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ORIG VINTAGE MAGAZINE COVER: Harper's Weekly June 28 1902 - Customs Search by: John Edwin Jackson
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ORIG VINTAGE MAGAZINE COVER: Harper's Weekly June 28 1902 - Customs Search
by: John Edwin Jackson

NY, Harper & Brothers, 1902, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, B&w illustration of an indignant woman whose baggage is being searched by customs officers. Art by J.E. Jackson. Approx. 10 X 13". PLEASE NOTE The image shown is a scan of the actual product you are purchasing. What you see is what you get. The sheet may have some imperfections beyond the cropped area shown. You are buying THIS PAGE ONLY- not the entire magazine. Your order will be placed carefully between stiff paper and an acetate overlay, then packed in a rigid cardboard sleeve to prevent bending.

Record # 382411

Price: $12.00
Price: $12.00 
 

Our Life in Brazil by: Julia Keyes
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Our Life in Brazil
by: Julia Keyes

Hardcover. np, self-published, 1967, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, green cloth covers with gilt title on spine, ship drawing on front cover. 280 pages. A collection of articles and a manuscript written by Julia Louisa Keyes (1828-1877). She was the daughter of novelist Caroline Lee Hentz and wife of Dr. John W. Keyes of Montgomery, Ala. The collection is a typescript of "Our Life in Brazil," a combination of diary, reminiscences, and letter copies, compiled in 1874 by Julia Louisa Hentz Keyes about her experiences in Brazil, 1867-1870. Keyes and her husband emigrated to Brazil after the Civil War. This volume was compiled by Nancy Hamlin Huber on the 100th anniversary of that first voyage. Blank prelim page gone, clean copy. Scarce.

Record # 381661

Price: $60.00
Price: $60.00 

Our New West. Records of Travel Between The Mississippi River and the Pacific Ocean. Over the Plains Over the Mountains Through the Great Interior Basin Over the Sierra Nevadas To and Up and Down the Pacific Coast... Including a full
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Our New West. Records of Travel Between The Mississippi River and the Pacific Ocean. Over the Plains Over the Mountains Through the Great Interior Basin Over the Sierra Nevadas To and Up and Down the Pacific Coast... Including a full

Hardcover. Hartford CT, Hartford Publishing Co., 1st, 1869, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, brown cloth with gilt lettering and design, embossed rules to covers. 524 pages. Detailed records of travel between the Mississippi River and the Pacific coast on the newly completed transcontinental railroad. Includes much information on the Mormons, Salt Lake City, Indians, gold mining, etc. 12 engraved plates and one map. Bookplate on inside front cover, light fading to spine gilt. Solid, clean copy.

Record # 382021

Price: $60.00
Price: $60.00 

Paris: The Great Saga by: Didier Busson
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Paris: The Great Saga
by: Didier Busson

Hardcover. NY, Flammarion , 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 221 pages. Color and b&w illustrations.

Record # 362061

Price: $40.00
Price: $40.00 

Pennsylvania Railroad's Broadway Limited by: Joe Welsh
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Pennsylvania Railroad's Broadway Limited
by: Joe Welsh

Hardcover. St Paul MN, Voyageur Press, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. This authoritative, illustrated history tells the story of one of the country?s premier passenger trains, Pennsylvania Railroad?s Broadway Limited, an institution in New York-to-Chicago rail travel from 1902 to 1955. Text and pictures introduce readers to the posh cars and powerful engines, the luxuries and amenities on board, the stations, terminals, and timetables?everything that made the train the pride of the Pennsylvania. Clean copy.

Record # 382121

Price: $50.00
Price: $50.00 
 

Pioneers East; The Early American Experience in the Middle East by: David H. Finnie
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Pioneers East; The Early American Experience in the Middle East
by: David H. Finnie

Hardcover. Cambridge MA, Harvard University Press, 1st, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, brown cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on spine. Maps as endpapers. 333 pages, b&w illustrations. This book covers the first contacts between the United States and the Middle East from the earliest times (1800s) to the mid-nineteenth century. The author describes exotic people and places in the Middle East and how American interests there were far from marginal although centered around the American Protestant missionary activity during that period. Clean copy.

Record # 385399

Price: $18.00
Price: $18.00 

Plaza: The Secret Life of America's Most Famous Hotel by: Julie Satow
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Plaza: The Secret Life of America's Most Famous Hotel
by: Julie Satow

Hardcover. NY, Twelve, 1st, 2019, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Exciting 100 year history of survival of this iconic hotel. 358 pages, color and b/w illustrations. Clean copy.

Record # 383292

Price: $15.00
Price: $15.00 
 

Pompeii: Echoes From The Grand Tour by: Jodice, Mimmo
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Pompeii: Echoes From The Grand Tour
by: Jodice, Mimmo

Hardcover. Rome, Contrasto, Reprint , 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 134 pages. Extensive b&w photography throughout. A collection of 53 photographs of Pompeii, never published before, shot by the master photographer Mimmo Jodice. Unique images, visions conjuring up a long-lost past tradition, coupled with texts by Ethan Canin, Jim Nisbet and Jay Parini. No dj issued.

