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198538046.1n. p.: United Airlines 1985. 1st printing. Some light edgewear only in margins. A VG example. Broadside. Large image 20-3/4" x 17" of waterfall rushing through lush wild green scenery. Light yellow border with black lettering. 28" x 22" <br/><br/> United Airlines unknown books
198238037n. p.: United Airlines 1982. 1st printing presumed. Some light edgewear. A VG example. Broadside. Image 28" x 22" of blonde smiling man skiing in a jump toward camera. 28" x 22" <br/><br/> United Airlines unknown books
38938n. p. n. d. 1st printing ca 1960s. Light edgewear. A VG example. Broadside. Large color photograph of a family enjoying the life-size statue of George Washington sculpted by Jean-Antoine Houdon in the Virginia Capitol building. 37-7/8" x 24-1/2" <br/><br/>This statue by Houdon is the only one Washington physically posed for. unknown books
1891228426Boston: James H. Earle 1891. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Bound in publisher's red cloth title blocked in gold on the front cover and the spine; scattered silverfishing to the covers; blindstamped at the top of the frontispiece; front free endpaper has been mended at the hinge; pages toning and somewhat brittle; endpapers chipped; digital images can be made available upon request. Very Good binding. James H. Earle unknown books
191316504San Francisco: Paul Elder & Co 1913. 1st edition. Orangish rough-weave linen cloth stamped in gilt & black. Orange topstain. Dust jacket mirroring binding design. NF slt lean/VG 2 chips at spine panel head & 1 at foot. xx 177 pp including index. Partially unopened. Illustrated from photographs 74 plates total. 12mo. <br/><br/>Printed at the Tomoyé Press under the direction of John Swart. Uncommon in dj. Paul Elder & Co hardcover books
1784WRCAM50204London 1784. Engraving. Folio. Matted suitable for framing with the mat cut to near the plate mark. Very good. An individual plate from the atlas to Cook's THIRD VOYAGE. unknown books
1784WRCAM50195London 1784. Engraving. Folio. Matted suitable for framing with the mat cut to near the plate mark. Very good. An individual plate from the atlas to Cook's THIRD VOYAGE. - ALASKA AND THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. unknown books
2013WRCLIT77031Potts Point New South Wales: Hordern House 2013. xi543pp. Quarto. Cloth. New in pictorial dust jacket. First edition. A fine reference and the most important bibliographical contribution to the genre in decades published by our colleagues at Hordern House in Australia presenting "a comprehensive guide to invented imaginary apocryphal and plagiarized narratives of travel by land sea and air from the earliest times to the twentieth century" and tangentially to many utopian narratives as well. In 640 articles Howgego treats over 1000 narratives with indices of 2800 editions in all languages extensive annotations analyses and bibliographical citations. An additional 6000 citations to secondary sources are included. Published as the free-standing fifth volume in Howgego's extraordinary ENCYCLOPEDIA OF EXPLORATION. Published at $145 and offered now for a limited time at:. Hordern House hardcover books
194420734Palo Alto CA: Dramatists' Alliance of Stanford University 1944. First Edition. Softcover. Very good. 106 pp ca. 8.5 x 11 inches original illustrated wrappers. Moderate handling wear including creasing to cover resulting from a binding error; very good. Second volume in the Coester Series of Translations from the drama of Southern American states "issued as a means of familiarizing North Americans with the literature of the southern stage." The plays included in English translation are: For the Sake of a Good Reputation a farce of office life by Chilean Eduardo Barrios 1913; The Traitor a tragedy of the war of liberation by Cuban Jose Antonio Ramos 1916; Sargeant Canuto a farce in the commedia dell'arte manner by Peruvian Manuel Ascencio Segura 1839; Lottery Ticket a play for children by Ecuadoran Victor Rendon 1934; Common Clay a naturalistic play on the outcast poor by Argentinian Pedro Pico 1918; An Old Yarn a funeral farce by Mexican Jose Joaquin Gamboa 1925; Midsummer Day Partners a tragedy of customs and character by Argentinian/Uruguayan Florencio Sanchez ca. 1900; and The Inn of Bethlehem a nativity play for radio by Colombian Jose Zalamea 1940. Dramatists' Alliance of Stanford University paperback books
