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Captain Cook's Three Voyages to the Pacific Ocean (Vol. II ONLY); The First Performed in the...

Captain Cook's Three Voyages to the Pacific Ocean (Vol. II ONLY); The First Performed in the Years 1768, 1769, 1770, & 1771; The Second in 1772, 1773, 1774, & 1775; the Third and Last in 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, & 1780. Faithfully abridged from the Quarto Edition...

New-York: E. Duyckinck, George Long, printer, 1814. Leather. Volume II ONLY, sixteenmo size, 375 pp. The second volume only of this 1814 publication of Captain James Cook's (1728-1779) voyages in the Pacific Ocean, during the mid- to late eighteenth century. This volume is an account of Cook's encounters with the..... More

Price: $200.00

The Journals of the Expedition under the Command of Capts. Lewis and Clark; to the sources of the...

Biddle, Nicholas (Editor); Bakeless, John (Introduction); Various Illustrators

The Journals of the Expedition under the Command of Capts. Lewis and Clark; to the sources of the Missouri, thence across the Rocky Mountains and down the river Columbia to the Pacific Ocean, performed during the Years 1894-5-6 by Order of the Government of the United States

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1962. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 1500, quarto size, 611 pp. for both volumes, with LEC Monthly Letter and announcement, in slipcase. The westward explorations of Lewis and Clark remain a source of fascination, with the courage and daring it took to explore then-unknown territory..... More

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Le Tour de la France, Pour Deux Enfants. G. Bruno

Bruno, G.

Le Tour de la France, Pour Deux Enfants

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. ___DESCRIPTION: Dark red cloth with black lettering to front, gilt..... More

Price: $50.00

Sir John Chardin's Travels in Persia. Sir John Chardin, N. M. Penzer, Percy Sykes, Sir, Introduction

Chardin, Sir John; Penzer, N.M. (Editor); Sykes, Percy, Sir (Introduction)

Sir John Chardin's Travels in Persia

London: The Argonaut Press, 1927. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Number 628 of 975 copies, quarto size, [318] pp. Sir John Chardin (1643-1712) was a French merchant and traveler; the publication of the first volume of his "Voyages du chevalier Jean Chardin en Perse et autres lieux de l'Orient" simultaneously in French..... More

Price: $125.00

Colton's Traveler and Tourist's Guide-Book Through the Western States and Territories [Colton's...

Colton, J[oseph] H[utchins]

Colton's Traveler and Tourist's Guide-Book Through the Western States and Territories [Colton's Western Tourist and Emigrant's Guide]; Containing Brief Descriptions of Each, With the Routes and Distances on the Great Lines of Travel. Accompanied by a Map, Exhibiting the Township Lines of the U.S. Surveys, the Boundaries of Counties, Position of Cities, Villages, Settlements, Etc.

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

Price: $800.00

Pictures from Italy: Genoa, Venice, Rome, Naples, Florence. Charles Dickens

Dickens, Charles

Pictures from Italy: Genoa, Venice, Rome, Naples, Florence

Greenbrae, California: The Allen Press, 1982. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 140 copies, quarto size, 121 pp. The forty-seventh limited edition from The Allen Press, being Charles Dickens' classic in travel literature. Written during a year-long sojourn in Italy, 1844-45, after Dickens had already become famous as a result of..... More

Price: $450.00

A Pictorial Tour of Hawaii 1850-1852: Watercolors, Paintings & Drawings by James Gay Sawkins;...

Forbes, David W.; Sawkins, James Gay (Artist)

A Pictorial Tour of Hawaii 1850-1852: Watercolors, Paintings & Drawings by James Gay Sawkins; With an account of his life & travels by David W. Forbes

San Francisco: The Book Club of California, designed by Jack Stauffacher of The Greenwood Press, 1991. Sawkins, James Gay. Limited First Edition. Hardcover. One of 400 copies, oblong quarto, [126] pp., with prospectus. James Gay Sawkins (1806-1878) was a virtually unknown English artist who spent several years painting Hawaiian landscapes;..... More

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Trans-Himalaya: Discoveries and Adventures in Tibet. Sven Hedin

Hedin, Sven

Trans-Himalaya: Discoveries and Adventures in Tibet

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

Price: $1,200.00

Yo Semite 1878, Adventures of N & C. Carrie E. LeConte, Susanna B. Dakin, Mallette Dean,...

LeConte, Carrie E.; Dakin, Susanna B. (Introduction); Dean, Mallette (Designer/Printer)

Yo Semite 1878, Adventures of N & C

San Francisco: The Book Club of California [printed by Mallette Dean], 1964. Dean, Mallette. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 450 copies, quarto size, [131] pp., with original dust jacket, prospectus and order form. An expanded version of fourteen-year-old Carrie LeConte's Yosemite journal of 1878, rewritten and enhanced with pen and..... More

Price: $150.00

WE. Charles A. Lindbergh, Myron T. Herrick, Introduction

Lindbergh, Charles A.; Herrick, Myron T. (Introduction)

WE

New York, London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1927. Malone, Robert James. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Author's Presentation Edition, limited to 100 copies of which this is 'P4', quarto size, 308 pp., signed by Lindbergh and by publisher G.P. Putnam's Sons, with the publisher's biographical pamphlet laid in. The first printing from type..... More

Price: $6,000.00

A New Gazetteer of the Eastern Continent; or, a Geographical Dictionary: Containing, In...

Morse, Jedidiah and Parish, Elijah

A New Gazetteer of the Eastern Continent; or, a Geographical Dictionary: Containing, In Alphabetical Order, a Description of all the Countries, Kingdoms, States, Cities, Towns, Principal Rivers, Lakes, Harbours, Mountains, &c. &c. in Europe, Asia, Africa, and Their Adjacent Islands

Charlestown: Samuel Etheridge, 1802. First Edition. Leather. Octavo size, approx. [600] pp. Jedidiah Morse (1761-1826) published numerous volumes on geography during his life; the publication of his first thorough geographical work, "The American Gazetteer", garnered him the title "the father of American geography". "A New Gazetteer" serves as a second..... More

Price: $150.00

La Bourgogne: Types et Coutumes [Burgundy: Types and Customs]. Gaston Roupnel, Louis W. Graux

Roupnel, Gaston; Graux, Louis W. (Illustrator)

La Bourgogne: Types et Coutumes [Burgundy: Types and Customs]

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

Price: $150.00

Crashing Through Japan's Back Door; An Adventure of Herbert A. Schoenfeld. Herbert A. Schoenfeld

Schoenfeld, Herbert A.

Crashing Through Japan's Back Door; An Adventure of Herbert A. Schoenfeld

[Seattle]: [Frank McCaffrey, Printer], [1928]. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 265 copies, octavo size, 60 pp. An incredibly lovely book by a highly-regarded Seattle printer, Frank McCaffrey (founder of the Dogwood Press). The binding is distinctive with patterened paper over boards, Japanese characters debossed on the front in a shimmering..... More

Price: $600.00

Arthur Neve of Kashmir. A. P. Shepherd

Shepherd, A.P.

Arthur Neve of Kashmir

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

Price: $200.00

On Horseback; A Tour in Virginia, North Carolina, and Tennessee, With Notes of Travel in Mexico...

Warner, Charles Dudley

On Horseback; A Tour in Virginia, North Carolina, and Tennessee, With Notes of Travel in Mexico and California

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1888. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing, octavo size, 346 pp. Charles Dudley Warner (1829-1900) not only was such a close friend with Mark Twain that Twain served as a pall bearer at Dudley's funeral, but he co-authored "The Gilded Age" with Twain, in addition to writing numerous..... More

Price: $100.00

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