Topeka: Crane & Co., 1896. First edition, 8vo, pp. 240; frontispiece portrait, another portrait of the author in his youth; spine ends slightly chipped, spine also slightly faded; all else very good in original red cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine. Accounts of his childhood in the..... More

New York: Henry Holt, 1880. Early American edition (first Am. ed. appeared 1878), 8vo, pp. xi, [1], 479; frontispiece, illustrations in text throughout, and one folding map with oceans handcolored in blue; light to moderate foxing to prelim and terminal pages, some wear to extremities with spine ends just beginning..... More

Geehi River, Australia: 1962. Original manuscript log, 4to (23 x 18 cm.), 47 pages, with numerous insertions, as below; hand-lettered tan paper covers; the manuscript is dampstained throughout. Contains an outline as to canoe construction, notes of the journey, 6 original photographs, 6 drawings including detailed maps, an eagle, a...... More

Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1951. 1962 reprint, large 4to, pp. 295; photographic frontispiece, illustrations; original drab printed wrappers, occasional shallow tears along edges not affecting text, corners bumped and a bit worn; interior fine. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, New Series, Volume 41, Part 1. A detailed study of..... More

[New York: Nelson Doubleday: in cooperation with the American Geographic Society, 1963.]. 8vo, pp. 64; numerous illustrations in color and black & white, some mounted, as issued; near fine in original cartographic wrappers. Issued in conjunction with the Around The World Program. More

London & Toronto: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., [1929]. First edition, 8vo, pp. x, 209, [1]; original maroon cloth, gilt-lettered spine, vignette stamped in blind on upper cover; a very good and attractive copy; The author was sent by the New Zealand Government to meet with the Maoris when they..... More

London: W. Thacker & Co.; Calcutta: Thacker, Spink, & Co., 1898. First edition in English, 8vo, pp. xii, 335, [1], [4] ads; frontispiece portrait and 37 illustrations in the text, some full-page; a near fine, largely unopened copy in original pictorial brown cloth, gilt stamped on upper cover and spine..... More

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1954. First edition, 8vo, pp. vii, [1], 277; black and white illustrations by Ronald Julius Christensen; publisher's cloth in white pictorial, price clipped dust jacket (a bit soiled), chips and tears along jacket edges not affecting text, spine toned, interior fine. Buchwald's selected articles originally..... More

London & Paris: Fisher, Son, & Co., n.d., [1841]. 3 volumes, 8vo, pp.vi, [10], 504; [14], 563; [12], [8] subscriber list, 596, [20] index,14, [2] ads; engraved frontispiece portrait, engraved folding map, 72 wood engravings in the text; rear hinge and joint of volume I split, cloth cracked at the..... More

London & Cairo: Thos. Cook & Sons, 1910. Eleventh edition, 8vo, pp. xx, [4], 976; double-p. map, folding map and numerous illustrations throughout text, a number full page; occasional underlining in red ink, but otherwise a very good copy in orig. limp terracotta cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover..... More

[Norwalk, CT: Longmeadow, [1977]. First edition, 4to, pp. 128; profusely illustrated; fine in original yellow cloth, dust-wrapper. Chapters on fires from the burning of Rome to the Great Fire of London, early fire brigades, firemen of London and New York, technological innovations and their impacts, and more. More

New York: Harper & Brothers, n.d., [ca. 1880]. 8vo, pp. 403, [1], 4; 3 folded maps in cover pockets, original red pictorial cloth stamped in black and gilt, brown glazed endpapers; spine a bit spotted else very good. Maps show minor splitting along folds. See Yakushi B631a for the first..... More