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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
19932263NY: Hyperion. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1993. Hardcover. 1562828789 . With photographs by David Graham. First printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Hyperion hardcover books
178429268London: G. Nicol & T. Cadell 1784. Etched and engraved by C. Grignion after a drawing by Webber. Image size: 10 1/4 x 7 inches. Sheet size: 22 x 15 1/2 inches. In this attractive portrait a young muscular man dances what was then a sacred dance called Hula. In his right hand he holds a feather covered gourd. Virtually nude he wears only a bark cloth "malo" or loin cloth a coral necklace and dogtooth leggings. His body is tattooed in rhythmic patterns that flow down his arms and legs.<br/> <br/>"Cook's third voyage was organized to seek the Northwest Passage and to return the islander Omai to Tahiti. Officers of the crew included William Bligh James Burney James Colnett and George Vancouver. John Webber was appointed artist to the expedition. After calling at Kerguelen Island Tasmania New Zealand and the Cook Tonga and Society Islands the expedition sailed north and discovered Christmas Island and the Hawaiian Islands which Cook named the Sandwich Islands. Cook charted the American west coast from Northern California through the Bering Strait as far north as latitude 70 degrees 44 minutes before he was stopped by pack ice. He returned to Hawaii for the winter and was killed in an unhappy skirmish with the natives. Charles Clarke took command and after he died six months later the ships returned to England under John Gore. Despite hostilities with the United States and France the scientific nature of this expedition caused the various governments to exempt these vessels from capture. The voyage resulted in what Cook judged his most valuable discovery - the Hawaiian Islands" Hill. John Webber R.A. born in London of Swiss parents was the official artist on Cook's historic and final Pacific voyage. The drawings were the source for the engravings that illustrated Cook's "A Voyage to the Pacific" which was published in 1784. G. Nicol & T. Cadell unknown books
270264Canada: Canadian Government Travel Bureau. A. C. Leighton. Original poster. Color lithograph. Measures 40 x 30 inches.<br/><br/> This striking circa 1950 travel poster promotes vacations in Canada. Issued by the Canadian Government Travel Bureau it features the painting by A.C. Leighton and depicts Mount Eisenhower of the Canadian Rockies. Now known as Castle Mountain between 1946 and 1979 it was called Mount Eisenhower in honor of the WWII General.<br><br>Poster is in good condition with some edge wear and verso repair. Some minor creasing and foxing. Minor loss in lower right corner. <br><br>Alfred Crocker Leighton 1901 - 1965 was a British born Canadian painter who came from Great Britain and settled in Canada in 1925. He was fascinated by the Canadian Rockies and made several paintings depicting the mountains. This is a beautiful example of his work.<br/><br/> Canadian Government Travel Bureau unknown books
18871864936Estes and Lauriat 1887. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket - Pictorial Cover. Boards rubbed with loss from spine & corners front free endpaper removed hinges loosening. Estes and Lauriat hardcover books
186920752London: Tinsley Brothers 1869. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Two volumes. 8vo pp xii 443; viii 478 2 ads each with engraved frontispiece and title page vignette folding map in Volume II. Publisher's green cloth ruled in blind with gilt figure on each front board. Account of Burton's journey from Rio to the rich mining area of Minas Gerais via Tres Barras River Velhas Penedond Paulo Afonso Falls. He canoed down the entire 3000 kilometer length of the previously uncharted Sao Francisco River to the Atlantic. Borba de Moraes I p. 110; Penzer pp. 78-79. Corners bumped some scuffing to upper spines foxing to first and last few leaves of each volume. With the bookplates of British Civil Engineer Leveson Francis Vernon-Harcourt we believe prominent early Los Angeles physician Walter Lindley and his son Francis Haynes Lindley. Tinsley Brothers hardcover books
41418Newton Massachusetts: Bureau of University Travel n. d. Ca. 1930s. Grey printed paper. Modest wear rubbing to edges a couple small pen markings. Previous owner's stamp to rear panel. Withal a VG example. Brochure style single sheet folded twice. Map illustration to front panel. 6" x 4" <br/><br/> Bureau of University Travel unknown books
