London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1853. Hard Cover. 280 p.: frontispiece, and 10 additional leaves of plates; 17 cm. Original publisher's red cloth with gilt-stamped spine title and blind-stamped spine and cover decorations. Pale yellow endpapers. Former owner's initials on front free endpaper: J.C. Former owner inscription on front..... More
Leipzig: E. A. Seemann, 1912. Hardcover. 168 p.: black-and-white photographs; 24 cm. Light brown cloth with dark brown spine and cover titles and front cover decoration. Series title on front cover: Berühmte Kunststäatten Band 8. All page edges black. Black endpapers. Includes index. Publisher's advertisement on p. 168. Former owner's..... More
Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1930. Williams, Gluyas. Hardcover. xii, 252, [4] p.: frontispiece and many in-text illustrations; 21 cm. Green cloth with dark green spine title and cover title, and cover illustration. No dust jacket. Two unpaginated pages of publisher's advertisements for works by the author follow text. First..... More
New York: Granta, 1986. Paperback. 256 p.: illustrations; 21 cm. Paperback with color cover photograph by Don McCullin. Contributors are: Redmond O'Hanlon, Salman Rushdie, Timothy Garton Ash, Ryszard Kapuscinski, Norman Lewis, Hanif Kureishi, Colin Thubron, Peregrine Hodso, Martha Gelhorn, Amitav Ghosh, Leonard Frank, and Orville Schell. In Very Good- Condition..... More
London: J.M. Dent & Co., 1903. Erichsen, Nelly. Hard Cover. Second edition, Nov. 1903. xv, [1], 332 p.: frontispiece, 81 leaves of illustrations (49 in color), 2 maps (1 folded); 24 cm. Publisher's green cloth with gilt-stamped spine and cover titles and illustrations. Top page edges gilt. Includes numerous full-text..... More
Paris: L. Tenré et Henri Dupuy, 1836. Hardcover. Title continued: "Acosta, Dutertre, Labat, Stedman, La Condamine, Ulloa, Humboldt, Hamilton, Cochrane, Mawe, Auguste de Saint-Hilaire, Max. de Neuwied, Spix et Martius, Rengger et Longchamp, Azara, Fresier, Molina, Miers, Poeppig, Antonio del Rio, Beltrami, Pike, Long, Adair, Chastellux, Bartram, Collot, Lewis et..... More
Philadelphia, Pa. Joseph & James Crukshank, 1801. Hard Cover. 108 p.; 14 cm. Original brown cloth spine with brown speckled paper over boards. Old paper label on spine with blue printed border and "232" in ink in the center. "118" written on front board. Front fixed endpaper bears oval bookplate..... More
Stuttgart, Germany: Thienemann, Edition Erdmann, 1986. Hardcover. 375 p.: illustrations; 21 cm. Brown cloth with black and white spine title; blind-stamped illustration on front cover. Illustrated endpapers. Illustrated dust jacket printed in black and green. Part of the publisher's series Alte Abenteuerliche Reiseberichte. Undated gift inscription on series title page..... More
Hartford, Conn. William S. Marsh, 1819. Hardcover. vii, [1], 389, [1] p., 2 aquatint frontispiece portraits, 2 folded engraved maps; 21 cm. Contemporary full tree calf with six spine compartments between double gilt rules; red leather label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title "Gazetteer of Connecticut & Rhode-Island." All page..... More
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2012. Hardcover. ix, [3], 204 p.: illustrations; 24 cm. Red cloth with gilt spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, June 2012. In The Holiday Makers, "the magazine industry serves as a window into postwar media and..... More
1931. Six letters, each with envelope, written to Elizabeth T. Price (Betty) from 1931 to 1937 by friend or relative who only signed "D.L.B." #1: 3 April 1931; written on stationery from the George Washington hotel, Winchester, Va.; D.L.B. describes golfing and seeing historical sites on vacation; addressed to Price..... More
Paris: Pillet Ainé, 1820. 3rd Edition. Hardcover. "Troisieme Édition, revue, corrigée et augmentée." [2], 157, [3] p.: 2 portrait frontispieces drawn and engraved by Ambroise Tardieu, 1 facsimile; 21 cm. Polished calf spine with six spine compartments between double blind rules. Red morocco spine label in second compartment reading: Quesne..... More
