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19301604Various locations including the Caribbean Europe Brazil and Africa 1930. Very good. 529 photographs on forty-five leaves images measuring 3.5 x 4.5 inches. Oblong folio. Original leather covers string tied; grey card leaves photos mounted with black corners. Moderate wear to covers string ties mostly perished. Earlier leaves captioned contents clean images crisp. An extensive photo album kept by adventurous world travelers with images ranging from standard destinations like Niagara Falls to camel rides in the Sahara Desert. Highlights include "Badger Hunting in Normandy" scenes from Cairo views of Atlantic City and an extensive series of views in the Caribbean. This group of 136 photographs covers Morro Castle in Puerto Rico; St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands with scenes of streets and locals in small boats; Martinique and Barbados; Trinidad and Curacao; Colon in Panama in the Canal Zone with scenes of the streets and locks; posh resort life in Kingston Jamaica; and finally Cuba. Images of Cuba include street views of Havana and its important buildings including the Senate the "National Casino" insane asylum the treasury the presidential palace the Inglaterra Hotel and the country club. Additionally scenes in La Playa outside Havana at the beach; the town of Hershey and its plant built by chocolate magnate Milton Hershey; and views of Mariel and Batamano depicting life in the more rural countryside. Later images show scenes touring Europe as well as a series of photos taken in Rio de Janeiro. Though a bit scattered in content the album is an interesting and extensive document of wealthy travel over the course of several years and several continents. unknown books
19243357Kentucky Wisconsin Illinois Kansas Minnesota Ohio Wyoming Michigan South Dakota Colorado 1924. Red leather sheep over card ornately stamped in gilt. Album measures 8 x 9.75 inches and is comprised of 108 manuscript pages in a variety of hands with multiple entries per page. Also includes two pasted-in newspaper clippings and a series of loosely inserted ephemera two obituary clippings for the book's owner five calling cards a church bulletin a gown ad an envelope with a death notice of a friend and a car rental flyer from Oklahoma. Tracing the life of Laura Nethers nee Earl from her girlhood and marriage to her old age. Obituaries and census records show that Laura was a resident of Colorado Springs for 56 years following her family's move from the South through the Western US.<br/><br/>The inscription to the first page of the album reveals it to be a gift: "1860. A Christmas gift from father. Covington KY." Above this is the ownership stamp of Laura L. Earl. Little did Laura know the album would follow her across 64 years and to a variety of states documenting her relationships and major moments in her life. For researchers it is an opportunity to trace a woman's development from one century to the next across multiple states in the South and West as she grew into a teacher wife and woman's club activist. Growing up in Kentucky Laura's family moved West. Entries show that she and her father lived awhile in Minnesota and she became a teacher in Wisconsin before marrying and settling in Colorado Springs. Entries come from family pastors students neighbors and friends. Many entries show women's bonds across large stretches of space and together they show what a mobile lifestyle women were increasingly living. No longer confined so a small radius or single homestead they were maintaining relationships and making friends across the miles. <br/><br/>Some early entries like that of Celia E. Hay Illinois 1878 are traditional in nature: "Over our hearts and into our lives shadows may sometimes fall But the sunshine is never wholly dead And heaven is shadowless overhead And God is over all." Students politely thank her for her work and hope they made an impact too: "I ever remain your true friend James U. Cobb. To Miss Laura Earl much Respected Teacher Ellensboro Wisconsin Feb 25 1872." People write poetic verses on friendship or her new marriage throughout.<br/><br/>Yet more often entries are personal. In 1879 Laura's father leaves her a humorous message that "It is ten o'clock and your sixty-one year old father expects a long trip to the Injun Reservation two hundred miles north in the morning.So you see I cannot write any tonight." Elva Walker writes from Colorado in 1885 "We will ever remember our camping trip.and going in a cave" and John Dietrich writes of the same trip "Did it rain while we were camping! I hope we will meet again soon." In August 1919 a friend Emma Eggleston writes an original piece about their recent travel titled Pike's Peak by Auto which begins "19 and 19 was a year to remember from the last of July to the last of September" and which documents in 36 verses the landscapes they passed and the friendship they strengthened while driving. Moments like these are a reminder of changing times -- of early attitudes toward indigenous tribes or of women's freedom as suffrage approached. <br/><br/>A charter member of the Colorado Women's Club and a participant in Frances Willard's Women's Christian Temperance Union according to her obituary Laura's friendship album is a rich space for researchers to trace her movements through communities in the West for genealogists to study the families and lives of contributors and for historians to track which entries come from other educated women and activists. The present is one of the best we've seen. unknown books
