Travel / Exploration (Korea to Yugoslavia)
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122. (KOREA)...Hyun, Peter (Editor). INTRODUCING KOREA: HISTORICAL LEGACY,
ACTS OF CREATION, WAY OF LIFE, FOOD AND GAMES, DISCOVERING KOREA. Seoul
Korea, The Jungwoo-sa, Publisher, 1979. 1st edition. Hardcover - decorated
cloth, Imperial octavo. Very good condition in lightly worn dust jacket with
protective plastic wrapper. Color & Black & white plates. Beautifully
illustrated - many full page color photographs. Fascinating portrait of
Korea... it's many facets described by a group of scholars and writers, each
expert in their respective fields. Subjects include: Tangun: the foundation
myth, King Sejong's alphabet, The Valley of Utopia, Korean Paintings, Folk
Paintings magic and mundane, Yi Dynasty Architecture, Traditional music,
dance, literature poetry. Also: Korean Tearooms, Life-Style, Cookery, Family
Life, Royal Tombs, Temples and pagodas, Seoul - Historic city within a wall-
and much more. Tight well-bound volume. 172 pages......$30.00
123. (KOREA)...O-Young, Lee (Translated by Steinberg, David I. Illustrated by
Yoong, Bae). IN THIS EARTH & IN THAT WIND: THIS IS KOREA. Seoul, Korea,
Hollym Corporation, 1967. 1st. Hardcover - decorated cloth, 12mo. Very good
condition in worn, lightly scraped dust jacket with protective plastic
wrapper. Black & white drawings. Second in the Korea Handbook Series.
Articles designed to increase popular understanding of Korea. Good tight
copy. 226 pages......$12.00
124. (KRUGER NATIONAL PARK)...Paynter, David with Nussey, Wilf. KRUGER:
PORTRAIT OF A NATIONAL PARK. Jonnesburg, Macmillan, 1986. 1st edition.
Laminated boards, Small Quarto. Very Good condition+. Color & Black & white
photographs. History of the park with dazzling photographic tour.
Bibliography, Index. Good tight copy. 286 pages......$20.00
125. (LAKE DISTRICT - CUMBRIA)...Swinglehurst, Edmund (Text) Warner, Simon
(Photographs). THE LAKE DISTRICT: A CELEBRATION OF CUMBRIA. Bolton, Aurora
Publishing, 1995. 1st. Pictorial boards, Quarto. Near fine in dust jacket
with protective plastic wrapper. Color photos. With superb full-page full
color photographs. A evocative tour of the English Lakes & Lake District.
With detailed introduction, map. Main sections include: The Way to the Lakes,
Around Windermere, Coniston Water & the Surrounding Countryside, The Western
Lakes, Around Derwent Water, Walking the Fells. Tight well-bound volume. 80
pages......$22.50
126. (LENINGRAD)...Rakhmanina, R. (Editor) Zavadovskaya, V. (Art Editor).
LENINGRAD AND ITS ENVIRONS: GUIDEBOOK. Moscow, Progress Publishers, 1979. 1st
English edition. Pictorial boards, 12mo. Very Good condition+. Color/tinted
photos & maps. Decorated endpapers. Beautiful illustrated guidebook with City
history, plus a wealth of contemporary and travel information. Includes
Places of Interest, Sightseeing Routes, Sports, Currency - and much more.
with Name Index, Subject Index, Some Useful Russian Words & Phrases. Plus,
large fold-out (indexed) map of the city. Good tight copy. 284
pages......$16.00
127. (LIBERIA)...Warner, Esther (With Decorations by Dendel, Jo). NEW SONG IN
A STRANGE LAND. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1948. 1st edition. Hardcover -
decorated cloth, octavo. Very good condition. Corners lightly bumped. Black &
white drawings. Fascinating account of the author's years in Liberia. Good
tight copy. 302 pages......$20.00
128. (LITERARY JOURNEY)...Forman, Henry James (With Illustrations by Stone,
Walter King). IN THE FOOTPRINTS OF HEINE. New York, Houghton Mifflin, 1910.
1st edition. Hardcover - decorated cloth, octavo. Very good condition. Very
light corner/edge wear. 1910 inscription endpapr. Black & white frontis &
plates. Author's epic European odyssey retracing the footsteps of German Poet
Heinrich Heine. Beautifully illustrated. Journey highlights include:
Gottingen, Hartz Mountains, Waldeinsamkeit, Goslar, The Valley of Orhre,
Harzburg, Toiling up the Brocken, The Castle of Wernigerode & much more.
Tight well-bound volume. Scarce. 256 pages......$35.00
129. (LITERARY LANDMARKS)...Daiches, David and Flower, John. LITERARY
LANDSCAPES OF THE BRITISH ISLES: A NARRATIVE ATLAS. New York, Facts on File,
Inc, 1980. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good condition in chipped dust
jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Black & white photos, engravings,
maps. Handsomely illustrated with more than 60 engravings & photographs. With
original essays and specially tailored maps. Brilliant literary tour of the
British Isles (Including Ireland). Geoliterary scholarship. Wonderful travel
guide for those who visit the British Isles in reality or imagination. With
Gazatteer, Index. Good tight copy. 287 pages......$13.50
130. (LITERARY LANDMARKS)...Skiff, Frederick Woodward. LANDMARKS AND
LITERATURE: AN AMERICAN TRAVELOGUE. Portland OR, Metropolitan Press
Publisher, 1937. 1st edition. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good condition.
Slight cover/edge wear. Endpapers lightly foxed & soiled. Black & white
photos & sketches. American literary odyssey and homage. Hard to find
classic. Many pages still uncut. Good tight copy. 318 pages......$22.50
131. (LITERATURE)...Hoyt, Deristhe, L. BARBARA'S HERITAGE OR YOUNG AMERICANS
AMONG THE OLD ITALIAN MASTERS. Boston, W.A. Wilde Co, 1899. 1st edition.
Hardcover - Hardcover - decorated cloth, 12mo. Very good condition. Corners
lightly worn/bumped. Hinge starting. Black & white plates. Charming
informative travel fiction of 3 young people who visit & tour the great
museums and galleries for an extended time. 358 pages......$16.00
132. (LITERATURE)...Tomlinson, H. M. OUT OF SOUNDINGS. New York/London,
Harper & Bros, 1931. 2nd printing. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good
condition in worn, lightly edgetorn dust jacket with protective plastic
wrapper. Owner stamp endpaper. Black & white line drawings by Author. Magical
explorations from an easy chair - to Devon, the Alps, the Spice Islands &
beyond. Tight well-bound volume. 282 pages......$20.00
133. (LONDON)...Court, A. N. (Text). COLOURFUL LONDON. Norwich, Jarrod & Sons
Ltd, 1969. Hardcover - decorated cloth, Quarto. Very good condition in
lightly chipped/clipped dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Gift
inscription half-title. Color photographs. Lavishly photo-illustrated
pictorial - with text - of London. With pictorial map. Good tight copy. Not
Paginated......$15.00
134. (LONDON)...Deon, Michel (Text, Captions) Kleber Haedens (Introduction)
Elfer, Arpad (Photographs) Fermaud, Ruth (Translator). THE LONDON I LOVE. New
York, Tudor Publishing Co, 1971. Engraved cloth, Small sq quarto. Very good
condition in lightly edge-scraped dust jacket with protective plastic
wrapper. Color & Black & white photographs. With 130 gravure photographs - 12
in full color. Delightful, evocative photo-illustrated tour of London. With
maps, "The Great Hours in London's History", Table of Illustrations.. 135
pages......$17.50
135. (LONDON)...Rolfe, Wilfrid. THE LOVE OF LONDON. London, Octopus Books,
1978. 1st edition. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, Large Quarto. Very good
condition in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Light edge wear.
Color photos. Color photographic endpapers. Well written, full-color
photo-illustrated guide to the many facets of London. Parks, Gardens,
Entertainments, Architecture, Traditionsl Shops, Street Markets, Ancient
Customs & Royal Pageantry. Indexed. Good tight copy. 96 pages......$20.00
136. (LONDON GUIDE)...Aldor, Francis (Editor) & Hofbauer, I. (Art Editor).
THE GOOD TIME GUIDE TO LONDON. London, George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1951. 1st.
