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189763791<p>London: T. Nelson and Sons. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards toned and worn two dime-sized . stains on front boards spine cracked. 1897. Hardcover. Contains 24 bright chromolithograph scenes on twelve leaves map numerous small sepia-toned engravings in text and descriptive text printed in sepia. Lovely antique travel souvenir of the Lakes of Killarney in County Kerry Ireland and the village of Glengariff in County Cork. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .</p> T. Nelson and Sons hardcover
18938710Philadelphia: Sessler & Dungan 1893. First edition thus. Cloth over Boards. Very Good mild ex-library title page loose professionally repaired w/ tape. Octavo pp. 524 indexed illustrated w/ b/w drawings and photographs. Sessler & Dungan hardcover
189116411NY: James Pott & Co. Good. 1891. First US Edition. Hardcover. The spine is darkened and the book is rubbed at the corners and spine ends. Rear inner hinge is starting to crack. Covers are soiled. Still an attractive book bound in red cloth with gilt decorations. Contents are very good with foxing only to the end papers. A good reading copy of the scarce first United States edition. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 339 pages . James Pott & Co. hardcover
189336239Tours France: 12 October 1893. 1893. Very good. - Letter penned in black ink & filling half a sheet of publisher Alfred Mame & Fils letterhead which is folded once to form 4 sides each approximately 8 inches high by 5-1/4 inches wide with the company's name & location printed at the top. Signed "Gaston Bonnefont". Folded once for mailing. Very good. <p>Bonnefont writes to Paul Barlatier director of the Semaphore newspaper in Marseille saying that he has asked M. Mame to send Barlatier a copy of Lady Brassey's "Aux Indes et en Australie" which he has translated. In view of the great success of the book in England in the orignal English text Bonnefont hopes that Balatier might write a few words about the French translation in Semaphore.<p>"Aux Indes et en Astralie dans le yacht le 'Sunbeam'" the French version of Baroness Annie Allnutt Brassey's account of her travels in Australia and India in her yacht was published by Alfred Mame in Tours in 1893. The original title was "Voyage in the Sunbeam: Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months". Lord and Lady Brassey made several tips around the world in their yacht. This 1886-7 voyage was Lady Brassey's last. She died before the cruise was completed and her grieving husband completed the work for publication<p>Gaston Bonnefont 1851-1911 was the pseudonym of Pierre Bonnefont. He was a journalist playwright travel writer and essayist. He was the editor-in-chief of "Calvados". He was the author of numerous works notably "Nos belles mondaines: Marion Delorme Liane de Pougy 1895 and "Jacquard histoire d'un ouvrier" 1890. Tours, France: 12 October, 1893. unknown
185920643Cincinnati: Robert Clarke & Co. Near Fine. 1859. First Edition. Hardcover. Light rubbing at the spine ends and corner. ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 396 pages . Robert Clarke & Co. hardcover
1881068743Boston: De Wolfe Fiske and Co. 1881. Book. VG. Hardcover. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Goldenrod cloth lettered/illus. in gilt decorated in black beveled edges. A respectable copy with relatively minor faults. Minor binding lean gilt dulled. Corners show minor rubbing. Firm binding intact hinges. Foxed endpapers and typically dulled text block edges. 761 pp. Interior generally clean and bright. De Wolfe, Fiske and Co. Hardcover
1881037789Boston MA: De Wolfe Fiske and Co. 1881. Book. VG. Decorative Cloth. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original gold cloth decorated and lettered in black and gilt beveled edges. Modest shelf wear spine panel somewhat dulled by age text block edges typically tanned. Corners intact hinges intact firm binding. Former owner's name tag mounted on lower front flyleaf. 761 pp. illus. w/ engraved plates. Clean interior. Overall nicely intact with relatively minor cosmetic faults better than typically found. De Wolfe, Fiske and Co. Hardcover
1886019502<p>New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1886. First US Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 298pp; Green cloth boards with gilt titling to front & spine illustration to front boards square and clean previous owner's name crossed out to FFEP pages slightly age-toned text unmarked binding is tight VG condition. Antique volume chronicling an 1884 journey by coach from Charing Cross in London to Ilfracombe a seaside resort on the North Devon Coast England. Illustrated by Edward L. Chichester.</p> Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover
