New York: Brentano's Inc., 1928. First American edition. Hardcover. Folio. 128 (2)pp. Original black cloth with pasted down illustration and brown and gray lettering on cover. Frontispiece. An account of Henry Bordeaux's travels in the Holy Land richly illustrated with beautiful sepia-toned in-text photographs and twelve, including frontispiece, spirited watercolors... More about Palestine
Berlin: Hugo Steinitz, 1887. N/A. Hardcover. 12mo. 150pp. Guide pour les Institutions, les lieux d'Amusements, les Etablissements public et les grandes Maisons d'affaires de la capitale. Decorated brown cloth with lettering on cover and spine. Minor shelf wear. Red page edges. Illustrated front and back endpapers. Sporadic foxing from front... More about Guide A Berlin avec le plan de Berlin
London: Hamilton, Adams & Co., 1855. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. vi,427pp. Original gold- and blind-embossed brown cloth with gold decoration and lettering on spine. Frontispiece engraving. Contents: Discovery of the South Seas, Islands of the Pacific, Coral Workers and Their Doings, The Friendly Islanders, Captain Cook's Visits, First Christian Mission... More about Tonga and the Friendly Islands; with a Sketch of Their Mission History - Written for Young People
Paris: Arthus Bertrand, 1866. First edition. Softcover. Quarto (11 x 9"). [4], 142pp (Text), 3 leaves (Plates). Uncut and unopened copy. Original printed wrappers, with publisher's logo on front cover and title page. Written by the famed Russian Orientalist Nikolaï Vladimirovich Khanykov (also spelled Khanikoff), "Mémoire Sur l'Ethnographie de la... More about Recueil de Voyages et de Mémoires Publié Par la Société de Géographie: Mémoire Sur...
London: Charles Knight and Co., 1844. First edition. Hardcover. Octavos. Vol.1: [xi] 232pp., Vol.2: [viii] 240pp. Full purple calf with gilt ruling on the front covers, spines with gilt-stamped designs, and gilt lettering over brown labels. Marbled endpapers and edges. Gilt dentells. The work is an exposé and study of... More about The Englishwoman in Egypt: Letters from Cairo, Written During a Residence There in 1842, 1843,...
Edinburgh: William Oliphant and Sons, 1846. First edition. Hardcover. Sm. octavo. v,294,8pp. Original blind-stamped cloth with gold lettering on spine. Captivating account of G. A. Lundie's attempt to bring Christianity to Samoa. 8 page publisher's advertisement section in rear, as issued. Edited by the author's mother. Age wear, scuffing and... More about Missionary Life in Samoa, as Exhibited in the Journals of the Late George Archibald Lundie,...
Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1898. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xxxviii, 383 (1)pp., 34 plates, incl. frontispiece and two maps, one of them double page. Original green cloth with gilt ruling, decor and lettering to cover and spine. Gilt top edge. Frontispiece. Title page printed in orange... More about Corona and Coronet being a Narrative of the Amherst Eclipse Expedition to Japan, in Mr. James's...
London: Andrew Melrose Ltd., 1918. Hardcover. 8vo. x; 228p. Blue cloth with d/j in chemise and slipcase. Gilt lettering. Presentation binding. Head and tail of spine, edges and corners very slightly rubbed. DJ edges chipped with 2 closed tears on front cover. Slipcase half leather over blue cloth with gilt... More about Old Junk [INSCRIBED
Paris: Librairie de Charles Gosselin; Librairie de Furnes, 1835. First edition. Hardcover. 12mo. [6], VII, [1], 271, [1], [6], 329, [6], 310, [4], 299pp. Half leather over cloth with gold lettering and borders on spine. Three engraved frontispieces inc. a portrait of the author protected with a tissue-guard, with folding... More about Souvenirs, Impressions, Pensées et Paysages, Pendant un Voyage En Orient (4 vols. in 2, complete
Stuttgart: Strecker und Schroder Verlag, 1939. Hardcover. 8vo. xv, 186 (8)pp. Color maps and advertisements at rear. Tan cloth spine over brown boards with dj. With b&w illustrations (some fold-out). Frontispiece. Front board bowing. Dj chipped along edges. Dj with 1/2 inch tear at head of spine, and 1-inch tear... More about Aus den Einsamkeiten Irans: Dritte Forschungsfahrt durch die Wüste Lut und Persisch-Balocistan...
Leipzig: Baumgartners Buchhandlung, ca. 1832. Hardcover. 12mo. xxiii,430pp. Paper-covered boards with label in red on spine. Age wearing throughout binding. Abrasions to boards and spine. Wear to head and tail of spine, corners and edges. Frontispiece portrait of Alexander von Humboldt. Sporadic foxing throughout. Browning to pages. "Eine gedrängte Erzählung..... More about Alexander von Humboldt's Reisen und Forschungen
Rome: Chez L'Auteur, rue du Babouin, 1810/11. Hardcover. Sm. 8vo. viii. 426pp. Embossed gilt decorated calf. Raised bands. Gilt decorated spine. Three-quarter inch of back strip to head of spine and small chip of back strip to tail of spine missing. Corners bumped and worn. Some wear to edges. Minor... More about Itineraire Instructif De Rome Ancienne Et Moderne Ou Description Generale Des Monumens Antiques...
