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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
183621534London: John Murray 1836. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. pp. xi 378 38 Appendix with folding map 8 plates and additional illustrations in the text. Marbled boards with later leather spine new endpapers. Stamp of the Isle of Wight Insitution on several pages. Title page frontispiece and some plates foxed as often found the remainder of the text quite clean. Map has a section meanuring about 1.5 x 3 inches missing from lower left with some loss of content. A good reference copy. The author was the son of Sir John Barrow who traveled and worked in China and South Africa and served in the British Admiralty where he was a great promoter of Arctic voyages of exploration and discovery. The younger man followed in his father's footsteps as a traveler and writer producing popular and well-received works on his travels in Ireland Iceland Northern Europe and Austria Lombardy and Bavaria. John Murray hardcover books
1846253662New York 1846. unbound. 1 page 10 x 8 inches New York City December 8 1846. In this letter a salesman has booked travel for a favored client: "I have sent for you by the steam boat CHAMPION which leaves here this afternoon for New Haven marked as you directed by Springfield railroad with three kegs of printing ink." An interesting memento from the days when steamships were owned by the wealthy railroads who attempted to monopolize travel and trade. In this case the steamboat Champion actually the New Champion 1846 - 1851 would leave the Port of New York and set sail up the Long Island Sound eventually entering the Connecticut River bound for New Haven. The passenger could choose to sail as far up as Springfield Massachusetts or transfer for the much faster train at New Haven all owned by Hartford & New Haven Railroads. Several folds; small chip in the left margin. Very good condition.<br/><br/> unknown books
1789WRCLIT68407Amsterdam et se trouve a Paris: Chez Maradan . 1789. 4110pp. Octavo. Later wrappers labeled in manuscript. Small adhesion flaw at gutter of title leaf affecting one letter scattered foxing else very good. A response by Diderot's friend and editor to Barthélemy's celebrated imaginary travel account VOYAGE DU JEUNE ANARCHARSIS EN GRÈCE . Paris 3 vols 1788 including the supplementary texts by Pierre C. de Chamblain de Marivaux Louis Fontanes and Barthélemy himself. OCLC/Worldcat locates copies at NYPL Loyola Cambridge and London Library. OCLC 28807945. Chez Maradan ... unknown books
191218158Washington DC: Press of Byron S. Adams 1912. 6 x 9.25 inches 72 pp with chromolithograph frontispiece many b/w illustrations from photographs. Near fine with mild edgewear to wrappers. Stamp of the Bolivan Consulate in San Francisco on front endpaper. An attractive informational booklet aimed at potential investors with description of the major cities of Bolivia and details of topography demographics climate natural resources mining the financial system laws and tariffs and transportation. A colored folding map of the country shows forest agricultural areas and mineral locations. Press of Byron S. Adams unknown 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
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
38092.1n. p.: Western Airlines n. d. 1st printing presumed. ca 1960s. Some edgewear & light chipping. Faint blue lines to white background near title. A VG example. Broadside. Large image 22-1/2" x 22-1/2" of smiling couple sharing a moment together poolside on a sunny day inside the cutout of a large angelfish. Title printed in multicolored lettering to white background. 39" x 25" <br/><br/> Western Airlines unknown books
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
