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(PHOTOGRAPHY: WEST COAST PICTORIALIST TRAVEL ALBUM)
Original Small Photograph Album Entitled "From the Golden Gate to White Pass and Return.".
N.p.: N.p. ca. 1895. Original string-tied album with alligator-patterned wrappers title in the blank space in the middle of the front. 7 1/2 x 5 3/4 inches and with ten leaves. Each leaf bears back-to-back photographs so there is a total of 20 photographs all inter-leaved with tissue guards having the same alligator pattern. Every photograph has an annotation in red and in a very legible hand. A lovely little album.In actuality the album is primarily concerned with sights in the Great North. The only photograph taken in the U.S. is a moody and eerie shot of the turbulent waters off Point Reyes. The one succeeding that is titled "Government Street Victoria B.C." Among other pictures are the Russian Church and trading post at Sitka. There is a very nice photograph of downtown "Skaguway." The tour must have originated in Spokane as there is one photograph of "Spokane Passengers at Pitchfork Falls." Their clothing makes this album a tad dateable. It's not a loud declamatory album but rather one of quietness and appreciation. The photographer surely an amateur. had a real feel for the frozen North. N.p. hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 75897
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(PINTO)
La Pérégrination La Chine et le Japon au XVI° siècle vus par un Portugais Fernao Mendes Pinto
Calmann-Lévy "Temps & Continents" 1968, in-8 broché, couverture illustrée à rabats, 308 p. (très bon exemplaire) Illustrations HT. Soit comme un miséreux, soit comme un marchand, et même comme ambassadeur du vice-roi de Goa, Pinto (1509-1583) parcourut en tous sens Chine et Japon, excellant dans la description des coutumes comme dans le pittoresque des anecdotes.
Riferimento per il libraio : 50932
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(Revue) Collectif (L'ILLUSTRATION)
L'ILLUSTRATION - Le tricentenaire des Antilles Françaises
1935. In folio broché, couverture illustré en couleurs, nombreuses illustrations en couleurs, sépia, en noir. Manque de papier sur le dos.
Riferimento per il libraio : 24078
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(RENNEVILLE, CONSTANTIN de).
Recueil des Voyages qui ont servi a L'Etablissement at aux Progres de la Compagnie des Indes Orientales, formée dans les Provinces Unies des Pais-bas. 7 Vols.
Amsterdam, d'Estienne Roger, 1702-07. Small 8vo. (15,5 x 10,5 cm.). Bound in 7 contemp. full calf. Richly gilt spines, titlelabels with gilt lettering. 3 titlelabels gone. Slightly rubbed, a few repairs to top of spines. Stamp on title-page and verso of. 7 engraved frontispieces. Ca. 4500 pp., 69 engraved plates, mostly large folded maps and charts.
Riferimento per il libraio : 53968
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(Revue)
Revue du Touring club de France, recueil des années 1964-1965, du n°746 au n°767, complet
21,5 cm X 26,7 cm, 972 pp + 1054 pp, reliure demi et coins toile. Papier marbré.
Riferimento per il libraio : Rev412
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(RENNEVILLE, CONSTANTIN de).
Recueil des Voyages qui ont servi a L'Etablissement at aux Progres de la Compagnie des Indes Orientales, formée dans les Provinces Unies des Pais-bas. 7 Vols.
Amsterdam, d'Estienne Roger, 1702-07. Small 8vo. (15,5 x 10,5 cm.). Bound in 7 contemp. full calf. Richly gilt spines, titlelabels with gilt lettering. 3 titlelabels gone. Slightly rubbed, a few repairs to top of spines. Stamp on title-page and verso of. 7 engraved frontispieces. Ca. 4500 pp., 69 engraved plates, mostly large folded maps and charts.
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(Revue) Collectif (L'ILLUSTRATION)
L'ILLUSTRATION - Le tricentenaire des Antilles Françaises
1935. In folio broché, couverture illustré en couleurs, nombreuses illustrations en couleurs, sépia, en noir. Manque de papier sur le dos.
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(RIESBECK, JOHAN KASPAR).
Briefe eines reisenden Franzosen über Deutschland an seinen Brüder zu Paris. Uebesetzt von K.R. Erster Band (von 2).
No Place, 1783. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine. Tome- and titlelabels with gilt lettering. A small nick in lower compartment. Spine slightly rubbed. XIV,598 pp.
Riferimento per il libraio : 59168
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(RIESBECK, JOHAN KASPAR).
Briefe eines reisenden Franzosen über Deutschland an seinen Brüder zu Paris. Uebesetzt von K.R. Erster Band (von 2).
No Place, 1783. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine. Tome- and titlelabels with gilt lettering. A small nick in lower compartment. Spine slightly rubbed. XIV,598 pp.
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(Rose, Thomas).
Itinéraire pittoresque au nord de l'Angleterre; contenant soixante-treize vues des lacs, des montagnes, des châteaux, &c., des comtés de Weestmorland, Cumberland, Durham et Northumberland: accompagné de notices topographiques en français, en anglais et en allemand. Le texte français rédigé par J.F. Gérard.
London, Fisher, son, & co, 1836. In-4, percaline éditeur, dos orné de motifs et de filets dorés, titre doré au dos et sur le plat supérieur, toutes tranches dorées. 76 pp. Ouvrage illustré de 37 planches sous serpentes, dont une en frontispice, regroupant 73 vues. Dos insolé, plats un peu tachés, rousseurs assez nombreuses, papier roussi, mouillure angulaire sur une grande partie de l'ouvrage.
Riferimento per il libraio : DEZ-8853
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(ROTHERY, CHARLES WILLIAM).
Noteas on a Yacht Voyage to Hardanger Fjord, and the adjacent Estuaries. By a Yachting Dabbler. With numerous Illustrations.
London, Longman, brown, etc., (ab. 1850). Orig. fullpictorial cloth with a Yacht gilt on frontcover. rebacked, but original spine preserved. Uncut, internally fine and clean, both plates and text. Goloured lithographed frontispiece and 26 plates (of these 1 cold. map and 16 cold. lithographed plates).
Riferimento per il libraio : 28222
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(ROMANET, J.).
Reise nach der Insel Martinique. Nebst kurzen Beschreibung derselben. Von J. R***, Aus dem Französischen übersetzt und mit einigen Zusätzen begleitet. Mit einer Charte.
Weimar, Landes=Industrie=Comptoirs, 1805. Unbound, but stitched. VIII,64 pp. A few scattered brownspots.
Riferimento per il libraio : 40755
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(ROMANET, J.).
Reise nach der Insel Martinique. Nebst kurzen Beschreibung derselben. Von J. R***, Aus dem Französischen übersetzt und mit einigen Zusätzen begleitet. Mit einer Charte.
Weimar, Landes=Industrie=Comptoirs, 1805. Unbound, but stitched. VIII,64 pp. A few scattered brownspots.