199934720Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1999. Hardcover. 0226900185 . First printing. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper else fine in a fine dust jacket. . University of Chicago Press hardcover books
19918953NY: Lyons & Burford. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1991. Hardcover. 1558211187 . First printing. Bottom rear corner is scraped and fore edge is somewhat soiled else near fine in a near fine short closed tear at the bottom rear corner dust jacket. . Lyons & Burford hardcover books
19091557Various locations in the West 1909. Very good. Forty-seven leaves containing forty-one photographs 4 x 6 inches supplemented by postcards and a few newspaper clippings. Oblong octavo album. Original leather cover gilt black paper leaves. Spine perished but holding covers worn. Some leaves intentionally trimmed on fore edge. Two photos loose and laid in. Contents clean and fresh. An interesting album documenting a train trip to the Western United States taken by several businessmen from Chicago on a tour to study irrigation investments in Colorado Idaho and Wyoming. The album starts out with panels from the trip brochure pasted onto the first two leaves followed by newspaper clippings documenting the trip as well as a map of the train routes in the west and a sheet of stationery signed by all the members of the party. The trip was organized by Trowbridge & Niver a municipal bond company based in Chicago and one Denver newspaper headline notes "Half-Billion Dollars Represented in Party. Many are already backing projects here and are making trip to investigate." Each photograph is captioned with a typed label documenting stops along the route starting with Fort Morgan Colorado. There are several images of Eldorado Springs including the swimming pool and a large building whose roof says "Moving Pictures" which we presume to be an early movie theatre. There are many group shots of the "Buffalo Party" along the way all looking quite dapper in caps and touring coats out to spend their millions. One image shows the group on a tour by buggy captioned "Our party inspecting irrigated orchards at Palisade Colorado." There are three photographs of Salt Lake City followed by a series in Idaho which includes a charming photo of several women laughing captioned "Shoshone Indians at Pocatello Idaho." There is a series taken along the Snake River in Idaho and Oregon followed by several images taken in Boise. This cataloguer's favorite is a pair of photos taken at the local pool showing the men in their swimsuits: "Buffalonians in the Natatorium Boise." The final four photos depict the group at stops in Wyoming. Throughout the compiler has used postcards to set the scenery for the trip using the photographs to capture the group itself on tour. Altogether a wonderful album documenting a business trip yet assembled like a family vacation album or young woman's scrapbook. The format speaks to the novelty of such a trip even for businessmen in the early years of the 20th century. unknown books
199211875JDunlap Tennesee: Alpha Control Press 1992. First Edition. Signed by the author - actor David Hedison who starred as Captain Lee Crane of the submarine Seaview in the classic science fiction television series Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea. 155 pages. A dual book the definitive work on both Irwin Allen television series Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea and The Time Tunnel. Profusely illustrated. With interviews of cast and crew members. Complete episode synopsis and guides. Large format paperbound 9†x 12â€. Very fine copy. Alpha Control Press unknown books
198815023Mexico: Coleccion Distrito Federal 1988. Softcover. Very good. Text in Spanish. 74 pp with color illustrations from photographs in original illustrated wrappers. Gift inscription on front endpaper; else clean and sound with light handling wear. Coleccion Distrito Federal paperback books
193814545Pittsburgh PA: Pittsburgh Motor Club ca. 1938. Near fine. Folding printed card folder measuring approximately 10.5" x 5"; unfolds to approximately 20" wide. Contains 15 various publications maps and ephemera all loosely laid-in. Contents housed in original mailing envelope mild age toning in areas otherwise near fine throughout. <br/><br/>A seemingly complete 1938 membership packet of the Pittsburgh Motor Club containing maps of the environs surrounding Pittsburgh membership materials and pamphlets with fantastic examples of period design. A scarce surviving group from the dawn of the American highway. Pittsburgh Motor Club 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
19647774Cambridge: Published for the Hakluyt Society by the Cambridge University Press 1964. 1st edition. Lt Blue cloth with gilt lettering & cover device. NF/VG sp sunned. 230 pp including index illustrated 8vo. <br/><br/>Hakluyt Society Series II Volume CXXII. Published for the Hakluyt Society by the Cambridge University Press hardcover 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
