Espana Toledo

Madrid: Castel and Co, N.D.. First Edition. 1. Soft Cover. 10 beautiful, color, tipped in plates of Toledo, Spain. Disbound, soft covers are chipped and heavily dust soiled, shadow from moisture on the first 5 p, only affecting the bottom tip of the mounting paper on the first plate. The plates are pristine and gorgeous. GOOD+. Color drawings. Oblong 4to 11" - 13" tall. Good+ with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 19325

Catalogue: Travel & Adventure

Keywords: Spain Travel and Adventure Illustratated Illustrated Books Travel & Adventure

D'AUVERGNE, EDMUND B.

Switzerland in Sunshine and Snow

Boston: Little, Brown, 1912. First Edition. 1. Hard Cover. Publisher's navy cloth with color plate on front cover, gilt lettering on cover and spine, t.e.g, fore-edge and bottom edge deckle. Illustrated with 36 plates, 4 in color and the rest are b&w. Head and heel of spine are lightly rubbed, spine is faded, small address label of former owner on fep, else pristine, unmarked, tight, square and clean. VERY GOOD+. B&W Photographs and color drawings. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. 307 pp. Very Good+ with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 18793

Catalogue: Travel & Adventure

Keywords: Travel and Adventure Switzerland Illustrated Books Travel & Adventure

DOUGLAS, WILLIAM O.

Strange Lands and Friendly People

NY: Harper and Brothers, 1951. Book Club Edition. 1. Hard Cover. Quarter bound in publisher's orange cloth over black boards, black lettering on spine, map endpapers. Illustrated with b&w photographs. Head and heel of spine are rubbed and slightly frayed, light rubbing to tips, front hinge just starting, else pristine, unmarked, square and clean. VERY GOOD. Book Club Edition. B&W Photographs. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. xv, 336 pp. Very Good with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 20014

Catalogue: Travel & Adventure

Keywords: Travel and Adventure Chief Justice William o. Douglas Biography and Memoirs Biography & Memoir Travel & Adventure

DRUMMOND, CARLOS; WALTER GEYERHAHN (ED.)

Rio Portrait of a City

Rio: Livraria Kosmos Editora, 1976. 392138706X. First Edition. 1. Hard Cover. ISBN: 392138706X. Publisher's full brown and white woven cloth with yellow lettering on cover and spine, pictorial endpapers. Illustrated with 69 full-page color photographs. The volume is in perfect, pristine condition, unmarked, tight, square and clean. Dust jacket has a tiny chip at the bottom edge of the front panel and on the upper tip of the rear panel, faint lines in the laminate, else fine. FINE/ VERY GOOD+. Color Photographs. Square 4to 9" - 11" tall. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 21001

Catalogue: Travel & Adventure

Keywords: 392138706x Travel and Adventure Photography Brazil South America Travel & Adventure Photography

GREY, ZANE

Ken Ward in the Jungle

NY: Grosset & Dunlap, c. 1912. First Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full bright orange boards, black embossed jungle vignette and lettering on cover and spine, top edge green, green illustrated endpapers. Illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece and two additional full-page monochrome plates and a map.. The volume is unmarked, tight, and square, with clean pages and no foxing, with a couple of small light smudges on the fore and bottom edges only. The unclipped dust jacket (50 cents), now in Mylar, is slighly chipped along the edges and has two very small closed tears at the head of the spine, else near fine. NEAR FINE/VERY GOOD. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall. viii, 309, (3-adverts) pp. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 29940

Catalogue: Adventure

Keywords: Adventure Zane Grey Young Readers Novels Literature

JAMES, HENRY

A Little Tour in France

London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1987. First Edition Thus. 1. Hard Cover. Publisher's navy cloth with pictorial cover, gilt lettering on cover and spine, navy endpapers. Profusely illustrated with b&w and color reproductions and maps. The volume is in perfect, pristine condition, unmarked, tight, square and clean. Unclipped dust jacket is wrinkled on the front panel and has light rubbing to the tips and the rear panel, now protected by mylar. FINE/ VERY GOOD-. B&W and color reproductions. Oblong 8vo 8" to 9" tall. 256 pp. Fine in Very Good- dust jacket .