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(ROTHERY, CHARLES WILLIAM).
Noteas on a Yacht Voyage to Hardanger Fjord, and the adjacent Estuaries. By a Yachting Dabbler. With numerous Illustrations.
London, Longman, brown, etc., (ab. 1850). Orig. fullpictorial cloth with a Yacht gilt on frontcover. rebacked, but original spine preserved. Uncut, internally fine and clean, both plates and text. Goloured lithographed frontispiece and 26 plates (of these 1 cold. map and 16 cold. lithographed plates).
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(Ruggles, Edward)
A Picture of New York in 1848
New York: C.S. Francis & Co. 1848. Hardcover. Fair. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 172pp. Brown embossed cloth gilt lettering. Cover is faded worn at extremities spliting along spine gilt lettering still fairly bright contents are age-toned and foxing to first and last few pages some signatures loose former owner's name on front pastedown. map not present. A compact "guide to citizens and strangers" with 36 engraved full page plates of prominent New York and vicinity sites. <br/> <br/> C.S. Francis & Co. hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 004241
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(SAINT-ELME, IDA).
L Contemporaine en Égypte. Pour faire Suite aux Souvenirs d'une Femme, sur les Principaux Personnages de la Republique, du Consulat, de L'Empire et de la Restauration. 6 vols. (Vol. 1-4: En Égypte. 5-6: A Malte et a Alger).
Paris, Ladvocat, 1831. Bound in 6 contemp. hcalf. Titlelabels pasted on lower parts of spines. Spines gilt but rubbed. Stamps on titlepages.Ca. 2300 pp. Some browning and scattered brownspots.
Riferimento per il libraio : 40999
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(SAGARPA)
Mexico Lavishing Calla Lilly- The Diversity of the Food Landscape
Mexico: Servicio De Informacion Agroalimentatria y Pesquera 2012. MEX 1st English language edition one of 2800 copies. No markingstop corners of the cover are eased Near Fine; no dust jacket as published in Very Good cloth clam shell box. Green cloth with pastedown ribbon markers 192pp colour photos throughout. The text of this book on food production and agricultural produce in Mexico is in English. A heavy book. 4.3 JM LVR 202/b3. 1st. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12". Servicio De Informacion Agroalimentatria y Pesquera Hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 74711 ISBN : 6079545217 9786079545215
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(SAINT-ELME, IDA).
L Contemporaine en Égypte. Pour faire Suite aux Souvenirs d'une Femme, sur les Principaux Personnages de la Republique, du Consulat, de L'Empire et de la Restauration. 6 vols. (Vol. 1-4: En Égypte. 5-6: A Malte et a Alger).
Paris, Ladvocat, 1831. Bound in 6 contemp. hcalf. Titlelabels pasted on lower parts of spines. Spines gilt but rubbed. Stamps on titlepages.Ca. 2300 pp. Some browning and scattered brownspots.
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(SCHÖNBEIN, Christian Friedrich):
Mittheilungen aus dem Reisetagebuch eines deutschen Naturforschers. England.
Basel, Schweighauser, 1842, in-8vo, XVI + 476 S., Original-H.-Lederband.
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(SCHÖNBEIN, Christian Friedrich):
Mittheilungen aus dem Reisetagebuch eines deutschen Naturforschers: England.
Basel, Schweighauser, 1842, in-8vo, XVI + 476 S., Handschr. auf Vorsatzbl. - To Mr. & Mrs Merian Bernoulli with the author’s kindest regards -, Original-H.-Lederband.
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(Schlieben, Wilhelm Ernst August von).
Atlas von Europa nebst den Kolonien für Geschäftsmänner Zeitungsleser und Besitzer des Conversations-Lexicons in einer Folge von Charten und einem alphabetisch eingerichteten Texte. LIEFERUNG 15 von 15 apart: Das BRITISCHE REICH.
Leipzig Georg Joachim Göschen 1830. . Verlags-Bibliographie Göschen 1785-1838 Nr. 1027. Vgl. Studien zur Verlagsgeschichte u. zur Verlegertypologie der Goethezeit S. 190. - Einband stark beschabt Textteil gebräunt/stockfl.; erste Karte gebräunt sonst nur gelegentlich stockfleckig im weißen Kartenrand. - Allgemeine Übersicht. Topographie der vorzüglichsten Orte von A-Z. Grenzkolorierte Karten von Königreiche ENGLAND SCHOTTLAND u. IRLAND; Gibraltar Malta Helgoland Ionien; die Kolonien: Britisch-Ostindien Kap-Kolonie Westindien afrikanische Westküste Goldküste Guinea Mauritius St. Helena Nordamerika Hopparo Britisch-Guyana Australien. - Der königlich sächsische Kammerrat W. E. A. v. Schlieben 1781-1839 Statistiker u. Oberlandfeldmesser war Mitbegründer des Statischen Vereins in Sachsen 1831-1850 u. Leiter des Zentralkomitees des Vereins. Leipzig, Georg Joachim Göschen, 1830. unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 51860
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(Shoemaker, M M).
The Kingdom of the White Woman: A Sketch.
Cincinnati: Robert Clarke & Co. Very Good. 1894. First Edition. Hardcover. 207 pp. frontis; 8vo; white cloth lettered & decorated in gilt with gilt oval under embossed Mexican flag in color on front cover; top edge gilt; black & white plate illustrations throughout. Spine somewhat darkened with light stain; cloth down joints & very foredges a bit mottled; leading corners bumped. Small return address sticker of Mrs. Harry Johnson Mt. Clemens Michigan on front endpaper. Shoemaker was a world traveler and travel writer having penned books on The Siberian Railway motor travel in France the Orient etc. Here he travels through Mexico by traing auto and horseback. . Robert Clarke & Co. hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 9683
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(SINNER von BALLAIGUES, JOHANN RUDOLF).
Voyage historique et littérairedans la Suisse occidentale. 2 vols.
Neuchatel, l'Imprimerie de la Societé Typographique, 1781. Bound to style in 2 recent fine hcalf, titlelabels with gilt lettering. Spines gilt. Lower right corners of some leaves with a very faint dampstain. XXX,344(2),335 pp. Last laves with some offsettings from corners. Printed on good paper.
Riferimento per il libraio : 43680
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(SINNER von BALLAIGUES, JOHANN RUDOLF).
Voyage historique et littérairedans la Suisse occidentale. 2 vols.
Neuchatel, l'Imprimerie de la Societé Typographique, 1781. Bound to style in 2 recent fine hcalf, titlelabels with gilt lettering. Spines gilt. Lower right corners of some leaves with a very faint dampstain. XXX,344 (2),335 pp. Last laves with some offsettings from corners. Printed on good paper.
