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A note on OCLC
As is now the norm, OCLC counts are tentative, at best, as we recognize that searches using different qualifiers will often turn up different results. Searches are now further complicated by the vast numbers of digital, microfilm, and even print-on-demand copies, which have polluted the database considerably, making it difficult, without numerous phone calls or emails, to determine the actual number of tangible copies. Hence, even though the counts herein have been recently checked, most all should be taken as a measure of approximation.
1. [Algeria.] A motor flight through Algeria and Tunisia. Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co., 1911.
$35
First edition, 8vo, pp. xiii, [1], 445; photographic frontispiece, 35 leaves of plates printed on rectos and versos, map endpapers; original tan pictorial cloth (a bit soiled) stamped in brown and gilt ; spine considerably darkened, edges rubbed; interior fine. Photographs by the author.
2. [Algeria.] Touring in Algeria. Alger: Federation des Syndicats d'Initiative d'Algerie, [1931].
$35
First edition, 8vo, pp. 93, [2]; 78 half-tone illustrations; original tan wrappers printed in green and black; very good copy.
Includes sections on climate, mountaineering, national parks, winter sports, sulpher springs, hunting, fishing, etc.
3. Picturesque Nepal: a handbook for tourists. Kathmandu: Ratna Pustak Bhandar, [1961].
$35
Second edition (first published in 1956), 12mo, pp. [8], ii, 109, [1], iii, [1]; folding map of the Valley of Kathmandu, illustrations throughout the text; a very good copy in original pumpkin cloth stamped in black, retaining the pictorial dust jacket with slight wear at the spine ends.
Chapters on festivals and ceremonies, Himalayan mountaineering and trekking, sports and hunting, music and dance, shopping, sites of interest to tourists, etc.
4. American Centennial [cover title]. Chicago: Rand, McNally, n.d., [ca. 1876].
$125
10 x 14.5 cm, accordion fold viewbook containing 12 photo-lithograph panels showing views of the Centennial and Philadelphia; original decorative green pebble-grain cloth stamped in gilt; minor rubbing else fine, and preserving the original black paper sheath (small piece chipped away at one end).
"In 1864, William H. Rand partnered with Andrew McNally to oversee printing of the Chicago Tribune. Their first geography-based product was the Western Railway Guide published in 1869" (Wikipedia).
5. New York Chapter ... AIA guide to New York City. Norval White, Elliott Willensky, editors. New York: Macmillan; London: Collier-Macmillan Ltd., [1968].
$85
First edition, first printing of a notable guide book; narrow 8vo, pp. xii, 464; illustrations and maps throughout text; edges and extremities slightly spotted, jacket slightly stained, else near fine. Organized by neighborhood, this guide highlights the old, new and unique in New York's architecture.
6. [American Red Cross Embassy Club, corporate author.] Peiping. [Peiping, i.e. Beijing]: [Peiyang Press], [1946].
$150
First edition, 8vo, pp. [7], 129; 18 illustrations throughout, mostly from photographs and mostly full-page, plus a double-page map; spine reinforced with cellotape, otherwise very good.
A guide to the city designed for US Marines and other US forces stationed there after World War II. Contents include sightseeing (temples, palaces, eunuch's cemetery, pagodas, the Great Wall, tombs, etc.), plus details on amusements, churches, restaurants, theatres, bookshops, hospitals, and shopping.
7. A few impressions and experiences of my travels. Philadelphia: [privately printed], 1912.
$350
Edition limited to 60 copies (this, no. 35); small 8vo, pp. 221, [1]; portrait frontispiece; fine copy in original red cloth, gilt lettering on spine, t.e.g.; publisher's box. The frontispiece is signed in ink by Andrews, and there is a presentation on the front free endpaper from his wife to: "Marie H. Cressman. Xmas 1912. From Jena. (Mrs. John Peter Andrews)."
Letters home, chiefly to his wife before they were married, from London, Paris, St. Petersburg, Baden-Baden, Berlin, Verona, Vienna, the Riviera, etc.
Not in OCLC or NUC.
8. [Ankor.] Pour mieux comprendre Angkor. Cultes personnels et culte royal, monuments funéraires, symbolisme architectural, les grands souverains d'Angkor. Paris: A. Maisonneuve, 1947.
$75
First Paris edition, 12mo, pp. x, 210, [3]; folding plan, 4 plates; previous owner's upper corner of front wrap, pages toned, else very good in later native full red calf, gilt-lettered direct on spine, original front wrapper bound in.
Originally published in Hanoi in 1943.
9. [Ankor.] Henri Parmentier's guide to Ankor. Saigon: Albert Poirtail, n.d., [ca. 1950s].
$35
Approx. 6¼" x 5", pp. 220; folding maps incorporated into back wrapper and 49 illustrations from photographs; original card wrappers with pictorial dust jacket; jacket a bit rubbed, but on the whole a very good, sound and clean copy.
Parmentier died in 1949 and this guide book to Ankor Wat was published posthumously.
10. The Manchester guide. A brief historical description of the towns of Manchester and Salford, the public buildings, and the charitable and literary institutions. Illustrated by a map, exhibiting the improvements and additions made since the year 1770. Manchester: printed and sold by Jospeh Aston, No. 84, Deansgate; sold also by all the Booksellers in Manchester; and R. Bickerstaff, Bookseller, Strand, London, 1804.
$350
First edition, 8vo, pp. [8], 290, [2]; unopened; leaf Y2 cancelled; engraved folding map; contemporary blue paper-covered boards, tan paper shelfback; corners rubbed and bumped, lower corner of front board cracked; a couple gatherings foxed, some offsetting from map to title page, all else very good.
This copy with stab holes present in the gutter, so evidence of a resewing and rebacking.
Alston was a local journalist and publisher. He ran the conservative Manchester Exchange Herald, in which he sometimes published his own verse. OCLC attributes this guide to him, but without reference.
11. Tour book of the Automobile Club of America. New York: Automobile Club of America, 54th and 55th Streets West of Broadway, [1911].
$150
8vo, pp. 876; photo-engraved frontispiece of the ACA building in New York; 48 leaves of maps (1 folding); original limp brown morocco stamped in gilt on the upper cover; the leather degraded with tears and loss, but the post binding is sound and the text is clean.
A national guidebook covering routes from New England to California, Minnesota to Texas. Also includes ferry and steamship connections, hotels, etc.
12. Bacon's new map of London with guide. London: G.W. Bacon & Co. Ltd., n.d., [ca. 1922].
$150
12mo, pp. 24; large folding map of London in color (29½" x 39¼"), 2-page large scale map of central London; front free endpaper offset; upper edge of rear cover sunned, else very good and sound in original green cloth, lettered in black.
Contains interesting facts connected with the metropolis, the principal public buildings and sights, markets, museums, theatres etc, and an index to principal streets.
13. Great Britain: handbook for travellers. Leipsic: Karl Baedeker, 1894.
$35
Third edition revised and augmented, 12mo, pp. lxiv, 547; folding color map frontispiece, approximately 35 plates, mostly maps, many folding and double-paged, map on back endpapers; additional map has been detached and laid in; original limp red cloth, gilt-lettering on upper cover and spine, all edges marble; spine toned, contemporary signature on title page, occasional tears to maps, including one 2 3/4-inch tear at bottom edge of frontispiece.
14. The eastern Alps, including the Bavarian highlands, the Tyrol, Salzkammergut, Styria, and Carinthia. Handbook for travellers. Leipsic: Karl Baedeker, 1879.
$75
Fourth edition, "remodelled and augmented," 12mo, pp. xxix, [1], 406; color folding map frontispiece, 26 plates of maps and plans, including 16 double-paged and 4 folding; map back endpapers, additional text illustrations throughout; original red gilt-lettered cloth (dampstain to top upper cover edge), all edges marbled; upper joint cracked, shelf wear; previous ownership signatures (some cancelled in manuscript) on front endpaper, else interior very good and sound.
Hinrichsen E45.
15. The Rhine from Rotterdam to Constance. Handbook for travellers. Leipsic: Karl Baedeker, 1903.
$150
Fifteenth revised edition, 8vo, pp. xxxiv, 456; 69 maps, most in color, (23 double-page, 13 folding), map on rear endpapers; very good in original red cloth, gilt lettering on spine and upper cover, in the original dust-jacket with printed paper label on spine.
Hinrichsen E15.
16. Letters from Asia; written by a gentleman of Boston to his friend in that place. New York: A. T. Goodrich & Co., 1819.
$650
First edition, 24mo, pp. 60; extra engraved title page; original black calf-backed marbled boards, scuffed and rubbed, small pieces missing from the spine extremities; good and sound.
American Travellers Abroad L-31: "Twenty-five letters from Greece and Turkey describe life and sights in the eastern Mediterranean. The author was sympathetic to the Turks."
