Travel / Exploration (Moscow to Yugoslavia)

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THADDEUS Travel / Exploration (Moscow to Yugoslavia) Aug. 1, 1997
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129. (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......$18.00

130. (MOUNTAIN BIKING)...Seidl, Herman. MOUNTAIN BIKES: MAINTAINING,
REPAIRING & UPGRADING. New York, Sterling Publishing Co, 1993. 1st U.S.
Pictorial boards, octavo. Very good condition in dust jacket with protective
plastic wrapper. Full color photos throughout. The ultimate Mountain Bike
Handbook. Good tight copy. 128 pages......$12.50

131. (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

132. (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

133. (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

134. (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

135. (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

136. (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

137. (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

138. (NEPAL - ART & ARCHITECTURE)...Hutt, Michael (With Gellner, David,
Michaels, Axel, Rana, Greta and Tandan, Govinda. NEPAL: A GUIDE TO THE ART
AND ARCHITECTURE OF THE KATHMANDU VALLEY. Boston, Shambhala, 1995. 1st
edition. Hardcover - cloth, Imperial octavo. Near fine in dust jacket with
protective plastic wrapper. Color & Black & white photos. With 263 Black &
white photos, 11 Figures, 22 Maps & Plans & 16 Colour Plates, Chronology,
Glossary, Bibliography & Index. A product of years of research into Nepal's
history, religion, art & sociology. Includes history of Nepal with focus on
the Kathmandu Valley - with detailed intro to religion as it is practised in
Nepal: esp. Hinduism & Buddhism, and on the major deities of each tradition,
their relation to one another, and their representation in art and sculpture.
With chapters on the main forms of architecture & the principal art forms:
painting, stone sculpture, metalcasting & woodcarving. Plus in-depth
descriptions & photo illustrations of specific sites within the Valley. An
elegant authoritative guide to the region & culture of Nepal. 239
pages......$25.00

139. (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

140. (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

141. (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

142. (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

143. (NORTHWEST/LOGGING)...Roberge, Earl. TIMBER COUNTRY: LOGGING IN THE
GREAT NORTHWEST. Caldwell ID, Caxton Printers, Ltd, 1973. 1st. Hardcover -
cloth, Folio. very good+ in lightly chipped dust jacket with protective
plastic wrapper. Lower front cover edge bumped. Full page color prints. Huge
photo-illustrated panorama of the Logging Industry from Southern Oregon to
Alaska. Most complete logging book available. Over 130 full-color
photographs. With Glossary, Photo Data, Extensive Index. Good tight copy. 182
pages......$40.00

144. (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

145. (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

146. (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

147. (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

148. (OREGON)...Atkeson, Ray. OREGON COAST. Oregon, Graphic Arts Publishing,
1972. 1st. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, Small Folio. Very good condition in
dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Color photos. Photography by
Atkeson. Text by Archie Satterfield. A dazzling photographic to the Oregon
Coast. Tight well-bound copy. 124 pages......$25.00

149. (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

150. (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. 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

151. (PAKISTAN/AFGHANISTAN)...Stephens, Ian. HORNED MOON: AN ACCOUNT OF A
JOURNEY THROUGH PAKISTAN, KASHMIR AND AFGHANISTAN. London, Chatto & Windus,
Publishers, 1954. 3rd impression. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good
condition in worn/edgetorn dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Very
light edgewear. Store stamp endpaper. Color & Black & white photographs. Part
Travel Book, part Autobiography by the retired Editor of the only wholly
British-owned newspaper in India, The Statesman. Superbly illustrated with 57
photographs - 18 in colour. Well-indexed. Good tight copy. 288
pages......$18.00

152. (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

153. (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

154. (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

155. (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

156. (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

157. (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

158. (ROME - WWI)...Posse-Brazdova, Amelie (Translated from the Swedish by
Lyon, F.H). ROMAN ROUNDABOUT. New York, E.P. Dutton, 1934. 1st edition.
Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good condition. Slight cover/spine wear.
Owner plate front endpaper. Black & white photo frontis. Travel, Humor, the
charm/magic of Europe & Rome - 1916-1917 - under the cloud of war. By the
wife of a Czech diplomat. Tight. 266 pages......$22.50

159. (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

160. (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

161. (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

162. (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

163. (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

164. (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

165. (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

166. (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

167. (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

168. (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

169. (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

170. (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

171. (SIERRA NEVADAS)...Muench, David (Photography) Pike, Don (Text). SIERRA
NEVADA. Portland OR, Charles Belding, Publisher, 1979. 1st edition. Hardcover
- 1/2 cloth/boards, Small folio. Very good condition in lightly worn dust
jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Color photographs. Magnificent
full-page color portraits of the Sierra Nevada Range. Tight well-bound
volume. 128 pages......$30.00

