Denver: H.H. Tammen, (1905). Softcover. Oblong quarto sized, string tied, in plain olive green stiff wrappers lettered in gilt. 36 pp. Each page features a captioned photograph or composite photo by pre-eminent Western photographer W.H. Jackson. no date but circa 1905. In unusually nice con dition, fully fine and bright.....
Cambridge, U.K. Cambridge Univ. Press, 1933. First. Hard Cover. First edition. Grass green cloth with spine stamped in gilt; 255 pps. with index, appendix printing of Latin mss. "De Cura Oculorum". Frontis and 8 additional plates. Scarce work which examines the history of ophthamology in England beginning with the time.....
Ulverston, UK: James Atkinson, 1931. Hardcover. Slim hardcover in illustrated papr covered boards. Fourth ediiton. Folding map at front, 70 pp. plus 11 pp. of adverts. Full page photographic plates. A tight, generally fine example, covers a bit toned.1931 presentation inscription front free endpaper. A guide to the English Lake.....
(Montreal): John Lovell & Son, 1894. Hardcover. Octavo hardcover in royal blue cloth ornately lettered in gilt. Advertising illustrated endpapers. 174 pp. Profusely illustrated throughout with indiviidual and composite photographs, drawings and engravings as well as with adverts, amny ilustrated interspersed throughout. Contains the following sections: "Excursions", "City of Montreal".....
New York: Macmillan, 1906. First edition. Hardcover. First edition. Forest green cloth with spine lettered in gilt, front cover design in dark green, light blue and white and with a small rectangular photograph tipped on. Top edge gilt. Illustrated endpapers. 287 pp. plus 2 pp. publisher's ads at rear. Illustrated.....
Wien: Phaidon, 1929. Hardcover. Text in German. Three volumes (12mo.) in Asian design slipcase printed in red and black and with paper title label on spine. Each volume handsomely bound in limp black cloth boards stamped with Oriental design and lettering, sreing tied in gold thread. Patterned endpapers to match.....
NY: C.S. Van Winkle, 1821. First. Half Leather. First American ediiton. Black half leather ruled in gilt and eith gilt lettering, over marbled paper covered boards; 451 (1) and 439 pps. Generally a very good set, deaccessioned from a university library and so stamped on the title pages; some wear.....
NY: Harper, 1904. Hardcover. First edition. Very good minus hardcover. First edition. Text clean. Illustrated. One illustration loose but with book. Writing on front endpaper. Hinges are cracked. Corners are bent on cover. Spine faded on red cloth cover. Severe rubbing to boards. Gold gilt on top outer edges of.....
NY: Hurd and Houghton, 1874. First. Cloth. First American edition. Octavo in green clothlettered in gilt with black decoration and cover design in gilt of an Egyptian and camel at an oasis. 331 pps.. A tight, bright copy, all gilt bright; touch of waer at the upper edge of the.....
NY: Macmillan, 1916. First. First edition, review copy with perforation stamped on the title page, "Advance Copy For Review/ Not For Sale). Blue paper covered boards decorated and letterd in gilt and light green. "Being sundry explorations, made while afoot and penniless in Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, New.....
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1926. First edition. hardcover. Firts edition. Hardcover in red cloth lettered in gilt. xxiv+ 176 pp. Illustrated with photographic plates. A tight, near fine copy, wear to one tip andspine lettering very slightly duller. No jacket. Linton Wells (1893-1973) was an American journalist and author. He gained.....
New York: Macmillan, 1907. First edition. Hardcover. First edition. Wonderfully and lyrically INSCRIBED BY LONDON ON THE FRONT FREE ENDPAPER: "Dear Mr.____/ You'll find here/ no theories about/life, but just/some life itself/that I lived when/I was young./Affectionately yours,/Jack London/Sydney/Feb.18 '09". Book is recased, retaining the original cloth panels and spine.....
London: Dulau & Co., 1902 and 1906. fifth. Hardcover. Two volumes, 12mo. in limp red brlindstamped cloth lettered in gilt. Map endpapers. Part 1 published 1902 and Part 2 in 1906, both Fifth Edition (stated). 212 pp. with folding maps and plans,index plus 64 pp. of adverts at rear, some.....
