Travel / Exploration - Catalogue (Africa to Europe)
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THADDEUS Travel / Exploration (Africa to Europe) Feb. 1, 1997
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All books listed alphabetically in order by Topic
1. (AFRICA)...Gunther, John. INSIDE AFRICA. New York, Harper & Bros, 1955.
1st ed. Cloth, Octavo. Vg in lightly chipped dj. Very light cover wear.
Monumental, detailed portrait of Africa, past & present. With Notes,
Extensive Index. Gunther's most impressive "Inside" book. Tight well-bound
volume. 952pp......$22.50
2. (AFRICA)...Turner, Kay (With a Foreword by Grzimek, Professor
Bernhard). SERENGETI HOME. New York, Dial Press/James Wade, 1977. 1st
printing. 1/2 clth/brds, Octavo. Vg in lightly worn/chipped dj. Color &
b&w photos. Story of the author's life & raising a family in the splendid
isolation of Africa's Serengeti Wilderness. Indexed. Good tight copy.
214pp......$12.00
3. (AFRICA)...Walker, Eric Sherbrooke. TREETOPS HOTEL. London, Robert Hale
Limited, 1962. Reprint '61 ed. Cloth, Very good. Owner inscriptions, stamp
front endpapers. B&w photos. Story of a British couple who went to Africa
in the early 1930s & literally built a hotel in the treetops. Good tight
copy. .....$15.00
4. (AFRICAN PRACTICE)...McCord James B., M.D with Douglas, John Scott. MY
PATIENTS WERE ZULUS. New York, Rinehart & Co, 1951. Cloth, Small Octavo.
Very good. B&w photo frontis. Story of a doctor's unique practice in
Africa. Good tight copy. 308pp......$10.00
5. (ALASKA)...Buhro, Harry. ROUGH-STUFF AND MOONLIGHT: OF DEEPER LOVE HATH
NONE. New York, Dorrance & Co, 1948. 1st. Pebbled cloth, Large Octavo. Vg.
Owner inscription front endpaper. B&w plates. With impressionistic
illustrations by the author. World travel - the Java Sea, Tierra del Fuego,
Alaska. Good tight copy. 217pp......$15.00
6. (ALASKA)...Carrighar, Sally. MOONLIGHT AT MIDDAY: ALASKA. New York,
Alfred A. Knopf, 1958. 1st/2nd prtg. Decorated clth, Octavo. Vg in lightly
chipped dj. Very slight cover/edge wear. B&w photos. "Alaska...as few
outsiders ever see it." Good tight copy. With 48 b&w photographs & map..
389pp......$13.50
7. (ALASKA)...Henderson, Daniel. FROM THE VOLGA TO THE YUKON. New York,
Hastings House, 1984. 1st. Cloth, Octavo. Vg. Light cover wear. Edge mark.
Owner inscription endpaper. The Story of the Russian march to Alaska &
California, parallelling our own Westward Trek to the Pacific. With
Bibliography & Index. Decorated endpapers. Good tight copy.
256pp......$12.00
8. (ALASKA)...Spring, Norma. ALASKA: THE COMPLETE TRAVEL BOOK: AN
ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO THE AMAZING VARIETY OF YEAR-ROUND ADVENTURE &
SPECTACULAR SCENERY. London, Macmillan, 1970. 1st ed. Cloth, Octavo. Very
good in dust jacket. Color & b&w photos. Decorated endpapers. Good tight
copy. 248pp......$15.00
9. (ALASKA - BY AIR)...Hirschmann, Fred (Photography) Heacox, Kim (Text)
Preface by Thomas, Lowell, Jr. Afterword by Hammond Jay. BUSH PILOTS OF
ALASKA. Portland OR, Graphic Arts Ctr. Publishing, 1989. 1st ed. Cloth,
Small Folio. Near fine in dj. Full color photographs. Decorated endpaprs.
Spectacular portrait of the vastness & wild beauty of Alaska. With 192
full color photographs with text. Many full-page photos & double-page
spreads. Preface & afterword by the former Governor & Lieutenant Governor
of the state. Travel with Alaskan bush pilots in aircraft of all types &
sizes from Piper Cubs to Cessnas, Beavers, Twin Otters & ultra modern
helicopters. Includes tales of the old days when pilots first came to
Alaska, as well as stories of today, of adventure & excitement. Tight well-
bound volume. 144pp......$40.00
10. (AMAZON)...Larson, Mildred & Dodds, Lois. TREASURE IN CLAY POTS: AN
AMAZON PEOPLE ON THE WHEEL OF CHANGE. Palm Desert CA, Person to Person
Books, 1985. 1st. Cloth, Lg 8vo. Very good. Edges bumped. B&w photos.
