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
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
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
London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1860. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. viii, 326pp. Original full calf with with gilt framed vignette, gilt lettering and decorative ruling on cover, gilt lettering on red leather label, decorative ruing and tooling on spine; raised bands (School Binding). Marbled edges. Ribbon marker. "... Writing as..... More
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
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
![Kos Through The Engravings Of European Travellers And Cartographers 15th–19th Century [SIGNED]....](/pictures/thumb/46346.jpg?v=1574476935)
Athens: Municipalities of Kos - Dikaios - Herakleides, 2004. Limited First edition. Hardcover. Signed by Kostas Kaiserlis, Mayor of Kos, on official, stamped label, pasted to front free endpaper. 1/2100. Folio. 229 (1)pp., 32 plates, one folding. Original color illustrated boards with black lettering on cover, housed in matching clamshell..... More
Carlisle: Printed by Archibald Loudon, 1813. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. vi, 476pp. Original three-quarter calf over marbled boards with gilt lettering on red leather label on spine, gilt decorative ruling. Speckled edges. Interspersed with the remarks of several other modern travelers; illustrated with notes, historical, geographical and miscellaneous. Contains extensive..... More
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
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
Springfield, Ohio: Published by the author, 1899. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto (9 1/4 x 6 3/4"). xxxi, [1], 548pp. Original gilt-stamped olive cloth, with gold lettering to spine. Top edge gilt. tissue-guarded frontispiece. Lavishly illustrated throughout with numerous in-text and full-page b/w photographic reproductions, this book is the result of..... More
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Paris: A. and W. Galignani, 1836. Ninth Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. (8) 712pp., 1 folding plan. Rebound in vellum with yellow colored cover, gilt ruling, tooling on spine with gilt lettering on black leather label, protected by modern mylar. Added is an account of the remains of Ancient Italy, including the..... More
New York: Moore, Wilstach, Keys & Co., 1861. Revised and enlarged edition. Hardcover. Quarto. xvi, 17-560, 8 plates, (3) 561-1034 (14)pp., 4 plates. Contemporary three-quarter calf over pebbled plum cloth boards with gilt lettering on yellow and black labels of spine, blind-stamped tooling; raised bands. Marbled edges and endpapers. Frontispiece..... More
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
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
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
Amsterdam: J. H. de Bussy, 1911. Later printing. Softcover. Octavo. viii, (6) 249pp., 5 color maps, two of them folding. Bound in gray soft gray cloth with original illustrated wraps with light brown lettering laid to cloth cover. Elaborate publication introducing the Malay Archipelago and the network of steamships of..... More