Travel & Exploration from Classic Books and Ephemera

Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2012. Hardcover. Fine/fine. ix, [3], 204 p.: illustrations; 24 cm. Red cloth with gilt spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, June 2012. In The Holiday Makers, "the magazine industry serves as a window into postwar media and consumer society, showing… Read more about this item

London: Methuen & Co, 1923. Hardcover. Very Good. Twenty-third Edition, Revised. xvii, [1], 376 p.: tissue-guarded color frontispiece, 15 leaves of color illustrations, 38 leaves of black and white photographs, 1 double-page map; 19 cm. Half red polished leather with gilt-stamped decoration and gilt-stamped leather spine label with title; red cloth over boards. Top page… Read more about this item

London: Methuen & Co, 1923. Hardcover. Very Good. Twenty-third Edition, Revised. xiv, [2], 290 p.: tissue-guarded color frontispiece, 15 leaves of color illustrations, 36 leaves of black and white illustrations, 1 double-page map; 19 cm. Half red polished leather with gilt-stamped decoration and gilt-stamped leather spine label with title; red cloth over boards. No… Read more about this item

New York: Western Union, 1925. Paperback. Good +. 72 p.: illustrations; 14 cm. Illustrated card covers; stapled. No date of publication; includes illustrations of what appear to be teletypewriters, which were introduced in 1923. Intended for American travellers to Europe, with addresses of European cable offices on the cover and other services for travellers offered.… Read more about this item

Chicago: Curt Teich & Co, 1938. Paperback. Near Fine. [32] p.: color illustrations, map; 12 x 17 cm. Illustrated wrapper included in page count; stapled. Wrapper title. Illustrations consist of reproductions of 15 of the C. T. Art-Colortone postcards produced by Curt Teich & Co. In Near Fine Condition: ends of spine rubbed; clean… Read more about this item

Dublin: J. Milliken, 1771. Hardcover. Very Good. "The Second Edition, Corrected and enlarged." xii, 1 leaf of an engraved plate (folded), 51, 50-284, [20] p.: 1 in-text engraved illustration, tables; 20 cm. Contemporary full calf; modern bonded leather spine label with gilt-tooled title: Six Weeks Tour. Folded plate, often bound as frontispiece, is here bound… Read more about this item

New York: Leonard Scott & Co, 1846. Hardcover. Good +. [2], 776 p.; 23 cm. Contemporary half calf with marbled paper over boards. Gilt-tooled spine title "Blackwood's Magazine"; blind-tooled decoration on spine. This volume contains fiction (including satire and horror), reviews and other nonfiction including travel, and poetry, all published anonymously, as was typical of… Read more about this item

New York: Munn & Co, 1895. Paperback. Very Good. 16 pages (paginated [1], 16616-16630 p.): illustrations; 41 cm. Contains illustrated articles about Emperor Frederick's monument at Worth; ball bearings and rubber tires for carriages; the coinage of Rome by G. F. Hill; and the Jackson-Harmsworth polar expedition. Also, The Nitrogen of the Air as a Plant… Read more about this item

New York: Munn & Co, 1895. Paperback. Very Good +. 16 pages (paginated [1], 16312-16326 p.): illustrations; 41 cm. Features an illustrated article about the opening of the North Sea and Baltic canal; a continuation of an article on the tin plate industry in the United States; several articles on photography; an illustrated article about Count von… Read more about this item

Berlin: Paul Cassirer, 1920. Hardcover. Very Good +. Third edition. 134, [6] p., color frontispiece and 11 leaves of plates (3 in color): full-page illustrations; 20 cm. Calf spine with gilt spine title; color decorated paper over boards. Top page edges red. White ribbon bookmark. Plates tipped in on light green paper. Title… Read more about this item

Berlin: Franz Schneider Verlag, 1925. Hardcover. Very Good +. 220, [4] p.: illustrations; 25 cm. White cloth with gilt spine title; color illustration on front cover. Top page edges blue. Publisher's list of titles in the series Deuytsche Fahrten on page facing title page. Publisher's advertisements on final 3 unpaginated pages. Includes index.… Read more about this item

Munich: F. Bruckmann, 1937. Hardcover. Very Good -. 143, [1] p.: illustrations; 23 cm. Green cloth with gilt stamped spien and cover titles. Former owner's bookplate on front fixed endpaper of "Hans M. Sylvester, M.D." The author, Edwin Erich Dwinger (1898-1981), was one of the most popular authors in Nazi Germany. He published many… Read more about this item

Leipzig: E. A. Seemann, 1912. Hardcover. Very Good +. 168 p.: black-and-white photographs; 24 cm. Light brown cloth with dark brown spine and cover titles and front cover decoration. Series title on front cover: Berühmte Kunststäatten Band 8. All page edges black. Black endpapers. Includes index. Publisher's advertisement on p. 168. … Read more about this item

London: C. Cox, 1848. Hardcover. Fair. 216, 224 p.: illustrations; 15 cm. Contemporary half calf with marbled paper over boards. Gilt-tooled spine title. Popular Customs, Sports, and Recollections of the South of Italy by Charles MacFarlane was published in London by Charles Knight & Co. in 1846. Front fixed endpaper bears bookplate of the… Read more about this item

Stuttgart, Germany: Thienemann, Edition Erdmann, 1986. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good -. 375 p.: illustrations; 21 cm. Brown cloth with black and white spine title; blind-stamped illustration on front cover. Illustrated endpapers. Illustrated dust jacket printed in black and green. Part of the publisher's series Alte Abenteuerliche Reiseberichte. Undated gift inscription on series title… Read more about this item

San Francisco: Hotel Sir Francis Drake, 1930. Near Fine. 1 form (30 x 16 cm.) listing clothing of gentlemen, ladies, and children's. No date of publication, but the Hotel Sir Francis Drake was built in 1928. The form includes "Bloomers" as an option for women, a term that went out of fashion in the 1930s. … Read more about this item

Chicago: Henry Regnery Co, 1958. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. 206 p., [8] p. of illustrations; 22 cm. Brown cloth with gilt spine title. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Bruce Petty. Former owner's name on front free endpaper: Monica Reynolds. Book is in Very Good Condition: slightly cocked; upper page edges lightly soiled; a few pencilled… Read more about this item

Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Co, 1896. Hardcover. Near Fine -. 860 p.; 24 cm. Half black morocco with gilt-stamped spine title and embellishments; black morocco-grain cloth over boards. Contents include: articles by Agnes Repplier: The Fete de Gayant, and Old Wine and New -- The Children of the Road by Josiah Flynt -- Pirate Gold (in 3… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Delaware Press, 1899. Hardcover. Good -. [2] p., [320] leaves of plates; 28 x 36 cm. Black cloth with gilt-stamped spine and cover titles and cover illustration. "A Panoramic Reproduction of the Most Famous Street Scenes and Historical Landscapes" -- on front cover. Inscription on front fixed endpaper: "John L. Burns to Samuel F.… Read more about this item

London: T. Woodward, 1744. Hardcover. Good. 2 volumes: vol. 1: [8], xvi, [8], 984 p., [16] leaves of plates; vol. 2: [10], 1056, [22] p., frontispiece and [21] leaves of plates: tables; 44 cm. Contemporary? half calf with seven compartments between raised bands. Gilt-tooled title in second compartment of vol. 1: Harris's Voyages. Plain light… Read more about this item