Missionaries in the Amazon. Good tight copy. 309pp......$15.00
11. (AMAZON)...Zikmund, Miroslav and Hanzelka, Jiri (Translated by
Kuthanova, Olga). AMAZON HEADHUNTERS. Prague, Artia, 1963. Cloth, Large
Octavo. Vg. Light cover/edge wear. Hinges starting. Color & b&w photos.
Color decorated endpapers. Fold-out map of the Amazon region. Detailed
account of expedition into the headhunter regions. Equador/Guayaquil. Live
with the Jibaros (Jivaros). Magnificent full page color & b&w photographs.
With Bibliography & Glossary. 299pp......$16.00
12. (ARCTIC)...Pryde, Duncan M. NUNAGA: TEN YEARS OF ESKIMO LIFE. New York,
Walker and Co, 1972. 1st U.S. ed. Cloth, Small Octavo. Vg in lightly
chipped/clipped dj. Edge mark. Signature half-titl. Color photographs.
True Arctic adventure. Life with the Eskimos of Perry Island. Descriptions
of birth, death & marriage rites. Sacred ceremonies. Seal, polar bear &
caribou hunts. Several near-fatal adventures. Full color photographs.
Decorated endpapers. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Good tight copy.
285pp......$20.00
13. (ARCTIC - ALASKA)...Richards, Eva Albey. ARCTIC MOOD: A NARRATIVE OF
ARCTIC ADVENTURES. Caldwell ID, Caxton Printers, Ltd, 1949. 1st ed.
Engraved cloth, Octavo. Vg. Very light cover wear. B&w photos & drawings.
Decorated endpapers. Trip to Alaska. Intimate view of Alaskan life - some
excellent whaling photographs. Well bound volume. 282pp......$15.00
14. (ASIA)...Shor, Jean Bowie. AFTER YOU MARCO POLO (From Venice to
Peiping across high Asia, an American couple follows a dangerous trail 7
centuries old). New York, McGraw Hill, 1955. 2nd printing. Cloth, Octavo.
Vg in worn, chipped dj. B&w photos. An American couple who set out to
follow the 7 century old trail of Marco Polo from Venice to Peiping. Good
tight copy. 294pp......$13.50
15. (ATLANTIS)...Ferro, Robert & Grumley, Michael. ATLANTIS: THE
AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A SEARCH. New York, Bell Publishing, 1970. Cloth, Octavo.
Very good. Very light damp stain cover edges. B&w photos. Actual search
for and possible discovery of the lost continent of Atlantis off the coast
of Bimini. Good tight copy. 168pp......$12.00
16. (ATLANTIS)...Mavor, James W., Jr. VOYAGE TO ATLANTIS. New York, G. P.
Putnam's Sons, 1969. 1st ed. Cloth, Octavo. Vg in lightly worn dj.
Photos/Maps/Charts/Drawings. A firsthand account of the scientific
expedition to solve the riddle of Atlantis. With 32 pages of
photos/maps/charts/drawings. Decorated endpapers. Atlantis discovered. The
step-by-step story of archaeological & geological evidence uncovered on
the land & under the sea by two expeditions led by James W. Mavor. With
extensive Appendices, Bibliography, Index. Tight well-bound volume.
320pp......$30.00
17. (AUSTRALIA)...Bell, Kathrine & Wigney, Ian. VICTORIA: THE GARDEN
STATE. Sydney, Murray Child, 1979. 1st. Cloth, Small Quarto. Very good in
dust jacket. Full color photographs. Decorated endpapers. Beautiful
photo-illustrated portrait of Victoria, the smallest State on the
Australian mainland. 64pp......$16.50
18. (AUSTRALIAN OUTBACK)...Mountford, Charles P. BRAUNE MENSCHEN ROTER
SAND: STREIFZUGE DURCH DIE WILDNIS AUSTRALIENS. Zurich, Orell Fussli
Verlag, 1951. 1st. Cloth, Octavo. Good+ in worn chipped dj. Slight
bumping. Front hinge starting. B&w photos. The Australian Outback.
