(Donner, Anders; Grotenfelt, Arvid; Hendell, Lauri; et al).

Finland: Land. Folk. Rike. 3 Volumes.

Stockholm: Albert Bonniers Forlag, (1923-1925). (1923-1925). - Quarto, brown cloth titled in brown within gilt rectangles on the spines & with a vignette in gilt on each front cover. The covers are rubbed & bumped with staining to the rear cover of Vol. 3. 461 pages; 608 pages; and 468 pages. Pieces have been excised from the top corners of the half-title & title in Vols. 2 and 3. There is very light dampstaining to the margins of the pages in the rear half of Vol. 3. Sepia-toned & black-and-white full-page & textual illustrations. 1 tipped-in color plate in Vol. 1 & several portrait plates in Vol. 2. Ex-library with labels removed from the spines, a library bookplate on each front pastedown, a stamp on the bottom edges & "withdrawn" stamps on the front endpapers & titles. A good, tight set. Good .

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Book number: 8734

Catalogue: Travel

Keywords: TRAVEL; HISTORY; SCANDINAVIA; FINLAND; FINLAND: LAND. FOLK. RIKE; ANDERS DONNER; ARVID GROTENFELT; LAURI HENDELL; LANDSCAPE; STATISTICS; INDUSTRY; MEDICINE; ART; ARCHITECTURE; ARTS; MUSIC; LITERATURE; ARCHAEOLOGY.

(Byrd, Admiral Richard E.; Cotlow, Lewis N.; and MacDonald, H.B., &c.).

Through Africa Unarmed" by Lewis N. Cotlow, [Published in]: The Log of the Circumnavigators Club, Vol. 26, No. 3, Summer 1938.

[New York: The Circumnavigators Club], 1938. 1938. [New York: The Circumnavigators Club], 1938. 1938. Very good. - Octavo, 10 inches high by 6-3/4 inches wide. Softcover, bound in stapled white wraps, titled and decorated in indigo blue with a black & white illustration of the "Al Fresco Dining Hall in Sequoia National Park" pictured on the front cover. The covers are slightly rubbed with a small stain to the bottom right corner of the front cover and the name "Byrd" penciled at top right. 62 & [2] pages, with black & white textual and full-page illustrations. Very good. This issue includes an essay based on the minutes taken at the "Dinner to Circum Admiral Richard E. Byrd", illustrated from photographs. Included is a full-page illustration picturing all the members, attired in formal wear, who attended "The Dinner to Rear-Admiral Richard E. Byrd, May 18, 1938". Also included is H.B. MacDonald's 12-page essay "Among the Sequoias". Of particular note is the 12-page essay "Through Africa Unarmed" by Lewis N. Cotlow, illustrated with 5 photographs. The explorer, author and filmmaker Lewis Cotlow (1898-1987) served with the United States Merchant Marine during the First World War. He went on to pursue studies at George Washington University before participating in 30 expeditions which included travel to Africa, South America, Indonesia, the Arctic, the Amazon, Australia and New Guinea. From the 1930's through the 50's, Cotlow filmed many of his travels and expeditions. His first technicolor film, co-produced with wildlife photographer Armand Dennis, was filmed on location in Africa. Cotlow was awarded the Explorers Club Medal and the Order of Magellan. RARE. Very good .

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Book number: 96409

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Keywords: ADMIRAL RICHARD E. BYRD; LEWIS N. COTLOW; CIRCUMNAVIGATORS CLUB; LOG OF THE CIRCUMNAVIGATORS CLUB; H.B. MACDONALD; TRAVEL; EXPLORATION; THROUGH AFRICA UNARMED; AFRICA; SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK; ARCTIC; AMAZON AUSTRALIA NEW GUINEA; TWENTIETH CENTURY;20TH CENT

Henderson, John W.; Barth, Helen A. et al.

Area Handbook for Oceania.

Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1971. 1971. - Octavo, dark green cloth. The tail of the spine is lightly creased. xiii & 555 pages with an errata page bound in. Illustrated with 2 folding black-and-white maps. Very good.