Hardcover - cloth, 12mo. Very good condition in lightly worn, chipped dust
jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Covers lightly soiled/faded. Color
tinted drawings/photos. Pictorial endpapers. With coloured Underground map &
6 double page full color maps. Over 250 plates by famous artists. "Total"
London Guide. Landmarks & other "places of interest", plus seamier features &
districts. Guide through customs, into a hotel, to shrines, galleries & other
centres of culture. Restaurants, cinemas, sports, night clubs from the most
glamorous spots to the bohemian. Well-written, ironically written. With Short
History & Oddities of London. Good tight copy. 319 pages......$20.00
137. (LOS ANGELES)...Cameron, Robert. ABOVE LOS ANGELES: A COLLECTION OF
NOSTALGIC AND COMTEMPORARY AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS OF GREATER LOS ANGELES. San
Francisco, Camerton and Company, 1981. 1st/7th printing. Hardcover - cloth,
Oblong quarto. Very good condition in lightly worn dust jacket with
protective plastic wrapper. Gift inscription endpaper. Full page color
photos. Huge book. Impressive Low & high aerial shots of the L.A. area.
Contents include: Shoreline, Then and Now, Downtown, Environs. Also: Sports
and Entertainment, High Above. Tight well-bound volume. 159 pages......$22.50
138. Maclean, Fitzroy. ESCAPE TO ADVENTURE. Very good condition. Light
shelfwear. Spine lightly faded. Owner signature endpaper. Decorated
endpapers. Author's travels through Russia, Persia and the Orient. Good tight
copy. .....$14.00
139. (MALAY JUNGLE)...Wells, Carveth. SIX YEARS IN THE MALAY JUNGLE. New
York, Robert McBride and Company, 1939. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good
condition. Light cover/edge wear. Spine faded. Black & white photographs.
Well-illustrated narrative of the author's personal experiences - living &
working in the turn of the Century Malaysian jungle. Fascinating account of
the natives & customs of the area. Good tight copy. 234 pages......$18.00
140. (MALIBU)...Banks,Michael. MALIBU. Santa Barbara CA, Fithian Press, 1992.
1st edition. Paperback, Small octavo. Very good condition. Philosophical tour
of Malibu. Good tight copy. 146 pages......$10.00
141. (MASSACHUSETTS)...Knowles, Katherine (photographs) & Tymeson, Mildred
(text). THE LANCASTRIAN TOWNS. Barre MA, Barre Publishers, 1967. 1st.
Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, octavo. Very good condition in plastic dust
wrapper. Black & white photos & photog endpaper. Good tight copy. 96
pages......$12.50
142. (MAUI)...Ariyoshi, Rita (Writer) Fong, Bill and Gonazlez, Leo
(Designers). MAUI ON MY MIND: FEATURING THE IMAGES OF HAWAII'S FINEST
PHOTOGRAPHERS. Honolulu Hawaii, Signature Publishing, 1987. 4th edition.
Hardcover - decorated cloth, Folio. Very good+ in dust jacket with protective
plastic wrapper. Color & Black & white photographs. Photographic endpapers.
Huge, magnificent full-color photographic tribute and exploration of Maui...
the most glamorous of the Hawaiian islands. Fascinating collection of
hundreds of photographic images - with text - by over forty photographers
initimately acquainted with the contours and facets of the island. Plus a
narrative of Maui's story from its fiery ocean birth to the present. Tight
well-bound elegant volume. 254 pages......$30.00
143. (MAYFLOWER HOTEL)...Cohen, Judith R. THE MAYFLOWER HOTEL: GRANDE DAME OF
WASHINGTON, D.C. New York, Balance House Ltd, 1987. 1st edition. Hardcover -
cloth, Quarto. Very good condition in lightly chipped dust jacket with
protective plastic wrapper. Small remainder mark. Color & Black & white
photographs. Pictorial endpapers. Magnificently illustrated history of the
famous Mayflower Hotel in Washington D.C. Tight well-bound volume. 160
pages......$16.50
144. (MEDITERRANEAN CRUISE)...Anderson, Isabel, LL.D., Litt.D. (Mrs. Larz
Anderson). A YACHT IN MEDITERRANEAN SEAS. Boston, Marshall Jones Company,
1930. 1st edition. Engraved cloth, octavo. Very good condition. Light soiling
to covers/spine. Tiny 1/4" slit spine end. Colored frontis - Black & white
photos. With bookplate. Colored decorative endpapers. Cruise of the
Steam-Yacht "Sayonara" in Mediterranean Seas - 1929. With color tinted
frontis photo of the yacht and nearly 150 rare black & white photos. Ports of
call included Yugoslavia, Ragusa, Sarajevo, Cattaro, Cetinje, Albania, Corfu,
Olympia, Delphi, Corinth, Athens, The Peloponnesus, Agean Islands,
Monasteries of Meteora, Vale of Tempe & Salonika, Athos, the Dardanelles,
Constantinople, Asia Minor, the Dodecanese, Crete, Malta, Sicily, Sardinia,
Corsica, MonteCristo, Elba & more. With "Epi-log" of the Cruise. Elegant
volume. Tight well-bound. Many pages uncut. Scarce. 428 pages......$40.00
145. (MEDITERRANEAN)...Ludwig, Emil. THE MEDITERRANEAN: SAGA OF A SEA. New
York, Whittlesey House, 1942. 1st/6th printing. Hardcover - cloth, octavo.
Very good condition. Very light corner wear. Massive volume. Beautifully
written 2500 year history of the Mediterranean Region. With Appendix of Names
& Places. Indexed. Good tight copy. 635 pages......$15.00
146. (MEXICO)...Jackson, Joseph Henry. MEXICAN INTERLUDE. New York,
Macmillan, 1936. 1st/4th printing. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good
condition. Light cover/edge wear. Spine slightly faded. Rare Black & white
photographs. Exotic journey through & exploration of Old Mexico in the 30's.
Portrait of another life and time. Decorated endpapers. Good tight copy. 232
pages......$12.50
147. (MEXICO)...Motiekaitis, Jurgis (Photographs) Price, William L. (Text)
Preface by former President of Mexico, Aleman, Miguel. PICTORIAL IMAGES OF
MEXICO TODAY. Sierra Madre CA, International Pictorial, 1976. 1st edition.
Decorated boards, Small Quarto. Very Good condition+. 421 full color
photographs. Lavish pictorial/text tour of Mexico. with Index of Pictures and
camera settings. Elegant volume. Decorated endpapers. Good tight copy. 320
pages......$15.00
148. (MEXICO CITY)...Wiesenthal, M. MEXICO CITY. Barcelona Spain, Geocolor
Publishers, 1979. 2nd edition. Hardcover - cloth, Square octavo. Very good
condition in lightly worn dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Light
cover/edge wear. Over 205 color photographs. With index. Good tight copy. Not
Paginated......$10.00
149. (MEXICO/PERU/SOUTH AMERICA)...Halliburton, Richard. NEW WORLDS TO
CONQUER. Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill Co, 1929. 1st edition. Hardcover -
cloth, Large octavo. Very good condition. Lt cover/edge wear. Closed edgetear
half-title page. Black & white frontis & photographs. Halliburton in Mexico,
Peru, South America. Excellent photosmountaineering, sailing, spelunking &
urban adventuring. 368 pages......$25.00
150. (MIDDLE EAST)...Douglas, William O. STRANGE LANDS AND FRIENDLY PEOPLE.
New York, Harper & Bros, 1951. 1st edition. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth, octavo.
Very good condition. Light edge wear. Owner signature half-title. Black &
white frontis & photos. Travels in the Middle East. Indexed. Good tight copy.
336 pages......$15.00
151. (MIDDLE EAST)...Frady, Marshall. ACROSS A DARKLING PLAIN: AN AMERICAN'S
PASSAGE THROUGH THE MIDDLE EAST. New York, Harper's Magazine Press, 1971. 1st
edition. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good+ in lightly worn/clipped dust
jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Author's travels through Egypt,
Jordan and Israel. Good tight copy. 199 pages......$11.00
152. (MONTEREY COAST)...Crouch, Steve. FOG AND SUN, SEA AND STONE: THE
MONTEREY COAST. Oregon, Graphic Arts Publishing, 1980. 1st. Hardcover - 1/2
cloth/boards, Small Quarto. Very good condition in dust jacket with
protective plastic wrapper. Color photos. Lavishly photographed. Full page
color photos - the beauty, variety & contrast of the Monterey-Big Sur Coast
of California. Tight well-bound volume. 160 pages......$20.00
153. (MOROCCO)...(Kingdom of Morocco). MOROCCO: LAND OF PROMISE - THE SPIRIT
OF A KING AND A PEOPLE. Rabat, Kingdom of Morocco, 1991. 1st edition.
