy.

Record # 613636


Price: $23.00 

 

Under the Mountain Wall - A Chronicle of Two Seasons in the Stone Age


Matthiessen, Peter

Hardcover. New York, Viking Press, 1st, 1962, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 256 pages of main text plus index. Hardcover. 2 sections of black & white photographs. Text pages have a green/yellow tone. Dust jacket with light chipping along edges, degree of fading along left edge of front cover - jacket now protected with clear plastic cover. Clean, unmarked pages.

Record # 613705


Price: $50.00 

 

Central American Holiday - A Guide to the Railroads of El Salvador, Guatemala and Mexico


Best, Gerald M.

Softcover. Redwood City, Pacific Coast Chapter Railway & Locomotive Historical Society, Inc., 1st, 1960, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 80 pages. Softcover. Ex-museum library copy with sticker at bottom left corner of front cover and dry tape residue with some paper loss along spine. Illustrated with many black & white photographs. Clean, unmarked pages.

Record # 613923


Price: $188.00 

 

Imperial Way, The


Theroux, Paul and Steve McCurry

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin , 1st, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 143 pages. Hardcover with light foxing to dust jacket. Color pictures throughout by McCurry. Slight rubbing to dust jacket, otherwise, clean tight copy.

Record # 750045


Price: $19.00 

 

Travels in New England and New York (Volume IV Only)


Dwight, Timothy

Hardcover. New York, NY, William Baynes and Son, First Edition, 1823, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. 514 pages. Brown leather with gilt titles to text block along spine & raised compartment lines. Binding rubbed & worn to edges. Trace line of gilt to margins front & back covers. Tight binding with toning throughout & previous owner's bookplate to front endpaper. Some soiling. In great shape for its age.

Record # 751374


Price: $50.00 

 

Sky Roaming Above Two Continents


Franck, Harry A.

Hardcover. New York, Frederick A. Stokes, 1st, 1938, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 362 pages, B&w plates. Very light tanning to spine, otherwise very good condition.

Record # 800487


Price: $13.00 

 

A Hell of a Place To Lose A Cow by: Tim, Brookes

Hardcover. Washington, DC, Adventure Press, 1st, 2000, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, 308 pages. Slight crease on bottom of dust jacket. Record # 801848
Price: $12.00 

 

Wanderings


Hamilton, Clayton, Illust. by: Charles Peixotto

Hardcover. Garden City, NY, Doubleday, Page and Company, 1st, 1925, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 162 pages. B/W illustrations by Charles Peixotto. Previous owner's bookplate on front end papers. Green covers with illustrator's drawing on front and dust jacket of same design. Acrylic cover on dust jacket.

Record # 802795


Price: $19.00 

 

Panama Gateway, The


Bishop, Joseph Bucklin

Hardcover. New York , Charles Scribner's Sons, 1st, 1913, Dust Jacket: None, 459 pages + fold out maps. B/W photographs. Previous owner's inscription front and back fly leaf. Gutters are cracking, Red cloth covers with gold lettering on front and spine. Some white marks on covers.

Record # 802822


Price: $16.00 

 

Moscow Kremlin, The: Its History, Architecture and Art Treasures


Voyce, Arthur

Hardcover. Berkeley, CA, University of California Press, 1st, 1954, Dust Jacket: Good, 147 pages. B/W illustrations and photographs. Pages and covers show some foxing. End papers decorated with B/W map of the Kremlin. Dust jacket faded. Comes with acrylic cover to protect dust jacket. Very good condition.

Record # 802830


Price: $22.00 

 

Historic Hotels of the World


Ludy, Robert B.

Hardcover. Philadelphia, David McKay Company, 1st, 1927, Dust Jacket: None, 328 pages. B/W photographs. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on front fly leaf. Pages faded, very solid. Purple covers with gold lettering on front and spine. Excellent condition for age.

Record # 802850


Price: $26.00 

 

A Social Departure, A: How Orthodocia and I Went Round the World by Ourselves


Duncan, Sara Jeannette, Illust. by: F. H. Townsend

Hardcover. New York, D. Appleton and Co, 1st, 1891, Dust Jacket: None, 417 pages, 111 b&w illustrations by F. H. Townsend, gilt lettering to cover and spine, duotone illustration on cover. Wear to front cover, water stains to rear half of copy block and rear endpapers.

Record # 803001


Price: $51.00 

 

In FIelds Afar With "Traveler"


Williams, Robert ("Traveler")

Hardcover. Paterson, NJ, Press of the Morning Call, 1st, n.d., Dust Jacket: None, 166 pages. Foreword by Albert Payson Terhune. SIGNED PRESENTATION BY AUTHOR on front endpaper, dated 1937. Light brown-gray cloth with gilt lettering on front cover. Some smudging and marking to covers. Edgewear and rubbing to corners. Pages age toned. Very Good.

