Lisboa: Na Typ. da Academia, 1812. vi, 178 pp. 8vo. Modern three quarter morocco over marbled boards. First edition. Includes: 1. Breve relação dos escrituras dos gentios da India Oriental, e dos seus costumes (pp. 1-59) [A short account of the gentios of India and their customs]; 2. Noticia summaria..... More
Tokyo: Board of Tourist Industry Japanese Government Railways / Hokuseido Press, (1934). xvi, 371 pp. Illus. with b/w photos. Sm. 8vo. Cloth. First edition. A.F. Thomas, intro. Small 4 page advertising brochure from Hokuseido Press laid in loose. A very good unopened (uncut) copy, light soiling along spine, owner's name..... More
Tokyo: Tokoen, [1918]. [3 lvs prelim], [1] map, [4], [28 folded lvs], [28 lvs], [40 pp], [1]. Illustrated with 56 color plates, including one portrait of Hiroshige, 56 b/w photographic reproductions, and 1 map. 22.5 x 30 cm. (9 x 12 inches). Blue cloth boards stamped in gilt, green, and..... More
Tempe: Hayden Library of Arizona State Univ. 1972. 45 pp. Illus. with duotone reproductions and photos. Sm. 4to. Stiff paper wrappers. First edition. Servin, Manuel, preface. Ishmael. A near fine copy. More
Paris: Editions Auguste Picard, 1927, 1936. 563 pp.; 87 pp. Illus. with 300 b/w reproductions. 4to. Paper wrappers. First edition. No. 2 of 50 copies on pur fil Lafuma. Supplement signed by the author. An important work. First volume with wrappers separated from text block as glue has dried, spine..... More
Habana: Oficina del Faro Industrial, 1845. 133, [3] pp., plate. Illus. with 1 folding map and in-text engravings. 8vo. Later half marbled calf over brown cloth boards, four raised bands, red and brown morocco spine labels titled in gilt, decorative endpapers, original wrappers bound in. First edition. Folding engraved map..... More
New York / Kingston: Walbridge / A. W. Gardner, 1890. xi, 243 pp. Illus. with 42 b/w plates, photos, drawings, and 2 folding maps. 12mo. Decorated pebbled red cloth. First edition. Spine darkened, front board scuffed, free front endpaper detached, first and last blank partially detached, leaves browning, still about..... More
Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1931. xl, 492 pp. Illus. with 34 maps, 41 plans, and 23 floorplans. 16mo. Limp red cloth with gilt titles. Eighth Edition. A very good or better copy in a worn dust jacket, a few small chips on spine and at corners, fold on rear panel slit..... More
Coblenz: Karl Baedeker, 1870. xliv, 418 pp. Illus. with 21 maps, 7 plans and 7 panoramas. 16mo. Limp red cloth with gilt titles. Fourth Edition, revised and augmented. The 1869 edition with additions and corrections down to the spring of 1870. Includes 1910 newspaper clipping on the Hospice of St..... More
Honolulu: Editions Limited, 1987. 8vo. Cloth. First edition. The journal of eight Russian explorers. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. As new. More
Saint Paul: Pangaea, 1991. xi, 115 pp. Obl. 4to. Red faux leather with gilt titles. First edition. "Lavish pictorial guide to the natural treasures of Argentine Patagonia, published in Minnesota"-Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57. A fine copy, with bookseller's ticket, in a very good dust jacket with a...... More
Paris: Perrin et Cie, 1926. xvi, 409 pp. 12mo. Three quarter morocco over marbled boards, spine decorated in gilt, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, silk bookmark sewn in. Later printing. First published in 1904. A very good copy, scattered foxing, last leaf with a small tear. More