American Imprints 48482.
17. Bartholomew's road atlas of Great Britain. Edinburgh: John Bartholomew & Son, Ltd., 1952.
$50
Ninth edition, "with new town plans and improved road information," small 4to, 96, 116 (index): color road maps throughout; fine copy in the dust jacket
18. Travellers' route chart of the world on Mercators projection. By J.G. Bartholomew, F.R.G.S.. Edinburgh: John Bartholomew & Co., The Edinburgh Geographical Institute, 1896.
$100
Folding map of the world approx. 20" x 29", linen-backed, as issued, and folding down to an octavo with blue labels on front and back printed in black and red. The map was available with or without the linen backing.
With 13 inset charts of the principal ports of the world.
BL only in OCLC.
19. My cruise diary. North Cape and Russia cruise 1931. [Richmond, VA]: privately printed by the author for distribution among his friends, n.d. [ca. 1932].
$100
Edition limited to 200 copies, 8vo, pp. 134; frontispiece, 4 full-page maps, and 43 illustrations on rectos and versos of 15 plates, plus 1 other full-p. illustration; spine slightly dull, else a very good copy or better in original pictorial green cloth lettered in gilt on upper cover and spine.
Presentation copy inscribed by the author in 1958.
20. Glencreggan; or, a highland home in Cantire. London: Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1861.
$350
First edition, 2 volumes in 1, thick 8vo, pp. xxviii, 371, [1]; xiv, 358, [2] ads; 3 maps (2 hand-colored, 1 folding), 8 chromolithographs, and 61 woodcuts (8 on plates, the balance in the text); attractive copy in original green diaper cloth lettered in gilt on spine.
The Rev. Edward Bradley (1827-1889), writing under the name of Cuthbert Bede, wrote this extensive history and guide to the peninsula in the west of Scotland. The illustrations are made from sketches and watercolors by the author.
21. [Beijing Travel Guide.] Guide to "Peking." Published by The Peiping Chronicle [cover title]. Peiping [i.e. Beijing]: The Peiping Chronicle, 1933.
$325
7½" x 5", pp. [4], v, [5], 88, [2]; folding map of the city and 31 full-page illustrations from photographs; original tan pictorial wrappers, red cloth shelfback; very good copy.
With numerous illustrated advertisements, a history of Chinese festivals by Dr. Y. C. Chang, and a festival calendar; list of women's clubs; an account of the universities and educational centers, churches and temples, industries, Chinese foods, shops, theatres, museums, the Imperial City, and an Historical Introduction to Peking by Dr. Y. C. Chang.
22. The China year book 1916. With a map of Mongolia. London: George Routledge & Sons, [1916].
$300
8vo, pp. xx, 729; adverts on endpapers; folding map; tables throughout; original yellow cloth lettered in black on upper cover and spine; some soiling, hinges cracked, text lightly toned; very good.
History and description, particulars of trade, manufacturing, communication, government, finance, defense, shipping, religions, public health, politics and treaties, who's who, foreigners, and other cultural aspects, including a chapter on opium.
23. Darjeeling at a glance. A handbook, both descriptive and historical of Darjeeling and Sikkim with thrilling accounts of Everest expeditions by land and air . Darjeeling: Oxford Book & Stationery Co., n.d., [after 1943].
$45
Reprint of the fourth edition, 12mo, pp. 144; folding panorama, 11 photographic illustrations printed in blue on rectos and versos of 5 plates; spine partially perished; a good copy or better in original pictorial brown wrappers.
Includes the history of the city, the journey from Calcutta, and sections on the hill people, Kinchenjunga, and Everest expeditions.
24. Black's guide to England and Wales, containing plans of the principal cities, charts, maps, and views, and a list of hotels. Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1870.
$85
Thick 12mo, pp. xxiv, 544, 104 (ads); engraved frontispiece and title page, 50 plates of illustrations, maps, and charts, many folding or double-paged; contemporary green cloth, upper cover and spine elaborately stamped and lettered in gilt, yellow endpapers printed in purple; ex-Hill Library with usual markings, front free endpaper detached but present; general light wear, else a very good copy. The advertisements are substantial.
25. A trip through the Hawaiian Islands 7 - reels pictures - 7 and lecture showing native life in the islands and the world's largest active volcano Kilauea in active eruption.... Portland: Holly Press, n.d., [ca. 1920-25].
$1,500
Very large advertising broadside (poster) in three sections, each approximately 28" x 42" and approximately 84" x 42" overall, printed in black on tan paper; previous folds, but essentially fine and handsome.
The type face, along with the fact that the Kilauea was erupting frequently in the early 1920s point to the first half of the 1920s as a date of printing. The illustrated film program is almost certainly based on the films of Robert Kates Bonine (1862-1923), a one-time employee of Thomas Edison - the only person at that time who had a body of film work on the Hawaiian Islands.
26. The journal of a tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson … containing some poetical pieces by Dr. Johnson … never before published; a series of his conversation, literary anecdotes, and opinions of men and books… The third edition, revised and corrected. London: printed for T. Cadell, and W. Davies, 1807.
$425
8vo, pp. [2], xv, [1], 460; engraved frontispiece after Joshua Reynolds; recent half tan calf antique over marbled boards, red morocco label; occasional spotting, especially in the margins of the frontispiece, otherwise near fine. This is the first edition to include an index. Boswell's Advertisement to the third edition occupies pp. iv-v.
Pottle 62.
27. Ville de Bourges. IVe Foire exposition 1923. Livret guide officiel. Bourges: Imprimerie Tardy-Pigelet, [1923].
$50
Slim 8vo, pp. 64; black & white photographic illustrations, local business ad attached with string (as issued) laid in; extremities lightly toned, vertical stain on upper cover, else very good in original stapled cream wrappers printed in green and red.
28. The guide to South Africa for the use of tourists, sportsmen, invalids and settlers ... Fifteenth edition. London: Sampson, Low, Marsden & Co.; Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, Johannesburg: J. C. Juta & Co., 1907-08.
$125
12mo, pp. [24] ads (numbered A-X), lvi, 478, 75 (ads, including rear pastedown); large color folding map, 12 other maps (11 folding, and 11 in color); tables in the text; original pictorial gray cloth with some spotting, the preliminary and terminal ads a bit toned, otherwise very good.
29. The tour of the 400 to Mexico. [Chicago: press of Hartzell, Lord Co.], 1907.
$125
Only edition, sq. 12mo, pp. [8], 159, [1]; frontispiece and 31 illustrations from photographs in the text; original white cloth lettered in gilt on upper cover and spine; some soiling of the cloth; very good.
Inscribed "Compliments of Grace Owen Brown" on the front free endpaper. Travel by rail from Chicago to Mexico for a holiday.
Not in Graff or Cole.
30. The Providence directory, containing names of the inhabitants, their occupations, places of business and dwelling houses with lists of the streets, lanes, wharves, &c. Also, banks, insurance offices and other public institutions; likewise, the municipal officers of Providence, &c. &c. The whole carefully collected and arranged. Providence: H. H. Brown, 1836.
$350
12mo, pp. vi, [1], 8-144; original heavy printed paper wrappers, loosening, and dampstained and with a scorch mark on the front; some browning, corners curled; good and sound.
AAS only in OCLC. American Imprints 39797; Bartlett, p. 216; Spear p. 306 (adds Providence Public, LC and RI Historical).
31. The Providence directory, containing names of the inhabitants, their occupations, places of business and of residence, with lists of the streets, lanes, wharves, &c. Also, banks, insurance offices and other public institutions; likewise, the municipal officers of Providence, &c. &c. The whole carefully collected and arranged. Providence: H. H. Brown, 1838.
$400
12mo, pp. viii, [9]-153, [3] ads; original heavy printed paper wrappers (soiled and a little worn), name clipped from top of front wrapper and title page without loss of text; some browning and foxing, corners curled; good and sound. Later owner's signature in pencil on verso of front wrap.
AAS only in OCLC. American Imprints 52550; Spear p. 306 (adds Providence Public and RI Historical).
32. Tours in Sikhim and the Darjeeling district ... Revised and edited with additions by Joan Townend. Calcutta: W. Newman & Co., Limited, 1944.
$150
Fourth edition (first published in 1917); 12mo (7¼" x 4¾"), pp. [4], x, [2], 188; large folding map in rear cover pocket, photographic frontispiece, 3 folding panoramas (each showing 3 profiles), 3 folding tables of road profiles; bottom inch of spine perished else a very good, clean, and sound copy in original gray wrappers printed in red on upper cover.
