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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Hartford: Mutual Publishing, 1873. First Edition? Thick 8vo, pp. 782. Bound in publisher's cloth (front himge loose), a good copy. More
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
NY: Literary Guild, 1930. Lynd Ward. 8vo, pp. 304. Illustrated withwoodcuts by Lynd Ward. Owner's bookplate on pastedown, VG. More
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
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
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
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