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(Song) land travel
Rogakuan Hikiki 2005 doubled: Tang Dynasty Historical Materials Hikiki Series Historical Historical Materials Hikiki Series
Chinese book office 2005. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Chinese book office paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 2081502111907690 ISBN : 7101017592 9787101017595
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(Space Travel) Krause, H G L, translated from the German by S Nelson
The Secular and Periodic Perturbations of the Orbit of an Artificial Earth Satellite Presented at the VII International Astronautic Congress Rome 17-22 September 1956
Redstone Arsenal AL: `Army Ballistic Missile Agency 1956. Paperback. Near Fine. Stapled stiff manilla wraps 59 photocopied pages printed on rectos only very good stamped 'Copy 1' and another numeric stamp 53974 also stamp of the Convair Fort Worth Division Research Library on cover and title page produced by the Armed Services Technical Information Agency in Arlington VA. This was considered an unclassified document since the paper had been presented publicly. Only one copy in OCLC at Auburn AL. A couple small dents to front cover else fine. A rare document from the 50s Space Race. `Army Ballistic Missile Agency paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : H4205
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(Sterne, Laurence)
Voyage Sentimental en France. Nouvelle édition
Londres, en réalité Paris, s. ed. (Cazin) 1784 In-18 relié plein veau de l’époque 13,5 cm sur 7,5. 292+4 pages, 2ff. Orné de deux gravures par Duponchel dont le frontispice. Dos lisse orné de caissons et fleurons dorés, ainsi que d’une pièce de titre. Triple filet à chaud d’encadrement sur plats, dentelle intérieure, filet doré sur coupes. Tranches cuivrées. Ex libris manuscrit sur page de garde et faux titre “Se livre apartien a Melle Leonore -sic-”. Dos craquelé, épidermures, coins légèrement émoussés. Traces de mouillure sur pages de gravure et sur un feuillet blanc. Texte frais. Assez bon état d’occasion.
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(Steller) Stejneger, Leonhard
Georg Wilhelm Steller: The Pioneer of Alaskan Natural History
Gregg International Publishers Limited 1970. Hardcover Original Cloth. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 1970 publication of the original1936 Edition: 623pages illustrated 29 plates. Red cloth covers with gilt titling to spine. Bibliography.Georg Wilhelm Steller 1709 - 1746 German botanist zoologist physician and explorer is considered a pioneer of Alaskan natural history. He accompanied Vitus Bering on the Second Kamchatka Expedition ca.1740 sailed with Bering across the straits to land at Kayak Alaska in 1741. Steller became the first European naturalist to describe many North American plants and animals including several species that bear his name such as Steller's sea cow. His extraordinary survival through wrecks disease and starvation on the return trip is one of the great chapters of Arctic exploration. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 2 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration. ISBN: 0576291242. ISBN/EAN: 9780576291248. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3246. . 9780576291248 This book weighs over 1Kg and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries. Gregg International Publishers Limited hardcover
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(Steve McCurry)
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ESPAÑA. Abril 2002 - ES ELLA. LA HISTORIA DE LA MUCHACHA AFGANA 17 AÑOS DESPUÉS - Barcelona 2002 - Ilustrada
Barcelona, National Geographic, 2002. Numerosas fotografías en color y negro en el texto. 150 p. 4º menor. Rústica editorial ilustrada. Muy buen ejemplar. Reportaje Una vida desvelada, de Cathy Newman, con fotografías de Steve McCurry, sobre la historia de la muchacha afgana que se convirtió en una de las fotografías más famosas de la historia.
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(SWIFT, Jonathan) (1667-1745):
Voyages du Capitaine Gulliver en divers pays eloignez. Tome second (seul).
A La Haye, chez Jean Swart, M. DCC. LXXVIII. 1778, pt. in-8°, frontispice gravé + 204 p. + 2 ff. table, non rogné, cartonnage d’attente.
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(TALLIS, JOHN), RAPKIN, J, WARREN H, AND KERNOT JH J H
Japan & Corea
London.: The London Printing and Publishing Company. circa1850s. Lithographed map with original outline hand colour 25.8 x 33.5 cm three vignette illustrations decorative border central fold in very good condition presented in a window mount. Attractive decorative map with three vignettes by Rapkin: Yedo; a State barge in sail with penants flying--the paired oarsmen depicted through 10 small windows below deck; and Koreans in traditional costume; the map after the great mapmaker and publisher John Tallis. <br> <br>From the estate of the late collector and scholar Arthur Hacker with his pencilled catalogue mark on the verso. . The London Printing and Publishing Company. unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 177528
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(TERRASSON, J.)
Sethos, histoire ou vie tirée des monumens anecdotes de l'ancienne Egypte. Traduit d'un manuscrit Grec.
A Paris, Chez Jacques Guerin, 1731. Titles printed in red and black. 3 volumes. (4), xxviii, 426, xii pp.; (4), 427-562, 322 pp.; (4), 323-832 (misnumbered 842), (6, fautes à corriger) pp. 12mo. Contemporary tree calf, spines richly gilt with labels and gilt lettering. Hartig p. 45; Trousson, pp. 134-135; Negley 1092; Gove, pp. 286-287; Versins, p. 874; cf. Valette 310 (edition of 1813); Conlon 31:680. First edition. Supposed translation from a Greek manuscript describing a still innocent nation not affected by luxury and ambition. It is written in the tradition of Télémaque and is more or less conservative utopian account. 'Il s'agit d'un jeune prince égyptien qui, après son initiation aux mystères de son état, parcourt le monde et régénère tous les royaumes où regne l'injustice. Il arrivera ainsi, après avoir fait le tour de l'Afrique, jusque chez les Atlantes et découvrira là, une monarchie élective qui, visiblement, est aux yeux de notre Abbé le nec plus ultra de l'utopie' (Versins). Van Wijngaarden, in his Les Odysées Philosophiques en France entre 1616 et 1789, devotes 7 pages to the work. -All errata have been bound at the end of the third volume, the 2 folding maps are lacking.
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(The Pond Bureau). Pond, James B; Forbes, Rosita (1890-1967). Noted English explorer and travel writer
CORRESPONDENCE DOCUMENTING THE SECOND AMERICAN LECTURE TOUR OF ROSITA FORBES IN 1926 including 17 AUTOGRAPH LETTERS FROM FORBES TO HER AGENCY.