Includes prefaces to the first, second (1922) and third (1934) editions. "Percy Brown's book—Tours in Sikkim, revised and edited by Joan Townend—was then the only authentic book which served, and still serves, as a good guide to all mountaineers in the Sikkim Himalaya. This book is also of special interest to me and all students of Natural History. She took special interest also in the Natural History Museum of Darjeeling and did much to develop this small but very useful museum containing a good representative collection and illustrations of animals, birds and reptiles, butterflies and many other interesting objects of the Darjeeling and Sikkim forests, all well displayed in this museum which attracts visitors from many parts of India and abroad" (K. Biswas in The Himalayan Journal).
"No record of Joan Townend's activities would be complete without mentioning Percy Brown's Tours in Sikkim which she revised and edited in 1934. This little guide-book has always been an essential part of the equipment of the travelled in Sikkim, and no member of the Himalayan Club in pre-war days was without his or her copy" (V.S. Risoe).
OCLC locates copies at Boulder, Michigan State, Alberta, the BL, University of London, Central Library-Rome, and the national libraries in Scotland and Australia.
33. A June motor jaunt. The rambling tale of a summer motor trip . Mankato, Minnesota: Free Press Company, 1923.
$175
First edition, 12mo, pp. 77, [1]; frontispiece, a number of illustrations from photographs taken along the way, as well as line drawings; about fine in original green cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover.
The story of a four-week, 4400-mile motor trip from Minnesota to the Atlantic coast and back, in a 1922 Jordan brougham, via Wisconsin, Michigan, Ontario, the Adirondacks, the Berkshires, the White Mountains, Massachusetts, and return via Quebec. The first leaf is a printed presentation greeting, with Aunt Emma written in, in pen: "done into booklet form and presented to [Aunt Emma & her family] with the Christmas greetings and best wishes of the author December, 1923."
34. My ocean trip. New York: Brentano's, 1909.
$125
8vo, pp. 88; 4 color plates showing pilot flags, national merchant flags and signal flags, maps, charts; original red calf over flexible boards, cover lettered in gilt; covers rubbed at the edges, front hinge starting, else very good.
The text explains many aspects of sailing, such as the compass, shipboard bell time, the lead line and fathoms, the International signal code and more, but is meant primarily to be a journal of a particular trip. The previous owner sailed on board SS La France from New York, June 9, 1921 and recorded much information about the trip, including places visited and hotels stayed at. Also included are autographs and sketches by people met on the voyage.
35. [Canary Islands.] Descripcion geografica de las Islas Canarias, para uso de los ninos ... Segunda edicion. Santa Cruz de Tenerife: imprenta y Libreria de J. Benitez y C., 1871.
$500
16mo (approx. 6" x 4¼"), pp. 68; folding lithograph chart of the Canaries; original plain yellow wrappers; second gathering rather toned, tear in rear wrapper, but no loss; all else very good.
Presentation copy, inscribed and signed on the verso of the half-title to Augustin Bethencourt, he of a prominent family in the Canaries, with two of his family progenitors listed in the historical biography in the text, which is mostly in the form of a question-and-answer instructional for children.
Juan de la Puerta Canseco (1827-1902) was a Spanish pedagogue and journalist, great-grandfather of the painter Rodrigo Moynihan de la Puerta. Born in Valencia de Don Juan, he was a teacher at the Santa Cruz de Tenerife Higher School of Primary Instruction, secretary of its Board of Public Instruction and a member of the Economic Society of Friends of the Country. He directed the Colegio de Niños de Santa Cruz de Tenerife, whose regulations he wrote and published. He was a fundamental pedagogical and intellectual reference in the life of the city, as he was the teacher of many of the outstanding Santa Cruceros of the second half of the 19th century.
He founded and directed the magazines El Instructor (1852-1854), a fortnightly; and El Auxiliar, which lasted longer, also focused on primary instruction. Among his various books were the Geographical Description of the Canary Islands for the Use of Children (1861) and the New Legal System of Measures, Weights and Coins, Preceded by Brief Notions of Decimal Arithmetic for use in Schools of Both Sexes (1852).
The city of Santa Cruz dedicated a street to him shortly after his death in 1902.
OCLC locates 2 copies of the first (1861) edition, both in Spain. No copies of this edition in OCLC.
36. The balnea: or, an impartial description of all the popular watering places in England, interspersed with original sketches and incidental anecdotes in excursions to Margate, Ramsgate, Tunbridge Wells, Brighton, Little Hampton, Bognar, Southampton, Lymington, Weymouth, Bath, Bristol Hot-Wells, Cheltenham, Malvern, Buxton, Harrowgate, Scarborough, Tynmouth, and Yarmouth, with observations on several ancient and respectable town and cities leading to the above remarkable places. London: printed W. West, No. 27, Paternoster-Row; C. Chapple, No. 66, Pall-Mall; R.H. Westley, Strand; and T. Bellamy, King-Street, Covent-Garden, 1799.
$600
First edition, 12mo, pp. xi, [1], 228; original pictorial wrappers, cream paper shelfback; shelfback two-thirds perished, edges curled and the whole a bit soiled, but a good, sound copy, or better. With the early ownership signature of Elizabeth Green.
On the front wrapper is a vignette wood engraving. On the back wrapper are advertisements for William West, including one for Noah Webster.
A guidebook to British watering places. Contains a list of 101 subscribers taking 107 copies, so the edition is likely quite small.
This is attested to by OCLC which locates only 11: Newberry, Yale, Rice, V&A, Wellcome, Oxford, York, Hamburg, Basel, National Library of Scotland and Royal Danish Library. ESTC adds The Huntington.
37. Cary's new itinerary: or, an accurate delineation of the great roads, both direct and cross, throughout England and Wales; with many of the principal roads in Scotland. London: J. Cary, 1810.
$450
Fourth edition, "with improvements," pp. [48], 936 columns, 12 (ads); 5 folding maps; contemporary red morocco-backed marbled boards, gilt spine; edges rather scuffed, contemporary ownership signature Mr. Walmsley on title page; interior fine.
"Made by Command of his Majesty's Postmaster General, for Official Purposes; Under the Direction and Inspection of Thomas Hasker."
38. [Title in Arabic.] Guide de Casablanca avec plan en couleurs et nomenclature des rues, boulevards, place, avenues, passages, etc. ... 20th edition. Casablanca: Sochepress, 1982.
$35
6" x 4½", pp. 63, [1]; large color folding map of Casablanca (approx. 31½" x 19½") with index of places of interest to tourists; very good, sound, and clean in original army green wrappers printed in red and white. Issued in the publisher's Guide Pol series.
39. [Cathedrals.] Handbook to the cathedrals of England. Eastern Division. London: John Murray, 1881.
$45
8vo, pp. xiv, [5], 6-438; frontispiece, numerous plates and illustrations in text, Minnesota Historical Society bookplate on front paste-down with withdrawn stamp over it, extremities a bit rubbed and stained, else a good copy in original white cloth with decorative blind-stamped covers and gilt-decorated spine.
Eastern division consists of Oxford, Peterborough, Norwich, Ely and Lincoln. The exterior and interior descriptions are very detailed, supplemented by a history of the structure and its parts. Also included are histories of the church bodies or religious orders that originated or are associated with the cathedrals, and brief biographies of the bishops.
40. [Cathedrals.] Handbook to the cathedrals of England. Northern division. London: John Murray, 1869.
$65
2 volumes, 8vo, pp. vi, [1], 227; iv, [1], 230-435, [2], (ads); engraved frontispieces, numerous plates and illustrations in text, Minnesota Historical Society bookplates with 'withdrawn' stamps on front paste-downs, library numbers in pencil on preliminaries, London bookbinder ticket on rear paste-down of volume I; extremities a bit rubbed and stained, else a very good set in original white cloth with decorative blind-stamped covers and gilt-decorated spine.
Divided geographically: volume one contains York, Ripon, and Carlisle; volume 2 contains Durham, Chester, and Manchester. The exterior and interior descriptions are very detailed, supplemented by a history of the structure and its parts. Also included are histories of the church bodies or religious orders that originated or are associated with the cathedrals, and brief biographies of the bishops.
41. [Cathedrals.] Handbook to the cathedrals of England. Western Division. London: John Murray, 1864.
$45
8vo, pp. vii, [2], 4-325; frontispiece, numerous plates and illustrations in text, Minnesota Historical Society bookplate on front paste-down with withdrawn stamp over it, light pencil notations throughout. front hinge cracked, extremities a bit rubbed and stained, else a good copy in original white cloth with decorative blind-stamped covers and gilt-decorated spine.
Western division consists of Bristol, Gloucester, Hereford, Worcester and Lichfield. The exterior and interior descriptions are very detailed, supplemented by a history of the structure and its parts. Also included are histories of the church bodies or religious orders that originated or are associated with the cathedrals, and brief biographies of the bishops.
42. [Cathedrals.] Handbook to the cathedrals of Wales. Llandaff, St. David's, St. Asaph, and Bangor. London: John Murray, 1873.