Hardcover - cloth, Large quarto. Very good condition in dust jacket with
protective plastic wrapper. Lower cover edge lightly bumped. Color & Black &
white photographs. Decorated endpapers. Elegant volume - Lavishly
illustrated. Celebration of 60 crucial years in the history of Morocco. Also
designed as a celebration of King Hassan's 60th birthday. Detailed study of
old & new Morocco. Including... Government.. Industry.. Education.
Economics.. Architecture.. Religion.. Traditions.. Foreign Affairs - and much
more. With celebratory letters from many Moroccan and foreign notables. Tight
well-bound volume. 321 pages......$35.00
154. (MOROCCO)...Kininmonth, Christopher. THE TRAVELER'S GUIDE TO MOROCCO.
N.Y, Bobbs-Merril, 1972. 1st. Laminated boards, 12mo. Very good condition.
Very light cover crease. Black & white photos & maps. Decorated endpapers.
With 16 photographs, fold-out chart of Excursions, fold-out historical chart.
Detailed information on travel, entertainment, history, hotels & restaurants,
Practical/health/legal information, government, language, music - and much
more. Good tight copy. 384 pages......$15.00
155. (MOSCOW GUIDE)...Chernov, Vladimir (Translated from the Russian by
Butler, J.C.). MOSCOW: A SHORT GUIDE. Moscow, Progress Publishers, 1979. 1st.
Pictorial boards, 12mo. Very good condition. Color & Black & white
photographs. Decorated endpapers. Detailed well-illustrated visitor & tourist
guide to Moscow. With attached full-sized schematic map. Plus Index of Names
and Places. With Short Phrase Book. Good tight copy. 200 pages......$16.00
156. (MOUNTAINEERING)...Lunn, Arnold. MOUNTAINS OF MEMORY. London, Hollis &
Carter, 1948. 1st. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good condition in lightly
worn dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Corners lightly bumped.
Color frontis/Black & white photos. European mountaineering. Record of Lunn's
impressions revisiting old haunts after the War. Magnificent photos. "As the
'unofficial Pope' of English skiing, his (Lunn's) interests have brought him
into contact with influential persons in many countries, in particular in
Switzerland, Italy, Norway & Spain; and he never leaves a country without
some pungent reflections on the national character, on personalities or
current politics, just as he never leaves a mountain without pausing to
contract the majesty & grandeur of the scene with the sad spectacle of
present-day civilization." Tight well-bound volume. 248 pages......$25.00
157. (MOUNTAINEERING)...Ranous, Charles and Dorothy. THE INNER ZONE. Madison
WI, College Printing & Typing Co, 1968. 1st edition. Hardcover - cloth,
octavo. Very good condition. Color photographs. Mountaineering, backpacking,
climbing - an appreciation of some of the great wilderness ranges in the
United States... especially the Wind River Range in Wyoming. Lavishly
illustrated with rich color photographs. With trip-planning Appendix, Index.
Tight well-bound volume. 191 pages......$25.00
158. (MUSIC - TOUR - DAVID BOWIE)...(Bowie, David) Photography by O'Regan,
Denis. Text by Flippo, Chet. Designed by Suares, J.C. Graphics by Haggerty,
Mick. DAVID BOWIE'S SERIOUS MOONLIGHT: THE WORLD TOUR. New York, Doubleday,
1984. 1st edition. Paperback. Quarto. Very good condition. Very light cover
wear. Color photo illustations. Lavishly illustrated. Inside look at Bowie's
tour thru U.S., Europe, Japan & Australia. Interviews with Bowie. Tight copy.
256 pages......$15.00
159. (NAPA VALLEY)...Roberge, Earl (Photography and Text). NAPA WINE COUNTRY.
Portland OR, Graphic Arts Center, 1985. 2nd edition. Hardcover - cloth,
Quarto. Very good condition in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper.
Full page color plates. Revised, expanded edition with 35 new photographs.
Lush photographic tribute to the famous Napa wine growing region. The
ultimate journey through the Valley - tasting rooms, traditions, family ties,
vineyards, large corporations, small independents, winemaking rooms, grapes,
goblets, casks & craftsmen. Breathtaking views of the vineyards &
countryside. With Glossary & Photodata. Tight well-bound volume. 223
pages......$25.00
160. (NATIONAL PARKS)...Severy, Merle (Editor), National Geographic Book
Service. AMERICA'S WONDERLANDS: THE SCENIC NATIONAL PARKS AND MONUMENTS OF
THE UNITED STATES. Washington DC, National Geographic Society, 1959. 1st.
Hardcover - decorated cloth, Imperial octavo. Very good condition. Very light
edge wear. Color & Black & white photos. 466 photo illustrations - 390 in
full color. With color map of National Parks, Monuments & Shrines in US &
Canada in book pouch. Including sections on Alaska & Hawaii. Magnificent,
well-bound volume. 512 pages......$25.00
161. (NATIONAL TRUST GUIDE)...Fedden, Robin and Joekes, Rosemary (Editors).
THE NATIONAL TRUST GUIDE TO ENGLAND, WALES, AND NORTHERN IRELAND. New York,
W.W. Norton & Co, 1977. 2nd revised edition. Hardcover - cloth, Large octavo.
Very good condition in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Corners
lightly bumped. Signature rear endpaper. Color & Black & white photos.
Lavishly photo-illustrated. Comprehensive official guide to the properties of
the National trust... third largest landowner in Britain, caring for over one
acre in every hundred of the countryside - including 350 miles of unspoilt
coastline. Properties include more than 200 historic buildings of
architectural & historic importance, from cottates & farms to princely
country houses. Late acquisitions include Dunster Castle, Cragside, Castle
Drogo, Plas Newydd, Erddig & Claremont Garden. Magnificent guide with maps,
Glossary, Listing of Properties (with directions), Extensive Index. Good
tight copy. 608 pages......$30.00
162. (NAUTICAL)...Green, Captain Alfred J., Master Mariner. JOTTINGS FROM A
CRUISE - PLUS LETTERS OF CAPTAIN ALFRED J. GREEN. Seattle, Allan A. Green,
1944. 1st. Hardcover - decorated cloth, octavo. Very good condition. Spine
ends worn. Black & white photos & frontis. "Captain Green's experiences as
recorded by him on the illfated voyage of the "Mertola". Also his further
adventures aboard the barques "Grassendale" and "William Tell". Written in
1889 & 1990 - Articles printed in an English Nautical Magazine. With Glossary
of Nautical Terms. Rare. Good tight copy. 257 pages......$25.00
163. (NEPAL / CEYLON)...Powell, E. Alexander. THE LAST HOME OF MYSTERY. New
York, The Century Company, 1929. 1st printing. Hardcover - decorated cloth,
Large octavo. Very good condition. Light cover wear. Corners bumped.
Decorated endpapers. "Adventures In Nepal...together with accounts of
Ceylon...British India...The Native States... The Persian Gulf...the OverLand
Desert Mail...and the Baghdad Railway. Illustrated with a Map and with many
Photography by the Author." Many rare photos of oriental days & nights,
customs, temples, royalty, festivals, rites - and more. Well-indexed. Tight
well-bound volume. Hard to find. 332 pages......$25.00
164. (NEW YORK - TRAVEL)...Worden, Helen. ROUND MANHATTAN'S RIM.
Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill Co, 1934. 1st edition. Hardcover - cloth, Large
octavo. Very good condition. Black & white drawings. Decorated endpapers.
Illustrated by the Author. Enchanting tour through/around 1930s New York
area. Indexed. Good tight copy. 302 pages......$18.00
165. (NEW YORK SOURCE GUIDE)...Lown, David Amory & Lown, Patricia Twohill.
ALL NEW YORK: THE SOURCE GUIDE. New York, W. W. Norton, 1997. 1st edition.
Hardcover -cloth, 12mo. Fine in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper.
