‎Travel‎

‎WOUTERS HERMAN‎

‎L'AMERIQUE CENTRALE‎

‎Famot. 1979. In-4. Relié. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 153 pages. Illustré de nombreuses photos en couleur.. . . . Classification Dewey : 910.4-Voyages‎

‎L'Amérique centrale: un passé fabuleux, Pêcheurs et coureurs infatigables, Les chasseurs du Peyotl sacré... Classification Dewey : 910.4-Voyages‎

Bookseller reference : RO30001216

‎WOUTERS HERMAN‎

‎L'EUROPE DU NORD‎

‎Famot. 1979. In-4. Relié. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 151 pages. Illustré de nombreuses photos en couleur.. . . . Classification Dewey : 910.4-Voyages‎

‎Anciennes cultures en voie de disparition, Marins éleveurs et bûcherons, Bardes pêcheurs et indépendantistes... Classification Dewey : 910.4-Voyages‎

Bookseller reference : RO30001214

‎WOU (P.)‎

‎La Vérité sur la Mandchourie‎

‎A. Pedone 1936 in-8, broché, non coupé, 218 pp., grande carte dépliante de la Mandchourie.‎

‎Très bon état d’occasion‎

Bookseller reference : 74359

‎Woytkowski, Felix‎

‎Peru My Unpromised Land‎

‎Washington: Smithsonian Institution 1978. Illustrated large octavo pp 231 with six folding charts in the rear pocket very slightly used internally paperback the covers very slightly used and age-toned the spine a little wrinkled. Polish collector of insects and plants in Peru. Woytkowski emigrated to Peru in 1929 where he collected more than a thousand insect species new to science and copious botanical specimens. He together with his new wife Helena was lured to Peru by a settlement company whose advertisements promised free passage and a homestead farm. In reality after landing in Callao he found himself with hundreds of other Europeans in a shanty immigrant camp waiting in vain for their free land. While most gave up and returned to their homes Woytkowski decided to stay in Peru with Helena and their four-year-old son settling in Yamaquezù near Oxapampa where he established himself as a naturalist collecting insects and plants to send to scientists in the United States and Europe. He was for seven years employed exclusively by the Swiss pharmaceutical firm CIBA looking for plants that could be used in medicines and also served on the staff of San Marcos University as a professor of French and La Molina College of Agriculture in Lima. Here he built up an extensive herbarium though he was best known for his entomological collections. He made numerous trips into Peru's mountainous areas and explored all the country's provinces both independently and on behalf of research institutions including the University of California and Missouri Botanical Garden. Although successful in his collecting career his family life was somewhat unhappy due to his constant need to move around which led his wife to leave him in the 1940s. After more than 30 years collecting in Peru he was dealt another blow when he found he could not draw a small pension from the Botanic Garden in Lima as he had never taken Peruvian citizenship. He thus returned to Poland in 1965 by now a strange land to him. Removed from his life's work and suffering in the colder climate he died in Krakow where he had been staying with his brother. Numerous insects are named in his honour including a genus of army ants. The plant genus Woytkowskia Woodson is also named for him. This memoir was published in Polish in 1974. First English edition. Paperback. Good. Smithsonian Institution Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 019658

‎Wrangell, Ferdinand [Wrangel]‎

‎Narrative of an Expedition to the Polar Sea in the Years 1820 1821 1822 and 1823‎

‎New York: Harper and Brothers 1842. Hardcover. Good. xvii 302 pp with folding map in original binding of leather-backed textured cloth boards. Issued as No. 167 in Harper & Brothers School District Library series. Spine rubbed at edges light scattered foxing reinforcement to map on verso. Written on the front free endpaper "School District Library No. 13 Town of Oysterbay." Wrangel "was appointed in 1820 to command the Kolymskaya expedition to explore the Russian polar seas. Sailing from St. Petersburg he arrived at Nizhnekolymsk on 2 November 1820 and early in 1821 journeyed to Cape Shelagskiy on sledges drawn by dogs. He sailed afterward up Kolyma River advancing about 125 miles into the interior through territory inhabited by the Yakuts. On 10 March 1822 he resumed his journey northward and traveled 46 days on the ice reaching 72° 2' north latitude. He left Nizhnekolymsk on 1 November 1823 and returned to St. Petersburg on 15 August 1824. He established that north of the Kolyma River and Cape Shelagsky there was an open sea not dry land as people thought. Together with Fyodor Matyushkin and P. Kuzmin Wrangel described the Siberian coastline from the Indigirka River to the Kolyuchinskaya Bay in the Chukchi Sea. See Northeast Passage. His expedition made a valuable research in glaciology geomagnetics and climatology and also collected data about natural resources and native population of that remote area" wiki. Harper and Brothers hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 22724

‎Wraxall, N [Nathaniel]‎

‎A Tour Through Some of the Northern Parts of Europe Particularly Copenhagen Stockholm and Petersburgh. In a Series of Letters‎

