Waterloo, Iowa: United States Touring Information Bureau, 1923. Hard Cover. Octavo. A very good copy bound in green cloth with illustration of bi-plane flying over airfield on front cover. Beautiful large folding map titled "Aviation Map of United States Featuring Landing Fields" laid-in rear. Mild wear to covers and age... More
London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green, 1832. Full Leather. 12mo. 360pp. Bound in full brown polished calf, boards double ruled in gilt, raised bands with compartments fully decorated in gilt. Board edges gilt, marbled endpapers and all edges marbled, a very pretty binding, internally bright without foxing. Typed book... More
Boston: Dana Estes & Co. 1910. Hard Cover. Quarto. 237pp., 16 full page photo illustrations, bound in green pictorial cloth depicting totem poles accented in blue and orange, lettering gilt. A near fine copy, with just a hint of wear at edges. A beautiful copy. More
Maidstone: J. Smith, 1839. Hard Cover. 108pp., 38pp. directory, [26]pp. ads at rear, bound in original brown cloth stamped in gilt and blind, contains frontis map and one folding map, one plate; spine slightly faded; neat owner name to front fly leaf; internally very clean; light foxing to folding map... More
New York: The Neale Publishing Company, 1917. First Edition. Hard Cover. 12mo, 235 pages; original publisher's orange cloth, printed in gilt. Mr. Abbott and his brother, Alvin, went West at the beginning of the gold rush. Abbott tried gold mining, cattle ranching, hotel ownership and railroading; ever the entreprenure, he... More
Baltimore: The John Hopkins Press, 1942. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Octavo. 238pp. Bound in tan cloth, spine lettered and stamped in dark blue; previous owner's name and date; a clean bright copy in unclipped brown printed jacket with minor light chipping to top edge and spine ends. More
LEIPZIG: Karl Baedeker, 1908. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. 15th revised edition, 452 (44) pages; large folding map at front, several single and folding plans throughout with large folding maps at rear; 9 maps and 19 plans in total, although dust jacket states only 5 maps and 24 plans. Bound... More
New York: A. S. Barnes & Company, 1905. First Edition. Hard Cover. 12mo. 231 pages. Bound in original red cloth, spine lettered in gilt; double page map frontis. Translated from his own narrative by Fanny Bandelier; together with the report of Father Marcos of Nizza and a letter from the Viceroy Mendoza. More
London: Methuen & Co. Ld. 1926. First Edition. Hard Cover. Octavo. 229pp. 8pp.+ ads. Introduction by Sir Louis Fran. Illustrated with 32 illustrations and 4 maps. Bound in brown cloth, upper board title in blind, spine gilt; very minor wear to spine ends, previous owner's book plate; a very good+... More
Paris: Chez E. Lequien, 1824. Hard Cover. Oblong. 18pp., 37 full page plates of maps (two folding), views, plans and historical figures. bound in a very nice modern 3/4 polished calf over cloth, raised bands with compartments decoratively stamped in a floral motif, all edges marbled; internally clean; light foxing... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1851. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Tall Octavo. Engraved title page, regular title page, two fontispieces, 218pp., [2]pp. ads at rear, illustrated with 31 full page engravings, 1 double paged view on thinner paper stock, 1 map and 1 plan of Thebes all with tissue... More
Chicago; nd, J.W. Henry. Hard Cover. Octavo. c. 1880, frontispiece of the sailboat Sunbeam, 479pp., illustrated by Hon. A.Y. Bingham, bound in a dark blue pictorial gilt cloth depicting a sail boat sailing toward the sun, spine gilt, floral endpapers, folding map. A fine bright copy. Lady Brassey and her... More
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1909. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Octavo. 634 pages, folding map at rear; with two hundred illustrations and maps. Original blue cloth, decorated in gilt, red and green. Neat owner inscription on FEP, minimal cover edge wear. More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1899. First Edition. Hard Cover. Octavo. The adventures and observations of an American in Mashonaland and Matabeleland. Frontispiece, 430pp., uncut, illustrated with 32 black and white photographs, two color folding maps at rear. Bound in original green cloth lettered and bordered in gilt, spine lettering... More
New York: The Book Publisher's Press, 1914. First Edition. Hard Cover. Octavo. 482 pages. Illustrated throughout with photos by the author. Bound in a pictorial blue cloth, depicting a palm tree with stars, lettering gilt. Front inner hinge cracked, owner private library stamp front paste-down; otherwise a handsome copy. More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1938. Richard E. Harrison. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Octavo. SIGNED BY RICHARD E. BYRD ON FEP without personalization. A very good copy, in a very good dust jacket, with small loss at head of spine. Neat owner inscription on FFEP. More
New York: G.P. Putnam, 1935. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Octavo. 405pp. Introduction by the Secretary of the Navy, Claude A.Swanson. Illustrations and maps. Bound in light blue cloth stamped in gilt, spine lettering gilt, top edge blue, endpapers are maps; a fine sharp copy in clipped pictorial... More
New York: G.P. Putnam, 1930. First Trade Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY RICHARD E BYRD ON FFEP without personalization. With a contest letter laid in, showing information pertaining to the winning cash prize amount, which includes a signed limited edition of this title; 422pp. Bound in blue... More
Dublin: By William Porter for P. Byrne and W. Jones, 1790. Full Leather. Octavo. First Dublin Edition. TWO VOLUMES. Containing a new, accurate, and comprehensive view of the present state of that country to which are added copious extracts from the essays on Spain of M. Peyron, in two volumes... More
Edinburgh: MacLachlan & Stewart, 1884. Hard Cover. Octavo. Bound in original green cloth; complete, with color plates loosely bound, some signatures loose. A good copy, with light wear at spine ends; internally clean. More
New York: G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co. 1883. (13" x 16 1/2"). Hand- colored, laid into original embossed cloth case stamped in gilt as issued, front pastedown with advertisements. Case is very good, map is fine and crisp with no tears. Very nice. More
New York: The Polar Publishing Co. 1911. First Edition. Hard Cover. Quarto. Frontispiece, 604pp., containing 49 photographic illustrations with several other illustrations of charts and drawings throughout. Bound in brown pictorial cloth lettered in gilt. A clean, sharp, fine copy of this important polar expedition. More
N.P. Senate, Special Session, 1849. First Edition. Hard Cover. Octavo. 85 pages, lacking the map; bound in c.1910 green cloth, spine lettered in gilt. A report on the Mormon Battalion which marched 2000 miles from Missouri to California. Text is slightly tanned; overall, very good. More
New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1881. Hard Cover. Octavo. Second edition; 383 pages, with maps and fold out charts. Original green cloth stamped in blind and gilt; floral end papers. Minor wear to covers, owner name on FEP; a very good + copy. More
New York: Francis P. Harper, 1900. First Edition. Hard Cover. Octavo. TWO VOLUMES. 18 maps, views and facsimilies (folding frontis map). LIMITED EDITION OF 950 COPIES. THIS IS No. 602. Bound in original blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Internally clean and bright, minimal edge wear. A very good+ set. More