Travel
A History of Arctic Exploration: Discovery, Adventure and Endurance at the Top of The World
London: Conway, 2009. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 4to. Full brown cloth. 349 pp. Copiously illustrated in colour. Rubbing to extremities, and some light bumping to edges of dust jacket, else fine. First published in 2001 by the John Nurminen Foundation as Ultima Thule. Drawing on many previously unseen charts, artworks, and..... More
They Called Me Mama
Chicago: Moody Press, 1977. Soft cover. 8vo. Fourth Printing. [4] 5-185 p.p. Signed by Raymond Buker Sr. on half-title page. Tipped-in sheet with additional typed paragraph on p. 159. Small damp stains to top right corner of front cover and head of inner rear cover. Light wear to spine and..... More
Description of Egypt
Cairo: The American University in Cairo Press, 2000. Hardcover. 8vo. Quarter burgundy cloth, pictorial paper boards. xxxii, 588 pp. 160 figures, several fold-outs. Notes and views in Egypt and Nubia, made during the years 1825-28: Chiefly consisting of a series of descriptions and delineations of the monuments, scenery, &c. of..... More
Oxford: Historical and Picturesque Notes
London: Seeley and Co. Limited, 1902. Hardcover. 12mo. Orig. maroon publisher's cloth, gilt lettering, stamped floral border. 282 pp., ads. [40] B&W plates. Bumping and rubbing to spine ends, slight fading to spine. Slight age toning to edges of pages. A history of Oxford University. More
A Gourmet's Geneva: A Gastronomic Guide to an International City
Geneva: Imprimerie G. Chapuis, 1964. Lank, David M. Soft cover. 12mo. SIGNED with inscription to FFEP. Illustrated cream card wraps, sewn and glued binding. VII, 20 p.p. B&W illustrations in-text, B&W frontis of Cathedrale de Sainte-Pierre. Darkening to spine and edges, wear to spine foot. Bookplate to FFEP. A guide..... More
The Prophet's Camel Bell
Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Limited, 1965. Hardcover. 8vo. Second Printing. Original jacket and red cloth, (8), 239pp. Containing eight plates and one map in-text. Owner inscription to front free endpaper, light foxing to pages and plates, light rubbing to boards and extremities with bruising to corners and spine ends, jacket..... More
The Palace and the Hospital; or, Chronicles of Greenwhich
London: Hurst and Blackett, 1886. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. In Two Volumes. Orig. blue cloth, gilt device on front board, x, 360pp; viii, 370pp. Frontispiece in each volume. Title printed in red and black. Bookplate of Francois Boucher, and name on verso of frontis in each. Spine darkened and a...... More
Friendly Island
London: Peter Davies, 1956. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Full red paper boards. 252 pp. Ex libris stamp to ffep. Dust jacket lightly chafed to extremities, lightly soiled to rear. More
A Vernon Lee Anthology
London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1929. Hardcover. 16mo. Orig. burgundy cloth gilt lettering and decor to spine. Top edge burgundy. x, Rubbing to extremities, two damp stains to front board, darkening to boards and spine, offset panel at rear. Very light damage from smoke just to top and tail..... More
The British Guiana Handbook 1913. Containing General and Statistical Information concerning the Colony, Its Industries, Manufactures and Commerce
Georgetown, British Guiana: "The Argosy" Co., Ltd., 1913. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Orig. blue cloth, black stampted titles, gilt armorial device to front board. iv, 283 pp., [4], xii. Fold-out colour map at front. [27] B&W plates (most double-sided). Spine sunned, boards stained, corners bumped. Bumping..... More
Gypsying Beyond the Sea From English Fields to Salerno Shores
New York: Anson D.F. Randolph & Company, 1893. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 16mo. Orig. blue publisher's cloth, gitl lettering, fleur-de-lis device to front and spine, floral panel to front. T.E.G. 236 pp. Damp stain to front board, some discolouration to extremities. Foxing to endpapers, worse at rear. Title page detached. More
Records of a Voyage to The Western Coast of Africa, in His Majesty's Ship Dryad, and of The Service on That Station for The Suppression of the Slave Trade in the Years 1830, 1831, and 1832
Edinburgh: William Tate, 1833. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Small 8vo (4.25" x 7"). Quarter brown paper spine, blue cloth boards. Rebacked with new spine and spine label, original boards and endpapers. iv, 267 pp., [5]. Four page list at rear of vessels engaged in the slave trade captured by His Majesty's..... More