$45
8vo, pp. xix, 334; frontispiece, numerous plates and illustrations in text, Minnesota Historical Society bookplate on front paste-down with withdrawn stamp over it, extremities a bit rubbed and stained, endpapers foxed, else a good copy in original white cloth with decorative blind-stamped covers and gilt-decorated spine.
The exterior and interior descriptions are very detailed, supplemented by a history of the structure and its parts. Also included are histories of the church bodies or religious orders that originated or are associated with the cathedrals, and brief biographies of the bishops.
43. [Centennial Exhibition.] Centennial souvenir 1876 Philadelphia [cover title]. Philadelphia: Ostheimer Bros, n.d..
$125
3¼" x 4¾", accordion fold with 16 photo-lithograph panels showing landmarks at the Centennial Exhibition and in Philadelphia, including the Shoe Leather Building, the Japanese Villa, the Sawyer Observatory and a double panel bird's-eye view of the exhibition grounds, all captioned in French, German and English, and all within red borders; original gilt- and blindstamped brown cloth; near fine.
Rear pastedown contains a map of the Exhibition grounds, folding to reveal a table of contents.
44. [Ceylon / Sri Lanka.] Ceylon. Colombo: Plâté, Ltd, Printing Works, n.d., [ca. 1920s].
$50
Oblong 12mo, approx. 4¾" x 7½", 2 pages of text and 30 pages of photographs; string-tied in original pictorial wrappers; front wrapper creased, small chip from a corner of the back wrapper; all else very good.
45. A brief description and historical notices of the island of Jersey, with some account of its military, civil, and ecclesiastical government, of its laws and privileges, and a concise numeration of its natural curiosities and antiquities, contained in a short tour through the different parishes; particularly intended for the use of occasional visitors. A new edition, revised and corrected. Jersey: printed and sold by C. Le Lievre, 1837.
$350
16mo, pp. [6], 110, [2]; engraved folding map; later mottled cloth, ex-Minnesota Historical Society with their plate and small label affixed to the front board; all else very good.
This guide was first published in 1826, with a second edition in 1832, each with differing pagination. The preface refers to this as the third edition, "to correct and improve the former work."
OCLC locates the defective British Library copy.
46. [Channel Islands.] The Channel Islands...Revised and edited by E. Toulmin Nicolle. London: W.H. Allen & Co. Limited, [1893].
$35
Third edition, 8vo, pp. xiv, [2], 476, 40 ads; 3 folding map plates tipped in, text illustrations throughout; original green cloth, gilt spine, black glazed endpapers; ex-Hill Library with usual markings; hinges cracked, binding a bit shaken; textblock very good and sound. Publisher's catalogue bound at end dated May, 1893.
47. [Channel Islands.] Black's guide to the Channel Islands: Jersey, Guernsey, Herm, Alderney, and Sark. London: A. & C. Black, 1921.
$100
Sixteenth edition, 12mo, pp. 94, 76 pages of ads bound in back; black and white photographic frontispiece, 12 plates of illustrations and color maps, many folding; publisher's red cloth, mounted color illustration, printed endpapers; spine a bit toned, general shelf wear, ex-Hill Library with usual markings; a very good, bright copy.
A goldmine of contemporary advertisements, especially for the ever-popular Temperance Hotel; Ronuk Polish advertised on back cover.
48. [Château de Chambord..] Chambord: vues photographiques. [Tours: Etablissement A. Papeghin, ca. 1920s].
$35
Oblong 8vo, 12 sepia photographic plates; original red wrappers lettered in black and gilt; upper cover faded, top edge dampstained, textblock fine. At head of cover title: "Album Artistique." Text in French and English. Tourist pamphlet of various views of the exterior and interior of the Château de Chambord, Loir-et-Cher, France.
See OCLC nos. 79761885 and 2810143 for similar items.
49. Stratford-upon-Avon. The immortal shrine. Issued by the Town Council and the Publicity Association. [Derby & London: Bemrose & Sons Ltd.], n.d., [ca. 1929].
$50
16mo, pp. 58, [2], (pages 39-end are adverts); frontispiece, illustrated with drawings and a map in the text; printed in brown and black throughout; generally fine in original green-coated paper lettered in gilt and preserving the remains of the original glassine.
NYPL and the University of Bristol only in OCLC.
50. Our vacations: where to go, how to go, and how to enjoy them. Boston: Estes & Lauriat, n.d., [ca. 1874].
$75
First edition, 16mo, pp. 208, [16] ads; original plum cloth lettered in gilt on the front cover and spine, all edges stained red; spine a bit sunned, small crack at the top of the front joint, else very good.
Practical hints on tourism based on a trip to the White Mountains and Canada, including Montreal, Quebec, Ottawa, the St. Lawrence River, St. John, Prince Edward Island, Cape Breton, and Halifax
51. China and Japan. Spring tours for 1908 [wrapper title]. Spring tours to China & Japan ... under the direction of Thomas Cook & Son. New York: Thomas Cook & Son, 1907.
$100
7" x 5½", pp. 34, [6]; text illustrations from photographs, some full-page; staple bound in tan printed paper wrappers; spine starting, "pamphlet" stamp and manuscript note on upper wrapper, light edgewear, text clean and sound, all else very good.
Thomas Cook's touring company was "perhaps the nineteenth century's greatest force for popularizing and democratizing travel" (McNee, "Summer Holiday: The Rise of Cook")
52. Peking: North China, South Manchuria and Korea. With map, plans, and illustrations. Fifth edition. London: Thos. Cook & Son, 1924.
$250
12mo, pp. [6], [1]-143, [1], [20] ads; 3 folding maps and 41 illustrations from photographs, some full-page; original green cloth stamped in black; ; original green cloth boards with paper label; 3 tissue paper folding maps, first map detached, endpapers toned, otherwise very good.
Fifth edition of this guidebook produced by the venerable travel agency. At this time the railway system was developing, and the book presents information about routes of travel as well as descriptions and histories of noteworthy sites. The final 22 pages contain illustrated ads for Chinese firms, which tie in with some of the shopping tips provided in the text.
53. Peking: North China, South Manchuria and Korea. With map, plans, and illustrations. Fourth edition. London: Thos. Cook & Son, 1920.
$325
12mo, pp. [2], [4], [1]-160, xxii, [1]; original green cloth boards with paper label; 3 tissue paper folding maps, first map detached, endpapers toned, otherwise very good.
Fourth edition of this guidebook produced by the venerable travel agency. At this time the railway system was developing, and the book presents information about routes of travel as well as descriptions and histories of noteworthy sites. The final 22 pages contain illustrated ads for Chinese firms, which tie in with some of the shopping tips provided in the text.
54. Topographical and statistical description of the county of Cornwall, [Bedford, Devonshire, Wilts, Cambridge, Sussex, Hants, York, Berkshire, Essex, Surrey, Hertford, Gloucestershire, and Middlesex] ... to which is prefixed a copious travelling guide ... forming a complete county itinerary. Also a list of the markets and fairs.... London: C. Cooke, n.d., [ca. early 1800s].
$750
Together 14 volumes in 8, all uniformly bound in contemporary brown roan over marbled boards, rubbed but sound. Includes folding maps for each county, tables of distances, etc., and much that is useful to the early 19th-century traveler. Included is volume I in the series, Cornwall, preceded by a general title page (The Modern British Traveller: or, Tourist's Pocket Directory) including a 10-p. preface and outline to the entire series, which extended to 44 volumes in all.
55. A new picture of the Isle of Wight illustrated with twenty-six plates ... In imitation of the original sketches, drawn and engraved by William Cooke. To which are prefixed, an introductory account of the island and a voyage round its coast. London: Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1812.
$250
12mo, pp. xiv, 162; frontispiece plus 26 full-page plates and a hand-colored double-page map of the island; very good copy in quarter brown calf over marble boards, spine a little sunned.
A travel book designed "to produce a due impression of the beauty and value of this portion of British domestic scenery."
56. Cote d'Azur & Littoral. [Nice: Giletta, 1910].
$200
Oblong 4to, pp. [66]; original green wrappers printed in white and with 2 photographic onlays; half-tone illustrations throughout; near fine.
Photo album of the French Riviera, including Marseilles, Toulon, Hyeres, Cannes, Nice, Monaco, Monte Carlo, San Remo, etc. Captions in French, English, and German.
Two copies in OCLC, none in the U.S.
57. A walk round Dorchester; containing an account of every thing worthy the observation of the traveller and antiquary, within that ancient town, and the circumference of a few miles, compiled from the best authorities; also an account of the abbeys of Milton, Berne, and Bindon, together with Sherborne, Lulworth, and Corfe castles; embellished with a finely executed view of Dorchester and Fordington, and a correct map of the county. Dorchester: printed by and for J. Criswick, High-West-Street ... and may be had of any bookseller in the county, 1820.
