Travel
UNCLE SAM'S ATTIC; The intimate story of Alaska, illustrated by the Author's Photographs.
Boston: Wilde, (1930). First Edition. 8vo, pp. 402. Blue cloth with chipped lettering on spine and cover, hinges tender. Library bookplate. A good copy. More
WE JAPANESE; Being descriptions of many of the customs, manners, ceremonies, festivals, arts and crafts of the Japanese...
Miyanoshita Japan: Fujiya Hotel, (1936). Third printing. 8vo, pp. 200. Copiously illustrated. Written by De Garis for H.S.K Yamaguchi, whose presentation is on the flyleaf, signed in Japanese and English, "Katharine. A. Shapes | H.S.K. Yamaguchi | Fujiya Hotel. | Myanoshita | Japan.| 1st. Sep. 36." and with a small..... More
PERSONAL NARRATIVE OF TRAVELS IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA IN 1826; With Remarks On The Present State Of The American Navy.
London: William Harrison Ainsworth, 1827. Second edn. 8vo, pp.207. Bound in contemporary leather backed boards (rear cover separate, front e.p. laid in, much rubbed and worn) 14 plates (12 lithographed plates - 1 folding & 2 plans). complete with half-title. The frontis is a large folding view of Quebec, and..... More
LLAMA LAND; East and west of the Andes in Peru
NY: Doran, (1927). First Edition. Small 4to, pp. 248. Illustrated with photographs by the author. (all present, though frontis is loose). Map on front endpaper. Light blue cloth, stamped in black. Cover little bumped at corners and browned,owner's bookplate on pastedown, o/w a VG copy. More
LA CHAINE DU MONT BLANC; Aiguilles de Chamonix. Grandes Jorasses
Grenoble: Arthaud, 1951. Second edn. 12mo, pp. 441. In French. Illustrated with drawings. Tan cloth. A nice copy. A guide to mountain climbing in the area, with drawings of the routes. More
LA CHAINE DU MONT BLANC; Aiguille Verte; Dolent - Argentiere - Trient
Grenoble: Arthaud, 1949. 12mo, pp. 379. In French. Illustrated with drawings. Tan paper over boards. Cover little browned and slightly bumped on edges, o/w a VG tight copy. A guide to mountain climbing in the area, with drawings of the routes. More
CATHEDRAL DAYS; A tour in Southern England
Boston: Little, Brown, 1899. New edition. 8vo, pp. 390. Illustrated from sketches and photographs. Red cloth with pictorial stamping and lettering in gilt. TEG. From the library of consumer advocate Florence Kelley. Rear hinge beginning tender, cover faded in spots and on spine and little scuffed at edges, light moisture..... More
FALAISE; The town of the Conqueror
Boston: Little, Brown, 1900. First Edition. 8vo, pp. xiv, 280. Illustrated throughout. Blue cloth, with pictorial stamping in gilt. TEG. From the library of consumer advocate Florence Kelley. Long inscription on flyleaf to the author from another author, B. Van Vorsh. Cover slightly spotted and little scuffed at edges and..... More
SUMMER ISLANDS
NY: The Colophon, 1931. Howard Willard. One of 550 copies, signed by the author. 4to, pp. 50. Blue cloth, stamped in orange. A nice copy in somewhat worn box. Title-page design and reproductions of several pen and ink illustrations in the text by Howard Willard. Printed by the Pynson Printers..... More
SHAMS;; or, Uncle Ben's Experiences with Hypocrites by Benjamin Morgan of Morganville, Blank County, NY
Philadelphia, Chicago, Kansas City, Oakland: H. J. Smith, 1889. Reprint. Large 8vo, pp. 412. Bound dark brown cloth stamped in black and gilt. Some light stained but a very good copy. Illustrated throughout with textual cuts. First issued in 1887 (see Wright III, 1646). Illinois, Illinois: "Uncle Benjamin Morgan and..... More
A TRAVELER AT FORTY
NY: Century, 1913. Glackens, W. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 526. Illustrated by W. Glackens. Red cloth, stamped in gilt. TEG. Cover little bumped, and worn at corners and ends of spine, o/w good. More
A YACHT VOYAGE; Letters from Hugh Latitudes: being some account of a voyage in 1856, in the schooner yacht "Foam," to Iceland, Jan Mayen and Spitzerbergen.
