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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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(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.
Riferimento per il libraio : 118896aaf
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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.
Riferimento per il libraio : 130606aaf
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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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(Sillescu, Werner).
Unter dem Himmel von Hamburg. Die Stadt aus der Luft. Hrsg. vom Hamburger Abendblatt.
Hamburg Axel Springer 1979. . Produktion Gestaltung und verantwortlich für den Inhalt: Josef Ollig. Die Luftaufnahmen von Gunnar Johannsen lassen die einzelnen Stadtteilbereiche bis ins Detail getreu erkennen bis zur Identifikation einzelner Häuser. - Gutes sauberes Exemplar (Hamburg, Axel Springer, 1979). unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 16060
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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)
SCIENTISTS' TESTIMONY ON SPACE GOALS - HEARINGS BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON AERONAUTICAL AND SPACE SCIENCES UNITED STATES SENATE 88TH CONGRESSS
Washington 1963 GPO. Includes testimony of: Harold Urey Polykarp Kusch Martin Schwarzschild H. H. Hess Joshua Lederberg and others. 8vo. 260pp. original wraps. Good. paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : a59746
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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.
Riferimento per il libraio : 110706
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(Stein, Bernd).
Hamburg City-Blues. Die Comicabenteuer aus Hinz & Kunzt. Mit einem Vorwort von Ivo Banek: Underdog statt Superman. Hrsg. von Screen Line. 1.Aufl.
Hamburg ABC-Druck & Werbemittel 1995. . Das Titelblatt mit farb. ORIGINALZEICHNUNG und hs.WIDMUNG in 4 Sprechblasen signiert und datiert 11.12.'95. - Originalausgabe. Komplette Sammlung der Comics die von November 1993 bis Januar 1996 im Hamburger Straßenmagazin Hinz & Kunzt erschienen sind. Frühere Schwarz/Weiß-Ausgaben wurden für diese Ausgabe nachkoloriert. - Auf den Umschlag-Klappen zum Ausschneiden die Figuren "Ollie Kunz" u. "Sven Hinz" sowie der Unglücksvogenl "Henning" nebst Requisiten zum Ausschneiden. - Gutes sauberes Exemplar (Hamburg, ABC-Druck & Werbemittel, 1995). unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 67951
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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
Riferimento per il libraio : 3246 ISBN : 0576291242 9780576291248
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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.
Riferimento per il libraio : 125095aaf
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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.
Riferimento per il libraio : 20695
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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.
Riferimento per il libraio : 56808
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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
Riferimento per il libraio : ST20535-01
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(travel brochure)
RAYMOND'S VACATION EXCURIONS - SOUVENIR LIST OF MEMBERS PARTICIPATION IN TOURS TO LAKE MEMPHREMAGOG AND THE WHITE AND FRANCONIA MOUNTAINS.Sept.1887
Boston 1887. Including a night on the summit of Mt. Washington and a carriage ride up Mt. Willard. Tour leaders: Charles C. Harding and Frank I .Whitcomb. 4 x 6 inches 4pp. original printed stringbound wraps. VG string breaking but still holding. . paperback
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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)
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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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
Riferimento per il libraio : a68305
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(Travel) BAHNA, Ralph; GRAHAM, John Maxtone
Tribute to a Queen: The Re-Dedication of Queen Elizabeth 2 Cunard Lines
Switzerland: Bertlitz Publications 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 9 1/4 X 11 1/4 Inches. 124 PP. Nice commemorative edition book detailing the history of the Queen Elizabeth 2. Profusley illustrated and contains many ads including Nixdorf Computers. A sharp copy overall. Bertlitz Publications hardcover
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(Travel) CLARKE, Moma
French Cameos
London: A.M. Philpot 1925. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Pecoud. 5 1/2 X 7 3/8 Inches. 229 PP. Collection of articles on the best time to visit Paris as well as French lifestyle and culture. The author Maria Elvins Clarke was the fashion correpondent for the London Times. Remnant of PO bookplate to front pastedown. An interesting look at Parisian life in the early 1900's. A.M. Philpot hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 5329
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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
Riferimento per il libraio : 8852
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(Travel) CAMPBELL, Helen; STOCKTON, Louise; et al.