172. (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

173. (SIERRAS)...Ellsworth, Helen. THE BLUE JAYS IN THE SIERRAS. New York,
The Century Company, 1918. 1st edition. Hardcover - cloth, 12mo. Very good
condition. Light cover/edge wear. Several lower page edges chipped. Black &
white photographs. Illustrated with photographs by the Author. An American
family's camping adventures in the Sierras in the early 1900's. Good tight
copy. 208 pages......$12.00

174. (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

175. (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

176. (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

177. (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

178. (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

179. (SPAIN)...Pillement, Georges. UNKNOWN SPAIN. London, Johnson, 1964. 1st
English edition. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Near fine in dust jacket with
protective plastic wrapper. 32 Black & white photos. Translated from the
original French by Arnold Rosin. 255 pages......$10.00

180. (STOCKHOLM)...Herrmanns, Ralph. LEVANDE SKARGARD: THE WONDERFUL
STOCKHOLM ARCHIPELAGO. Stockholm, Askild & Karnedull, 1980. 1st. Hardcover -
cloth, Quarto. Very good condition in dust jacket with protective plastic
wrapper. Light edge wear. Color photographic endpapers. With text in 4
languages/Swedish, English, German, French. Magnificent, detailed Full Color
Photo-illustrated portrait of the Stockholm Archipelago. 93 pages......$25.00

181. (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

182. (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

183. (TIBET)...Ekvall, Robert A. TIBETAN SKY LINES. New York, Farrar, Straus
& Young, 1952. Hardcover - decorated cloth, Small octavo. Very good condition
in lightly worn/clipped dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Owner
plate half-title. Black & white photographs. Decorated endpapers. Author's
experiences & journeys (several years of living inn Tibet before the Iron
Curtain closed). Includes life at the lamasery center of Taktsang Lhamo,
riding with yak caravans to the winter encampment of Daggur & much more. Plus
a look at Tibetan religious festivals & ceremonies. Good tight copy. 240
pages......$25.00

184. (TIBET)...Goullart, Peter. LAND OF THE LAMAS: ADVENTURES IN SECRET
TIBET. New York, E.P. Dutton, 1959. 1st edition. Hardcover - cloth, octavo.
Very good condition. Dust wrapper story synopsis attached to endpaper. Black
& white photographs. Goullart's story of high adventure and life in one of
the remotest corners of the world. Well-illustrated. Good tight copy. 221
pages......$15.00

185. (TIBET)...Suyin, Han. LHASA, THE OPEN CITY: A JOURNEY TO TIBET. New
York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1977. 1st U.S. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very
good condition in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Black & white
photos. An optimistic view of Tibet after the Chinese occupation. Good tight
copy. 180 pages......$13.50

186. (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

187. (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

188. (TRAVEL GUIDE)...Collins, Frederick L. (Frederick Lewis). TRAVELCHARTS
AND TRAVEL CHATS. Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill, 1926. Engraved cloth, 12mo.
Very good condition. Lt cover wear. Corners bumped. Gift inscription. Black &
white maps. Early pages lightly creased. Chatty, "Insider's" guide to
European Travel. Sections include London without a Guide-Book, France-on Five
Dollars a Day..Normandy in a Bathing Suit..The Banks of Monte Carlo..Rome:
The City of Seven Souls..Italy Out of Season..And of course, The Alps..A
Month on the Mediterranean..Rlund the Reich in Thirty Days..My Dutch Treat -
and much more. Good tight copy. Scarce. 317 pages......$18.00

189. (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

190. (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

191. (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

192. (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

193. (VENICE)...Kent, John. JOHN KENT'S VENICE: A COLOUR GUIDE TO THE CITY.
New York, Viking Press, 1988. 1st edition. Hardcover - cloth, Small octavo.
Very good condition in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Corners
very lightly bumped. Color drawings & diagrams. Delightful, unique guidebook
- different from any other guide. Exquisitely illustrated atlas... annotated
with a wealth of historical detail & diverting anecdote. 475 buildings on the
Grand Canal & elsewhere identified & illustrated. All the info the visitor
wil need about a particular building or place - how to find, recognize it,
with a written description all on the same page. Plus selections of hotels &
restaurants in Venice, Calendar of events, what to do in an emergency, and
select Bibliography. Indexed. Good tight copy. 192 pages......$15.00

194. (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

195. (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

196. (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

197. (WEST INDIAN ISLANDS)...Hannau, Hans W. THE WEST INDIAN ISLANDS. Miami,
Argos Inc, not dated (1980?). Pictorial boards, Small sq octavo. Very good
condition. Very light edge wear. Owner inscription. 48 pages color photos &
maps. Lush photo-illustrated history & tour of the West Indian Islands.
Including Puerto Rico, Virgin Islnds, St. Thomas, Haiti. Also, Cayman
Islands, Martinique, Guadeloups, Montserrat, Barbados, Grenada, Trinidad,
Jamaica & many more. With Alphabetical Index of the islands. Good tight copy.
135 pages......$18.00

198. (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

199. (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

200. (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 cute 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

201. (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

202. (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

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