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[Manuscript Diary] 19th Century Journal of Kirkwall, Orkney Islands

[Scotland. Orkneys] · 1873

$850.00 (€771.18 | £643.28 | ¥135,750)

[Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland], 1873. Paper wrappers. [56 pp.]. 4to. A rare daily diary from April 14th 1873 to January 27th, 1874 detailing the weather, storms, the growing of crops, cattle shipments, plantings, the comings & goings of the islanders, of ships, some large, mostl...

The Boston Committee in Canada. A Series of Eight Letters Reprinted from the Boston Atlas

[Haskell, Daniel H.] · 1851

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Boston, Eastburn's Press, 1851. First edition. Paper wrappers. 43 pp. Sm. 8vo. Canadian-New England relations. A good copy, wrappers toned, lightly soiled, repaired / reinforced along spine and top edge, remnants on rear wrapper, author's name penciled in on title, library sta...

The Life of Charles M. Doughty

Hogarth, D.G. [David George] · 1929

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,993)

Garden City, Doubleday, Doran & Co. 1929. First American edition. Cloth. xi, 216 pp. Illus. with b/w reproductions, photos and maps (1 folding). Sm. 4to. Life of the author of Arabia Deserta. Extremities worn, boards soiled, but still about very good. Lacking the elusive dust ...

Handbook for Travellers in Greece: Describing the Ionian Islands, the Kingdom of Greece, the Islands of the Aegean Sea, with Albania, Thessaly, and Macedonia

Murray, John · 1854

$275.00 (€249.50 | £208.12 | ¥43,919)

London, John Murray, 1854. New edition. Brown cloth with gilt titles. i-xi, [1], 460 pp. 52 pp. [1]. Illus. with several b/w drawings, and 2 fold-out maps. 12mo. New edition for the most part rewritten with aa new travelling map of Greece and Plans. A very good- copy with disc...

Richard Hakluyt: His Life and Work. With a Short Account of the Aims and Achievements of the Hakluyt Society. An Address Delivered by Sir Clements Markham, K.C. B. , F.R. S. , (President), on the Occasion of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Foundation of the Society, December 15th, 1896

Markham, Clements · 1896

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.60 | ¥19,963)

London, Printed at the Bedford Press, 1896. First edition. Blue paper wrappers. 19 pp. 8vo. Hakluyt Society OB 1. Bibliotheca Geographica 51. A very good copy with some light scattered foxing, top edge trimmed at a slight slant.

Catálogo Da Exposição Bibliográfica E Cartográfica Comemorativa Do V Centenário Da Morte Do Infante D. Henrique

Biblioteca Pública e Arquivo Distrital de Angra do Heroísmo · 1960

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,590)

Angra do Heroísmo, Biblioteca Pública e Arquivo Distrital de Angra do Heroísmo, 1960. First edition. Paper wrappers. vii, 47 pp. 8vo. Manuel Coelho Baptista de Lima, intro. Cites 494 items and sources located during a careful search in Spain, France, Italy, Germany, and Belgiu...

Narrative of a Voyage to the South Seas, and the Shipwreck of the Princess of Wales Cutter, with an Account of a Two Years' Residence on an Uninhabited Island by One of the Survivors

Goodridge, Charles Medyett · 1838

$400.00 (€362.91 | £302.72 | ¥63,882)

Exeter, Printed and published by W.C. Featherstone, 1838. Second edition. Cloth with gilt title. [23], [14]-180 pp. Illus. with frontispiece and a second plate, both with tissue guards. 16mo. Includes lists of subscribers and opinions of the press. Goodridge had signed on to a...

Travels in Egypt, During 1818 and 1819

Montulé, Edouard de · 1821

$400.00 (€362.91 | £302.72 | ¥63,882)

London, Printed for Sir Richard Phillips and Co. 1821. First English Language edition. Modern quarter calf over marbled boards, gilt spine titles. iv, 114 pp. Illus. with 10 [of 12] plates, 4 folding. Sm. 4to. Twelve plates are called for, but a number of copies appear to have...

Four Pilgrims

Boulting, William · 0

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,993)

London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd. / E.P. Dutton, n.d. Later printing. Green cloth with gilt titles. viii, 256 pp. 8vo. Trubner's Oriental Series. Four travelers examined: Xuanzang (Hiuen-Tsiang) ca. 596-664, traveled to India; Sæwulf, an English pilgrim to Palesti...

To Bagdad and Back

Chapple, Joe Mitchell · 1928

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.76 | ¥11,978)

Boston, Chapple Publishing, 1928. First edition. Red cloth decorated in blue and gilt, top edge gilt. v, 298 pp. Illus. with 32 color and b/w plates, b/w drawings and photos. 8vo. Levon West, Chauncy Howard Peters, Saul M. Arkin, Konrad Meindl, illus. Warmly inscribed by the a...