<p>New York and London 1925-1926. 1925-1926. Very good. - 1 An autograph letter 1 & 1/4 pages signed "Rosita Forbes". Writing from 28 Wilton Place London on May 23 1924 Rosita Forbes is concerned with her tax liabilities in England as a result of her just completed first American lecture tour. She addresses a Miss Smith of the Pond Bureau asking that should "British Income Tax people" inquire about her tour and her contracts with the Pond Bureau "please give no information of any sort but refer the questioners to us. Next time I come to U.S.A. I shall have to have a financial secretary to keep accounts!". She suggests she could return in October "but I don't want to arrive in America more than one day before my first lecture. Your country is too expensive."</p><p>2 A cablegram from Forbes dated May 9 1925: "AVAILABLE AMERICAN LECTURES FROM NOVEMBER FIRST OR EARLIER TILL MARCH CABLE CONFIRMATION."</p><p>3 A 3-page autograph letter 7 inches high by 4-1/2 inches wide "Rosita Forbes". Writing from 28 Wilton Place London on May 9 1925 Forbes addresses Pond stating that she has "always been ready to come out to U.S.A. by Oct. 30th. I cabled you to this effect yesterday.I sent you a quantity of press cuttings & a good Abyssinian dress picture a week ago. Now I send you some snapshots & a map with our complete route on it.I don't see how Weigall & I can clash because our subjects are so different.I hope this time you will save on railway fares!!!! Please try & arrange lectures in groups if possible! Macaulay is going to publish my Abyssinian book 'From Red Sea to Blue Nile' & also a novel 'Wings Aflame' in the autumn. Best of luck to us both!!!!" The title "Wings Aflame" may be a reference to her novel "If the Gods Laugh" published in 1925.</p><p>4 A retained carbon of Pond's cable dated May 13 1925: "NOVEMBER ONE TO MARCH SATISFACTORY CAN YOU REMAIN TO MARCH THIRTEEN HAVE ENGAGEMENT BOOK FOR NINTH"</p><p>5 A return cable from Forbes dated May 14 1925: "YES FORBES"</p><p>6 A retained carbon of Pond's letter dated June 11 1925 addressed to "My Dear Lady Rosita". In his letter Pond complains "I note that Macaulay has the books. I'm sorry one of the better publishers was not selected for they do publish rather sensational stuff". He goes on to comment about Abyssinian controversies. "Marian C. Cooper asks me to ask you not to judge his ideas of Abyssinia by his articles in ASIA which were edited without his consent nor the film The Golden Prince which was made up without his aid from some pictures he and Schoedsack made. .Powell in his book on Abyssinia criticized Cooper for things he had done and he does not wish you too to join in the hue and cry."</p><p>7 Retained carbon of Pond's June 16 1925 cable: "CAN I USE ABYSSINIAN PHOTOS FOR NEWSPAPER PUBLICITY ARTICLES.".</p><p>8 A cablegram from Forbes dated June 18 1925: "FORBES ANXIOUS SELL ARTICLES AND PHOTOGRAPHS ABYSSINIAN EXPEDITION CONSULT KENNADAY 215 WEST 33RD STREET AND DO WHAT BOTH CONSIDER BEST.".</p><p>9 Retained carbon of Pond's reply to Forbes cablegram now addressing her as "My dear Mrs. McGrath". "Paul Kennaday tells me that he has not been able to place your articles about Abyssinia. I am awfully sorry that this has not been done for we need publicity in this country to secure business and so far no one knows that you have been in Abyssinia or made a new journey.Things so far have not been going as good as I like but this does not mean that there will be no tour and a fairly good one. If you find that English bookings are going exceedingly well I suggest that you give Mr. Christy more time in November."</p><p>10 A 2-page autograph letter 5-3/4 inches high by 4-3/4 inches wide on "28 Wilton Place" letterhead signed "Rosita Forbes". The letter dated September 15 1925 overlaps with Pond's later letter of September 18th. "I am so sorry you are having trouble over my American tour - what bad luck. I think under the circumstances it would probably be better if I arrived on January 1st & stayed till early April.Would you mind on receipt of this letter cabling me the date you consider most suitable for me to come over as I have to arrange the letting of my house which is a matter needing time. I don't mind what date I come but as living is very expensive in U.S.A. I don't want to come until there is contract business in view!!".</p><p>11 A retained carbon of Pond's September 18 1925 letter to Forbes suggesting that the tour be moved forward to January "to commence your tour with your booking in Haverhill Massachusetts on January 5th."</p><p>12 A retained carbon of Pond's letter responding to Forbes letter of September 15. Dated September 25 1925 Pond writes "I think we are both agreed that it is better for you to arrive in early January. I am not cabling you about this as I wrote you on September 18th and you know my point of view. Your first engagement at present is January 5th."</p><p>13 A cablegram from Forbes dated September 29 1925: "DELIGHTED ARRIVE JANUARY FIRST / ROSITA".</p><p>14 A retained carbon of a letter from Pond dated October 8 1925 concerning a booking. "The Chicago Geographic Society is very anxious to have you this year but they are unable to pay more than one hundred $100.00 dollars. Are you willing to allow me to book you with them I giving you the minimum rate of seventy-five $75.00 dollars which was in force last year and retaining twenty-five $25.00 dollars to cover my own expense"</p><p>15 A 2-page autograph letter 7 inches high by 5-1/4 inches wide on "Broadlands Romsey Hampshire" letterhead signed "Rosita Forbes". Forbes sends the first sheet of her contract not here present and pictures for her lectures. "I shall probably have to come over on the 'Paris' of the Compagnie Transatlantique leaving Plymouth on the 16th Dec. as I can probably get better accommodation on her as I have done a good deal of writing for the Company.I am so sorry you are having so much trouble over my tour for I've always told everyone that of all the business men all over the world I've come in contact with you are the best to work with.".</p><p>16 A retained carbon of a letter from Pond dated October 30 1925 encouraging Forbes to come later than the December date she suggested. "There will really be nothing doing here until your first lecture on January 5th."</p><p>17 A 2-page autograph letter 5-3/4 inches high by 4-3/4 inches wide on "28 Wilton Place" letterhead signed "Rosita Forbes". The letter dated October 30 ok's the arrangements with the Chicago Geographical Society but questions "Won't the National or American Geographical Socs. have me this time" She confirms her early arrival in New York and makes a request "Please secure an inexpensive room with bath somewhere in N.Y. Consult Miss Smith because you are not very good my friend at cheap hotels!!!!"</p><p>18 A 2-page autograph letter 5-3/4 inches high by 4-3/4 inches wide on "28 Wilton Place" letterhead signed "Rosita Forbes". Addressing "Mr. Pond or Miss Smith" Forbes reaffirms her December arrival in New York. "Don't you think you cd. induce some of the newspapers to interview me on 'Curious Xmases' or 'My most extraordinary Xmas'. It wd. make publicity. I spent one Xmas in camp in the African desert on my way to Kafara. Another in an Arabian harem one in Persia & in Abyssinia they have a special ceremonial."