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Wildlife and Safari in Kenya - A Comprehensive Guide-Book for Travellers


Pearson, John

Hardcover. Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa Publishing House, revised ed., 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 1971 hotel guide to area laid-in.Also portion of map with itinery inked-in. (Bought from estate of Elia Kazan)

Record # 107487


Price: $18.00 

 

Winchcombe Calvalcade or Sidelights on Winchcombe History


Adlard, Eleanor

Hardcover. London, Ed. J. Burrow, 1939, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 122 pages, b&w illustrations, with a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Introduction is dated 1939 with no other date. Condition suggests this may be a reprint.

Record # 406832


Price: $19.00 

 

Winter in Castille


Tracy, Honor

Hardcover. NY, Random House, 2nd, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good,

Record # 54352


Price: $12.00 

 

Winter India


Scidmore, E. R.

Hardcover. New York, The Century Co., 1st, 1903, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, 400 pages, b&w plates. Red cloth covers w/ gilt lettering. Top edge gilt. Rubbing to cover corners, small stain on front cover. Front hinge cracked; frontispiece loose. Rear hinge weak. Previous owner's signature on front fly leaf. Else pages clean and tight.

Record # 851617


Price: $30.00 

 

Women on High: Pioneers of Mountaineering


Brown, Rebecca A.

Hardcover. US, Appalachian Mountain Club Books, 2st, 2002-11-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 258 pages. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 465805


Price: $19.00 

 

Working North From Patagonia: Being the Narrative of a Jourey, Earned on the Way, Through


Franck, Harry A.

Hardcover. New York, The Century Co.,, 1st, 1922, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 650 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations (including frontispiece) throughout. Cover boards bound in green cloth. Two color decoration on front cover board and spine. Pages and edges have tanning from age. Cover boards have some agewear. Gutters split in a couple places, but binding still tight, and no pages detached. Spine straight. "Illustrated with 176 unusual photographs by the author, with a map showing the route." South America travel book with photographs, circa. 1922.

Record # 32216


Price: $25.00 

 

World of Villages, A - A Six-year Journey Through Africa and Asia


Schwartz, Brian M.

NY, Crown, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 499 pages.

Record # 65128


Price: $23.00 

 

World Revisited, A/ A New Travel Book


Longstreet, Stephen

Hardcover. NY, Holt, 1st, 1953, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, dj w/ chips, wear to top spine

Record # 11213


Price: $9.00 

 

World's Best Golf, The: A Spectacular Guided Tour of the Greatest Golf Courses in the World


Davis, William H.

Hardcover. Connecticut, Golf Digest, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 312 pages. Blue covers, silver titles to blue cloth spine, color illustrated dust jacket, profusely illustrated with beautiful full-color photographs by Stephen Szurlej and Brian Morgan, accompanying descriptions, contents organized under headings titled United States, Great Britain, Ireland, Europe, Australia, Canada, Far East, Mexico and The Caribbean. Light rubbing to dust jacket, pages crisp and unmarked; a very beautiful, neat, tight copy in great condition.

Record # 807114


Price: $25.00 

 

Year Book & Guide to East Africa


Gordon-Brown, A.

London, Robert Hale Ltd., 1st, 1958, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 342 pages plus additional ads and color maps - one enveloped fold-out map on inside front cover. Dust jacket shows light wear and some chipping/chunks missing at top and bottom of spine, now protected by clear plastic cover.

Record # 510058


Price: $32.00 

 

Year in Europe: Comprising a Journal of Observations in England, Scotland, Ireland, France, Switzerland, The North of Italy, and Holland in 1818 and 1819. [Volume Two only].


Griscom, John

Hardcover. New York, Collins & Co., rep, 1824, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, 374 pp Hardbound some wear to the extremities and spine leather gone from top and bottom, exposing signatures. Front board is nearly separated and back board on the way. Foxing throughout. Some insect damage to back 30 pages, but only barely reaching text. Reading copy only.

Record # 804583


Price: $26.00 

 

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 

 

Yesterday's Train - A Rain Odyssey Through Mexican History


Pindell, Terry and Lourdes Ramirez Mallis

Hardcover. NY, Henry Holt, 1st , 1997, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine,

Record # 54935


Price: $25.00 

 

Yucatan (SIGNED BY AUTHOR)


Dame, Lawrence

Hardcover. New York, NY, Random House, 1st, 1941, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 374 pages. Hardcover SIGNED BY AUTHOR. B/w illustrations throughout. Binding tight. Spine straight. Cover boards bound in tan cloth, red quarter cloth, faded gilt title on spine. Top edge dyed. Light tanning to pages and edges from age. In really good shape for its age. The author's look at the Yucatan Peninsula, a history and how it was in the early to mid-twentieth century.

Record # 32175


Price: $44.00 

 

Zazie Dans Le Metro (The Traveller's Companion Series)


Queneau, Raymond

Softcover. Paris, France, The Olympia Press, First Thus, 1959, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 229 pages. Softcover with illustrated dust jacket. Wonderful drawings by Jacqueline Duheme detailed among the text, in the margins, headers & closing of various chapters. Strong crease to one corner of dust jacket. Clean & unmarked copy.

