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38093n. p.: Western Airlines n. d. 1st printing ca 1970s. Minimal edgewear. A VG example. Broadside. Full size image of small Aztec warrior statutue sitting atop a purple cloth in front of distant fountain. Title printed in white. 28" x 25" <br/><br/> Western Airlines hardcover 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
194040983Mexico City: Pemex Travel Club Division of Petroleos Mexicanos 1940. Slim 8vo pp. 111; title page printed in red and black 3-toned maps black and white photographic illustrations throughout; original pictorial wrappers spine a bit toned general light shelf wear rubber stamp on back cover; a very good copy over all. <br/><br/> Pemex Travel Club (Division of Petroleos Mexicanos) unknown books
194074708Mexico City 1940. Paperback. Very Good. A few city plans and 37 maps 112p. Wrapper. 21cm. A travel guide. <br/><br/> paperback books
38091n. p.: Western Airlines n. d. 1st printing ca 1960s / 70s. Light wear to margin edges. A VG example. Broadside. Large image 27-1/4" x 23" of the famous Mexico City landmark 'El Angel de la Indepencia' at night inside Aztec mask cutout. 39" x 25" <br/><br/> Western Airlines unknown books
38090n. p.: Western Airlines n. d. 1st printing ca 1970s. Light wear to margin edges. A VG example. Broadside. Large image 25" x 25" of a serious man lunging in colorful Aztec ceremonial outfit. Title printed in white lettering to orange background. 39" x 25" <br/><br/> Western Airlines unknown 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
178120257London: Printed by J. Nichols 1781. First Edition. Cloth. Good. First Edition. Large 4to. iv ii-viii 1-468 469-470 471-472 471-477 blank 473-557 558 binder's directions and errata pages. Lacking the portrait of Mozart at age seven and map of the Ohthere's Voyage. The Map of the Northwest coast of America and portrait of Sir John Wynne Baronet are both present. Modern library buckram gilt; binding lightly scuffed; library stamp to top edge; personal bookplate Archie W Shiels and ex library institutional stamps to front pastedown; new endpapers; inserted modern frontispiece on coated photo paper; title page with handwritten annotations; "Contents" page marked with colored pencil; scattered foxing throughout; some pages brittle due to paper quality; library pockets and electronic tags at rear pastedown; an imperfect ex library copy. Properly de-accessioned. Cloth. This copy owned by Vincent Novello and presented by him to the Musical Antiquarian Society July 8 1845. "Novello was an original member of the Philharmonic Society of the Classical Harmonists and of the Choral Harmonists officiating frequently as conductor. In 1849 he went to live at Nice where he died. Many of his compositions were sacred music much of which was very popular. His great contribution however together with Christian Ignatius Latrobe lay in the introduction to England of unknown compositions by the great masters such as the Masses of Haydn and Mozart the works of Palestrina the treasures of the Fitzwilliam Museum and innumerable now well known great compositions." wikipedia<br/><br/>Much on travel to the Northwest and polar regions natural history the Linnean system and other subjects including a report on Mozart a "very remarkable young musician." Among Americana collectors the book is notable for publishing the "journal of Maurelle pilot with the fleet commanded by Don Juan de la Bodega while exploring the coast northward of California in 1775; this portion was also issued in separate form." <br/><br/>Streeter mentions the account to be the only contemporary source in English of this important voyage. <br/><br/>See Howes B177 and Streeter Sale IV 2445. Also: Sabin 3628. Printed by J. Nichols unknown books
1971235096Barre MA: Imprint Society 1971. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Illustrated with 80 Elegant Engravings from Drawings Made By the Author; Sold as a 2 volume set in slipcase. No pencil or ink markings in text of the 2 volume set. Cloth and paper-covered boards. Cloth and paper-covered boards. Light edgewear to bottom spines of both volumes. Top of spine at front board of volume II is lightly bumped. Top side bottom edges of slipcase are cloth. Side edges of slipcase are paper-covered. Slipcase -- Very Good . Very Good binding. Imprint Society unknown books
183621446New York: Harper & Brothers 1836. Hardcover. Very Good. Harper's Stereotype Edition. 373 pp folding map frontispiece 13 engraved illustrations some full-page. Original pebbled cloth boards show some mild sunning scattered light foxing. Arctic Bibliography 9945 referring to the 1830 Edinburgh edition: Contains chapters on the climate of polar regions the animal and vegetable life ancient voyages to the north voyages in search of the Northeast and Northwest Passages and the North Pole.Chronicle of broad scope and appeal intended "to exhibit a complete and connected view of successive voyages to the arctic regions" to the time of publication. Harper & Brothers hardcover books
1784WRCAM50194London 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
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
