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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 

 

Portrait of India


Smith, Bradford

Hardcover. London, Robert Hale, 1st UK, 1963, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good,

Record # 53901


Price: $12.00 

 

Portrait of the Isles of Scilly


Mumford, Clive

Hardcover. US, Robert Hale Ltd, rep, 1970-07-03, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 236 pages, b&w photos. Light edgewear to dust jacket with faint foxing to inside flaps, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 463030


Price: $10.00 

 

Prague in Black and Gold - Scenes from the Life of a European City


Demetz, Peter

Hardcover. NY, Hill and Wang, 1st , 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 411 pages, clean bright copy in a dust jacket.

Record # 53904


Price: $12.00 

 

Prehistoric England


Cavendish, Richard

Hardcover. London, English Tourist Board, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Black & white photos. 152 pages. Dj price clipped

Record # 60411


Price: $18.00 

Prisoners of the NorthBerton, Pierre

Prisoners of the North


Berton, Pierre

Softcover. 2nd printing thus, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 328 pages, b&w illustrations. Light edgewear to pictorial wrappers, page 7 dog-eared, slight stain to for-edge. Nice, tight copy.

Record # 452937


Price: $10.00 

 

Pump and Circumstance: Glory days of the Gas Station


Margolies, John

Hardcover. Boston, MA, Little, Brown and Company, 5th printing, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 128 pages. Hardcover. Color and b/w illustrations throughout. Decorated endpapers. Dust jacket unclipped, excellent, wrapped in protective clear, plastic brodart. Cover boards bound in red cloth, gilt title on spine. Binding tight, spine straight. Pages and edges clean and unmarked. In beautiful condition. A rich and lively celebration of that icon of American roadside culture: the gas station. Margolies traces the entertaining and significant tradition of gas station design, history, and lore.

Record # 32297


Price: $25.00 

 

Queen Mary, The


Potter, Neil and Jack Frost

Hardcover. New York, The John Day Company, 1st, 1961, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 291 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. The biography of a beloved ship, the most famous ocean liner of modern times. Heavy rubbing, fading, and edgewear to dust jacket. Mild age toning to exterior text block edges. Minor fading and age toning to prelim pages. Unmarked. A tight copy.

Record # 4450040


Price: $13.00 

 

Quest for Eternity, The: Chinese Ceramic Sculptures from the People's Republic of China


Caroselli, Susan L.

Softcover. San Francisco, CA, Chronicle Books/Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 159 pages. Softcover. French flaps, unclipped. Color and b/w illustrations throughout. In very good condition, clean inside and out. Published to accompany traveling exhibition March 22, 1987-April 10, 1988.

Record # 30648


Price: $13.00 

Railroad Never Sleeps - 24 Hours in the Life of Modern Railroading, TheSolomon (Editor), Brian

Railroad Never Sleeps - 24 Hours in the Life of Modern Railroading, The


Solomon (Editor), Brian

Hardcover. Minneapolis, Voyageur Press, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 176 pages. Hardcover. Illustrated with full color photographs. Light surface rubbing to dust jacket. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 612677


Price: $19.00 

 

Rambles Overland: A Trip Across the Continent


Gunnison, Almon

Hardcover. Boston, Universalist Publishing House, rep , 1889, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, 245 pages. Previous owner's signature on title page. Ex-library. Foxing to end papers. Some soiling to covers. Corners bumped. Wear to extremities.

Record # 801707


Price: $21.00 

 

Religion and Social Conflict in South Asia


Ishwaran, K.

Hardcover. Leiden, E.J. Brill , 1st, 1976, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 117 pages, edited by Bardwell L. Smith, blue cloth cover, gilt lettering to front cover and spine. Light wear to dust jacket; overall, book in great condition.

Record # 803271


Price: $19.00 

 

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 

 

Ride to Niagara in 1809, A


T. C. (Thomas Cooper)

Hardcover. New York , Privately Printed, reprint, 1915, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 49 pages, fold-out map in front. A reprint of a 1810 pamphlet, limited to 200 copies. Gray boards with cover label, gray cloth spine. Previous owner's bookplate.

