Search Results: TRAVEL / EXPLORATION from THE FAMILY ALBUM

Derby & Jackson, New York: 1859., 1859 329 p. + Two frontis lithographs produced by Sarony, Major and Knapp from ambrotypes. Damp stained. 12mo. 19 cm. Original full cloth binding, faded. A wonderful descriptive account of travel in Nova Scotia. In addition to observations on the Anglo/French culture of the Acadians, there are many interesting historical remarks, including comments on the Negroes of Nova Scotia. Cozzens was a curious character. He was the author of the popular 'Sparrowgrass Papers', and was well known as a humorist. His primary business was as an "importer, and dealer in wines, brandies, segars, and fine groceries, agent for the sale of Longworth's Ohio wines, No. 85 Chambers Street, two doors from the Irving House and Broadway, New York." Around 1856 he was also an auctioneer selling "rare and choice old wines , selected and imported by J. B. Monnot, late of the New York Hotel." "I do not think that an Acadian would cheat, lie, or steal; I… Read More

Press of Lee, Mann & Co., Daily American Office, Rochester, NY: 1855., 1855 235p. Heavily foxed and age stained. 12mo. Original full brown cloth binding embossed in blind. Spine decorated and lettered in gold. Edges worn with slight loss at head of spine. Hardbound. Nice example of the vintage First American Edition. Quite Scarce thus. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! TRAVEL/1 Language: eng. F.. Full Cloth. Hardcover.. Very Good.

Printed for T. Pridden, London: 1776., 1776 245p. Age stained. Fly leaves torn. 12mo in 4's. Original full leather binding, front board detached. Worn. "This admirable work is partly a romance and partly a scheme of patriarchal government: the incidents are well contrived and most agreeably related. It has been generally attributed to the celebrated Bp. Berkeley." - Lowndes 868 (describing an earlier edition). AFRICA/6. Language: eng. Hardcover. Good.

Norton, New York:(1976)., 1976 8vo. 253 p. Illustrated. DJ. W121 Language: eng. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included.

Indiana University Press, Bloomington and London: ()., 1973 pp. xiii, 302. Illustrated with photographs. Map endpapers. Tall 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket, price clipped. Small tear on front wrap. Third printing. Hardbound. Very good. W10 Language: eng. Full Cloth. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included.

A. and C. Black, London: 1906., 1906 pp. ix, 229, (2) [Publisher's catalogue] + Plus folding map and 70 delicate color plates with original tissue guards. Inked presentation to Anne Maitland d'Invilliers from Dr. I.J. Moylan, Christmas, 1911. Front hinge cracked. Top edge gold. Sm. 4to. Original full blue cloth binding, spine and front board decorated in reds, gold and white in an Arabic design. Binding very slightly soiled and worn. Hardbound. Very good. Scarce. The owner of this book, Anne Elizabeth Maitland d'Invilliers (daughter of Edward V. d'Invilliers and Annie E Maitland) was born December 31, 1897, and died 1965. She married Pierre Brosseau on 1930. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! ISLAM BOX 2 Language: eng. Full Cloth. Hardcover. Fair.

(Printed by H.O. Houghton and Company, Riverside, Cambridge for) G.P. Putnam and Son, New York: 1867., 1867 496 p. + Engraved vignette half title. Top edge gilt. Early ownership of G. N. Reynolds with inscription "My Wife, Epiphany 1868 Milwaukee" on first fly leaf. 16mo. 170mm. Original full green cloth binding. Title on front board lettered in gold with an elaborate gilt oval. Extremities slightly rubbed. Hardbound. Very good. Riverside Edition. Nice copy. Washington Irving (1783-1859) was an American author, essayist, biographer and historian of the early 19th century. He was best known for his short stories "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle", both of which appear in his book The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. TRAVEL BX 2 0.0. Hardcover.

(Printed by Bradbury and Evans for) Chapman and Hall, London: 1850., 1850 pp. xiii, 175 + Frontis by C. Stanfield. Text foxed. 185 mm. Original quarter leather with marbled boards binding. Spine perished. Boards worn. In January 1842, Charles Dickens set sail for a lecture tour in America, accompanied by his wife Catherine and her maid. In America he received a reception reminiscent of those that met mop-headed rock stars of the 1960's. Americans, expecting him to be grateful for their warm reception, were staggered when this young British goodwill ambassador, at a dinner held in his honor in Boston, dared to criticize them as copyright pirates. Though crowds began to get a bit angry, he did not back down. A week later, in Hartford, he argued that a native American literature would flourish only when American publishers were compelled by law to pay all writers their due, rather than being able to publish the works of any foreign author for free. He argued that it was a bad custom that only served… Read More

D. Appleton & Co., New York: 1872., 1872 74p. Decorated title page. Each leaf protected with a blank. All edges gold. Comic caricature illustrations throughout. Paper beginning to brown. Very slight dampstain. Some old staining. 4to. Original full gold pictorial red cloth binding. Extremities worn. Rebacked. Richard Doyle (1824-1883) was the son of a noted British cartoonist and the uncle of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. A very charming set of cartoons, illustrating a "Grand Tour" in America [New York; Canada; and Cuba]. Fascinating Victorian humor and satire. HUMOR 8 Language: eng. Hardcover. Good.