212pp......$15.00
19. (BELGIUM & LUXEMBOURG)...Dumont, George-Henri (Text) Bruggmann,
Maximillien (Fotos). BELGIEN UND LUXEMBURG. Zurich, Silva-Verlag, 1980.
1st. Decorated clth, Quarto. Vg in slightly edgetorn dj. Corners lightly
bumped. Color photos. Decorated endpapers. Beautifully photo-illustrated
portrait of contemporary Belgium & Luxembourg. German Text. Well-bound.
163pp......$20.00
20. (BERMUDA TRIANGLE)...Kusche, Lawrence David. THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE
MYSTERY - SOLVED. New York, Harper & Row, 1975. 1st ed. Cloth, Octavo. Vg
in worn chipped dj. B&w photos. Fascinating detailed history of the
Bermuda Triangle Mystery - and its alleged solution. Bibliography, Index.
Good tight copy. 302pp......$10.00
21. (BIOGRAPHY)...Lothrop, Eleanor. THROW ME A BONE: WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU
MARRY AN ARCHAEOLOGIST. New York, Whittlesey House, 1948. 1st ed. Cloth,
Large Octavo. Vg. Light fading to covers/spine. Corner wear. B&w drawings.
Recollections of the author's archaeological adventures in Chile,
Guatamala & Panama. SIGNED BY ELEANOR COLE - 1948. Good tight copy.
234pp......$15.00
22. (BIOGRAPHY)...Wasserman, Jacob (Translated from the German by Paul,
Eden & Cedar). BULA MATARI: STANLEY, CONQUERER OF A CONTINENT. New York,
Liveright Inc. Publishers, 1933. 1st. Engraved cloth, Octavo. Vg. Light
cover/edge wear. Spine bumped/faded. Signature endpapr. B&w photo frontis
& plates. Definitive biography of famed explorer & adventurer, Henry M.
Stanley. With Bibliography, Extensive Index. Tight well-bound volume.
351pp......$16.50
23. (BOSTON)...Lyons, A. C. (Photographs by Chamberlain, Samuel. Maps by
Wilcox, Chadbourne). INVITATION TO BOSTON: A MERRY GUIDE TO HER PAST,
PRESENT, AND FUTURE WHICH DANIEL WEBSTER AMONG OTHERS PLACES AS FOREVER.
New York, M. Barrows and Co, 1947. 1st/2nd prtg. Decorated clth, Octavo.
Very good. Covers lightly soiled. Corners lightly bumped. B&w photos.
Photographic endpapers. Charming history of Boston past and travel guide
to Boston present & more of Massachusetts. Well illustrated, Indexed. Good
tight copy. Hard to find. 258pp......$13.50
24. (BRAZIL)...Fleming, Peter. BRAZILIAN ADVENTURE. New York, Charles
Scribner's Sons, 1933. 1st. Decorated clth, Octavo. Vg. Very light cover
wear. B&w photos. Decorated endpapers. 3000 mile adventure/expedition
through the interior of Brazil. Rare photos. With Glossary. Good tight
copy. 408pp......$16.00
25. (BRITAIN)...Brandt, Bill (photographer). LITERARY BRITAIN: LANDMARKS,
LANDSCAPES AND HOUSES OF THE GREAT WRITERS AND POETS. New York, Aperture,
1986. Repr. 1951 ed.. Cloth, Large Octavo. Very good in edgetorn/taped
dust jacket. Full page b&w photos. Good tight copy. Np......$15.00
26. (BRITAIN)...(Country Life Ltd.). PICTURE BOOK OF BRITAIN: IN COLOUR
(Combining Volumes I & II). London, Country Life, Ltd, 1966. 1st/5th prtg.
Cloth, Small Quarto. Vg in lightly edgetorn dj. Corners lightly bumped.
Color photos. Owner stamp endpaper. Spectacular full color photo tour of
Britain. Practically every country & aspect of Britain displayed. Taken by
the country's finest landscape photographers, from Cornwall to Devon, to
Skye & Ross & Cromarty, from Pembrokeshire & Caernarvonshire to Norfolk &
Suffolk. Including London to village scenes, country houses, cottages,
mountains, lakes, rivers & seashore. Nearly all pictures are of
identifiable places. Tight well-bound volume. 110pp......$30.00
27. (BRITAIN)...(Country Life Ltd.). THE SECOND COUNTRY LIFE PICTURE BOOK
OF BRITAIN - IN COLOUR. London, Country Life Ltd., Publisher, 1966.
