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196739680n. p. 1967. 1st printing presumed. Modest edgewear and age-toning to paper. An About VG copy. Broadside. Large color photographic image of Libertador San Martin Square Glory Hill and the Monument to the Army of the Andies monument to the General San Martin. 17-1/2" x 16-1/2" <br/><br/>1967 was designated the International Year of Tourism by the World Tourism Organization with the slogan “Passport to Peace” dating this poster circa 1967. unknown books
1938WRCAM55556Various locations in Latin America 1938. 100pp. containing 230 photographs as well as postcards maps dozens of menus greeting cards and other travel ephemera. Thick folio. Contemporary brown paper-covered cloth string-tied. Boards lightly scuffed and worn. Some leaves loose moderate edge wear and chipping. Photographs clean and nice annotations highly legible. Good plus. An illuminating and entertaining illustrated scrapbook documenting the travels of six friends on a trip to Mexico Panama and various points in South America including Colombia Peru Chile Argentina and Brazil in 1938. One of the opening leaves has four photographs of the travellers comprised of two elderly couples and two single women captioned "Rogues to the Pampas!" Throughout the album there are numerous photographs both vernacular and professional a great many capturing locals in native dress as well as images of scenery and the city streets. The photographs are accompanied by colorful descriptive annotations. <br> <br> The voyage began January 20 1938 aboard the Japanese NYK Liner S.S. Bokuyo Maru. There are numerous menus and other ephemera from the ship as well as a photograph of the Japanese crew signed by the ship's officers. The first photographs depict Manzanillo Mexico a week later with captions such as "Worst city we ever saw says the man from Capetown South Africa who has been around the world" and "Sid Thompson says 'I bet if these Mexicans had a good hot bath they'd find a suit of underwear they didn't know they had!" They picture a "peddler of hats and drink" and a "man carrying load on his head" in the streets of Manzanillo. They then take a train to Colima Mexico on which a passenger is noted to say "Jesus Christ you'd think they never saw an American before" and where they eat papaya for the first time. In Panama on February 3 they see "a native with an iguana in each hand - we also saw our first sloth and a land crab" and they witnessed "a negro funeral." <br> <br> On February 5 the travellers stop at Buenaventura Colombia where they experienced an earthquake and their first sight of the Andes along with a "strong acrid wet odor that pervades atmosphere everywhere." There are several photographs of the city and the locals including one of "natives" fishing accompanied by significant commentary on the locals: <br> <br> "The natives have plenty of fish which they catch in nets thrown by hand - plenty of bananas and fruits and cocoanuts and will not work enough to buy anything but a little clothing rice and coffee. There are no public schools in Colombia - a few religious schools inland. All education for boys and girls of better class is in U.S. or Europe. U.S. buys 85% of Colombia's coffee. Population 80% negroes on coast. Government is unstable foreign capital will not make very much of an investment here but Standard Oil Co. has a $52000000 pipeline in Colombia. Malaria is the greatest plague here though typhoid is also guarded against in fruits and vegetables. Buenaventura is wholly tropical." <br> <br> The group then proceeds to Lime Peru where they arrive "in a dense fog - worst in 10 years." They take numerous snapshots of various cultural sights around the city images of "guano birds" along the shoreline and a "Typical Peruvian Indian of the High Andean Plateaus." They stayed three nights at the Hotel Bolivar before proceeding to Cuzco Tacua and Mollendo which they describe as "a dirty town." Still they took several photographs here including "Descendants of the Incas at Cuzco" an "Indian woman riding Burro - typical scene" in Tacua and other street scenes. <br> <br> Chile was next for the group. They were in Santiago by February 23 and shot several images at a street market such as a soap dealer the flower market a corn stand and other scenes. Shortly thereafter they traveled to Valparaiso Puerto Varas Puerto Montt and other Chilean locations. They captured the port of Valparaiso the Three Brothers at Chilean Lakes scenes in the Chilean mountains Lake Llanquihue and include in the album a professional real photo postcard captioned "Typical Araucanian Indian Hut" among other images. <br> <br> The travellers then moved on to Argentina. They describe Buenos Aires as "the most beautiful city in South America so far as the city itself is concerned." Their time in the city is illustrated exclusively with postcards but they include a plethora of descriptive text for numerous monuments landmarks harbor scenes gardens and other sites. <br> <br> During their time in Brazil the travellers document coffee