1880452743London: Marcus Ward & Co. 1880. Hardcover in acceptable condition. No jacket. Second edition. Boards and spine are marked worn and scored. Leading corners and spine ends are bumped and nicked. Page block and pages are tanned and marked. Previous owner's name pencilled on half title page. Minor bumps throughout pages. Binding is visible between some pages but remains intact. Contents remain clear throughout. HCW. Hardcover. Acceptable/No Dust Jacket. Used. Marcus Ward & Co. Hardcover
1886003004Paris: Les Grands Magasins du Printemps 1886. Soft cover. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. C.B. Falls. Folding color city tramway plan of Paris in a card stock printed folder. No date circa 1886 preceding the Eiffel Tower which was constructed in 1887. Map measures 32 x 24 cm printed on paper 39 x 27 cm. It shows all of the tramway lines and stations as they existed at the time. The reverse side of the map is printed "Les Grands Magasins du Printemps sont les plus Élégants de Paris." The folder is lightly soiled separated along spine and tape reattached. Folding map is in very nice condition minor fold separations reinforced with archival tape. z <br/> <br/> Les Grands Magasins du Printemps paperback
183055225London: John Murray. Fair with no dust jacket; Front boards nearly detached heavy wear to . spine with ½ inch loss at head of spine front flyleaf detached pages . toned scattered foxing and stains. 1830. First Edition. Hardcover. Halfbound brown leather with brown marbled sides. Gilt-stamped red leather lettering-piece on spine. Frontispiece engraved portrait of James Bruce one folding map of Barbary and Syria other illustrations in text. Lacks rear folding map. Vii 535pp. Contemporary owner signature John Belknap on front pastedown endpaper. The author was a British Army officer who later served as Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada. This biography describes the life and travels of James Bruce the 18th century Scottish explorer who is credited with being the first European to discover the source of the Blue Nile. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall . John Murray hardcover
18875188New York: Charles Scribner 1887. sixteenth edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 5 1/4 x 8 1/4 in. vi 355 pgs plus adverts. Green pebbled cloth baords with blindstamped black borders and gilt lettering on spine. Condition is VERY GOOD ; slight wear and bumping to corners and ends of spine but hardly any shelf wear. Covers very clean and fresh glit on spine vivid. Binding tight text very clean. 1977 previous owner's name in blue ink on ffep. Travel. RGR. ETS. Charles Scribner hardcover
1867000227New York: Hurd and Houghton 1867. 12mo size maroon clothbound hardcover with bright gilt titles on spine; 320 pages Locations include: Venice Padua Ferrara Bologna Genoa Naples Pompeii Capri Rome Forza Maggiore Pisa Trieste Bassano Possagno Verona Parma more Author William Dean Howells was a friend of author Mark Twain Samuel Clemens. Some rubbing and wear to covers weakness in binding at page 80 page 81 has become detached and laid in. Page 81 has an inch tear to top of page margin minor chipping to bottom of page and spots of soil. The bottom stitch for the signatures from 209-224 is broken and the third stitch in loose there are three other intact stitches above that. Name date prices written on fep; bumped corners chipped head and heel of spine; inch tear to top of exterior spine. We noted light stains in the margins of pages 16-20 and elsewhere in book on outside pages and an inch tear on rep. First. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hurd and Houghton Hardcover
188211288London & N. Y.: Griffith & Farran; E. P. Dutton. Fair. 1882. First Edition. Hardcover. Wear at spine ends with loss up to 1 inch bottom spine; cloth bubbling at edges; repaired splits to joints; top of spine laid down; signatures at p. 162 slightly sprung. Holding solid with those old repairs. Ex-Pacific Union Club Library with their bookplate tipped in on front pastedown. No other library markings save for small call numbers on verso of title page in pencil and a four digit number in pen. Presentation inscription on half-title: " Presente to Pacific-Union Club Library by Mr. E. L. Eyre 1923." ; 289 pp. 32 publisher's Catalogue; stamped black cloth lettered in gilt. Frontis map showing the route in red. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Griffith & Farran; E. P. Dutton hardcover
