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199111520Seattle WA: The Mountaineers 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. Translated by Jill Neate. 381 pp extensively illustrated with both color and b/w photographs. Gift inscription on front endpaper else fine in a clean dust jacket with minimal wear. An account of Messner's 92-day 2800 kilometer traverse--on foot--of the Antarctic continent. The Mountaineers hardcover 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
12679Soft cover. Fine. Facsimile reprint of the original pamphlet printed in London in 1743. Stapled binding printed on faux-parchment. Clean tight unmarked. "Bitter vindication of Knowles' conduct in the disastrous Cartagena expedition during which he served as surveyor and engineer of the British fleet" Swann. unknown books
43573London: British Travel. Printed in Great Britain at The Curwen Press 206/ENG/70/15 n. d. Circa 1970s. Light wear to edges; few tiny spots to upper edge. A VG example. Broadside. Colorful image of a map of Britain with locations of historical purport for America demarcated with a small illustration and brief textual explanation. 39-3/4" x 27-3/4" <br/><br/>A rather curious travel poster from Britain to its former colony in that the "American associations" depicted on the map are more often than not the birthplaces and/or early residences of Mayflower pilgrims and leaders of the American Revolution. We speculate that it was issued to coincide with the increased interest in US colonial history during/leading up to the bicentennial. British Travel. Printed in Great Britain at The Curwen Press 206/ENG/70/15 unknown books
38101n. p.: Northwest Orient Airlines n. d. 1st printing ca. 1980s. Some edgewear light tanning to bottom edge. A VG example. Broadside. Large image of young joyous eskimo boy standing on fresh powder. Title printed in gold and red lettering. 38" x 25" <br/><br/> Northwest Orient Airlines unknown books
1928344Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Good . 309 pp 4 full color illustrations with frontispiece. Spine significantly sunned and fraying at head and foot; book store label on rear pastedown; contents clean and sound. No dust jacket. Houghton Mifflin 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
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
1784WRCAM10710London 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
1784WRCAM50198London 1784. Engraving. Folio. Matted suitable for framing with the mat cut to near the plate mark. Very good. An individual plate from the tlas to Cook's THIRD VOYAGE. unknown books
21423Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin. Hardcover. Very good. Early reprint title page undated copyright page states "Published February 1913." 338 pp indexed and illustrated including double-page map in original blue cloth binding. No dust jacket. Light shelfwear to boards; binding sound text clean with the exception of some foxing to the first few leaves. Previous owner's raised stamp on front free endpaper. As described in contemporary review in the Missionary Herald "the earlier part of Miss Kendall's journey brings out vividly the life of such unfamiliar regions as French Tonking and the provinces of Yunnan and Szechuan in West China and includes such unusual experiences as a peek into Lolo Land a stop at Tachieniu--gateway to Tibet--and a remarkable sojourn at the monastery of Omei Shan that ancient and mysterious mountain shrine of Buddhist China. The middle part of the journey follows the more usual highways down the Yangtze and north to the Wall but the route becomes adventurous again as it crosses the Gobi Desert and pushes northward through Mongolia to Siberia. Houghton Mifflin 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
181620655London: Printed for J. and A. Ach 1816 1816. Second edition enlarged; the first edition was published in 1813. ODNB; Feminist Companion to Literature in English. Edges a little rubbed; hinges starting but sound; very good copy. 2 vols 8vo contemporary diced calf gilt rules decorations and lettering. Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck 1788-1856 visited the famous abbey Port-Royal in France where she was attracted to the serious study Jansenist piety their theories of philosophy education religious observance and the social duties of men. She wrote and translated several works on the Port-Royalists including this translation of a 17th century tour by Dom Claude Lancelot with her impressions from the early 19th century. <br/><br/> London: Printed for J. and A. Ach, 1816 unknown books
177521457London: T. Cadell 1775. Hardcover. Very good. Second edition. 8vo 411 pp with folding map as frontispiece. Bound in early full calf with gilt spine in six compartments red spine label. Front joint rubbed and partially cracked; binding otherwise sound text very clean. Armorial bookplate of Johnathan Pytts Esq. on front pastedown. "Wraxall's travelogue is elegantly written and its Scandinavian and Russian itinerary was novel and therefore of great interest to the reading public.The narrative is self-consciously chivalric and testifies to Wraxall's lifelong interest in tales of intrigue and distress although Queen Caroline Matilda's predicament does not figure in the text presumably in the interests of diplomacy" ODNB. T. Cadell 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
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