Black & white drawings. Decorated endpapers. The definitive guide to New
York's treasures: a critical reference guide for.... decorators, architects,
individuals. Where to find wrought iron.. parquet.. miniatures.. frames..
lampshades.. fabrics.. silver.. tapestries.. antiques.. mirrors.. oriental
carpets.. fleamarkets.. winesellers - and an endless array of other
treasures. With alphabetical Index. Good tight copy. 447 pages......$17.50
166. (NEW ZEALAND)...Matthews, Graeme (Photographs) Text by Natusch, Sheila,
Doak, Wade & Gibb, Jeremy. THE EDGE OF THE LAND: THE COASTLINE OF NEW
ZEALAND. Christchurch New Zealand, Whitecoulls Publishers, 1983. 1st edition.
Hardcover - cloth, Small Quarto. Very good condition in lightly worn dust
jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Color photos. Superb photoillustrated
portrait of the New Zealand Coast - from Cape Reinga to the hidden bays of
Stewart Island. With Geography. Tight well-bound volume. 128
pages......$22.50
167. (NILE)...Goddard, John. KAYAKS DOWN THE NILE. Provo UT, Brigham Young
Univ. Press, 1979. Book club edition. Wrapped boards, octavo. Very good
condition in lightly worn dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Light
cornerwear. Black and white photographs. Owner signature/bookplate endpaper.
Goddard's kayak expedition down 4,000 miles of the Nile River. Indexed. Good
tight copy. 317 pages......$12.00
168. (NORTH AMERICA)...Castiglioni, Luigi. VIAGGIO: TRAVELS IN THE UNITED
STATES OF NORTH AMERICA 1785-87. N.Y, Syracuse University Press, 1983. 1st
edition. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Near fine in dust jacket with protective
plastic wrapper. Black & white drawings. Translated & edited by Antonio Pace.
Good tight copy. 487 pages......$12.00
169. (NORTHERN FORESTS)...Krasemann, Stephen J. TRUE NORTH: DIARY OF A NORTH
COUNTRY YEAR. Minocqua WI, NorthWord Press, Inc, 1992. 1st edition. Hardcover
- cloth, Quarto. Very good condition in clipped dust jacket with protective
plastic wrapper. Rear corner very slightly bumped. Color photographs. A year
spent in the Northern Forests from new england to the Midwest, from Montana
and Canada to Alaska. Superb photography. Tight wellbound volume. 160
pages......$20.00
170. (NORTHWEST/OREGON-WASHINGTON)...Ross, Nancy Wilson. FARTHEST REACH:
OREGON & WASHINGTON. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1941. 1st edition. Hardcover
- decorated cloth, octavo. Very good condition. Slight cover wear. Lightly
bumped. Light foxing endpapers. Black & white frontis & photographs. With
attached fold-out map of the Oregon/Washington territory. Elegant guide to
the Great Northwest. With Historical Background.. People & Places.. Cities..
Business.. Natural Wonders.. Legends.. Events - and much more. Well-indexed.
Good tight copy. 377 pages......$16.50
171. (NORWAY)...Tomkinson, Michael (With Text by Bjercke, Alf R.). NORWAY.
Oxford, Michael Tomkinson Publishing, 1991. Hardcover - cloth, Small Quarto.
Very good+ in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Color photographs.
Magnificent color photo-illustrated tour of Norway. With historical,
topographic & industrial information. Sections: Norways Past - Cities & Sites
- Mountain/Fjell & Fjord, Rivers, Lakes & Islands. Indexed. Tight well-bound
volume. 128 pages......$22.50
172. (OCCIDENT)...Fitch, George Hamlin. THE CRITIC IN THE OCCIDENT. San
Francisco, Paul Elder and Company, 1913. 1st edition. Hardcover - decorated
cloth, Small octavo. Very good condition. Very slight coverwear and bumping.
Tipped-in Black & white photos/frontis. Good tight copy. 177
pages......$22.50
173. (OCCULTISM/TRAVEL)...Reichel, Willy (Professeur honoraire a la Faculte
des Sciences Magnetiques de Paris). AN OCCULTIST'S TRAVELS (English text).
New York, R.F. Fenno & Company, 1908. 1st edition. Engraved cloth, 12mo. Very
good condition. Light cover wear. Corners slightly worn/bumped. Two Black &
white photo portraits. Travels of the Author, a German occultist, through
France, England, Italy, Africa, China, the Phillipines & Hawaii. Fascinating
account of mystical experiences & locales. Details of seances,
materializations, psychic adventures - plus conversations with noted
occultists, spiritualists, mediums & holy men around the world. Includes two
unusual sections: Karma and Shintoism in Japan - The Disposal of the
Phillipines. Tight, well-bound volume. With extended details of occult
philosophies & methods. Scarce. 244 pages......$40.00
174. (OLYMPIC GAMES - 1964)...Lechenperg, Harald (Editor) Introductory by
Brundage, Avery & Yasukawa, Daigoro (President of the Organizing Committee -
1964). OLYMPIC GAMES 1964: INNSBRUCK - TOKYO. New York, A. S. Barnes &
Company, 1964. Hardcover - decorated cloth, Imperial octavo. Very good
condition in lightly worn dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Black
& white photographs. Full photo-illustrated coverage of the 1964 Summer &
Winter Olympic games staged in Innsbruck Austria & Tokyo Japan. Contains
History, Background of the games, plus coverage of each event - including
photos & statistics. With List of Contributors, Table of Contents. Good tight
copy. 384 pages......$25.00
175. (OLYMPIC MOUNTAINS)...Wood, Robert L. THE LAND THAT SLEPT LATE: THE
OLYMPIC MOUNTAINS IN LEGEND AND HISTORY. Seattle Wa, The Mountaineers,
Publishers, 1995. 1st edition. Qlty paperback, Oblong octavo. Very Good
condition+. Edge stripe. Black & white photographs & maps. Well-illustrated
small format (6" x 9") history of the Olympic Mountains. Includes never
before published historical photos... and detailed maps of explorers' routes.
With Sources, Bibliography, Index. Good tight copy. 175 pages......$10.00
176. (PACIFIC COAST)...Kelley, Don Greame (With Foreword by Miller, Robert
C.). EDGE OF A CONTINENT: THE PACIFIC COAST FROM ALASKA TO BAJA. New York,
Galahad Books, 1972. 1st edition. Hardcover - cloth, Quarto. Very good
condition in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Cover edges very
lightly faded. Color & Black & white photos. Most comprehensive account of
the Pacific Coast ever presented in single volume. Photo-illustrated. Many
full page color photos. Excellent reference. Decorated endpapers. With
Glossary, Index. Good tight copy. 288 pages......$20.00
177. (PACIFIC NORTH)...Holm, Don. PACIFIC NORTH! ADVENTURES IN SPORTFISHING
(ILLUSTRATED WITH PHOTOGRAPHS AND CHARTS). Caldwell ID, Caxton Printers,
1969. 1st edition. Hardcover - cloth, Quarto. Very good condition in chipped
dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Small ink mark bottom page
edges. Color & Black & white photos. Color photographic endpapers. Colorful
sport fishing guide & tour of the North Pacific Rim. With historical
background of the North Pacific, weather marine attractions, pleasure
cruising among the island waterways, harbors & "dog holes" of this part of
the world's largest ocean. Complete directory of all marine game fishes, all
anadromous species & the methods of takeing them: fishing gear & boats & the
the local expert methods employed. Beautifully photo-illustrated. SIGNED BY
DON HOLM. Good tight copy. 283 pages......$30.00
178. (PALM BEACH)...Sheeran, James Jennings. PALM BEACH: FACTS & FANCIES, WIT
& WISDOM. Palm Beach, Palm Beach Publishing Group, 1997. 5th edition. Qlty
paperback, octavo. Very Good condition+. Black & white photographs. SIGNED BY
AUTHOR. Insider's guide to the passions, possessions & pleasures of the
world's richest society. Well-indexed. Good tight copy. 413 pages......$15.00
179. (PARIS)...Clunn, Harold P. THE FACE OF PARIS. London, Spring Books, not
dated (1960?). 1st edition. Hardcover - cloth, Large octavo. Very good
condition in lightly worn chipped dust jacket with protective plastic
wrapper. Black & white photos. Paris - "most comprehensive collection of
facts about the magic that is Paris ever to appear in a single volume". With
64 pages of finely reproduced plates. Extensive index. Tight, well-bound
volume. 310 pages......$25.00
180. (PARIS)...Osborne, Lawrence. PARIS DREAMBOOK: AN UNCONVENTIONAL GUIDE TO
THE SPLENDOR AND SQUALOR OF THE CITY. New York, Pantheon Books, 1990. 1st
American. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, Small octavo. Very good condition in
lightly rubbed dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. "Eschewing the
cliches of tourism...Paris Dreambook is a kinky, iconoclastic guide to the
side streets & underbelly of Paris". "Impressions of Paris's rituals of food
& sex, the corrupted landscapes of the industrial suburbs, the inadvertnat
exoticism of the Metro, the seediness of Saint-Denis...the brutally hygienic
turkish baths & much more. Good tight copy. 210 pages......$12.50
181. (PARIS)...Skinner, Cornelia Otis. ELEGANT WITS AND GRAND HORIZONS.
Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1962. 1st edition. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very
good condition. Black & white photos. "A sparkling panorama of 'La Belle
Epoque': its gilded society, irrepresible wits and splendid courtesans." With
Bibliography. Well-indexed. Good tight copy. 262 pages......$12.00
182. (PEKING)...Cameron, Nigel and Brake, Brian. PEKING: A TALE OF THREE
CITIES. New York, Harper & Row, 1965. 1st edition. Hardcover - decorated
cloth, Quarto. Very good+ in tattered dust jacket with protective plastic
wrapper. Owner signature front endpaper. Color & Black & white photographs.
Lavishly illustrated with 135 photographs (including 40 in full color) and
over 70 text illustrations, maps, and decorations. Remarkable biography and
portrait of Peking as it was and is - of its art, poetry, opera, dynastic
splendor, squalor, emperors, concubines, eunuchs, the Great Wall, Ming Tombs,
modern government, industry, athletics, citizenry everyday life - and much
more. With Chronology of Peking before the Mongol conquest. Decorated
endpapers. Indexed. Large, elegant, well-bound volume. 263 pages......$35.00
183. (PHILLIPINES)...Keith, Agnes Newton. BARE FEET IN THE PALACE. Boston,
Little, Brown & Co, 1955. 1st edition. Hardcover - decorated cloth, octavo.
Very good condition. Black & white sketches. Life & travel in the Phillipines
- a living portrait of the people. Illustrated by the Author. Tight,
well-bound volume. 370 pages......$20.00
184. (POCKET ATLAS)...(Interarts Ltd. in cooperation with the Associated
Press). WORLD MAP BOOK: POLITICAL ATLAS. Cambridge MA, Interarts Ltd, 1982.
1st edition. Hardcover - cloth, 12mo. Very good+ in dust jacket with
protective plastic wrapper. Color illustrated endpapers. Color photos, maps,
drawings. Compact, concise, comprehensive World Pocket Atlas (5" x 6") -
Presenting the countries of the world..cities..boundaries... lakes..
coastlines.. railroads.. major roads. Special section provides detailed
statistical information on each nation. With political maps of the world,
national flags, information on wildlife, population, life-expectancy,
literacy, language, religion, currency - and much more. Beautifully
illustrated with extensive Index. Good tight copy. 184 pages......$10.00
185. (POMPEII/HERCULANEUM)...de Franciscis, Alfonso. POMPEII & HERCULANEUM:
THE BURIED CITIES. New York, Crescent Books, 1978. 1st Orbis edition.
Hardcover - cloth, Quarto. Very good condition in lightly chipped dust jacket
with protective plastic wrapper. Color photographs. Magnificent full-color,
photo-illustrated tour - with text - of the once buried Roman cities of
Pompeii & Herculaneum. Over 190 photographs - many full-page. With detailed
history, schematics. Tight well-bound volume. 193 pages......$30.00
186. (PORTLAND)...Abbott, Carl (Pictorial Research by Van Arsdol, Ted).
PORTLAND: GATEWAY TO THE NORTHWEST. Northridge CA, Windsor Publications,
1985. 1st edition. Hardcover - cloth, Quarto. Very good condition in dust
jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Gift inscription front endpaper.
Color & Black & white photos. Decorated endpapers. Hundreds of illustrations,
including 32 pages of color photographs. Entertaining & historically precise
narrative of Portland, Oregon - from its inception to the present. With
special sections on major industries. Indexed. Tight well-bound volume. 270
pages......$25.00
187. (PROVENCE)...Walden, Sara (Text) Dos Santos, Solvi (Photographs).
PROVENCE: THE ART OF LIVING. New York, Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 1996. 1st
edition. Hardcover - cloth, Small oblong quarto. Very good+ in dust jacket
with protective plastic wrapper. Color photographs. Illustrated full-color
tour of the region in the south of France. Insider's view of 31 private homes
and gardens... belonging to some of the world's most well-known designers,
artists and collectors. With over 200 lavish high-gloss photographs. Includes
Guide to Provence, Index. Elegant, well-bound volume. 207 pages......$30.00
188. (PSKOV)...Morozkina, Yelena (Translated from the Russian by Bradbury,
Doris). PSKOV: A GUIDE. Moscow, Raduga Publishers, 1984. 1st English edition.
Pictorial boards, Small octavo. Very Good condition+. Color & Black & white
photographs. Color pictorial endpapers. Beautifully illustrated travel guide
to Pskov. With information on architecture.. museums... rivers.. natural
history.. the city itself.. Education.. sport.. industry.. the caves..
Pushkin museum.. Places associated with Lenin - and much more. With enclosed
folding map. Good tight copy. 192 pages......$17.50
189. (RIO)...Gibson, Hugh. RIO. New York, Doubleday, 1938. Hardcover - cloth,
Large octavo. Very good condition. Light cover wear. Plate removed endpaper.
Hinge starting. Black & white photos. Evocative tour of the Rio of the 1930s.
Over 30 wonderful full-page Black & white photos. 263 pages......$14.00
190. (RUSSIA)...(Collins Publishers). A DAY IN THE LIFE OF THE SOVIET UNION.
New York, Collins Publishers, 1987. 1st/4th printing. Hardcover - cloth,
Folio. Very good condition in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper.
Hundreds of color photos. 100 top photographers stationed throughout Russia
capture the world's largest nation on film in the course of a single day.
Magnificent mammoth production. 100's of photographs, each well captioned &
identifying the Photographer, plus where & when each photo was taken.
Coincident with the 70th Anniversary of the October Revolution. Extraordinary
pictures of extraordinary events. Tight well-bound volume. 240
pages......$35.00
191. (RUSSIA)...Hindus, Maurice. MOTHER RUSSIA. New York, Doubleday, 1944.
Hardcover - cloth, Large octavo. Very good condition. Light cover crease.
Black & white photographs. Encyclopedic portrait, tour & analysis of Russia.
Contents include: Russia's Flaming Young.. Russia's Coming of Age.. Russian
Cities.. Russia's New Society.. Russian Women.. Russian Children.. On the
Trail of the Enemy.. Russian Quests. Tight well-bound volume. 395
pages......$15.00
192. (RUSSIA)...Kalb, Marvin L. EASTERN EXPOSURE. New York, Farrar, Straus &
Cudahy, 1958. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good condition in chipped dust
jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Russian Journal of a young American
in Moscow during "The Year of the Thaw." INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Good
tight copy. 332 pages......$25.00
193. (RUSSIA)...Tschebotarioff, Gregory P. RUSSIA MY NATIVE LAND. N.Y, McGraw
Hill, 1964. 1st edition. Boards, octavo. Very good condition in chipped dust
jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Slight cover & edgewear. Signature,
title page. Black & white photos. Good tight copy. 384 pages......$12.00
194. (RUSSIA)...Wells, Charles A and Boykin, Elizabeth (With illustrations by
the Author). PINK: THE TRAVELS OF AN AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY IN RUSSIA. New
York, McArthur Prints, 1935. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good condition
in worn/chipped dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Covers faded.
Black & white drawings. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY AUTHOR. With presentation
plate front endpaper. Good tight copy. 208 pages......$25.00
195. (RUSSIA/JAPAN)...Little, Francis. THE LADY OF THE DECORATION. New York,
The Century Co, 1907. Repr. 1906 edition. Hardcover - decorated cloth, 12mo.