production cattle and other agricultural settings as well as cities and architectural features. These include numerous images of Rio de Janeiro which "no picture however beautiful can portray with any accuracy the beauty of Rio." On March 30 the group heads "from Buenos Aires down the muddy Rio de la Plata" towards the Amazon River. Here they include real photo postcards of "Typical Indians of the Amazon" an "Amazon Indian Hut" and "More Indians - These are some of the most primitive people living." Among the images taken on the streets of Brazil is one showing a black woman walking with a bundle on her head which is captioned "N asterisks ours mammy in pink dress and head load - and was she furious when I took her picture! If looks could kill I'd be buried in Brazil." <br> <br> The group rejoined their cruise in Brazil boarding the Rio de Janeiro Maru and finished their journey at the end of April. A detailed revealing and lengthy travel account extensively illustrated and annotated by a group of judgmental American tourists. 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
1796WRCAM54712Mostly at sea from New York with stops in Calcutta Saint Helena Ascension Island and Cornwall England 1796. 246pp. Square folio. Original crude burlap covers stab-sewn with thick string. A bit toned and foxed occasional ink or tobacco burns. Very good. A remarkable artifact of early American naval commerce containing the sailing directions and shipboard activities of the "Ship Washington of Philadelphia" which sailed from New York to Calcutta rounding the southern tip of Africa and visiting Saint Helena and Ascension Island before crashing on the rocks at Cornwall England on the way to Hamburg Germany. The log contains a navigational ledger with locations headings wind and weather remarks along with occasional sick lists names of men "unfit for duty" those put on light duty temperatures and other information. The remarks are quite detailed and specific regarding shipboard work and activity. <br> <br> The captain of this final voyage of the ship WASHINGTON was Samuel Hubbart but the identity of the sailor who kept this log is unknown. The ship departed New York on July 4 1795 and reached Calcutta on August 31. Without the need for recording navigational data while in port the log's author switches from the ledger-style format and writes longer more-detailed daily entries describing the crew's activities. The crewmen mentioned include pilots boatswains carpenters coopers caulkers sailmakers and others. Most of the entries pertain to the maintenance of the ship while anchored in the bay. Numerous mentions are made of crew on board fixing various equipment including types and amounts of supplies. A few entries note the employment of Indian "Cooleys" on board the ship making various repairs. An interesting incident of September 17 bears relating: <br> <br> "Hearing a noise upon the main Deck Mr. Naylor went to see what was the matter - upon engaging found Abraham Moor had struck Thomas Williams the Cook as Moor said for wanting to trouble a girl which Moor had on board - Mr. Naylor told him he should not ill use that man for he had every reason to believe it to be false what he alledged against the Cook. Moor said he did not come here to be jawd by a black Man.S." <br> <br> After swearing he would "never go home" on the WASHINGTON Moor literally jumped ship just after this confrontation and hid on another ship before being found and brought back to the WASHINGTON "in irons." <br> <br> In early November a few entries mention the ship receiving a supply of sugar taking on "Three Burr Load of Sugar" on November 7 and two more "Burr Load" two days later. Subsequent entries detail the loading of several "Burr Load of Bales" and "one hundred bags of ginger." <br> <br> Over the course of the ship's time at Calcutta the author mentions encounters with at least four other American ships: the GANGES the HAMILTON the MAJOR PINKNEY of Charleston and the "American Ship Camilla of New York arriv'd here from London." <br> <br> By early February the WASHINGTON left Calcutta for the voyage to Hamburg spelled variously here as "Hamborough" and "Hamburgh" though the ship would never make it to Germany. On March 15 and again on April 6 the recordist notes an inventory of the ship's water supply. By March 23 the ship reaches a point "prependicular on Cape Lagulas Bank" the southernmost point of Africa. About a week later the punishment of a drunken sailor is reported: <br> <br> "Joseph Gonrabbysp who has for some time past been addicted to Drunkeness and no person on board having given him any liquor he was discovered this morning to have taken from the Ships stores about half a Gallon of rum and from his being frequently very drunk there is no doubt of his having been Guilty of the same offence before for which Capt. Hubbart is necessitated to order his Boatswain to flog him. Accordingly mustered all hands aft and give him one and a half dozen lashes." <br> <br> On April 16 the WASHINGTON arrived at the remote island of Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean