travel and exploration
SUMMITS OF THE SOUL: A Collection of Mountaineering Poems
(Naperville, IL): (The Naperville Sun), (1978). First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Maroon boards. Near fine. SIGNED by Armstong to title page. Trace rubbing. Interior bright and clean throughout. Good and sound. 66pp. Collects poems by American climbers written in the 60s and 70s.
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[Original Scale Model of Proposed Moon Spacecraft WIth Lunar Excursion Module]
[Bell Telephone Laboratories], November 1962. Flat wooden model, constructed in sections with tabs and slot assembly; several parts secured in place with adhesive and metal pins. Front sides printed in different colors, with simplified schematic diagrams and abbreviations of names and functions. Printed paper labels to verso, with additional letters.....
THE DESCENT OF PIERRE SAINT-MARTIN
London: J.M. Dent & Sons, (1955). First edition thus. Hardcover. 8vo. Orange boards in photographic dust jacket. About very good in like DJ. Some chips to jacket (upper inch of spine missing), and light edgewear. Endpapers lightly foxed, but almost all of text block clean and bright. Good and sound.....
LAND AND LEE IN THE BOSPHORUS AND AEGEAN: Or Views of Constantinople and Athens
New York: A.S. Barnes & Co., 1856. Reprint. Hardcover. 8vo. Original red embossed boards. Very good. Some light edgewear and rubbing to boards. Trace soil to endpapers. MIld crack to binding at preliminary leaf. Overall clean and bright throughout. Good and sound. 366pp. Early reprint of this travel journal discussing.....
TAXCO: The Enchanted City: A Handbook For Tourists
(Mexico_: (Editorial Fischgrund), (1950). Wraps. Small 8vo. Printed perfect-bound wraps. Very good. INSCRIBED by Cortes de Figueroa at first page (1951). Mild toning and small damp stain to front cover. Wraps separating at bottom half, but overall remains sound. Bright, clean throughout. 88pp. Travel guide to Taxco for English speakers.....
TRAVEL WITH OTHERS WITHOUT WISHING THEY'D STAYED HOME
Los Angeles: Prince Publishing, (1999). First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Perfect-bound glossy photographic wraps. Fine condition. SIGNED by Davidson at title page. Clean, bright, unmarred overall. 245pp. Guide to traveling with others, specifically "your spouse, lover, boss, friends, kids, grandchildren, someone else's kids, parents, in-l;aws and other relatives, your pet and.....
WE JAPANESE: Being Descriptions of Many of the Customs, Manners, Ceremonies .Besides Numerous Other Subjects [etc.] Vols. I, II, and III [Compete Set]
Japan: Fujiya Hotel, Inc., 1949. Wraps. 8vo. Three volumes. Cloth bound wraps in string-bound Japanese style binding with decorative paper jackets. Jackets rubbed with tearing at edges and spines. About very good. Books themselves generally near fine but for Volume I which has some faint damping to bottom edge, unobtrusive.....
VIAJE A MEJICO
Guadalajara: Ediciones del Banco Industrial de Jalisco, 1950. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Printed wraps with French flaps. A very good copy. Touches of soil to wraps, light edgewear. Interior bright and clean throughout. Good and sound. 115pp. Text in Spanish. Introduction by Leopoldo I. Orendain. Illustrated throughout with photographs. Part.....
LIFE ON THE PLAINS AND AMONG THE DIGGINGS; Being Scenes and Adventures of an Overland Journey to California; with Particular Incidents of the Route, Mistakes and Sufferings of the Emigrants, The Indian Tribes, The Present and the Future of the Great West
np: (Time-Life Books), (1980). Reprint. Hardcover. 8vo. Full faux leather over boards. Very near fine. Trivial scratches to page edges (gilt). Binding tight. Almost certainly unread. 384pp. The "Deluxe Edition" with embossed design on front cover. A facsimile reprint of this 1854 travel journal of California.
AND THIS IS BOSTON (And Seashore and Country Too)
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, (1930). First Edition. Hardcover. 16mo. Publisher's cloth in original dust jacket. Jacket heavily toned and edgeworn, with chips at corners and spine edges. Spine darkened. Cloth discolored at edges. Page edges toned, interior clean. Bookshop label at front pastedown. Very good. A tourist guide.....
THEY CAME TO THE HILLS
London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, (1952). First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue boards in photographic dust jacket. Very good in like DJ. Mild edgewear, rubbing to jacket. Price clipped. Small chip to head of spine. Light toning to endpapers but text block clean. Good and sound. 275pp. Study of British.....
RACE AGAINST TIME: A History of the Cave Rescue Organisation
(Cumbria): Lyon Books, 1988. First Edition. Wraps. Small 4to. Pictorial wraps. A near fine copy. Mild toning to wraps. Interior bright, crisp, clean throughout. Good and sound. 208pp. Tells the story of the British organization formed in 1935. Lists many of their major rescues of people and animals. Extensively illustrated.....