This is one of a series of handbooks prepared by Foreign Area Studies of the American University, Washington, DC "designed to be useful to military and other personnel who need a convenient compilation of basic facts about the social, economic, political, and military institutions and practices of various countries. Very good .

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Book number: 35691

Catalogue: Travel & History

Keywords: TRAVEL; HISTORY; POLITICS; GOVERNMENT; ECONOMICS; MILITARY; SOCIETY; AREA HANDBOOK FOR OCEANIA; GUIDE; FOREIGN AREAS STUDIES, THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY; JOHN W. HENDERSON; HELEN A. BARTH; JUDITH M. HEIMANN; PHILIP W. MOELLER; FRANCISCO S. SORIANO; JOHN O. W

Alcock, Sir Rutherford.

The Capital of the Tycoon: A Narrative of a Three Years' Residence in Japan. (Volume 2 Only of 2 Volumes, with a Folding Map & Plates).

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1868. 1868. - Octavo, 8 inches high by 5-3/8 inches wide. Brown cloth titled in gilt on the spine with a vignette in blind on the front cover. The covers are stained with evidence of early worming and splitting along the rear joint. The cloth is also splitting along the very top of the front joint. 436 pages, plus 6 & [2] pages of the publisher's ads, illustrated with several full-page plates and a folding map. There are occasional corner creases. Good. Volume 2 only of 2 volumes. Good .

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Book number: 97362

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Keywords: TRAVEL; EXPLORATION; THE CAPITAL OF THE TYCOON: A NARRATIVE OF A THREE YEARS' RESIDENCE IN JAPAN; SIR RUTHERFORD ALCOCK; ILLUSTRATED; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; FOLDING MAP; PLATES; ILLUSTRATIONS; ASIA; ORIENT.

Bow-Legs III, Billy "Cofehapkee" (1862-1965). Seminole historian of mixed Indigenous Native American and African American descent; and Kuhn de Prorok, Byron (1896-1954). Hungarian-American amateur archaeologist, anthropologist and author. Regard

Billy Bow-Legs and the Storm God: The Seminole Indians Have a Human Advance Agent of the Weather - and Can Vanish Whenever a Hurricane Kicks Up". A Vintage Photographic Offprint Broadside, Apparently Published for Members of the Adventurers' Club of New York. [Together with]: 2 Original Photographs of the Historian of Seminole and African-American Descent Billy Bowlegs III, Also Known As Cofehapkee, with Count Byron de Prorok and James B. Pond, Together with the Original Negatives

