San Francisco: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1991. Reprint. Hardcover. pp: xx, 399; frontispiece in color, 34 collotype plates and 54 text illustrations in black & white. Bound in red leatherette, gilt-stamped spine, decorated dust wrapper. 12.5" X 9" More
Montreal: John McConniff, 1892. First Edition. Hardcover. pp: (90 + 2 publisher's advert); illustrated throughout from photographs and old prints. Bound in red cloth and pictorial boards; inner hinges cracked, corner of boards rubbed. 6" x 9" [Unrecorded by OCLC.]. More
Chicago: Rand, McNally & Co., (1930s). First Edition. Softcover. Map in color, opens to 21" x 28". Folded into gray stiff wrappers, 9.25" x 4.25" Inset of the Aleutian Islands. More
NY: American Airlines, December 1965. First edition thus. Folded brochure, opens to 24" x 34", illustrated throughout in full color, including a large map of the US and Mexico showing American Airlines routes. Also includes detailed information on the Astrojet, flights, amenities, &c. More
Boston: Crocker and Brewster, 1842-1843. First Editions. Articles in these issues include: Choctaw Indians; African Civilization and Manufactures; Female Seminary at Wailuku, Sandwich Islands; A Tamul Girl's Account of Her Conversion; North American Indians; A New Theory on the Origin of White and Black Men; Horrid Cannibalism; Mission Seminary--Ceylon; The..... More
1877. Original manuscript. 4pp, octavo, written in sepia ink on a single, folded leaf; top few lines of first page are cross-hatched as the writer finishes up her message. In the original mailing envelope (torn open) addressed to Hannah Pancoast, Mount Holly, Burlington Co., New Jersey, with a three-cent stamp..... More
Springfield, Massachusetts: Approved Wayside Stations, Inc., 1928. First Edition. Softcover. 24pp; two double-page maps. This is a directory of selected inns, tea rooms, lunches, camps, and tourist houses. Bound in illustrated self-wrappers, 9" x 8", vertical fold as issued. Light soiling to cover. [OCLC records only the Newberry Library holding..... More
Chicago: Rand, McNally & Co., (1933?). First Edition. Softcover. Map in color, opens to 21" x 28". Few small, archival repairs on verso of folds. Folded into gray stiff wrappers, 9.25" x 4.25" [WorldCat locates five library holdings: Syracuse, U Chicago, Florida State, U Arizona, UCLA.]. More
London: Geoffrey Bles, 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. 287pp. Bound in red cloth, yellow lettering; top edge of binding sunned, gift inscription on endpaper. In a chipped dust wrapper. 8.75" x 5.5" The British author drove his wife and two kids in a Plymouth from New York to California in 1934..... More
Cairo: Societe d'Archeologie Copte, (1953). First Edition. Softcover. pp: 94, (3), colophon; frontispiece map, 37 figures in the text, including floor plans, some full-page. Text in French, with indices of proper names, place names, and a general index. Has sections on the Coptic Museum, Cairo's Coptic churches, monasteries, sanctuaries of..... More
Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1907. Revised & Enlarged Edition. Hardcover. pp: lxiv, 331 with index; 25 maps and plans in color, some folding. Bound in red cloth over flexible boards, gilt lettering on spine and cover. 6.25" x 4.25" More
Philadelphia: Bartlett Tours Co., 1934. First Edition. Pictorial Paper Covers. 72pp; illus throughout text from photographs of ships and some views. Gives itineraries and costs of many different cruises and trips, including: Economy Tours to Europe; Candadian Trips; Cruises to Labrador; Chicago World's Fair Trips; Great Lakes Cruises; Cruises to..... More
NY: G.W. Dillingham, 1907. First Edition. Original Cloth. pp: 117, (10); 10 plates from drawings. Bound in the publisher's red paisley cloth, paper cover label. 7" x 4" Episodic account of the life of a door-to-door salesman and his travels in Baltimore, Cleveland, Chicago, Columbus, Buffalo, Boston and New York..... More