‎London: T. Cadell 1775. Hardcover. Very good. Second edition. 8vo 411 pp with folding map as frontispiece. Bound in early full calf with gilt spine in six compartments red spine label. Front joint rubbed and partially cracked; binding otherwise sound text very clean. Armorial bookplate of Johnathan Pytts Esq. on front pastedown. "Wraxall's travelogue is elegantly written and its Scandinavian and Russian itinerary was novel and therefore of great interest to the reading public.The narrative is self-consciously chivalric and testifies to Wraxall's lifelong interest in tales of intrigue and distress although Queen Caroline Matilda's predicament does not figure in the text presumably in the interests of diplomacy" ODNB. T. Cadell hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 21457

‎Wren, Christopher Percival‎

‎Beau Geste‎

‎New York: Grosset & Dunlap. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1926. Hardcover. An edition in very good condition housed in a good dust jacket. The dust jacket has small tears on the front and the spine. There is an ink signature of a previous owner on the front flyleaf. The pages are clean with minimal wear; Black and white stills from the Paramount Picture. Ronald Colmn featured as Beau Geste. ; Photographs; 8vo; 418 pages . Grosset & Dunlap hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 160100

‎Wren, Christopher Percival‎

‎Sowing Glory The Memoirs of 'mary Ambree' the English Woman-Legionary‎

‎London: John Murray. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1931. Hardcover. An edition in very good condition housed in a like dust jacket. There is an ink inscription on the front flyleaf from a previous owner. The volume also bears light foxing to the top of the pages; Edited by P. C. Wren. Tightly bound with clean pages. ; 8vo; 383 pages . John Murray hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 160106

‎Wren, Percival Christopher‎

‎Action and Passion‎

‎London: John Murray. Good. 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. Good condition. Color has slightly faded on the spine. Pencil markings on front flyleaf. Pages are beginning to come loose in the front. ; The story follows the adventures of a young boy Wren and his dog Percival as they travel the world in search of adventure. From climbing mountains to diving underwater Wren and Percival always seem to find themselves in the middle of something exciting. This story is full of adventure and will keep readers on the edge of their seats.; 8vo; 508 pages . John Murray hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 160063

‎Wren, Percival Christopher‎

‎Beau Geste‎

‎New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company. Good. 1927. Hardcover. A volume in good condition that has a losse spine with a small wrinkle. There is normal shelfwear present as well; Features color and black and white illustrations. Authorised American Illustrated Edition. Sheets for "The Song of the Legion" from the Paramount Picture featured at the end. ; Black and White & Color; 8vo; 579 pages . Frederick A. Stokes Company hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 160071

‎Wren, Percival Christopher‎

‎Beau Sabreur‎

‎New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company. Very Good. 1926. Hardcover. An edition in very good condition with some shelfwear to the exterior boards. The spine is slightly loose but the pages are clean; The Beau Sabreur tells the story of a young man who in the early 1800s leaves his home in France to become a trapper in the Rocky Mountains. There he builds a life for himself falls in love and struggles to find his place in the world.; 8vo; 370 pages . Frederick A. Stokes Company hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 160116

‎WRIGHT, IRENE A. (EDT.)‎

‎Further English Voyages to Spanish America. 1583-1594. Documents from the archives of the Indies at Seville Illustrating English Voyages to the Caribbean, the Spanish Main, Florida, and Virginia.‎

‎London, Hakluyt Society, 1951. 8vo. In the original publisher's blue cloth. Uncut. Gilt lettering to spine and gilt stamped ship to front board. A very fine and clean copy. XCIII, (1), 314 pp. + 4 maps.‎

‎(Work Issued by The Hakluyt Society, Second Series: No. XCIX).‎

Bookseller reference : 44729

‎WRIGHT, LOUIS B. (+) VIRGINIA FREUND (EDT.)‎

‎The Historie of Travell into Virginia Britania. (1612).‎

‎London, The Hakluyt Society, 1953. 8vo. In the original publisher's blue cloth. Uncut and unopened. Gilt lettering to spine and gilt stamped ship to front board. A very fine and clean copy. XXXII, 221 pp. + 1 plate and 3 maps.‎

‎(Work Issued by The Hakluyt Society, Second Series: No. CIII).‎

Bookseller reference : 44732

‎Wright H. Rapport S. (a cura)‎

‎I grandi esploratori - Storia delle esplorazioni e delle scoperte‎

‎in 4° piccolo leg. ed. sovrac. fig. a col. (con piccoli strappi) pp.914, numm. ill.ni fot. e dis. n.testo, ben tenuto‎

‎Wright, Almroth Edward, Sir‎

‎The unexpurgated case against woman suffrage, by Sir Almroth E. Wright‎

‎xv, 86 p. 23 cm. Hardcover Very good condition Contents:Introduction. -- Arguments which are adduced in support of woman’s suffrage. -- Arguments against the concession of the parliamentary suffrage to woman. -- Is there, if the suffrage is barred, any palliative or corrective for the discontents of woman? -- Appendix: Letter in militant hysteria, reprinted ... from the Times, March 28, 1912.‎

‎WRIGHT, ed Irene A‎

‎Further English Voyages to Spanish America 1583-1594. Documents from the Archives of the Indies at Savile illustrating English Voyages to the Caribbean the Spanish Main Florida and Virginia. Translated and edited by Irene A. Wright. NEAR FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL SERIES BINDING‎