18753184qsLondon: Hurst and Blackett Publishers 1875. First Edition. Octavo leather backed marbled boards hardcover gilt letters xiv 319 pp. Good with heaving scuffing to spine light edgewear. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 1875. First Edition. hardcover books
1979431801979. Printed paper. Occasional light soil and edgewear to exterior panels; few scattered slight separations at folds; evidence of tape removal to front panel of one map; horizontal crease to one map. Some ink and pencil markings to blank verso or guide not affecting maps. Overall in VG condition or better. 16 individual titles some duplicates; 25 maps total. Sizes vary. ~9" x 4" folded; on average ~18" x 24" opened. <br/><br/>Maps include: - TRAVEL OKLAHOMA With CONOCO. Oklahoma State Highway Map. Ca. 1965. - OKLAHOMA'S GREEN COUNTRY. Ca 1979. - ENJOY OKLAHOMA. Official Oklahoma State Highway Map. 1961. 2 copies - VISIT OKLAHOMA. Official State Highway Map. 1964. - STANDARD OIL COMPANY OKLAHOMA HIGHWAY MAP. Ca 1960s. - DIAMOND ROAD MAP. Oklahoma and United States. Ca 1940s. 4 copies - OKLAHOMA OFFICIAL STATE TRANSPORTATION MAP. 1979. - ENJOY The OUACHITA NATIONAL FOREST. Arkansas. Oklahoma. Ca. 1970. - RAND MCNALLY OKLAHOMA POCKET MAP. Reference Map; Highway Map. Plus 28 pp guide. 1952. - PHILLIPS PETROLEUM COMPANY OKLAHOMA HIGHWAY MAP. Ca. 1960s. 2 copies - OKLAHOMA OFFICIAL STATE HIGHWAY MAP. 1965. 3 copies. - TEXACO TULSA And OKLAHOMA CITY STREET MAP. 1967. - TULSA CITY MAP. Compliments of National Bank of Tulsa. 1955. 3 copies - Mapco MAP Of TULSA And VICINITY. Oklahoma. Revised edition. 1956. - MAP Of GREATER TULSA. Skelly Oil Company. Ca. 1970. - D-X MAP Of TULSA OKLAHOMA. D-X Quality Petroleum Products. 1948. unknown books
1856007973Boston: Phillips and Sampson and Company 1856. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. First edition first printing. Emerson's observations on England based in part on his visits there in 1833 and 1847. Called one of the best of American travel books and one of the great and permanent works of its kind according to Van Wyeck Brooks. Publisher's original black-brown cloth spine lettered in gilt and ruled in blind with blind decorative devices cover bordered in blind. 312 pp. A good to very good copy with shelf wear and wear at tips. Prior owner name to second endpaper. <br/><br/> Phillips and Sampson and Company hardcover books
194228732Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1942. First edition. Cloth. Very Good/fair. Clothbound octavo in trimmed dustwrapper. 360 pp. Map endpapers. Illustrated with photographs. Covers a bit scuffed and worn. A good to very good copy in beige cloth covers. Bookplate from the Stefansson Collection afixed to the second endpaper. Laid into this copy is a trimmed dustwrapper see photo. This copy INSCRIBED "From the perpetrators Slly and Arthur Twomey" Uncommon thus. Houghton Mifflin unknown books
193926152New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons 1939. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 8vo. Yellow cloth binding lettered in brown. 182 pp adventure tale of two boy scouts who set out from Holland and end up in Pnom-Penh in Cambodia. Map endpapers. Photo frontis. Translated into English by Andree J. Rie. With decorations by ierre Joubert. Light soiling to cloth covers. Internally clean and well-bound book. Very good condition. lacking the uncommon dustwrapper. G. P. Putnam's Sons unknown books
187328870New York: D. Appleton and Company 1873. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. Thick clothbound octavo. 720 pp followed by fold-out map and several pages of advertisements. Photo-frontis with tissue guard present. Includes two hundred illustrations. Seward was a U.S. Secretary of State who in retirement decided to travel the globe. Rough red cloth covers decorated in gilt at front panel and spine. Quite faded at spine color. Overall a good to very good example. D. Appleton and Company unknown books
19687783Cambridge: Published for the Hakluyt Society by the Cambridge University Press 1968. 1st edition. Lt Blue cloth with gilt lettering & cover device. NF/NF sp panels sltly darkened. 3 volumes illustrated with plates & maps 8vo. <br/><br/>Hakluyt Society Series II Nos CXXXIII CXXXIV & CXXXV. Leichhardt known primarily for his scientific explorations of Australia. Published for the Hakluyt Society by the Cambridge University Press hardcover books