195527519Jamaica Plain: Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University 1955. First edition. Cloth. Fine. Very heavy and wide clothbound volume. 1144 pp. Maps in pocket at rear of volume. Illustrated with additional fold-out maps within the text. A fine copy. Not issued with dustwrapper. A thorough recordation of and study of various people and groups who made exploratory botanical visits to the American West during the period 1790 to 1850. Due to the size and weight of this volume additional shipping charges may apply. Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University unknown books
1974210274Pero; Milano: Editioni Virginia 1974. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. No pencil or ink markings in text. Text written in Italian. Covers clean. Light shelf-wear at top and bottom of dustjacket spine. Very small closed tear at bottom of front dustjacket cover near fold. Very small closed tear at top of rear dustjacket cover at fold. DJ protected with Mylar Cover. Very Good binding / Very Good dust jacket. Editioni Virginia unknown books
1993250NY: Harmony Books. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1993. Hardcover. 0517588048 . First edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Harmony Books hardcover 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
199710152Seattle: Sasquatch Books. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1997. Hardcover. 1570610746 . First printing. Faint stain to front board else fine in a fine dust jacket. . Sasquatch Books hardcover books
19833685NY: Harper & Row. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1983. Hardcover. 0060151897 . The author's second book. Ron Hansen blurb. First printing. Fine in a very near fine price clipped dust jacket. . Harper & Row hardcover books
19271775London: Gerald Howe 1927. Hardcover. Very Good/good. 96 pp. Light offsetting to endpapers light wear to edges contents clean and sound. Dust jacket has internal tape reinforcements and is chipped at corners and spine ends with a small loss along the front joint. Lady Stanhope 1776-1839 was a rather eccentric British aristocrat who grew bored with life at home and began traveling in 1810. She spent a few months in Malta then a year in Constantinople before moving on to tour Syria and the Holy Land. "She travelled in style made lavish gifts to pashas and others in authority and arrogated to herself the right to do very much as she pleased. She was warned that when she reached 'fanatical' Damascus she must wear a veil and conform to convention in other ways but this she refused to do. Unveiled tall and impressive in her Turkish male clothes she entered the city on horseback and made a great sensation" DNB. A few months later she became the first European woman to visit Palmyra. Eventually she moved herself and her entourage to a remote monastery in Lebanon where she lived out her days under increasingly impoverished conditions. Gerald Howe hardcover books
194611159New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. First American edition. 464 pp plus index xiv; folding map. Orange cloth boards. Lower corners lightly bumped previous owner's signature on title page; else fine. Dust jacket lightly toned but still quite attractive. A self-described "racily written swashbuckling book" covering the history of the Caribbean from the early European explorers to the pirates to the age of revolution. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
1981329Lima Peru: Instituto Andino de Estudios en Poblacion y Desarrollo 1981. Softcover. Very Good. 55 pp with two foldout diagrams bibliography. Short 1/2 inch tears at head and foot of spine; light handling wear; contents clean and sound. Text in Spanish. A study of migration patterns within the nation of Peru. Instituto Andino de Estudios en Poblacion y Desarrollo unknown books
199739960Syracuse:: Syracuse University Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1997. Hardcover. 0815604440 . First printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Syracuse University Press, hardcover books
191726311Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company 1917. 370 pages; limited edition of 570 printed; with a useful index at back. Sepia-toned tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Harriette Story Paige from a painting by Savinien-Edme Dubourjal 1844 and a similar portrait within of Caroline LeRoy Webster also by Dubourjal 1845 and one of Daniel Webster from the portrait by Chester Harding along with a couple more illustrations. Anecdotes of the diarist's travel to Europe in London England Scotland and Wales as touching upon the life of Daniel Webster 1782 - 1852 American lawyer & statesman. ".Webster's remarkable political diplomatic and legal careers were aided by his intellectual brilliance and personal magnetism. He contributed significantly to the concept of American nationality to the idea of a perpetual Union to perspectives on economic growth to a modern legal system and to the rising importance of the United States in foreign relations." Maurice G. Baxter in the ANB Approx. 5 1/4" x 8 1/4" size; original marbled paper covered boards beige cloth spine black leather spine label gilt titles; a little edge tips wear to the boards; no slipcase; contents clean and in very good condition. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Houghton Mifflin Company hardcover books
