Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1936. Third edition. Softcover. 12 mo. xxxii. 288 pp. Illustrated red stiff paper wrappers. Age wearing to spine and edges. Some penciling to front endpaper. Signature of previous owner on title page. Fold out map on page 144 loose. A travel guide of the Black Forest and... More
Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1927. Second edition. Hardcover. 12 mo. xixviii. 298 pp. Red cloth binding with gilt lettering on cover and spine. Minor shelf wear. Decorated page edges. Two silk ribbon markers. Index of other travel guides by Baedeker on front endpapers and map illustrated back endpapers. Small bookmark of... More
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1910. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. XV, [1], 451pp. Uncut. Original green cloth with gold-stamped illustration on front cover and gold lettering on spine. Frontispiece protected with a tissue-guard. Fascinating work in which the author describes the manners and customs of the people of New Britain... More
![Atlas Elementaire ou l'on voit sur des Cartes et des Tableaux relatifs à l'Objet l'Etat actuel de la Constitution Politique de l'Empire d'Al[l]emagne. Abbé Courtalon.](/pictures/thumb/12036.jpg?v=1434441273)
Paris: Sieurs Julien; Boudet, 1774. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 20(36)pp. Original calf with gilt decorated spine. Raised bands. Head and tail of spine and corners chipped. Abrasions, scuffing and staining to boards. Marbled endpapers. Hinges starting. Name of previous owner to front endpaper and to blank page preceding title page... More
London: Printed for The Hakluyt Society, 1907. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. [12], XXVI, [2], 221, [1]pp. Uncut and unopened copy! Original gilt-, and blind-stamped blue cloth, with gold lettering on spine. Tissue-guarded frontispiece. Decorative head-, tailpieces and initials. Alonso de Espinosa was a Spanish priest and historian of the sixteenth... More
Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus, 1903. Autorisierte Ausgabe. Hardcover. 2 volumes. Ex library. 8vo. xiv,559pp. x,570pp. Decorated tan cloth and spine. Age wearing throughout binding. Library inventory numbers on spine. Head and tail of spines chipped and frayed. Corners bumped and worn. Staining and discoloration to boards. Hinges starting. Decorated endpapers. Ex..... More
Jerusalem: Hauman Press, 1941. Fourth edition. Softcover. 12mo. 144pp. Original printed wraps. "The pocket Guide to Palestine has been prepared as a greeting of welcome to members of His Majesty's Forces and the Second Australian Imperial Force now stationed in Palestine." Some age rubbing. The first and last couple of... More
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
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
![Afrique. Les Civilisations Noires [INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR TO WOLF LESLAU]. Jacques Maquet.](/pictures/thumb/27237.jpg?v=1434441756)
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
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
[New York City]: NP, ND (ca 1939). First edition. Softcover. Quarto (9 x 4"). (Unfolded: 15 x 12"). Original illustrated and photo-illustrated leaf folded in three, as issued. Lettering in red, blue and black. Early promotional booklet of the Empire State Building showcasing the magnificent views from the two observatories located... More
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
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
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
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
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
Culver City, CA: Highland Press, 1947. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8 1/2 x 5 3/4"). 90pp. Original photo-illustrated paper covered boards, with olive lettering to spine and front cover. Pictorial endpapers. Photographic frontispiece. Half-title inscribed and signed by the author. Illustrated with 50 b/w photographic reproductions (including frontispiece), this work... More
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
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
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
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
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
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
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