‎Hakluyt Society 1951. 8vo. First Edition with illustration and 2 folding maps; original Society binding of blue cloth upper board with multiple frame border in blind enclosing sailing vessel blocked in gilt gilt back uncut a near fine copy. With personal bookplate on front paste-down. VERY SCARCE. Hakluyt Society Second Series No. 99. Bridges & Hair p.282-3. Hakluyt Society, hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 33984

‎WRIGHT, Helen; RAPPORT, Samuel,‎

‎I grandi esploratori. Storia delle esplorazioni e delle scoperte‎

‎Con numerose illustrazioni in bianco e nero nel testo e X tavole a colori fuori testo . 8vo. pp. XVI-916. . Molto buono (Very Good). . . .‎

‎WRIGHT, I. A.‎

‎Spanish Documents Concerning English Voyages to the Caribbean 1527-1568; selected from the Archives of the Indies at Seville‎

‎8vo [22.5 x 14.5 cm]; x, 167, xlvii [ads] pp, frontis (facsimile letter of Miguel de Castellanos, 1568), 2 maps, including folding, bibliog, index. original blind-stamped blue cloth, gilt vignette on covers, gilt title lettering on spine, spine slightly faded, lettering clear, fine, clean copy, unmarked. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. This fascinating set of 29 documents on the various expeditions of the period is presented with a good introduction that provides the historical background, of this important era in the Caribbean, Spanish Main, Gulf of Mexico, where Spain and England were struggling for world supremacy.‎

‎WRIGHT, IRENE A. (EDT.)‎

‎Further English Voyages to Spanish America. 1583-1594. Documents from the archives of the Indies at Seville Illustrating English Voyages to the Caribbean, the Spanish Main, Florida, and Virginia.‎

‎London, Hakluyt Society, 1951. 8vo. In the original publisher's blue cloth. Uncut. Gilt lettering to spine and gilt stamped ship to front board. A very fine and clean copy. XCIII, (1), 314 pp. + 4 maps.‎

‎Wright, Louis B. (Editor).‎

‎NEWES FROM THE NEW-WORLD. Wherin May Be Seene The Excellent Qualities of the Beastes of the Fielde, the Fish, and Fowl, As well as the singular and rare Vertues of the Earth and Air of that Goodly Land. Perused and Published by the Officers and Council of‎

‎29 p. Limited to only 1,000 copies. Printed at The Ward Ritchie Press, Los Angeles. Thin 8vo. Original paper covered boards, lettered in blue. Binding somewhat soiled. Hardbound. Friends of the Huntington Library Occasional Publications. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! VOYAGES BOX 1‎

‎Wright, Marie Robinson‎

‎THE NEW BRAZIL.Its Resources and Attractions HistoricalDescriptiveand Industrial‎

‎Philadelphia: George Barrie & Sons 1901. First Edition . Hardcover. Vg/No Jacket. Heavy Folio. 450 pgs.Multiple b/w photos & plates. All book edges gilt. Blind-stamped grey clothlightly scuffed with several small stainswith gilt lettering and spine decorations.Light wear to corners and spine ends.Text clean.Hinges starting but secure.A handsome copy over-all of this addition to Wright's series on South American Republics.3 kg weight.Extra shipping charges required. <br/> <br/> George Barrie & Sons hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 4732a

‎Wright, Richard‎

‎Black power : a record of reactions in a land of pathos‎

‎Octavo in brown-black DJ, 358 pages, b&w illustrations 22 cm. Ghana -- Description and travel. || A chronicle of the African American author's trip to Africa's Gold Coast before it became the free nation of Ghana. It speaks eloquently of empowerment and responsibility, and remains a key commentary on the question of race. || Contents: Part One. Approaching Africa -- Part Two. The Nervous Colony -- Part Three. The Brooding Ashanti. DJ protected in archival mylar sleeve.‎

‎Wright, Richard‎

‎Pagan Spain‎

‎Octavo in red DJ, 191 pages ; 22 cm. Traces the life of the Latin American revolutionary and guerrilla fighter who joined Castro's movement to overthrow Cuba's government, served as minister of industry, and was killed while leading a Communist guerrilla force in Bolivia. Guerrillas -- American Latina -- Biography. Spain -- Description and travel. || DJ protected in archival mylar sleeve.‎

‎WRIGHT, Ronald‎

‎Time Among the Maya; Travels in Belize, Guatemala, and Mexico‎

‎8vo [24 x 16 cm]; x, 451, [i] pp, maps, glossary, bibliog, index. original pictorial cloth backed boards, dj (not price clipped), fine in fine dj. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The author travelled extensively through jungles, towns and back roads, to barely accessible old ruins, to describe life and spirit among the Mayans, both current and ancient, in an enjoyable mix of journalism, archaeology, history and ethnology. One of the best modern works on the subject.‎

‎Wright, Susan‎

‎Rome Secrets: Cuisine, Culture, Vistas and Piazzas‎

‎Hardcover in dust jacket. Very good condition. Jacket is a little creased at front upper corner. Pages are sound and clear. TA Used‎