London: Printed by T. Bensley for G. Nicol, B. and J. White, and J. Robson, 1796. First edition. Hardcover. Elephant folio. [4], iv, [12], 149, [3]; [2], 62pp. Period brown leather boards, with gilt ruling. Spine re-backed with gilt lettering, ruling and tooling on the spine. Raised bands. Edges of..... More
Bologna: Tipografia di Giuseppe Vitali, 1867. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto (9 x 6 1/4"). xii, 283, [1]pp. Original blind-stamped olive cloth, with gold lettering to spine. Tissue-guarded albumin photographic portrait of the author. Title page inscribed by Giuseppe Capellini to the First Secretary of Prince Umberto (who will become King..... More
Detroit: R. M. & S. t. Tackabury, (1873). Hardcover. Elephant folio. iv,162,[54],pp. Three-quarter leather over blind-embossed purple cloth. Title in gold on cover, blind-stamped on rear board. Marbled endpapers. Reinforced with black binders tape along gutter at front and rear endpapers. First atlas of Michigan, including statistics and descriptions of..... More
![Item #33731 Impressions of America [Signed]. T. C. Porter](https://klinebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/33731.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1428618092)
London: C. Arthur Pearson, 1899. Limited First edition. Hardcover. 1/150. Quarto. XXIV, 241, [1]pp. Untrimmed. Original white and red cloth pictorially stamped and lettered in gold. Top edge gilt. Limitation page numbered (#129) and signed by T. C. Porter. Tissue-guarded frontispiece. Decorative head-, tailpieces, and initials. Fascinating account of a...... More
Breslau: Schletter, 1894. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. [10], 440pp. Original olive cloth with gold lettering and decoration on spine and front cover. Marbled paper edges. Decorative endpapers. Title page inscribed and signed by Ferdinand Wohltmann. Selection of travel studies on Chicago and North America. Moderate shelf wear. Head and tail..... More
New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1852. Ex-Library First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 295pp., 15 plates, incl. frontispiece, with tissue guards, 1 folding map, 1 foldout of thermal curves (17 in total). Rebound in three-quarter black leather with gilt decorative ruling on covers, gilt lettering, tooling and decorative ruling on spine;..... More
Liverpool and London: Printed by Nuttall, Fisher, and Dixon (Vol. 1) and Printed for the Author (Vols. 2 & 3), 1808-1811. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 3 volumes. 459, (1); 463, (1); 543, (1)pp. Index. Plus 4pp. of a Philadelphia bookseller's ad (now detached) at front of Vol. 1. Contemporary tree..... More
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1858. First edition Ex-Library. Hardcover. Small Quarto. xlvii, 49-628 [4]pp., 2 maps, one folding. Original pebbled light brown cloth with debossed decorative ornamentation on covers, gilt lettering and debossed ruling on spine. Tan endpapers. Signed by author on dedication page. In-depth account of history..... More
Washington DC: Robert Armstrong, 1853. Third Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. 496 pp. Original blind stamped cloth, spine gilt. Same age rubbing. Spine sunned, corners worn. Spine ends bumped. Inscribed by previous owner (Oct. 17, 1884). Frontis. Light age discoloration and light foxing to edges of pages, not effecting text. Some browning..... More
![Item #23647 Over Blazed Trails and County Highways: The Story of a Midsummer Journey [INSCRIBED]....](https://klinebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/23647.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1693416713)
Lisle, N.Y. Self published. Printed by W. M. Storris, 1919. Hardcover. 8vo. 146pp. Brown cloth with lettering in gold on cover. Inscribed on free front endpaper by author: "To. Hon. ? E, Chaplin, Happy New Year (Signed) Frank H. Clark." Interesting account of the author's and his two companions experiences..... More
México D.F. Published by the author, 1947. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto (9 x 6 3/4"). 433, [3]pp (Text), [46]pp (Photographic plates), [4]pp (Afterword and Index). Contemporary half calf over blue cloth, with gold lettering to spine. Raised bands. "Cumbres y barrancas: Viajes a pie y a caballo a través de..... More
(New York: The New Yorker, 1934. First edition). Hardcover. No title page. Folio, 52 pp. Profusely illustrated w/black & white photographs by various artists. Red boards w/paper label across front, title in gold lettering. Cover rubbed at head and tail of spine, peeling slightly at bottom right corner, but basically..... More
Mexico: Talleres Graficos de la Nacion, 1922. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. VI, 108, VI, + unumbered pages of plates. Full spotted calf with gold lettering and borders on spine. Original wrappers bound in. Printer's device on front wrap and title page. Title-page inscribed and signed by one of the authors..... More
Chicago: Arthur Day & Co., 1888. First edition. Hardcover. Small thin quarto. 252, [4]pp. + folding map. Limp dark green cloth, with blind-stamped ruling, and faded gilt lettering on the front cover. Period floral endpapers. A hugely comprehensive and delightful travel and tourism guide to the Western United States, issued..... 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
St. Louis, MO: The Patrice Press, 1989. First printing. Hardcover. Quarto. VIII, 196, [2]pp. Original photographic dust-jacket over orange cloth with gold lettering on spine and front cover. Pictorial endpapers. Title page inscribed and signed by the author. 18-page Errata Maps of the Santa Fe Trail laid in. Comprehensive collection..... More
Chicago: Keen & Lee, 1857. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 412pp., [6] plates, 1 folding map. Original blind-stamped decorative blue cloth, illustration and lettering in gilt on spine. Frontispiece lithograph with tissue guard, St. Paul in 1853. Lithograph of Falls of St. Anthony with decorative frame on first title page. Illustrated..... More
(Chicago): Privately Printed (by The Lakeside Press, R. R. Donnelly & Sons), 1940. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. (2), 120pp. Brown cloth with darker brown, gilt lettered spine label. Title within a red border, and with author's woodcut chicken device. Illustrated with a sepia toned, folding frontispiece map (13-1/2" x 8-1/2")..... 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
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
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1923. Second edition. Hardcover. Quarto (9 1/4 x 6 1/4"). XV, [3], 319, [1]pp. Original illustrated dust-jacket over gilt-, blue-, dark blue-, and purple-stamped cloth, with gold lettering to spine and front cover. Frontispiece. Title page in red and black lettering. Splendidly illustrated..... More
New York: G.W. Carleton & Co., 1877. Hardcover. Sm. 8vo. xiv,286 [2]pp. Black decorated sienna cloth with gilt lettering and gilt decoration on spine. Head and tail of spine chipped. Corners bumped and rubbed. Some staining, discoloration and scuffing to boards and spine. Rubbing to edges. Tissue-guarded frontispiece. Two small..... More
Paris: Albert Savine, 1891. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. XV, [1], 376pp. Full spotted calf with gold lettering and borders on spine. Raised bands. Marbled endpapers. Frontispiece portrait of General Porfirio Diaz. Captivating portrait of 19th century Mexico, with abundant information on the country's geography, history, politics, government, and economy. This..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1954. Fourth printing. Hardcover. Quarto. XXVIII, 427, [9], VIII, [2]pp. Uncut. Original illustrated dust jacket over illustrated cloth with Gold lettering and decoration on spine. Two colored frontispieces, including folded map of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. Vignette on title page. Delightful monograph on the geography..... More
San Francisco: Published by the author, 1953. Limited ed. Softcover. 1/250. Out of series. 8vo. 62pp. Original blue paper wrappers with gold lettering to cover. Some discoloration to spine. Head and tail of spine slightly bumped. Corners bumped. Minor scuffing to wrappers. Forepage edge untrimmed. Signed by owner to front..... More