New Brunswick, NJ: Ruters University Press, 1988. Paperback. xxix, [1], 319 p.: illustrations, map, table; 23 cm. Paperback. Translation of Städte- und Culturbilder aus Nordamerika (Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus, 1876). The author, Friedrich Ratzel (1844-1904), was a German geographer who travelled through North America, Cuba, and Mexico in 1874 and..... More
Philadelphia: Delaware Press, 1899. Hardcover. [2] p., [320] leaves of plates; 28 x 36 cm. Black cloth with gilt-stamped spine and cover titles and cover illustration. "A Panoramic Reproduction of the Most Famous Street Scenes and Historical Landscapes" -- on front cover. Inscription on front fixed endpaper: "John L. Burns..... More
Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 2011. Hardcover. xvi, [2], 142 p.: color illustrations, maps; 21 cm. Dark blue cloth with gilt spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. Blue endpapers. The authors examine the threats to the barrier island and associated wetlands along the coast of North Carolina and..... More
Rome: Moroli's Travel Bureau, 1925. Paperback. Printed by Alterocca, Terni. 16, [4], 26, [2] p., [24] p. of photographs and drawings, 1 folded map: illustrations, plans, map; 28 cm. Plain wrappers with yapp edges; printed in red and black with illustrations on front and back. Advertisements for Moroli's Travel Bureau..... More
Richmond, Va. T.W. White, printer, 1839. Paperback. [1], 154-222 p.; 27 cm. Small "Withdrawn" stamp at head of first page. Pages are untrimmed. Disbound from a larger volume. Contents include: Fragments of a Journal by a Virginian Lady [Judith Page Walker Rives] -- Sur les Etats Unis d'Amerique by Mr..... More
London: T.F. Robey, 1890. 16 black-and-white collotype views loose, as issued, in a light green envelope. Title from envelope. "Robey's Series" -- on envelope and on each image. Thomas F. Robey was a photographer active in London beginning in the 1890s. From about 1894 to about 1905 he was also..... More
London: H. Fisher, R. Fisher, et P. Jackson, 1835. Allom, Thomas. Hardcover. 3 volumes (each with 76 pages of text and 36 leaves of plates): added engraved title page in vol. 1, frontispieces in vol. 2 and vol. 3 (215 total engraved views on 108 plates); 29 cm. Contemporary linen..... More
London: Fisher, Sons, & Co., 1832. Hardcover. [1], 6-44 p.: 20 leaves of steel-engraved plates; 29 cm. Half speckled calf; six spine compartments between gilt rules with red morocco spine label in second compartment reading "Views." Marbled paper over boards. Engraved title page. Caption and running title: Picturesque Illustrations of..... More
1911. Hardcover. "Printed not published May, 1911." -- title page. [2] p., 9 leaves of text, [8] leaves of tipped-in plates; 22 cm. Blue moire with gilt-stamped cover title; blind-ruled decoration on both boards. All page edges gilt. Blue embossed endpapers. Plates mounted on versos of printed leaves. The illustrations..... More
Richmond, Va. T.W. White, printer, 1839. Paperback. [1], 90-152 p.; 27 cm. Green wrapper printed in black. Small "Withdrawn" stamp at head of front wrapper. Lists of subscribers and agents on wrappers. Pages are untrimmed. Disbound from a larger volume. Former owner's inscription at head of front wrapper: "S. Van..... More
Philadelphia: H.S. Smith and C.R. Graham, 1894. Paperback. [1], [15 pages numbered:] 194-208 p.: illustrations; 27 cm. Light green wrappers printed in black; stapled. Contains 14 full-page and 4 half-page illustrations from photographs of scenes and paintings. The theme of this issue is France and the illustrations are of historic..... More
Philadelphia: H.S. Smith and C.R. Graham, 1894. Paperback. [16 pages numbered:] 209-224 p.: illustrations; 27 cm. Light green wrappers printed in black; stapled. Contains 11 full-page and 10 half-page illustrations from photographs of scenes and paintings. Illustrations are of scenes in France, Germany, and Colorado (primarily of Germany), including a...... More
Philadelphia: H.S. Smith and C.R. Graham, 1894. Paperback. [16 pages numbered:] 225-240 p.: illustrations; 27 cm. Light green wrappers printed in black; stapled. Contains 11 full-page and 10 half-page illustrations from photographs of scenes and paintings. Illustrations are of scenes in Germany, Prussia, Greece, Holland, and Honolulu "on the Day..... More