sending "the Boat on shore with an Officer to the Governor for permission to Anchor." Here the WASHINGTON restocked supplies including water potatoes & other vegetables rice and bread before embarking for Ascension Island which they reached on April 25. The author remarks on the "number of remarkable rocks like pyramids" and "a low point of black Rocks with a fine white sandy beach back of it" witnessed at Ascension Island. The WASHINGTON spent one night at Ascension where a group of men went ashore in order to "spend the Night in Catching Turtle in the different Bays." The crewmen caught twelve turtles and brought them aboard ship before continuing their journey. <br> <br> While heading north to Europe the WASHINGTON was boarded on May 17 by the "Quebec British Frigate Cap J Cook in Company with the Carnatic 74 Rear Admr Powel with a convoy of 21 sail of Transports & Gun boats with 10000 Troops on board bound for Martinico Martinique." On June 7 they again encounter another ship "a Spaniard from some port in South America bound for Cadiz out 3 months & 10 days - we cannot understand rightly what port she was from." <br> <br> Then on June 18 disaster struck the WASHINGTON as it ran aground at the Lizard Rocks off Cornwall England. The log book records the ship's demise: <br> <br> "The weather still very thick and hazy. At 9PM hearing the Surf break on shore took in all the studding sails Braced the Yards sharp and hauled to the Southward finding ourselves in amongst the Rocks off the Lizard have all aback and endeavored to get her out from among them but the Flood tide making very strong drove the Ship so hard upon the Rocks that with every endeavour we found it impracticable to get her off she having settled on them & the strength of the tide Thumping her very hard upon the Rocks sounded the Pump and found she made water very fast. Fired several Guns as a signal of Distress which brought several boats off from the Shore to our assistance." <br> <br> For the next couple of weeks the crew of the WASHINGTON participated in "discharging the cargo" from the ship so that it is not "plundered by the natives" sending everything to Falmouth "where the Goods are deposited under the protection of a Custom house Yaught." The log book mentions one crewman of the WASHINGTON "threatening revenge on Captain Hubbart." Another crewman is put "under a Guard of Soldiers" after selling off some of the muslin stored in the bales rescued from the wreck. Here the ship's log ends along with the career of the Ship WASHINGTON. <br> <br> A unique record of the last voyage of an early American trading vessel with insight into late 18th-century navigational methods and the commercial interests of Federal-era America. unknown 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
1884WRCAM5413Salem 1884. 4pp. Quarto. Folded slight chipping at edge a few spots else very good. Contains a letter describing a railroad trip from Omaha to Kansas City and on to St. Louis with observations along the way. Apparently part of a series by the same author describing an extensive western trip signed "Peabody." unknown books
1886WRCAM5412Salem 1886. 4pp. Quarto. Folded marginal dampstain else very good. Includes a letter from J. Emerton describing a railroad trip from Boston to California via Niagara Falls part of Canada Chicago into Kansas Colorado New Mexico and Arizona finally arriving in Monterey. 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
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
197013921Lima: Instituto de Estudios Peruanos 1970. Softcover. Very good. 214 pp. Rubbing to extremities pages tanned. Binding sound no markings. Some pages unopened. Instituto de Estudios Peruanos paperback books
194720956London: John Murray 1947. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. Fourth printing. 218 pp indexed with many illustrations from photographs. Bookplate of collector Theodora Duncan on front pastedown else a fine copy. Dust jacket is price-clipped and has a small chip at the foot of the spine. Overall a very attractive copy. Recounts Stark's war experiences in Arabia Egypt Palestine Syria Iraq and Persia. John Murray hardcover books
200536366Vancouver:: Greystone Books. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2005. Hardcover. 1553651189 . Illustrated. First printing. Upper corners slightly bumped else fine in a fine dust jacket. . Greystone Books, hardcover books
199625626NY: Pantheon. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1996. Hardcover. 0679421343 . First printing. Fine in a very near fine price clipped dust jacket. . Pantheon hardcover books
10915Eisenach: Wartburg-Stiftung Eisenach nd. First edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to. portfolio of 20 mounted black-and-white silver gelatin photographs with accompanying text in German house in original linen clamshell. Some occasional and mild warping to the photos. Some toning here and there. Minor rubbing to case. Near fine overall. A quite haNdsome production. <br/><br/>Souvenir collection of 20 original photos of The Wartburg the feudal castle where Luther translated the bible into German: interiors including the Luther Room and exteriors of the castle art sculpture and architectural details. Photos credited to Fißka. Production designed by Jochen Breternitz Rudolstadt. Includes seven pages of letterpressed text with color illustrations. Text uncredited. No date but ca. 1965. Wartburg-Stiftung Eisenach unknown books