Record # 803041


Price: $32.00 

 

Over the Range to the Golden Gate by: Wood, Stanley

Hardcover. Chicago, R. R. Donnelley & Sons Co, 1st, 1905, Dust Jacket: None, 340 pages, b&w photographs, gilt lettering to cover and spine, embossed black illustration to front. Light wear to cover; overall a tight and clean copy. Record # 803220
Price: $12.00 

 

Extended Travels in Romantic America


Jobe, Joseph

Hardcover. Lausanne, Switzerland, Edita, 1st, 1966, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: None, 221 pages. "Being a Nineteenth Century Journey through the most Picturesque Portions of North America, Reconstructed from Accounts by European Visitors." Red leather cover with decorative gilt border and US Department of State's seal of bald eagle to from cover, gilt lettering and decorative border to spine, green and white decorated endpapers, b&w frontispiece, 24 color plates from paintings tipped in on extra stock, illustrated map of America, numerous b&w figures throughout, green slip case. Evidence of rubbing to slipcase, book in excellent condition.

Record # 805263


Price: $64.00 

 

N by E


Kent, Rockwell, Illust. by: Rockwell Kent

Softcover. Hanover, University Press of New England, reprint, 1996, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: None, 281 pages. Foreword by Edward Hoagland. Originally published in 1930. The author, en route to Greenland from New York by ship, tells the tale of the sinking of the ship in a storm and the subsequent rescue. B&w illustrations throughout by author. Book very clean and well bound. Spine in white with blue lettering, the reverse on front cover.

Record # 806806


Price: $18.00 

 

MacDonald's Tourists' Guide to Scotland


William MacDonald & Company

Softcover. Edinburgh, William MacDonald & Company, Limited, new and revised, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 104 pages plus advertisements, b&w illustrations. Binding slightly cracked at covers. Small stamps on right edge. Light edge wear to covers. Else pages clean and crisp.

Record # 808938


Price: $30.00 

 

The Blue Guides: London and it's Environs


Muirhead, Findlay (Ed.)

Hardcover. London, MacMillan & Co. Ltd., 2nd, 1922, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 74 pages, illustrated in b&w and color. Fold-out maps in color. Previous owner's signature on front endpaper. Blue cloth covers with gilt lettering. Rubbing to spine, light edgewear to pages.

Record # 808939


Price: $30.00 

 

London


Henrey, Robert, Illust. by: Phyllis Ginger

Hardcover. New York , E. P. Dutton Co. Ink, reprint, 1949, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 290 pages. Water colors by Phyllis Ginger. Dust jacket worn, chipped, price clipped. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 809812


Price: $12.00 

 

Handbook to North Wales (Complete Edition)


Ward, Lock and Co., Limited

Softcover. London, Ward, Lock and Co., Limited, unknown, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 184 pages, b&w illustrations, fold-out maps. Red covers w/ gilt lettering on spine. Spine slightly faded w/ light edge wear. Previous owner's signature inside front cover. Else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 850045


Price: $30.00 

 

Connecticut Guide, The


Heermance, Edgar L. (Comp.)

Softcover. Connecticut, Emergency Relief Commission, 1st, 1935, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 320 pages. Some B&W illustrations. Green raised decorative stiff wrapper with soiling to front and back covers and spine. Slightly folded corner on bottom right of front cover and bottom left hand corner of back cover. Top of spine frayed. Slightly soiled all edges. Previous owner inscription before title page. Spine cracked at title page, 162, 194, and 258.

Record # 850139


Price: $20.00 

 

Handbook for Eastern Timber Harvesting


Simmons, Fred C.

Softcover. Broomall, PA, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1st, 1979, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 180 pages. 50 B&W figures. Blue pictorial stiff wrapper with fading, wear, and soiling. Bottom right corners of first 40 pages bent. Soiling and some folding of edges.

Record # 850565


Price: $18.00 

 

Around the Horn to the Sandwich Islands and California, 1845-1850: Being a Personal Record Kept by Chester S. Lyman


Teggart, Frederick J. (Ed.)