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Book number: 20482

Catalogue: Travel & Adventure

Keywords: France Travel and Adventure Henry James Art; Art, Antiques & Photography Travel & Adventure

JOBE, JOSEPH (ED)

The Romance of Ballooning: The Story of the Early Aeronauts

NY: Viking, 1971. 0670603988. First American Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. ISBN: 0670603988. Publisher's full orange cloth with embossed balloon in gilt on the front cover, gilt lettering on spine, cream endpapers. Profusely illustrated with b&w and color drawings and photographs, some on tipped-in plates. Heel of spine has slight shelf-wear, else pristine, unmarked, tight, square and clean. Dust jacket is age toned at the edges and on the spine, has light rubbing to tips of rear cover and has some light indentations on the front cover. A large, heavy book - additional shipping charges may apply. NEAR FINE/ VERY GOOD. B&W and color drawings and photos. 4to 11" - 13" tall. 204 pp. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 17199

Catalogue: Travel & Adventure

Keywords: 0670603988 Travel; Aviation; Aeronautics; History; Balloons; Illustrated Books Sports and Games Travel & Adventure

KAPLAN, ROBERT D.

Eastward to Tartary Travels in the Balkans, the Middle East, and the Caucasus

NY: Random House, 2000. 0375502726. Stated First Edition. Hard Cover. ISBN: 0375502726. Head and heel of spine are rubbed, heel of spine has a short tear in the fabric, else unmarked, square and clean. Unclipped dust jacket is rubbed at the upper edges of the cover and the spine. VERY GOOD/ VERY GOOD+. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. xvi, 365 pp. Very Good in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 18940

Catalogue: Travel & Adventure

Keywords: 0375502726 Travel and Adventure Middle East Balkans Turkey Syria Armenia History Travel & Adventure

MILES, BERNARD

Beautiful Britain

NY: British Heritage Press/ Crown Publishers, 1984. 0517439298. Reprint. Hard Cover. ISBN: 0517439298. Publisher's glossy pictorial boards with white lettering on black spine, pictorial endpapers. Profusely illustrated with color photographs. This is a large, heavy book. Sorry to have to ask for extra postage. The volume is in perfect, pristine condition, unmarked, tight, square and clean. Top edge of front cover is very slightly rubbed, else fine. AS NEW/ NEAR FINE. Color Photographs. 4to 11" - 13" tall. 256 pp. As New in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 17547

Catalogue: Travel & Adventure

Keywords: 0517439298 Travel British Isles Photography Art, Antiques & Photography Travel & Adventure

PUCHNER, WILLY

Joe & Sally a Long Way from Home

New York: Penguin, 1993. 0140231188. First Edition. 1. Softcover. ISBN: 0140231188. Illustrated by Willy Puchner. Polyster Penguins travel to various sights all over the world. Photos are wonderfufl. Gift inscription on first page.. Color Photographs. 71/2 x 9. 79 pp. Very Good with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 18175

Catalogue: Travel & Adventure

Keywords: 0140231188 Photographs Penguins World Locations Illustrated Books Travel & Adventure Humor

SCHERMAN, KATHERINE

The Long White Night

Boston: Little, Brown, 1964. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full cream cloth with blue lettering on spine, turquoise endpapers, blue topstain. Head and heel of spine are lightly rubbed, head of spine is lightly sun-tanned, front cover is slightly bowed, else unmarked, tight, square and clean. Price clipped dust jacket is chipped at the top of the spine, age-toned around the edges, with one or two tiny closed tears and one minute hole in the spine. VERY GOOD/ GOOD+. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 237 pp. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 22307

Catalogue: Travel & Adventure

Keywords: Arctic Exploration Exploration Travel and Adventure Biography and Memoir Biography & Memoir Travel & Adventure

SEVERIN, TIMOTHY

The African Adventure Four Hundred Years of Exploration in the "Dangerous Continent"

NY: E. P. Dutton, 1973. 0525051104. First Edition. 1. Hard Cover. ISBN: 0525051104. Publisher's full red cloth with gilt lettering on spine, dark red endpapers. Profusely illustrated with b&w and color drawings and reproductions. Bottom edges and rear cover are lightly rubbed with some loss of the original red color, else pristine, unmarked, tight, square and clean. Unclipped dust jacket has a tiny rip at the bottom of the spine, else fine. VERY GOOD/ NEAR FINE. B&W and color drawings. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. 288 pp. Very Good in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 20447

Catalogue: Travel & Adventure

Keywords: 0525051104 Travel and Adventure Exploration History Africa History Travel & Adventure

SEWALL, JOHN S.