Very good condition. Spine letters faded. 1907 inscription endpaper. Letters
written - 1901-1905 - from a woman to her cousin as she shipped out to travel
thru Russia & Japan to a missionary school. Well-bound tight volume.
....$14.00
196. (RUSSIAN - NATURE GUIDE)...Knystautas, Algirdas (Foreword by Flint,
Vladimir). THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE USSR. New York, McGraw Hill, 1987.
Hardcover - cloth, Small Quarto. Very good condition in very lightly chipped
dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Color photos. First & only
modern guide in English to the natural history of the USSR... covering the
whole panorama of wildlife. Beautifully illustrated - many full page color
photographs. Includes sections on physical geography, climate, nature
reserves, national parks & more. With clear maps allowing instant pinpointing
of unfamiliar features. With tables classifying wildlife. Indexed. Tight
well-bound volume. 224 pages......$20.00
197. (RUSSIAN PICTORIAL)...(Mockba Publishers). WHERE SCIENCE BLOSSOMS.
Russia, Mockba Publishers, 1988. Stamped cloth, Small Quarto. Color & Black &
white photographs. Large scale photo pictorial (with text)" about the Soviet
Far East and the Far Eastern Branch of the USSR Academy of Sciences". Lavish
illustrated with full-color photographs. Text in both Russian and English.
Tight well-bound volume. 280 pages......$35.00
198. (SACRED SITES)...Wilson, Colin. THE ATLAS OF HOLY PLACES & SACRED SITES.
New York, DK Publishing, 1996. 1st American. Pictorial boards, Quarto. As
new. Color photographs. An illustrated guide to the location and history of
the world's most revered holy sites. With hand-drawn maps... magnificent
color photos, including aerial photography of the sites & close-up views of
ancient treasures. Includes historical information & significance. Plus
comprehensive Gazeteer, Glossary, Bibliography, Index. Tight well-bound
volume. 192 pages......$25.00
199. (SAFARIS)...Stelzner, Burk H. GUIDE TO SAFARIS. New York, Corinthian,
1969. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good condition in worn/clipped dust
jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Lt cover/edge wear. Black & white
photographs. How to plan, outfit & participate in an African safari in the
most economical, time-saving & effortless way. Illustrated. Contents include:
Regions, Planning, Equipment, Companionship, Types of Safari, A Typical Day
on Safari, The Outfitter, The Professional Hunter, Camping, Hunting Tactic,
Dangers in the Bush, Photograaphic Safar, Taxidermy Tips. With info in
licensing, registration - and much more. Indexed. Good tight copy. 178
pages......$12.50
200. (SAFARIS/JOURNEYS)...Bangs, Richard and Kallen, Christian (Editors).
PATHS LESS TRAVELLED: DISPATCHES FROM THE FRONT LINES OF EXPLORATION. New
York, Atheneum, 1988. 1st edition. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, Small
Quarto. Very good+ in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Full color
photographs. Twelve famous writers on the dream trips of their lifetimes,
sponsored by Sobek, premiere travel adventure firm in America. Locales
include: New Zealand rain forest, Yemen, Caves in Malaysia, India river raft
trip, Japanese bike tour, the Zambezi, Madagascar, Africa, Tazmanian river
cruise, Peruvian Odyssey, Amazon adventure, mountaineering in the Andes.
Beautifully illustrated with full-color photographs. Good tight copy. 168
pages......$16.50
201. (SAN FRANCISCO)...Caen, Herb (Illustrated by Brodie, Howard). BAGHDAD BY
THE BAY: A COLORFUL ENTERTAINING PROFILE OF LIFE, PEOPLE, AND PLACES IN
MODERN SAN FRANCISCO. New York, Doubleday, 1954. Hardcover - cloth, Small
octavo. Very good condition in lightly worn dust jacket with protective
plastic wrapper. Tiny owner tag endpaper. Tinted drawings. Decorated
endpapers. Delightful portrait of one of the most fascinating cities in the
U.S. Well-indexed. Good tight copy. 276 pages......$12.00
202. (SAN FRANCISCO)...Cameron, Robert (With Commentary by Alistair Cooke).
ABOVE SAN FRANCISCO: A NEW COLLECTION OF NOSTALGIC AND CONTEMPORARY AERIAL
PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE BAY AREA. San Francisco, Cameron and Company, 1978.
1st/5th printing. Hardcover - cloth, Oblong quarto. Very good condition in
worn dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Several page edges lightly
rippled front & rear. Color photos. Spectacular large format, full-page,
full-color aerial photos of the Bay Area. Divided into six areas of
coverage... San Francisco, San Francisco Bay, High Above San Francisco, South
Bay, Alameda-Contra Csota, Napa-Marin-Sonoma. Tight well-bound volume. 159
pages......$22.50
203. (SAN FRANCISCO)...Conrad, Barnaby. SAN FRANCISCO: A PROFILE WITH
PICTURES. New York, Bramhall House, 1959. Hardcover - cloth, Quarto. Very
good condition. Light edgewear. Covers very lightly soiled. Black & white
photos. Evocative photo/text homage to San Francisco. Sections include: The
Past, The Fog, Architecture, Chinatown, The Hills, Opera. Also: Golden Gate
Park, Fisherman's Wharf, Cable Cars, Telegraph Hill, The Water, The People
and much more. With a section of Street Names (their significance & origins).
Indexed. Good tight copy. 228 pages......$12.50
204. (SCOTLAND)...Blake, George, Murray, W.H., Grant, J.S., Gordon, Seton,
Weir, Tom, Allan, John R., McLaren, Morey. SCOTLAND'S SPLENDOUR. Glascow,
Collins Publishers, 1965. Repr. 1961 edition. Hardcover - decorated cloth,
Small Quarto. Very good condition. Gift inscription front endpaper. Color &
Black & white photographs. Decorated endpapers. The charm & splendour of
Scotland captured in photograph & text. Magnificent illustrations. With
Pictorial Map, Map of Southern Scotland, Map of Northern Scotland, Key Maps
to Illustrations. Main sections: Glasgow and the South-West, The West, The
Hebrides, The North, The North-East, The Central Highlands, Edinburgh, Fife
and the Borders. Well-indexed. Good tight copy. 230 pages......$30.00
205. (SEA VOYAGES)...Gee, Marjory. CAPTAIN FRASER'S VOYAGES 1865 - 1892. New
York, W. W. Norton, 1979. 1st American. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good
condition in clipped dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Black &
white photos. The career & sea voyages of Thomas Garry Fraser, from the time
of his apprenticeship on the Corea, at the age of fifteen. Fascinating
account of 19th Century seafaring life, dangers, hardships and exotic ports
of call throughout the world. Tight well-bound volume. 217 pages......$16.00
206. (SEVILLE)...Gallichan, Walter & Hartley, Gasquoine. Illustrated by
Elizabeth Hartley. THE STORY OF SEVILLE. Covent Garden, J.M. Dent & Co, 1925.
Repr. 1903 edition.. Hardcover - decorated cloth, Small 12mo. Very good
condition. Slight foxing endpapers. Black & white frontis & plates. With
fold-out map of Seville. Good tight copy. 320 pages......$12.00
207. (SIERRA NEVADAS)...Webster, Paul (Foreword by Farquhar, Francis P.). THE
MIGHTY SIERRA: PORTRAIT OF A MOUNTAIN WORLD. Palo Alto CA, American West
Publishing, 1972. 1st. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good condition in
lightly chipped dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Color & Black &
white photographs. Well researched & detailed history & photo-illustrated
tour of the Sierra Nevada mountain range. Hundreds of illustrations. With
Guide to the Sierra, Bibliography, Extensive Glossary & Index. Good tight
copy. 287 pages......$30.00
208. (SKELETON COAST)...Schoeman, Amy. SKELETON COAST. Johannesburg,
Macmillan South Africa, 1984. 1st. Hardcover - cloth, Quarto. Very good
condition in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Color & Black &
white photos. Magnificent photo-illustrated history & tour of The Skeleton
Coast of Manibia in Africa. Bibliography/Index. Good tight copy. 192
pages......$22.50
209. (SOUTH POLE)...Byrd, Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn, U.S.N.. Ret. LITTLE
AMERICA: AERIAL EXPLORATION IN THE ANTARCTIC: THE FLIGHT TO THE SOUTH POLE.
New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1930. 2nd impression. Hardcover - cloth, Large
octavo. Very good condition. Slight cover/edge wear. Tiny cover stain.
