Leipsic: Karl Baedeker, Publisher, 1900. Maps & plans. Fourteenth Revised Edition. Limp cloth. 16mo, red limp cloth with glt lettering & blind-stamping, illustrated with 45 maps and 25 plans of towns, xxxiv + 448 pages. A useful pre-WW I guide that appeared before so many sites in Germany were destroyed. Clean..... More
Washington, D.C. National Geographic Society and the American Himalayan Foundation, 2006. Photos. First Edition. Cloth. "Square" quarto (10 3/8" x 9 1/4"), olive green cloth with gold lettering on spine and swirl on front cover, archival polyester-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) depicting Mt. Everest by Lawrence Schlim; Foreword by His..... More
Seattle: Educare Press, 2001. Maps. First Edition. Boards. 8vo, brown boards with gold stamping on spine and cover, 6 color plates of maps & 13 B&W illustrations, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) depicting a galleon, xxiv + [4] + 188 pages. Exceptional condition for this highly informative study. More
Boston New York London: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1992. Map Endpapers. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. 8vo, ivory quarter cloth with light gold lettering over ivory boards, archival polyester-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) depicting a mountain reddened by sunset taken by Wolfgang Kaehler, map endpapers depicting "The Antarctic Penninsula..... More
Camden, Manie: International Marine Publishing Company, 1980. First Edition. Cloth. SIGNED and Inscribed by Author "Come Aboard..." on the front free endpaper; quarto (10 1/4" x 7 1/4"); black cloth with gold gilt lettering on spine; archival polyester-protected color photographic dust jacket (unclipped) with shipboard view of a fjord taken..... More
London: Spring Books, N.D. Photos. Reprint. Cloth. Small 4to (9 3/4" x 7"), black cloth with gold lettering on spine, illustrated with glossy B&W frontispiece and 91 similar plates (some 2 images/page), archival mylar-protected color photographic dust jacket (unclipped) depicting a statue of Perseus on Pegasus foregrounding the Eifel Tower..... More
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Florence: Giannini & Son, 1931. Photographs. First Edition. Quarter leather and marbled boards. 12mo, tooled and gilt-stamped quarter calf over decorative boards with small green, gold, and beige lozenges, engraved frontispiece sketch map of the Casentino [with depictions of buildings in Poppi, Romena, Castiglion Fibocchi, Bibbiena, and other sites], 28..... More
Lincolnwood, Illinois: Passport Books / National Textbook Company, 1988. Alisa Mueller Burkey. First Edition. Cloth and boards. 8vo, brown cloth with gold lettering on spine over tan boards, illustrated with 15 B&W maps for walking by Alisa Mueller Burkey, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket set in an English village with Sherlock..... More
Chicago, IL. Rand McNally & Company, 1973. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. SIGNED by the Author on the half title, tall 8vo, black quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over brown boards, illustrated with photos, archival mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) of a temple, map endpapers of..... More
New York: Pantheon Books, 2001. Map endpapers. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. SIGNED by the Author on the title page, tall 8vo, gray quarter cloth with silver lettering on spine over tourquoise boards, archival polyester-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) with image of an iceberg by Eric and David..... More
New York: Doubleday & Company, 1972. Photographs. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo, ocean blue cloth with gold lettering on spine, illustrated with several B&W photos and maps, with an Epilogue by THOR HEYERDAHL, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) depicting a Swedish yellow viking ship against a deep blue background, map endpapers..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company / A Peter Davison Book, 1991. First Edition. Cloth and boards. Tall and thick 8vo, black quarter cloth with gold spine lettering over beige boards, several detailed maps as chapter headings, Mylar-protected dust jacket (unclipped) with watercolor of prairie beneath lowering skies, map endpapers of Chase..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company / A Peter Davison Book, 1991. First Edition, Second Printing. Cloth and boards. SIGNED by the Author with a brown [maroon?] marker on a special bookplate affixed to the publisher's tipped-in half title; tall and thick 8vo, black quarter cloth with gold spine lettering over beige..... More
Gordonsville, Virginia: St. Martin's Press, 2005. map. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Signed by Author on the title page, 8vo, red cloth with gold lettering on spine, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket with black silhouette of a backpacker and pow-zowie lettering, map as frontispiece, xvi + 301 pages + [2]..... More
London & New York: Macmillan & Co. Ltd, 1906. Joseph Pennell. Reprinted One Volume Edition. Decorated & gilt-stamped cloth. Thick crown 8vo, red cloth with gilt lettering and engraved castello [Montepulciano?] atop a mount on front cover, 120 B&W illustrations and plates by Joseph Pennell, top edges gilt, 658pp, index..... More
An Exploration of the Southern, Realm from Itchen to Otter: Robert Scott, N.D. [c.1922]. Edric Homes; M.M. Vigers. First Edition: from "The English Countryside" Series. Cloth. Small 8vo (7 5/8" x 5 1/4"), publisher's original green buckram with gilt lettering and tudor roses on spine, profusely illustrated with 12 full-page..... More
New York: Viking, 1999. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Cloth. Thick 8vo, black cloth with gold lettering on spine; archival polyester-protected dust jacket with photograph of Henry James c.1890 by Elliott & Frye, xxxv, [xxxvi] + 667, [668] pages. Weight: 2 lbs 2 oz. Henry James, OM (1843 – 1916)..... More
London: Chapmans, 1991. Map. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo, black cloth with gold lettering on spine, archival polyester-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) colorful images from a Gambian batik, illustrated with a double-spread B&W map and a few in-text decorations, xvii, [xviii] + 251 pages. Peter Hudson (born 1954) has written several..... More
Washington -- New York: Joseph J. Binns Publisher, 1977. Walter Imber. First Edition. Cloth. Small folio, beige buckram with brown lettering on spine & stylized Maori face on the front cover, profusely illustrated with color and B&W photos taken by Walter Imber, several experts have contributed essays (R. B. Rains..... More
New York: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1989. First American Edition. Cloth. Oblong 8vo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering on spijne, with a colour reproduction of "Canterbury Cathedral from the Stour" by Dan Sherrin laid down on the cover, profusely illustrated in color and B&W with reproductions of paintings and other artwork..... More
London: Sidgwick & Jackson. Cloth. Oblong 8vo, blue cloth with photo of Renoir's "A View of Cagnes" laid down, profusely illustrated in color and B&W, Mylar-protected dust jacket with another photograph of Renoir's painting, 256 pages. Exceptional Condition and a most attractively illustrated volume. Great Gift Book! More
Tokyo: Board of Tourist Industry / Japanese Government Railways, [March] 1941. Folding engraved maps. Revised & Enlarged Edition. Cloth. 12mo, reddish cloth with black lettering on spine and cover, profusely illustrated with folding colored maps, 898 pages. All folding maps present in this Very Rare edition published just as Pearl..... More
Santa Monica, California: Clover Park Press, 1994. Photos, map. First Edition [no number line; presumed First Printing]. Cloth. PRESENTATION by the Author to "Pat" [who may be Pat Pollock, one of her brave desert companions], 8vo, blue cloth with gold lettering on spine, Introduction by Sargant Shriver, Head of the..... More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1990. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. SIGNED by the Author on the half title, 8vo, black quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over dark green boards, illustrated with B&W photos, archival mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) of smiling Charles Kuralt, dark..... More
New York, N.Y. Frederick A. Praeger, Inc., 1959. Loke Wan Tho. First U.S.Edition. Cloth and boards. Quarto (9 1/2" x 6 5/8"), black quarter cloth with bold gilt lettering on spine over gold boards with title and device in black, illustrated with color frontispiece photo & 111 B&W photos by..... More