Search Results: Travel & Exploration from Mount Hope Books

Devin-Adair Company. 1962. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket; Hardcover; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 192 pp, bound in maize colored cloth. Fold-out map at rear of book. Bright clean cloth cover; firmly bound; hint of shelf wear. Pages clean, unmarked. Yellowing on rear endpaper. Clean jacket, price-clipped; modest edge wear, tiny nick. .

E. Grant Richards. 1906. Revised Edition. Very Good; Hardcover; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 301 pp., bound in green flexible cloth cover, gilt lettering. Not illustrated. Linen bookmark detached from binding. Solid binding; light edge wear. Light spotting on front cover. Previous owner's name, date (1907) on front endpaper. Interior pages very clean, bright, unmarked. .

Horace Marshall. 1895. First Edition. Very Good; Hardcover; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 270 pp. bound in flexible blue cloth; gilt lettering; illustrated with black & white photos, engraving on ads; Five folding maps (two hidden inside front and back covers). Folding Maps include: Switzerland, Jura-Simplon Railway, Northern of France Railway, Eastern of France Railway, and Town of Lucerne. In text map of the Italian Lakes, and Spiral Tunnels of St. Gotthard Railway. Clean cover, firmly bound; moderate wear extremities. Previous owner's name written in pencil on front endpaper, dated 1896. Rear endpages tanned. Index of Illustrations page has separated from text block. Maps are quite delicate. One map torn unevenly along fold where attached to binding; mended with tape. Other maps crisp and intact. .

The Religious Tract Society. 1914. Second Edition. Good+ with no dust jacket; Hardcover; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; Includes BONUS BOOK; see below. 190 pages, bound in thick card covers with brown border design, green & brown printing. 24 full-page colour plates of paintings by the author, including frontis; one map of the islands. The Isles of Scilly are the most southern outpost of England -- still considered part of Cornwall -- and well known for their cut flower production.. Jessie Mothersole is also the author and illustrator of related history books including Hadrian's Wall, The Saxon Shore, In Roman Scotland, and Agricola's Road into Scotland. Cover clean, on the whole, with one small water stain on front cover. Design & lettering bright & intact. Moderate rubbing on edges, corners lightly bumped. Front board slightly bowed. Solid binding with thick card covers. Interior clean with light to moderate foxing on margins of text pages. Lovely colour plates… Read More

Hakluyt Society. 1996. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket; Hardcover; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 392 pp. in handsome blue cloth binding with gilt lettering and design. Illustrated. Fine book, bright, clean cover, firm binding, sharp corners. Pages crisp, unmarked. In dust jacket with light rubbing on folds; small abrasion on spine. Trace of blue transfer smudging on back panel. .

North Country Books. 1965. First Edition. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket; Hardcover; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Old Forge, NY; 155 p in full green cloth. SIGNED by the author on front endaper. Illustrated. About Fine book with bright cover, sharp corners, tight binding, Interior crisp. Bright pictorial jacket lightly rubbed on top edge, two minsicule tears; spine faded. Price intact on jacket flap. Story of life in lumber camps of Adirondack Mountains, Minnesota and Northern New England featuring the experiences of 6 sky pilots: ; Frank Higgins Of Minnesota; Aaron Maddox, Charles Atwood, Clarence Mason and Frank Reed of the Adirondacks; and Willaim Burger of Northern New England. Packaged with care and shipped in a box.; Packaged with care.; Signed by Author .

Editions Garnier Freres. 1961. Reprint. Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket; Hardcover; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; Tome I, 910 pages, June 1815-June 1816. Tome II, 940 pages, July 1816-August 1821. Matching bindings with green cloth, pictorial paste-downs on front cover with gilt border, gilt lettering on spine, yellow endpapers, gold linen placemark. Frontis illustrations and several b & w plates . Text in French. In transparent vinyl dust wrappers. Both volumes Very Good to Near Fine. Bright clean cloth; tight bindings; modest signs of use. Tome II has a short wrinkle in cloth near base of spine. Both books have a gift notation written on preliminary page. Pages crisp, clean, no additional markings. Viny dust wrappers are cloudy, shallow chips at ends of spine. Tome II wrapper missing a large piece near top edge.. .

Charles E. Tuttle Co.. 1969. Facsimile. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket; Hardcover; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; HARDCOVER. First Tuttle edition (reprint of the original edition published in 1875). 448 pp. bound in olive green cloth; gilt lettering. 31 illustrations (most reprints from engravings), plus two fold-out maps: Sketch Map of Part of the Rocky Mountains; and Route Map from Crow-wing to Rocky Mountains. Bright lettering; solid binding. Fading/sunning to edges of boards. Pages clean, unmarked. Fold-out maps crisp. Dust jacket has wear to edges; a few shallow chips & tears; one longer tear mended with tape on underside. A clean presentable copy with pristine maps. .