$450
8vo, pp. xxvi, [4], 125, [1], 4 (A List of Fairs Held in Dorsetshire); engraved landscape frontispiece, folding map by John Cary; original brown paper-covered boards backed in red pastepaper, printed paper label on spine; spine toned and a little rubbed, text clean; very good.
Scarce. National Gallery, Harvard, Oxford, British Library, V&A, and New England Genealogical Society in OCLC.
58. Official National Survey maps with descriptive guide and historical notes for all eastern states. Consolidated edition [cover title]. Chester, Vt.: National Survey Co., 1927.
$125
8vo, unpaginated text in double column (illustrated throughout), plus 158 pages of road maps printed in color; original limp faux reptile-patterned cloth lettered in gilt on the upper cover; very good.
59. The official National Survey maps with descriptive guide and historical notes for Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, District of Columbia and route maps for all eastern states - Canada to Florida [cover title]. Chester, Vt. & Philadelphia: National Survey Co., 1926.
$75
8vo, 120 pages of text in double column (illustrated throughout), plus 96 pages of road maps printed in color; original limp faux reptile-patterned cloth lettered in gilt on the upper cover; very good.
60. Crofutt's new overland tourist and Pacific coast guide, containing a condensed and authentic description of over one thousand two hundred cities, towns, villages, stations, government fort and camps, mountains, lakes, rivers, sulphur, soda and hot springs, scenery, watering places, and summer resorts ... over the Union, Central and Southern Pacific railroads, their branches and connections, by rail, water and stage ... Vol. I - 1878-79. Chicago: Overland Publishing Co., 1878.
$150
First edition, 8vo, irregular pagination: [8], [25]-255, [2], [300]-322, [1] ads; ads on endpapers, 18 double-p. wood-engraved views inserted, many other wood-engravings and maps in the text (a few full-page); one signature sprung, bookplate removed causing loss to ads on front pastedown, small spot on upper cover, the whole a bit worn and rubbed, but still a good copy, complete with all the inserted engravings.
"Crofutt launched a series of western railroad guides [of which this is the first] which appeared, generally with annual revisions and in various other formats, into the 1890s. The Crofutt series was by far the best available to the early transcontinental traveler.This series marked the beginnings of guides for recreational travel such as hiking in the West" (Reese).
Flake 2593; Reese, Best of the West, 178.
61. Excursions in the county of Essex: comprising a brief historical and topographical delineation of every town and village; together with descriptions of the residences of the nobility and gentry, remains of antiquity, and every other interesting object of curiosity. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, [et al.], 1818-19.
$350
First edition, large paper issue, 8vo, 2 volumes in 1, pp. iv, [2], 199, [5]; [4], 176; folding engraved frontispiece map, engraved titles, 95 engraved plates, and 1 folding engraved map of Colchester not listed in "Directions to Binder;" later nineteenth-century diced calf gilt, black morocco label on spine, covers slightly bowed, joints cracking but sturdy, light wear to extremities, covers with scattered light rubbing, else very good. This copy with a few newspaper clippings and autograph notes discreetly tipped-in.
62. Handbook for China (including Hongkong) ... Fifth edition revised throughout. Hong Kong, Shanghai, Singapore: Kelly & Walsh, Limited, 1933.
$450
12mo, pp. [14], 390, [12] index, [16] ads; 6 folding maps printed in color; fine copy in original black leather printed in gilt on upper cover and spine; retaining the original printed dust jacket with a break along the front joint, but otherwise fine. Bookseller ticket on the rear pastedown for "Chinese American Publishing, The American Bookshop, 76 Nanking Road, Shanghai."
Maps include those of China as a whole, Singapore, Tientsin, Peiping, Soochow, and Shanghai.
63. [Cuba.] Manuscript journal recounting a voyage from Wilmington, NC to Cuba via Nassau, and back on the steam yacht Oneida. At sea, and on Cuba: February 16 - April 26, 1892.
$1,500
Small quarto ruled record book, bookseller's label of Corlies Macy & Co., Stationers, New York on the front pastedown, and containing approximately 145 pages by an unnamed passenger, recounting the voyage; the journal is enhanced by occasional, if somewhat amateurish drawings of events and curiosities described, including a waterspout, and a plan of Baracoa Harbor on the eastern end of Cuba; original half black calf, marbled boards; rubbed and worn, but sound; internally very clean.
The Oneida had an iron hull, 2 masts, and was capable of cruising at 13 knots and accommodating a dozen passengers in luxurious quarters. The yacht was owned by Elias Benedict, a prominent member of the New York Yacht Club, and a close friend of President Grover Cleveland. The year after this cruise, the Oneida would gain fame as the location of the secret surgery performed on President Cleveland to remove a cancerous tumor from his mouth.
On this voyage, the yacht was commanded by the owner's son, Frederick H. Benedict; a Captain Lowberg served as navigator. Passengers included John Bloodgood, Jr., Thomas B. Brown, and Edgar H. Booth, as well as the anonymous author, all of New York City. They depart from Wilmington, travel down the Cape Fear River, and experience very rough weather on the first night in open ocean. After a stop at Nassau, they reach Guantanamo, Cuba, where they are met and shown around by Paul Brooks, son of a wealthy American planter, consular agent, and major stakeholder in the local railway.
They visit several sugar plantations, drink some rum, and play some pool, before heading on to Santiago (more sugar plantations) and then Havana. They reach Havana on the last day of Mardi Gras, and find "the streets a howling mob of holiday seekers, most of them in fancy costume and masked." They join the fun, attending an opera and several lavish balls. In the following days they tour the town, socialize with a variety of expats, dine at some of the notable local establishments, and tour the Corona Cigar factory. Throughout, the author offers nice descriptions of the landscape and architecture, with occasional observations on the local people and customs. On the return journey they have the ill fortune to be stuck a few days in Jacksonville, Florida, which evidently lacked socialites, as "there is absolutely nothing to see or do." They return to Wilmington, where they enjoy "a few days frolic, " including fishing, sailing, oyster roasts, teas, dancing, and general lounging about in the company of ladies--before embarking on a short cruise to Bermuda, a description of which comprises the last 25 or so pages of the diary.
Laid in is a 4-page unsigned typescript recounting a cruise with the New York Yacht Club from New London to New Bedford, via Newport and Narragansett Pier; also laid in are 13 octavo manuscript pages of navigational interest.
64. Cunard tours [cover title]. N.p.: Cunard & Anchor Lines, ca. 1929.
$75
12mo, pp. 63; black and white photographic illustrations; original staplebound pictorial wrappers, general light wear, previous owner has added "1929" in ink on p. [1], else a very good copy.
The complete list of itineraries in Europe available from the Cunard line, including a 66-day tour of the European continent with first class rates of $163.
Not found in OCLC.
65. R.M.S. "Queen Mary": "the stateliest ship now in being" -- His Majesty King George V [cover title]. [Great Britain]: Cunard White Star, ca. 1934.
$75
Oblong 8vo, unpaged; chiefly color and black and white illustrations, some photographic; decorative borders in yellow and silver; original tan staplebound decorative wrappers stamped in red and gilt; "Ships--Queen Mary" in ink at top of upper cover, withdrawn rubberstamp on p. [1]; very good.
Promotional brochure for the iconic ship, which was still in preparation as of its publication: "The rooms will be perfectly satisfying to the most cosmopolitan conceptions of culture and good taste, at the same time retaining the atmosphere of restfulness and comfort associated with the most dignified English country homes."
66. The stranger’s guide to Holkham, containing a description of the paintings, statues &c. of Holkham House, in the country of Norfolk; the magnificent seat and residence of T. W. Coke, Esq. M. P. Also a brief account of the park, gardens, &c. &c. with a short narrative of the sheep-shearing, annually held at Holkham. Embellished with a view of the south front. Burnham: printed, published and sold by J. Dawson, 1817.
$350
First edition, 8vo, pp. [6], v, 1-151; engraved frontispiece; original printed tan paper-covered boards; spine partially perished revealing sewing structure, label chipped and rubbed, boards a bit soiled, joints cracked, but the binding is sound and the textblock clean; good copy, or better.
Attributed in some records to John Dawson (1734-1820) a British mathematician and surgeon, but likely erroneously. The cover imprint continues: "Best edition 5s - Interleaved 7s - Com. edition 3s.6d. Neatly done up in extra boards."
67. Picturesque Narragansett, sea and shore, with Illustrated Providence and Newport [wrapper title]. The past and the present. Narragansett sea and shore. An illustrated guide to Providence, Newport, Narragansett Pier, Block Island, Watch Hill, Rocky Point, Silver Spring, and all the famous sea-side resorts of Rhode Island, with a map of Narragansett Bay. Providence: J. A. & R. A. Reid, printers, publishers and engravers, 1879.