Hardcover. New Haven, CT, Yale University Press, 1st, 1924, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 328 pages, b&w plates, map end papers. Dark blue cloth covers w/ gilt lettering on spine. Edge wear, rubbing to covers. Previous owner's bookplate, sticker residue on front fly leaf. Else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 851336


Price: $35.00 

 

Flowing Road, The: Adventuring on the Great Rivers of South America


Whitney, Caspar

Hardcover. Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott Company, 1st, 1912, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 319 pages, b&w photographs. Maroon cloth covers w/ gilt lettering and design; spine slightly faded. Top edge gilt. Light rubbing to cover corners. Foxing to edges. Light soiling to first few pages. Else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 851347


Price: $40.00 

 

Untrodden English Ways


Shelley, Henry C.

Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown, and Company, 1st, 1908, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 341 pages, b&w and color plates. Light blue cloth covers w/ gilt lettering and design. Top edge gilt. Light rubbing to cover corners. Else a very clean, tight copy.

Record # 851348


Price: $25.00 

 

Longhouse and Jungle: An Expedition to Sarawak


Arnold, Guy

Hardcover. London, Chatto and Windus, 1st, 1959, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 204 pages. B&w frontispiece and b&w illustrations and photographs throughout. Ex-library stamp on front and rear flyleaves. MInor rubbing to cover edge and spine slightly faded. Else clean, tight copy.

Record # 851624


Price: $20.00 

 

Summer in Alaska, A


Schwatka, Frederick

Hardcover. St. Louis, J. W. Henry, 1st , 1893, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 418 pages. B&w frontispiece with b&w illustrations throughout. Decorated endpapers. Blue cloth cover with gilt titles. Some edgewear and soiling to cover. Front hinge cracked. Foxing to edges. Previous owner's signature on front flyleaf.

Record # 851654


Price: $100.00 

 

Men and Times of Revolution; or Memoirs of Elkanah Watson


Watson, Winslow C. (Ed.)

Softcover. Elizabethtown, NY, Crown Point Press, reprint, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 557 pages, b&w illustrations. Minor wear to wrappers. Light smudges to top edge. Else a very clean, tight copy.

Record # 851980


Price: $25.00 

 

Sea in Ships, The: The Story of a Sailing Ship's Voyage Round Cape Horn


Villiers, Alan J.

Hardcover. New York, William Morrow & Company, 1st, 1932, Dust Jacket: None, 11 pages of text, followed by 112 b&w photographs taken by the author, and a fold out diagram of the ship. Fading along spine and cover edges. Otherwise, a clean and tight copy.

Record # 852505


Price: $30.00 

 

China Safari: An American Explorer in the Forbidden Pamirs


Lee, Robert M.

Hardcover. New York , Sporting World Library, reprint, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Illustrated with a special section of color photographs by the author. 269 pages. Red cloth cover, gilt lettering and design, no noticeable wear. Dust jacket has minor wear to edges. Inside is bright and clean. A tight copy.

Record # 853034


Price: $50.00 

 

Know Cape Ann: The Garden Spot of the Atlantic


Ambler, Edward Vassar

Softcover. England, North Shore Press, Inc., 1st, 1937, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 95 pages, photographs throughout. Corner and edge wear and fade, otherwise, very clean and tight copy.

Record # 853415


Price: $28.00 

 

Restless Spirit, The: Profiles in Adventure


Green, Timothy

Hardcover. New York, Walker and Company, 1st US, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 231 pages, with photographs. Dust jacket edge wear and fade, otherwise, very clean and tight copy.

Record # 853833


Price: $15.00 

 

Travels in West Africa


Kingsley, Mary H.

Hardcover. London, Folio Society, 1st thus, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 276 pages, with black & white photographs throughout, printed cloth cover and brown slipcase. Very clean and tight copy.

Record # 854470


Price: $20.00 

 

Portage into the Past: By Canoe Along the Minnesota-Ontario Boundary Waters


Bolz, J. Arnold

Hardcover. Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Press, 2nd Printing, 1961, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 181 pages, with black & white drawings by Francis Lee Jaques. Dust jacket edge wear and chip, otherwise, very clean and tight copy.

Record # 854865


Price: $15.00 

 

Afghanistan: A Companion and Guide


Omrani, Bijan & Matthew Leeming

Softcover. New York , Odyssey Books & Guides, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 772 pages, illustrated throughout in color and b&w. Light wear to wrappers, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 855137


Price: $31.00 

 

Diners


Baeder, John

Softcover. NY, Harry N. Abrams, reprint, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 144 pages. 117 illustrations including 50 plates in full color. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 855579


Price: $23.00 

 

American Expedition, The


Waxell, Sven

Hardcover. London, William Hodge and Company Ltd., 1st trans, 1952, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 236 pages, map end papers and fold-out maps. Faint paper clip mark to title page and frontis. No dust jacket. Light edgewear to covers, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 856970


Price: $38.00 

 

Studio: Asia


Groth, John

Hardcover. Cleveland/New York, The World Publishing Company, 1st, 1952, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 208 pages, illustrated throughout by the author. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on illustrated front end paper. Light edgewear, rubbing and tearing to dust jacket with small cut trough middle of front cover.

