Viaggi e geografia

The Bridge of the Brocade Sash: travels and observations in Japan.

Sitwell, Sacheverell, · 1959 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Cincinnati, World, (1959). 1st ed. VG. Light lime green pictorial (bridge) binding, pink endpapers.

The Friendly Arctic: the story of five years in polar regions.

the National Geographic Society, · 1922 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$145.00 (€131.55 | £109.74 | ¥23,157)

NY, Macmillan, 1922. 1st ed thus. VG. Preface by Stefansson, commander of expedition, who explains that he is an anthropologist by profession & he started his work. to learn whatever he could about the Eskimos. During 5-6 years of continuous residence he learned that the Eskim...

Bermuda as seen by Jane Campbell Bannerman.

Bannerman, Jane Campbell, · 0 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,514)

np, np, nd. VG spiral bound PB cardboard covers. Bicyclists on ft cover, great waterscolors inside of scenery, buildings, tourists (from behind), flamingos, dolphins. Back cover soil.

Area Handbook for Guatemala DA Pam 550-78.

& Elery M. Zehner, · 1970 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Washington, D.C., U.S. Govt Ptg Office, 1970. VG. Brown binding, black lettering. Writing on bottom fore-edge.

Rural Cuba.

Nelson, Lowry, · 1951 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$32.00 (€29.03 | £24.22 | ¥5,111)

Minneapolis, Univ of Minnesota Press, (1951). 2nd ptg. VG in Fair DJ. Impoverished people in a rich land. Nelson was rural sociologist for the U.S. Dept of state for a year & studied. Cuba's problems. With the cooperation of the Cuban government, Prof. Nelson directed a series...

Historic Travellers' Rest Nashville, Tennessee.

Davis, Louise Littleton, · 1976 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

np, Travellers' Rest, (1976). VG PB. Laid in card from someone at Travellers' saying "the replies from Senators and Representatives are encouraging" and saying. "our new booklet is hot off the press". John Overton spent time in talks with President jackson & Sam Houston and ma...

Following the Sun: a bicycle pilgrimage from Andalusia to the Hebrides.

Mitchell, John Hanson, · 2002 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Washington, D.C., Counterpoint, (2002). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. Mitchell undertakes a 1500 mile pilgraimage on an antique Peugeot bicycle from southern Spain to northwestern most rim of. Scotland, and follows the legends & lore of the sun along the way. Rich with myth & ritual, ...

Florida Place Names.

Morris, Allen, · 1995 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Sarasota, FL, Pineapple Press, (1995). 1st ed 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. Many names of Florida places evoke fantastic images - Caloosahatchee, Okeechobee, Loxahatchee, Everglades. The Indian. names of places describe place in terms useful to the Indians, cow ford, rabbit creek & fa...

White Goats & Black Bees: a year in the life of two Americans who bought a farm in Ireland.

Grant, Donald, · 1974 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Doubleday, 1974. 2nd ptg. VG in G DJ. Two successful American journalists become subsistence farmers on a remote peninsula on Ireland's SW coast. DJ edge tears &. tanned toward edges, bottom fore-edge speckled.

AMC River Guide Maine.

AMC, · 1986 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Boston, MA, Appalachian Mountain Club, (1986). 1st ptg. VG PB. Comprehensive guidebook for canoeists & kayakers on over 3700 miles of Maine rivers in a practical format. Sl edge wear.

Icebound Summer.

Carrighar, Sally, · 1953 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Alfred A. Knopf, 1953. BCE. VG in G DJ. Carrighar spent 3 yrs on the northwest coast of Alaska. DJ creased & chipped, owner inscription ft endpaper.

The White Dawn.

Houston, James, · 1971 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1971). BCE. VG in G DJ. In 1896 several men in a small boat are missing in the arctic sea. They are brought back to an Eskimo camp & nursed back to. health. DJ edge wear.

The Snow People.

Herbert, Marie, · 1973 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Putnam, (1973). BCE. VG in VG DJ. Herbert thought she would be left behind when her husband did his exploring but instead found herself living in a settlement. of polar Eskimos with her husband & infant daughter. It was a strenuous & demanding life. DJ edge wear & clipped,...

Journey into Ice: John Franklin and the Northwest Passage.

Sutton, Ann & Myron, · 1965 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Rand McNally, (1965). G in G DJ ex-library. Franklin's attempt to find the Northwest Passage, his eventual disappearance & the long, intensive search for him. Library. markings.

Journey into Ice: John Franklin and the Northwest Passage.

Sutton, Ann & Myron, · 1965 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Rand McNally, (1965). G in G DJ ex-library. Franklin's attempt to find the Northwest Passage, his eventual disappearance & the long, intensive search for him. Library. markings.

To the Ends of the Earth: the transglobe expedition, the first pole-to-pole circumnavigation of the globe.

Fiennes, Sir Ranulph, foreword by H.R.H. Prince Charles, · 1983 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Arbor House, (1983). 1st ptg. VG in G DJ. Historic 3-yr journey around the world traversing both Poles, 5 continents & 52,000 miles. DJ edge wear, soil top edge, smudges. Scientific glossary, appendices & index.

Handbook of Alaska: its resources, products and attractions in 1924.

Greely, Major-General A., U.S.A., · 1925 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Scribner, 1925. 3rd ed. G. Green binding, edge wear, Interior very good condition. Spine sunned, split at top, edge wear, discoloration tanning endpapers.

Alaska: the last frontier.

Clark, Henry W., · 1939 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Grosset & Dunlap, (1939). VG. Green binding, silver lettering. Owner names.

White Mountains (New Hampshire).

Unknown, · 1890 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.60 | ¥19,963)

NY, Wittemunn Bros., nd (ca 1890). G. 18 photos of the White Mountains area in maroon embossed binding with gilt lettering. Edge wear, fold out like. travelogue, one picture separated from next, o/w connected. Railroad junction base Mt. Washington; Profile House (Franconia Not...

Tarry at Home Travels.

Hale, Edward Everett, · 1907 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

NY, Macmillan, 1907. G ex-library. Hale bemoans the lack of interest by Americans in traveling in U.S. Mark on frontis & title page from paperclip. Green binding, gilt lettering light green decoration. Edge wear, library markings.