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AT LAST. CHRISTMAS IN THE WEST INDIES.
New York:Harper & Brothers, Publisher. 1871. 2pp ads+463pp+2pp ads. Illustrated. Hardcover. Rust boards, decorated in black and gilt, are just lightly soiled and shelfworn, with page edges lighlty soiled. Internally dark brown end-papers in very good condition, with vestiges of an old bookplate, now gone, are on the inside front board, with a penciled signature to the top of 2nd free endpage and title page. Otherwise pages are clean and bright. The binding is tight with hinges intact. A very good, clean copy.
$75.00
CHRIST'S FOLK IN THE APPENNINE. REMINISCENCES OF HER FRIENDS AMONG THE TUSCAN PEASANTRY. Edited by John Ruskin.
New York:John Wiley and Sons. 1888. 203pp + 12pp publisher's advertisements. First American edition. Ex-library copy. Hardcover. Small library book-plate pasted-down inside from cover; small faded library-stamp lower corner of title-page; faded white ink of library-number and author on spine. Internally a very good copy. Externally spine sun-faded, with some wear to the edges and edge-points. Overall a very good copy.
$45.00
CIRCLING AFRICA.
Boston:Marshall Jones Company, Inc. 1929. 271pp. Illustrated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Jacket is worn at the edges and spine with some fraying to the edges with a few small chips and tears. Book itself is only mildly shelf-worn. Interior is clean and free of stray markings, save for some faint staining to the title page (localized thereto). Overall, this is a very good copy.
$25.00
GIFTS OF FORTUNE WITH SOME HINTS FOR THOSE ABOUT TO TRAVEL.
London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1926. 168pp. Hard bound. First edition. Printed on thick paper. Some light foxing on first few and last pages. Otherwise, book in very good, tight, clean condition.
$40.00
MIRACLE IN SEVILLE.
New York:Random House. 107pp. Illustrated by John Fulton. Hardcover with slip-case. No. 357 out of 500 numbered signed copies, with Michener's red stamp as well. Still in publishers shrink- wrap. A mint copy.
$150.00
NEW YORK BEAUTIFUL
Garden City, New York: Garden City Publishing Company. (1936). 305 pp. Illustrated. Hardcover w/ dust jacket. Jacket is moderately worn with significant fraying to the edges. Front and rear show some soiling. Small tear at the top of the spine. Book itself in very good condition, showing only some minor shelf wear. Interior is clean, though showing early signs of aging to the pages. Plates are bright and clear.
$30.00
ORIENTAL ASSEMBLY. Edited by A. W. Lawrence.
New York:E.P. Dutton. 1940. 164pp. + 111plates. Lacks dust jacket. Published from English sheets. Ex-library; Has numeral on spine, small book-plate and discard stamp. Binding is shelf-worn with some fading down the spine. Otherwise only lightly soiled. Interior is clean, bright and free of stray markings. Overall, a very good copy.
$32.50
PANORAMA OF AUSTRIA.
New York:G.P. Putnams. (1956). 350pp. Hardcover with dust jacket. Jacket is lightly worn at the edges with some soiling to the covers. Otherwise in very good condition. Book itself shows some mild shelf-wear. Interior is clean, bright and free of stray markings. Overall, this is a very good copy. FB041 overall, this is a very good copy with a good cust
$10.00
REINDEER, DOGS, AND SNOW-SHOES. A Journal of Siberian Travel and Explorations made in the years 1865, 1866, and 1867
.New York:Harper and Brothers, Publishers. 1871. 529pp+6pp ads. Illustrated, with folding map at end. Hardcover. Ex-library, with call numbers to bottom of spine strip, library bookplate to inside front board and a library stamp to title page as well as most full page illustrations. Boards are lightly soiled and shelfworn, sun-faded along spine strip with wear along edges, both spine ends worn and frayed, and top edge points bumped. Internally end-pages lightly foxed but otherwise clean. The map is in very good condition with an approximately 2 inch tear along bottom edge where attached to book. The binding is tight with hinges intact.
$150.00
THE CAPE OF ADVENTURE.
Being strange and notable discoveries, perils, shipwrecks, battles, upon sea and land, with pleasant and interesting observations upon the country and the natives of the Cape of Good Hope. Cape Town:T. Maskew Miller. 1916. 459pp. Illustrated. Ex-library copy. Hardcover. Binding is significantly worn at the edges and spine (most notably at the spine edges), with some fraying to the cloth and rubbing down the spine. Covers also show some soiling and the remains of a sticker on the spine. Interior shows some significant foxing to the pages throughout, though the plates remain clean, with a library stamp to the verso of each. There is also a bookplate on the inside front board. Overall, this is a good copy.
$35.00
THE NORTHERN TRAVELER; (COMBINED WITH THE NORTHERN TOUR). CONTAINING THE ROUTES TO NIAGARA, QUEBEC, AND THE SPRINGS. WITH THE TOUR OF NEW ENGLAND, AND THE ROUTE TO THE COAL MINES OF PENNSYLVANIA.
New York: G. & C. Carvill. 1828. Third edition, revised and extended. 403pp. Embellished with 19 maps (1 double-page) and 11 landscapes. 1/4 leather with marbled boards. Leather is worn but gilt is still legible; wear/chipping to spine ends; boards are quite worn at edges. There is a large previous owners bookplate to the inside of the front board; previous owners signature on the first free fly-leaf; otherwise, aside from an occasional smudge and turned corner, a very good copy.
$175.00
THIRTY DAYS OVER THE SEA; A HOLIDAY RAMBLE IN THE OLD WORLD.
Cincinnati:Williamson & Cantwell Publishing Co. 1873. 230pp. Internally, a previous owners signature on the inside front board, light foxing on first few and last pages; moderate foxing on frontispiece. Binding: top of spine missing 1/2 of cloth; bottom of spine chipped; balance of binding lightly worn and sun-faded. A good to very good copy.
$30.00
TRAVELS IN THREE CONTINENTS. EUROPE: AFRICA: ASIA.
NY:Hunt & Eaton. 1895. 614pp. Illus. Hard bound. A fine, tight, clean copy.Attractive gilt embossed front cover with rifle-manned individual sitting on a camel scanning the horizon.
$75.00
VERMONT BEAUTIFUL
Garden City, New York: Garden City Publishing Company. (1936). 254 pp. Illustrated. Hardcover w/ dust jacket. Jacket shows fraying and some tearing along the edges. Front and rear are lightly soiled. Book itself shows only some minor shelf wear. Interior is clean and free of stray markings. All in all, a very good, clean copy.
$30.00
A HANDBOOK FOR TRAVELLERS IN JAPAN (INCLUDING FORMOSA)
London: John Murray, 1913. 9th ed. XI + 555 + 38 (ads) pp. Illustrated with 30 maps, plans and numerous illustrations. Hardcover bound in a red flexicloth. Covers lightly rubbed and soiled with gilt on spine dulled and with wear to all edges and spine ends including some fraying and small tears to spine ends. Internally, age toning to half title but otherwise pages relatively clean and free of previous owners marks or signatures. The binding is tight with hinges intact but is cracked on page 290/291. All maps are present as called for and in very good condition. Rear pocket on back cover has split but map is present albeit with a tear to one of the edges, which does intrude slightly into the map. Generally clean and showing little use. Near very good condition.
$100.00