Brief Guide to the National Museums and Galleries of London
London: H.M Stationery Office, 1935. First printing. Paperback. octavo, paper wraps, book is in very good condition with wear to wraps and spine, ink price on the front flyleaf, 106pp.
Travel
Ca. 1910 brochure for Grand Hotel National, Lucerne (Switzerland)
7.5 x 5.5 inches, wraps with photo onlay, very good, light wear and soil to covers, 12 leaves, the first with prices for various rooms, followed by 11 browntone gravure photos of the hotel, restaurant, rooms, etc. RARE, no copies in institutions according to Worldcat. No date but feels like.....
Ca. 1910s pamphlet: The Swan hotel, Wells, Somerset...Hotel Tariff and Guide to Wells
Ca. 1915, 6 inches tall, purple wraps printed in gilt, 32 pp, illustrated, good plus, light soil and wear, modest discoloration to rear cover and soil to last page. Uncommon.
Jamaica Letters to the Bossies by DAD
Kohala, Hawaii: The Midget Press, 1916. First printing. Paperback. 8vo, pictorial ruddy wraps, good copy with some short tears and chips, contents very good, light occasional soil, some neat touching up of a few tears, gentle verticle crease throughout, 36 pp, several plates. Never named, "Daddy Cow" took a trip.....
Capriccio Italiano; Een reisboek over ItaliÎ
J.M. Meulenhoff: Amsterdam, 1960. Fourth edition. Hardcover. Fourth printing ("Vierde druk 1960"). Cloth hardbound in dust jacket, clean unmarked text, 210 pp., illustrated, Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket, owner's small inscription to the front flyleaf, light soil and minor edgewear to the covers, dust jacket with a bit.....
To and Fro in Southern California with Sketches in Arizona and New Mexico
Cincinnati: W. M. B. C. Press, 1887. First printing. Hardcover. First edition, 1887. Brown cloth hardcover with gilt titles and a gilt decoration on front cover, 288 pp., clean unmarked text, a Good copy, old ink inscription on the first blank, age-toning or soiling to the pages and page-edges, light.....
The Flowers of Modern Travels; Being Elegant, Entertaining and Instructive Extracts, Selected From Works of the Most Celebrated Travellers...; Vol. II.; Volume 2
Boston: John West, 1797. First printing. Hardcover. Volume two only. Full leather, spine-label, 312 pp., clean unmarked text, Good+ copy only, soil and discoloration throughout the text, owner's signature on the front pastedown, creasing or wear to the corners of some pages of the text, minor straining to the outer.....
A Journey in Brazil
New York: Praeger, 1969. Reprint. Hardcover. 1969, reprint, 540 pp. Illustrated. Hardcover. Very Good+ copy. Light foxing to upper text-blocks; clean and unmarked contents. No DJ.
The Early Middle Ages (From Late Antiquity to A.D., 1000)
London: Taschen, 2002. Paperback. 2002, edition not stated. Softcover, in Fine condition, showing lightest shelf wear. Illustrated with fine color photography, throught. Pages: 237.
1939 Official AAA Hotel Directory, including restaurants and storage garages
Washington DC: American Automobile Association, 1939. Paperback. 9.25 x 5.5 inches, pictorial blue wraps, very good, light wear and some tanning, illustrated; covers the entire United States plus parts of Canada and some of the islands including Cuba and Puerto Rico. Several hundred pages. Uncommon.
The American Traveler in Europe - An Introduction to Independent Travel
American Express Travel Service, 1953. Wraps. Stapled Wraps. c.1953. 4to. 39pp. Illus. Very Good. Rubbing and light soil to wraps, light general shelfwear.
The Romance of Travel: Comprising Adventures in Foreign Countries, and Descriptions of Manners, Customs, and Places
Philadelphia: H. C. Peck, 1857. First printing. Hardcover. 1857 Green embossed cloth 8vo, 299pp. Illustrated. VG with light rubbing wear to corners, mild occasional foxing. Contents are clean and unmarked.