Record # 900123


Price: $26.00 

 

River of Mountains: A Canoe Journey Down the Hudson (New York State Series)


Lourie, Peter

Hardcover. New York, Syracuse University Press, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 327 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Minor sun fading to dust jacket front and some foxing to textblock top edge. Otherwise very clean, unmarked, tight copy. Black and white images throughout.

Record # 471153


Price: $15.00 

River Unvexed, A: A History and Tour Guide of the Campaign for the Mississippi RiverMiles, Jim

River Unvexed, A: A History and Tour Guide of the Campaign for the Mississippi River


Miles, Jim

Softcover. Nashville, TN, Rutledge Hill Press, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 596 pages. Softcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Clean inside and out. In great shape. The Civil War Campaign Series. from the back cover: "A River Unvexed is the first comprehensive account of the campaign for the entire Mississippi River. Included are: 61 original maps; 247 photographs and line drawings; A lively history of the campaign; Human-interest articles on people, places, and events; Sources for additional travel information; Index and bibliography"

Record # 30542


Price: $15.00 

 

River's Tale, The: A Year on the Mekong


Gargan, Edward A.

Hardcover. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 332 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Deckled foreedge. Gray cover boards, gilt title on spine. Dust jacket unclipped, excellent. Pages clean and unmarked. Binding tight, spine straight. In beautiful condition, looks nearly new. A deeply informed personal chronicle of a remarkable journey down the Mekong River as it runs through China.

Record # 32046


Price: $19.00 

 

Rivers of America - The Ohio


Banta, R. E./Edward Shenton, Illust. by: Edward Shenton

Hardcover. New York, Rinehart & Company, 1st, 1949, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 592 pages. Hardcover. Black & white illustrations by Edward Shenton. Creasing to top right corner of pages 3 through 8. Minor staining to front of cloth cover. Dust jacket with chipping along edges and corners - jacket now protected with clear plastic cover. Clean, unmarked text.

Record # 613469


Price: $35.00 

Road to Ubar, The : Finding the Atlantis of the SandsClapp, Nicholas

Road to Ubar, The : Finding the Atlantis of the Sands


Clapp, Nicholas

Hardcover. US, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1st, 1998-02-10, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 342 pages. Light shelf-wear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 466422


Price: $11.00 

 

Road West, The: Saga of the 35th Parallel


Dodge, Bertha S.

Hardcover. Albuquerque, NM, University of New Mexico Press, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 222 pages, b&w illustrations. Light tanning to dust jacket with small chip missing from lower edge of spine. Internally clean and tight.

Record # 810055


Price: $15.00 

 

Romance of Labrador, The


Grenfell, Sir Wilfred

Hardcover. New York, Macmillan, 1st, 1934, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 329 pages, b&w plates. Blue cloth covers w/ gilt lettering and design. Light edge wear to corners. Front hinge weak. Else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 850959


Price: $30.00 

 

Romance of Nice, The


Loveland, J.D.E.

Hardcover. London, Duckworth & Co., 1st, 1911, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 347 pages. B&W photographs. Tissue guarded frontispiece. Red cloth covers with gilt title to spine and title and decoration to front. Raised line along front right corner and slightly soiled on bottom left corner. Prior owner inscription on front flyleaf. Small sticker on front end paper. Pencil marking throughout. Top edge gilt. Light foxing throughout.

Record # 850150


Price: $20.00 

 

Romance of the Rivers, The


Faris, John T.

Hardcover. New York, Harper and Brothers, 1st, 1927, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 298 pages, b&w photographs of America's rivers. Red cloth with black decoration. Light edgewear.

Record # 402330


Price: $18.00 

 

Roughing It in the Bush


Moodie, Susanna, Illust. by: R.A. Stewart

Softcover. Toronto, Canada, Coles Publishing Company, Reprint facsimile copy, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 567 pages. Softcover. Facsimile copy of original, published in 1852. Wrapper very good. Light tanning to edges and pages. A moisture stain to top edge. Binding tight. In good shape. A woman takes a trip of exploration with her husband from England to Canada, in the first part of the nineteenth century.