[La Haye]: [Chez Pierre de Hondt], 1749. 230 x 272 mm. Copper engraving. Map with cartouche and compass. From Histoire générale des voyages, ou nouvelle collection de toutes les relations de voyages par mer et par terre. - [Hrsg.: Antoine F. Prévost D'Exiles] Nouvelle édition La Haye u.a. Band 6..... More
London: Printed for Hunt and Clarke, 1828. xxiii, 472 pp.; 545 pp. Illus. with engraved frontis, 3 plates, 2 folding plans, and large folding map of the Mississippi. 8vo. Three quarter dark brown morocco over marbled boards, five raised bands decorated in gilt, black morocco lettering pieces, gilt volume numerals..... More
Rio de Janeiro: Livraria São José, 1964. xiv, 322, [4] pp. Illus. with b/w reproductions. Sm. 4to. Paper wrappers. First edition. Signed by the author. 754 out 1500 copies. "A bibliography of travelers and foreign authors associated with Rio...gives complete bibliographical information for each entry..." Griffin p. 18. Sunned, a...... More
Angra do Heroísmo: Biblioteca Pública e Arquivo Distrital de Angra do Heroísmo, 1960. vii, 47 pp. 8vo. Paper wrappers. First edition. Manuel Coelho Baptista de Lima, Cites 494 items and sources located during a careful search in Spain, France, Italy, Germany, and Belgium, as well as those in Portugal and..... More
Berkeley: Friends of the Bancroft Library, 1964. 54, 32 pp. Illus. with 1 folding b/w map. Sm. 4to. Turquoise and brown plaid cloth, gilt title on spine. First edition. No. 12 in the series of Keepsakes issued by the Friends of the Bancroft Library. Francis P. Farquhar, intro. Contains 32..... More
Panamá: Impreso en los Talleres Gráficos de "El Tiempo" 1922. 203, [4] pp. Sm. 8vo. Stapled paper wrappers. First edition. Quite uncommon. A good copy, lacking the front wrapper, spine mostly absent, chips and soiling on title, folds to corner, leaves browned. More
Austin: Jenkins & Reese, 1982. xxix, 83 pp. Illus. with 10 b/w reproductions. 8vo. Cloth. Second edition. Contributions to Bibliography, VII. Review copy with letter laid in loose. Faint foxing along fore edge else a near fine copy. No dust jacket. More
Barcelona: Imprenta de Ivan Pablo Marti, por Francisco Barnola Impressor, 1701. 14 lvs, [1]-10, 9-38, 1 lv., [2] pp., 39-268, 257-476 pp. Sm. 8vo. Contemporary vellum, title lettered in manuscript. First edition. Numerous errors in pagination. A heroic poem on the discovery of America by Columbus and the Spanish conquests..... More
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., Ltd. / E.P. Dutton, n.d. viii, 256 pp. 8vo. Green cloth with gilt titles. Later printing. Trubner's Oriental Series. Four travelers examined: Xuanzang (Hiuen-Tsiang) ca. 596-664, traveled to India; Sæwulf, an English pilgrim to Palestine; Muhammad ibn 'Abd Allah, called Ibn Batutah, 1303-1377, traveled..... More
[London]: [Printed for T. Woodward, A. Ward, S. Birt, D. Browne, T. Longman, R. Hett, C. Hitch, H. Whitridge, S. Austen, J. Hodges, J. Robinson, B. Dod, T. Harris, J. Hinton, and J. Rivington], 1748. 408 x 596 mm. sheet; image 283 x 576 mm. With cartouche and two compasses..... More
Paris: Challamel Ainé, Éditeur, 1886. xx, 639 pp. Illus. with 9 color maps (2 folding), 30 plates, and 77 in-text illustrations. Sm. 4to. Original quarter red morocco over marbled boards, gilt title and rules on spine. First edition. Contents: 1. Les Amériques centrale et méridionale; l'Isthme de Panama, le canal..... More
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New York: D. Appleton and Co., (1872). Profusion of plates and illustrations. Folio. Publisher's brick red pebbled cloth stamped in gilt and black. "A delineation by pen and pencil of the mountains, rivers, lakes, forests, water-falls, shores, canõns, valleys, cities, and other picturesque features of our country. With illustrations on..... More