1811548Libanon: Gedruckt und zu haben bey Jacob Schnee 1811. 12mo. 170 x 100 mm. 6 ½ x 4 inches. 31 pp. Stitched as issued missing front wrapper back wrapper soiled; text browned with age. Scarce Lebanon Pa. edition of Richter's allegorical travel book where the author is looking for the true Children of God and the spiritual society where all live in harmony in the grace of God. This is printed by the author and is called the fifth edition on the title-page. The first American edition was published in 1792 by Samuel Saur of Chestnut Hill Pa. Arndt German Language Printing II 1827 listing only two copies at NYPL and the Free Library of Philadelphia. Not cited in NUC or OCLC. Gedruckt und zu haben bey Jacob Schnee unknown books
197538056n. p.: United Airlines 1975. 1st printing. Some light edgewear in margins. A VG example. Broadside. Large image 30-1/2" x 21" of a beautiful blonde cowgirl sitting on a wooden platform staring directly into camera. 40" x 25" <br/><br/> United Airlines unknown 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
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
193641883Divers places & locales 1936. Binder - Nr Fine. Plastic sleeves showing just a hint of yellow tinting. Photographs & ephemera: Very Good to Nr Fine. All items housed in 38 clear plastic sleeves placed in a large tan vinyl 3-ring binder. Items affixed recto & verso of black stiff-stock mounting paper. <br/><br/>A wonderful photograph & ephemera collection documenting an unidentified lady's summer trip aboard the R.M.S. Berengeria. This large album filled with over 210 photographic images comprised of snapshots commercially produced photographs real photo postcards & half-tone images from newspapers & magazines. The ~ 75 pieces of ephemera includes tickets menus momentos guide booklets maps and even a Reichsmark Travellers Check booklet. The scrapbooks begins with boarding the R.M.S. Bererngeria 5 pp London & England 9 pp The Hague 4 pp Berlin & the Olympics 13 pp Pottsdam & Dresden 11 pp Rhine environs 4 pp Switzerland 8 pp Italy 12 pp & France & Monte Carlo 12 pp. A nice compilation showing Europe pre-WWII. unknown books
200432436NY: Rizzoli. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2004. Hardcover. 0847826090 . With color photographs by Jonas Dovydenas. First printing. Review copy with publisher's promotional material laid in. Near fine in a fine dust jacket. . Rizzoli hardcover books
187314933New York: Geo. A. Crofutt 1873. Hardcover. Very Good. "Fifth Vol. Fourth Annual Revise." 224 pp extensively illustrated with maps and plates five folding and printed on both sides with ads on the reverse. Original cloth splitting along front joint worn at corners. Map of Omaha detached and laid in large colored map of the world split along one fold with minor losses. All else sound and very good. One of the most popular of the many guidebooks available to tourists crossing the United States by rail Crofutt's guide went through numerous editions and offered plentiful detail about the cities and towns along the route as well as excellent images of western scenery. It includes historical information description of the terrain and details of attractions lodging recreational opportunities and mining agriculture and other commercial activity. Geo. A. Crofutt hardcover books
38760n. p.: United Airlines n. d. 1st printing ca 1970s. Light wear. A VG example. Broadside. Full size color illustration of smiling Hawaiian beauty's face in clouds above the island of Kauai. Dark blue ocean background title printed in white and orange. Matte finish. 28" x 22" <br/><br/> United Airlines unknown books
185313461Paris: Arthus Bertrand 1853. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Xlvi 383 pp with a preface by the translator A. Giraud. Dark pebbled cloth with five raised bands marbled endpapers. Tight binding light foxing a few marginal pencil lines. First French edition of Sarmiento's most famous book considered one of the most important works of Argentine literature and one of the most influential Spanish-language works of the nineteenth century. Written during a period of exile the work traces the life of a violent Argentine gaucho named Facundo using his biography as the basis for an analysis and critique of Argentine culture which is characterized by a dichotomy between civilizing and barbaric influences. Sarmiento's views had a profound effect on discussion about the region's potential for progress and modernization. He was able to put his theories into practice when elected to the Presidency of Argentina in 1868. Arthus Bertrand hardcover 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