San Francisco: A. L. Bancroft & Company, 1891. Grand New Census Edition. Hardcover. Folio. 309pp. Illustrated sienna cloth with black and gold lettering on cover. Decorated endpapers. Late 19th century world atlas profusely illustrated with color maps (many of American cities), charts & diagrams. From title-page: "International Office and Family... More about International Office and Family Atlas of the World
Oldenburg: Druck von Gerhard Stalling, 1931. First edition. Softcover. Octavo. Unpaginated. [32]pp. Original illustrated wrappers by Ludwig Hohlwein.* Pictorial title page. This striking photo-illustrated catalog promotes and details the three North Cape cruises and passenger services for July and August 1931 onboard the Norddeutscher Lloyd Bremen's ships "Lützow," and "Sierra... More about Norddeutscher Lloyd Bremen: Nordkap-Fahrten 1931
Boston: Estes and Lauriat, 1884. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. XXII, 23-672pp. Original elaborately gilt pictorial cloth, with Mexican scenes on front cover and spine. Fly leaf inscribed and signed by Frederick A. Ober. Engraved frontispiece. Fascinating work being an extensive illustrated travel account of Mexico, profusely illustrated with 190 b/w... More about Travels in Mexico and Life Among the Mexicans. I. Yucatan. II. Central and Southern Mexico. III....
Mühlheim an der Ruhr: Julius Bagel, ca. 1854. Third edition (Dritte verbesserte und vermehrte Auflage. Billige Volksausgabe). Hardcover. 8vo. xxviii,376,[16],pp. Three-quarter leather over cloth with gold decorated spine. Frontispiece engraving of author, protected by tissue guard. Eduard Wilhelm Schulz was a German Protestant pastor in the city of Mühlheim an..... More about Reise in das gelobte Land im Jahre 1851
Wien: Chwala's Druck, ND (ca 1935). First edition. Paperback. Octavo. Unpaginated [16]pp. Original photo-illustrated wrappers. This pictorial booklet was published by the Viennese-based Office of Tourism to promote Winter Tourism in Austria. This work is profusely illustrated throughout with 21 duo-toned photogravures (including covers). Abrasion on inner margin of back... More about Winter in Österreich
London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1842. First edition. Softcover. Octavo. 57pp. (1). + 2 pages of publisher's ads. Printed tan wrappers, with black lettering on the front cover. Woodcut frontispiece. The publication is a report by the New Zealand Company on the conditions and the progress in the settlement of... More about Latest Information from the Settlement of New Plymouth, on the Coast of Taranake, New Zealand
London: Robert Scott, 1910. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 269pp. Green cloth with gold lettering on front board and spine. Frontispiece protected with a tissue-guard. Captivating narrative of the author's journey in the Pacific Islands of Tahiti and the Marquesas profusely illustrated with 64 illustrations, including 2 folding maps and numerous... More about Eastern Pacific Lands. Tahiti and the Marquesas Islands
Coblenz & Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1873. Twelfth Revised Edition (Zwölfte neu bearbeitete Auflage). Hardcover. 12mo. xxvi,300,2pp. Red cloth with gold lettering on title and spine. Chipping to midsection, head and tail of spine. Minor staining to boards. Marbled page edges. Staining to free-front endpaper. Illustrated with b/w and a few..... More about Belgien und Holland (Handbuch für Reisende
Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1942. First edition. Softcover. 12mo. xl. 192pp. Illustrated red stiff wrappers. Some age wear around edges. Minor scuffing and creasing. Slight discoloration. Index of other travel guides by Baedeker on front endpaper. Map frontispiece. Illustrated with 8 maps, 5 plans and 4 images of city-arms. Text in... More about Das Elsass. Strassburg und die Vogesen
Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1938. 40th edition. Hardcover. 12mo. Original illustrated wrappers over red cloth, with gold lettering on front board and spine and blind-stamped borders on covers and spine. Marbled paper edges. Fascinating Baedeker's handbook to the Tyrol, profusely illustrated with 36 maps, 6 plans, 8 panoramic charts and 3... More about Tirol
Danzig: Danziger Verlags-Gesellschaft m.b.H., 1924. First edition. Softcover. Duodecimo. 43 (1)pp., 1 Pharus-Plan, map of Danzig laid in. Original orange wraps with black lettering and ruling on cover, protected by modern mylar. Illustrated title page. The guide list the outstanding sightseeing sites, provides basics worth knowing about Danzig and a.... More about Kleiner Führer durch Danzig mit Pharus-Plan
London: George Routledge & Sons, LTD, 1934. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. XL, 789pp. Original blue cloth with gold lettering on spine. Frontispiece portrait of the author. A valuable record of anthropological field work undertaken by the late author under very trying circumstances and edited from his field notes by Camilla... More about Malekula, A Vanishing People in the New Hebrides
London: Gadsby, 1881-85. Later printing, Stereotyped edition, Revised. Hardcover. Octavo. 594, [30], 546, [6], 10, [2]pp. Original blind-stamped cloth with gold lettering on spines. Fascinating work being an account of the author's first, second and third visits to the East (first volume), and the author's fourth and fifth visits to... More about My Wanderings: Being Travels in the East in 1846-47, 1850-51, 1852-53; My Wanderings: Being...