New York: Offprint from The American Weekly, September 24, 1944. 1944. New York: Offprint from The American Weekly, September 24, 1944. 1944. Very good. - A 16-1/2 inch high by 11-1/2 inch wide broadside offprint on glossy paper. Apparently published for the members of the Adventurers' Club of New York, Count Byron de Prorok's essay, printed in four columns, is illustrated with a half-page depiction of Seminole Indians taking to the water in their Kayaks to seek shelter in caves as a storm approaches. A photographic illustration captioned "After the Hurricane at Long Key, Florida, Which the Seminoles Foretold Long Before the Weather Bureau" is reproduced beneath two columns of text at bottom left. Vignettes along the right depict a figurine and a portrait of Billy Bow-Legs, these are captioned "A Jadeite Figure of the Wind God of the Mayas Which Seminole Witch Doctors, Like Billy Bow-Legs (Right), Say Warns of Coming Hurricanes." Count Byron de Prorok's essay relates his travels to the everglades with James B. Pond to find out where the Seminoles would shelter during hurricanes. Folded in half horizontally with some light soiling and creases to the edges. Very good. Together with Two original soft-toned photographs on stiff stock, one in landscape format measures 3-3/4 inches high by 5-3/4 inches wide and depicts the mustachioed mixed race Seminole historian attired in a patterned loose white shirt neatly tucked into dark pants, a kerchief around his neck wearing a flat cap upon his head. Billy Bow-Legs III stands between 2 men in light colored short sleeve explorer's clothing with Florida's Native American huts in the background. The person to Billy's left (our right) is the American impressario and lecture manager James B. Pond, and the person to his right is Count Byron de Prorok, also a member of the Adventurers Club of which Pond was president. All three look towards the camera with Bow-Legs thumb in his belt and Count Byron de Prorock holding a pipe. The second photograph, in portrait format, measures 5-3/4 inches high by 3-3/4 inches wide. This image depicts the same three men, though both of Billy Bow-Legs hands are at his side and Count de Prorok is looking at him. The original 2-3/4 inch by 4-1/2 inch negatives are also present. All are in near fine condition. Provenance: From the estate of James B. Pond who was President of the Adventurers' Club of New York in 1945. The Hungarian-American amateur archaeologist, anthropologist, and author Count Byron Kuhn de Prorok (1896-1954) is perhaps best known as the original tomb raider or grave robber. Prorok was notorious for removing artifacts from tombs and graves against the wishes of the countries and people who had claim to them. Prorok led several expeditions to Africa to pursue ancient legends and believed he'd found proof that Atlantis lay in North Africa. He also said he had discovered the location of the Biblical land of Ophir and the temple where Alexander the Great became a god. Despite his being expelled from accredited bodies, Prorok was a member of the Adventurers' Club of New York and was a pioneer in using motion pictures to document his expeditions starting in 1920. Prorok is the author of "Digging for Lost African Gods", "Mysterious Sahara: The Land of Gold, of Sand and of Ruin", "Dead Men Do Tell tales" and "In Quest of Lost Worlds". The Seminole historian Billy Bow-Legs III, also known by his Seminole namd Cofehapkee (1861-1965) was of mixed descent. Named Billie Fewell at birth, his father was an Indigenous Seminole and his mother a Black Seminole of mixed heritage. Billy named himself after the Seminole chief Billy Bowlegs (Holata Micco) who distinguished himself during the Seminole Wars. Billy Bow-Legs III was one of the few Seminoles in Florida who wrote and spoke English and traded with white Floridians RARE. Very good .

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Book number: 100147

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Keywords: TRAVEL & EXPLORATION; NATIVE AMERICANS; AMERICAN INDIANS; SEMINOLE; TWENTIETH CENTURY; ILLUSTRATED; ILLUSTRATIONS; ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHS; SOFT-TONED GELATIN SILVER PRINTS; ORIGINAL NEGATIVES; BILLY BOW-LEGS III WITH JAMES B. POND & COUNT BYRON DE P

(Anesaki, Masaharu, Dr.; Chairman, The Committee on Bibliography).

A Short Bibliography on Japan in English.

Tokyo: Kokusai Bunka Shinkokai (The Society for International Cultural Relations), (August 1934). (August 1934). - Small octavo, black wraps printed in gilt with vignette stamped in gilt on front wrap. Rubbed; head of spine chipped. Title, [1] leaf, 32 & [1] pp. Good.

A list of books in English on all aspects of Japanese history, culture and society. Good .

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Book number: 6872

Catalogue: Travel

Keywords: TRAVEL; HISTORY; BIBLIOGRAPHY; REFERENCE; JAPAN; CHECKLIST. (Travel). (Japan). A SHORT BIBLIOGRAPHY ON JAPAN IN ENGLISH. (Anesaki, Masaharu, Dr.; Chairman, The Committee on Bibliography).

(Anonymous).

Guide de Bricquebec.

(Valognes, France: Imprimerie R. Le Reverend / Journal l'Union), 1924. 1924. - Octavo, stapled printed tan wraps with vignette in black on front wrap. The wraps are very lightly rubbed with the extremities slightly darkened. 16 pp. & [22] pp. of ads printed on green stock. Very good.

A guide to the town and chateau of Bricquebec and to nearby places of interest. The text is in French. Very good .

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Book number: 22966

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Keywords: TRAVEL; FRANCE; FRENCH; VALOGNES; BRIQUEBEC; GUIDE; CHATEAU; ILLUSTRATIONS.

Baedeker, Karl.

Northern Germany As Far As the Bavarian and Austrian Frontiers. Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker. With 33 Maps and 56 Plans. Bound with the Index of Streets and Plans of Berlin.

Leipsic: Karl Baedeker, 1897. 1897. - Octavo, 6-1/2 inches high by 4-3/8 inches wide. Limp red cloth titled in gilt on the front cover & the spine. The covers are bumped and lightly soiled. xxxiv, 442 & 11 pages, illustrated with 33 maps & 56 plans, including color folding maps. The pages are slightly toned. Very Good.