191122261Brooklyn N.Y.: Brooklyn Daily Eagle 1911. 64 pages; illustrated with views of European destinations; and noting that ".American travelers in Europe are cordially invited to make the Eagle Paris or London Bureaus their headquarters while abroad. Efficient and willing clerks are ready to render them any assistance."; giving extensive information on each of these locations; including individual country listings for: Austria-Hungary Belgium England France Germany Greece Holland Ireland Italy Portugal Scotland Spain Switzerland Wales and with a page also on Egypt; listing the railway time tables where the Eagle could be purchased in foreign countries "An Automobilist's Catechism"; Transatlantic passenger steamers from New York with some ship details; the information lists town name of house or hotel number of rooms name of proprietor rates season; with a few illustrated advertisements for resorts and travel-related necessaries; approx. 5 3/4" x 8 3/4" size; bound in the original printed & illustrated stapled paper wraps; some edge wear and back cover corner chipped away; a light paper stock; in good condition; interesting early 20th century European resort and leisure guide ephemera with much information regarding amenities directly targeting the Brooklyn native's interests. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. Brooklyn Daily Eagle Paperback books
191022262Brooklyn N.Y.: Brooklyn Daily Eagle 1910. 48 pages; illustrated with a few views of European destinations; and noting that ".Americans generally find it somewhat difficult to obtain accurate information about the route over which they expect to travel on any tour through European resorts. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle realizing it has endeavored in this supplement to furnish all the necessary pointers."; giving extensive information on each of these locations; including individual country listings for: Austria-Hungary Denmark Norway Sweden small sections on these three Scandinavian countries Belgium England France Germany Greece Holland Ireland Italy Portugal Scotland Spain Switzerland Wales and with information on Egypt also bits on Sicily Russia Servia and Bulgaria Algeria and Tunis India; listing the railway time tables where the Eagle could be purchased in foreign countries transatlantic passenger steamers from New York with some ship details; the information lists town name of house or hotel number of rooms name of proprietor rates season; with a few illustrated advertisements for resorts and travel-related necessaries; approx. 8 3/4" x 12" size; bound in the original printed & illustrated stapled paper wraps; some edge wear and chipping to covers darkening; a light paper stock; in good condition; interesting early 20th century European resort and leisure guide ephemera with much information regarding amenities directly targeting the Brooklyn native's interests. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. Brooklyn Daily Eagle Paperback books
19903204NY: Knopf. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1990. Hardcover. 0394574559 . First American edition. Tiny tear at the base of the front free endpaper else fine in a fine dust jacket. . Knopf hardcover books
38238n. p.: Pan American World Airways n.d. 1st printing ca 1963 inferred from a Pan Am ad campaign the same year featuring the same image. Some edgewear. A VG example. Broadside. Full color image of internationally known golfer Gene Sarazen sitting astride a white donkey with his clubs in a basket to his right smiling out at a lush green gold course on a sunny day. Poster identifies him as "Gene Sarazen" in black lettering and has the title and Pan Am logo printed in white. 42" x 28" <br/><br/> Pan American World Airways unknown books
38052n. p.: United Airlines n. d. 1st printing ca. early 1980s. Some edgewear and light rolling wear evident. A VG example. Broadside. Large image 30" x 20-1/2" of turbulent waves crashing against a rocky beach covered in lush greenery and palm trees. Image sits on a white background with title printed in black. 40" x 25" <br/><br/> United Airlines unknown books
38062n. p.: United Airlines n. d. 1st printing ca. 1980s. Light edgewear corners rubbed and lightly bumped. A VG example. Broadside. Full size illustration by Stan Dudeck featuring a relaxing sunny day of sailing on Lake Michigan in front of an impressive image of the John Hancock Building. Title lettering printed in orange. 28" x 22" <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