</p><p>19 In a retained carbon of a Pond letter dated November 13 1925 he expresses his pleasure that Forbes has accepted the terms for the Chicago Geographical Society lecture. "The National Geographic which wanted you so eagerly before has now passed you by and so has the American. They are strange people."</p><p>20 A 2-page autograph letter 7 inches high by 4-3/8 inches wide on "The Nook Sunningdale" letterhead signed "Rosita Forbes". In the letter dated November 21 Forbes reassures Pond that despite her early arrival he doesn't ".have to bother at all about me till you want me to lecture.Mr. Wingate of the Dorland Agency is going to communicate with you re publicity on arrival as I've just written the feature article for the February issue of the Monitor on 'Morocco'".</p><p>21 In a retained carbon of a letter dated November 30 1925 Pond regrets that it is too late to place an article on various Christmases with any of the syndicates or magazine sections of newspapers. However he has an idea: "Iola Plaxton spent some time in Fleet Street as the special correspondent for the Daily and Sunday Express is now back in New York and keen to meet you. .she concocted a scheme provided you approved of your giving her an exclusive interview on this particular theme the minute you arrive. Meantime she is going to get an editor lined up to take it."</p><p>22 Retained copy of a cablegram dated December 22 1925: "ROSITA FORBES STEAMER 'PARIS' NY. RESERVED ROOM AT WALDORF ASTORIA. POND."</p><p>23 An undated promotional letter from The Pond Bureau signed in blue ink by James B. Pond and titled "Rosita Forbes Returns". In the letter he solicits future lecture possibilities. "Although Rosita Forbes has been announced before you are again reminded of her return tour. If you can still find a place for her do so for you will like her and she will please you. Send for open dates and terms."</p><p>24 An autograph letter 9-3/8 inches high by 6 inches wide on "Hotel Webster New York" letterhead. Dated January 7 1926 Forbes writes to the Pond office manager "Miss Smith" after her first lectures in Haverhill Mass. "I enclose two endorsed cheques value 200 $ & 230 $ - a long bill for steamer fare 2 lectures & expenses.Please send me here - I've left the Shelton too noisy - the 2 photos I gave to Mr. Pond the first day I saw him & ask him to send me a cheque soon as I have 10 dollars 1 cent a French franc & a half crown left in the world." Signed "Yrs. R.F."</p><p>25 On a "Hotel Webster New York" envelope Forbes notes her expenses: "They only gave me enclosed 150 dollars at Passaic last night instead of 200 as per contract". She then lists her expenses including a taxi fare totalling $2.52. Pond notes that he has paid the $2.50 and dates the envelope !/12/26 with the note "Remainder due tomorrow $50.00".</p><p>26 An autograph letter 9-3/8 inches high by 6 inches wide on "Hotel Webster New York" letterhead. Dated Jan. 13 -1926 and addressed to "Miss Smith" Forbes sends further financial accounts regarding the Passaic NJ lecture. "If you get a cable for me tomorrow or Friday will you let me know at once as I'm expecting a very important business wire from England. Yrs. wearily - just how you feel too!" Signed "Rosita Forbes".</p><p>27 A January 18 1926 carbon of a receipt addressed to George Byron Gordon of the Philadelphia Museum for payment of $150.00 for a lecture by Forbes. The receipt is marked "PAID".</p><p>28 A January 19 1926 carbon of a receipt addressed to Forbes detailing payments totaling $213.30 paid to her for expenses and lectures in Passaic NJ and Philadelphia.</p><p>29 A retained carbon of a letter from Pond dated January 19 1926: "When you arrive in Toledo on Thursday A Mrs. Rippon will meet you at th station and will take you to the Hotel Secour."</p><p>30 An autograph letter on 8-3/8 inch high by 5-1/2 inch wide letterhead signed "Rosita Forbes". Writing from the "Fortnightly Club 120 Bellevue Rd Chicago" Forbes informes Pond "I shall not be in U.S.A. on April 7th. I sail on the 'France' on April 3rd. If the Philadelphia Geographical Society want me they'll have to change their lectures round a bit & let me have an earlier date. Yrs. dirtily - is it possible to keep clean in Chicago!" The letter is humorously dated "Jan. 24th. I have reason to believe".</p><p>31 A lengthy 2-page autograph memo on 8 inch high by 6 inch wide notepaper signed "R. F." "Due to Rosita Forbes" Forbes outlines $489.28 in expenses and fees due her for Steamer fare and and Haverhill/Brockton lecture fees & expenses during the early part of January 1926. "Note A. You forgot to tell me that Mrs. Fuller wrote you about Dec. 1 offering me hospitality at Brockton. They were all very angry about it !!!! I cd. only say I had never been told of such an offer." The memo is accompanied by a calculator receipt from Pond's office confirming Forbes' math.</p><p>32 An autograph letter 9-3/8 inches high by 6 inches wide on "Hotel Webster New York" letterhead. Dated "Sunday Jan. 31". Addressing Miss Smith of the Pond Bureau Forbes writes: "I arrived here this morning by the 'Big Four' which only takes 1 night & 1 day instead of yr. nice -sweet - train which takes 2 nights & 1 day!! No letters!!! Please send me .the copy of Raisuli book i.e. "The Sultan of the Mountains: The Life Story of Raisuli" as I must look up some stories in it for an article.Please also let me know how many of Mr. Crane's lectures Vassar Smith Providence Bryn Maur. are arranged & what date" Signed in full "Rosita Forbes".</p><p>33 A 2-page financial memo dated Feb. 1st 1926 handwritten by Rosita Forbes on a folded 7 inch high by 5-1/2 inch wide sheet of "The Fortnightly / Chicago" letterhead. On the first page Forbes notes the amounts due to the Pond Bureau for lectures in Toledo Chicago and St. Louis. On the 2nd page she lists her expenses. The memo is unsigned.</p><p>34 In an autograph letter on 3 sides of a folded sheet of 5 inch high by 4-1/2 inch wide notepaper Forbes complains to Miss Smith of the Pond Bureau "When I asked the Buffalo Athletic Club for cheque they said by contract it was to be mailed to you but they presented me with 25 dollars as they hadn't time to look up the one way fare." She then outlines her expanses and asks that "Mr. Pond .send me a cheque for this before I go to Cambridge on Weds. & wd. you send a p.c. to Toledo & the March lectures asking them to pay me cheques at the end of lecture - otherwise I shall be in a recurrent state of bankruptcy!!" The letter is signed in full "Rosita Forbes" and is stamped "Ans'd Feb 16 1926".</p><p>35 A retained carbon of a letter from Pond to Forbes dated February 16 1926 in which Pond indicates his irritation with her. "I shall greatly appreciate it if when you have a contract calling for payment with me you do not request that a committee make payment with you.Apparently you asked Dr. Gordon in Philadelphia for your fee for he wrote me a rather long letter asking me why I had financial troubles with my lecturers. This give a very bad impression.I have not yet had any word from Brooklyn. The new chairman is apparently disgruntled.It certainly was most unfortunate that you missed Brooklyn and I do hope you will examine your contracts carefully in advance."