WITHOUT RESERVATIONS; The travels of an independent woman
NY: Random House, 2000. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 278. Small chip at top of cover, o/w a nice copy in slightly soiled dj. A Pulitizer writes as she travels. More
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JOYFUL ERRAND
Cape Town: South African National Council for the Blind, 1959. Small 4to, pp. 448. Index. Foreword by E. G. Jansen. Includes an article by L. Van Schalkwijk on programs for the blind in South Africa. Illustrated with many photographs, some in color. Dark green leatherette over boards, stamped in gilt..... More
HEBRIDAN JOURNEY
London: Catholic Book Club, (1940). 8vo, pp. 276. Map on front endpapers. Tan cloth. Owner's name on half-title. Edges and cover spotted, hinges tender, o/w VG. More
THE ROMANTIC JOURNEY; The story of Thomas Cook and Victorian travel
NY: Harper & Row, (1974). First American edn. 4to, pp. 201 plus index. Illustrated with photographs and drawings. Donor's presentation on flyleaf. VG in price-clipped and somewhat soiled dj. More
A RUSSIAN PAINTS AMERICA; The travels of Pavel P. Svin'in, 1811-1813
Montreal: McGill-Qween's University Press, (2008). 8vo, pp. x, 220. Notes, bibliography, index. Illustrated, some in color. Includes Svin'in's text about his travels, with annotations. As new in little scuffed dj. Pavel Petrovich Svin'in (1787/88-1839) was a painter, diplomat, and journalist who spent two years as part of the first Russian..... More
VOYAGE AROUND THE WORLD; and visits to various foreign countries in the United States Frigate Columbia; Attended by her Consort, the Sloop of War John Adams, and Bearing the Broad Pennant of Commodore George C. Read, also including an account of the bombarding and firiing of the town of Muncie, on the Malay coast, and the visit of the ships to China during the opium difficulties at Canton, and confinement of the foreigners in that city. Two volumes in one.
New Haven: H. Mansfield, 1847. 9th edition. 8vo, pp.317; 331, [1], 2 ads pp. Illustrated, frontispieces (including a hand-colored stipple engraving of the Emperor of China). Thick octavo. Publisher's brown cloth stamped in blind and gilt, spine elaborately decorated in gilt (wear to the extremities), some foxing, a good copy..... More
MEMORIES OF THE CRUISE OF A LIFETIME AROUND THE WORLD; January -- April 1964
8vo, pp. various. A bound collection of a ship's newsletters during the cruise, illlustrated, a few in color. Paper over boards. A VG tight copy. More
THE KINGDOM BY THE SEA; A journey around Great Britain
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1983. First printing. 8vo, pp. 353. Map on endpapers. Author's signature on blank. Paper over boards with cloth spine. About fine in slightly scuffed dj. More
TRAVELLING SKETCHES; [Reprinted from the "Pall Mall Gazette".
London: Chapman and Hall, 1866. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 112. rig. sand-grained red cloth, bevelled boards, lettered in gilt; sl. marked, spine sl. faded. Name and address stamped at the top of the title-page, A very good copy.Trollope Society Catalogue 26. Sadleir 23. Eight essays exploring the characteristics of various..... More
ONE YEAR ABORAD; By the author of "One summer"
Boston: Osgood, 1877. First Edition. 12mo, pp. 247. Brown cloth, blind stamped and lettered in gilt. Donor's presentation on flyleaf. Hinges very tender, cover little worn at corners and ends of spine, o/w VG. A travel narrative. More
ROME; Painted by Alberto Pisa
London: A & C Black, (1925). Pisa, Alberto. Revised edition. 8vo, pp. 244. Index. With color reproductions of 32 paintings. Blue cloth. Front hinge tender, some foxing throughout, edges soiled, o/w VG. More
FOLLOWING THE EQUATOR.
Hartford: American Publishing Co, 1897. First edition, first state (single imprint, with signature mark on page 161 and terminal flyleaf). 8vo, pp. 712. With portrait frontispiece from a photograph of the author and 192 other illustrations by notable illustrators as A. B. Frost, Peter Newell and Dan Beard or from..... More
LIVINGSTONE LOST AND FOUND; or Africa and its explorers. A complete account of the country and its inhabitants, their customs, manners, &c of the prominent missionary stations, of the diamond and gold fields, and the explorations made; with a Comprehensive Sketch of Dr. David Livingstone, his travels, adventures, experiences and disappearance, and a most interesting account of his discovery by the American expedition in command of Henry M. Stanley. With over 100 illsutations and maps. Compiled by ...
Hartford: Mutual Publishing, 1873. First Edition? Thick 8vo, pp. 782. Bound in publisher's cloth (front himge loose), a good copy. More
LA PROVENCE
Fernand Nathan, 1960. 8vo, pp. 159. Illustrated paper over boards. Copiously illustrated, with commentary in French. Cover and edges soiled, o/w a VG tight copy. More
HOT COUNTRIES
NY: Literary Guild, 1930. Lynd Ward. 8vo, pp. 304. Illustrated withwoodcuts by Lynd Ward. Owner's bookplate on pastedown, VG. More
STANLEY'S EMIN PASHA EXPEDITION; With map, thirty-three portraits and illustrations
Philadelpha: Lippincott, 1890. First American Edition. 8vo, pp. 369. Bound in brown cloth, a very good tight clean copy. Name stamp on the front endpaper and the top of the titlepage. Woodcut engraved frntsp. portrait, 32 plates & illusts., 1 large folding color map of central Africa (worn at the..... More
FRENCH WAYS AND THEIR MEANING
NY: Appleton, 1919. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 149. Bound in green cloth stamped red, white and gilt on the cover. Pencil inscription on the front blank. A very good plus copy. Johnson page 518. More
THE ISLAND:; Martinique
Washington DC: National Geographic, (2003). First Edition. 8vo, pp. 167. Map, short chronology. Paper over boards with cloth spine. Mark on bottom edges, o/w a nice copy in scuffed dj. A memoir, travelogue, and meditation on the history of the island. More
THE CHRISTIAN TRAVEL PLANNER
Nashville TN: Thomas Nelson, (2008). 8vo, pp. 413. Notes, bibliography, index. Illustrated with small photographs. Paper wraps. Cover slightly scuffed at edges, o/w a nice copy. More