Phila: Henry T. Coates & Co., 1900. Hard Cover. First edition. White cloth stamped in gilt, top edge gilt; 535 pps. with index; folding map at rear; illustrated with 30 photogravure plates. A tight copy, lacking the front free endpaper, light even soiling to the cloth, some additional darkening to.....
Tien-Tsin (Tainjin), China: Libraire Francaise, 1937. Hardcover. Octavo hardcover in red cloth with spine lettered in black. Text in French. Photo illustrated endpapers, 347 pp. with index plus 14 pp. of adverts at rear. Illustrated throughout with photographs, drawings (many in two-color tint). Generally fine; only the front panel and.....
NY: Excelsior Publishing Houyse, 1908. J.H. Appleton. First. Decorated Boards. First edition. Navy blue ribbed cloth lettered and illustrated in white with a humorous drawing of the title character. 92 pps. illustrated with drawings by J.H. Appleton. Some leaves uncut. The amusing anecdotal adventures of an "advance man" for "Mumkin's.....
Garden City: Doubleday, Page, 1920. Signed, Limited. Hardcover. One of 375 numbered copies SIGNED BY MCFEE ON THE LIMITATION PAGE. An episode of ship board life by one of the acknowledged masters of the genre. Vellum spine and tips, spine lettering gilt, over grey paper covered boards stamped in gilt.....
London & NY: F. Tennyson Neely, 1899. First. Hardcover. Oblong quarto in textured brown cloth lettered and decorated in black. 173 pps. illustrated with over 300 duo-tone photos by the author. Journalist Burr McIntosh relates how he travelled to Cuba during the Spanish American War in the company of the.....
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1923. First edition. Hardcover. First edition. Hardcover. 298 pp. A classic work on the Caribbean ".. Not a novel but a happy blending of diary,essay and short story, written by Mr. McKenna during an extended visit to the West Indies..." A fully fine, fresh example.....
Galata (Turkey): Yuksel Basimevi, (1955). Hardcover. N.d. (circa 1955). 12mo. (4 1/2" x 6 1/4") om limp red cloth lettered in gilt. Inscribed on the front free endpaper, "With the compliments from the writer/ M. Munim Eser/ 14-9-1955". Preliminary section of black and white photographs followed by adverts, 171 pp.....
Boston: Cupples and Hurd, 1888. First. Hard Cover. First edition. Dark green cloth ornately decorated in gilt, all edges gilt. 338 pp. plus publisher's ads. Illustrated with numerous full- and partial-page drawings in single color tint. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED ON THE FIRST BLANK BY MURRAY AND DATED MARCH, 1889. A......
New York: D.Appleton. 1886. Softcover. Brcik-colored stiff wrappers printed in black with engraving of the Brooklyn Bridge on lower half. Large double-page folding map at p.1 showing the street layout of the City of New York and Brooklyn on rectos and a map of the entire metropolitan area including Long.....
NY: Funk & Wagnalls, 1930. First. Hard Cover. First printing. Olive green cloth lettered and decorated in gilt; color map endpapers; 409 pps. Illustrated with over 300 original photographs. A fine, clean copy, all gilt bright., merest trace of wear at the extremities. A very nice example indeed.
NY: Harper & Brothers, 1960. First. Hard Cover. First edition (stated). OWNERSHIP SIGNATURE OF RICHARD NIXON (PRESUMABLY AS PRESIDENT--SEE BELOW) IN INK ALONG TOP EDGE OF THE ILLUSTRATED FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR ON THE HALF TITLE: "For President Richard M. Nixon/ with admiration and good wishes/ Ralph.....
NY: Dodd Mead, 1926. First. Hard Cover. First printing. Navy blue cloth lettered in gilt. Contains the first book appearance of Hemingway's "The Undefeated" as well as conributions by Ring Lardner ("Travelogue") and others. A tight, nearly fine example with just a touch of rubbing to the publisher's imprint on.....
