Father, dear father.
New York: Viking, 1953. First edition, 8vo., jacket price clipped; fine in near fine jacket. More
Travel
The cruise of the Alice May in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and adjacent waters
New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1885. First book edition, 8vo, pp. 129, [1], [6] ads; 57 drawings by M. J. Burns throughout text, plus 7 maps; original pictorial wrappers; some wear and soiling, several pages crudely opened yet still generally very good. Reprinted from the Century Magazine. More
Ruined cities of Mashonaland being a record of excavation and exploration in 1891 ... with a chapter on the orientation and mensuration of the temples by R. M. W. Swan
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1892. First edition, 8vo, pp. xi, [1], 376, 24 (ads); folding frontispiece map, 4 other maps (3 folding), 12 plates, numerous wood-engraved illustrations in the text; original blue cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine; the binding a little spotted and rubbed; sophisticated..... More
The Abor Expedition: geographical results. As contained in Vol. XLI, No. 2 of The Geographical Journal.
London: Royal Geographical Society, February, 1913. 8vo, pp. xiv, [97]-200; Bentinck's article contains 15 photographic illus. on rectos and versos of 3 plates, and a folding map of India's northeast frontier; spine a little perished at the bottom, but generally a very good copy in orig. blue printed wrappers. Also..... More
Ortnamnen i Dalarnas län. Del 7 leksands kommun bebyggelsenamn
Uppsala: Språk- och folkminnesinstitutet, 2001. Small 4to, pp. 223; black and white illustrations, photographs, and maps throughout; original photographic wrappers, minor shelf wear. Etymology of Swedish names. OCLC does not locate any copies in the United States. More
A tour through some parts of France, Switzerland, Savoy, Germany and Belgium, during the summer and autumn of 1814
Philadelphia: Edward Earle, 1815. First American edition, 12mo, pp. xvi, 234; original printed paper-covered boards; some rubbing and wear, spine a little chipped with minor loss, text a bit foxed; a good copy. American Imprints 34047. More
The jungle people: men, beasts and legends of the Moï country...Translated from the French by Eleanor Brockett
London: Robert Hale Limited, 1959. 8vo, pp. 190; photographic frontispiece, 5 plates, one map; publisher's maroon cloth, gilt-lettered spine, very light wear to corners and spine, else a fine copy. A cultural study of the Moi (Southeast Asiatic) people. More
Journal of an Italian tour.
London: F. Shaw & Co., 1897. First edition, 12mo, pp. 95; plate with a portrait of the author; spine a bit faded, else fine in original blue cloth stamped in gilt and black, patterned endpapers. Letters from Bevington from October 23 to December 12, 1896. More
Darjeeling at a glance. A handbook, both descriptive and historical of Darjeeling and Sikkim with thrilling accounts of Everest expeditions by land and air
Darjeeling: Oxford Book & Stationery Co., n.d., [after 1943]. Reprint of the fourth edition, 12mo, pp. 144; folding panorama, 11 photographic illustrations printed in blue on rectos and versos of 5 plates; spine partially perished; a good copy or better in original pictorial brown wrappers. Includes the history of the..... More
Bhutan the Himalayan paradise.
New Delhi, Bombay, Calcutta: Oxford & IBH Publishing Co., [1975]. First edition, oblong 8vo, pp. 62; illus. throughout in black & white and color; a very good copy in a worn, but complete dust-jacket. More
A collection of documents relating to Jacques Cartier and the Sieur de Roberval
Ottawa: Public Archives of Canada, 1930. First edition, 8vo, pp. xxxvii, [1], 577; original printed wrappers; spine a little curled, top of spine chipped; all else gerenally very good. Publications of the Public Archives of Canada, no. 14. More
With seaplane and sledge in the Arctic. With a preface by Professor W. J. Sollas.