1896037625Toronto Ontario Canada: William Briggs 1896. Book. Good. Decorative Cloth. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Dark rust cloth variant also issued in green gray etc. lettered in gilt front cover bordered and with illustration in black beveled edges. Ex-library copy typically marked/stamped with two small vintage labels mounted on spine panel modest wear circulated only a few times. Minor rubbing to corners and spine extremities with slight exposure at one corner. Fragile front flyleaf has been reattached along front hinge with archival tape; evidence of repair to hinges. Preliminary pages are out of order apparently original to issue with Illustrations and Contents leaves trimmed along fore-edges no text affected. viii9-641 pp. illus. w/ b&w plates figures in text. William Briggs Hardcover
18730005247New York: A. S. Barnes & Co. 1873. Revised & Enlarged edition. Hardcover. Fair. Octavo 142pp. stapled pictorial boards with quarter leather spine taped over with old masking tape. Offered "as is". <br/><br/>The second book in Monteith's National Geographical Series. This is the Edition for The Pacific Coast. It has an additional section after p. 124 titled "The Pacific Coast" with additional text and maps of CA OR WA and MT. This copy has a number of previous ownership markings including the daughter of a California pioneer Clara F. Van Winkle of Grayson CA dated Sept. 15 1874. Did you know that the Sea of Japan is shaped like a rabbit or that Cuba is like a lizard A. S. Barnes & Co. hardcover
188715274The Dalles Oregon: Moody McLeod & Co. Very Good. 1887. First Edition. Hardcover. The embossed decorated blue covers are very good but the gilt is faded. The contents are loose of the binder and I can't tell if they were ever attached. Nice quality photos produced for Christmas 1887.; 24mo 5" - 6" tall; 29 pages . Moody, McLeod & Co. hardcover
1836004123Rouen: Éduard Frère Éditeur 1836. Soft cover. Good. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. xii 146 viii pp. Blue printed wrapsengraved frontispiece folding map. Cover is soiled and chipped and mostly intact contents lightly foxed string attachment still holding to lower spine. Quelques rousseurs état. <br/> <br/> Éduard Frère, Éditeur paperback
189030403Paris: H. Lecene et H. Oudin c 1890. Hardcover. Very Good/label. 7 x 11 inches. 496 pages. Text in French. No date circa 1890. Condition is Very Good; light wear to spine ends small bookseller's label on front pastedown "Librairie-Papeterie Lafon Pau" text and illustrations are very clean binding is tight. Trav. RGR H. Lecene et H. Oudin hardcover
1838003993Paris: Firmin Didot Frères 1838. Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 400pp 96 plates 1 folding map. Green decorative boards. Wear to coverspine label chipped with slight loss to text binding is sound contents are age-toned and foxed. Text is in French. Howes R-473. <br/> <br/> Firmin Didot Frères hardcover
188955409Boston: Lee and Shepard 1889. first edition. Hardcover. Good . 6 x 9 in. x 272 pp. Brown cloth boards. Frontis with tissue guard plates and vignettes. Condition is GOOD ; covers clean with some mild surface wear spine moderately cocked. Light wear to corners. Binding tight. Text very clean unmarked. Trav. Stax. Lee and Shepard hardcover
189218091Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Company. 1892. Hardcover. Very Good. Boards lighty worn and a bit darkened. Former owner's name on front free endpaper. ; B&w illustrations by the author. Top edge gilt; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 227 pages . Houghton, Mifflin and Company hardcover
187722496Toronto: Belford Brothers. Very Good. 1877. First Edition. Hardcover. Bright orange covers are soiled. Folding map is intact. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 388ads pages . Belford Brothers hardcover
189014692NY: Charles Scribner's Sons. Very Good. 1890. First Edition. Hardcover. A spot of white paint at the top of the cover and minimal shelf rubbing. A very nice attractive copy of volume two complete with both maps and tight hinges. This is the dark green cloth binding with the continent of Africa on the front & Stanley's signature in gilt. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 540 pages . Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover
1879004844Portland Maine: Chisholm Brothers 1879. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. . Corners Worn. Unpaginated. Green cloth gilt lettering. 13 sepia photo illustrations with a page of descriptive text alternating with each photographic scene. Corners worn inner hinge cracked binding is sound contents lightly age-toned and clean. <br/> <br/> Chisholm Brothers hardcover