1st/3rd prtg. Cloth, Quarto. Vg in lightly chipped price-clipped dj. Color
photos. With 53 full page full color plates. Splendid pictorial tour with
text of the best of Britain. To London & back. From the Home Countries of
Kent, Sussex, Surrey & Berkshire, through Hampshire & Oxfordshire to the
West Country.. 105pp......$20.00
28. (BRITAIN/SCOTLAND/WALES)...Boumphrey, Geoffrey. THE SHELL GUIDE TO
BRITAIN. New York, Hawthorne Books, 1964. 1st ed. Pictorial clth, Octavo.
Vg in lightly worn/chipped dj. Very light corner wear. Color & b&w plates.
THE authoritative, complete travel guide to England, Scotland and Wales.
With hundreds of illustrations in full color & b&w. Includes 32 detailed
road maps in color, plus a gazatteer covering each city, town & hamlet of
significance. Special features include: Landmarks to Visit - Houses,
Gardens, Museums & Institutions Open to the Public - Local Information
(Industries, flowers, wild life, sporting facilities & events, gourmet
delights, etc.) History & Festivals. Indexed. Tight well-bound volume.
808pp......$25.00
29. (BRITISH COLUMBIA)...Herger, Bob (Photography) and Neering, Rosemary
(Text). THE COAST OF BRITISH COLUMBIA. Anchorage, Alaska Northwest Books,
1990. 1st. Cloth, Large Quarto. Vg in dj. Lower corners lightly bumped.
Full page color photos. With 120 large format full-colour photographs.
Magnificent portrait of the B.C. coast in all its scenic diversity. With
Index. Tight well-bound volume. 148pp......$22.50
30. (BRITISH GARDENS)...Fearnley-Whittingstall, Jane. HISTORIC GARDENS: A
GUIDE TO 160 BRITISH GARDENS OF INTEREST. London, Grange Books, 1993.
Repr. 1990 ed. Pictorial bds, Imperial octavo. As new in dj. Full color
photographs. Elegant volume. Detailed photo-illustrated guide to
outstanding gardens spanning the length & breath of the British Isles.
Including Scotland & Wales. Includes section on Gardens in History - from
Medieval Monasteries to Tudor Mansions. Withs the winners of the
Christie's Historic Houses Garden of the Year Award. Plus special listings
of Components, Buildings & Structures, Plants, Livestock Water Features &
much more. Full-color photographs - synopsis of information on each
garden. Extensive Index. Tight well-bound volume. 160pp......$20.00
31. (BRITISH ISLES)...Dury, G.H., MA, Ph.D, FGS. THE BRITISH ISLES: A
SYSTEMATIC AND REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY. New York, W.W. Norton, 1961. 1st ed.
Cloth, 8vo. Vg. Slight cover wear. B&w photos & maps. Good tight copy.
503pp......$12.00
32. (BRUSSELS)...Gilliat-Smith, Ernest. Illustrated by Kimball, Katharine
& Gilliat-Smith, Guy. THE STORY OF BRUSSELS. Covent Garden, J.M. Dent & Co,
1906. 1st. Decorated clth, Small 12mo. Very good. B&w frontis & plates.
With fold-out map of Brussels. Good tight copy. 383pp......$12.00
33. (BURMA)...Courtauld, Caroline (Introduction by Tinker, Professor
Hugh). IN SEARCH OF BURMA. London, Frederick Muller Limited, 1984. 1st.
Cloth, Large obl 8vo. Vg in lightly edgetorn dj. 68 color plates. Lavishly
photo-illustrated history & tour of modern-day Burma. With
Historical-Cultural Chronology Charts. Plus, Festivals, Glossary, Index.
Good tight copy. 112pp......$22.50
34. (BURMA - ELEPHANTS)...Williams, Lt.-Col. J. H. ELEPHANT BILL. New York,
Doubleday, 1950. Cloth, Octavo. Vg in chipped/clipped dj. Very light
edgewear. B&w photos. Rare photos. Account of the elephants who work in
Burma's teak forests plus an account of elephants in the Burma Campaign.
