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
Arosa, Switzerland: Post- & Sporthotel, 1920s. Original document. Loose leaf. Folded leaf (14 x18 3/4"). Threefold color and photo-illustrated promotional of the Sporthotel Arosa. Beautifully produced promo in photogravure, with two color and seven one color photogravures on front, 16 on back, depicting the hotel and the varied activities for..... More
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
Teheran: Imperial Organization for Social Services / Pahlavi commemorative Reprint Series, 1976. Facsimile edition. Hardcover. 1/1000. Duodecimo. (48) 460 (8)pp. Original brown paper-covered broads with gilt ornamentation on covers, gilt vignettes and lettering with red label and ruling on spine. Brown decorative endpapers. Frontispiece. Publisher's devices on title pages, including..... More
Stockbridge, Mass. Heman Willard, 1813. Second American edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xxiv, 396 (2)pp. Rebound in modern three-quarter brown leather over marbled boards with gilt ruling on covers and spine, gilt lettering on black leather label of spine. Marbled endpapers. Notes are placed at the end of the volume by the..... More
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
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
London: Printed for The Hakluyt Society, 1925. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. XCV, [1], 262, [2]pp. Uncut and partly unopened. Original gilt-, and blind-stamped blue cloth, with gold lettering on spine. Frontispiece. Journals, narratives, and descriptions relating to British colonization in the islands of St Christopher, Nevis, Barbados, Tobago and Trinidad..... More
Philadelphia: Carey, Lea, and Carey, 1828. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. (4), viii, 507, 395pp. Original red half clothe over tan paper-covered boards with black lettering on labels of spine, housed in black pebbled cloth slipcases with gilt lettering on red and black labels of spines. Four pages of publisher's advertisements..... More
London: John Murray, 1836. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xv, 171pp. Original blind-stamped maroon cloth with gold lettering and design on spine. Gilt edges all around. Frontispiece steel engraving of Shechem. Illustrated title-page. with engraving of Petra. 2nd series of a planned 3 volumes on engravings of biblical places with commentary..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1854. Seventh edition. Hardcover. Small octavo (7 1/2 x 4 3/4"). xi, [12]-268pp (Vol. 1); v, [6]-275, [1]pp (Vol. 2). Later 3/4 olive crushed morocco over marbled paper covered boards, with gold lettering and ruling to spine. Rebacked, retaining most of the original spine and..... More
Paris: Imprimerie Nationale, 1982. Hardcover. Quarto. x (ii), 242pp. Original blue cloth with original color photograph of the Verrazzano bridge laid into debossed frame with gilt lettering on cover and spine; housed in matching slipcase with facsimile plates of manuscripts and color photos pasted to front and back cover. Endpapers..... More
Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1852. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. iv,426pp. Gold-stamped red cloth. Expertly rebacked, retaining parts of original gold decorated spine. All gilt edges. Modern endpapers. Frontispiece etching protected by tissue guard. Fascinating work on the history of Palestine from the Patriarchal Age up to the mid 19th..... More
Paris: Chez Laporte, 1786. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 2 leaves, 56pp., 1 folding map, 558pp., 2 plates. Original full calf with gilt lettering, tooling and ruling on spine; raised bands. Red edges. Decorative endpapers. Title page with publisher's device. Decorative, historiated headpieces. This travelog of Captain Cook's third voyage contains..... More
Königsberg, Pr. Gräfe und Unzer, ND (ca 1935). First edition. Softcover. Large octavo. 64pp. Original illustrated dust-jacket over blind wrappers. Publisher's logo on title page. Publisher's insert laid in at rear. Illustrated with 48 b/w photographic reproductions, this delightful photo-book takes the reader on a journey to East Prussia's Amber..... More
New York: G. P. Putnam & Son, 1869. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. XVI, 464pp. Original gilt and blind-stamped olive cloth with gold lettering on spine. All edges gilt. Striking mounted sepia photograph of Farragut as frontispiece. Additional engraved title. Decorative tailpieces. This remarkable work relates the cruise of Admiral D...... More
Paris: Firmin Didot Frères, 1856. Reprint. Hardcover. Quarto. [4], 704pp. Half red cloth over marbled paper covered boards with printed title-label laid on spine. Printer's device on title-page. Fascinating work being a geographical, historical and archaeological description of Palestine, profusely illustrated with 71 engravings (including one large folding map). Very..... More
Leipzig: Bibliographisches Institut, 1941. First edition. Softcover. Octavo. (4) 39 (1)pp. Original tan illustrated wraps with red and black lettering on cover, with red triple ruling, protected in modern mylar. Illustrated title page. Guide by the High Command of the armed forces, division for the interior (Tornisterschrift des Oberkommandos der..... More
Leipzig: Johann Friedrich Gleditsch, 1821. Eighth revised edition. Hardcover. 12mo. vii,322,34pp. Paper-covered boards. Age wearing throughout binding. Heavy staining and discoloration to boards. Front board almost detached. Wear to corners and edges. Ex libris of 'Hebrew Union College Library' to inside of front board. Sporadic water staining to some pages..... More
New York: Henry G. Langley, 1844. Fourth edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 2 leaves, 304pp., 24 plates, incl. frontispiece, 1 map. Original brown cloth with gilt-stamped vignette and blind-stamped decor on cover, gilt-stamped lettering and ruling on spine. Frontispiece and title page lithographs. Illustrated with lithographs, some tinted, as well as in-text..... More
London: Ingram, Cooke, and Co., 1853. Second edition. Hardcover. Small octavo. 336pp. Original 3/4 calf over marbled paper covered boards with gold lettering on spine. Tinted engraved frontispiece of Jerusalem. Pictorial title-page depicting Nazareth. Detailed and pictorial account of the author's journey to the Holy Land, exquisitely illustrated with 8..... More