</p><p>36 A February 13 1926 carbon of a receipt addressed to F. A. Coupal of the Buffalo Athletic Club for payment of $250.00 and $19.57 expenses for a lecture by Forbes. The receipt is marked "PAID".</p><p>37 A February 18 1926 carbon of a receipt addressed to Charles R. Crane of the Radcliffe College for payment of $200.00 for a lecture by Forbes. The receipt is marked "PAID".</p><p>38 A February 25 1926 carbon of a receipt addressed to Isaiah Bowman of the American Geographical Society for payment of $75.00 for a lecture by Forbes. The receipt is marked by Pond "Paid Mrs Forbes". Together with: a Typed Letter Signed dated February 5 1924 from Isaiah Bowman Director of the American Geographical Society praising Forbes lecture given during her first American tour. "She has a most entertaining story to tell and it could hardly be told with greater art."</p><p>39 A February 25 1926 carbon of a receipt addressed to Marion Miller of the Toledo Club Toledo Ohio for payment of $200.00 for a lecture by Forbes. The receipt is marked by Pond "did not fill date".</p><p>40 An autograph letter 9-3/8 inches high by 6 inches wide on "Hotel Webster New York" letterhead dated Sat. Feb. 27. "Dear Lady / Here is my bill.I think perhaps you'd better send it me on Monday or I might be penniless!! but most of all I want that poster about my films - 'Red Sea to Blue Nile' which I gave Mr. Pond at the Waldorf.So awfully sorry to bother you." Signed in full on the verso "Rosita Forbes". The bottom edge of the letter has some damage resulting in the loss of a very few letters.</p><p>41 A March 1 1926 carbon of a memo addressed to Rosita Forbes for payments due her of $100.00 and $16.51 expenses for a lecture by Forbes in Cambridge Mass.</p><p>42 A March 3 1926 carbon of a receipt addressed to Charles R. Crane of the Mary Wheeler School for payment of $200.00 for a lecture by Forbes. The receipt is marked "PAID".</p><p>43 A 2-page autograph letter 9-3/8 inches high by 6 inches wide on "Hotel Webster New York" letterhead dated March 4. "Dear Miss Smith / I had a letter from the man at Toledo insisting that Mr. Pond had agreed to let him know whether I was coming or not & that the Pond Bureau having failed to write he was justified in believing I was not coming. I think therefore that it is only fair to call Brooklyn & this quits as far as finance is concerned. I lost 100 dollars over Toledo owing to some slight forgetfulness!!!! & you lost 50 dollars over Brooklyn owing to some large forgetfulness!!!! .It was rather awful about Toledo because as i told you I was to be the guest at a big newspaper lunch. So much for this sad business!!".She goes on to outline her plans for lectures up until March 14. Chicago Minneapolis and Decatur Illinois. Signed "Yrs. R. F."</p><p>44 A March 25 1926 carbon of a receipt addressed to R.V. Nevins of the Algonquin Club Bridgeport Conn. e for payment of $200.00 plus $5.52 expenses for a lecture by Forbes. The receipt is marked "PAID".</p><p>45 A March 26 1926 retained carbon of a Pond letter. He expresses his disappointment as to the result of Forbes' tour. "I find that you only delivered nineteen professional talks receiving a gross amount for them of $1992.50. Considering your heavy expenses here in the way of living and moving about I am afraid you must have had a considerable loss."</p><p>46 A 2-page autograph memo 9-3/8 inches high by 6 inches wide on "Hotel Webster New York" letterhead dated March 27 1926. The memo outlines Forbes' expenses for her Bridgeport and Montclair lectures and the amounts owed her from the Pond Bureau. The memo is signed "R. Forbes".</p><p>47 An April 14 1926 retained carbon of a Pond letter. He hopes that she had "a pleasant and peaceful" journey home to England. He goes on to mention that she has a brief mention in Gilbert Frankau's newest book "Masterson".</p><p>48 A 2-page autograph letter signed "Rosita Forbes". The letter dated July 2 1931 on 9 inch high by 7 inch wide "Harefield House Harefield Middlesex" letterhead is a response to Pond concerning the lecture possibilities of the English explorer Bertram Thomas. ".before I got your letter I had warmly recommended you to him. I spent most of our lunch with him telling him to go to you but remember he'll be a serious speaker! I've told him he must make his book a bit light & he promised to try". She goes on to recommend the Turkish-Albanian soldier and statesman Izzet Pasha. "Use my name for all its worth with Bertram.</p><p>49 A July 10 1931 retained carbon of Pond's response to Forbes' letter of July 2. "I finally met Bertram Thomas. I found him a very disagreeable individual. I wrote him a letter telling him what I thought of him and he came and apologized to me. From what I know my call down was needed."</p><p>Though Rosita Forbes started travelling at an early age following her marriage to Major Ronald Forbes it wasn't until after a nervous breakdown following her husbands death in World War I that her travels started in earnest. At first she served as an ambulance driver in France during the war and subsequently traveled around the world "by way of American Hawaii Papua Sumatra Java Cochin China Siam." and again back to China where she was taken prisoner during the revolution and ended up doing Red Cross work for the Chinese army. In 1919 she resumed her travels through Africa and the middle-east and was in Jerusalem for the riots of 1920. "From here her journeys are chronicled in her lectures.After her return from Kufra she met and married Col. Arthur McGrath of the British War Office." Astonishingly all this had been accomplished by the time she was thirty years old.</p><p>Rosita Forbes described her journey around the world in her first book "Unconducted Wanderers" 1919. Disguised as a Moslem she travelled across the Libyan desert to the oasis of Kufara from 1920-21. This journey is described by her in "The Secrets of the Sahara: Kufara" 1924.</p> New York and London, 1925-1926.
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(TOFINO de SAN MIGUEL, VICENTE).
Descripciones de las Islas Pithiusas y Baleares.
Madrid, De Orden Superior, 1787. 4to. Contemp. full mottled calf. Raised bands. Gilt spine. Gilt borders on covers. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. Small crack in joint at upper compartment. Stamps on title-page. (2),158 pp., 3 folded tables. Clean and fine, wide-margined and printed on good paper.
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(TOFINO de SAN MIGUEL, VICENTE).
Descripciones de las Islas Pithiusas y Baleares.
Madrid, De Orden Superior, 1787. 4to. Contemp. full mottled calf. Raised bands. Gilt spine. Gilt borders on covers. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. Small crack in joint at upper compartment. Stamps on title-page. (2),158 pp., 3 folded tables. Clean and fine, wide-margined and printed on good paper.
