San Francisco: The Book Club of California [Printed by Patrick Reagh], 1997. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 350 copies, quarto size, 385 pp., with prospectus. From the prospectus, this "is...the first full publication in English of the richest and perhaps best description ever written of early California....written by Captain Auguste..... More
London: Heny Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1831. Hardcover. "A New Edition", two volumes (complete), octavo size, a total of 950 pp. Frederic William Beechey (1796-1856) entered the Royal Navy at the early age of 10 years in 1806 and, by 1815, was already a 2nd Lieutenant. His career continued to..... 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. ___DESCRIPTION: Dark red cloth with black lettering to front, gilt..... 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
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 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
Calcutta: Seagull Books, 2017. First English Language Edition. Hardcover. Octavo size, pp. 717. From the dust jacket flap, "One of the towering classics of twentieth-century French literature...one man's...travel journal as well as an exhaustively detailed account of the first French state-sponsored anthropological expedition to sub-Saharan Africa....a book whose broad canvas..... More
Cincinnati: Walden and Stowe, (1879). First Edition. Hardcover. Duodecimo size, 548 pp. The Reverend Isaac William Wiley (1825-1884) trained as a doctor, became a medical missionary and, in 1850, sailed for China. This volume is "A Record of Observations made during a resident of several years in China, and a...... More
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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
[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
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
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