Alfred A. Knopf, New York: ., 1967 pp. xxiii, 440, x. Numerous illustrations. Small 4to. 240 mm. Original full cloth binding. Original priced dust jacket, slightly rubbed at extremities. First American edition. Hardbound. Very good. W11 0.0. 1st Edition.. Hardcover.

Ben Herman Dutch Books, Kutztown, PA: 1963., 1963 96 p. Numerous photo illustrations by Charles S. Rice. Nine maps. Inked ownership on inside of front cover. Tall 8vo. Original color pictorial printed wraps. Fine. 98 p. Highly illustrated. Colorful printed wraps. The study of the Amish Pennsylvania Dutch tourist industry is really quite important, and these source materials are essential. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! GER-ENG PAMPH BX1 BAG 24. Language: eng. Soft cover. Near Fine.

Viking Press, New York: 1937., 1937 325p. Thirty-two illustrations by the author. Tall 8vo. Original full decorated cloth binding. First Edition. A tight copy. Hardbound. Good. NH 1 x2 Language: eng. F.. Hardcover. Good.

Joseph Johnson, Leeds: 1860., 1860 pp. iv, 768 + Frontis and engraved plates. Foxed. Some signatures loose. Rear fly leaves damp stained. Inked inscription "Presented to Thos. R. Hirst by his brother Jabes Dec. 20th, 1860 at Leeds, Yorkshire England". 12mo. Original quarter leather over marbled boards. Gilt lettered and decorated spine. Binding worn. Hardbound. Bound up from the original parts issue. ENGLAND 6. Hardcover. Good.

Printed for the Author, St. Louis: 1888., 1888 463p. + Portrait Frontis and full page plates. 4to. Original full brown cloth binding, lettered in gold. Beveled edges. Spine repaired. Hardbound. Apparently Limited to only 100 copies, this original First Edition is rarely found in the marketplace. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! AMERICANA BOX 3 Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Full Cloth. Hardcover.. Good.

Government Printing Office, Washington, DC: 1911., 1911 688 p. + Plates. 8vo. Original publisher's cloth binding. Includes important papers by the most noted authors on topics such as: Recent Progress in Aviation (with 19 plates); Ornamentation of Carpets; Explosives; Telegraphy of Photographs; Astronomy; Tuberculosis; Etc. By 1910 the competition in early aviation was intense, and the Smithsonian played a major role. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! Language: eng. Hardcover. Very Good.

Typis Officinae Schultzianae, Hafnie,(Copenhagen): 1837., 1837 pp. xliv, 479, (6) [Genealogies] + 18 Facsimiles, plates and maps. The frontis and engraved title may not have been issued with this large paper first edition. First fly leaves damp stained. Plates and some other leaves at end are also damped. The bulk of the text is brilliant white with extra wide margins. Large paper copy. Top edge gold gilt. Deckle edges. Early inked ownership of R. H. Lanerned(?). Early manuscript margin notations, and translation. Folio. Original full embossed morocco leather binding. Spine gold lettered with raised bands. Hardbound. "The pioneer and fundamental work on the Norse voyages to America, on which most of the subsequent literature has been based. This large folio contains the original text of the sagas in old Icelandic and translations into Danish and Latin, followed by critical discussions in Latin; extracts from ancient Icelandic geographical writings, descriptions of European relics in Greenland;… Read More

Childs & Peterson, Philadelphia: 1857., 1857 Two volumes. pp. 464, (4) [Favorable reviews of the book from prominent men and newspapers - the reviews continue in Vol. II]; 467. Frontis, half titles and numerous steel engravings. Profusely illustrated with text wood engravings. Foxed. 8vo. 231 mm. Original full brown cloth binding, worn. Manuscript ownerships of Bean & Owen, March 31, 1859. "Aside from its importance as a key in the literature of the of the disappearance of Sir John Franklin, Kane's narrative, with its valuable geographic and scientific information, is one of the great books of Arctic exploration and the search for the Northwest Passage. It contains much information about the Eskimos. Kane, was a U.S. Navy physician who organized the voyage, discovered the ice-free Kennedy Channel and laid the foundation for scientific study of the Arctic. Arctic Bibliography 8373; Sabin 37001; Hoyer 'Groenlandica' 213. Rarely found in such decent condition. **PRICE JUST… Read More

Williams Printing Co., Publishers, Richmond, VA: (1920)., 1920 252p. + Full page photographs. 8vo. Original full green cloth binding, spotted. Hardbound. Interesting and somewhat humorous account of travel in South America. LATIN AMERICA BOX 1. Language: eng. Hardcover. Very Good.

Playboy Press, (Chicago: )., 1975 253 p. Illustrated. Cancel mark on top edge. Square 8vo. Original cloth spine over paper covered boards. Original dust jacket, worn with loss. Plastic wraps stuck to fly leaves. First edition. VERIA 3 0.0. 1st Edition.. Hardcover.

Great Americana Series, Readex Microprint Corp., New York: 1966., 1966 Facsimile of the rare Detroit 1876 first edition. 250 p. 12mo. Original leather grained cloth binding. Fine condition. Nowlin's family settled in Michigan in 1834, building a log cabin near the present sit e of Ypsilanti. A great account of a youth's experiences in early Michigan. These facsimiles are the most affordable way to study, own, and enjoy such rare Americana. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! NW29 Language: eng. Hardcover. Fine.