$350
8vo, pp. [12] ads, 88, [12] ads; double-page map of the state, numerous wood engravings throughout and the ads too are mostly illustrated; original pictorial wrappers bound in contemporary half-green morocco over marbled boards, gilt-lettered direct on spine; some rubbing, especially at the joints; overall very good and internally fine.
68. A hand-book of Newport, and Rhode Island by the author of "Pen and Ink Sketches" .... Newport: C. E. Hammett, Jr,, 1852.
$450
First edition, 12mo, pp. xii, [1], 14-170, [2], [12] ads for Newport businesses; wood-engraved frontispiece (in the pagination), 5 wood-engravings in the text (3 full-page); original blue blindstamped cloth lettered in gilt on upper cover; lightly rubbed, a few small spots on cover; all else very good.
With the early ownership signature on the front free endpaper and title page of Richard Stebbins, Newport 1853-4.
"George Spencer Phillips, who was known in Newport only as John Ross Dix, was from Bristol, England and was connected for a time with one of the leading New York papers. He came to Newport as the friend and guest of Rev. John O. Choules, and while here he wrote his Handbook of Newport, bringing it to the publisher with an offer to dispose of the manuscript at a certain price with the privilege of a day or two for examination. He returned within an hour demanding an immediate purchase at a very great reduction from his first offer, with the alternative of its acceptance, or destruction of the manuscript. His proposal was accepted and the book sent to New York and published in about a week. It proved a very good venture, the whole edition selling in a short time. It has long been out of print" (Hammett).
Bartlett, p. 111; Hammett, p. 54.
69. Doggett's New-York business directory, for 1846 & 1847. With a map. New-York: John Doggett, Jr., Directory Establishment, 156 Broadway, n.d., [1846].
$450
"Fourth publication," 16mo, pp. [2], xvi, 268, 24 ads; ads also on pastedown and endpapers; text largely in double column; folding map of Manhattan and Brooklyn by H. S. Tanner (with tear at the stub), tipped-in advertisement leaf at p. 80; original blindstamped brown cloth gilt-stamped on the upper cover; very good. Numerous illustrated advertisements. American Imprints 46-2186; Spear, p. 251.
70. Drake's road book of the Grand junction railway from Liverpool & Manchester to Birmingham. Containing a brief historical and topographical account of the scenery, places and objects on either side of the line, (as observed by the passing traveller in their order of appearance.) The rules, regulations, fares, times of outset and arrival of the trains at the various stations; together with all requisite information for travellers arriving at the various stations; and an accurately engraved map of the entire route.... Birmingham: printed and published by James Drake; Liverpool, Manchester, and London, n.d., [ca. late 1830's].
$225
16mo, pp. xiv, [17]-184 (pp. 110-184, ads); large folding frontispiece map (a few splits at folds), 4 engraved advertising plates (1 folding); front hinge cracked, else a good, sound copy in original green cloth, gilt-lettered direct on upper cover.
71. The official guide to the city of Dublin. Dublin: published by the authority of the Dublin Corporation and with the approval of the Tourist Organization Society of Ireland and the Dublin Chamber of Commerce; Wilson Hartnell & Co., ca. 1924.
$125
Small 12mo, pp. 156; black and white illustrations, many photographic, throughout; original blue wrappers stamped in silver; edges a bit toned, contemporary signature on title page, else a near fine copy.
Advertisements throughout, including one for Power's "Three Swallow" Whiskey on back cover.
72. Notes of an Indian journey. London: Macmillan and Co., 1876.
$225
First edition, 8vo., pp. vi, [2], 296; large folding map; tipped-in "From the author" slip at title page; original blue cloth, gilt spine; a few wrinkles on upper cover and spine, slight wear at spine extremities, else a near fine copy.
"The following pages were written chiefly in Steamships and Railway Carriages, or late at night, after the occupations of the day were over, and were sent home week by week to my usual travelling companions - none of whom, as it chanced, were able to accompany me on my Indian Journey" (Preface).
73. Providence street directory, giving the location of each street, and showing what other streets and places run from or across it, with the numbers at which they intersect, with a complete list of buildings, blocks, halls, hotels, banks and savings banks, fire alarm and post office street-boxes, etc. Price 30 cents. Published by E. S. Metcalf & Co. Providence: J. A. & R. A. Reid, printers, 1879.
$275
16mo, pp. 96; pastedowns and free endpapers on yellow paper with advertisements, last 5 pages also with printed ads in display type; original green cloth-backed pictorial gray-green paper-covered boards; ownership signature in pencil at the top of the front free endpaper and p. 3, hinges cracked, else very good.
Not in OCLC.
74. Walks through Bath, describing every thing worthy of interest connected with the public buildings, the rooms, crescents, theatre, concerts, baths, its literature, &c. including Walcot and Widcombe, and the surrounding vicinity; with sketches of Prior-Park-House, the Rocks of Wick, Corsham-House, and its fine collection of paintings: also an excursion to Clifton and Bristol hot-wells, with a visit to Lord de Clifford’s house, and some remarks upon its pictures: the whole forming a complete guide to the visitors of the above city. Bath: printed for Meyler and Son, at the Bath Herald Office; Barry and Son, Bristol; J. Vincent, Oxford; and Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, London, 1819.
$500
8vo, pp. [2], xii, 202; uncut and largely unopened; 21 engraved plates, including frontispiece; original printed tan pictorial boards with vignette illustration on upper board and ads on lower; corners bumped, spine cracked and with a one-inch chip out at the top, upper joint starting, occasional scattered foxing to plates, good or better.
75. A visit to the monastery of La Trappe, in 1817: with notes, taken during a tour through Le Perce, Normandy, Bretagne, Poitou, Anjou, Le Bocage, Touraine, Orleanois, and the environs of Paris. London: Thomas M'Lean, 1823.
$650
Fourth edition, 4to, pp. xii, 188; 12 hand-colored aquatint plates, 2 line engravings and 1 colored etching; beautifully bound in full contemporary maroon straight-grain morocco, boards with elaborate gilt borders, inner dentelles, spine richly gilt with gilt lettering direct, a.e.g.; nice copy.
Contains important information on the Wars of La Vendee which occurred only two years prior to the author's visit. The Vendee Uprising contributed to Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo.
Abbey, Travel, 91.
76. From the lakes of Killarney to the golden Horn. Second edition. New York: Scribner, Armstrong and Co., 1877.
$100
8vo, pp. vi, [7]-355, [2] ads; a fine, bright copy in original green cloth, gilt-stamped spine. Early gilt presentation dated Jan. 1, 1877.
The author travels in the company of his niece on a trip from Ireland, across Europe via London, Paris, Switzerland, Belgium, Holland, Germany, Austria, Italy and Rome, to Constantinople and Turkey.
77. Three weeks tour in Japan. To Nikko and Chuzenji in one day: a comfortable jaunt. Shanghai: reprinted from the Shanghai Sunday Times, Sept. 23, 1934.
$75
First separate edition, 12mo, pp. 8; text in double column; 2 full-page illustrations from photographs; text toned, else very good in original printed red wrappers.
Not found in OCLC.
78. [Florida.] Big game fishermen's paradise. A complete treatise (fully illustrated) on angling philosophy, sidelights and scenes in Florida salt-water fishing ventures ... Compliments of State of Florida. Tallahassee: Dept. of Agriculture, 1936.
$175
8vo, pp. xv, [1], 324; folding color map of South Florida, folding table of prominent game fishes, folding table of fishing locations, numerous other charts, tables and photographic illustrations throughout, some full page; original color pictorial wrapper bound in; contemporary three-quarter blue morocco, gilt-paneled spine in 6 compartments, gilt-lettered direct in 2; generally fine.
79. Kurze beschreibung von Bologna den gasten des hotel Brun. Bolongna: Grand Hotel Brun, 1914.
$45
12mo, pp. 40; black & white photographic illustrations, map of Bologna printed in black & red laid in; extremities lightly creased and lower spine has small tear, else very good in blue pictorial wrappers.
80. Les merveilles de la ville de Rome, où il est traité des églises, stations et reliques des corps saints qui y sont. Avec la guide qui enseigne aux estrangers a aysement trouver les choses plus remarquables de Rome. Ensemble les noms des papes, empereurs et autres princes chrestiens. Nouvellement corrigé et amplifié, avec une addition de tout ce qui s'est faict depuis le pape Clement huictiesme jusques à présent. Et de la restauration des eglises. Les noms des peintres plus célèbres, & autres choses remarquables. Les Sept merveilles du monde. Le tout traduit d'italien en françois par Pompée de Launay..... Rome: de l'impr. de feu Mascardi, 1676.