California: Places and History
Vercelli, Italy: White Star, 2001. Hardcover. 4to (large). Orig. pictorial boards, 136pp. Illustrated. About fine in d/w. A pictorial history of California and its culture from San Francisco, San Diego and Los Angeles, as well as its nature and siren call of the coast. More
Wotton Under Edge: Men and Affairs of a Cotswold Wool Town
London: Museum Press Limited, 1962. Hardcover. 8vo. Grey cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. B&W foldout map frontis. 344 p.p. + 16 p.p. B&W plates of photos at rear. B&W folding map to p. 118. Spine head bumped. Dust jacket has two short tears to head (one at front..... More
Abuses
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1994. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Quarter green cloth, blue paper boards. ix, 268 pp. B&W photos in text. Fine with mild sunning to top edges. In about fine jacket with some slight sunning to spine and bumping to edges. Part travelogue, part meditiation, Abuses is..... More
Historic Towns: Boston
New York: Longmans, Green & Co., 1918. Hardcover. 12mo. Full maroon cloth, gilt titling to spine and blind titling to front board. xi, 242 pp. Spine ends and corners bumped and rubbed. Spine sunned. Some light soiling to front board. Some light pencil marginalia. More
Letters from High Latitudes: Being Some Account of a Voyage in 1836 in the Schooner Yacht 'Foam' to Iceland, Jan Mayen and Spitzbergen
London: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1924. Hardcover. 18mo. Orig. green cloth. Red ribbon marker. xxxvi, 261 pp., [6 pp. ads]. B&W illustrations in text. Spine tilted and sunned, mild rubbing to joints and spine ends. "Was ever a book of travels, or a book of any sort, written in..... More
On Mediterranean Shores. Translated from the German By Eden and Cedar Paul.
Chautauqua, New York: The Chautauqua Press, 1929. Hardcover. 12mo [large]. Original brown cloth with decorative boarder and title stamped in black. ix, 268 p.p. Frontispiece, plus [21] illustrations. Light rubbing to boards, edges. Small indent at spine head with light bruising at ends. Ownership inscription on front free endpaper, otherwise..... More
Mermaids and Ikons: A Greek Summer
Toronto: Anansi, 1978. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Soft cover. 110 pp. Ink ownership inscription to ffep. Light edge wear, light scuffs to rear cover. Well-known poet and novelist Gwendolyn MacEwan explores her strongly personal responses to a complex civilisation, in this her first..... More
To the Back of Beyond: An Illustrated Companion to Central Asia and Mongolia
London: Jonathon Cape, 1974. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Full navy paper boards. Pictorial endpapers. 144 pp. [64] pp. B&W plates, [8] pp. colour plates. Dust jacket is price clipped, lightly bumped to extremities, discoloured. More
In the Volcanic Eifel: A Holiday Ramble
London: Hutchinson & Co., 1896. MacQuoid, Thomas. Hardcover. 12mo. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine and front board, vignette to front board. With fifty-five B&W illustrations. B&W map endpapers. xvi, 342 p.p., [18 B&W plates]. Bumping and rubbing to corners and spine ends, chafing to joints, scuffs to..... More
Southern Rambles for Londoners
London: Sothern British Railways Region, 1949. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. 18mo. 221 p.p. Maps on front and rear endpapers, with green ink marking locations. Fare chart at end of book. Cloth. Photographs throughout book. Discolouration to spine and page ends. Small rip to spine end. Previous owner's inscriptions to f.f. endpaper..... More
Austrian Holiday
London and Sydney: Alvin Redman Limited, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Orig. blue cloth, 250pp. Illustrated with 24 b/w plates plus 1 folding map of Austria. Spine ends bumped o/w near fine in a soiled but o/w near fine d/w. A family travelogue through the stunning landscapes of Austria. More
Greece and the Aegean Islands
Chautauqua, New York: The Chautauqua Press, 1921. Hardcover. 12mo. Chautauqua Home Reading Series. Orig. tan cloth. ix, 386 pp. [4] double-sided plates + B&W headpieces. Darkening to cloth at spine and fore edge of front board, cloth is spotted and stained. Rubbing to extremities, bruising to corners. Rubbing to black..... More