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Dodd, Mead & Company. NY., 1958 Book size about 6 by 8 inches with some 305 pages. Bound in gray cloth with red lettering and decoration. Map end papers (Different for front and rear). Illustrated with a 24 page photo section. One of the travel books from the prolific typewriter of the author who traveled around the world several times. He was perhaps the most notable travel writer of the period. Book and wrapper with light wear. VERY GOOD/VERY GOOD. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

National Geographic Society. Washington, DC, 1941 Map size about 24 by 30 inches. Covers both the North & South Atlantic Ocean. Folded as originally issued. Light wear. VERY GOOD Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Tex-Alaska Press. (Willow, Alaska)., 1989 Book size about 5 1/2 by 8 1/2 inches with some 186 pages. Bound in illustrated blue wraps. Numerous photo images and maps throughout. Laid-in is a brochure listing other author publications. LENGTHY INSCRIPTION SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AT FRONT. Light overall wear. VERY GOOD Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. Inscribed by Author. 1st Edition.. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Charles H Kelly. London. 1890. Very Early or First Edition., 1890 Dark red cloth with gilt lettering and decoration on the spine only. Blind stamped borders on front and rear covers. All edges speckled red. 267 pages. 8vo. Frontis Woodburyprint of the author; internal Woodburyprint of his wife. Also illustrated with many full page and smaller engravings; several posed photos of the author in his Canadian clothing; several photos of Indians under his ministry. This is a somewhat difficult book to judge as to first edition due to the enormous popularity it had in its day. I believe this 1890 printing bound in the plain dark red cloth is at the least a very early issue published in a small printing. I believe the later printings were bound in the more expensive pictorial cloth. I've read it and it is a great read. A missionary with a sense of humor. Corners with light to moderate wear and bumping; spine moderately worn at top and bottom; couple of small white marks on the spine; light damp staining… Read More

Author published. Anaheim, Ca., 1966 Book size about 6 by 9 inches with some 78 pages. Bound in slick glossy photo illustrated wraps. Illustrated throughout with photos and maps. The author has visited some 89 California ghost towns, taken photographs and drawn maps to locate the towns. These were the days before the hoards of treasure hunters with metal detectors descended on these remote areas. A book that makes you want to get out and find a bit of treasure yourself. Light wear. VERY GOOD. 1st Edition.. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Houghton Mifflin. Boston, 1991 Book size about 6 by 8 1/2 inches with some 343 pages including an extensive Index. Bound in blue paper over boards with a deep red cloth spine. Spine lettering in gilt. In the original dust wrapper with a front flap price of $19.95. Wrapper enclosed in a removable clear plastic protector. Commentary from a former publisher as he and his wife travel the US in their small motor home. Good travel book. Book with light bumping at three tips; ding to bottom edge else slight wear. Wrapper with slight edge wear. NEAR FINE/NEAR FINE. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

Illinois Central. (Chicago)., 1923 Book size about 6 by 8 1/2 inches with some 40 pages. Bound in color illustrated charcoal wraps. Illustrated with some 40 photographs and an equal number of drawings plus two full page maps. Booklet advertising the Illinois Central Railroad service to Florida via two separate trains: The Deluxe Floridian and the regular Seminole for the 1923-1924 Season. Loaded with information about the Florida of those long ago days. Center four leaves loose from the staples with tape residue marks along the spine edge else light wear. Lovely railroad tourist brochure. VERY GOOD. 1st Edition.. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Author published. San Antonio, Texas., 1996 Book size about 5 1/2 by 8 1/2 inches with some 128 pages. Bound in color photo illustrated white wraps. The author's personal experiences on and along the Mississippi River over a forty year period. Read this and you will want to get up and go along. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AT THE FRONT. Previous owner sticker at front else slight wear. NEAR FINE Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Soft cover. Near Fine/No Jacket.

Bureau Of Information, Government of Nova Scotia. Halifax, Nova Scotia., 1941 Book size about 8 by 10 1/2 inches with some 40 pages. Bound in color photo illustrated wraps. A tourist booklet with interior black/white photos, color photos inside each cover and a four page center fold-out color photo of the Keltic Lodge in Cape Breton Highlands National Park. Intended for the US tourist. Includes four pages of informational text relating to attractions and war time conditions. Laid-in is an oval auto window sticker. Published in April of 1941 this was just before the United States major involvement in World War Two with the resultant gasoline rationing. Book with very slight wear. FINE. 1st Edition.. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket.

J & J Harper. NY., 1832 Smallish book about 4 by 6 inches with some 337 pages plus two pages of publisher ads at the rear. Bound in thin tan cloth over boards. Covers with printed title and other information. Book No. XXXVI in the publisher Family Library series. Illustrated with three in-text images and one tissue guarded plate. An actual exciting account of early African exploration. Reading of the rigors of the trip made me wonder why anyone would attempt the travels. A very worn and used copy with primitive re-backing, heavy wear, internal moderate foxing, etc. Perfectly readable throughout. FAIR. Hardcover. Fair.

