The European Presence in West Africa before 1800.
[Minneapolis]: Associates of the James Ford Bell Library, Univ. of Minnesota, 1975. 13 pp. Sm. 8vo. Paper wrappers. First edition. James Ford Bell Lectures, No. 13. A fine copy. More
[Minneapolis]: Associates of the James Ford Bell Library, Univ. of Minnesota, 1975. 13 pp. Sm. 8vo. Paper wrappers. First edition. James Ford Bell Lectures, No. 13. A fine copy. More
London: Printed for the Hakluyt Society, 1868. 3, xvi, 156 pp. 8vo. Cloth. First edition. Hakluyt Society, First series: No. 40. The letter is dated 1526. The Spanish text was first printed in the “Documentos Ineditos,” 1864, IV. 8--167, and this is the first English translation. The supplementary material consists..... More
Eugene, OR: Star Job Office, 1897. 26 pp. Sm. 4to. Self wrappers. Later printing. Young, F.G. [editor]. "A few sets of accounts found in connection with the Journal are added." Sources of the History of Oregon. Volume I. Number I. Contributions of the Department of Economics and History of the..... More
Washington, D.C. United States Government Printing Office, 1952. 164 pp. + 2 folding maps. Illus. with 2 b/w maps. 8vo. Paper wrappers. First edition thus. Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 147. Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 147. A fine copy. More
Bristol, RI: Rulon-Miller Books, 1983. 127 pp. Illus. with b/w photos and reproductions, and duotone drawings. 4to. Quarter blue cloth over pale blue paper-covered boards, map end papers. First edition thus. Harold M. Turner, commentary; Anne Hughes, illus. Signed by contributors Turner and Hughes. No. 42 of only 250 copies..... More
Glasgow: Thos. Foreman & Sons, Printers, (1907). 156 + 32 pp. Illus. with 10 color plates, 4 b/w plates, 30 b/w photos, 37 in-text drawings, and 1 map (two page). 12mo. Cloth. Revised edition. Scotland Guide Book of David MacBrayne, Ltd. with descriptions of the sights plus list of tours..... More
Toronto: John Lovell / Printed by Order of the Legislative Assembly, 1859. 45 pp. + maps [3]. Folio. Half bound black morocco over maroon cloth. Paper label to front board. First edition thus. Dawson's 1857-58 expeditions to the rough country beyond Lake Superior resulted in his 1859 report and to..... More
Berkeley: Univ. California Press, 1940. xvi, 419 pp. Illus. with 2 b/w maps, 1 of which is folding, and 4 drawings. 8vo. Cloth. First edition. A very good+ copy, top edge foxed, in a very good dust jacket with two small shallow chips. More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, (1880). vii, 484 pp. + map. Illus. with 66 b/w drawings+ foldout map. Sm. 8vo. Cloth. Later printing. Trans. by Caroline Tilton. Vandyke Edition. A very good copy with wear to head and heel of spine, owner's signature and tiny chip to endpaper, otherwise..... More
London: William Harrison Ainsworth, 1827. xii, 207 pp. + 13 plates + 1 folding. Illus. with 14 b/w engraved plates. 8vo. Modern red cloth, leather spine label, gilt titles. First edition. Frontispiece of a view of the Quebec harbor engraved by F.F. de Roos and printed by C. Hullmandel; other..... More
Wormerveer [Holland]: Meijer's Industriele Uitgeverij, (ca, 1959-60). 60 pp. (incl. endpapers). Illus. with 15 color & 24 b/w photos, 1 color drawing, and 2 color maps (Panama and Suez canals). 12mo. (unfld: 375 x 18 cm). Photo-pictorial paper-covered boards accordian fold. First edition. Maps by F.W. Michels. In English. An..... More
Tokyo: Direction Generale du Tourisme Chemins de fer du Government Japonais, 1939. vi, 154, 10 pp. Illus. with 38 b/w photos and 1 map. 12mo. Paper wrappers. Later printing. Tourist guide. Text in French. A very good copy. More
Washington [D.C.]: [U.S.] Government Printing Office, 1880. xxxii, 307 pp. Illus. with 11 b/w heliotype plates with tissue guards, 1 of which is folding, and 4 cross-section plates, all folding. 4to. Original brown cloth ruled in blind, gilt titles. First edition. At the head of the title: Department of the..... More