Record # 350978

Price: $30.00
Price: $30.00 

Pompeii: Echoes from the Grand Tour by: Jay Parini, Ethan Canin, Jim Nisbet, Angelo Cannavacciuolo (Creator), Mimmo Jodice (Photographer), Marcello Fiori (Introduction
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Pompeii: Echoes from the Grand Tour
by: Jay Parini, Ethan Canin, Jim Nisbet, Angelo Cannavacciuolo (Creator), Mimmo Jodice (Photographer), Marcello Fiori (Introduction

Rome, Contrasto, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 136 pages, 53 b&w plates. A collection of 53 photographs of Pompeii, never published before, shot by the master photographer Mimmo Jodice. Unique images, visions conjuring up a long-lost past tradition, coupled with texts by Ethan Canin, Jim Nisbet and Jay Parini. No dj issued.

Record # 357246

Price: $30.00
Price: $30.00 

Quaint Corners in Philadelphia by: N.A.
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Quaint Corners in Philadelphia
by: N.A.

Hardcover. Philadelphia , John Wanamaker, 1st, 1899, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, green cloth with gilt and black decoration, 147 illustrations by Joseph Pennell and others. Folded Map laid In. Covers with light edgewear and chipping. Top edge gilt.

Record # 202081

Price: $25.00
Price: $25.00 

Quito To Bogota by: A. C, Veatch, Lord Murray (Introduction)
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Quito To Bogota
by: A. C, Veatch, Lord Murray (Introduction)

Hardcover. NY, George H. Doran, 1st, 1917, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth with gilt lettering. 338 pages. B&w illustrations, 3 fold-out maps in rear. The book describes the author's journey through Ecuador and Colombia, from the capital city of Quito to the bustling metropolis of Bogota. Veatch provides vivid descriptions of the landscapes, people, and cultures he encounters along the way, as well as his own thoughts and reflections on his experiences. He also shares historical and cultural insights into the countries he visits, including their indigenous populations, colonial pasts, and contemporary political and social issues. The book is a fascinating glimpse into the early 20th-century South America and a testament to the author's love for travel and adventure. Mild gutter crack at title page, clean copy.

Record # 472617

Price: $38.00
Price: $38.00 

Railroad Maps of North America The First Hundred Years by: Modelski, Andrew M.
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Railroad Maps of North America The First Hundred Years
by: Modelski, Andrew M.

Hardcover. NY, Bonanza Books, reprint, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, maroon cloth covers, 186 pages. Oblong folio, Numerous maps and illustrations, 5 in color. Clean copy, no dust jacket.

Record # 378103

Price: $25.00
Price: $25.00 

River of the Gods: Genius, Courage, and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile (SIGNED COPY) by: Millard, Candice
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River of the Gods: Genius, Courage, and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile (SIGNED COPY)
by: Millard, Candice

Hardcover. NY, Doubleday, 1st, 2022, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. SIGNED BY MILLARD on a tipped-in prlim page. The Rosetta Stone--discovered by French soldiers in 1799, seized by a British envoy, and deciphered 23 years later--set off an obsessive interest in Egypt, including by the newly established Royal Geographical Society, to find the headwaters of the Nile. Bestselling author Millard, a former writer and editor for National Geographic, offers a tense, vibrant history of several dramatic expeditions across East Africa that finally resulted in a successful discovery. Drawing on archival sources and her own multiple trips to Africa following the explorers' paths, Millard creates a palpable sense of the daunting task undertaken by three ambitious men: the magnetic, impulsive, and often combative Richard Burton; John Hanning Speke, an aristocratic infantry lieutenant and passionate hunter whose initial interest in East Africa was largely for the animals he could kill; and their devoted and resourceful native guide, Sidi Mubarak Bombay a former enslaved person whose intimate knowledge of tribes and terrain proved to be indispensable.

Record # 381714

Price: $25.00
Price: $25.00 

Roaming through the West Indies by: Franck, Harry A.
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Roaming through the West Indies
by: Franck, Harry A.

Hardcover. NY, The Century Co., 1st, 1920, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, light green cloth stamped in black, 486 pages, b&w photos by the author. A journal with bits of history of the West Indies in the early 20th century. It also covers some of the older history of the islands. There are some pictures of the ruins of Christophe's palace of Sans Souci, and of Cuba's new presidential palace. Bookplate and name on front endpapers otherwise clean.

