Travel from Parker's Rare Books

Boston: James R. Ogood and Company, 1875. Second Edition. HB. Red pebbled cloth, gilt lettering on front cover and spine, 12 mo, xvi, 469, 25, (2) pp., end papers contain ads. Lacking the 2 maps at front and rear pockets, but containing the uncolored maps of the Catskill Mountains, the Hudson River, Long Island, the Environs of New York,… Read more about this item

Leipsic: Karl Baedeker, 1894. Second Revised Edition. HB. Red cloth, gilt lettering on front cover and spine, 12mo, 375 pp. With 8 maps, 15 plans and a panorama of Athens. Large color folding map of Greece at rear. Much writing, in pencil, front and rear endpapers and title pages by previous owner, Dan Fellows Platt (1873-1937) noted archeologist and… Read more about this item

Cleveland: Central Publishing House, 1905. First Edition. HB. Green cloth, white lettering on front cover, 12 mo, 106 pp. plus index at rear. Account of a young woman from Philadelphia who takes a guided trip to Europe in 1903, with 6 full-page photographic plates. Owner's inscription on ffep, no other marks in book, binding tight. Occasional light foxing.… Read more about this item

New York: A. D. F. Randolph, No Date. HB. Red cloth, gilt lettering on spine and gilt and black flowers on front cover, 8vo, 371 pp., patterned endpapers. Owner's name ffep only marks in book, binding tight. Covers show fraying top of spine, spine sunned, some soiling to covers. This edition contains no illustrations or photos. Book… Read more about this item

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1940. Stated First Edition. HB. Dark blue cloth, gilt lettering on front cover and spine, large 8vo, 433 pp., map end papers. Frontis photo of the author. Published after Halliburton was declared lost at sea in 1939. No marks in book, binding tight. Covers show light soiling, small hole in cloth at top of spine. Lacking… Read more about this item

Cincinnati: Williamson & Cantwell, 1871. HB. Blue cloth, gilt lettering on spine, 8vo, 441 pp. Covers show wear, fraying top of spine, foxing to preliminaries, binding tight, text clean. Book condition Good+.

Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1880. First Edition. HB. Brown cloth, gilt design and lettering on front cover,gilt lettering on spine, small 8vo, 299 pp., brown endpapers. Frontis illustration of palm trees, and 2 full-page plates within text. Fold-out map of the Hawaiian Archipelago. Half title page and frontis, with tissue guard, detached, but present, rear hinge starting to crack, owners… Read more about this item

Paris: Nagel, 1949. cloth. Black cloth, silver lettering on front cover and spine, corners bumped, fold out maps very good. 8 vo, 808 pp. Many ads. Travel guide. Sticker "Published in the U.S.A. by Crown Publishers, N.Y., printed in France" on title page. Book condition VG-.

Edinburgh: John Bartholomew & Son Ltd, No Date. Large linen backed color map, probably printed in the late 1930's or early 1940's based on the identification of European colonies adjacent to Ethiopia and Israel not being present. Green paper title with rear cover a list of other maps of the Bartholomew General World Series. Condition VG.

Milwaukee: Verlag von Georg Brumder, [ca. 1892]. HB. Tan cloth, dark brown decorations and gilt lettering on front cover and spine, 12mo, 328 pp. plus large fold-out bird's eye view of Paris at rear. Mit einem Uebersichtsplane der Pariser Weltausstellung von 1889. Account of a holiday travel by this German-American author. Previous owner's name ffep, no other marks in… Read more about this item

Ottawa: Government Printing Bureau, 1913. HB. Dark red cloth, gilt lettering on front cover and spine, 8vo, 164 pp. With 18 fold-out color maps within text and 1 fold-out map in rear pocket. No marks in book, binding tight. Covers clean with slight edge wear, spine sunned. Book condition VG. By the Geological Survey, Department of Mines.

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1877. First Edition. HB. Blue cloth stamped in black with gilt illustration on front cover, gilt lettering on spine, 8vo, xxiv, 399 pp. plus 6 pp. publisher's ads at rear. Color frontis illustration plus many illustrations within text. Account of the Austro-Hungarian North Pole Expedition led by Payer and Karl Weyprecht… Read more about this item

London: Tinsley Brothers, Catherine Street, Strand, 1867. First Edition. HB. Two volumes complete in half dark brown leather and red marbled boards, gilt lettering with 5 raised bands on spine, 8vo, marbled end papers, top edge gilt. xiii, 339, viii, 340 pp. Travel account by Sala (1828-1895), a British journalist and Special Correspondent for the Daily Telegraph. Previous owner's… Read more about this item

No Place: No Publisher, circa. 1890. Wraps. String tied oblong stiff paper wraps, white lettering and center cut-out on front cover. Consists of 10 full color plates, approximately 11" x 8.5", of views of Nice and Monte-Carlo, circa. 1890. Includes general views of the cities, the Promenade Du Midi, Le Casino et Les Jardins, Promenade Des Anglais, Casino Municipal,… Read more about this item

New York: Printed For the Author by Edward O. Jenkins, 1873. Second Edition. HB. Brick red beveled cloth stamped in gilt and black, gilt illustration of railroad engine on front cover, 12 mo, 266 pp., brown endpapers. Illustrated with 20 full page drawings. Interesting observations on the author's travels in the south after the Civil War. No marks in… Read more about this item

Prescott, Wisconsin: Trimbelle Press, 1980. HB. Blue illustrated cloth, black lettering on front cover and spine, 8vo, 104 pp. Donation stamp on front pastedown only mark in book, binding tight and covers clean. In a blue illustrated dust jacket that shows very light edge wear. Book condition VG in VG DJ.

Roma: Edizioni Il Sapere, No Date. Wraps. Red stapled wraps, black lettering on front cover, 16mo, 94 pp. Very scarce English-Italian language aid for English tourists. Price "Lire Diece" on front cover. No marks in book, binding tight. Covers show minor chipping, bottom corner of front cover dog-eared. Book condition VG-. OCLC does not locate a copy.

Rome: Enrico Verdesi, 1939. Wraps. Yellow stiff paper wraps, black lettering on front cover and spine, list of other works by publisher on rear cover, 16mo, 327 pp., large color fold-out map of Rome at rear. No marks in book, binding tight. Covers show minor soiling. Book condition VG-.

London: Geo. W. Carleton & Co, 1867. HB. Red blindstamped cloth, gilt lettering on spine, 12 mo, xiv, [15]-395 pp. + ads at rear, light blue endpapers. Owners name ffep only mark in book, binding solid. Covers show some edge wear, uneven sunning, chipping with minor loss top and bottom of spine. Frontis illustration with tissue guard. Book condition… Read more about this item

Brooklyn, N.Y: Published by author, [1905]. First Edition, lacking printing statement verso of title page. HB. Maroon cloth, gilt lettering on front cover, 12mo, 71 pp., all edges of text block gilt. Account by this Lutheran theologian and pastor from Brooklyn of his trip to Germany for the dedication of the Berlin Cathedral (Evangelical (i.e. Protestant) Supreme Parish and… Read more about this item