The Last Voyage of Drake & Hawkins; and
Milwood: Kraus Reprint, 1990. Reprint. Hardcover. Facsimile reprint, 1990. Cloth hardcover, 283 pp., illustrated, clean unmarked text, Near Fine copy, no dust jacket.
The A. M. C. Massachusetts and Rhode Island Trail Guide;
Boston: Appalachian Mountain Club, 1967. Hardcover. Second edition. Cloth, multiple fold-out maps as well 2 pockets each in the front pastedown pocket and the rear pastedown pocket, clean unmarked text, very good copy, previous owner's signature on the front flyleaf, light foxing to some pages and the page-edges, a bit.....
Vacation Travels from Northern Snows to Southern Seas
St. Paul, MN: Pioneer Press, 1903. First printing. Hardcover. 8vo, publisher's handsome pictorial green cloth gilt, very good, old bookplate and minor dampstain to bottom outer corner of pages. 201 pp.
1925 brochure of fare rates and timetable for Triple-Screw Steamer Minnekahda, "The Different Ship"
(NY): Atlantic Transport Line, 1925. 9 x 4 inches folded, with rates of fair for various cruises. VG.
Atlas Steamship Company Sailing Schedule and Rates of Passage from New York to Kingston and Haiti, 1878
New York: Atlas Steamship Company, Limited, 1878. Sailing schedule, fare rates, and other information for Atlas Steamship Company ships from New York to Kingston, Jamaica, and Port-Au-Prince, Haiti, 1878. Printed wraps, measures 4 by 6 inches. 2p. Good. Stain to upper right corner, tape repair to front wrap, glue stain.....
Baedekers Jugoslawien und Griechenland
Stuttgart: Baedeker Autofuhrer-Verlag, 1968. Later printing. Flexible hardcover, red boards in dust jacket, 5th edition, in German, with foldout, 368pp.
Great Britain, Handbook for Travellers, Seventh Edition
Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1910. Seventh Edition. Hardcover. 1910. Seventh edition, revised and augmented. Hardcover, 8vo. in flexible red cloth boards, with gilt title and marbled edges. 624pp, illustrated in color with 29 maps, including folding map of Great Britain opposite the title page, maps of London and environs, Scotland, Birmingham.....
Handbook for Travellers (2 Vols.) - Northern Germany as far as the Bavarian and Austrian Fontiers & Southern Germany (Wurtemberg and Bavaria)
Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1904 & 1907. Hardcover. Two Volumes. Stiff Red Boards. Gilt titles. 16mo. Northern Germany as far as the Bavarian and Austrian Fontiers, Fourteenth Revised Edition, 49 maps and 75 plans, c.1904, 395pp. Southern Germany (Wurtemberg and Bavaria), Tenth Revised Edition, 30 maps and 23 plans, c.1907, 335pp.....
Jerusalem and Its Surroundings, Handbook for Travelers
London: Dulau and Co, 1973. Reprint. Hardcover. 1973. Reprint of the 1876 edition. Hardcover, 8vo. in illustrated green cloth. 189pp. with maps and illustrations throughout, and fold out illustration of the Damascus gate. Fine.
Konstantinopel und das Westliche Kleinasien
Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1905. First edition. Hardcover. 1905, First Edition. German text. Hardcover, 12mo., typical Baedeker red cloth over flexible boards with gilt titles. The scarce censorship tag warning readers of overzealous Turkish border inspectors is tipped-in to the title page. Complete with 9 maps and other plans and illustrations.....
The New Eldorado: A Summer Journey to Alaska
Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1890. Fifth edition. Hardcover. Fifth edition, 1890, hardcover with green cloth boards, octavo, 352pp., not illustrated. Book good with soil and rubbing to boards, mild wear to corners and spine ends, binding tender, previous seller's stamp and price to front flyleaf, text clean and unmarked.....
Around the World in Any Number of Days
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1914. First edition. Orange cloth boards, no DJ., 199pp.
The Probability of Reaching the North Pole Discussed
Fairfield: Ye Galleon Press, 1987. Reprint. Hardcover. Facsimile reprint, 1987. Hardcover, 95 pp., clean unmarked text, Near Fine copy, light soiling or discoloration to the covers, no dust jacket.