19707776Cambridge: Published for the Hakluyt Society by the Cambridge University Press 1970. 1st edition. Lt Blue cloth with gilt lettering & cover device. NF binding defect to 2 preliminary leaves of V2/NF lt wear. 2 volumes illustrated with plates & maps including color frontis in each volume 8vo. <br/><br/>Hakluyt Society Series II Volume CXXXIX. Published for the Hakluyt Society by the Cambridge University Press hardcover books
193848459n. p. 1938. 1st printing presumed. Self-wrappers now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. General wear & soiling. A few short splits along folds. Very Good. Single sheet printed both sides folded 3 times to form a 6 panel brochure. Illustrated with 8 tinted half-tone photographic images one map and a front panel graphic by Wiley Padan. Folded: 11" x 8-1/2" <br/><br/> unknown books
195642978New York 1956. 1st Printing. Self-wrappers. Age-toning. Light wear. Very Good. One sheet folded vertically twice to form a 6-panel brochure. Illustrated with 2 b/w photographic images & one drawing. Folded: 8-1/4" x 3-5/8" <br/><br/> unknown books
193042942n.p. 1930. Paperback. Very Good. 2p. text plus 19 photos of Osaka Castle printed on one side only with captions above and below in English and Japanese. Tied pictorial wrapper. Oblong 13cm. Title in Japanese our English title is just a guess. Brief text and captions in Japanese and English. <br/><br/> paperback books
197629322Boston: Little Brown & Co 1976. First American edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Small hardbound quarto in dustwrapper. 240 pp. Illustrated in color and black and white. Stated first American edition. A handsome very good copy in dustwrapper. Little, Brown & Co hardcover books
191531418Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1915. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. Cloth octavo with tipped on illustrated photograph on the front panel. 326 pp. With photographic frontispiece protected by tissue guard. Preface by William Frederic Bade. All photographic illustrations present with this copy. Prior owner name to the front endpaper else a clean well-bound copy. General light handling wear. 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
191125340Philadelphia and London: J. B. Lippincott 1911. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. First edition of this charming 390 pp travelogue through the chateaus of FRance. Illustrated with photographs. Some age spotting to paper else a handsome very good copy. Lacking the scarce dustwrapper. Laid into this copy is a small card INSCRIBED by the author. J. B. Lippincott hardcover books
194925383London: Werner Laurie 1949. First edition. Cloth. Very Good /very good . 8vo. Handsome first edition in dustwrapper. 207 pp travelogue in Italy with decorations provided by Isobel R. Beard. Werner Laurie unknown books
196425384London: Hogarth Press 1964. First edition. Cloth. Very Good/very good. 8vo. 307 pp travelogue of adventures in Soviet Russia. Folding map tipped in at back of book as called for. A handsome very good copy in dustwrapper. Hogarth Press unknown books
1936276582Shanghai: Kelly & Walsh Limited 1936. Very Good binding. Soochow Suzhou was much more accessible at the building of a railroad connecting it to Shanhai in 1911 and thus brought within the range of day-trips and making it a more desirable location for wealthy Chinese. "By 1936 it was possible.for F. R. Nance .to write a detailed guidebook to Suzhou naming it for the first time as 'the garden city' an appellation it retains in travel literature down to the present day" Craig Clunas; "Fruitful Sites: Garden Culture in Ming Dynasty China" p. 202. With attractive colored maps on the endsheets of The Waterways; plates from photographs by C. H. Wong and 5 folding maps. An important guidebook. Very Good binding. Kelly & Walsh, Limited unknown books
1911851901911. TRAVEL - YOKOHAMA. AMENOMORI N. THE GRAND HOTEL LIMITED. H. E. MANWARING MANAGER. GUIDE BOOK FOR YOKOHAMA AND VICINITY. Yokohama: "Japan Gazette" Press 1911. A small pocket-size guide 14 x 10.5 cm in color illustrated paper wrappers that show the Grand Hotel on the front and a view of Fuji on the back side-sewn with ribbon ties. 46518 text pp. 81 adv. pp. folding map. Following the first section a description of the hotel and the surrounding area which also includes lists of holidays postage money weights and measures etc. there is a section of Anglo-Japanese conversation for tourists. The advertising section is comprised of a wide variety of merchants products and services pearls jewels and curios silks and embroideries photography studios fine hotels pharmacies cars for hire ship and rail lines etc. The small fold-out plan 12.5 x 20 cm of Yokohama City at the end is in fine condition. Negligible edgewear to wrappers and the first few text leaves have one slightly dog-eared corner otherwise it is quite fresh and in very good condition overall. unknown 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
199115629Italy: Biblos Edizioni 1991. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Wide oversized quarto. A book of sumptuous color photographs with text in Italian featuring the natural and architectural splendor of Arcipelago Del Leone. English and German translation section at rear of book. A very good copy in pictorial silver boards with cloth spine in matching silver pictorial dustwrapper. This is a large and heavy volume. Additional postage charges may apply. <br/><br/> Biblos Edizioni hardcover books