First hand experiences of the author, who spent 25 years directing
elephants in Burma. Good tight copy. 250pp......$20.00
35. (BURMA / THAILAND)...Nicholl, Charles. BORDERLINES: A JOURNEY IN
THAILAND AND BURMA. New York, Viking, 1989. 1st/2nd prtg. 1/2 clth/brds,
Small Octavo. Very good in dust jacket. B&w frontis map. Vivid traveler's
eye view of life in modern upcountry Thailand and Burma. A kind of road
movie. A fascinating melange of scenery, opium, sexuality, spirituality -
of crossing borderlines real and imaginery. Good tight copy.
238pp......$14.50
36. (CALIFORNIA)...Chapman, John L.. INCREDIBLE LOS ANGELES. N.Y, Harper &
Row, 1967. 1st ed. Cloth, 8vo. Very good in dust jacket. B&w photos.
SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Good tight copy. 271pp......$12.50
37. (CALIFORNIA)...Eaton, Edwin M. VINTAGE FRESNO: PICTORIAL RECOLLECTIONS
OF A WESTERN CITY. Fresno, The Huntington Press, 1965. 1st. Pictorial clth,
Small Quarto. Vg. Light edge wear. Lower front corner bumped. B&w photos.
Decorated endpapers. Historical panorama of Fresno. Contents include
"Singular Citizens" & "Pastimes in Times Past". 150pp......$15.00
38. (CALIFORNIA)...Reynolds, Jerry. SANTA CLARITA: VALLEY OF THE GOLDEN
DREAM. Granada Hills CA, World of Communications, Inc, 1992. 1st ed.
Leatherette, Quarto. Vg in dj. Very light edgewear. Color & b&w photos.
Photographic endpapers. Delightful detailedjourney through the rich &
storied past of California's Santa Clarita Valley. Photo-illustrated (many
rare prints). Well-indexed. Good tight copy. 211pp......$25.00
39. (CANADA)...Patterson, R. M. THE BUFFALO HEAD. New York, William Sloane
Associates, 1961. 1st. 1/2 clth/brds, Octavo. Vg in chipped dj. Slight
edgewear. B&w photos. A superb account of personal adventure in the vast,
primeval wilderness of the Canadian Rockies. Good tight copy.
273pp......$12.50
40. (CANADIAN ARCTIC)...Mowat, Farley. THE SNOW WALKER. Toronto,
McClelland and Stewart Ltd, 1975. 1st Canadian. Cloth, Octavo. Very good+
in very lightly chipped/edgeworn dj. Memorable portrait of the Canadian
Arctic & its Eskimo inhabitants. Tight well-bound volume.
222pp......$40.00
41. (CAPE HORN)...Roth, Hal. TWO AGAINST CAPE HORN: A TALE OF HIGH
ADVENTURE AT SEA IN ONE OF THE LEAST KNOWN PARTS OF THE WORLD. New York,
W. W. Norton, 1978. 1st ed. 1/2 cloth, Octavo. Vg in price-clipped dj.
Bookplate front endpaper. Color & b&w photos - maps. Sailing, adventure,
shipwreck, survival. Story of a tumultuous - magical - 20,000 mile sailing
voyage by the author & his wife. Includes many beautiful full-color photos
of the cruise & their adventures. With Notes. Tight well-bound volume.
288pp......$18.00
42. (CASCADE RANGE)...Atkeson, Ray. THE CASCADE RANGE. Oregon, Charles H.
Belding, 1969. 1st. 1/2 clth/brds, Small Folio. Very good in dust jacket.
Color photos. Over 150 color photos with text. Atkeson's magnificent
tribute the mighty Cascade Range. Good tight copy. 181pp......$25.00
43. (CASCADES)...Linck, James G. PAULINA PREFERRED: A LOVER OF NATURE
FINDS HIS SHANGRI-LA IN THE HIGH CASCADES. Portland OR, Binfords & Mort,
1945. 1st ed. Cloth, Octavo. Very good. Light cover/edge wear. B&w photos.
"Paulina" being Paulina lake. A fishing odyssey in the Great Northwest.
Photo-Illustrated. SIGNED BY JAMES G. LINCK. Hard to find. Good tight
copy. 220pp......$20.00
44. (CHICAGO)...Meeker, Arthur. CHICAGO WITH LOVE: A POLITE AND PERSONAL
HISTORY. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1955. 1st ed. Engraved cloth, Octavo.