Carte Des Costes de France Et D'Espagne. Kaart Van de Kusten Van Vrankryk En Van Spanje

Bellin, Jacques Nicolas. Schley, Jacob van der · 1749

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.68 | ¥15,971)

[La Haye], [Chez Pierre de Hondt], 1749. 230 x 272 mm. Copper engraving. Map with cartouche and compass. From Histoire générale des voyages, ou nouvelle collection de toutes les relations de voyages par mer et par terre. - [Hrsg.: Antoine F. Prévost D'Exiles] Nouvelle édition ...

Lumen Historiarum Per Orientem Illustrandis Biblijs Sacris, Martijrologio & Alijs Multis a Fran. Hareio Concinnatum

Haraeus, Franciscus. (Frans van Haren) · 1741

$275.00 (€249.50 | £208.12 | ¥43,919)

[Hague], Pieter de Hondt, 1741. 379 x 471 mm. Copperplate map with inset map "Iudaeae amplior descriptio" 23.5 x 12.0 cm, showing Palestine, divided among the tribes. Map, inset, borders, and cartouche hand-colored. This map was first published in Ortelius' Parergon 1624. Most...

Die Schweiz in Vier Wochen

Meyers Reisebücher · 1930

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,993)

Leipzig, Bibliographisches Institut, 1930. First edition. Cloth. xlii, 295, 40 pp. Illus. with 19 color and b&w maps, 9 plans, and 16 panoramas. 16mo. With 40 pages of advertisements. A very good copy, binding tight, contents clean.

Italien Von Den Alpen Bis Neapel

Baedeker, Karl · 1931

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.68 | ¥15,971)

Leipzig, Karl Baedeker, 1931. Eighth Edition. Limp red cloth with gilt titles. xl, 492 pp. Illus. with 34 maps, 41 plans, and 23 floorplans. 16mo. Hinrichsen D414. A very good or better copy in a worn dust jacket, a few small chips on spine and at corners, fold on rear panel s...

Switzerland

Baedeker, Karl · 1870

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.68 | ¥15,971)

Coblenz, Karl Baedeker, 1870. Fourth Edition, revised and augmented. Limp red cloth with gilt titles. xliv, 418 pp. Illus. with 21 maps, 7 plans and 7 panoramas. 16mo. The 1869 edition with additions and corrections down to the spring of 1870. Includes 1910 newspaper clipping ...

The Scenic Annual for Mdcccxxxviii

Campbell, Thomas, ed · 1838

$350.00 (€317.54 | £264.88 | ¥55,897)

London, George Virtue, 1838. First edition. Cloth. 4, [1], 5-69 pp. Illus. with 36 engraved plates. 4to. This is the only issue of this publication. Most of the plates are by Bartlett (including Niagara Falls from the Ferry, two of the Hudson River, Saratoga, NY, a number of S...

Travelling Sketches on the Rhine, and in Belgium and Holland. Heath's Picturesque Annual for 1833

Ritchie, Leitch. Stanfield, Clarkson (Illustrator) · 1833

$150.00 (€136.09 | £113.52 | ¥23,956)

London, Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, 1833. First edition. Red morocco elaborately bordered in blind with gilt decorations, gilt titles on spine, all edges gilt. iv, 256 pp. Illus. with 26 engraved plates. Sm. 8vo. This is the second issue of Heath's Pictures...

The Landscape Annual for 1838. The Tourist in Spain and Morocco

Roscoe, Thomas. Roberts, David (Illustrator) · 1838

$400.00 (€362.91 | £302.72 | ¥63,882)

London, Robert Jennings, 1838. First edition. Green morocco stamped in blind, gilt titles on spine, all edges gilt. x, [1], 292 pp. Illus. with 21 engraved plates. Sm. 8vo. Ninth volume in The Landscape Annual which Jennings published with a tourist in a different country from...

The Landscape Annual for 1836. The Tourist in Spain. Andalusia

Roscoe, Thomas. Roberts, David (Illustrator) · 1836

$400.00 (€362.91 | £302.72 | ¥63,882)

London, Robert Jennings, 1836. First edition. Green morocco stamps in blind, gilt titles on spine, all edges gilt. xii, 280 pp. Illus. with 21 engraved plates and 10 wood engravings. Sm. 8vo. Seventh volume in The Landscape Annual which Jennings published with a tourist in a d...

A Través Del Continente Negro

Haardt, Georges-Marie and Dubreuil, Louis Audouin · 1929

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.84 | ¥7,985)

Barcelona, Ediciones y Publicaciones Iberia, 1929. Segunda edición. Paper wrappers. 389 pp. Illus. with 145 photos and 2 folding maps. 8vo. Alejandro Bon, trans. Expedición Citroën al Centro del Africa. First published in French in 1923. Edgeworn else a very good copy.