London: Printed for the Hakluyt Society, 1862. 3, xxv, 168 pp. Illus. with 1 b/w drawing. 8vo. Cloth. First edition. Hakluyt Society, First series: No. 29. Includes accounts of travel in Europe and Peru. The supplementary material includes the 1862 annual report. Spine sunned, head of spine rubbed, small institutional..... More
Madrid: [n.p.], 1930. 564 pp. Sm. 4to. Cloth. First edition. At head of title: Junta para ampliación de estudios e investigaciones científicas. Centro de estudios históricos. Provenance: Library of Alberto Parreño with his gilt initials on spine plus his bookplate. Leaves age darkened else a near fine copy. Palau 83736..... More
Madrid: Impr. de la Viuda de Calero:, 1851-52. xxxvii, 671 pp; (4), 784 pp. Sm. 4to. Original printed paper wrappers. First edition. Bibliographical and biographical notes of Spanish explorers, naval leaders, authors, soldiers, etc. Much data related to Latin America. "A valuable and important bibliography, giving all Spanish works dealing..... More
London: Adam and Charles Black (A. & C. Black), 1912. viii, 88 pp. + Adv [4]. Illus. with 12 color plates (including front board) and map. Sm. 8vo. Cloth. Reprint. The May 1922 printing of 7500 copies was the fifth printing of this nice little volume in the "Peeps" series..... More
México: Editorial Pedro Robredo, 1939. [3 lvs], 335 pp., [1], map. Illus. with two maps, one folding. 4to. Paper wrappers. Limited edition. First edition, thus. One of 100 numbered copies on "defensa ledger" paper. "On March 18, 1766, [Nicolás de Lafora] began his journey to the prisons of the internal..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead, 1928. 443 pp. Illus. with 1 color folding map, 23 b/w plates and photos and 12 maps. 12mo. Cloth with gilt titles. First edition. A nice travel guide written between the two world wars. A very good+ copy, clean, crisp, and unmarked. No dust jacket. Map..... More
Milan: Stampa Inedita, n.d. [1994]. 146 pp. Illus. with color & b/w photos. Folio. Cloth. A sumptuous book on Wedding travel with art and excerpts from authors as diverse as Saul Bellow, Giorgio Bocca, D.H. Lawrence, and Paolo Portoghesi. In Italian. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. As..... More
Madrid: [Con Privilegio], 1738. 452 pp., [7 pp.], [1] folding chart. 16mo. Full mottled sheepskin, gilt titles and decorations, marbled endpapers. First edition. Titles in red and black. The second of what would be a four volume group. From the library of the Duque de T'Serclaes (Juan Lerez de Guzman..... More
Madrid: [Con Privilegio], 1738. 442 pp., [6 pp.]. 16mo. Full mottled sheepskin, gilt titles and decorations, marbled endpapers. First edition. Titles in red and black. The third of what would be a four volume group. From the library of the Duque de T'Serclaes (Juan Lerez de Guzman y Boza, duque..... More
Exeter: Printed and published by W.C. Featherstone, 1838. [23], [14]-180 pp. Illus. with frontispiece and a second plate, both with tissue guards. 16mo. Cloth with gilt title. Second edition. Includes lists of subscribers and opinions of the press. Goodridge had signed on to a sealing expedition on the Princess of..... More
New York: n.p., 1960. [229-248] pp. Sm. 4to. Paper wrappers in stiff paper wrappers in slipcase (paperback). Offprint. Signed and inscribed by the author. No. 19 of 568 copies printed in memory of Diaz who completed his manuscript in Antigua in Guatemala in 1568. Originally meant to be published in..... More
San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1949. 14 pp. Illus. with 4 duotone reproductions and 1 b/w facsimile. 8vo. Cloth. Reprint. Edith M. Coulter, intro. Provenance: From the library of Kenneth E. Hill, with his bookplate. Small bookplate, else fine copy in original plain paper dust jacket. More