Rare books from Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore

Boston: Balch Brothers Co.. Very Good+. 1898. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Extremely light rubbing to marbled bottom edge; The nicest and most exclusive edition of this classic is as rare as it gets - especially in this condition. The boards are in 1/2 green leather with linear gilt design. Top edge gilt. Spine with five raised bands, gilt linear design and gilt spine lettering. Bound also in beautiful green marbled design and matching endpapers. This set is # 8 of 500 and nicely SIGNED with black ink by Stoddard on the page facing half-title. Frontispiece is a beautiful tissue-guarded etching followed by a photographure portrait of Stoddard. The 10 volumes are profusely illustrated in b&w from photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Philadelphia: Mitchell and Hinman. Very Good+. 1836. Hardcover. Staining to obverse & verso of title page. Bookplate to front pastedown. Previous owner's name to rear endpaper. Steel engraved and hand colored map torn; Stunning early example of a guide to the USA, basically ending at the Mississippi river, before California or Texas was a state ; Maps; 24mo 5" - 6" tall; 78 pages .

New York: J. M. Emerson & Co.. Very Good+. 1859-1860. Hardcover. Occasional foxing. Comtemporary binding in brown cloth; All The Year Round was Charles Dickens' own literary magazine. The first appearance of A Tale of Two Cities is serialized here, from April-November 1859. These three volumes contain all the issues from April 1859 to October 1860. Besides literature there are a number of articles on scientific matters and national and international affairs; 8vo; 624,568 (48),620 pages .

Philadelphia: Henry T. Coates & Co.. Very Good+. 1898. Hardcover. Small stamp on front free endpaper and the lightest wear to extremities. Volume one shows occasional underlining; Fold-out map in rear showing entire length of river, which has slight fraying due to casual folding. Top edges gilt. A handsome set with beautiful tissue guarded halftones and decorative boards. ; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 303,318 pages .

Philadelphia: Henry T. Coates & Company. Near Fine. 1904. Hardcover. Slight wear to slipcase; Bright red boards with gilt, bold design of a shield. Numerous tissue-guarded photographures. Top edges gilt ; 386, 401 pages .

New York: W. W. Norton & Co. Inc.. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1970. Hardcover; Second Printing. 0393053873 . Spine sunned. Light wear to DJ; Everyone advised him to run for the late Robert Kennedy's Senate seat. Everyone told him that New Yorkers were fed up and would not return him to office. But John Lindsay stood for re-election as mayor and won. How did he do it in the face of strikes, racial unrest, and high crime rates? Find out here. Thank you notes to a campaign supporter from Mayor Lindsay and Mrs. Lindsay laid in, with original envelope; 8vo; 240 pages .

New York: Philosophical Library. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1946. Hardcover. Light wear to DJ and with light chipping. Slight browning to endpapers ; Noted playwright Shaw examines some long-held beliefs in the field of penology and comes to some startling conclusions; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 125 pages .

Moscow: Progress Publishers. Very Good+. 1967. Hardcover. White boards show minor browning and edgewear. Small open tear to top of publisher's clear plastic wraparound upon which is printed the book's title ; Detailed look inside the mysterious Kremlin, at the time a vast mystery to the West ; B&W & Color Photographs; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 242 pages .

Leipzig: Verlag Von Karl Baedeker. Very Good+. 1914. First Edition. Hardcover. Boards with light rubbing to extremities. Former owner's name on title page. Edges a bit tanned; Very rare! "Mit 22 Karten, 33 Plänen und 8 Grundrissen". Map in rear pocket; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 358 pages .

New York: Harper & Row. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. DJ has 2" closed tear to front ; INSCRIBED with ball point pen by King to Wanda Horowitz, the daughter of the conductor Toscanini. ; 8vo - 8" to 9" tall; 209 pages .

Leipzig: Karl Baedeker. Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 1914. Hardcover. DJ browned (as usual) and chipped. DJ spine laid-in book. Top DJ professionally repaired. Former owner's address on front endpaper. ; 1st and only edition. One of the most scarce and precious titles of the Baedeker series. A description of the country before the revolution. 40 fold out maps in color and 78 plans. A very well preserved copy - especially rare with DJ. Marbled edges nicely preserved - this is the best copy we have ever seen ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 590 pages .

London: John Murray. Very Good. 1882. Hardcover. Boards with light rubbing to extremities. A hint of tanning to spine. Tiny waterstains to front board. Bookplate. ; Map of Bengal and Assam in front board pocket (with some tears along fold). Map of North West Provinces, Oudh and Rajputana in rear pocket. Map of Calcutta (pp 83) and rear map of British Burma. Including an extensive rear ad section, as common in Murray's guides. Including a publisher's form to report observations about errors in the travel guide. Extremely rare. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; viii, 396, 64 pages .

London: John Murray. Very Good. 1883. Hardcover. Boards with light rubbing to extremities. A hint of dampstaining to front board along outer hinge. Minor tanning to spine. Bookplate. Internally handsome and tight. ; Map of the North West Provinces Oudh and Rajputana in front board pocket, map of Panjab [Punjab] and Kashmir in rear board pocket. One fold out map of Sindh on pp 296. Including an extensive rear ad section, as common in Murray's guides. Extremely rare. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; x, 327, 64 pages .

London: A & C Black. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1916. Hardcover. DJ a bit discolored and with a couple of minute tears. Boards with light rubbing to extremities. Front hinge started. Overall a very handsome copy. ; This is the extremely rare limited edition in the larger format. Only 200 copies issued, this one is number 186. In the equally rare dustjacket. Originally issued at 2 Guineas. SIGNED by the illustrator Mima Nixon. 60 tipped-in color illustrations from watercolors by Mima Nixon. Featuring places in England, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Greece, Austria, Switzerland, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Russia, Germany, Bavaria, Holland and Belgium. White vellum boards with red ornate design and red linear design. Gilt lettering and top edge gilt. Fore edge and bottom edge uncut as issued. Inman 254. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; xii, 319 pages .

London. Good+. 1757. Hardcover. Front cover detached, but present. Rubbing and minor bleeding to the morocco boards. Front endpaper a bit browning along edges and generally with some occasional browning. Binding is gapping in places. ; 28 pages of text, followed by 46 engraved plates all present, including many fold outs over two pages. In contemporary morocco, with calf corners. Front endpaper is SIGNED "John H. James, 24 March 1866." James was a prominent Ohio lawyer who amassed an admirable private library. Three pages of notes tipped-in on front endpaper, in James' hand, originating from Dolney's Travels in Syria and Egypt (1783) , reflecting upon Wood's work. Internally handsome. In mauve custom made box with label. - Wood's work as an archeological pioneer was mostly noted in Europe. The book was published after an extensive exploration through Egypt, Syria and Mesopotamia. The Ruins of Baalbek (as the nowadays Lebanese city is called) are among the largest… Read More