Very good. Corners lightly bumped. B&w photos. Warmhearted memories of
Chicago & Chicago Society - its life, leaders & sensational events, its
activities & peculiarities. Illustrated with 23 photographs. Tight
well-bound volume. 293pp + Index......$20.00
45. (CHINA)...Allen, Steve. "EXPLAINING CHINA": AN OBJECTIVE VIEW OF
CONTEMPORARY CHINA. New York, Crown Publishers, 1980. 1st ed. Cloth,
Imperial octavo. Vg in lightly worn dj. Owner signature endpaper. B&w
frontis. 150 b&w photos. Steve Allen's report on his 3 trips to China,
visiting major cities, universities, communes, factories, military bases,
etc. With Selected Bibliography, Index. Good tight copy. 339pp......$25.00
46. (CHINA)...Dedmon, Emmett. CHINA JOURNAL. New York, Rand McNally & Co,
1973. 1st printing. Cloth, 8vo. Very good in chipped dust jacket. Full
color photographs. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Good tight copy. 176pp......$17.50
47. (CHINA)...Jenkins, Peter. ACROSS CHINA. William Morrow, 1986. 1st ed.
Cloth, Lg 8vo. Very good. Color & b&w photos. Good tight copy.
351pp......$10.00
48. (CHINA)...Karol, K.S. (Translated from the French by Baistow, Tom).
CHINA: THE OTHER COMMUNISM. London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1967. 1st.
Cloth, Octavo. Vg in lightly chipped dj. B&w photos. Decorated endpapers.
With 32 pages of photographs by Marc Riboud. Superbly illustrated report
on modern china. Deeply informed record by a leading journalist & world
expert on china affairs who spent 4 months travelling the length & breadth
of China. With historical perspective, plus interviews with some of
China's highest ranking officials. Well-indexed. Good tight copy.
474pp......$16.00
49. (CHINA)...Lord, Bette Bao. LEGACIES: A CHINESE MOSAIC. New York,
Alfred A. Knopf, 1990. 1st ed. Cloth, Large Octavo. Very good in dust
jacket. Betty Bao Lord's story. Plus an inside look at Revolutionary China
today. With chronology 1839 - 1989. Good tight copy. 245pp......$12.00
50. (CHINA)...Malloy, Ruth Lor. TRAVEL GUIDE TO THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF
CHINA. New York, William Morrow & Co, 1980. 1st revised. Wrappers, Large
Octavo. Vg. Very light edgewear. "Sample copy" stamp endpaper. B&w photos,
drawings, maps. With Comprehensive Chinese-English phrasebook. Special
sections for business people. Chinese-English address directories. Plus
Advice on Manners and Customs. Up-to-date practical information.
Conversion tables. Descriptions of 90 cities. Good tight copy.
366pp......$12.00
51. (CHINA)...Spender, Stephen & Hockney, David. CHINA DIARY. New York,
Harry N. Abrams, Inc, 1982. 1st. 1/2 clth/brds, Imperial octavo. Vg in dj.
Light cover/corner wear. Front endpaper clipped. Color/b&w photos &
drawings. Beautifully illustrated, perceptive account of Spender (Poet,
Novelist) & Hockney's (Painter, Photographer) trip to China. 158
watercolors, drawings & photography, including 84 plates in full color and
1 map. Eye-opening magical tour through a modern China. Tight well-bound
volume. 200pp......$16.00
52. (CHINA)...Terrill, Ross. 800,000,000: THE REAL CHINA. Boston, Little,
Brown & Co, 1972. 1st/3rd prtg. Cloth, Octavo. Vg in lightly chipped dj.
B&w photos. Decorated endpapers. "Most sensitive, informed eyewitness
study yet written of the people, government & leaders of China". Result of
a journey lasting forty days and extending 7,000 miles. Rare photos. Good
tight copy. 235pp......$13.50
53. (CHINA - ANCIENT)...Grosier, J. B. (Text) Translated by Castellano,
Lana & Campbell-Thompson, Christina. THE WORLD OF ANCIENT CHINA. New York,
Tudor Publishing, 1972. Cloth, Lg Sqare 8vo. Vg in lightly worn dj. Upper
corners very slightly bumped. Color & b&w photos. Beautifully
photo-illustrated (includes full-page color & tinted plates). Detailed
portrait of Ancient China. Excellent photographs of many Chinese momuments
& landmarks, including some of the Forbidden Ctiy. Includes customs,
religion, metaphysics, rules of marriage, laws tortures, food, clothing,
houses & architecture, landscape gardening, art, plus the great Chinese
inventions & discoveries. Also the influence of the Jesuits is discussed.