The Logbook of the Captain's Clerk: Adventures in the China Seas

Chicago: The Lakeside Press / R. R. Donnelley & Sons, 1995. First Edition Thus. First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full brown cloth, gilt lettering on spine, gilt medallion on cover, t.e.g. Profusely illustrated with Color and B&W maps, photographs and reproductions. These are the experiences of American sailor, minister and professor John Smith Sewall (1830-1911) aboard the warship U.S.Saratoga, later one of the "Black Ships" of Commodore Matthew Perry's Squadron sent to Japan (1853-1854). As a captain's clerk aboard the Saratoga from 1850-1854, Sewall logged the ship's daily activities. This book was written a half century later and includes Sewall's commentaries as well as references to later incidents. These were part of the American expeditions that culminated in the establishment of diplomatic and trade relations with Japan. Commodore Perry accepted the task of opening Japan to the West and succeeded, through meticulous planning, a show of force, and diplomatic skill. With the Treaty of Kanagawa, Perry set in motion the process whereby Western ideas and commerce eventually penetrated Japan.. This volume is in perfect, pristine condition, unmarked, unread, tight, square, and clean. AS NEW. The Lakeside Classics Series. Vol. 93. Color and B&W illustrations. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall. cv, 283, (7) pp. As New with No dust jacket as issued .

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Book number: 19926

Catalogue: Adventure

Keywords: History; Private Press; Limited Editions; Adventure; Memoirs; Us Navy; Military History; Maritime History; Lakeside Classics; Biography & Memoir Travel & Adventure Rare, Antiquarian, and Collectible Books

SEWALL, JOHN S.

The Logbook of the Captain's Clerk: Adventures in the China Seas

Chicago: The Lakeside Press / R. R. Donnelley & Sons, 1995. First Edition Thus. First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full brown cloth, gilt lettering on spine, gilt medallion on cover, t.e.g. Profusely illustrated with Color and B&W maps, photographs and reproductions. These are the experiences of American sailor, minister and professor John Smith Sewall (1830-1911) aboard the warship U.S.Saratoga, later one of the "Black Ships" of Commodore Matthew Perry's Squadron sent to Japan (1853-1854). As a captain's clerk aboard the Saratoga from 1850-1854, Sewall logged the ship's daily activities. This book was written a half century later and includes Sewall's commentaries as well as references to later incidents. These were part of the American expeditions that culminated in the establishment of diplomatic and trade relations with Japan. Commodore Perry accepted the task of opening Japan to the West and succeeded, through meticulous planning, a show of force, and diplomatic skill. With the Treaty of Kanagawa, Perry set in motion the process whereby Western ideas and commerce eventually penetrated Japan.. This volume is in perfect, pristine condition, unmarked, unread, tight, square, and clean. AS NEW. The Lakeside Classics Series. Vol. 93. Color and B&W illustrations. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall. cv, 283, (7) pp. As New with No dust jacket as issued .

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Book number: 28819

Catalogue: Adventure

Keywords: History; Private Press; Limited Editions; Adventure; Memoirs; Us Navy; Military History; Maritime History; Lakeside Classics; History Biography & Memoir Rare, Antiquarian, and Collectible Books

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY

The Desert Realm: Lands of Majesty and Mystery

Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, 1982. First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's laminated photographic boards. Profusely illustrated with full-page color photographs.. The volume is in perfect, pristine condition, unmarked, tight, square and clean. Dust jacket has light wear at the head of the spine and the top edge of the rear cover. FINE/VERY GOOD+. Color photographs. 4to 11" - 13" tall. 304 pp. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 14891

Catalogue: Travel & Adventure

Keywords: Travel; Sahara; Deserts; Kalahari; Photography Art, Antiques & Photography Travel & Adventure Photography