Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1909. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. XL, 328pp. 3/4 crushed morocco over marbled paper covered boards, with gold lettering and illustration on spine. Raised bands. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. Frontispiece. Here we have a very complete account of Nandi customs and institutions, based upon four years of... More about The Nandi, Their Language and Folk-Lore
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1903. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8 x 6"). xv, [1], 341, [1]pp. Modern 3/4 morocco over marbled paper covered boards, with gold lettering, ruling and illustration on spine. Top paper edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. Frontispiece portrait of Speke from a drawing by the author. Sir... More about The Nile Quest: A Record of the Exploration of the Nile and its Basin
NP, n/d. Oblong folio. Unpaginated. Brown faux-leather with gilt decorated spine, in original illustrated cardboard slip case. A facsimile of a 1824 edition, with 50 reproductions of illustrations by Joseph Lycett, a talented convicted forger who was exiled to Australia and became an important national painter there. The edition, originally... More about Views in Australia, or New South Wales, & Van Diemen's Land Delineated, In Fifty Views, with...
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Geneve: Horizons de France, 1968. Second edition. Hardcover. Large quarto. 287, [1]pp. Original pictorial dust-jacket over illustrated cloth. Pictorial endpapers. Pictorial half-title and title-page. Title-page inscribed by Jacques and Gisèle Maquet to their friend Wolf Leslau, for his birthday. Fascinating work on civilizations of black Africa, profusely illustrated with 216... More about Afrique. Les Civilisations Noires [INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR TO WOLF LESLAU
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1911. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 330pp. Gilt embossed blue cloth and spine. Head and tail of spine bumped. Corners worn. Gilt top edge. Fore-and bottom edges untrimmed. "With the bookplate and signature of Bruce Bryan, the noted author and long time curator of the... More about Egypt: Ancient Sites and Modern Scenes
Berlin: Elite Autofahrten GmbH, 1929. First edition. Softcover. Octavo. 112pp., 2 folding maps and advertising of the Wintergarten. Original color and photo-illustrated wraps with white, black and red lettering on cover, protected by modern mylar. Travel guide of the travel agency Elite Autofahrt containing chapters on general purpose of their... More about Elite Rundfahrten durch Berlin und nach Potsdam
Paris: The Black Sun Press, 1929. First edition. Softcover. 8vo. 192 pp. Paper wrappers. With illustrations by Polia Chentoff, some with tissue guards. Pages untrimmed. 1/333 numbered copies. With light foxing to wrappers. Else, in very good condition. More about A Sentimental Journey
George Philip & Son, Ltd., ND. Hardcover. 8vo. Red cloth with gold lettering on cover. Red cloth on front and back has been repaired with clear tape along edges. Folds out into a 35" x 45" color map. 5-inch closed tear on top edge. Upper folding section is cloth backed... More about Philips' Motor Road Map of the British Isles
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1939. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. XLIII, 373pp. Uncut. Original green cloth with gold lettering and printer's device on spine. Valuable account, based on all available sources, of warfare, the place of kava, the Arioi society of Tahity, and the sexual life of the natives. This study... More about Essays in Polynesian Ethnology
London: Arthur Hall & Co., ca. 1864. Fifth edition. Hardcover. Quarto. Blind-embossed brown cloth with gold lettering on spine. All gilt edges. Frontispiece & half-title page engravings. Fascinating account by William Henry Bartlett (1809-1854) of his forty day journey in the late 1840's from Cairo to Petra. Bartlett was a.... More about Forty Days in the Desert, on The Track of the Israelites; or, a Journey from Cairo by Wady...
New York: Kraus Reprint Co., 1969. Reprint. Hardcover. Quarto. XII, 333, V, 277, [1]pp. Original cloth with gold lettering on spine. Frontispiece. An important compilation of articles dealing with the exploration and settlement of Texas and the expansion of the West. The first volume contains contributions relating to the northward... More about New Spain and the Anglo-American West: Historical Contributions Presented to Herbert Eugene...
New York: Random House, 1937. New and definite edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 674pp., 1 folding map, 696pp. 1 folding map. original tan cloth with blue lettering on cover, gilt lettering on blue labels of spine. Blue top edge. Frontispiece. Publisher's device on title page. Originally published in 1888 without much immediate... More about Travels in Arabia Deserta. 2 Vols. With an Introduction by T. E. Lawrence
Salem, Massachusetts: Marine Research Society, 1923. Hardcover. Quarto. 76pp. Black and blue paper-covered boards with gold lettering on spine in original photographic dust jacket. Deckled fore-page edge. Frontispiece. Captivating account by William Endicott of his experiences during the 1829-31 voyage on the Glide. The ship struck a reef on March... More about Wrecked Among Cannibals in the Fijis: A Narrative of Shipwreck & Adventure in the South Seas
New York: Hurst & Co., 1881. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto (9 x 6 1/4"). VIII, 496pp. Original gilt- and black-stamped olive cloth, with gold lettering to spine, and black lettering to front cover. Decorative endpapers. Engraved frontispiece portrait of David Livingstone. Illustrated with numerous full-page and in-text engravings, as well... More about Negroland, or, Light Thrown Upon The Dark Continent: The History of African Exploration and...