Quaint Corners in Philadelphia 1st Thus
Philadelphia: John Wanamaker 1899. First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good. Joseph Pennell. 5 X 7 3/8 Inches. 506 PP. First revised edition with the new foreword by J. Loughran Scott. Profusely illustrated throughout. Gift inscription dated 1900 to FFEP. Front hinge starting a few dog-eared corners. A nice early history of Philadelphia. Original decorated cloth binding with light scuffing and wear. John Wanamaker hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 8903
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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
Riferimento per il libraio : 8019
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(Travel) ETHRIDGE, Willie Snow
Russian Duet: The Story of a Journey SIGNED 1ST
New York: Simon and Schuster 1959. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 5 5/8 X 8 1/2 Inches. 313 PP. Stated "First Printing" on the copyright page. Original price of $3.95 intact on front flap. Signed and inscribed by author on the half title-page. Story of a journey to Russia in 1958. Most of Ethridge's papers are held by UNC. She was widely known for her humorous stories and for her involvement in the Association of Southern Women for the Prevention of Lynching. DJ a bit foxed and spotty at edges and spine. An attractive copy overall. Simon and Schuster hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 5139
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(Travel) Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration
Death Valley 1939 WPA American Guide Series
Boston MA: Houghton Mifflin 1939. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 6 1/4 X 9 1/2 Inches. 75 PP. First printing copy with FINE condition folding map intact at rear. DJ a bit worn at edges and some mottling to covers. A few spots of discoloration to rear panel of jacket. A nice copy despite the flaws to the DJ. One of the Works Progress Administration guides of the 30's. Houghton Mifflin hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 8473
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(Travel) FODOR, Eugene; CURTIS, Eugene; GLAUERT, Betty
Fodor's Modern Guides: MOROCCO 1965 Edition
London: Macgibbon & Kee 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. 4 3/4 X 7 1/4 Inches. 340 PP. Original blue cloth with fold-out map intact. Personally these guides are some of my favorites. A tremendous time-capsule of life and culture in Morocco in the mid-60's. Boards a bit worn at edges. DJ worn at edges and folds. SCARCE. Macgibbon & Kee hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 4269
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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.â€Â<br /> <br /> American Harry A Franck 1881-1962 chronicled his adventurous and often dangerous treks around the world. <br /> <br /> 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. <br/><br/> unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 310341
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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
Riferimento per il libraio : 5486
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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
Riferimento per il libraio : 3346
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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
Riferimento per il libraio : 8814
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(Travel) PACE, Antonio; CASTIGLIONI, Luigi
Luigi Castiglioni's Viaggio: Travels in the United States of North America 1785-87
Syracuse: Syracuse University Press 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 6 1/4 X 9 1/4 Inches. xli 487 PP. Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page. Includes natural history commentary by Joseph and Nesta Ewan. The first complete translation from the original Italian. Classic natural history / travel book originally published in 1790. Light scuffing to DJ. Syracuse University Press hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 6674
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(Travel) PROUTY, Amy
Mexico and I.
Philadelphia: Dorrance & Company 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 6 X 9 1/8 Inches. 258 PP. Mid-century travelogue covering the authors travels from San Francisco to Mexico over the years. PO bookplate to FFEP. Light foxing and toning. Covers a bit worn but an attractive copy overall. Dorrance & Company hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 4915
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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
Riferimento per il libraio : 7917
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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
Riferimento per il libraio : 2700
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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
Riferimento per il libraio : 1683
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(TRAVEL, PERSIA, 17TH CENTURY). HERBERT, THOMAS
A RELATION OF SOME YEARES TRAVAILE BEGUNNE ANNO 1626 INTO AFRIQUE AND THE GREATER ASIA ESPECIALLY THE TERRITORIES OF THE PERSIAN MONARCHIE