Twelfth Revised Edition.

From the library of Carlo Bourbon del Monte, Prince di San Faustino (1867-1917), signed by him "Carlo Bourbon del Monte / Prince of San Faustino / Palazzo Barberini / Roma (Italy)" on the front endpaper and with 2 pages of notes penned by him on the rear blanks. The prince was the father of Virginia Agnelli (1899-1945), the wife of the Italian industrialist and head of Fiat Edoardo Agnelli. Very good .

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Book number: 97000

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Keywords: TRAVEL; EXPLORATION; NORTHERN GERMANY AS FAR AS THE BAVARIAN AND AUSTRIAN FRONTIERS; HANDBOOK FOR TRAVELLERS; KARL BAEDEKER; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; FULL AND DOUBLE-PAGE MAPS; COLOR FOLDING MAP; PLANS; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION; GUIDE BOOK; CAR

Baerlein, Henry.

Baltic Paradise.

London, U.K.: Frederick Muller Ltd. (1943). (1943). - Octavo, cloth in a dust wrapper. The binding is bumped with the top edges of the covers dampstained. The head & tail of the spine are darkened & slightly chipped. The dust jacket is soiled & chipped with its flaps partially detached & pieces out of the head & tail of the spine, affecting the titling. The top edges of the panels are darkened. v & 159 pages. 14 black-and-white photographic illustrations. The top page corners in the rear half of the book are lightly bumped & 2 corners are creased. The upper halves of the pages are lightly rippled. There is a pencil marking in the margin of 1 page. Good only.

First edition.

From the library of American literary agent Harold Ober with his address label mounted on the front endpaper. The initials "JB" are penciled on the label. Ober [1881-1959] worked for the Paul R. Reynolds Literary Agency where he represented Jack London and H. G. Wells. In 1929, he opened his own agency, Harold Ober Associates, representing such authors as F. Scott Fitzgerald, Agatha Christie, William Faulkner, Pearl Buck and J. D. Salinger. Good .

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Book number: 29531

Catalogue: Travel

Keywords: TRAVEL; DENMARK; DANISH ISLAND; BORNHOLM; ARCHIPELAGO OF CHRISTIANSO; BALTIC PARADISE; HENRY BAERLEIN; ILLUSTRATIONS; AMERICAN LITERARY AGENT; HAOLD OBER; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

Balanenko, Yury; Berezin, Alexander.

Moscow.

Moscow: Planeta Publishers, (1975). (1975). - Quarto [13-1/2 inches high by 10-1/2 inches wide], cloth, in a dust wrapper. 207 pages plus colophon. There is a lengthy gift inscription on the front endpaper. Profuse black-and-white & color illustrations, including 2 folding panoramic views. Very good.

First edition in English. Very good .

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Book number: 22658

Catalogue: Travel

Keywords: TRAVEL; HISTORY; USSR; MOSCOW; YURY BALANENKO; ALEXANDER BEREZIN; ILLUSTRATIONS; FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH; 1ST EDITION IN ENGLISH.

Barfod, Pie; Bornemann, Claus; Petersen, Hjalmar; editors.

Bogen Om Gronland: Kalatdlit-Nunanik Atuagkiak.

Kobenhavn [Denmark]: Politikens Forlag, 1968. 1968. - Small octavo, pictorial paper covered boards. The binding is lightly bumped and the spine is a bit darkened with a stain to the tail. 383 & [1] pages. Numerous black-and-white illustrations & maps. The page edges are darkened. Good.

Second edition.

A handbook on Greenland. The text is in Danish. Good .

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Book number: 30740

Catalogue: Travel & History

Keywords: TRAVEL & HISTORY; REFERENCE; HANDBOOK; GREENLAND; BOGEN OM GRONLAND: Kalatdlit-nunanik atuagkiak; PIE BARFOD; CLAUS BORNEMANN; HJALMAR PETERSEN; MAPS; ILLUSTRATIONS.

Bartier, John; Martens, Mina; Martiny, Victor-Gaston; Brunard, Andree.