Topeka, Kansas, U.S.A.: Ogden Pub Inc, 1987 Book size about 6 1/2 by 9 inches with some 367 pages. In the original dust wrapper with front flap price of $14.95. Illustrated with photos and maps. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AT THE FRONT. Book with light wear. Wrapper with two tears at front cover bottom. NEAR FINE/GOOD Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. Inscribed by Author. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good.

Maine Development Commission. Augusta. No date but circa 1941, 1941 Book size about 7 by 9 inches with some 24 pages. Bound in color illustrated wraps. Illustrated throughout with black/white photos. A book published to tout the benefits of Maine. Apparently published earlier this copy has the introductory page removed and replaced with one signed by Governor Sumner Sewall. Laid-in are two four page pamphlets from Maine attractions ('Bar Harbor and Frenchman's Bay' plus 'Parker's Naturalist's Sea Cruises And Fishing Trips'). To facing pages scuffed else slight wear. NEAR FINE. Soft cover. Near Fine/No Jacket.

National Geographic Society. Washington, DC, 1941 Map size about 32 by 25 inches. Folded as issued. Light overall wear; no tears or fold separations. VERY GOOD Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Pan American Tourist Bureau. Laredo, Texas, 1937 Book size about 8 by 10 inches with some 68 pages. Bound in illustrated brown tones wraps. Illustrated with numerous photos and maps. A tour guide showing the point to point routes with miles, road descriptions and conditions, special conditions, etc. For example, a trip from the border town of Nogales, Arizona to Guadalajara, Mexico is about 1275 miles pegged at some 68 hours plus the time for shipping your car 60 miles by train (One 160 mile stretch it states 'Dirt-Bad Easy To Lose Road'). Just the driving time averaged under 20mph. Travel in those days was not for the timid. Book with light wear; couple of pencil marks. VERY GOOD. 1st Edition.. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

T Fisher Unwin. London., 1911 Book size about 6 by 9 inches with some 283 pages. Bound in illustrated blue cloth. Illustrated with numerous photos. The author's mountain climbing experiences around the world back in the days when the equipment was quite primitive. Covers worn and speckled; spine frayed top/bottom and with white stain; tissue guarded frontis loose and laid-in. GOOD Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

Hunt & Eaton. NY. 1890., 1890 Book size about 5 1/2 by 7 1/2 inches with some 311 pages. Bound in gray cloth with front cover illustration in black and gilt lettering. Spine with illustration of sarcophagus and lettering in gilt. Numerous full page and smaller illustrations throughout. Circuitous visit, by this minister, to the Holy Land. Very scarce travel book of the period. Book with light overall wear; previous owner inscriptions on both front end papers. A sound tight copy with intact hinges. VERY GOOD Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Holland-America Lines ship Rotterdam. At Sea.1930, 1930 Size about 11 by 16 inches with some 8 pages. Photo illustrated wraps. A newspaper format cruise ship newspaper for June 19, 1930 on board the ship T.S.S. Rotterdam of the Holland-America lines. Illustrated with photos. Light to moderate overall wear. GOOD Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Soft cover. Good/No Jacket.

Maritime Advocate And Busy East. No place., 1941 Book size about 8 1/2 by 12 inches with some 48 pages. Bound in color photo illustrated wraps. Illustrated with numerous black/white photos. Rear cover shows home of 'Anne Of Green Gables' and the interior has a photo of Lucy Maud Montgomery along with a poem she wrote. Other mentions of this most famous resident here and there. Also several golf course photos. Rear cover with a scuff mark; spine edge wear; light edge wear. VERY GOOD. 1st Edition.. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

H M S Catherwood. Belfast, Ireland., 1930 Book size about 5 1/4 by 8 1/2 inches with some 44 pages. Bound in blue wraps with front cover color pictorial paste-on and brown lettering. Illustrated with photos and maps. Lavish brochure advertising bus tours of Ireland and Scotland (Predominantly Ireland). Light wear but evidence of damp exposure at several interior pages as though something were spilled on the book inside. VERY GOOD. 1st Edition.. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Hurd And Houghton. NY., 1869 Book size about 6 by 7 3/4 inches with some 192 pages. Bound in blue cloth over beveled boards with front cover gilt illustration and gilt spine lettering and decoration. Illustrated with numerous full page and smaller drawings by the author. What used to be called 'The Grand Tour' around Europe with the author writing and sketching what he did and saw. Book with wear through at tips; spine darkened; wear at spine top/bottom; previous owner writing inside at front. GOOD. 2nd Edition.. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.