Boston: L.C. Page, 1904. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Two volumes. pp: xviii, 199; 247, index; two frontispieces, 80 plates. Bound in gilt-armorial cloth, top edges gilt. 7" x 4.5" The author aims to supply the tourist "with such historical and antiquarian information as will enable him to understand, and therefore..... More
[Anvers, Belgium]: s.n., circa 1870s. First Edition. Decorated Boards. 24 Albertype, photographic views on 24 plates, accordion format, folding into embossed green boards, gilt cover title. Contains exterior and interior views of: Anvers Place Verte et Cathedrale; birdseye views; La Bourse; Cour du Mussee Plantin; Musee Steen; Le Puits de..... More
Frankfurt: G. Blumlein, 1880s. First Edition. Decorated Boards. 24 lithographed views from photographs, printed on 12 panels, accordion-fold (leporello) format. Brief captions in French. Views include: Theatre Royal; La bourse; Hotel de Ville; Place du Congres; Anciennes maisons des corporations; Maison flamande; Le Jardin botanique; Hotel des Brasseurs; Porte de..... More
London: Adam & Charles Black, 1905. Hardcover. pp: xvi, 182 with index, (8) publisher's ads, (2)Cycling on the Riviera, (5)Sea & Rail Routes from London to France, Switzerland, Italy, and the Riviera; 8 plates from photographs, 15 folding maps printed in black and green, 9 sketch maps and plans. Bound..... More
Boston: Estes and Lauriat, 1878. First Edition. Original Cloth. pp: 213, (3)publisher's ads; 14 illustrations on text stock, decorative chapter headpieces. Bound in brown cloth, decorated in black and gilt. 6" x 4.25" More
Victoria, Vancouver, Canada: Empress Hotel, Circa 1930s. First Edition. Broadsheet, printed in black and blue, with full-color front and back panels, 9.25" x 32", folded to brochure format. The detailed text is supplemented by a color rendering of the entire hotel, with 29 inset illustrations from photographs. The Empress Hotel..... More
Lincoln, Nebraska: Woodruff-Collins Printing Co., 1904. First Edition. Original Cloth. 397pp; frontispiece photograph of the author with his son and Count Leo Tolstoy. Bound in red cloth, white lettering; spine lettering flaked, prior owner's name on front endpaper. 8.75" x 5.75" More
NY: D. Appleton and Company, (1872-1874). First Edition. Hardcover. Two volumes, thick small-folio. pp: 568; 576. Steel-engraved frontispieces, half-titles, and 45 other plates (49 in all); nearly 900 other wood and steel engravings, many full-page. Bound in brown morocco; paneled spine with raised bands, gilt lettering and floral decorations; ruled..... More
NY: D. Appleton and Company, 1894. Revised Edition. Morocco & Cloth. Two volumes, small-folio, 720pp; 30 engraved plates, many other wood and steel engravings, many full-page. Bound in 3/4 brown leather and cloth, embellished gilt title on covers, gilt lettering and blind devices on spines, patterned endpapers, marbled edges. A...... More
Aguascalientes, Mexico: Eugenio Alvarado, 1939. First Edition. Broadside, small piece torn from top margin (no text loss); 17 illus from photographs. "Grandiosa Reaparicion de los Maravillosos Pequenos Toreros. Juanito Vela, Pepe Vela y Manolo Torres." Text continues in Spanish. Admission prices are in dollars and cents: for women and children..... More
Paris: A&W Galignani, 1835. First French Edition. Calf-backed marbled boards. pp: vi, 326. Text block tight with occasional foxing. Recased and rebacked in calf, cream endpapers. 8" x 5.25" First published at London in 1835, this first French edition extended the title from "Journal" to "Journal of a Residence in..... More
San Francisco: AT&SF Railway, 1931. First Edition. Softcover. 28pp; 38 views from photographs. Contains hotel rates in many different cities. Typically, $1.50 in Bakersfield ($2.00 with bath), and $8.00 in Beverly Hills ($6.00 with bath). Includes views of various hotels. Bound in pictorial self-wrappers, 8" x 4". Laid in is..... More