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

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

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

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

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

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

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