Travel And Exploration from AARDWOLF Fine Books

S.S. Comayagua, , 1959; Five menus from a voyage on the Merchant Marine freighter "Comayagua" March, 1959. Includes breakfast, lunch and dinner menus. The first"Comayagua" was launched in 1921 at Newburgh Shipyard, N.Y. for Cuyamel Fruit Co., but in May of 1942 was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-125 while on a voyage from Guatemala… Read more about this item

Edita, Lausanne, Switzerland, 1966; First Edition; Quarto, 221 pages; red leatherette, ornate gilt titles and decorations; decorative end papers. Fascinating collection of writings by European travelers describing the landscape and people encountered in their journeys across America from East to West during the period between the War Of Independence and the War Between The States. Beautifully and profusely… Read more about this item

Baukatgafan Reykholt H.F., Reykjavik, Iceland, 1944; First Edition; 8vo, 160 pages; burgundy cloth; gilt titles. "Thoughts of Home," by Icelandic native Rannveig Schmidt. Affectionately inscribed and signed to American friends by the author. Text in Icelandic. Very Good, in a chipped dust jacket.

Charles Scribners’ Sons, NY, 1916; Second Edition. 8vo, 420 pages; illustrated. Fascinating account of a series of early twentieth century journeys into the Alaskan interior and Yukon Valley in the dead of winter, traveling by dogsled. Beautifully illustrated with 36 period photographs of the land and native peoples of Alaska, plus frontispiece photogravure portrait plate of the author.… Read more about this item

British Columbia Government Travel Bureau, Vancouver, 1939; 5" x 8", 33 pages; illustrated. Early British Columbia travel guide to Vancouver Island, with descriptions of all the major areas, activities, and sights. Illustrated with numerous photos in sepia and a two panel Vancouver Island map at the center. No p.d. (circa 1939). Fine, in color illustrated wraps. Clean, crisp,… Read more about this item

Towarzystwo Lacznosci z Polonia Zagraniczna, Warszawa, 1959; 12mo, 168 pages. Photo-illustrated guidebook to Poland, with sights and services for a large number of Polish cities plus numerous display ads for 1950’s Polish businesses, including nice fold-outs for LOT airlines and Pekao Bank. Individual full-page maps for 17 Polish cities at the back. Text in Polish. Very Good, in… Read more about this item

Henry T. Coates & Co., Philadelphia, 1897; First Edition; 8vo, 226 pages; blue cloth; gilt board decorations; gilt top edges; illustrated. Volume II of the fascinating and frequently shocking first hand account of a state visit to Morocco by Edmondo Amicis as a member of the 1876 Italian diplomatic mission which gave the first view to Western eyes… Read more about this item

Lecturas Mexicanas/ Fondo De Cultura Economica, Mexico, 1983; First Lecturas Mexicanas Edition; 8vo, 308 pages. Story of the Spanish Conquest of Mexico as told by distinguished Mexican journalist and author Fernando Benitez. Text in Spanish. Very Good Plus, in color illustrated wraps. Clean, crisp, bright, and sharp. No ownership signatures or any other markings of any kind.

Publication Press, Pasadena, CA, 1954; First Edition; 8vo, 181 pages. First hand account of a three month trip in 1954 from Los Angeles, California to Yokohama, Tokyo, Manila, Hong Kong, Bangkok, Calcutta, Delhi, Srinigar, Karachi, Beirut, Istanbul, Athens, Paris, and New York, traveling by boat, train, and airplane. Rear dust jacket panel blurb by Lee Shippey. Nicely inscribed… Read more about this item

Editorial Porrua, Mexico, 1983; 8vo, 331 pages plus a 12-page publisher’s catalogue at the back; cloth covered boards; black titles. The correspondence of Hernan Cortes, in which he describes his thoughts, actions, and experiences while actively engaged in the Conquest of Mexico. First published in Seville in 1522. Issued by Editorial Porrua as part of the "Sepan Cuantos"… Read more about this item

Rand McNally & Company, NY, 1969; First Edition; 4to, 245 pages; photo illustrated. The expedition diaries of Meriwether Lewis & William Clark, illustrated with extraordinary modern b&w photographs of each landscape as it is mentioned in the manuscript. Very Good Plus, in a price-clipped clean, bright, and attractive Very Good dust jacket.

Editorial Porrua, Mexico, 1983; 8vo, 700 pages plus a 12-page publisher’s catalogue at the back. Legendary first person account of the Spanish Conquest of Mexico, by Bernal Diaz del Castillo, soldier in the army of Hernan Cortes. Transcribed from Diaz’s original handwritten manuscript, not from Fr. Alonzo Remon’s later altered version of 1632. Includes a substantive background preface… Read more about this item

Funk & Wagnalls, NY, 1930; First Edition; 8vo, 409 pages; 2 pages of publisher’s ads at the back; green cloth; gilt titles and decorations; color map end papers. Detailed travel guide to England and Scotland by prolific travel writer E.M. Newman. Enchantingly illustrated with over 300 b&w photographs taken expressly for the book. Fine, a brilliant copy, in… Read more about this item

Desert Magazine Press, Palm Desert, CA, 1961; First Edition; 8vo, 310 pages; photo illustrated. Fascinating travelogue by Western author and adventurer Nell Murbarger, who together with her 74 year old mother traveled the length and breadth of Mexico, visiting 28 Mexican states from desert, to coast, to interior, driving and living in their 1960 Ford pickup truck… Read more about this item

W.W. Norton & Company, NY, 1964; First Edition; 8vo, 366 pages; Illustrated. Personal observations of San Francisco and the Bay Area by artist/writer/poet Chiang Yee, who established his reputation as a uniquely perceptive travel commentator with publication of his first book on England’s lake district, "The Silent Traveller In Lakeland." Finely illustrated with fifteen color paintings and more… Read more about this item

Harper and Row Publishers, NY, 1969; no statement of edition; large octavo (7 1/2" x 10 1/4"), 280 pages; sage cloth; blind stamped front board illustration of the Beagle ; gilt titles; illustrated. Alan Moorehead’s riveting account of 23 year old Charles Darwin’s five-year voyage as naturalist aboard the H.M.S. Beagle to Brazil, Argentina, Tierra del Fuego, Chile,… Read more about this item