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LONDON: Historic and Social [Two-Volume Set]
Philadelphia: Henry T. Coates, 1902. Hardcover. 8vo. Red gilt-stamped cloth, in plain red imitation-cloth dust jackets. Both about very good plus, in very good DJs. Mild rubbing, hints of soil to jackets. Top edges (gilt) show mild scratches. Interiors bright, clean, and crisp throughout. Good and sound. 416pp (vol. I);.....
UNDERGROUND ADVENTURE
Yorkshire/London: Dalesman Publishing/Blandford Press, (1952). Hardcover. Small 8vo. Boards in photographic dust jacket. Very good plus in like DJ. Mild toning, rubbing to jacket. Mild surface scratches to boards. Interior bright and clean throughout. Good and sound. 141pp. Account of the exploration of British caves, many of which were recently.....
PATTERN OF MEXICO
New York: D. Appleton-Century, 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Maroon gilt-stamped cloth. No dust jacket. Near fine. SIGNED by Gessler at half title. Hint of soil to top edge, mild toning to hinges. Else bright and clean throughout. Good and sound. 441pp. Account of Gessler's travels through the "many Mexicos.".....
THEATRE OF FISH: Travels Through Newfoundland and Labrador
New York: Knopf, 2005. First American edition. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black boards in photographic dust jacket. Traces of erased pencilled notes to rear free endpaper, else fine in like DJ. Interior bright and clean throughout. Good and sound. 360pp. Travel journal though the Canadian province, by the author of AT.....
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GUIDE TO MEXICO [for the Motorist]
Mexico City: William Goolsby, [ca. 1940]. Wraps. 8vo. Illustrated wraps. Moderate handling wear. Wraps lightly torn at spine ends. Generally sound, unmarked. An undated, though likely circa 1940, English language travel guide for motoroists traveling through Mexico. With a fold-out highway map tipped in at front. Dozens of full page.....
DOWN NORTH ON THE LABRADOR
New York: Fleming H. Revell Company, (1911). First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Pictorial turquoise cloth. No dust jacket (though pieces of it are held in book). A very good plus copy. Light touch of soil to spine. Covers a bit faded as usual. Interior very modestly toned, relatively bright; clean and.....
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[Album of Photographs from a Cruise to Aruba and Venezuela]
Essex Falls: np, 1954. 4to. Full green crushed morocco with snakeskin (yes, you read that right) and gilt tooling to both panels, five raised bands, titling and nautical design gilt-stamped to spine, in original green cloth slipcase rimmed in leather. Ornately patterned endpapers. 170pp. Leather at spine sunned with some.....
DENISON'S ICE ROAD
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Quarter white cloth over blue boards. In pictorial dust jacket. Very good in like DJ. Some toning, foxing to jacket; light soil to spine. Page edges lightly toned, foxed. Interior bright and clean throughout. Good and sound. 237pp. Firsthand.....
A CATALOGUE OF THE POSTCARDS OF GOUGH'S CAVE, COX'S CAVE & WOOKEY HOLE SOMERSET 1900-1980
np: D.J. Irwin, (1981). Limited ed. Wraps. Small 4to. Side-stapled wraps. A very good copy. SIGNED by Irwin at edition statement, this copy #108 of 150. Touches of soil, mild toning to wraps. Overall clean, bright throughout. Good and sound. 132pp. Contains recto and verso scans of Irwin's collection of.....
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[Photograph Album of Japanese Domestic and Cultural Life]
np [Japan?]: nd [ca. 1935]. Hardcover. Oblong 4to. double string-tied commercial album, silk brocade bound, 9" x 12". Containing 60 4.5" x 6" silver gelatin prints mounted to heavy gilt-edges card-stock, one to a page both recto and verso. Printed captions in English additionally mounted below each photo. Near fine.....
ALPINE PILGRIMAGE
London: John Murray, (1934). First UK edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Maroon cloth with gilt-stamped titles. No dust jacket. A very good copy. Page edges moderately foxed, at several instances spreading to pages themselves, but interior generally clean. Includes fold-out map of the Julian Alps and numerous photographic plates. Good and sound.....
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[Collection of Aerial Photographs Taken With an Early Leica Camera]
Seattle and Chicago: [ca. 1930's]. 34 black and white photographs of various sizes, measuring from approximately 9 3/4" x 6 1/2" to 7.0" x 5.0", adhesive mounted recto only to 31 loose, stiff card pages. Additional page lacking photos, but with a detailed, autograph description by the photographer: "Set of.....
CAUGHT ON THE FLY: Pilgrimage of Racine Commandery No. 7, K.T. to The 30th Triennial Conclave at Saratoga Springs, N.Y. [etc...] [Cover Title; Original Photograph Album]
(Various): [ca. 1907]. Hardcover. Small oblong 8vo. album with leather covered boards. 25 black paper leaves, hand-lettered title page, 37 black and white photographs gluemounted recto and verso, and 5 final leaves blank. Generally near fine. Continuation of title page: "In Raymond's Hotel Car 'Strattonville' July 3-14-07. Via Ft. Wayne.....