Softcover. Omaha NE, Union Pacific System , 1929, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover booklet, 44 pages, stapled green paper covers with embossed design stamped in gilt and red. A travel guide for passengers on the Union Pacific, b&w illustrations throughout. Excellent condition, bright, unmarked.
Oxford UK, Penrose and Palmer, 1st, nd, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, light tan stapled wrappers, 64 pages with 100 b&w photos. Center spread map. Bright, unmarked copy with bookseller's small sticker on front.
Hardcover. NY, J. Disturnell, Revised Ed., 1858, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, embossed green cloth with with gilt design and lettering. 298 pages plus 26 pages of ads. Fifteen plates, maps and full-page illustrations, including the fold-out map. Tissue guard at frontis. Covers travel in upstate and western New York, as well as Canada, by steamboat and rail. The maps depict the Hudson River from New York to Troy, and the areas around Lakes Champlain and Ontario. The illustrations at the end are advertisements for hotels, rail and steam lines. A revised edition of this New York and Canada guide, orginally published in 1844. Small embossed stamp on front fly, otherwise clean.
Hardcover. Buffalo, Faxon and Read, 1st, 1841, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Traveller's Own Book, to Saratoga Springs, Niagara Falls and Canada, containing Routes, Distances, Conveyances, Expenses, Use of Mineral Waters, Baths, Description of Scenery, etc. A Complete Guide. with Maps and Engravings. Hardcover, 258 pages, 4 X 6 inches. Ribbed brown cloth with gilt lettering on spine and front cover. The map of Niagara Falls is missing, the folding map of Saratoga is present, though heavily foxed. The first printing of this popular guide book. Several b&w illustrations. Scattered foxing throughout. Light wear to covers, short tears to spine cloth. Pencil notes on endpapers.
Hardcover. Philadelphia, M. Carey, reprint, 1813, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, Travels Through the Canadas Containing a Description of the Picturesque Scenery on Some of the Rivers and Lakes with an Account of the Productions Commerce and Inhabitants of Those Provinces. Hardcover, printed boards with calf spine that has a paper label with the title. 282 pages. Text generally clean with only occasional light foxing or soiling. Text pages intact. Internal binding strong. NOTE: this is a reprint of the 1807 book, minus any plates or illustrations. Previous owner's names, inscriptions on preliminary pages and title page. In an attractive maroon color slipcase that the book fits into nicely.
Hardcover. Boston, Chas S. Binner, reprint, 1898, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 267 pages. Red cloth covers with beveled edges and gilt titles, profusely illustrated with b&w plates. Pages 13-18 separated from page block, light rubbing, spotting to covers, wear to cover corners and edges, small chunk missing from lower edge of faded spine.
Hardcover. Boston, Houghton and Mifflin, 1st, 1937, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, green pebbled cloth, 392 pages, many b&w photogravures. Color map in rear pocket in excellent condition. Believed to be a first printing with the 1937 date on the title page. No dust jacket. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.
Hardcover. NY, Ecco, 6th pr., 2021, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 471 pages. A guide to some of the world's most fascinating places, as seen and experienced by writer, television host, and relentlessly curious traveler Anthony Bourdain. Bourdain saw more of the world than nearly anyone. His travels took him from the hidden pockets of his hometown of New York to a tribal longhouse in Borneo, from cosmopolitan Buenos Aires, Paris, and Shanghai to Tanzania's utter beauty and the stunning desert solitude of Oman's Empty Quarter--and many places beyond. In World Travel, a life of experience is collected into an entertaining, practical, fun and frank travel guide that gives readers an introduction to some of his favorite places--in his own words. Featuring essential advice on how to get there, what to eat, where to stay and, in some cases, what to avoid, World Travel provides essential context that will help readers further appreciate the reasons why Bourdain found a place enchanting and memorable. Clean copy.
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