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(TRAVEL - 19TH CENTURY ENGLISH). (BIBLICAL HISTORY IN ASIA MINOR). ARUNDELL, V J
A VISIT TO THE SEVEN CHURCHES OF ASIA; WITH AN EXCURSION INTO PISIDIA; CONTAINING REMARKS ON THE GEOGRAPHY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THOSE COUNTRIES. A MAP OF THE AUTHOR'S ROUTES AND NUMEROUS INSCRIPTIONS
London: John Rodwell 1828. FIRST EDITON. 217 x 138 mm. 8 1/2 x 5 1/4". iv 339 1 pp. <br/> Contemporary diced russia raised bands spine attractively gilt in an arabesque style gilt-rolled turn-ins pink moiré endpapers all edges gilt. With a folding map of the travel routes and 23 pages reproducing inscriptions three of these folding. Front flyleaf inscribed in ink: "Juliana Calvert / from A. C. / 1838." Blackmer 48; Weber I 159. Joints and extremities a little rubbed tiny crack just beginning at top of front joint two tiny chips to foot of spine very minor offsetting and foxing to map a couple of patches of marginal foxing but INTERNALLY AN ESPECIALLY FINE COPY--unusually clean fresh and surprisingly bright--in a good-looking well-preserved binding.<br/> <br/> In especially desirable condition this is quite a scarce travel account by the English antiquary explorer and clergyman Francis Vyvyan Jago Arundell 1780-1846 who visited the so-called Seven Churches of Asia also called the Seven Churches of the Apocalypse and the Seven Churches of Revelation locations in present-day Turkey of central importance to St. John and the Book of Revelation. In that book John who was a threat to Roman officials as leader of the new Christian religion in Asia had been banished to Patmos where he was visited by an apocalyptic vision directing him to write to the churches at Ephesus Smyrna Pergamum Thyatira Sardis Philadelphia and Laodicea commending their successes pointing out their failures and prevailing upon them to repent. These seven Turkish churches reflect a surprisingly significant role in the region's early Christian history with some scholars maintaining that as many as 18 of the 27 New Testament books were written there--and Arundell's narrative would have helped to raise the popular understanding of this importance. Following his marriage to the daughter of the British consul-general at the Levant Company in Constantinople Arundell became chaplain to the company's trading center in Smyrna now Izmir in 1822. From there he embarked on a series of tours through Asia Minor including places that according to DNB "until then had for the most part not been described by any European traveller." The present work is the product of the author's first tour which included two separate excursions between March and September of 1826. Despite being a clergyman Arundell's interest in these sites was primarily archaeological and historical and this work includes his firsthand descriptions of the ruins he encountered facsimiles of Greek inscriptions found there and narratives of the arduous journeys between sites that were well off the beaten path. This work is surprisingly scarce in commerce suggesting that copies were often read with avidity. John Rodwell unknown
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(TRAVEL MANUSCRIPT).
Attending a wedding in colonial Algeria.
<p>No place no date but France/Alger c.1890. 18pp stapled. Lined accounting paper torn in half before writing. Size:18 x 20 cm. Description of 12 days of a trip from Paris to Polestra Algeria for a wedding organised by the family Prengrüeber. Side-notes and corrections by the author herself.</p><p>Starting their trip on April 21st of 1890 from Paris a couple is heading towards Algeria. They are in for a rough start as their umbrellas get stolen at Garde de Lyon and as rain followed them from Paris to Marseille and even to Alger all while being sea-sick. <br />During the voyage with her husband Pierre the author is astonished mostly by the rich sights of local gardens mosques casbah… She richly describes the sumptuous clothes of European women but also the way local women wear their veil according to different customs. Over the 12 days described in this manuscript probably preparatory for another account we learn of the French colonial hotels and restaurants Hotel de Nice Brasserie Gruber as well as the presence of the army. The couple seems very inclined to talk with military men. During their travel we can guess their background; they make mention of telegraph photography phonography and autos pinacles of technology at that moment only accessible to the rich.<br />She and her husband adopt a colonialist view on the locals and more than once speak of uncalled-for thieving. They visit Alger the French and Arab parts of town having each night diner with their friends the Julien family. To get to the wedding organised by the Docteur Prengrüebeur colonial doctor part of the anthropological society of Paris they venture further in the country : El-Biar the Kouba Valley Blida the Chiffa gorges Bouffarik Béjaïa Mansouriah caves Sétif…<br />In Palestra they arrive with other families Lüeckel Lagervinais Broussais… on Monday the 28th of April for the civil wedding and stay until after the religious wedding blessed by the bishop of Chartres. It is hard to determine whose mariage it was only that André Julien is the " garçon d'honneur " with a girl from Alger. <br />The manuscript ends at the end of May the second in the city of Batna for no known reason.</p>
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(Travel Poster)
BIARRITZ. Saison d'Hiver. Chemin de Fer d'Orleans et du Midi. Stations Hivernales. Les Pyrenees a du Golfe de Gascogne. Trains Rapides et de Luxe. Envoi Gratuit de Livrets Illustres
Paris Imp. Eugene Marz 1897-1898. Image:27 3/4 x 38 1/2. Margins: 42 1/2 x 30. Beautiful red blue green scenes of Biarritz coastline and seashore. this poster is an advertisement for a holiday during the winter to visit Biarritz on the western French coast near Spain. In fine condition with the usual folds. unknown
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(TRAVEL)
A Compendium of the Most Approved Modern Travels. Containing a distinct account of the religion government commerce manners and natural history of several nations.
Dublin: Printed for J. Smith on the Blind-Quay 1757. Same year as the London edition. Folding frontispieces in each volume and other plates. 269; 287; 287pp. 3 vols. 12mo. Bound in modern three quarter brown calf and marbled boards. Text with some stains. Binding fine. Same year as the London edition. Folding frontispieces in each volume and other plates. 269; 287; 287pp. 3 vols. 12mo. Volume I<br /> A Journey from Aleppo to Jerusalem By Mr. Henry Maundrel<br /> The Travels of Thomas Shaw<br /> An Account of a Journey to Palmyra otherwise Tedmor in the Desart<br /> Volume II: <br /> The Travels of Richard Pococke<br /> Thre Travels opf Henry Drummond<br /> A Description of Aleppo. By Alexander Russel M.D<br /> THE TRAVELS OF MR. HANWAY Through Russia Persia and several other parts for settling a trade upon the Caspian Sea<br /> Volume III contains:<br /> continuation of.THE TRAVELS OF MR. HANWAY Through Russia Persia and several other parts for settling a trade upon the Caspian Sea<br /> With: THE NATURAL HISTORY OF NORWAY by Erich Pontoppidan;. ESTC T164169 Printed for J. Smith, on the Blind-Quay unknown
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(travel)
A WINTER CRUISE AND SOME MENTAL RAMBLINGS
1922 Printed fo Private Circulation in Great Britain by T. and A. Constable at the Edinburgh University Press. Cruise to Mexico Majorca Gibralter Sardinia etc. Small octavo 132pp. blue cloth hardcover with paper label on front. Inscribed but not signed: With the writer's best wishes for 1923. Good plus 9 pages have stainat top corner not near text light foxing. . hardcover
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(travel)
HOLIDAY RAMBLES IN ORDINARY PLACES ORIGINAL BOOK NOT A REPRINT
London 1877 Daldy Isbister. Republished from the Spectator. Travel in England and Switzerland. 8vo. 332pp. dark green cloth with gilt lettering. Top corner of front blank cut off. Near VG hinges tender. . hardcover