Record # 32142


Price: $23.00 

Route 66: The Mother RoadWallis, Michael

Route 66: The Mother Road


Wallis, Michael

Hardcover. New York, St. Martin's Press, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 243 pages, illustrated throughout in color and b&w. Dust jacket price-clipped with light wear. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 453207


Price: $25.00 

 

Royal Edinburgh: Her Saints, Kings, Prophets and Poets


Oliphant, Mrs., Illust. by: George Morrow

Hardcover. London, Macmillan and Co., 2nd Ed., 1891, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, green cloth stamped with gilt type and design. 520 pages, many fine b&w engraved drawings by George Reid. Top edge gilt. Very attractive copy. Clean.

Record # 412070


Price: $19.00 

 

Russia - Broken Idols, Solemn Dreams


Shipler, David K.

Hardcover. NY, Times, Revised ed., 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, The author's 1983 bestseller is here revised and updated. 462 pages.

Record # 58653


Price: $18.00 

 

Russia: a portrait


Poliakov, Lev

Hardcover. New York, Farrar Straus Giroux, 1st, 1991, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 146 pages. Hardcover. Extensive b&w photographs throughout. Silver gilt titles on spine and cover. Foxing to dust jacket cover, faint foxing to top edge. Dust jacket price clipped, otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 469121


Price: $44.00 

 

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 

 

Sahara: Desert of Destiny


Gerster, Georg

Hardcover. New York, NY, Coward-McCann Inc., First US, 1961, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 302 pages. Hardcover. Black cloth covered boards with gilt titles to spine. Original dust jacket with small tears to edges. Black & white illustrations, maps to endpapers. Pages are clean & unmarked throughout, two pages to rear have strong crease marks to corners. Tight binding.

Record # 6670128


Price: $23.00 

 

Scandinavia Beckons


Oakley, Amy, Illust. by: Thornton Oakley

Hardcover. New York, D. Appleton Century Co., 1st, 1938, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 540 pages w/ index. Dj very chipped, in mylar cover. Blue cloth, gilt. Map end papers.

Record # 803822


Price: $8.00 

 

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 

 

Search for a Vanishing Beijing, The: A Guide to China's Capital Through the Ages


Aldrich, M.A.

Hardcover. Hong Kong, China, Hong Kong University Press, Reprint, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 399 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Dust jacket unclipped, excellent. Binding tight. Spine straight. Red cover boards, gilt title on spine. Pages clean and bright. Very clean copy, looks nearly new. Weaves the genres of travel essays and travel guides into a comprehensive narrative about the cultural mosaic of the capital of China.

Record # 399


Price: $50.00 

 

Secrets at Sea (INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR)


Peck, Richard, Illust. by: Kelly Murphy

Hardcover. New York, Penguin Group, 1ST, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 238 pages. Hardcover. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. B/w illustrations throughout. Dust cover and tops of cover boards show just a little bumping, but otherwise in great shape. Clean inside and out. Dust jacket unclipped.

Record # 30599


Price: $25.00 

 

Seductive Journey: American Tourists in France from Jefferson to The Jazz Age


Levenstein, Harvey

Hardcover. Chicago IL, University of Chicago, 1st, 1998, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, 378 pages, b&w illustrations. Like new in publisher's shrinkwrap.

Record # 805726


Price: $13.00 

 

Simon Fraser: Letters and Journals, 1806-1808


Lamb, W. Kaye

Hardcover. Canada, Macmillian, reprint, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 292 pages. Dust jacket price clipped with light edgewear, chipping, protected in a clear mylar cover. Previous owner's bookplate on front end paper, else a nice, clean, tight copy.