189044169New York: D. Appleton and Company 1890. "Authorized" edition. Original publisher's light brown cloth binding with dark brown blue & gilt stamping. Pale green eps. General shelf-wear. One proud gathering. Bookplate & booklabel to front paste-down. Evidence of pocket removal to rear paste-down. Withal a VG copy. x 417 5 pp. 4 pages of publisher adverts conclude volume. 111 illustrations by Townsend. Crown 8vo. <br/><br/> D. Appleton and Company hardcover books
1784WRCAM50202London 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. Plate not captioned in print. unknown books
4689MASSACHUSETTS JOURNEY DIARY AND PHOTOGRAPHY ALBUM. Book. 115pg. 1891. Massachusetts. A travel journal and photography album entitled “Coaching Trip June 5th to 20th 1891â€. There are typewritten notes about a trip from Malden Massachusetts west to the Berkshires and across the Hudson River to West Point and then back to Boston. There are almost a hundred accompanying photographs of the people scenery and activities. The journal concerns the travels of “Mr. and Mrs. H.E. Sawyer Miss Converse Miss Estabrook Captain H.E. Harry Elisha Converse and Messrs G.S. Stockwell J.E. Cochrane and P.W. Sprague†page 91. The scrapbook begins with “Coaching Trip June 5th to 20th 1891. M.B.S. M.C.P. and the scribe meet at the B. & M. Boston and Maine Railroad Station in Malden waiting to be joined by F.E.C. and E.A.E. for the 4:10 train to Boston. We wish we had a photograph of the baggage for we are sure it would be interesting as a souvenir. Bags boxes shawl straps kodaks banjo umbrellas etc. are transported across Boston to the B. & A. Station while the ladies start for Young’s Hotel stopping by the way to purchase finery for Dennis and James. F.E.C. orders dinner and as time is limited thoughtfully orders Broiled Chicken…Dinner is served in Private Parlors – It consists of Milk and crackers. This being insufficient for the insatiable J.E.C. and F.E. another dinner is ordered for them but the report comes back that fire has gone out…â€. The ride continues west seemingly along the path of the modern State Route 2 aka the Mohawk Trail: “…notwithstanding the length of the afternoon drive time passes so pleasantly in talking reading singing etc. that we arrive in Northampton long before any of the party wish to leave the drag. The odometer shows that we traveled 17 miles after dinner…Short walks in some cases after dinner and then we gather on the upper veranda for an hours sing…Bloody Brook House is reached at 12.45 where we dine after which the young ladies devote themselves to letter writing…The gentlemen attend a prize fight in the rear of the house in which one party ‘Jim Carrigan’ a notorious local tough is badly cut up and a visiting tough is completely knocked out or rather kicked out…â€. The party continues through Shelburne Falls Charlemonte up and down the Hoosac Mountain North Adams and into Williamstown. In Williamstown one person makes a long distance telephone call to his father and they attend a baseball game. On June 12th they turn south to Lenox and Great Barrington. On June 15th the narrator mentions that “The young ladies are demoralized this morning because they cannot get alcohol; I never saw girls so dependent upon strong drink early in the morning; this calls to mind the fact that this was to be a dry trip…the heat and dust are almost unbearable…â€. They traveled to Fishkill and then take a boat to West Point where they see cadets and hear a concert. The journal concludes with a listing of the songs they heard on their travels. There are 92 photographs of various sizes. The book was apparently was specially made for the occasion since there is a logo atop every page mentioning “June 5th – 20th 1891â€. The red cloth covers are disbound and the spine is missing; the front cover is gilt stamped with the date of the trip. A fine late Nineteenth Century travel memento. hardcover books
1891228426Boston: James H. Earle 1891. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Bound in publisher's red cloth title blocked in gold on the front cover and the spine; scattered silverfishing to the covers; blindstamped at the top of the frontispiece; front free endpaper has been mended at the hinge; pages toning and somewhat brittle; endpapers chipped; digital images can be made available upon request. Very Good binding. James H. Earle unknown books
1784WRCAM50203London 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
18502673London: David Bogue 1850. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. xi 236 pp publisher's catalogue with hand colored frontispiece and numerous illustrations in the text. Original publisher's cloth gilt spine; endpapers replaced. Edgeworn with chips and head and tail of spine tear to cloth along rear hinge binding slightly pulled at title page; text clean. Account of Smith's travels in the Near East including description of dervishes the slave market bazaars mosques a gun factory and other interesting locales. David Bogue 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
1784WRCAM10711London 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 - KAMCHATKA. unknown books
199730786San Diego: Harcourt Brace & Company. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1997. Hardcover. 0152016104 . Illustrated by the author. First American printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Harcourt Brace & Company hardcover books