189214486London: R.H. Porter 1892. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. pp. xvi 269 2 ads with illustrations folding map. Original blue cloth. Edges of boards rubbed mild scuffing to rear board. Contemporary ownership signature on title page otherwise unmarked and sound. "In the following chapters I propose to give a sketch of South America from a naval officer's point of view and of the sport to be obtained there whilst engaged in the duties of protecting British interests.I am firmly convinced that a happy combination of work and sport is.conducive to the best interests of the service and the health and temper of those in it" Chapter 1. Includes a log of all game bagged by the officers of his ship the HMS Ruby during a three and a half year tour. Among their kills were a variety of game birds more than 1000 ostriches wild cattle deer and wild sheep goats and pigs. R.H. Porter hardcover books
192521525New York: Nomad Publishing 1925. First Edition. Softcover. Very good. 5 x 7 pp 53 pp with a map and two tipped-in half tone photographs--one a portrait of Stefansson and one showing him with Robert E. Peary and Adolphus Greely. Wrappers lightly toned some chipping and short tears to the yapp edges; very good. An interesting and uncommon little booklet apparently produced to promote Stefansson as a lecturer. It features a biography of him by Inglis Fletcher who helped to arrange his lecture tours and presents testimonials to his accomplishments as an explorer from Peary Knud Rasmussen Carl Akeley and Sir Robert Borden. There are also tributes to his abilities as a scientist anthropologist writer lecturer and "citizen of the world" from other peers and lists of his expeditions book him with prices scientific articles and lectures. The lectures offered for the 1925-26 season were "Abolishing the Arctic" "The Northward Course of Empire" "The Blond Eskimos" The Norse Discovery of Greenland and North America" and "The Friendly Arctic. Nomad Publishing unknown books
38236n. p.: Printed in Australia by Posters Pty. Ltd n. d. 1st printing presumed ca 1970s. Some light edgewear. A VG example. Broadside. Various color photographic images including: a blonde wide-eyed beauty in the Coral Cove of the Great Barrier Reef grazing sheep at Tharwa the Todd River Dunk Island Smiggin Holes skiers and Ayers Rock. Title printed in bronze and red lettering. 40" x 25" <br/><br/>QANTAS is an acronym for "Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services". QANTAS is Australia's largest airline and is the oldest continuously operated airline in the world having been founded in 1920 and the second oldest in the world overall. Printed in Australia by Posters Pty. Ltd unknown books
38599n. p.: Delta Air Lines n. d. 1st printing ca late 1960s / 1970s. Colors very bright. Light edgewear crease to bottom left corner. Unobtrusive damp stain to rear right corner. Withal Very Good. Broadside. Full size photographic image of brunette smiling beauty in a colorful hat with a beach background. 28" x 22" <br/><br/> Delta Air Lines unknown books
198538047n. p.: United Airlines 1985. 1st printing presumed. Some light edgewear in margins. A VG example. Broadside. Large image 20-3/4" x 17" of impressive mountains of Kauai overlooking the ocean. Burgundy border printed with white lettering. 28" x 22" <br/><br/> United Airlines unknown books
198138534n. p.: Varig Airlines 1981. 1st printing. Very light edgwear colors bright. A VG example. Broadside. Full size image 12-3/8" x 36-7/8" of the waterfront on a sunny day in Salvador the largest city on the Northeast coast of Brazil and the capitol of the state of Bahia. 12-3/8" x 36-7/8" <br/><br/> Varig Airlines unknown books
198138535n. p.: Varig Airlines 1981. 1st printing. Very light edgwear. A VG example. Broadside. Full size image 12-3/8" x 36-7/8" of a beautiful sunny day on the beach of Salvador Bahia. 12-3/8" x 36-7/8" <br/><br/> Varig Airlines unknown books
197738049n. p.: United Airlines 1977. 1st printing thus. Some light edgewear small tear to top edge. A VG example. Broadside. Large image 29-3/4" x 21" of blonde skiier in green suit rushing happily through loose powder. White border with title printed in dark yellow font. 40" x 25" <br/><br/> United Airlines unknown books
38532n. p.: Western Airlines n. d. 1st printing ca. 1980s. Some modest edgewear. A VG example. Broadside. Full size image 38" x 25" of a golf ball on a tee on a sunny day. 38" x 25" <br/><br/> Western Airlines unknown books