London: Hutchinson & Co., [1925]. First edition, 8vo., pp. 287; 40 photographs on plates, including frontispiece, fold-out map; gray cloth, gilt on spine; worn, binding slightly cocked, rubbed thoroughly all over, spine extremities chipped, corners bumped, small black mark on bottom edge, a fair but sound copy. More
Mongolia: Unknown land. Translated from the Danish by Reginald Spink
London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1963. First edition, 8vo, pp. xviii, 159; map, 16 plates of color photographic illustrations; very good in dust jacket. More
Burmese journey
[Yellow Springs, Ohio]: Antioch Press, [1967]. First edition, 8vo, pp. [8], 238; fine copy in original yellow cloth stamped in brown; dust jacket rubbed and faded at extremities. An account of an America journalist's 2-year stay in Burma 1958-60. More
China
London: Adam and Charles Black, 1909. First edition, sm 4to, pp. vii, 137, [2]; with illustrations by Mortimer Menpes, 16 plates including frontispiece, numerous illustrations within text, some toning, rear hinge cracked, extremities lightly rubbed at edges, else very good in original blue cloth with gilt decorated upper cover and..... More
Two watercolor views, both mountain scenes
n.p. n.d., ca. mid 19th century. A rare pair of watercolor views by the famous Swiss/American artist Karl Bodmer, one signed in pencil on the back "K Bodmer." Bodmer (1809-1893) is best known for his paintings and watercolors of American plains Indians and the landscape they inhabited, at a time..... More
Among the Indians. Eight years in the far West, 1858-1866...Edited by Milo Milton Quaife
Chicago: Lakeside Press for R.R. Donelley & Sons Company, 1959. 12mo, pp. xxxv, 461; photographic portrait frontispiece, facsimile of original edition title page, fold-out map, 4 plates, title page printed in red and black; publisher's blue gilt pictorial cloth, some soiling along edges and spine; a fine copy. At head..... More
Etat civil, politique et commercant, du Bengale; ou, histoire des conquetes & de l'administration de la compagnie Angloise dans ce pays... [Translated by J.N. Demeunier.]
The Hague: Gosse, fils, 1775. First edition in French, 2 volumes, 8vo, engraved frontispieces, large folding map of Bengal, full contemporary calf gilt, previous owner's embossed stamps and rubberstamps on half-titles; very good copy. Bolts was a Dutch adventurer who entered the Bengal civil service and who got into trouble..... More
Minnesota and its resources, to which are appended camp-fire sketches or notes of a trip from St. Paul to Pembina and Selkirk settlement on the Red River of the north.
New York: Redfield, 1853. First edition, 8vo, lithograph frontis (view of St. Paul) and title-p. (St. Anthony Falls), 364pp. and 16pp. publisher's ads; with the folding map not found in all copies; map with old cellotape repairs, original dark brown cloth, spine faded with ends chipped, front hinge cracked, a...... More
Minnesota and its resources, to which are appended camp-fire sketches or notes of a trip from St. Paul to Pembina and Selkirk settlement on the Red River of the north.
New York: Redfield, 1853. First edition, 8vo, lithograph frontis (view of St. Paul) and title-p. (St. Anthony Falls), 364pp. and 4pp. ads, lacking the map; spine faded, worn, and chipped, otherwise good in original purple cloth. A good overview of all aspects of Minnesota as it existed prior to its..... More
Minnesota and its resources, to which are appended camp-fire sketches or notes of a trip from St. Paul to Pembina and Selkirk settlement on the Red River of the north.
New York: Redfield, 1853. First edition, 8vo, lithograph frontis (view of St. Paul) and title-p. (St. Anthony Falls), 364pp. and 16pp. publisher's ads; with the folding map not found in all copies (laid in and with some old cellotape repairs); original dark green cloth, spine ends chipped, else good or..... More
Minnesota and its resources, to which are appended camp-fire sketches or notes of a trip from St. Paul to Pembina and Selkirk settlement on the Red River of the north
New York: Redfield, 1853. First edition, 8vo, pp. 364, 3, [8] leaves of advertisements; lithograph frontispiece (view of St. Paul) and title-page (St. Anthony Falls), folding map not found in all copies ; publisher's dark green cloth (a bit soiled), some minor shelf wear, top and bottom of spine a...... More
A trip through the Hawaiian Islands 7 - reels pictures - 7 and lecture showing native life in the islands and the world's largest active volcano Kilauea in active eruption...
Portland: Holly Press, n.d., [ca. 1920-25]. Very large advertising broadside (poster) in three sections, each approximately 28" x 42" and approximately 84" x 42" overall, printed in black on tan paper; previous folds, but essentially fine and handsome. The type face, along with the fact that the Kilauea was erupting..... More
L'extreme Orient
Paris: Maison Quantin, [1887]. First edition, 4to, pp. [6], 613, [2]; folding map, illustrated with wood engravings throughout, many full-page; pages toning, last leaf of text loose, but present; original quarter black cloth, gilt-lettered spine; spine dull, generally a good copy. More
Touring in Algeria
Alger: Federation des Syndicats d'Initiative d'Algerie, [1931]. First edition, 8vo, pp. 93, [2]; 78 half-tone illustrations; original tan wrappers printed in green and black; very good copy. Includes sections on climate, mountaineering, national parks, winter sports, sulpher springs, hunting, fishing, etc. More