NY: Allison, 1895. Reprint. 8vo, pp. 268. Bound in light blue cloth, some dust stained, rear hinge loose. Non authorial presentation at the top of the title page. A good copy. FK. More
MRS. MARCO POLO REMEMBERS.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1968. First edn. 8vo, pp. 203. A fine copy in little worn dj. Reminiscences of a 50-year marriage spent traveling the world. More
MRS. MARCO POLO REMEMBERS.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1968. First edn. 8vo, pp. 203. A fine copy in little torn dj. Reminiscences of a 50-year marriage spent traveling the world. More
OBSERVATIONS IN EUROPE:; Principally in France and Great Britain.
NY: Harper, 1844. First Edition. 2 vol., 8vo, pp. 308, 312. v.1 water stained; v.2 has some foxing. Illustrated. Tipped in map of the fortifications of Paris. An account of travels in Great Britain and France, with commentary on local customs and history. There is a chapter on British Methodism..... More
PROSPERO'S CELL and REFLECTIONS ON A MARINE VENUS
NY: Dutton, 1960. First Edition, thus. 8vo, pp. 142, 198. Two volumes in one. Illustrated. Edges soiled, cover little soiled, o/w a good tight copy. The first is a guide to the landscape and manners of the Island of Cordyra, and the second is a companion to the landscape of..... More
SPIRIT OF PLACE; Letters and essays on travel
NY: Dutton, 1969. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 430. Illustrated with paintings by the author. Edited by Alan G. Thomas.VG in somewhat worn dj. Letters, essays, some short fiction and excerpts from novels. More
ROME,; In the nineteenth century; containing a complete account of the ruins of the ancient city, the remains of the middle ages, and the monuments of modern times...In two volumes.
London: Henry G. Bohn, 1860. Fifth edition. Volume I only. 8vo, pp. xviii, 460. Illustrated with wood engravings. Marbled paper over boards, three-quarter red leather, stamped in gilt. Front hinge tender, flyleaf loose, cover scuffed at edges, o/w a VG tight copy. A travelog in letter form. More
ENGLISH COTTAGES
NY: Viking, (1983). Second printing. Horizontal 8vo, pp. 160. Introduction by John Betjeman. Color photographs by Tony Evans. A nice copy in slightly scuffed and soiled dj. More
SUR LES TRACES DE PREMIER DE CORDEE
Paris: Arthaud, (1952). Large 8vo, pp. 100. With 59 black and white photographs and 22 in color. In French. Paper wraps. VG in chipped dj. A climb up Mont Blanc. More
THE IDYLLIC AVON; Being a simple description of the Avon from Tewkesbury to above Stratford-on-Avon, with songs & pictures of the river and its neighbourhood
NY: Putnam's, 1906. 8vo, pp. xvi, 2683 Index. Two fold-out maps. Dark blue cloth, with pictorial stamping in gilt. Owner's bookplate on pastedown. A VG tight copy. More
WINGED JOURNEYS
Privately printed, 1935. Large 8vo, pp. 136. Frontis portrait, illustrated with photographs. AEG. Blue cloth, stamped in gilt. Slightly worn at edges, o/w a nice copy. Poems about her travels. More
EYELIDS OF MORNING; The mingled destinies of crocodiles and men
Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, (1973). Peter Beard. First printing. 4to, pp. 260. Ilustrated by Peter Beard, as well as with many photographs and maps and engravings from earlier works. A nice copy; dj little scuffed with small tear. "Being a description of the origins, history, and prospects of..... More
"MOTOR TRIPS"; New England , Eastern Canada & N.Y.
Hartford CT: Guyde Publishing, 1924. 8vo, pp. not numbered. Illustrated with maps (one fold-out), and photographs in advertisements. Routes, mileages. and some notes in red. Flexible red coth. Cover little soiled, and a bit worn at edges, light stains on a few leaves, o/w a VG tight copy. More