1873770271873. NEW ENGLAND: A HANDBOOK FOR TRAVELLERS; A Guide to the Chief Cities and Popular Resorts of New England and to its Scenery and Historic Attractions: With the Western and Northern Borders From New York to Quebec. Boston: James R. Osgood and Company 1873. First edition. With 6 maps and 11 plans. 12mo. orange cloth gilt title to spine and front board. Ex-library; all usual markings including spine label. Sunned at spine and general exterior soil. Spine covering is severed at rear hinge; front hinge cracked. Rear pocket map is in shambles. A scarce edition being offered as is. unknown books
187721389Nrw York: D. Appleton and Company 1877. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo pp. xxiv 399 6 ads with chromolithograph frontispiece many illustrations in the text double-page Map of the Kaiser Franz Josef Land surveyed by Payer. Original red cloth with decoration in gilt and black. Spine lightly sunned. Blind stamp and "withdrawn" ink stamp of the California Academy of Sciences Library on title page but no other markings. Sound and clean. Arctic Bibliography 13202: "Narrative of the voyage from Norway to the waters northwest of Novaya Zemlya the drift in the ice Aug. 1872-Mar. 1874 the discovery and exploration by sledge of Franz Joseph Land including chapters on auroras the technique of sledge travel and the effect of cold on the men. D. Appleton and Company hardcover books
199226907Portland: Graphic Arts Center Publishing Company. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1992. Hardcover. 1558680934 . Color photographs throughout by David Muench and Robert Reynolds. First edition. Fine in a near fine slightly sun faded along the spine dust jacket. . Graphic Arts Center Publishing Company hardcover books
196843574USA: United Air LInes Inc 1968. Signed in the plate by Jebary. Light wear to edges; slight creasing and short closed tear to upper corner. A VG example. Broadside. Large reproduction of a watercolor illustration by United artist Jebary of a banjo and steamboat. 40" x 25" <br/><br/> United Air LInes Inc unknown books
19161841822J.B. Lippincott Company 1916. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. First edition. Spine toned binding slightly shaken pencil gift note on separate scrap of paper laid in along with a 1938 school picture. 1916 Hard Cover. 313 pp. Original blue cloth gilt titles top edge gilt. Includes 16 beautiful illustrations taken from original paintings etchings etc. - most notable are contributions from Auguste Rodin Aubrey Beardsley and Toulouse-Lautrec. The Rome and Venice portions of this volume originally appeared in Atlantic Monthly. J.B. Lippincott Company hardcover books
38040n. p.: United Airlines n. d. 1st printing thus ca 1970s. Some edgewear. A VG example. Broadside. Full size image 28" x 22" of tourist in a yellow jacket looking out over the Grand Canyon. 28" x 22" <br/><br/> United Airlines unknown books
38043n. p.: United Airlines n. d. 1st printing thus ca 1980s. Some edgewear. A VG example. Broadside. Full size image 28" x 22" of excited woman in a red bathingsuit jumping out of a body of water. 28" x 22" <br/><br/> United Airlines unknown 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
188714499Racine WI: Advocate Steam Print 1887. 1st edition. Original green cloth with gilt spine lettering. Beveled edges. VG slt lean/avg wear. iv 148 pp. 5" x 6 3/4" <br/><br/>Miss Mary McMurphy's European trip via the steamer Noordland. Not in Smith. Advocate Steam Print hardcover books
18921393St. Louis 1892. About very good. 74pp. Oblong octavo. Original illustrated wrappers stapled. Light wear and chipping to spine rear cover with closed tear minor soiling. Minor scattered foxing and offsetting. Handsome illustrated trade catalogue for the firm of P.C. Murphy manufacturers of fine trunks and traveling bags. The work is filled with a wide variety of trunks and suitcases illustrating each with prices listed for available sizes. Choose from barrel top or flat top canvas or leather or imitation etc. Forematter indicates this to be the company's twenty-first annual catalogue and terms for purchase are listed inside the front cover. An ephemeral piece we find single copies of three other years in OCLC but none of the present edition. unknown books
49011Paris: J. Morax Imp n. d. Ca 1940s. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Modest signs of use Very Good Plus. One sheet of beige card stock printed in maroon & green folded twice vertically to form a 6 panel brochure. Illustrated with 2 drawings two photographic images & a map. Folded: 9" x 4" <br/><br/>Le Hotel Meurice is a 5-star hotel in the 1st arrondissement of Paris opposite the Tuileries Garden between Place de la Concorde and the Musée du Louvre on the Rue de Rivoli. From the Rue de Rivoli it stretches to the Rue du Mont Thabor. The hotel was opened in 1815 and from that day has consistently served society's elite. J. Morax, Imp unknown books
19315466London. Walter Perry and Co. Ltd. 1931. Gilt titled crimson cloth. 4to. Edition for 1931. Profusely illustrated with photographs drawings and period advertisements. An absolute treasure depicting the grand and elegant days of travel. A complete guide to Hotels and boarding houses in Great Britain Europe Australia New Zealand South Africa Canada and the USA. Charming period advertising allows one to travel back to the heady romantic days of Somerset Maugham and the Orient Express. Indexed and tabbed this is a true gem of nostalgia. A Very Good copy Walter Perry and Co. Ltd. hardcover 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
