Travel & Exploration from the book scot

Capra/Scrimshaw. Santa Barbara/San Francisco., 1973 Book size about 6 by 9 inches with some 77 pages. Bound in illustrated wraps. Foreword by William Richardson. Illustrated by Joe Jaqua. A co-publication in 5,000 copies. Light covers wear; bottom edge ink marks and scuffing. VERY GOOD. 1st Edition.. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

H M S Catherwood. Belfast, Ireland., 1930 Book size about 5 1/4 by 8 1/2 inches with some 44 pages. Bound in blue wraps with front cover color pictorial paste-on and brown lettering. Illustrated with photos and maps. Lavish brochure advertising bus tours of Ireland and Scotland (Predominantly Ireland). Light wear but evidence of damp exposure at several interior pages… Read more about this item

Maritime Advocate And Busy East. No place., 1941 Book size about 8 1/2 by 12 inches with some 48 pages. Bound in color photo illustrated wraps. Illustrated with numerous black/white photos. Rear cover shows home of 'Anne Of Green Gables' and the interior has a photo of Lucy Maud Montgomery along with a poem she wrote. Other mentions of this… Read more about this item

Bureau Of Information, Government of Nova Scotia. Halifax, Nova Scotia., 1941 Book size about 8 by 10 1/2 inches with some 40 pages. Bound in color photo illustrated wraps. A tourist booklet with interior black/white photos, color photos inside each cover and a four page center fold-out color photo of the Keltic Lodge in Cape Breton Highlands National Park. Intended… Read more about this item

Trailways of the Northland. Lake George, NY., 1949 Booklet size about 4 by 9 inches with some 16 pages including the covers. Bound in color photo illustrated wraps. Illustrated throughout with color photos of some 50 or so auto courts in New York, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine. All the auto courts are 'At the Sign of the Red Arrow'… Read more about this item

Author published. Anaheim, Ca., 1966 Book size about 6 by 9 inches with some 78 pages. Bound in slick glossy photo illustrated wraps. Illustrated throughout with photos and maps. The author has visited some 89 California ghost towns, taken photographs and drawn maps to locate the towns. These were the days before the hoards of treasure hunters with metal detectors… Read more about this item

Dodd, Mead & Company. NY., 1958 Book size about 6 by 8 inches with some 305 pages. Bound in gray cloth with red lettering and decoration. Map end papers (Different for front and rear). Illustrated with a 24 page photo section. One of the travel books from the prolific typewriter of the author who traveled around the world several times.… Read more about this item

Illinois Central. (Chicago)., 1923 Book size about 6 by 8 1/2 inches with some 40 pages. Bound in color illustrated charcoal wraps. Illustrated with some 40 photographs and an equal number of drawings plus two full page maps. Booklet advertising the Illinois Central Railroad service to Florida via two separate trains: The Deluxe Floridian and the regular Seminole for the… Read more about this item

J & J Harper. NY., 1832 Smallish book about 4 by 6 inches with some 337 pages plus two pages of publisher ads at the rear. Bound in thin tan cloth over boards. Covers with printed title and other information. Book No. XXXVI in the publisher Family Library series. Illustrated with three in-text images and one tissue guarded plate. An… Read more about this item

Visit Magazine. Charlottesville, Va., 1953 Magazine size about 6 by 9 inches with some 16 pages. Bound in photo illustrated wraps. Illustrated with a couple of photos. Monthly magazine put out by the Charlottesville and Albemarle Chamber of Commerce. Some of the Contents include: Statistics, Clubs and Civic Bodies, Calendar of Events, Points of Interest, etc. Many local advertisements included.… Read more about this item

Houghton Mifflin. Boston, 1991 Book size about 6 by 8 1/2 inches with some 343 pages including an extensive Index. Bound in blue paper over boards with a deep red cloth spine. Spine lettering in gilt. In the original dust wrapper with a front flap price of $19.95. Wrapper enclosed in a removable clear plastic protector. Commentary from a former… Read more about this item

Maine Development Commission. Augusta. No date but circa 1941, 1941 Book size about 7 by 9 inches with some 24 pages. Bound in color illustrated wraps. Illustrated throughout with black/white photos. A book published to tout the benefits of Maine. Apparently published earlier this copy has the introductory page removed and replaced with one signed by Governor Sumner Sewall. Laid-in… Read more about this item

Hurd And Houghton. NY., 1869 Book size about 6 by 7 3/4 inches with some 192 pages. Bound in blue cloth over beveled boards with front cover gilt illustration and gilt spine lettering and decoration. Illustrated with numerous full page and smaller drawings by the author. What used to be called 'The Grand Tour' around Europe with the author writing… Read more about this item

Pan American Tourist Bureau. Laredo, Texas, 1937 Book size about 8 by 10 inches with some 68 pages. Bound in illustrated brown tones wraps. Illustrated with numerous photos and maps. A tour guide showing the point to point routes with miles, road descriptions and conditions, special conditions, etc. For example, a trip from the border town of Nogales, Arizona to… Read more about this item

Seeley, Service & Co. London., 1929 Travel book by Isabel Emerson, 'Things Seen In Sicily', published in London in 1929. Small book about 4 by 6 inches with some 158 pages including an extensive Index at the rear. Illustrated with a double page map and some 32 photos. Bound in pale blue cloth with front cover gilt illustration and black… Read more about this item

Author published. Boston., 1933 Small book about 5 by 7 inches with some 94 text pages and numerous full page photos. Author published book recounting his travels all over the world climbing mountains around the 1870's. Obviously a gentleman of means and leisure. Interesting look at mountain climbing in the 1870's. Dust wrapper front flap laid-in showing a price of… Read more about this item

T Fisher Unwin. London., 1911 Book size about 6 by 9 inches with some 283 pages. Bound in illustrated blue cloth. Illustrated with numerous photos. The author's mountain climbing experiences around the world back in the days when the equipment was quite primitive. Covers worn and speckled; spine frayed top/bottom and with white stain; tissue guarded frontis loose and laid-in.… Read more about this item

National Geographic Society. Washington, DC, 1941 Map size about 24 by 30 inches. Covers both the North & South Atlantic Ocean. Folded as originally issued. Light wear. VERY GOOD Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

National Geographic Society. Washington, DC, 1941 Map size about 32 by 25 inches. Folded as issued. Light overall wear; no tears or fold separations. VERY GOOD Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Topeka, Kansas, U.S.A.: Ogden Pub Inc, 1987 Book size about 6 1/2 by 9 inches with some 367 pages. In the original dust wrapper with front flap price of $14.95. Illustrated with photos and maps. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AT THE FRONT. Book with light wear. Wrapper with two tears at front cover bottom. NEAR FINE/GOOD Language: eng… Read more about this item