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1890. Hardcover. 8vo. xxi, 490pp. Decorated olive cloth with gold lettering on cover and gold decoration on spine. Age wearing throughout binding. Head and tail of spine and corners chipped and frayed. Hinges starting. Inscribed at rear endpapers by previous owner. Frontispiece of authors. A.... More about Emin Pasha and the Rebellion at the Equator
Hamburg: Gutenberg-Verlag, 1911. First edition. Softcover. Large Octavo. 489 (1)pp. and 2 maps. Original gray wrappers with black lettering on cover on spine. Published in this edition the account of the 2nd journey of Ibn Batûta, that is that part of his report that starts with an 8 1/2 year... More about Die Reise des Arabers Ibn Batûta durch Indien und China (14. Jahrhundert
Zurich: Orell Füssli & Co., 1890. First edition. Softcover. Sm. 8vo. 222,[4],pp. Original wraps bound in modern brown cloth. Decorative endpapers. Frontispiece. Rare edition looking at Zurich and its environs. No. 126. 127. 128. 129. of the series Europäische Wanderbilder. Illustrated with 104 b/w reproductions of wood-engravings by J. Weber... More about Zürich und seine Umgebung
Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1949. First American edition. Hardcover. 4to. xv, 329pp. Maroon cloth with gold lettering on cover and spine in original illustrated dust jacket. Deckled fore- and bottom page edges. Frontispiece. I. Pfefferkorn was a Jesuit in Sonora, where he had worked for eleven years. His... More about Sonora: A Description of the Province
Salem, Massachusetts: The Essex Institute, 1924. Hardcover. Quarto. Original half cloth over blue paper-covered boards with pictorial paste-down, gold lettering on spine. Deckled fore- and bottom page edges. Some pages unopened, as issued. Vol. I: vii,173pp. A History of the Pepper Trade with the Island of Sumatra (Reprinted from the... More about Salem Vessels and Their Voyages (3 of 4 volumes
South Yarra: Parragon, 2009. First edition. Hardcover. Large quarto. 162, [2]pp. Original Arnott’s Biscuits tin type front and back covers, with black lettering on spine. Illustrated half-title and title page. There is so much to celebrate about Australia that this book just had to be written. This book is a.... More about Aussie Icons
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1915. First edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. 320pp. Original green cloth with gilt-stamped illustration on cover, gilt lettering on spine. Frontispiece photograph with tissue guard. A record of observation, experiences and impressions made during a period of over fifty years of intimate association with the natives and... More about A Naturalist in Madagascar
München: Süddeutscher Verlag, 1964. First edition. Hardcover. Oblong folio. 80pp. (Text), Unnumbered pages of plates. Original pictorial dust-jacket over cloth with gold lettering on spine and front cover. Book housed in its original cardboard slipcase. Frontispiece. Remarkable work on the life and work of Michael Wening (1645-1718), the renowned Bavarian..... More about Michael Wening: Leben und Werk des bayerischen Kupferstechers und Topographen
Nendeln (Liechtenstein): Kraus Reprint Limited, 1967. Reprint. Hardcover. Quarto. LXXI, [1], 221, [1]pp. Original blue cloth, with gold lettering and blind ruling on spine. Frontispiece. Lionel Wafer (1640-1705) was a Welsh explorer, buccaneer and privateer. A ship's surgeon, Wafer made several voyages to the South Seas and visited Maritime Southeast... More about A New Voyage and Description of the Isthmus of America by Lionel Wafer Surgeon on Buccaneering...
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1860. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. X, [2], 551pp. Half leather over cloth with gold lettering on spine. Marbled endpapers and paper edges. Color frontispiece. The information contained in this volume is the result of the patient and intelligent research of the Rev. Thomas Williams... More about Fiji and the Fijians
London: Printed for The Hakluyt Society, 1918. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. XLVII, [1], 386, [2], XXXIX, [1]pp. Uncut and unopened copy. Original gilt-, and blind-stamped blue cloth, with gold lettering on spine. Pedro Cieza de León (c. 1520-1554) was a Spanish conquistador and chronicler of Peru. He is known primarily... More about Civil Wars of Peru [Part IV: Book II]: The War of Chupas [Second Series, No. XLII