Record # 809836


Price: $40.00 

 

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 

 

Southland of North America, The - Rambles and Observations in Central America During the Year 1912


Putnam, George Palmer

Hardcover. New York , Putnams, 1st, 1913, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Ex-library with usual markings. hinges cracked- internally very good. many B&W photos. 425 pages, fold-out map in rear

Record # 175324


Price: $25.00 

 

Spaniard in the Portuguese Indies, A: The Narrative of Martin Fernandez de Figueroa


McKenna, James B.

Hardcover. Cambridge MA, Harvard University Press , 1st, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 288 pages, b&w illustrations. Red dust jacket with rubbing, light edgewear.

Record # 406660


Price: $11.00 

 

Spectator of America - A Classic Document About Lincoln and Civil War America by a Contemporary English Correspondent


Mitgang (Ed.), Herbert

Paperback. Athens, Univ. of Georgia, rep. wraps, 1989, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: None, The writings of Edward Dicey who traveled extensively in 1860's America. 318 pages

Record # 55525


Price: $15.00 

Standard Guide to Havana and Cuba - A Complete Handbook for Visitors with Maps, Illustrations, History and an English-Spanish Manual of ConversationReynolds, Charles B.

Standard Guide to Havana and Cuba - A Complete Handbook for Visitors with Maps, Illustrations, History and an English-Spanish Manual of Conversation


Reynolds, Charles B.

Softcover. New York/Havana, Foster & Reynolds, reprint, 1921, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 188 pages plus advertisements. Illustrated with b&w photos, several maps. Softcover with green printed wrappers, front cover detached but present. Light staining to top edge otherwise clean and tight copy despite loose front cover.

Record # 401328


Price: $80.00 

 

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 

 

Star of India - The Log of an Iron Ship


MacMullen, Jerry

Hardcover. Berkeley, Howell-North, 1st, 1961, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 133 pages. Black & white photographs. Previous owners Illustration adhered to front endpaper and stamp on half-title page. Dust jacket worn with fading to spine. related articles laid-in.

Record # 608658


Price: $15.00 

 

State of Vermont and The Green Mountains


N/A

Softcover. Montpelier, VT, Wetmore & Morse Granite Co, 1st, 1929, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 71 pages. B&w photography throughout. Includes pull-out map. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to wrappers.

Record # 857271


Price: $23.00 

 

Stickluft (Black Damp)


Dornik, Franc

Hardcover. New York, Vantage Press, 1st, 1969, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 272 pages. Some sun-fading along dust jacket spine. Chipping and tears on dust jacket covers. Dust jacket protected with clear, plastic cover. Front flyleaf clipped. Minor spotting on fore and bottom edges. Underlining in pen on about five pages. Nice, tight copy.

Record # 856284


Price: $25.00 

 

Story of the Space Shuttle, The (Springer Praxis Books / Space Exploration)


Harland, David M.

Softcover. US, Springer, 1st, 2004-07-05, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 444 pages, b&w illustrations. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to wrappers.

Record # 463480


Price: $19.00 

 

Suomi: From Aeroplane


NA

Hardcover. Porvoo, Werner Soderstrom Osakeyhtio, 1929, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, 19 pages. Entire book is plate of B/W aerial photos. Blue cloth, silver lettering. 1986 newspaper article about death of Ex-Finland president laid-in. Front hinge cracked. Corners bumped.

Record # 803832


Price: $16.00 

 

Switzerland


Mackenzie , Harriet D. S. , Illust. by: Arthur Gilman

Hardcover. Boston, D. Lothrop and Company , 1st, 1881 , Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 585 pages. Extensive b&w illustrations throughout by Arthur Gilman. Illustrated frontispiece by same. Gilt titles on front cover and spine. Some edge wear to spine and top edge, otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 857398


Price: $38.00 

 

Tahiti: Voyage Through Paradise


Eggleston, George T.

Hardcover. New York, Devin-Adair Co., 1st, 1953, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 252 pages. Red floral decorative boards and map end papers. Over 100 black and white captioned photographs chronicling the voyage round and about the Tahitian islands.