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(Travel) CAMPBELL, Marius R; LEE, Willis T; HOTY, Gale S; et al
Guidebook to the Western United States 4 VOLUME COMPLETE SET
Washington DC: Government Printing Office GPO 1915. First Edition. Original wraps. Very Good. 5 7/8 x 9 1/8 Inches. Scarce complete FOUR VOLUME SET in the original wrappers. Includes:<br /> <br /> Part A - Bulletin 611: Northern Pacific Route with a side trip to Yellowstone Park<br /> Part B - Bulletin 612; The Overland Route with a side trip to Yellowstone Park<br /> Part C - Bulletin 613: The Santa Fe Route with a side trip to the Grand Canyon of the Colorado <br /> Part D - Bulletin 614: The Shasta Route and Coast Line.<br /> <br /> Original 1915 GPO published guide to the Western United States. The introduction states that these guides were created to inspire study as well as a greater appreciation for the land more and more Americans are seeing thanks to transcontinental railroads. Each issue bound in original plain green wraps. This complete set formerly held by the University of Wisconsin although we can find only one stamp on the cover of the first volume to confirm this. PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED with all fold-out maps and diagrams intact as issued. A scarce geographic survey of America published at the dawn of the automobile. Light rubbing and a previous owner name to first page of each volume. Covers lightly worn at edges and spine ends. A very attractive set overall. Government Printing Office [GPO] unknown
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(Travel) COLLINS, Frederick Lewis
Vacation Travelcharts and Travel Chats
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill 1930. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Howard Willard. 5 1/8 X 7 1/2 Inches. 283 PP. Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page. Original price of $2.50 intact on front flap. Classic 1930's travel diary with hints on where and where not to go. Destination choices include Florida Spain California Rome and so on. A very attractive copy just waiting for an ocean voyage. Bobbs-Merrill hardcover
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(Travel) Franck, Harry A
Typed letter signed "Harry A. Franck" to Seymour Halpern "Mr. Halpern" in response to Halpern's inquiry regarding the keys to success
Aix-en-Provence France 1931. 1 p. on "Gd Hotel De La Mule Noire" letterhead. 8-1/4 x 11 inches. Old folds minor chipping to edges minor tears not affecting text else very good. 1 p. on "Gd Hotel De La Mule Noire" letterhead. 8-1/4 x 11 inches. An anecdotal letter from one of the foremost travel writers of the first half of the 20th century.Reading in part: "I have had so many exciting experiences that I really cannot think of one I should put ahead of the others. Perhaps escaping from bandits in China would be or almost drowning in a river in the Andes in South America . Personally I have found it better to do as well as I can everything that came to hand and then let circumstances show the way to go. For instance I learned several foreign languages in college without knowing until much later that they would be indispensable to the career I finally chose - or which chose me." American Harry A Franck 1881-1962 chronicled his adventurous and often dangerous treks around the world. As a high school student Seymour Halpern 1913-1997 wrote letters to many notables of the day inquiring about their ideas to the keys to success in life. He would later go on to serve as Republican from New York to the 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st and 92nd United States Congresses holding office from January 3 1959 to January 3 1973. 'I Have Had So Many Exciting Experiences.'. <br/><br/> unknown
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(Travel) MAY, Mollie B
Letters of Mollie B. May - Cruise Round South America 1927 SIGNED / LTD
Pittsburgh: The John Gwyer Press 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 5 3/8 X 7 3/4 Inches. 84 PP. "There surely have been changes in Havana in the fifteen years since we were there. It has lost its old world charm; too many automobiles too many shops with typewriters and supplies too many tall buildings built on American plans too much American rush and hurry." Mollie B. May<br /> <br /> One of only 100 copies produced for friends of the author. Excellent travel diary told through a series of letters written to a friend. Signed and inscribed by Mollie on the limitation page. Original maroon paper boards. Wear to spine and light chipping to crown of spine. Scuffing to covers. The John Gwyer Press hardcover
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(Travel) MACQUARRIE, Hector
Over Here; Impressions of America by a British Officer
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott 1918. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 5 1/8 X 7 3/4 Inches. 243 PP. Very scarce first printing of this title from the WWI Officer and noted travel writer Hector MacQuarrie. MacQuarrie opened the Hector MacQuarrie bookshop in New York City in 1921. Light scuffing to boards. A very clean copy overall. J.B. Lippincott hardcover
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(Travel) O'DWYER, William; et al
New York in Spring: March Through May 1948 Calendar of Events The Adventures of Robin Hood at the Movies & THE BROOKLYN DODGERS
New York: New York Convention and Visitors Bureau Inc 1948. First Edition. Very Good. 8 1/2 X 20 1/4. Original March 1948 calendar for events in New York City. Introduction by Mayor William O'Dwyer. Theater showings include "Brigadoon" "Harvey" and "Oklahoma" among many others. Movies include "The Adventures of Robin Hood." Be sure to catch the annual "New York Antiques Fair" at the Armory! The highlight of this folding brochure are the sports listings. Includes home games at Ebbets Field starring the Brooklyn Dodgers as well as games at the Polo Grounds New York Giants and Yankee Stadium. Also includes Knickerbockers basketball boxing racing and New York Rangers hockey. Unposted. Small chip to top edge of rear cover. OCLC locates "0" copies. New York Convention and Visitors Bureau, Inc unknown
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(Travel) SOO-PACIFIC EXPRESS
1931 Soo-Pacific Express 32 Page Travel Guide w/ Schedule and Photos
Original Soo-Pacific railroad guide detailing Pacific Coast routes during the 1931 season. Includes schedule destinations and "notes by the way" that describe the scenery along the routes. Includes a section on the Canadian Pacific lines from Vancouver where Soo-Pacific stops to Alaska. Four interior maps as well as two full page B/W photographs. Original illustrated wraps. Light soiling to covers and a hint of wear at edges. A very attractive railroad guide detailing routes to Seattle WA from Chicago and beyond. unknown
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(Travel) SITWELL, Osbert
Discursions on Travel Art and Life FIRST AMERICAN EDITION
New York: George H. Doran Company 1925. First American Edition. 5 3/4 X 9 Inches. 310 PP. Scarce First American Edition. Early 20th Century Travel commentary on Italy and Germany. Original price of "Six Dollars" stated on spine of DJ. Minor wear to DJ edges with a chip to crown of DJ spine. Two inch long sliver of biopredation to front hinge although binding is tight and damage does not go completely through. A very appealing copy overall. George H. Doran Company unknown
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(Travel) TALMI, Efrayim; TALMI, Menahem
New Israel Guide 1961 EDITION IN ORIGINAL DJ
Tel-Aviv Israel: Izreel Publishing House 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 4 7/8 X 8 1/4 Inches. 526 PP. Original illustrated boards with original DJ. Map tucked in pocket in rear as issued. First English language edition. A very clean copy with a hint of wear to DJ edges and sticker residue to rear panel of DJ. Nearly impossible to find in the dust jacket. Izreel Publishing House hardcover
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