Foredge bumped. Black & white photographs & maps. Hinge starting.
Photographic endpapers. 74 illustrations & maps Dramatic story of the famous
polar expedition. 422 pages......$25.00
210. (SOUTH SEAS)...Traprock, Walter E., F.R.S.S.E.U. THE CRUISE OF THE KAWA:
WANDERING IN THE SOUTH SEAS. New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1921. 1st
edition. Engraved cloth, Large octavo. Good condition. Covers worn/ltly
soiled. Corners bumped. Spine ends frayed. Black & white photos & 1 map.
Hinge starting. Decorated endpapers. Traprock's apocryphal, definitely
tongue-in-cheek excursion to the South Seas. Entertaining, if not
informative, travel adventure. Hard to find. 146 pages......$12.00
211. (SOUTH/CENTRAL AMERICA)...Matschat, Cecile Hulse. SEVEN GRASS HUTS: AN
ENGINEER'S WIFE IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA. New York, Literary Guild of
America, 1939. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good condition. Light cover
wear. Spine faded. Corners lightly bumped. Black & white photographs.
Contents include: Camilla of the Pampa.. The First Grass Hut.. Home in the
Wilderness.. My Country House.. The Monkey Bridge.. Voodoo Fires in Rio..
Jaguar Hunt in the Chaco.. The Death God.. Grass Hut Cookery - and much more.
Good tight copy. 281 pages......$12.00
212. (SPACE EXPLORATION)...Lewis, Richard (Principal Author) Foreword by
Beggs, James M., Administrator of NASA. THE ILLUSTRATED ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE
UNIVERSE: EXPLORING AND UNDERSTANDING THE COSMOS. New York, Harmony Books,
1983. 1st American. Hardcover - cloth, Quarto. Very good condition in dust
jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Very light cover/edge wear. Color &
Black & white photos. Encyclopedia of space exploration. Detailed look at
what probes & spacecraft have taught us about the solar system & universe.
Color decorated endpapers. over 500 color & Black & white illustrations,
including photographs, diagrams, charts & graphs. With 32 full-color
double-page spreads of the finest space photographs. Plus special 10 page
diary of all the major launches to date. Extensive index. Tight well-bound
volume. 320 pages......$30.00
213. (SPAIN)...Fodor Travel Publications. EXPLORING SPAIN. New York/Toronto,
Fodor's Travel Publications, 1996. 3rd edition. Trade paperbck, Small octavo.
Very Good condition+. Color photos, maps, plates. Hundreds of full-color
color photographs. Fold-out cover maps. Everything you need for a complete
visit to Spain... Organized Region by Region. With photos & drawings, Travel
Facts, Hotel Restaurants, History, Food & Drink - much more. Well-indexed.
Good tight copy. 288 pages......$10.00
214. (SPAIN - CATHEDRAL CITIES)...Collins, W. W., R. I. CATHEDRAL CITIES OF
SPAIN: ILLUSTRATIONS BY THE AUTHOR. New York, Dodd Mead, 1912. Repr. 1909
edition. Hardcover - decorated cloth, Large octavo. Very good condition. Very
light corner wear. Color frontis and plates. With 59 full color portraits.
Decorated red cloth binding with elaborate stamped cover design of a pillared
alter... or cathedral door. With gilt title lettering. Evocative descriptions
(chapters) on the author's travels visits to the Spanish cathedral cities of
Cadiz, Seville, Cordova, Granada, Malaga, Valencia, Tortosa, Tarragona,
Barcelona, Gerona, Toledo, Salamanca, Avila, Segovia, Saragossa, Santiago,
Tuy, Orense, Astorga, Zamora, leon, Oviedo, Valladolid, Burgos. Indexed.
Elegant, tight well-bound volume. 358 pages......$50.00
215. (TEXAS)...Pirtle III, Caleb (With Introductory letter by Governor Ann
Richards - with photograph). TEXAS: LEGACY OF A PROUD LAND. Dallas TX, Docker
House Publishing, Inc, 1992. 1st printing. Hardcover - cloth, Small Quarto.
Very good condition in price/clipped dust jacket with protective plastic
wrapper. Color photographs. Lavishly illustrated, color-photo illustrated
story of Texas as it was and is today. Sections include: Eastern Woodlands...
Coastal Valley.. North Texas.. Texas Heartland.. Prairies West.. High Plains.
With "Guide to Texas Cities". Tight well-bound volume. 184 pages......$25.00
216. (TEXAS)...(Woodbury Press). TEXAS. Minneapolis, Woodbury Press, 1985.
1st. Hardcover - cloth, Quarto. Very good condition in dust jacket with
protective plastic wrapper. Color photos. Lavishly illustrated color
pictorial of modern Texas - cities, countryside & historical landmarks. Good
tight copy. 62 pages......$12.00
217. (THAILAND)...Sieben, Hubert (Photographer) Introductoin by Basche,
James. THAILAND: LAND OF COLOR. New York, Taplinger Publishing, 1969. 1st
U.S. edition. Hardcover - cloth, Quarto. Very good condition in edgetorn dust
jacket with protective plastic wrapper. 2 paperclip marks endpaper.. Color
photographs. Corners slightly bumped. Decorated endpapers. Magnificent
full-color photographic exploration of modern Thailand. Tight well-bound
volume. 155 pages......$20.00
218. (TIBET)...Buckley, Michael and Strauss Robert. TIBET: A TRAVEL SURVIVAL
KIT. Berkeley CA, Lonely Plante Publications, 1986. 1st edition. Paperback.
16mo. Very good condition. Very light edge wear. Color & Black & white
photos/drawings. Comprehensive guidebook with concise background information,
Facts about the Region, Getting Around, Mountain treks/routes. With Glossary,
Index. Good tight copy. 256 pages......$12.00
219. (TOYKO)...Seidensticker, Edward. LOW CITY, HIGH CITY: TOKYO FROM EDO TO
THE EARTHQUAKE: HOW THE SHOGUN'S ANCIENT CAPITAL BECAME A GREAT MODERN CITY
1867 - 1923. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1983. 1st edition. Hardcover - 1/2
cloth/boards, Large octavo. Very good condition in dust jacket with
protective plastic wrapper. Color & Black & white plates. Brilliant -
beautifully illustrated - portrait of Tokyo's sudden emergence into the
modern world. With Notes, Index. Good tight copy. 302 pages......$16.00
220. (TRAVEL)...Dunning, Mary Parker. MRS. MARCO POLO REMEMBERS. Boston,
Houghton Mifflin, 1968. 1st printing. Boards, Small octavo. Very good
condition. Very light cover wear. Travels through Japan, China, Burma, India,
Egypt, Greece, Italy, Australia, Africa - and more. Good tight copy. 203
pages......$10.00
221. (TRAVEL)...Kimbrough, Emily (Drawings by Mircea Vasiliu). WATER, WATER,
EVERYWHERE. New York, Harper & Bros, 1956. 1st edition. Hardcover - 1/2
cloth, Small octavo. Good condition+ in worn/chipped dust jacket with
protective plastic wrapper. Edges lightly bumped. Insription endpapr. Black &
white drawings. Mishaps & adventures during journey - mostly on boats - to
Greece, through the Aegean, Dalmation coast, & down the Thames. 308
pages......$12.00
222. (TRAVEL)...Meier-Lemgo, Karl. WANDERFAHRTEN DURCH LIPPE. F.L. Wagener,
Lemgo, 1950. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth, Quarto. Very good condition. Black &
white engravings. Druck und Verlag von F. L. Wagener, Lemgo. With
heimatgenschichliches Register. Good tight copy. 240 pages......$30.00
223. (TRAVEL CONSULTING)...Dominitz, Ben with Dominitz, Nandy D. TRAVEL FREE:
HOW TO START AND SUCCEED IN YOUR OWN TRAVEL CONSULTANT BUSINESS. Carmichael
CA, Prima Publishing, 1984. 1st edition. Hardcover - cloth, Large octavo.
Very good+ in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Black & white
photographs. Good tight copy. 210 pages......$11.00
224. (TRAVEL MEMOIRS)...Hone, Joseph. THE DANCING WAITERS: SOME COLLECTED
TRAVELS. London, Hamish Hamilton, 1975. 1st edition. Hardcover - cloth,
octavo. Very good condition in clipped dust jacket with protective plastic
wrapper. Gift inscription endpaper. Novelist Hone's idiosyncratic journeys
around the world - with autobiographical accounts of his early life & career.