Tight well-bound volume. 144pp......$17.50
54. (CHINA/JAPAN/RUSSIA)...Newsham, Brad. ALL THE RIGHT PLACES: TRAVELING
LIGHT THROUGH CHINA, JAPAN, AND RUSSIA. New York, Villard Books, 1989.
1st/2nd prtg. 1/2 clth/brds, Large Octavo. Very good+ in dj. Moving,
lyrical account of a young American's adventures backpacking, hiking and
biking through China, Japan & Russia. Vivid recreation of the experience
of traveling light through a variety of exotic landscapes. Tight
well-bound volume. 291pp......$14.00
55. (CHINA/MANCHURIA/TIBET)...Mangeot, Sylvain. MANCHURIAN ADVENTURE: THE
STORY OF LOBSANG THONDUP. New York, William Morrow & Co, 1975. 1st. 1/2
clth/brds, Octavo. Very good in dust jacket. B&w photos. True adventures
of a modern soldier-of-fortune in Siberia, Manchuria, Communist China,
Sinkiang and Tibet. Good tight copy. 280pp......$12.50
56. (CONTINENTAL GARDENS)...Quest-Ritson, Charles. THE ENGLISH GARDEN
ABROAD. London, Viking, 1992. 1st/3rd prtg. Cloth, Small Quarto. Near fine
in dj. Color & b&w photos. A historical & contemporary look at the
celebrated tradition of English Horticulture throughout europe. A
beautifully photo-illustrated tour of past & present English gardens
throughout the Riviera, Italy, Tuscany, Portugal, Spain, France & more.
From the spacious 18th Century landscape gardens designed by Capability
Brown to the densely planted luxuriance of Hidcote and Sissinghurst. With
a wealth of new material, & illustrated throughout with modern &
previously unpublished archive photographs. Well-indexed. Tight well-bound
volume. 232pp......$22.50
57. (COTE D'AZUR)...Robichon, Jacques (Text) Translated by Monson, Don
(Photographs by Fronval, Jacques & others). COTE D'AZUR: THE FRENCH
RIVIERA. Paris, Sun, Paris, 1976. Cloth, Lg square 8vo. Near fine in dj.
Color photos. Opulent full-color full-page photo-illustrated tour of the
countrysides, seascapes, cities, harbors, restaurants... Mountainscapes,
Villas, Highways & people of the magnificent French Riviera. With Map,
Table of Illustrations. Tight well-bound volume. 109pp......$25.00
58. (COUNTRY INNS)...Andrews, Peter (Photographed by Raymond, Lilo,
Gardner, George W. & Northrup, Steve). CLASSIC COUNTRY INNS OF AMERICA (3
volume boxed set). Los Angeles, Knapp Press, 1978. 1st ed. 1/2 dec/cloth,
Small Quarto. Very good. Full color photographs. Beautiful 3 volume boxed
set. Color paste-down photo on box. Good tight set. 480 ttl pp......$35.00
59. (DESERT WARFARE)...Lawrence, T. E. REVOLT IN THE DESERT. New York,
George H. Doran Co, 1927. Cloth, Large Octavo. Vg. Light cover wear.
Corners bumped. Front hinge starting. B&w frontis & plates. Decorated
endpapers. Fold out map of region. Lawrence's account of the Arabian
revolt & his involvement in the conflict. With Index. 335pp......$16.50
60. (DIVING)...Haas, Hans (Translated from the German by Cleugh, James).
MANTA: UNDER THE RED SEA WITH SPEAR AND CAMERA. Chicago, Rand McNally & Co,
1953. 1st ed. Cloth, Octavo. Vg. Owner plate front endpaper. B&w photos.
Decorated endpapers. Diving and underwater adventure in the Red Sea. With
Glossary. Good tight copy. 278pp......$12.00
61. (EASTERN AMERICA)...Chamberlain, Samuel. THE NEW ENGLAND IMAGE. New
York, Hastings House, 1962. 1st. Cloth, Small Quarto. Vg. Lower edge
lightly bumped. Light crease front endpaper. B&w photos. Text &
photography by Chamberlain. Many full-page b&w plates. Beautiful,
nostalgic look at New England. Includes, Four Seasons, Farms, Villages,
River & Lakes, Churches, Literary New England, Education, Early Inns &
Taverns, Houses, Doorways, Interiors & the New England Coast. With Index.
