Search Results: Travel and adventure from AardBooks

London: Cape. Fine/VG- (see notes). 2011. 1st. hardcover. 8vo . 285pp . Nice DJ, EXCEPT for a razor slice top of DJ spine. Hides well in mylar. .

NY: Scribner. VG- EX LIB. 1903. 1st US EX LIB. hardcover. 8vo . 459pp . Dec red cloth, white ink call # on spine, worn; library pocket rear down end paper, stamped withdrawn. Pretty decent EX LIB. NB: Volume II only, no matter what those idiot computers at amazon might decide it ought to be ! .

Dubai: Motivate. Fine/Fine. 1998. 1st. hardcover. 4to . 176pp . NO INTERNATIONAL OR PRIORITY. .

London: Motivate Publishing. VG-/Good+ (see notes). 1994. reprint. hardcover. 4to . 304pp . NO INTERNATIONAL OR PRIORITY. Inside of DJ shows some evidence of damp storage. Some warping of pp thoughout, no adhesion. No evidence the book got wet; rather, the problem seems to come from gradual absorbtion of moisture in damp storage conditions. Present well on the shelf, but you need to be able to get past the rippling of the pages. .

London: Collins. VG+/VG+ (see notes). 1979. 1st. hardcover. 4to . 304pp . NO INTERNATIONAL OR PRIORITY. Xmas gift inscription. Bit of shelfwear to price-clipped DJ. .

Cleveland: World. VG, NO dj. 1966. reprint. hardcover. 12mo . Bit of bowing to covers. Ribbon ties. Box and booklet nice. From the publisher's short-lived Bibliotheca Americana series. .

GC: Doubleday Page. VG, NO dj. 1926. later printing. hardcover. 8vo . 309pp . Black cloth. Nice solid copy, with a bit of foxing to end papers. Top edge gilt. Lettering on spine could be better. The spine lettering on this black cloth edition of Carpenter's World Travels is a kind of a light blue, which just doesn't show up very well. .

NY: Dutton. VG+/fair only (see notes). 1979. BOOK CLUB. hardcover. 4to . 304pp . NO INTERNATIONAL OR PRIORITY. No DJ price, blind stamp rear = book club. Couple nasty 3" tears bottom front DJ, in mylar. .

Indianapolis: Bobbs Merrill. VG+/VG (See notes). 1960. hardcover. hardcover. large 8vo . 640p . 1960 reprint edition, yellow cloth spine and black boards. Slight cant to spine. Edgewear to dj. .

Indianapolis: Bobbs Merrill. Good+/Good+ (see notes). 1935. later ptg. hardcover. 8vo . 417pp . Some mottling to spine cloth, P O name. 1/4"-1/2" deep chips top spine, corners of DJ, 1" tear. Bit of sunning to DJ spine. .

Chicago: Quadrangle Books. VG+/VG. 1962. reprint. hardcover. 12mo . 228p+ addenda . Pencilled notes rear end paper. Bit of soiling and edgewear to DJ. Facsim reprint. From the "Americana Classics" series. .

London: Witherby. VG, NO dj. 1910. hardcover. hardcover. 8vo . 384pp . Bound volume of 6 monthly issues, with articles by and about folks you know, e.g. Shackleton, Aurel Stein, Knud Rasmussen etc Fascinating people and places, all over the world. Wish I had more of these. .

Woodstock, NY: Overlook. Near Fine/VG (see notes). 2002. 1st US. hardcover. folio . 213pp . NO INTERNATIONAL OR PRIORITY. Rem. mark bottom edge. DJ has a 1" tear middle of rear panel, tape repaired, bit of rubbing. .

London: HarperCollins. Near Fine/Near Fine. 2001. 1st. hardcover. 4to . 192pp . NO INTERNATIONAL OR PRIORITY. .

London: Collins. VG+/VG+. 1987. 1st. hardcover. 4to . 224pp . NO INTERNATIONAL OR PRIORITY. Slight cant to spine, Xmas gift inscription. Light shelfwear to DJ. .

London: Maggs. VG, NO dj. 1962. 1st thus. hardcover. 8vo . 864pp . Spine of green cloth binding faded some, upper left corner of each leather spine label starting. Includes catalogues 803, 813, 818, 824, 827, 833, 842, 847, 853, 867. A terrific bibliographic reference, and you will not believe the kind of books that were going for a couple of Pounds 50-60 years ago! .

London: Maggs. VG-, NO dj. 1964. 1st thus. hardcover. 8vo . 674pp . Spine of green cloth binding faded some, hinge just shows at title page. Includes catalogues 755, 763, 772, 784, 795, 807, 821, 836, 856, 878. A terrific bibliographic reference, and you will not believe the kind of books that were going for a couple of Pounds 50-60 years ago! .

London: HarperCollins. Fine/Near Fine. 2004. 1st. hardcover. 4to . 223pp . NO INTERNATIONAL OR PRIORITY. .

Cleveland: World. VG, NO dj. 1966. reprint. hardcover. 12mo . Bit of bowing to covers. Ribbon ties. Box and booklet both nice. From publisher's short-lived Bibliotheca Americana series. .

NY: Putnam. VG-/Good only (see notes). 1932. 10th ptg. hardcover. 8vo . 325pp . Signed by the author 'with regards' Drip stain front end pp, not affecting book. P O name. Moderate chipping, wear to DJ. .