Philadelphia: Ætna Publishing Company, 1889. Octavo. 634 pp. First edition. Original dark brown pictorial cloth, elaborately stamped in gilt and black to upper board, gilt-decorated spine. Illustrated throughout, including tissue-guarded engraved frontispiece, and 15 full-page plates. Gilt remains bright and attractive. Rubbing and fraying to extremities, heaviest at spine crown.....
Portsmouth: Griffin & Co., The Hard, 1877. Third Edition, Revised and Enlarged. Hardcover with mylar. This is a rare, 19th century Naval manual called "The Sailor's Pocket Book" by captain F.G.D. Bedford of the Royal Navy that is in near very good condition. This book features charts, graphs, rules, and.....
London: The Folio Society, 2013. Large octavos. Two text volumes (lii, 610 pp. & xvi, 644 pp.) plus independent folding map portfolio. Half-bound in dark brown leather over hand-marbled paper sides. Spines decorated and lettered in bright gilt; top edges gilt. Map mounted in panels on cloth and housed in.....
New York: Criterion Books, 1961. Very Good. First American Edition. 403 pp. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering. Light rubbing to edges. Dust jacket toned with minor chipping.The English translation of Tristes Tropiques, Lévi-Strauss’s book blending travel narrative, philosophy, and ethnographic memoir. Following the author's travels through Brazil, the Caribbean.....
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1896. First Edition. 412 pp. 8vo. Original olive-green cloth with intricate gilt and black pictorial decorations to the front board and spine. Top edge gilt. Illustrated with photographs and diagrams from the expedition. Minor rubbing to the spine ends and corners. Internally clean with a contemporary 1897.....
New York: Hurst & Company, Undated [ca. 1900]. 12mo. 327 pp. Later American edition. Original green publisher's cloth, decorated in black to upper board, gilt and black to spine. Frontispiece lacking. Cloth rubbed, spotted, and soiled; extremities frayed, with loss at spine crown and heel and wear to corners. Abrasion.....
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1856. 12mo. xii, [13]-500 pp. Original dark blind-stamped publisher's cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Cloth rubbed and worn; spine ends frayed with areas of loss, corners worn. Pronounced foxing and dampstaining to preliminary leaves, title page, and dedication, including visible tide marks. Previous ownership inscription.....
Paris: Chez Buisson, 1791. First Edition. Three volumes (complete). Full mottled calf, gilt spines, red and black morocco title labels, marbled edges. Light rubbing to extremities, scattered foxing typical of 18th-century paper, tight and complete.Noted abolitionist and journalist Jacques-Pierre Brissot's celebrated travelogue through the newly founded United States, published in Paris.....
Tokyo: Japan Air Lines Co., Ltd., 1965. Art direction by Light Publicity Ltd. Square octavo (8.25 x 8.25 in.). Original blue-and-white pictorial boards repeating the tsurumaru crane emblem, one printed in red. Text in English and Japanese, illustrated with photographs and promotional artwork. Printed by Toppan Printing Co., Ltd.; art.....
Rome, New York: R. R. Meredith, 1860. 12mo. 472 pp. Publisher's original brown boards decoratively stamped in blind, spine lettered and decorated in gilt. Binding rubbed and worn, with fraying and small losses to cloth at spine ends, rubbed corners, and fading to spine lettering. Text block toned with moderate.....
Hartford, Connecticut: American Publishing Company, 1870. Octavo. 651 pp. + ads. Original green cloth binding. Dulled gilt on spine. Moderate shelfwear. Substantial mottling on the front and back boards. Inner front hinge worn. Heavy foxing and damp-staining to the frontispieces and tissue guards.An early printing of Mark Twain's seminal travel.....
Colum: Lutheran Book Concern, 1917. First Edition. 269 pp. 8vo. Original forest green cloth with gilt-stamped titles in a Gothic font. Binding tight with light shelf wear and a small, faint blemish to the front panel. Internal leaves show age-toning and moderate foxing throughout. A lyrical and deeply personal account.....
London: Adam & Charles Black, 1905. Octavo. ix, 177 pp. Publisher's original royal blue cloth, front cover stamped in gilt. Top edge gilt. Spine toned with minor shelf wear at head and tail.Published during the golden age of Adam & Charles Black's renowned Color Books, this 1905 monograph captures the.....
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1975. Octavo. 342 pp. First Edition, First Printing. Correct first state jacket with "6-968 6" code on rear panel. Hardcover in original black cloth. Binding tight and square. Dust jacket vibrant with no significant chipping or tearing; currently housed in a protective plastic sleeve. Internal pages.....
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New York, NY: Ecco, 2002. First Ecco Edition. Soft cover. This is a very good condition, first edition, signed paperback copy of Anthony Bourdain's travel cooking classic, "A Cook's Tour". There is an inscription on the title page, signed by Bourdain that reads "To Brandon." The book follows the famous.....
London: John Hopkins Press - The Macmillan Company, 1905. Hardcover. Large volume on The Bahama Islands in good condition from early 20th century. Some fading and marks on cover. Some cuts on cover spine. Internal text clean. Pages slightly loose to binding. Some wear on edge of pages. No fading.....