Record # 856993


Price: $38.00 

 

Voyages and Discoveries


Dampier, William & Clennell Wilkinson (Ed.)

Hardcover. New York , Da Capo Press, reprint, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 311 pages, fold-out maps. Light shelf-wear to covers, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 857033


Price: $38.00 

 

Saguenay: The River of Deep Waters


Davies, Blodwen

Hardcover. Montreal, Canada, Canada Steamship Lines Publishers, 1st, 1930, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 204 pages, b&w and color illustrations by Paul Caron & G. A. Cuthbertson. Wear, rubbing and light chipping to dust jacket. Faint foxing to edges, Reading copy.

Record # 857051


Price: $25.00 

 

Panorama of Rural England, A


Turner (Ed.), W. J.

Hardcover. New York , Chanticleer Press, 2nd printing, unknown, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 319 pages, illustrated throughout in color and b&w. Light wear to green cloth boards, faint foxing to top edge, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 857054


Price: $15.00 

 

Foot-loose in the British Isles


Franck, Harry A.

Hardcover. New York & London, The Century Co., 3rd printing, 1932, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 426 pages, b&w photos. Light edgewear to yellow illustrated cloth boards, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 857061


Price: $15.00 

 

Lure of Vermont's Silent Places, The


Olzendam, Roderic Marble

Softcover. Essex Junction,Vermont , Vermont Bureau of Publicity, 1st, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non- paginated. Extensive b&w photography throughout. Foxing to front cover and some pages, otherwise clean tight copy.

Record # 857289


Price: $9.00 

 

Abbey's Road


Abbey , Edward

Softcover. New York, E. P. Dutton , reprint , 1979, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 198 pages. B&w illustrations throughout. Light shelf wear to back cover, else clean, tight copy.

Record # 857342


Price: $13.00 

 

English Pub, The- A Unique Social Phenomenon


Jackson , Michael

Hardcover. London , Quarto Publishing , reprint, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 170 pages. Extensive color and b&w images and illustrations throughout. Illustrated end papers and front fly leaf. Gilt titles on spine. Foxing to dust jacket and top edge, otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 857391


Price: $19.00 

 

Seven Spanish Cities


Hale , Edward E.

Hardcover. Boston, Roberts Brothers , 1st, 1883, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 328 pages. Gilt titles on front cover and spine. Illustrated end papers and fly leaves. Light edge wear to top edge. Mild shelf wear and soiling, otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 857399


Price: $38.00 

 

Last of Steam, The


Collias, Joe G.

Hardcover. Berkeley, CA, Howell-North, 1st, 1960, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 269 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. Black-and-white photographed document of the waning years of steam railroading in the United States. Edgewear and rubbing to dust jacket. Bumping to boards. Unmarked. Bright and clean; a tight copy.

Record # 951464


Price: $24.00 

 

Olivia's African Diary: Cape Town to Cairo: 1932


Hatch, Olivia Stokes

Hardcover. Washington DC, Marvin Breckinridge Patterson, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 162 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. Notes and pictures of an African adventure of two young Americans in 1932. Photographs by Marvin Breckinridge Patterson. Mild fading and edgewear to dust jacket. Slight chip to upper fore edge corner. Mild age toning to top text block. Unmarked. A bright and clean copy.

Record # 951724


Price: $19.00 

 

Talking to Angels: A Life Spent in High Altitudes (SIGNED)


Perkins, Robert

Hardcover. Boston, Beacon Press, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 106 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. An illness and travel narrative. Mild rubbing and edgewear to dust jacket. A bright and clean copy.

Record # 951731


Price: $19.00 

 

Long Walk, The: A Gamble for Life


Rawicz, Slavomir

Hardcover. New York, Harper & Brothers, 1st, 1956, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 240 pages, hardcover. Tales of trekking. Fading and bumping to spine. Heavy rubbing and edgewear to top and bottom board edges. Bumping to corners, fraying. Light pencil marking to half title page. Rough-cut fore edge. A tight copy.

Record # 952193


Price: $19.00 

 

Spice Islands Voyage, The: The Quest for Alfred Wallace, the Man Who Shared Darwin's Discovery of Evolution


Severin, Tim

Hardcover. New York, Carroll & Graf Publishers, reprint, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 267 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. A journey to the tropical wilderness of Indonesia; a quest to rediscover Darwin's forgotten partner, Alfred Wallace. Minor rubbing to dust jacket. Mild age spotting to top text block edge. Color photographs and black-and-white illustrations throughout. Unmarked. A tight copy.