London: printed by William Stansby and Jacob Bloome 1634. FIRST EDITION. 290 x 195 mm. 11 1/2 x 7 3/4". 6 p.l. 225 15 pp. <br/> Contemporary sprinkled calf raised bands traces of old paper label to spine pastedowns lifted to reveal leather bands and manuscript document fragments used as sewing guards all edges sprinkled red expert repair to rear joint. With additional engraved title page featuring two figures of Persian dignitaries and three small travel vignettes signed at foot by William Marshall and 36 engravings in the text the majority vignettes but one full-page and nine more than half a page tall. Front endpaper with ink armorial stamp of Sir Walter John Trevelyan 8th Baronet of Nettlecombe and High Sheriff of Cornwall. Price inked in a contemporary hand to the front endpaper. Sabin 31471; STC 13190.3; ESTC S92948. Front board a bit splayed covers with three old dampstains and a few scars and tiny wormholes but a very pleasing original binding with almost no wear to the joints. A very few marginal smudges made during printing other quite trivial imperfections but AN ESPECIALLY FRESH BRIGHT AND CLEAN COPY INTERNALLY with rich impressions of the engravings.<br/> <br/> This is a contemporary copy in remarkably fresh internal condition of an important and entertaining account of the travels of a 17th century Englishman in exotic Asian and African territories particularly Persia. It is significant both for the ways it is accurate and for the ways it is fictitious. Sir Thomas Herbert 1606-82 left for Persia on a diplomatic mission to Shah Abbas in 1626 as part of the entourage of Sir Dodmore Cotton. The mission was not successful: Cotton and the mission's other leader Sir Robert Shirley both died in 1628 leaving their retinue at loose ends with the increasingly unimpressed Shah. Herbert made a slow return to England traveling through a large portion of Asia and Africa and even sailing up the coast of North America. He finally returned to England in 1630; four years later he published this account of his adventures. The text describes meetings with people of many cultures as well as encounters with exotic animals including the dodo flamingoes and flying fish. Herbert's accounts are of great importance for their details of early Asian travel by Westerners. At the same time the author was unable to resist the urge to embellish a good story and according to DNB gave implicitly first-person accounts of places he had not in fact visited. One such detour into the fanciful comes in the chapter involving the author's apparent visit to America. In it Herbert discusses the belief that the mythical Welsh king Madoc ap Owen-Gwyned had settled in North America in the 9th century for which he provides linguistic evidence that Sabin calls "entirely fanciful." DNB tells us that "this segment was apparently included to please the earl of Pembroke's own Welsh nationalist fancies. It also continued to help fuel various theories about Madoc's colonies and Welsh Indians in North America until the early years of the nineteenth century." Herbert's tale is profusely illustrated by William Marshall fl. 1617-49 with engravings that are sometimes more imaginative than accurate see for example the depiction of the shark on page 6 or the penguin on page 13. Despite these rather amusing inaccuracies the illustrations are lively and detailed providing a sense of the awe the early readers must have felt when imagining foreign places. Our copy in a period binding with part of a manuscript ledger used in the binding process visible is from the library of Walter John 1866-1933 8th baronet Trevelyan who as his inkstamp suggests served as High Sheriff of Cornwall from 1906-07. printed by William Stansby, and Jacob Bloome unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : ST20186
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(TYRRELL, JB). Morrison, Edith Lennox & Middleton, JE. . J. E.
William Tyrrell of Weston.
Toronto: The Macmillan Company of Canada Limited 1937. First Edition. Octavo green cloth pp. xv 152; illustrated. Biography. This copy inscribed by the subject's son Joseph Burr Tyrrell b. 1858-1957 Canadian geologist cartographer and discoverer of dinosaur bones Albertosaurus in the Alberta Badlands. Endpapers darkened covers unevenly faded spine faded with lettering legible but slightly dulled light foxing to edges of covers envelope tipped to front pastedown endpaper with large clipping inserted. No dust jacket. Clean copy but good only. . Toronto: The Macmillan Company of Canada, Limited, 1937. First Edition.. hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 20267
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(VARGAS Y PONCE, JOSE de) - ANTONIO DE CORDOBA.
Relacion del último Viage al Estrecho de Magallanes de la Fragata de S.M. Santa Maria de la Cabeza en los an(n)os de 1785 y 1786. Extracto de todos los anteriores desde su descubrimiento impresos y MSS. Y Noticia de los Habitantes, Suelo, Clima y Prod...
Madrid, 1788-93. 4to. Bound in 2 nice contemp. full sprinkled calf. Gilt borders on covers, 5 raised bands, gilt spine, titlelabels with gilt lettering. The Appendice slightly different bound, but matching. Fine marbled endpapers. Engraved portrait. (6),XVI,359 pp. and 4 folded tables, 4 large folded engraved maps. Appendix: (4),128 pp., 1 folded table and 1 folded engraved map. Clean and fine printed on thick paper. A small wormtract in top of the last 2 maps and the last few leaves (margins).
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