Record # 220784


Price: $11.00 

 

Tarry at Home Travels


Hale, Edward Everett

Hardcover. London, Macmillan, Reprint, 1906, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 428 pages. Green cloth, light rippling, gilt design and lettering. Minor spotting. Illustrated in black & white. Bottom corners bumped, rear board scuffed.

Record # 604678


Price: $19.00 

Taste of Conquest, The: The Rise and Fall of the Three Great Cities of SpiceKrondl, Michael

Taste of Conquest, The: The Rise and Fall of the Three Great Cities of Spice


Krondl, Michael

Hardcover. New York, Ballantine Books, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 304 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 468083


Price: $13.00 

 

Tel Aviv: From Dream to City


Schlor, Joachim

Softcover. US, Reaktion Books, 1st US, 1999-06-15, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 340 pages, illustrations in color and b&w. Slight crease to rear cover, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 464310


Price: $13.00 

Tent Life in SiberiaKennan, George

Tent Life in Siberia


Kennan, George

Softcover. Salt Lake City, UT, Gibbs Smith, Reprint, 1986, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 425 pages. Softcover. Light foxing to textblock edges. Smudging to top edge of text block. An otherwise clean copy with edgewear.

Record # 471567


Price: $13.00 

 

The Cruise of The Vanadis


Wharton, Edith

Hardcover. US, Rizzoli, reprint , 2004-06-19, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 222 pages. Extensive color photography throughout. Illustrated end papers and flyleaves. Copyright page removed. Otherwise Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 466193


Price: $19.00 

 

The Thousand Islands and the River St. Lawrence


James Bayne Co.

Softcover. Grand Rapids MI, James Bayne Co., Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 72 pages, oblong softcover with pictorial covers, string-tie binding. Color foldout map of the area covered in front, many b&w plates, mostly photographs throughout. No date, appears to be early 1900s. Clean, very good.

Record # 407181


Price: $19.00 

 

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 

This Was America: True Accounts of People and Places, Manners and Customs, As Recorded by European Travelers to the Western Shore in the Eighteenth, Nineteenth, and Twentieth CenturiesHandlin, Oscar (ed.)

This Was America: True Accounts of People and Places, Manners and Customs, As Recorded by European Travelers to the Western Shore in the Eighteenth, Nineteenth, and Twentieth Centuries


Handlin, Oscar (ed.)

Hardcover. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 1st, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 602 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Some fading to jacket and light chipping to spine edges. Stamp of former owner of front end papers as well as in pen (blacked out).

Record # 2231000


Price: $23.00 

 

Thomas Gage's Travels in the New World


Thompson, J. Eric S. (Editor/Introduction)

Hardcover. Oklahoma, University of Oklahoma Press, Reprint, 1969, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 379 pages. Hardcover. Green cloth cover boards, white title on spine. Top edge dyed. Some light marks (pencil) in a few places. Pages bright. Edges have some foxing. Dust jacket unclipped, has some tanning/foxing (see image). Gage's account of life in Seventeenth-century Mexico and Central America makes superb reading and is for the most part accurate.

Record # 33491


Price: $23.00 

 

To-Day on the Nile


Dunning, H.W.

Hardcover. New York, James Pott & Company, 1st, 1905, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 270 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Gutter cracked in multiple pages. Previous owner's bookplate and name on front end paper and front fly leaf. Map in rear partially disconnected. Covers show moderate wear and spine is loose.

Record # 2233342


Price: $25.00 

 

Tour Around the World


Grant, General

Hardcover. Cincinnati, OH, Jones Brothers & Co., 1st, 1879?, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 810 pages plus 6 pages of ads. Green decorated cloth, gilt. Hinge cracked. Many b&w engraved plates. Previous owner's signature. Believed to be 1879 edition although title page is missing. Preface date 1879.