Record # 952431


Price: $15.00 

 

Desert Dies, A


Asher, Michael

Hardcover. New York, St. Martin's Press, 1st US, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 330 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. An Englishman's travels with the nomads of the Sahara during a catastrophic drought-a remarkable story of friendship and courage. Heavy fading to dust jacket spine, light rubbing and edgewear to rear dust jacket panel. Mild age toning to top text block edge. Unmarked. A clean and tight copy.

Record # 952440


Price: $19.00 

 

Year in the Widerness, A: Bearing Witness in the Boundary Waters (SIGNED)


Freeman, Amy and Dave

Hardcover. Minneapolis MN, Milkweed Editions, 1st, 2017, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 303 pages, hardcover. SIGNED BY AUTHORS on half title page. Compelling tale about the beauty as well as the brutal challenges of living a year in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Mild bumping to spine and corners. Color photographs throughout. A clean and tight copy.

Record # 952493


Price: $31.00 

 

Book of Balloons, The


Norgaard, Erik

Hardcover. New York, Crown Publishers, 1st English, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 200 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. Balloon history and developments. 400 illustrations in color and black-and-white. Fading, as well as rubbing and edgewear to dust jacket. Bumping to fore edges. Unmarked. A clean and tight copy.

Record # 952548


Price: $19.00 

 

Vanishing Paradise; The Tropical Rain Forest


Dalton, Stephen

Hardcover. Woodstock, New York, Overlook Press, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 176 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Light soil on top edge, otherwise, a clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket edges. A tight copy.

Record # 2230257


Price: $25.00 

 

The Works of Ta'unga: Records of a Polynesian Traveller in the South Seas 1833-1896


Crocombe, R.G. and Marjorie

Hardcover. Canberra, AU, Australian National University Press, 1st, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 164 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Some wear and fading on jacket. Clean and tight copy. Pacific History Series: No 2

Record # 2230463


Price: $19.00 

 

Leaf in the Wind, A: Travels in Africa


Hudson, Peter, Illust. by: Veronica Hudson

Hardcover. New York, Walker and Company, 1st thus, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 267 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Moderate wear to dust jacket edges, light chipping at top spine. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 2233312


Price: $15.00 

 

Fabled Shore from the Pyrenees to Portugal


Macaulay, Rose

Hardcover. London, Hamish Hamilton, 3rd, 1949, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 200 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Dust jacket faded and chipped and foxed.

Record # 2233344


Price: $15.00 

 

Midnight in Siberia: A Train Journey into the Heart of Russia


Greene, David

Hardcover. New York, W.W. Norton & Company, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 318 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, tight copy. Black and white photos in center. Front cover slightly bowed.

Record # 2233427


Price: $15.00 

 

Cevennes Journal, The: Notes on a Journey Through the French Highlands


Stevenson, Robert Louis

Hardcover. New York, Taplinger Publishing, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 159 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, tight copy with minor wear to dust jacket and covers.

Record # 2233499


Price: $15.00 

 

Afoot in England


Hudson, W.H.

Hardcover. New York, Alfred A Knopf, 1st UK, 1922, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 309 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Moderate wear to edges by spine. Dark red covers with green embossed lettering on front and spine. Previous owner's bookplate and sticker on front end paper.

Record # 2233699


Price: $38.00 

 

Martha's Vineyard: An Affectionate Memoir (SIGNED)


Graves, Ralph, Illust. by: Ray Ellis

Hardcover. New York, Abbeville Press Publishers, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 144 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Faded spine. Light soil on rear and light foxing to top page block. Signed copy with signatures on title page of both artist, Ray Ellis and writer, Ralph Graves. Tight copy.

Record # 2233768


Price: $38.00 

 

Riding Across Patagonia: A Victorian Equestrian Adventure (An Equestrian Travel Classic)


Dixie Lady Florence

Softcover. The Long Riders' Guild Press, Reprint, 2001, 251 pages. Softcover. Wrapper excellent. Pages clean. Binding tight. Like new. Dixie once wrote,

Price: $19.00 

 

Museums in New York


McDarrah, Fred W.

Softcover. New York, E. P. Dutton and Company, Inc., 2nd, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Revised edition. Reference guide to museums in New York, including libraries and other historic houses and buildings. Foreword by Thomas P. F. Hoving, director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. 319 pages illustrated with 200 black/white photographs. Very good condition, slight wear to the edges and to the back cover.

Record # 805375


Price: $11.00