$750
8vo, pp. 189, [3]; title page printed in red and black, 1 double-page woodcut of St. Peter's Square, 53 half-page woodcuts (some repeated); bound with, as issued: Palladio, M. Andre, Les Antiquités de la ville de Rome..., 1672; 18 half-page woodcuts (some repeated); contemporary full vellum, worn, and chipped along the bottom edge of the front board, the front hinge cracked exposing the binding structure, the first 3 leaves with tears in the fore-margin with minor loss to the bottom corner of the title; 3 or 4 leaves in the index trimmed close in the fore-margin but without loss; a good copy.
This book went through a number of editions in Italian in the latter part of the 17th century in both Rome and Venice. This seems to be the first edition in French, and the only edition in French until 1725.
81. The Grand Junction Railway companion to Liverpool, Manchester, and Birmingham; and Liverpool, Manchester and Birmingham guide: containing an account of every thing worthy the attention of the traveller upon the line; including a complete description of every part of the rail-road; of the noblemen or gentlemen's seats which may be seen from it; and of the towns and villages of importance in its neighborhood. Liverpool: published by Henry Lacey, 64, Bold Street, 1837.
$500
16mo, pp. [2], iv, [2], 192, viii, [1], 194*-200* (ads), 193-228 (ads), [2]; large folding frontispiece map, 1 engraved plate with map on verso; original green cloth stamped in gilt on the upper cover; cloth cracked at joints, soiled and stained, the map with 2 or 3 short tears neatly repaired on verso; all else good or better.
82. A leisurely journey. Boston: D. Lothrop and Co., [1886].
$45
First edition, small 8vo, pp. x, 168; decorative headpieces; original blue cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine, t.e.g.; minor wear at extremities else near fine.
A pastor from Hartford and his wife travel abroad. "From June 1884 to October 1885 I was happy as to be able to spend my time in England and on the Continent - my seventh journey abroad" (Preface).
Smith, American Travellers Abroad, G-3.
83. Vacation tourists and notes of travel in 1860. Cambridge: Macmillan & Co., London, 1861.
$250
First edition, 8vo, pp. viii, 483, [1], 23, [1] ads; bottom of spine slightly cracked else very good and sound in original pictorial green cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine.
Galton, the cousin of Charles Darwin and the originator of eugenic studies, whose seminal work, Finger Prints (London, 1892), led to the adoption of a entirely new system of criminal identification, was interested in tourism and vacations. His earlier work, The Art of Travel; or, Shifts and Contrivances in Wild Countries (1859) dealt with how to travel efficiently and safely, went through at least five editions over the next twenty years. In the present book, Galton edits 13 travel accounts including "The Allelein-Horn," by Leslie Stephen (Virginia Woolf's father), his own "Visit to North Spain," and H. F. Tozer's account of his visit to Norway. Several others deal with mountaineering, Naples and Gibraltar, Croatia and Hungary, and Peru. In his Preface Galton hopes that this book becomes a series of annual volumes: in fact, two others were published in subsequent years.
84. Souvenir de Genève [cover title] . n.p., n.d.: [but likely Dresden: Jacobi & Zobel,, ca. 1890s.
$35
8.5 x 12.5 cm, accordion fold with 26 photo-lithograph panels showing a double-p. view of Geneva, waterfront views, boats at the jetty, ferries, principal buildings, hotels, museums, etc.; original decorative red cloth stamped in gilt and black; first fold separated, the text block detached; otherwise very good. "Manufactured abroad."
85. Guide to the Glasgow & Ayrshire Railway, with descriptions of Glasgow and Edinburgh, and Glasgoq and Greenock Railways: to Ayr and its environs, and to the land of Burns. Ayr: M'Cormick & Gemmell; Glasgow: Andrew Rutherglen, 1841.
$500
16mo, pp. [4], 110; folding lithograph frontispiece map, folding facsimile of Burns' handwriting, double-p. plan of Ayr, 12 lithograph plates (2 double-p. and folding); original pictorial green cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover; small crack starting in cloth along rear joint; minor spotting to the binding; all else very good. Cover title reads Glasgow & Ayrshire Railway Guide ... Published at the Ayr Advertiser Office."
86. Two years in Europe. New York & London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1887.
$100
First edition, 8vo, pp. viii, 447; 32 plates; hinges starting, else a very good copy in original pictorial brown cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine.
87. A walk in and about the city of Canterbury; with many observations, not hitherto described in any other publication. The fifth edition, with additions. Canterbury: James Simmons, 1804.
$225
12mo, pp. xviii, 305, [13]; engraved frontispiece, 3 plates including folding map, half title and title page printed in red and black; recent mottled calf over marbled boards, red gilt morocco spine label, textblock uncut; illustration from the original decorative binding mounted to front pastedown, early 20th-century bookplate on front free endpaper, two bookseller descriptions taped to front free endpaper verso; map torn with old tape repair on verso, very occasional modern ink underlining; a very good, sound copy.
OCLC locates only 2 copies in the United States: New England Genealogical Society and Cleveland Public.
88. A walk in and about the city of Canterbury: with many observations, not hitherto described in any other publication. Fourth edition, with additions. Canterbury: printed by Simmons and Kirkby, 1796.
$500
12mo, pp. xviii, 205, [13] index; half-title, title, first leaf of the introduction, and preface printed in red and black; frontispiece (in the pagination), engraved folding plan of Canterbury, 2 handsome engraved plates of the cathedral, an engraved chart of East Kent, and a woodcut of a stained glass window; original blue-gray paper wrappers, cream paper shelfback, oval printed paper label on upper cover within an ornate frame, manuscript titling on spine; a few cracks and chips, but a nice copy with interesting features.
89. [Grand Tour.] The origins of the grand tour: the travels of Robert Montagu, Lord Mandeville (1649-1654), William Hammond (1655-1658), Banaster Maynard (1660-1663). London: Hakluyt Society, 2004.
$65
Large 8vo, pp. xvii, [1], 331, [1]; 49 figures in the text; a fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Issued as no. 14 in the Hakluyt Society's Third Series.
"The long-term English fascination with the Grand Tour was firmly rooted in the mid-Tudor and early Stuart periods. Such travels were usually prompted by one of three reasons: the practical needs of diplomacy, the aesthetic allure of cultural tourism, and the expediencies of political or religious exile" (jacket blurb).
90. [Grand Tour.] Manuscript journal of an extensive tour through Europe with his sister and two friends. February 19 to October 13, 1870.
$3,200
3 volumes, small folio, approx. 250 pages, approx. 65,000 words, in ink; contemporary gilt-stamped full calf; contains a very useful index with places visited, dates of travel, with volume number and page number in volume I; also 4 cartes de visite of the four tourists, William D. Wade, Emma C. Wade, Emilie B. Pratt, and Louis Heicher, apparently taken in Munich by the studio photographer, M. Possenbacher. Volume I scuffed and worn, especially the spine; volumes II and III are better; all bindings sound, and the penmanship quite legible.
Brooklynite William Dwight Wade (b.1847) embarked on the grand tour with his sister, Emma Cleveland Wade (b.1844), and his cousin, Emilie Brace Pratt (b.1850). They were also accompanied by an older friend and "courier," who served as general travel agent, escort, and facilitator, Louis Heicher.
The journey took place on the brink of the The Franco-Prussian War; the war which saw the Siege of Paris and led to the establishment of the German Empire. William Wade, a graduate of the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, and later brass manufacturer and manufacturer of printing inks, is a writer very much of his era. His prose is formal but replete with colorful description, and, of course, the party hit all the required classical highlights of the continent.
By the late 19th century the Grand Tour would become an essentially American phenomenon. During the Gilded Age, America's upper classes and merchant classes traveled the world visiting the great European cities and the ancient sites of the Mediterranean, as part of a Grand Tour, collecting and honoring their western cultural heritage.
In 1867 Mark Twain took a sort of Cook's tour to Europe and the eastern Mediterranean, sending back dispatches to Alta California, a San Francisco paper that sponsored his trip. Later, his dispatches were published in a subscription book, The Innocents Abroad or The New Pilgrims Progress. Within its first year, the book sold over 70,000 copies, and remained the best-selling of Twain's books throughout his lifetime. As the 19th century progressed many Americans ventured out following Twain's Grand Tour experience. William Randolph Hearst took his first Grand Tour at the age of 10 in 1873, spending a year and a half traveling and beginning a habit of collecting.
After debarking the Ville de Paris (Capt. Hilliard master, a steamship of a French Line) at Havre, the Wades began to sightsee their way across France. Of Paris: "Anticipating a return to the renowned City later in our travels, we decided to take the few days which we now proposed to spend in our easy manner, acquainting ourselves with the capital in general, securing a courier, and preparing for the flight southward, ere the Italian skies became too fervent in their greeting. While the Franco-Prussian War prevented the consummation of this later plan, and from some points of view our decision was a mistake. Yet, we can feel that after all we have nothing to regret. We saw Paris in all its Imperial splendor, the Tuileries with Napoleon III and the Empress Eugenie in residence."