Record # 803761


Price: $32.00 

Traveler's Companion to Montana HistoryWest, Carroll Van

Traveler's Companion to Montana History


West, Carroll Van

Softcover. Helena, Montana Historical Society Press, 2nd printing, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 239 pages, illustrated throughout on b&w. Faint foxing to edges, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 458565


Price: $13.00 

 

Traveling in Italy With Henry James: Essays


James, Henry

Hardcover. US, William Morrow & Co, 1st, 1994-03-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 413 pages. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 464517


Price: $23.00 

Travels and Discoveries in North and Central Africa from the Journal of an Expedition under the Auspices of H. B. M.'s Government, in the Years 1849-1855 Barth, Henry

Travels and Discoveries in North and Central Africa from the Journal of an Expedition under the Auspices of H. B. M.'s Government, in the Years 1849-1855


Barth, Henry

Hardcover. Philadelphia PA, Keystone Publishing Co., reprint, nd, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth stamped in gilt and maroon, 538 pages. Originally published in 1857. This has no date but appears to be late 1800s. Light shelf wear, solid, clean copy.

Record # 503173


Price: $50.00 

 

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 

 

Travels in New England


Wheelwright, Thea, Illust. by: Katharine Knowles

Barre, Massachusetts, Barre Publishers, 1st, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 160 pages. Black & white photographs by Katharine Knowles. Sticker on front end paper.

Record # 204027


Price: $15.00 

 

Travels into North America


Kalm, Peter

Hardcover. Barre, Mass., The Imprint Society, 1st thus, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 514 pages, with 25 illustrations, translated by John Reinhold Foster, introduced by Ralph M. Sargent, number 380 of a limited 1500 copies, decorated cover and slipcase, very clean and tight copy.

Record # 854429


Price: $70.00 

 

Travels of Marco Polo, The


Latham, (translated by), Ronald

Hardcover. London, The Folio Society, rep, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 310 pages, illustrations in color. Red cloth, gilt title on black cloth. Light fading to spine and slight rubbing to maroon slip-case, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 856897


Price: $25.00 

 

Trending Into Maine


Roberts, Kenneth, Illust. by: N. C. Wyeth

Hardcover. Boston, Little Brown, 1st, 1938, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. 394 pages. Color illustrations by N. C. Wyeth. Corners bumped. Darkened spine. Soiling to top edge. Internal clean, tight copy.

Record # 503574


Price: $40.00 

 

Under Afrikas Sol


Kroyer, Olaf

Hardcover. Copenhagen Denmark, Carl Allers, 1st, 1941, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 190 pages, b&w photographs, maps, softcover with color wrappers, here bound in half-leather with marbled boards, spine label with gilt lettering. Text is in Norwegian.

Record # 405968


Price: $31.00 

 

Undiscovered France: An Eight-Week Automobile Trip in the Provinces With Special Reference to the Architecture, Archaeology, History, and Scenery


Williams, Emile Frances

Hardcover. Boston, MA, Houghton Mifflin Company, First Edition, 1927, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 364 pages. Hardcover with maps to endpapers. Frontis illustration, Chateau of Beynac, on the Dordogne, in black & white, over 190 photographs throughout, beautifully presented to accompany text. Publisher's navy cloth boards with gilt illustration & gilt titles to cover & spine. Gilt is faded to spine edge. Tight copy, clean & unmarked with light, natural toning to edges as would be expected for its age. A nice copy.

Record # 6670146


Price: $31.00 

 

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 

 

Venice - Art and Life in the Lagoon City


Davis, John H.

Hardcover. NY, Newsweek, 5th pr., 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 170 pages illust. in color, black & white

Record # 56588


Price: $15.00 

 

Viceroy of Ouidah, The


Chatwin, Bruce

Hardcover. NY, Summit, 1st , 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good,

Record # 56873


Price: $50.00 

 

Victorian Traveler's Companion


Chamberlain, Holly

Softcover. Philadelphia, The Victorian Society in America, 2nd, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 127 pages, b&w illustrations throughout. A pocket guide to 19th century museums, inns, restaurants, tours and historic sites. Blue pictorial stiff paper wrappers. Light wear, and slight rubbing to spine, else clean, tight copy.

Record # 605626


Price: $11.00 

Visitor's Companion at our Nation's Capital. Evans, George G. (ed.)