Record # 6670168


Price: $25.00 

A Gazetteer of the State of New-Hampshire, In Three Parts by: Merrill, EliphaletMerrill, Phinehas
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A Gazetteer of the State of New-Hampshire, In Three Parts by: Merrill, EliphaletMerrill, PhinehasA Gazetteer of the State of New-Hampshire, In Three Parts by: Merrill, EliphaletMerrill, Phinehas

A Gazetteer of the State of New-Hampshire, In Three Parts by: Merrill, Eliphalet Merrill, Phinehas

Hardcover. Exeter NH, C. Norris & Co., 1st, 1817, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 218 pages, followed by an unpaginated section of topographical and statistical tables, hardcover. Leather covers are scuffed, with most wear to hinges and corners. Sticker residue present on bottom of spine. Interior pages have significant foxing throughout, but are free of any markings. Binding is loose, as the front and rear hinges are both cracked. This is the first gazetteer of the State of New Hampshire, and is made up of three parts: a comprehensive geographical and statistical overview of the state, a description of each town, county, and major feature in the state, and a set of tables of distances and town statistics. This volume describes New Hampshire's climate and seasons, canals and turnpikes, monuments, vegetable production and agriculture, domestic and wild animals, government, military strength, religion, customs, institutions, companies, societies, and state prison. This information provides the locations of features which may have since been renamed or disappeared. Title page stamped with ex-library mark, otherwise clean copy. Record # 33990
Price: $75.00 

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

A Shark Going Inland Is My Chief: The Island Civilization of Ancient Hawai'i by: Kirch, Patrick Vinton
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A Shark Going Inland Is My Chief: The Island Civilization of Ancient Hawai'i by: Kirch, Patrick Vinton

Hardcover. Berkeley, CA, University of California Press, 2nd Pr., 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 346 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has some edge wear, but is still in good condition. Blue paper covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout, as well as a bind-in halfway through with full-color photography. This lively, accessible chronicle works back from 1778, when the British explorers encountered an island civilization governed by rulers who could not be gazed upon by common people. Interweaving anecdotes from his own widespread travel and extensive archaeological investigations into the broader historical narrative, Kirch shows how the early Polynesian settlers of Hawai'i adapted to this new island landscape and created highly productive agricultural systems. Clean copy. Record # 34124
Price: $25.00 

Adventurer's Paradise by: Scobie, Alastair
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Adventurer's Paradise by: Scobie, Alastair

London, Travel Book Club, 1955, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover. 249 pages. Contains some black & white photographs. Bottom corners bumped. Soiling, chipping, creasing to dust jacket. Adventures with camera and gun among the people and animals of Northern Kenya. Record # 503693
Price: $12.00 

African Calliope: A Journey to the Sudan [INSCRIBED COPY] by: Hoagland, Edward
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African Calliope: A Journey to the Sudan [INSCRIBED COPY] by: Hoagland, EdwardAfrican Calliope: A Journey to the Sudan [INSCRIBED COPY] by: Hoagland, Edward

African Calliope: A Journey to the Sudan [INSCRIBED COPY] by: Hoagland, Edward

Hardcover. NY, Random House, 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 239 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has been covered in a plastic sleeve to prevent further degradation. A couple of open tears are present, with one larger chunk missing from the rear of the dust jacket. Cloth covers are in good condition, despite some minor discoloration around the spine. Binding is solid. Contains B&W maps throughout. In this rich, ambitious, and distinguished book, Hoagland details his travels through Sudan, complete with colorful personalities and harsh conditions. Author's name is signed on the first front end page. Clean copy. Record # 34020
Price: $25.00 

African Silences by: Matthiessen, Peter
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African Silences by: Matthiessen, Peter

Hardcover. US, Random House, 2nd printing, 1991-07-20, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 225 pages. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Record # 463930
Price: $12.00 

Afterlife and Other Stories, The by: Updike, John
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Afterlife and Other Stories, The by: Updike, John

Hardcover. US, Knopf, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 316 pages. Decorative stain to top edge. Gilt lettering on spine and cover. Light edge wear to bottom edge, otherwise clean, tight copy. Record # 466888
Price: $12.00 

Alaska Days With John Muir by: Young, S. Hall
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Alaska Days With John Muir by: Young, S. Hall

Hardcover. NY, Fleming H. Revell , 1st, 1915, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 226 pages, hardcover. Exterior pictorial board shows some wear and tear, particularly with respect to scuffed and fading text. Interior pages and binding are in very good condition. B&W photographs throughout. In this fascinating account of John Muir's travels in Alaska from 1879 to 1880, we are brought into an intimate acquaintance with this great interpreter of Nature by one who was his companion on many expeditions. Clean copy. Record # 33622
Price: $18.00 

All-True Travels and Adventures of Lidie Newton, The  by: Smiley, Jane
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All-True Travels and Adventures of Lidie Newton, The by: Smiley, Jane

Hardcover. US, Knopf, 1st, 1998-03-24, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 452 pages. Light edgewear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy. Record # 461545
Price: $12.00 


  
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