Indianapolis, New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1940. Hardcover. Octavo size, 305 pp., with dust jacket. David Legge Brainard (1856-1946), a career military man, was appointed as the first sergeant for the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition. Their destination was the most northern latitude americans had ever explored, with the expedition's goal..... More
Boston, New York, Chicago, Atlanta, San Francisco: Allyn and Bacon, 1922. Hardcover. Duodecimo size, 228 pp. Abridged and Edited with Notes, Exercises, French Questions and Vocabulary by E.A. Whitenack, State Normal School, River Falls Wisconsin. A fascinating travelogue/french exercise book. Note that almost all of the book is in French..... More
![Item #CNAP061b The Voices of Marrakesh [with extra print]. Elias Canetti, J. A. Underwood, Karl...](https://swansfinebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/CNAP061b_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1716940625)
San Francisco: The Arion Press, 2001. William T. Wiley. Hardcover. Large octavo, 11 by 8 inches, 124 pages, plus 12 unnumbered pages for the colored leaves to which the etchings are attached. The type is Goudy Old Style, printed by letterpress. The photographs appear on verso pages, the etchings on..... More
New York: J.H. Colton and Company, 1856. Hardcover. Sixmo size, 137 pp. Joseph Hutchins Colton (1800-1893) founded the mapmaking company known as "J.H. Colton and Company", known internationally and highly regarded for the quality of their maps, which were printed using engraved steel plates and often hand-coloured, recognizable for their..... More
New York: The Century Co., (1926). First Edition. Hardcover. First printing, octavo size, 370 pp., in publisher's dust jacket. Per the jacket flap, "[t]his book completes the record of a two years' sojourn and wandering among the peoples of eastern and east central Asia, a record begun with 'Glimpses of..... More
San Francisco: The Book Club of California [printed by E. & R. Grabhorn (the Grabhorn Press)], (1931). First and Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 300 copies, folio size, 293 pp. From the description in the BCC bibliography: "The journal covers three years of travel from Greenville, Illinois, to St. Louis..... More
New York: The MacMillan Company, 1909. First Edition. Hardcover. Two volumes (complete when published, a supplement was later published), octavo size, 949 total pp., with signature of Sven Hedin. In an age rife with exploration, Swedish explorer and travel writer Sven Hedin (1865-1952) made four expeditions to Central Asia, studying..... More
Denver, Colorado: The Old West Publishing Company [Designed and Printed by Lawton Kennedy], 1964. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 250 deluxe copies, folio size, 399 pp. plus folding map, signed by Dale Morgan, with prospectus and slipcase. Lowell Dale Morgan (1914-1971) was a highly regarded scholar on "Utah history, Mormon..... More
![Item #CNJL2085 La Bourgogne: Types et Coutumes [Burgundy: Types and Customs]. Gaston Roupnel,...](https://swansfinebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/CNJL2085_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1531615281)
Paris: Editions des Horizons de France, 1936. Graux, Louis W. Original wraps. Quarto size, 142 pp., in French. "La Bourgogne" is a history of Burgundy, a region in France well-known for its vineyards and winemaking; this book comprises the history and development of the region, as well as the tradition..... More
London: Church Missionary Society, 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing, duodecimo size, 144 pp. Arthur Neve (1859-1919) served in Kashmir for over thirty years as a Christian medical missionary; during WWI he returned to England to work in the military hospitals in Brighton and France. In addition to his medical..... More