Visitor's Companion at our Nation's Capital.


Evans, George G. (ed.)

Softcover. Philadelphia, George Evans, 1st, 1892, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 192 pages plus a 94 page appendix. Black & white illustrations, maps of Washington DC in rear pocket. Blue cloth binding with decorative gilt design. Clean.

Record # 408259


Price: $40.00 

Visits to Monasteries in The LevantCurzon, Robert

Visits to Monasteries in The Levant


Curzon, Robert

Hardcover. London, John Murray, Reprint, 1865, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 367 pages. Hardcover. Green leather covers with gilt title and decoration. Spine with raised bands and gilt decoration. Foxing to preliminary pages. Light to moderate rubbing to cover edges. All edges gilt. Previous owners presentation plate on inside front cover, and inscription on front endpaper. Illustrated with numerous fine woodcuts. Features one fold-out map of 'The Church of The Holy Sepulchre'. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 610873


Price: $188.00 

 

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 

 

Watching Europe Grow


N/A

Hardcover. New York, The Junior Literary Guild Inc., 2nd, 1930, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 489 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. A unique travel history of Europe. Previous owner's bookplate on half title page. Red toning to top text block. Heavy chipping and rubbing to dust jacket. Mild rubbing to boards. Profusely illustrated. Unmarked. A tight copy.

Record # 951767


Price: $19.00 

 

We Called This Creek Traveller's Rest


Writers, The Discovery

Softcover. Stevensville, MT, Stoneydale Press, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 192 pages, b&w illustrations. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to wrappers.

Record # 458562


Price: $15.00 

 

Westward Journeys


Applegate, Jesse A.

Hardcover. Chicago, Lakeside Pr, rep, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, memoirs of traveling the Overland Trail Ed. by Martin Ridge

Record # 2052


Price: $18.00 

 

Westward to Vinland: The Discovery of Pre-Columbian Norse House-sites in North America


ingstad, Helge

Hardcover. London, England, Jonathan Cape, 1st UK, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 250 pages. Hardcover. Decorated endpapers. B/w illustrations throughout. Binding tight. Spine straight. Pages clean and unmarked. Dust jacket unclipped, very good. Cover boards bound in brown cloth, gilt title on spine. Westward to Vinland is not only the invaluable record of a major contemporary archaeological discovery, it is a fascinating travel book which describes the life and character of the Eskimoes and Indians of North America.

Record # 32208


Price: $38.00 

Where The Earth EndsHarrison, John

Where The Earth Ends


Harrison, John

Hardcover. London, John Murray, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 286 pages. Hardcover. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR ON TITLE PAGE. illustrated with section of full color photographs. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 611151


Price: $25.00 

 

Who's Who in Space: The First 25 Years


Cassutt, Michael

Hardcover. Boston, Mass., G K Hall, reprint, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 310 pages. Oversized. Black cloth cover, light wear to edges. Dust jacket has some wear to corners and edges. Inside is very clean and bright, with b&w illustrations throughout.

Record # 455850


Price: $20.00 

 

Who's Who in the Middle Ages (2 Vol.)


Emmerson, Richard K. (Editor), Sandra Clayton-Emmerson (Asso. Editor)

Hardcover. London, England, Routledge, 1st Edition, 2006, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, 1037 pages (two volume set). Hardcovers. Books are in beautiful like-new condition. Red cover boards, silver gilt title on spines. Dust jackets unclipped. Pages bright and clean. Spines straight, bindings tight. From Emperors and queens to artists and world travelers, from popes and scholars to saints and heretics, Who's Who in the Middle Ages brings together the most important people who lived in medieval Europe between 500 and 1500 AD.

Record # 33432


Price: $63.00 

 

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 

 

With Forks and Hope: An African Notebook


Huxley, Elspeth

Hardcover. New York , William Morrow & Co., 1st, 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 398 pages, b&w illustrations. Dust jacket with light wear, soil.

Record # 406407


Price: $11.00 

 

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 

 

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 


  

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