The Grand-Place of Brussels: The Heart of a City.

(Brussels-Liege): Editions Desoer, (1967). (1967). - ("Land of Art" series). 4to, tan cloth (bumped; small white stain & tiny dent to rear cover) titled in gilt with vignette stamped in gilt on front cover, in dw (chipped & lightly rubbed; crease & short tears to top edge of rear panel; tear to head of dw spine with small piece out). 199 pp. plus colophon (page edges darkened; crease to front endpaper). Profusely illustrated in sepia, B&W & color, including illustrations from photographs by Jacques Picard, Hermann Weisweiler & Paul Bijtebier. Good.

From the library of Leonard Bernstein [Sotheby Sale 7070, Lot #144].

Translated from the French by B. Bardwell. Series editor Marc Vokaer writes in an introductory note: "The Grand-Place has the same attraction for the traveller passing through Brussels as St. Mark's Square has for the visitor to Venice. Both sites have this characteristic in common: despite the differences in style between the contrasting elements of their buildings a harmonious architectural unity has finally been achieved. It is worth a visit for its art alone. But..for anyone interested in history, its past is a mine of information concerning the origins of Brussels and the life of the city. Good .

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Book number: 29678

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Keywords: TRAVEL; HISTORY; BELGIUM; BRUSSELS; GRAND-PLACE; ART; ARCHITECTURE; MINA MARTENS; VICTOR-GASTON MARTINY; ANDREE BRUNARD; JACQUES PICARD; HERMANN WEISWEILER PAUL BIJTEBIER; ILLUSTRATED; MARC VOKAER; MUSIC; COMPOSER; CONDUCTOR; LEONARD BERNSTEIN.

(Baum, Marjorie Jackson). Blau, Eric.

Let Me Tell You About Moses: An Experience of Israel.

Indianopolis/New York: Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc. (1972). (1972). INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY ERIC BLAU - Quarto [approximately 11-1/4 inches high by 8-3/4 inches wide], cloth in a dust wrapper. The binding is lightly bumped & rubbed & the top & bottom edges are slightly faded. There is a tiny stain to the front cover. The dust jacket is lightly rubbed & chipped with the tail of its spine torn. 90 & [5] pages. Profuse black-and-white photographic illustrations by Marjorie Jackson Baum. Very good.

Inscribed and signed in full by Eric Blau on the half-title. Blau wrote and co-produced "Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris".

Texts [poems] by Eric Blau, photographs by Marjorie Jackson Baum. Very good .

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Book number: 28764

Catalogue: Travel

Keywords: TRAVEL; ISRAEL; LITERATURE; POETRY; POEMS; ERIC BLAU; INSCRIBED; SIGNED; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; ILLUSTRATIONS; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHOTOGRAPHER; MARJORIE JACKSON BAUM; LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT MOSES: AN EXPERIENCE OF ISRAEL; JEWS.

Bellotti, Felice.

Fabulous Congo. Translated from the Italian by Mervyn Savill.

London: Andrew Dakers Limited, (1954). (1954). - Large 8vo, green cloth (bumped); titled in gilt on spine; in pictorial dw (dw chipped with tiny tears at edges; rubbed). 222 & [i]pp. Endpaper maps & 60 photographic illustrations. Near fine in a good dw.

First edition. Very good .

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Book number: 34608

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Bergkvist, Sven O.

At Hacklefjall -- Langt Senare: Nagra Intryck Fran Island.

Stockholm: Tidens Forlag, (1964). (1964). - Octavo, softcover bound in pictorial black-and-white wrappers. The binding is rubbed & the overlapping front edge of the front wrap is creased. The edges of the rear wrap are darkened & lightly soiled. 181 & [1] pages. Black-and-white photographic illustrations. The contents are very good. Good.

The author writes about his impressions of Iceland. The text is in Swedish. Good .

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Book number: 28455

Catalogue: Travel

Keywords: TRAVEL; ICELAND; AT HACKLEFJALL -- LANGT SENARE: Nagra intryck fran Island; SVEN O. BERGKVIST; ILLUSTRATIONS; REYKJAVIK; ALBERT ENGSTROM.