With accounts of travels in Singapore, Ethiopia, Africa, Europe, America,
Budapest & more. Good tight copy. 195 pages......$15.00
225. (TRAVEL WRITING)...Higgins, Aidan. RONDA GORGE & OTHER PRECIPICES:
TRAVEL WRITING 1956-1989. London, Secker & Warburg Publishers, 1989. 1st
edition. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good+ in dust jacket with protective
plastic wrapper. Good tight copy. 230 pages......$12.50
226. (TROY)...Wood, Michael. IN SEARCH OF THE TROJAN WAR. New York/Oxford,
Facts on File Publications, 1985. 1st edition. Hardcover - cloth, Imperial
octavo. Very good condition in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper.
Color & Black & white plates. Based on the BBC series. Modern epic of the
host of adventurere - esp. Schliemann - who searched for Troy. Beautifully &
profusely illustrated. Excellent saga of adventure, plus fascinating
historical search into the world of Bronze-Age Greece & Crete. With
Bibliography, Index. Tight well-bound volume. 272 pages......$16.00
227. (U.S./EUROPEAN TRAVEL)...Dykeman, Wilma. LOOK TO THIS DAY. New York,
Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1968. 1st edition. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards,
Small octavo. Very good condition in lightly worn dust jacket with protective
plastic wrapper. A year in the life of the author & her family as they tour
America & Europe. Good tight copy. 342 pages......$15.00
228. (VEHICLES)...Hornung, Clarence P. WHEELS ACROSS AMERICA: A PICTORIAL
CAVALCADE ILLUSTRATING THE EARLY DEVELOPMENT OF VEHICULAR TRANSPORTATION. New
Jersey, A.S. Barnes & Co, 1959. 1st. Hardcover - cloth, Small Quarto. Very
good condition in worn chipped dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper.
Light cover wear. Spine end clipped. Black & white photos/engravings.
Decorated endpapers. Over 1,100 rare engravings, prints & early photographs.
A rollicking detailed history of America on Wheels. Including railroads,
trolleys, tandems, buses, automobiles, motorcycles & bicycles. Good tight
copy. 341 pages......$25.00
229. (VERSAILLES)...Presente par Gaxotte, Pierre. Legende par Perret,
Jacques. Raconte par Nimier, Roger. Photographie par Descharnes, Robert.
VERSAILLES QUE J'AIMS.... Paris, Aux Editions Sun, 1966. Hardcover - cloth,
Small square quarto. Very good condition in lightly edgetorn dust jacket with
protective plastic wrapper. Color & Black & white photographs. Lavishly
illustrated historical & contemporary portrait of Versailles. With Les
Grandes Heures de Versailles... Table des Illustrations. Well-bound volume.
135 pages......$20.00
230. (WALDEN)...(Thoreau, Henry David) Edited by Seymour, Peter and Morgan,
James. (With a Biographical Essay by Emerson, Ralph Waldo. REFLECTIONS AT
WALDEN. Kansas City, Hallmark Crown Editions, 1971. Hardcover - cloth, Small
square octavo. Very good condition in chipped dust jacket with protective
plastic wrapper. Color & Black & white photos. Color photographic endpapers.
Selection of Thoreau's Classic Writings, illustrations. with Photographs of
Walden Pond & New Engand. Good tight copy. 61 pages......$10.00
231. (WALES)...Griffith, Wyn. WALES IN COLOUR: A COLLECTION OF COLOUR
PHOTOGRAPHS (With an introductory text & Notes on the Illustrations). London,
B.T. Batsford Ltd, 1958. 1st. Hardcover - cloth, Large octavo. Very good
condition. Full page color photos. Magnificent full-color photographs of
Wales, including lush countryside, Celtic castle & Druid ceremony. Good tight
copy. 95 pages......$20.00
232. (WHALING EXPEDITION)...Robertson, R. B. OF WHALES AND MEN. New York,
Alfred A. Knopf, 1954. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good condition in
worn/edgetorn dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Owner plate/3
signatures front endprs. Black & white photos. First hand account of a modern
Antarctic whaling expedition. Good tight copy. 300 pages......$12.50
233. (WILDERNESS)...Bossi, Robert (Photographs) Bemis, Mary & Recio, Belinda
(Editors). JOURNEY INTO THE WILDERNESS. Peterborough NH, Eastern Mountain
Sports, 1994. 1st edition. Hardcover - cloth, Oblong octavo. Very good+ in
dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Color photographs.
Impressionistic color-photo illustrated - with text - examination of
wilderness travel & camping. Good tight copy. 118 pages......$12.00
234. (WILDLIFE SANCTUARIES)...Murphy, Robert (Foreword by Udall, Stewart L.,
Secretary of the Interior). WILD SANCTUARIES: OUR NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGES -
A HERITAGE RESTORED. New York, E.P. Dutton, 1968. Hardcover - cloth, Small
Quarto. Very good condition in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper.
Color & Black & white photographs. Illustrated with over 250 photographs in
full color and monochrome, and 32 maps. Magnificent detailed portrait of
America's wildlife sanctuaries. With a wealth of information for travelers &
visitors. Indexed. Good tight copy. 288 pages......$20.00
235. (WITCH DOCTOR)...Dowdy, Homer E. CHRIST'S WITCHDOCTOR: FROM SAVAGE
SORCERER TO JUNGLE MISSIONARY. New York, Harper & Row, 1963. 1st edition.
Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, Small octavo. Very good condition in worn,
chipped dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Black & white
photographs. First hand account of the dramatic conversion of a notorious
Amazon witchdoctor. Plus: The ways of jungle witchcraft... how a witchdoctor
can cure by blowing hot pebbles onto the sick person, how he is transported
into a world of eerie spirits by swallowing smoke & changting spirit songs,
how he can kill by blowing on the belongings of another person and "eating
his spirit" - and much more. With decorated endpapers and 45 documentary
photographs. Good tight copy. 241 pages......$18.00
236. (WORLD TRAVEL)...Belfrage, Cedric. AWAY FROM IT ALL: AN ESCAPOLOGIST'S
NOTEBOOK. New York, Simon & Schuster, 1937. 2nd printing. Hardcover - cloth,
Large octavo. Very Good condition. Very light cover wear. Good tight copy.
415 pages......$25.00
237. (WORLD WAR II)...Curie, Eve. JOURNEY AMONG WARRIORS. New York, Doubleday
Doran, 1943. Engraved cloth, Large octavo. Very good condition. Light
cover/edge wear. Front hinge starting. Decorated endpapers. A worldwide
journey among soldiers of WWII - in Africa, Near East, Russia, Asia, America.
Well indexed. 501 pages......$11.00
238. (YORKSHIRE)...Home, Gordon. YORKSHIRE: COAST AND MOORLAND SCENES
(PAINTED & DESCRIBED BY GORDON HOME). London, Adam & Charles Black, 1907. 2nd
edition. Hardcover - decorated cloth, Large octavo. Very good condition. Very
light edge wear. Hinges starting. Color tinted plates. With color tinted
plates, foldout map of Yorkshire, Index. Good tight copy. 148
pages......$20.00
239. (YUGOSLAVIA)...Adamic, Louis. THE NATIVE'S RETURN: AN AMERICAN IMMIGRANT
VISITS YUGOSLAVIA AND DISCOVERS HIS OLD COUNTRY. New York, Harper & Bros,
1934. 1st edition. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good condition. Light
cover wear. With paste-down cover illustration. Black & white photos.
Author's return to Europe. Magnificent tour of Montenegro, Dalmatia,
Belgrade, Croatia & more. Rare photographs. Scarce volume. Tight, well-bound.
370 pages......$25.00
240. (YUGOSLAVIA)...Vilfan, Joze (Coordinating Editor). YUGOSLAVIA. Sarajevo,
Svjetlost Publishers, 1987. 1st edition. Pictorial boards, Quarto. Very Good
condition+. Color photographs. Lavish full-color pictorial (with English
text) on Yugoslavia. Main sections include: Nature.. Townscapes..
Treasure-Houses... Traditions.. Landmarks.. Tokens of Revolution.. Capitals -
and more. Well-bound volume. 263 pages......$20.00
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