Record # 378383

Price: $18.00
Price: $18.00 

Romance of Labrador, The by: Grenfell, Sir Wilfred
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Romance of Labrador, The
by: Grenfell, Sir Wilfred

Hardcover. NY, Macmillan, 1st, 1934, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 329 pages, frontispiece, 31 b&w plates. Blue cloth covers w/ gilt lettering and design. Light edge wear to corners. Front hinge weak. Light bump to top corner of cover. Else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 372814

Price: $20.00
Price: $20.00 

Rural and Domestic Life of Germany, Scotland, Austria, England and Wales, Military Operations at Cabul (5 separate travel histories in one volume) by: Howitt, William,
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Rural and Domestic Life of Germany, Scotland, Austria, England and Wales, Military Operations at Cabul (5 separate travel histories in one volume)
by: Howitt, William,

Hardcover. Philadelphia, Carey and Hart, 1st, 1843-46, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Five volumes bound into one, 537 total pages. Half leather with marbled boards, edgeworn. All first American editions. The final book's full title: The Military Operations at Cabul, Which Ended in the Retreat and Destruction of the British Army, January 1842. With a Journal of Imprisonment in Afghanistan. Condition good with some browning and foxing to paper. Front inner hinge repaired with tape.

Record # 403333

Price: $70.00
Price: $70.00 

Sailors' Narratives of Voyages Along the New England Coast, 1524-1624 by: Winship, George Parker (Ed.)
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Sailors' Narratives of Voyages Along the New England Coast, 1524-1624
by: Winship, George Parker (Ed.)

Hardcover. New York, Burt Franklin, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 292 pages, b&w illustrations. Maroon covers w/ gilt lettering on spine. A very clean, tight copy in great condition.

Record # 851992

Price: $50.00
Price: $50.00 

Santo Domingo: Past & Present with a Glance at Hayti by: Hazard, Samuel
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Santo Domingo: Past & Present with a Glance at Hayti
by: Hazard, Samuel

Hardcover. London, Sampson Low, Marston, Low, & Searle, 1st, 1873, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 511 pages. Hardcover with gilt and black lettering on front and spine. Fraying on corners. Heavy soil on top page block. Illustrations and maps. Gutter crack on page 176.

Record # 354210

Price: $200.00
Price: $200.00 

Shopping for Porcupine: A Life in Arctic Alaska by: Seth Kantner
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Shopping for Porcupine: A Life in Arctic Alaska
by: Seth Kantner

Hardcover. Minneapolis, Milkweed Editions, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dustjacket. Illustrated throughout with color photographs. Maps, glossary. 240 pages. "His story begins with the arrival of his father, Howard Kantner, to the remote Arctic of the 1950s and ends with him as a grown man settled in the same landscape. Through a series of moving essays and vivid photographs, ranging in subject from family histories to hunting stories, celebrations of people and places to a lament over a majestic wilderness rapidly disappearing." Clean, like new.

Record # 384644

Price: $20.00
Price: $20.00 

Simple Adventures of a Memsahib, The by: Duncan, Sara Jeanette
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Simple Adventures of a Memsahib, The
by: Duncan, Sara Jeanette

Hardcover. New York, D. Appleton and Co, 1st, 1893, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 311 pages, frontispiece, dozens of b&w illustrations, bound in green cloth, gilt lettering and design embossed on front cover and spine. Name plate on front endpaper, spine slightly cocked, light wear to cover, previous owner's signature to blank preview page; overall, a very neat, tight copy.

Record # 803000

Price: $60.00
Price: $60.00 

South London by: Besant, Walter
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South London
by: Besant, Walter

Hardcover. London, Chatto & Windus, 1st, 1899, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 332 pages plus publisher's ads in rear. Blue cloth covers with gilt design and lettering, top edge gilt. Etching frontispiece by Francis Walker and 119 b&w illustrations. Previous owner's signature on blank page opposite preface, otherwise a clean, bright copy.

Record # 406824

Price: $30.00
Price: $30.00 

Steamboating on the Upper Mississippi by: Petersen, William J.
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Steamboating on the Upper Mississippi
by: Petersen, William J.

Hardcover. Iowa City, State Historical Society of Iowa, 1st, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 575 pages. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Some numbered Stickers on front endpaper. Foxing along edges of dust jacket. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 608299

Price: $28.00
Price: $28.00 

Steele's Book of Niagara Falls by: Steele, G. Oliver
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Steele's Book of Niagara Falls
by: Steele, G. Oliver

Hardcover. Buffalo , Oliver G. Steele, Revised Ed., 1847, Book: Good, Hardcover, embossed dark brown cloth with gilt lettering on front cover and spine, Tenth Edition with a new series of maps and plates. 96 pages. Folding frontispiece with two maps, Niagara River and Parts Adjacent; and Niagara Falls and Vicinity. another folding plate with a view of Niagara Falls. Both in excellent condition. Six b&w plates. Spine cloth peeling away from spine, top third gone. Binding is still solid, clean inside.

Record # 398282

Price: $180.00
Price: $180.00 

Sultry Climates: Travel and Sex since the Grand Tour by: Littlewood, Ian
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Sultry Climates: Travel and Sex since the Grand Tour
by: Littlewood, Ian

Hardcover. London, John Murray, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 248 pages with index. This text sets out to explore the sexual motives of travel. It argues that the British have inherited from the 19th century three main versions of the tourist - the connoisseur, pilgrim or rebel - these identities having both a sexual as well as a cultural life. Clean copy.

Record # 397704

Price: $15.00
Price: $15.00