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New York: Macmillan Company, (1963). First edition. His travel writings -- of a sort -- focusing on trips to England, Seville, Crete, Istanbul, Paris, et al. Writer LARRY McMURTY'S COPY with his signature dated "1964" at head of front endpaper. Touch of foxing to endpapers and few bumps to lower..... Item #55008 More
Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1907. Third revised and augmented edition. Includes thirteen colored maps and twelve plans (many folding and two-page). Flexible, red cloth boards with gilt-lettered front and spine and marbled page edges. Light rubbing still very good. Item #52637 More
Leipsic: Karl Baedeker, 1899. Second revised edition. First Baedeker originally written in English. Includes 19 color maps and 24 color "plans" (also maps), many of which are double or folding. 16mo gilt-stamped red cloth over flexible boards; all edges marbled; ribbon place marker; 579 pages including index. Name on first..... Item #52384 More
London: Printed by Henry Baldwin, for Charles Dilly, 1785. Second edition, "revised and corrected." Published just a few months after the first edition. Boswell's account of his tour with Samuel Johnson through the highlands and western islands of Scotland. Published following Johnson's death in 1784, and 10 years after Johnson's..... Item #72421 More
Philadelphia: Samuel F. Bradford, et al, 1806. First American edition, published the same year as the London edition, but unfortunately without the plates. A lawyer by training, Sir John Carr began to travel for health reasons. He was one of the earlier writers of travel literature and produced a number..... Item #49462 More
London: Edward Stanford, 1860. Second edition. Folding map of the environs pasted inside front cover. A guide "For Visitors and Residents....With Notes on Their History, Geology, Climate, Health and Disease, Farming, Gardening, Indigenous Vegetation, and Laws." Decoratively blind-stamped, flexible, gray cloth boards with gilt lettered front and spine. Good to..... Item #52641 More
London: J. Debrett, 1795. First edition. A very descriptive journey through Europe, including Brabant, an historical duchy established in 1183 that covered parts of Netherlands and Belgium. Nearly 400 pages, including an index and one page ad. Recently bound in full brown leather with gilt-lettered red leather spine label. Final..... Item #49436 More
New York: Theodor Herzl Press, 1958. First edition. "Farrell's observations made in the course of a recent study trip to Israel" (from the dust jacket flap). INSCRIBED BY FARRELL on the front endpaper, "To Charles Zimmerman/ With fraternal regards/ Jim Farrell." Charles S. Zimmerman (1897 – 1979) was a social..... Item #72769 More
Paris: Libraire Plon, no-date [circa 1905]. Fourth edition. Illustrated with 44 photographs by the author and one folding map of Africa. 12mo pale blue paperwraps printed in black and red. Montyon Prize ["Prix Montyon"] label affixed at bottom of front cover. The Montyon Prize, which Foa won in 1897 and..... Item #55411 More
New York: James Pott, [1915]. First U.S. edition. Issued using English sheets. 355 pages with maps and 145 illustrations by the author. Pictorial red cloth stamped in white, green and gilt; top edge gilt. Endpapers foxed, name on front endpaper, otherwise a nice bright copy, lacking dust jacket, if issued..... Item #45585 More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1905. First U.S. edition (states date on title page and "Published October 1905" on copyright page). Illustrated by Joseph Pennell. Very good with spine ends pushed, some light rubbing to edges and front cover, and spine slightly shaken. Item #72581 More
Los Angeles: Ward Ritchie Press, 1954. First edition. One of only 300 copies printed. Compiled and with foreword by Robinson Jeffers. Recounts the Jeffers' family trip to Ireland in 1929 with entries by Una, husband Robinson, and sons Donnan & Garth. This was the trip that started Robinson Jeffers working..... Item #71843 More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1920. First edition. Three sections of letters, 24 letters in all. 8vo gilt-stamped red cloth; 284 pp + 4 pp ads; top edge gilt. Hole in last page of text not affecting any lettering, front board bumped at top corner and a little shaken, otherwise near..... Item #54021 More
London: William Heinemann, (1930). First edition. Observations from his travels. Lacking the front free endpaper and rear blank otherwise very good with some offset from binding to endpapers. In about very good dust jacket showing some scattered foxing and general light soiling, a bit of fraying to spine ends and..... Item #54048 More
New York: Harcourt Brace, (1957). First edition of the author's first book. The tale of a mid-1920s cross-country trip narrated by "The Kid," who recalls the mechanical breakdowns, inclement weather, and unfriendly local law enforcement along the way. Very good with minor crease to lower corner front board and the..... Item #51957 More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1962. First edition. The famed naturalist's first book. Recounts her "grand adventures on the Alaskan frontier--in the Fairbanks of the gold-mining, dog-team era; as a young bride and then trail mate and fellow explorer of Alaska's wilderness with her distinguished biologist husband, Olaus J. Murie"..... Item #72717 More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., (1937). First U.S. edition. Collection of essays from the diplomat and husband of Vita Sackville-West. Near fine with a touch of darkening to endpapers at hinges and green top edge stain a bit rain splashed; in very good dust jacket with moderate rubbing and..... Item #43361 More
London: Edward Stanford, 1893. First edition. Illustrated with 8 full page photographs and 3 colored maps, including one folding map of "Algeria and Tunis." Gilt stamped green cloth boards. Hinges cracked but holding, otherwise very good with minor wear on corners and spine ends, floral front endpaper over-glued at hinge..... Item #52575 More
New York: Leavitt & Allen Brothers, no-date. Later edition of this beloved collection of tall tales. Illustrated by Alfred Crowquill with 10 hand-colored plates including the frontispiece and extra illustrated title page, as well as with numerous drawings in the text. Finely bound in 16mo 3/4 polished calf decoratively ruled..... Item #72240 More
Fuquay-Varina, NC: Research Triangle Publishing, (1996). First edition of this self-published travelogue written wholly in verse. A remarkable achievement, it would seem; eleven days covered in 288 pages, opening with, "According to the watchword, our play has started./ Time was midnight; the date a dark gray Christmas./ Working a year..... Item #54255 More
New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, (1906). First edition. INSCRIBED by author on first free endpaper, "P. H. Mayo, Esq./ Best wishes of The Author: Winthrop E. Scarritt, Hot Springs. Va. Aug. 1906." Recipient's bookplate on front pastedown. Illustrated with 16 black-and-white photographs. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering..... Item #52633 More
Philadelphia: Lindsay & Blakiston, 1857. First edition. Howes H-178. Including his services as Chaplain in the French and Indian War, and in the War of the Revolution. 1716 to 1790. Frontispiece of author's home with tissue. About very good in decorative dark brown boards with gilt lettering on spine, rear..... Item #52586 More
New York: Scribner's Sons, 1911. First edition. An account of the author's 6-months journey with naturalist Edward A. Preble in and around Canada's Hudson Bay. 8vo gilt-stamped green cloth with caribou horn design blind stamped on front; 415 pages including index and several appendices which cover sightings of various insects..... Item #71767 More
New York: Scribner's Sons, 1914. First edition. Preface by the author which opens with a plea "for the restoration to the greatest mountain in North America of its immemorial native name" – which was finally achieved nationwide in 2015 when the name was changed from Mt. McKinley to Denali. Stuck..... Item #71885 More
Garden City: Doubleday & Co., 1954. First edition. Memoirs of Ebony magazine editor's travel to 18 African countries, INSCRIBED TO SENATOR WILLIAM LANGER on front flyleaf, "For/ My very good friend/ and fellow Dakotan/ (North, that is)/ Senator Wm. Langer/ from Era Bell Thompson." Spine and corners bumped, slight crease..... Item #72456 More