Travel-Exploration-Adventure from Gargoyle Books

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Macmillan Company, 1974. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Sasek, M. [Miroslav]. Another volume in the beloved Czech illustrator's series of geography/history books for children, in 60+ pages, illustrated in color by the author on nearly every one! A FIRST EDITION, First Printing, from 1974, this folio has deep… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Blue Ribbon Books, 1926. First Thus . Hardcover. VG-/No Jacket. True adventures of an early expedition headed by Theodore Roosevelt III (son of the former US President) & his brother, Kermit, as they traveled across the mountains of Central Asia with scientist George Cherrie & photographer Suydam Cutting. The 10 chapters in this… Read more about this item

Boston/Cambridge, Massachusetts: Houghton Mifflin/Riverside Press, 1937. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. Frost, H. Lockwood. The author, who founded the Little Theatre of Padua Hills in Claremont, California, to serve the local Mexican immigrant community, offers an intriguing look into Mexican culture in the country itself, exploring little known areas & people in 85+ short… Read more about this item

Jerusalem, Israel: Israel Tourist Information Services, 1969. First Edition First Printing . Soft cover. Near Fine. Lesser-known publication from the self-taught & award-winning Israeli photographer Peter Merom (1919-2022), who established Kibbutz Hulata. Commemorative or tourist booklet published in the immediate aftermath of the Arab-Israeli Six Day War in June 1967, documenting both the eternal beauty of the Sinai… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Burroughs Wellcome & Co., 1934. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Unique item from the 1934 Chicago International Exhibition. After profiling some famous explorers & "heroes of travel" in the air, the polar regions, & Africa, the latter half of the book traces the history of emergency first aid, highlighting the work… Read more about this item

Denver, Colorado: Williamson-Haffner Engraving Co., 1906. First Edition First Printing . Soft cover. Good. Take a train-ride across Colorado in the first decade of the 20th century via these 24 stunning color lithographs, with descriptive commentary inside both covers by Dr. J. Douglas Crisp. A FIRST EDITION, First Printing, from 1906 (could be 1904 or 1908, date is… Read more about this item

Los Angeles, California: Academy Publishers, 1954. First Edition, 2nd Printing 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+/No Jacket. A group of traveling sportsmen from southern California who state that, "among the four of us, we probably know more about Baja California than any one American,'' share their tips for visiting & camping in the region from Tijuana all the way… Read more about this item

Honolulu, Hawaii: Honolulu Stat-Bulletin, Ltd., 1945. 5th or later Printing. Soft cover. Good. The 71st edition from 1945 of the "recognized book of authentic information on Hawaii," an especially distinct issue in that it still had ads for "Hawaiian products helping feed our fighting men" alongside other images like a photo of Navy men helping "peace return to… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Rand McNally & Co., 1914. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Travel back to the early days of the automobile in this exciting adventure guide to Old World Europe as the author brings you along with his traveling companion as they venture off the beaten path through the small towns seldom visited… Read more about this item

Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.: R. Rl donnelley & Sons Co/Lakeside Press, 1927. First Thus . Hardcover. Fine. First-person account by William L. Manly, a boy from Vermont who joined the Gold Rush to California in the mid-1800s, & kept a diary of his exploits. Orig. appearing in a San Jose newspaper, they were first published in book form as… Read more about this item

Manning, Oregon: Life Support Technology, Inc., 1974. First Edition First Printing . Soft cover. Near Fine. Ingeniously designed packet of 5 small survival guides packed in a protective, accordion-fold plastic sleeve designed to take with you in a pocket or pack on the trail! Apparently, these were once standard issue as part of Bombardier Emergency Kits. Incredibly… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Viking Press, 1937. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+/VG-. Sanderson, Ivan T.. Very first book by this long British zoologist & adventurer, based on his travels to the remote forests of Mamfe in West Africa, where he encountered many species unknown to most of the planet. In 326 pages, with 32… Read more about this item

1939. First Edition First Printing . Soft cover. Good. Description of an expedition carried out 1938/39 for the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, tasked with collecting specimens for the Leopard & Colobus Monkey groups for the new Akeley Hall of African Mammals at the museum, which had just completed construction a few years earlier… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1930. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. VG/No Jacket. The famed explorer & retired U.S. Navy Rear Admiral describes the first exploration base--Little America--that he established with his team at the South Pole in 1930. This hardcover is a FIRST EDITION, First Printing, from Autumn 1930. Hardcover has bright… Read more about this item

New York/Bufalo/Toronto: W.G. MacFarlane, 1907. First Edition First Printing . Soft cover. Very Good. Before acquiring its current nickname, the "Emerald City,'' as a result of a contest in 1982, the city of Seattle had several other sobriquets. In 1869, promotional material aimed at attracting new residents & visitors dubbed it, "The Future Queen City of the Pacific… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1982. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Soft cover. Near Fine. Gaber, Susan. The first cookbook for backpackers (& canoeists & campers) that makes possible superb meals on the trail" for families & their hiking dogs alike! Lots of basic information on how to prepare, what to pack, & menu… Read more about this item

Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, 1972. Soft cover. Very Good. American doctors/professors of medicine report on the actual & mythical aspects of the American drug scene in the early 1970s as it had been transferred to "London's drug clinics & Amsterdam's streets." In 205 pages with References, contains many first-person accounts of drug use & addiction. Orig.… Read more about this item

Canadian Pacific Steamship Co., 1933. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good. Promotional book for the RMS Empress of Britain, a steam turbine ocean liner built in Scotland & owned by the Canadian Pacific Railway, the largest ship in the fleet operated by the Canadian Pacific Steamship Co. Beginning in 1931, she offered not only standard passenger… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1955. First Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. Orig. published in 1933 under the author's pseudonym Antonio de Fierro Blanco, a "man of mystery" who claimed that his book was an autobiographical account of "One Year in the Life of Senor Don Juan Obrigon, Known During Past Years in the… Read more about this item

1971. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Collins, Paul. An attempt to present "a personal, intimate portrait of Africa as it really exists today both in the city & in the bush,'' with the "special sympathies" of black photographer Collins, who journeyed with his infant son & writer Lee to trace this ancestors over… Read more about this item