FOLLOWING THE EQUATOR: A Journey Around the World by Twain, Mark (pseudonym of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) - 1992

Chadron, Nebraska: Museum of The Fur Trade, 1965. Octavo. Eight volumes: Vol. 1 Numbers 1-4, Volume 2, Numbers 1-3, Vol. 3, Number 1. All bound in pictorial paper wraps. A very nice, clean set.

New York: Coward - McCann, Inc.. 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket; DJ is worn and torn at edges. DJ has large tear at top edge. ; With comments by Helen Chappell Hanks. ; B&W Illustrations; 61 pages .

New York: s.n., 1900. Hardcover. Very Good +. 518 p.: many full-page and in-text illustrations; 27 cm. Publisher's grey cloth with gilt spine and cover titles; black and red spine and cover illustrations. Title page printed in red and black. No publication information other than the place. Copyright 1900 by C.R. Graham. Advice for Americans travelling to Paris and London by someone who thought they should really stay in the United States. "It is an undeniable fact that Europeans do not know how to live; they have no idea of luxuries, and very little of comforts." [p. 47] The anonymous author emphasizes the scandalous aspects of life in Paris as much as possible (the can-can "consists of high kicking and lascivious posturing by depraved women."). Contains amusing descriptions of restaurants, cafes, and theaters; parks, monuments, cemeteries, and catacombs; cultural and educational institutions; horse races and festivals; and street life with the types of people to be… Read More

Second edition with a new introduction and material changes. George Bell and Sons. London. 1906. 8vo. xxxii, 422pp. Photo frontis., 16 further plates, folding coloured map. Original pictorial cloth. Gilt lettering to spine, a little faded. Slight wear to top and tail of spine. Bookseller's plate "Chas E Lauriat Co, Boston" to lower edge of ffep. Endpapers lightly toned, otherwise a bright crisp copy. The new introduction comprehensively addresses the material changes in Nyasaland since the original publication of this book in 1903, and clarifies some areas which "were somewhat misunderstood".
"The book has much to say of wars, chiefs, customs. We commend the chapter on "Big Game" specially. "Nyasa affords probably the finest sport obtainable in Africa today" The Spectator 27 April 1907.

Three original British Official nitrate photographs. Issued for the British Information Services by the Central Office of Information. London. 7 February 1963. 20.5 x 25.5 cm. Royal Marines conquer another Antarctic Peak. Pictures just received from the Royal Navy's Ice Patrol Ship H.M.S. Protector, taken during the successful climb to the top of the hitherto unscaled 9,000 feet Mount Gaudry, highest mountain on Adelaide Island inside the Antarctic Circle... made the final ten hour ascent in a night assault cutting steps and hand holds in a steep ice face... Each photograph has the original typewritten information pasted to reverse. Crown Copyright reserved (Admiralty) Stamped Daily Mail Filed 8 Feb 1963.*Halt for refreshment along Fuchs Piedmont during the 17 miles haul to base camp. In front are: Marines M Constance; M Pike; P Bitcheno; A Cawthorne. Middle row: Corporal J Morton and Marine R Brotherton. Behind: Captain T J Wills, RM, and Corporal G Kingdon.*Royal Marine detachment of HMS PROTECTOR… Read More

NY: Hurd and Houghton, 1868. First Edition. Pictorial Cloth. Very Good. pp: vii, 191; 85 full-page and smaller illustrations by F.O.C. Darley. Gilt-pictorial green cloth; signs of light use. 8" x 5.75" Based on letters that Darley wrote to his family from England, Switzerland, Germany, Holland, France, and Italy, during a year of travel in June, 1867 to June, 1868. [Smith, American Travellers Abroad, D14.].

Seeley, Service & Co, 1915. Cloth. Very Good. Part of the publisher's 'Library of Romance' series; 351pp, (1pp publishers advertisements). Original dark blue cloth covers titled and decorated in red,white and gilt, with huskies and men dragging a sledge on front cover, musk ox on spine. This edition is one of the earlier ones having more illustrations than the later editions. The preface is dated 1906 and a Publishers note on page 8 brings attention to various expedition leaders and publishers for the use of their illustrations. Frontispiece + 21 b/w illustrations + 2 maps all as called for in list of illustrations. Shelfware, rear cover stained. Previous owners signature dated 1918 on front pastedown, some foxing mainly to eps and page edges. A rare item. Good. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Antarctic; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 2787. .

Printed for the Cambrian Archaeological Association by The Bedford Press. London. 1917. Royal Octavo. xvi, 371pp. Engraved portrait plate, 1 photo plate. Later quarter calf, cloth boards. Spine in six with gilt rules, lettering, embellishment and leather labels. More recent endpapers. Lightly toned, with some foxing to prelims and towards the end. Ink splash to top foredge. Slightly strained at portrait.
Richard Fenton (1747-1821), poet and topographical writer. His friends included Oliver Goldsmith, David Garrick, Samuel Johnson, Sir Richard Colt Hoare, William Owen Pughe, Theophilus Jones and Sir Joshua Reynolds. "He built up a large library of books, manuscripts … and toured Wales extensively to visit prehistoric sites, many of which he excavated, and other features in the landscape. His books and journals, more tour literature than history, are entertaining reading, being an attractive mixture of accurate reporting and recording interspersed with personal descriptions of scenery and accounts of… Read More

Sampson Low, Marston, Low & Searle. London. 1873. First edition. Octavo. xii, 347pp, 48pp publisher's adverts. Engraved frontis., map, coloured in outline, 3 further engraved plates, text engravings. Original cloth, gilt lettering, rules and cover vignette. Bumped and rubbed. Hinges cracked. Untrimmed, and partially unopened. Short closed tear to first page of index. Sporadic minor foxing/spotting. Blue silk bookmark. Inscription dated Dec 27th 1873 to verso ffep. WH Smith stamp embossed to ffep.

Hutchinson & Co. London. nd. [1925] First edition. Octavo. xvii, 328pp. Photo frontis., 31 further plates, text and endpaper maps. Original red cloth, gilt lettering, slightly sunned to spine. A little rubbed, marked and bumped. Endpapers slightly toned, light occasional spotting.
"I realised that a new Europe had been moulded out of the old…It mattered little whether it was economically sound or unsound that this or that race should be given national status… independence was in itself sufficient to justify the map of Europe being made out anew".