Volume I describes France and Italy, Volume II is Germany, Italy, Switzerland, and back through Germany. Volume III covers Holland, Belgium, England, Scotland, and thence to Liverpool for a return voyage on the Russia.
Among the cities visited are Antwerp, Baden Baden, Bath, Bellagio, Brussels, Bristol, Brighton, Como, Cologne, Cork, Canterbury, Chatsworth, Dresden, Derby, Dublin, Edinburgh, Florence, Frankfurt, Genoa, Glasgow, Giants Causeway, Heidelberg, The Hague, Innsbruck, Killarney, Lyons, Leghorn, Lucino, Lucerne, London, Loch Lomand, Leeds, Lausanne, Marseilles, Munich, Milan, Lake Maggiore, Nice, Naples, Nuremberg, Nottingham, Oxford, Paris, Pisa, Padua, Potsdam, Pompeii, Rome, Sorrento, Strassburg, Stuttgart, Stratford-on-Avon, Salisbury, Trieste, Venice, Vienna, Verona, York and Zurich, among many others.
In Berlin: "We found that our visit to Berlin had been timed most auspiciously, for the Emperor of Russia was passing a few days in the Prussian capital on his way to Erus and was to review the troops... We accordingly chartered a carriage for the day...at a shop upon the Linden we saw a cabriolet approaching at a rapid pace...we found it was occupied by the venerable King and his Imperial guest. They honored us with military salutes and we felt that seldom were two fine looking men seen together than grand old King William and the majestic Czar of all the Russias ... We watched a mock battle, a sight both novel and exciting. Little did we dream when we saw these Prussian troops maneuvering on that field of peace that in a few weeks they would move to the front to engage in battle in earnest."
There are too many fascinating incidents to include in a brief review, but one representative incident took place "at the hospice on the summit (of Grunisel (?) mountain in Germany) on which we proposed to spend the night. Our cavalcade consisted of P. A. leading Miss P's horse, a native leading Miss W's horse, and a wicked looking bay horse leading the writer. The road (if it could be dignified by that name) was in the worst possible condition, and besides being nearly perpendicular, had a most unpleasant feature in the shape of abrupt turns in reverse directions...we finally agreed that a Wall Street corner was less dangerous to the uninitiated than a Gruinsel one."
One of the guides lost his hat and abandoned Pegasus, Emma's horse, to give pursuit. Free of restraint, "Pegasus gave a grunt of delight...and then began a rotary motion which was anything but encouraging to the fair rider ... O! how fondly Emma wished that she was trotting gently o'er the summit of Breeze Hill...before she joined a party of reckless adventurers. How the writer reproached himself for bringing two frail feminine necks into such imminent danger of dislocation ... We reach the summit only to find vast fields of snow and ice. As it is said to be too dangerous to ride over these, we dismount, and ankle deep in snow, take up our march for the hospice." This was followed by new adventures on the next day's return trip, with the horses slipping and sliding in the snow "where a misstep would have hurled us six thousand feet into the valley below."
A most interesting and lengthy example, comprising three full volumes of a nineteenth-century travel diary. The Wade siblings' parents were Horace Dwight Wade (1818-1873) and Lucy Coit Huntington Pratt. Horace Wade was a druggist in Brooklyn; evidently there was sufficient family money to finance such a long and expensive experience on the continent for their children.
91. Green's mid-Kent court guide, gazetteer, and county blue-book: a fashionable register and general survey of the county; with delineation, topographical, historical, and descriptive. London: Green and Co., 1874.
$75
First edition, large 16mo, pp. 404; original brown cloth, upper cover and spine stamped in gilt, blind-tooled borders; ex-Minnesota Historical Society with usual markings, edges and cloth scuffed, back joint weak. A good copy overall.
Illustrated advertisements throughout, including endpapers. At head of title: "To be published every three years."
Not in OCLC.
92. [Greenwood Cemetery.] Green Wood Cemetery [cover title] . Brooklyn: copyrighted and published by Fritschler & Selle, n.d., ca. 1887.
$125
3½" x 5¼", accordion fold with 16 monuments to many of the important interred (Perry, Pierpont, Vosburgh, Scribner, Garrison, Greeley, etc., as well as other tomb, monuments, etc.; original embossed red cloth stamped in gilt; covers a little dull, else very good.
On the rear pastedown is an advert for "Green Wood Carriage Service ... the drivers show and explain all the monuments..."
93. Picturesque Narragansett. An illustrated guide to the cities, towns, and famous resorts of Rhode Island. With a sketch of the city of Fall River, Mass. Providence: J. A. & R. A. Reid, [1889].
$150
Third edition, 8vo, pp. [4], 212 and 30 pages of ads; copiously illustrated, largely with wood engravings; original stiff paper wrappers printed in brown and red; upper wrapper joint reinforced with tape, wrappers soiled and edge-worn, text toned throughout, with a couple of small chips or tears at fore-edges, not touching text; a good, sound copy.
The first edition of the guide was sold out within six weeks. This third edition was revised and likely published about a year later, as ads reference a coming 1889 tourist season.
94. Guide & atlas to London and suburbs. London: Geographia Ltd. , [n.d.] (c.1950?).
$30
12mo, pp. 80; large folding map in color at rear (small tear w/tape), numerous maps of various sections of the city, list of museums and theatres, index to streets, ex-James J. Hill library copy with usual marking, extremities worn and chipped, spine reinforced with old tape, otherwise good in original pink printed wrappers.
95. Guide & atlas to London and suburbs. London: Geographia Ltd. , [n.d.] .
$35
12mo, pp. 80, 96; numerous full-pg maps, large folding map in color (approx. 29 x 20 in.), with index of over 13,500 streets; occasional pencil notations, uniformaly toned, folding map has a few small tears along creases, extremities toned at edges and spine with some edgewear, otherswise very good in original pink printed wrappers.
96. Guide du voyageur a Saint-Petersbourg, comprenant un precis historique de la foundation de cette capitale et de ses agrandissements. Saint Petersburg: Fd. Bellizard et Cie., 1840.
$950
12mo, pp. [10], 348; color folding map of St. Petersburg and 10 engraved plates; original blue printed paper wrappers, text untrimmed; upper cover detached and reattached with a neat but obtrusive paper strip, covers lightly soiled, map has some shallow tears, text clean and sound. An attractive, scarce guidebook.
97. Guide to "Peking." Published by The Peiping Chronicle. Revised edition. Peiping [i.e. Beijing]: The Peiping Chronicle, 1935.
$350
7½" x 5½", pp. [6], v, [3], 193, [3]; 3 maps (1 folding), and 48 illustrations from photographs (many full-page); original tan pictorial wrappers, spine a little chipped at the extremities but still a very good copy.
With numerous illustrated advertisements, a historical introduction to the city, details on points of interest, cultural institutions, Chinese theatre, shops, foods, industries, transportation facilities, newspapers, clubs and associations, hotels, hospitals, festivals, etc.
98. Guide to Peiping and its environs. With maps and illustrations. Peiping [i.e., Beijing]: The Peking Bookshop, 1946.
$200
First edition, 12mo, pp. [2], viii, 144, [2] ads; 26 illustrations from photographs printed in blue on rectos and versos of 8 plates (numbered I-XVI); original pictorial yellow wrappers; textblock toned, vertical crease an evidence of a small sticker removal on the upper cover; all else about very good.
Includes a history of the city, table of the principal dynasties, features of Chinese architecture, festivals and temple fairs, an English-Chinese vocabulary, details of 15 suggested tours of the city, and information on the suburbs, the Great Wall, the Ming Tombs, etc.
99. Guide. Agra map & 8 plans. Arabic and Persian inscriptions with English translation. [Caption title: A description of the Taj or the tomb of the Emperor Shah Jehan and the Empress Mumtaz Mahal]. Sikandra, Agra: K. Kahn, 1927.
$375
12mo, pp. ii, 102; 8 folding maps and plans; list of Mogol emperors mounted on the rear pastedown; very good, clean, and sound in original gray cloth lettered in black.
Colorado, Newberry and Cleveland Public only in OCLC.
100. Letters. New York: privately printed [by William C. Whitney], 1902.
$50
Copy no. 456 in a limited but unspecified edition printed on hand-made paper at the De Vinne Press, 8vo, pp. [8], 221, [1]; full blue crushed levant, likely by Stikeman, triple gilt rules on covers, gilt-paneled spine in 6 compartments, gilt-lettered in 2, t.e.g., the others uncut, inner dentelles, red ribbon bookmark; a few small spots to cover, else fine.
Letters, many written during the travels of this wealthy businessman from Zoar, Ohio.