Good tight copy. 192pp......$22.50
62. (ECUADOR)...Wallis, Ethel Emily. THE DAYUMA STORY: LIFE UNDER AUCA
SPEARS. New York, Harper & Row, 1960. 1st ed. Cloth, Octavo. Vg in chipped
scraped dj. Light corner wear. B&w photos. True story of Dayuma, native of
the Equadorian Auca tribe, who fled from her father's killer to an
encounter with a missionary. Also, the story of the "five martyred
missionaries" of Ecuador. Good tight copy. Photographic endpapers. Good
tight copy. 288pp......$15.00
63. (ENGLAND)...Scherman, David (Photography) & Wilcox, Richard
(Descriptive Text) Preface by Morley, Christopher. LITERARY ENGLAND:
PHOTOGRAPHS OF PLACES MADE MEMORABLE IN ENGLISH LITERATURE. N.Y, Random
House, 1944. Cloth, 4to. Vg. Very light cover/edge wear. 50 full page b&w
photographs. Full page photographs (with descriptive text) of scenes &
places made famous in English Literature. Includes: The Castle at Tintagel,
Winchester, Canterbury Cathedral, Battle Abbey, Keats Grove, Sherwood
Forest, Stokes Poges Churchyard, Fleet Street, Dickens' House, Dartmoor,
Reading Gaol, Piccadilly Circus, Stonehenge, Doone Valley, Wimpole Street
and many more. Good tight copy. Np......$15.00
64. (ENGLAND/FORESTS)...Whitlock, Ralph. HISTORIC FORESTS OF ENGLAND. New
Jersey, A. S. Barnes & Company, 1979. Cloth, Imperial octavo. Very good in
dust jacket. Color & b&w plates. Illustrated history of the indigenous
forests of England from earliest times & their significant role in the
national life. With color & b&w photographs, paintings, drawings, maps.
Sections include: The Primeval Forest, Celts, Romans & Saxons, The Royal
Chase, After the Middle Ages, Men of the Forest, Wild Life in the Forests,
The New Commercial Forests, Gazetteer(the Historic Forests). With
Bibliography, Index. Tight well-bound volume. 176pp......$20.00
65. (ENGLISH JOURNEY)...Priestley, J. B. ENGLISH JOURNEY. New York/London,
Harper & Bros, 1934. 1st ed. Cloth, Octavo. Vg. LIght cover wear. Very
light stain rear cover edge. B&w drawings. "Being a rambling but truthful
account of what one man saw & heard & felt & thought during a journey
through England... during the Autumn of the year 1933. With Index to Names
& Places. Good tight copy. 336pp......$20.00
66. (EQUADOR)...Elliot, Elisabeth (Capa, Cornell, Picture Editor.
Photographs by Elliot, Elisabeth & Capa, Cornell). THE SAVAGE MY KINSMAN.
New York, Harper & Bros, 1961. 1st ed. 1/2 cloth, Small Quarto. Vg. Light
cover/edge wear. B&w photos. Full-color photographic endpapers. Life - and
death - among the Auca tribe in the depths of the Amazon Jungle. Good
tight copy. 160pp......$15.00
67. (EUROPE)...Dundas, Esther Hilton. SO WE WENT TO EUROPE: AN ANCESTRAL
HISTORY. Chicago, Louis Mariano, Publisher, 1958. 1st ed. Decorated clth,
Imperial octavo. Vg. Light cover wear. Rear corner lightly bumped. B&w
frontis & plates. One of only 300 copies printed. SIGNED BY ESTHER HILTON
DUNDAS. Entertaining biographical history & lineage of the Dundas family.
Includes accounts of travels in England, Scotland & France. Well
illustrated. Much of the book in letter format to friends and family.
Rare. 177pp......$50.00
68. (EUROPE)...Osborne, Albert B. FINDING THE WORTHWHILE IN EUROPE. New
York, Robert McBride & Co, 1931. Rev. 1923 ed. 1/2 cloth, Large Octavo.
Very good. Photographic Endpapers. Where to go and what to see in Europe.
A 65 year old dream tour. Indexed. Good tight copy. 253pp......$14.00
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