Rare books from Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore

London: Henry S. King & Co.. Very Good+. 1873. Hardcover. Some rubbing to extremities, especially top and bottom spine. Some foxing to first blank page. Front hinge weakening; INSCRIBED by the author to page facing first blank. Extremely scarce. Contemporary maroon boards with gilt lettering and gilt decoration of horse head. Numerous heraldic fold-outs at rear, all in near fine condition ; 8vo; 211 pages .

London: Richard Bentley. Near Fine. 1851. First Edition. Hardcover. Very light foxing to first few pages vol. 1; This is Burtons' first book written while on active duty in modern-day India and Pakistan. Rebound in attractive blue full leather boards with gilt spine lettering and three raised bands. Marbled endpapers. Penzer 39, Casada 57 ; 12mo; 297, 309 pages .

London: Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts. Very Good. 1861. First Edition. Hardcover. Light rubbing to extremities. Hinges weakening. Small stamp to half title page and dedication page. First and last few pages a bit yellowed. ; Green cloth with gilt vignette and gilt spine lettering. Numerous illustrations and one fold-out map; 8vo; 707 pages .

Boston: Balch Brothers Co.. Very Good+. 1898. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Extremely light rubbing to marbled bottom edge; The nicest and most exclusive edition of this classic is as rare as it gets - especially in this condition. The boards are in 1/2 green leather with linear gilt design. Top edge gilt. Spine with five raised bands, gilt linear design and gilt spine lettering. Bound also in beautiful green marbled design and matching endpapers. This set is # 8 of 500 and nicely SIGNED with black ink by Stoddard on the page facing half-title. Frontispiece is a beautiful tissue-guarded etching followed by a photographure portrait of Stoddard. The 10 volumes are profusely illustrated in b&w from photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

London: William Clowes and Sons. Very Good-. 1876. Hardcover. Boards a bit darkened, lightly worn and with light waterstains. Front hinge slighty gapping. Small stamp on title page ; The rarest Burton! ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 59 pages .

Coblenz: Verlag Von K. Baedeker. Very Good-. 1839. First Edition. Hardcover. Yellow boards a bit browned and worn. Spine ends and corners lightly chipped. Pages clean and tight with occasional browned pages, not affecting contents ; In 1839 with the publication of Holland, Belgium and Rheinreise (3rd Edition) the Baedeker series was launched. An extremely rare book in the original Biedermeier boards including a list of Baedeker's books in front and with a steel engraved fold out map in the back ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 212 pages .

Koblenz: Karl Baedeker. Very Good+. 1835. Second Edition. Hardcover. Boards a bit sunned, spine label browned and lightly chipped, but still readable "Klein's Rheinreise, Zweite Auflage". Neat notation with black ink, on first blank page, dated 1837. Bookplate. Two illustrations and two steel engraved fold out maps. Very light browning to a few single pages, not affecting contents. ; This book is the expanded and revised edition of Professor J. A. Klein's Rheinreise. Converted into a guidebook by the legendary bookdealer of Coblenz, Germany - Karl Baedeker. The first book to bear his original name Bädeker, and the precursor of the entire series. A virtually unique publication - extremely rare ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 517 pages .

London: A. Bettesworth, Et Al. Very Good+. 1730. Hardcover. Rebound in contemporary boards; Papal intrigue mostly from the 15th century ; Copper plate; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 603 pages .

Philadelphia: Mitchell and Hinman. Very Good+. 1836. Hardcover. Staining to obverse & verso of title page. Bookplate to front pastedown. Previous owner's name to rear endpaper. Steel engraved and hand colored map torn; Stunning early example of a guide to the USA, basically ending at the Mississippi river, before California or Texas was a state ; Maps; 24mo 5" - 6" tall; 78 pages .

New York: J. M. Emerson & Co.. Very Good+. 1859-1860. Hardcover. Occasional foxing. Comtemporary binding in brown cloth; All The Year Round was Charles Dickens' own literary magazine. The first appearance of A Tale of Two Cities is serialized here, from April-November 1859. These three volumes contain all the issues from April 1859 to October 1860. Besides literature there are a number of articles on scientific matters and national and international affairs; 8vo; 624,568 (48),620 pages .

Leipzig: Karl Baedeker. Very Good. 1897. Second Edition. Stiff Wraps. Boards browned and with small ink soiling to front and a larger ink stain to back. ; The rare supplement to the French edition of the Russia Baedeker; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 108 pages .

New York: Harper & Row. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. DJ has 2" closed tear to front ; INSCRIBED with ball point pen by King to Wanda Horowitz, the daughter of the conductor Toscanini. ; 8vo - 8" to 9" tall; 209 pages .

Leipzig: Karl Baedeker. Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 1914. Hardcover. DJ browned (as usual) and chipped. DJ spine laid-in book. Top DJ professionally repaired. Former owner's address on front endpaper. ; 1st and only edition. One of the most scarce and precious titles of the Baedeker series. A description of the country before the revolution. 40 fold out maps in color and 78 plans. A very well preserved copy - especially rare with DJ. Marbled edges nicely preserved - this is the best copy we have ever seen ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 590 pages .

New York: B. W. Huebsch. Very Good-. 1919. Third Edition. Hardcover. Boards with light rubbing to extremities. Gilt lettering and gilt spine lettering faded. Hinges started. One page with rough paper and affecting the contents - apparently from an attempt to separate two pages that were stuck together. ; Darrow's autobiographical novel, a fictionalized account of his boyhood. Presentation copy: Inscribed by the author on front free endpaper: "Inscribed to Mary Hoover with the regards of Clarence Darrow, March 4th 1927". Additionally laid in is Ms. Hoover's contemporaneous account of a talk given by Darrow at the Negro Industrial Schho, Daphne, Alabama on February 10, 1927: "I can't help you, you will have to help yourselves, but I advise always an attitude of defiance toward the white man who calls himself your friend. How has he manifested this friendship? By hanging and burning you; by making you do his work and use his back door..." In blue linen custom… Read More

London. Good+. 1757. Hardcover. Front cover detached, but present. Rubbing and minor bleeding to the morocco boards. Front endpaper a bit browning along edges and generally with some occasional browning. Binding is gapping in places. ; 28 pages of text, followed by 46 engraved plates all present, including many fold outs over two pages. In contemporary morocco, with calf corners. Front endpaper is SIGNED "John H. James, 24 March 1866." James was a prominent Ohio lawyer who amassed an admirable private library. Three pages of notes tipped-in on front endpaper, in James' hand, originating from Dolney's Travels in Syria and Egypt (1783) , reflecting upon Wood's work. Internally handsome. In mauve custom made box with label. - Wood's work as an archeological pioneer was mostly noted in Europe. The book was published after an extensive exploration through Egypt, Syria and Mesopotamia. The Ruins of Baalbek (as the nowadays Lebanese city is called) are among the largest… Read More