Five Years with the Congo Cannibals
London, England: Chatto & Windus, 1890. Hardcover. Blue cloth with stamped illustration; 308 pp.; 82 bw illustrations. Includes illustrations by the author, Victor Perard, and W.B. Davis. More
London, England: Chatto & Windus, 1890. Hardcover. Blue cloth with stamped illustration; 308 pp.; 82 bw illustrations. Includes illustrations by the author, Victor Perard, and W.B. Davis. More
Australia: Angus & Robertson, 1991. Hardbound. Cloth binding with dust jacket. 216 pp. 8 color plates. Reprint of 1898 title "A Flower Hunter in Queensland and New Zealand" More
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1937. Hardcover. Tan cloth boards with brown spine lettering; xiv, 306 pp, bw illustrated frontispiece; map illustrated end papers; bw illustrations throughout. "Translated from the French by Thomas McGreevy." Includes a list of the maps and illustrations. Divided into two parts... More
Tokyo, Japan: Gakken, 1977. Hardcover. Cardboard clamshell case with title plates at spine and front; Another clamshell case, and boards, covered in purple cloth with a chrysanthemum design woven in; Title plate affixed to case; Gilt titling to front cover of book; 289 pp.; Profusely illustrated in color. Essay by..... More
Philadelphia, Pa: J.B. Lippincott, 1879. Hardcover. Green cloth boards, gilt design and lettering; 414 pp. Divided into parts: Paris; Central France; The North; and Belgium. More
Munich: K. Wolff, 1920. Hardcover. German language text. Tan cloth boards with gilt title lettering and design. Tan dj.259, [1] pages, 2 leaves :plates. More
Alzira: Edicions Bromera, 2008. Hardbound. Glossy blue boards with color illustrations and white lettering; matching dj; 159 pp. with numerous color photographs. Text in Catalan (?), with English translation at back. Photographs by Francesc Jarque. Discusses the history, architecture, and culture of this seaside city, capital of the Safor, a...... More
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1896. New edition. Hardcover. Burgundy buckram. xxvi + 445 pp. BW illustrations. More
Albany: State University of New York Press, 1981. Softcover. Color-pictorial wraps with black lettering; 377 pp. with occasional bw illustrations. Text in English. The fifth and last title of Cooper's European travel books, published in sequence in 4 volumes total. This edition contains an historical introduction, explanatory notes, appendices, textual..... More
Lourenco Marques: Government Printing Works / Reparticao Tecnica de Estatistica, no date given (circa mid-1950s). Softcover. Color illus. wraps; 114 pp.; Numerous bw figures. A booklet created for tourists as an overview of Mozambique; Includes information about getting there, climate, sport, races, languages, currency, history, and more. More
Concord, New Hampshire: The Rumford Press, 1931. Signed by the Author. Hardbound. Black cloth with gold lettering and color decoration; TEG; 463 pp. with color frontispiece and 52 bw photographs;. This is No. 11/100 in a limited-edition run, signed by the author and presented by him to a museum library..... More
Mumbai: Marg Publications, 1983. Hardcover. Tan boards with green lettering. Color-illustrated dust jacket with red and black lettering. 152 pp. BW and some color illustrations. "The languid rhythms of the land hardly reflect its eventful past with its changing dynasties and rulers, interplay of cultures, religious impresses and commercial prosperity..... More
Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1994. Hardcover. Burgundy cloth over boards; Blue illus. dj.; 256 pp.; No illustrations. Examines the reasons and rewards of European travel for nineteenth-century Americans; Pays particular attention the travel writing of this time, including the works of Henry James, Mark Twain, Ralph Waldo Emerson..... More
Mumbai: Marg Publications, 1980. Hardcover. Burgundy cloth boards with gilt design and lettering. 124 pp. Mainly BW illustrations. More
Cannes: F. Robaudy, 1946. Softcover. White wraps illustrated in color and heightened with gilt. Unpaginated (16 pp), staple bound. BW plates. Dual text in French and English. Appears to be a postwar tourist magazine / promotional booklet encouraging travel to Grasse. Cover by Guy Serre. More
Paris: Chez Firmin Didot, 1826-1827. Hardcover. French language text. 3/4 black leather boards. Gilt lettering on 4 raised band spines. Illustrations (including frontispieces), folded maps, plan, plates (some folded). Includes bibliographical references and index. More
Paris: Manufacture de Caoutchouc Michelin, 1948. Paperback. Skinny green wraps with BW illustration and lettering. 98 pp. Many BW or BW/red maps and illustrations. Published by Pneu Michelin. Text in French. More
Paris: Manufacture Francaise des Pneumatiques Michelin, 1952. Paperback. Skinny green wraps with BW illustration and lettering. 194 pp. Many BW/red maps and illustrations. Tourists' guide to Paris and its outskirts. Text in French. More
Paris: Manufacture de Caoutchouc Michelin, 1948. Paperback. Skinny green wraps with BW illustration and lettering. 122 pp. Many BW or BW/red maps and illustrations. Published by Pneu Michelin. Text in French. More
Heidelberg: Charles de Graimberg, 1870 circa. Printed by George Mohr. Softbound. Vellum wraps with applied red/gilt label stating, "Souvenir de Heidelberg" in center. Bw frontis map is engraved with keyed letters to the text description following the title-page. 5 pp text (in English) followed by 12 tissue-guarded steel engravings. The..... More
Philadelphia: Methodist Episcopal Book and Publishing House, 1875. Hardcover. Orange cloth with gilt/black lettering and decoration. 278 pp. with bw frontis and 1 additional bw plate. The author's 9-month travels in California. San Francisco, Yosemite, The Sierras, geysers, the big trees, Mendocino, and more. More
Hamburg: Karl Baedeker, 1951. Hardbound. Red cloth with gold lettering; 424 pp. plus 4 maps and 3 plans;. Text in German. More
London, England: John Murray, 1845. Hardcover. burgundy cloth boards w/ gilt spine printing. book xii, 556 pgs w/ fold-out map. all edges red speckled. Map remains precisely folded. Volume is Part One, only. More
London: Edward Stanford, 1909. 20th edition. Hardcover. Red cloth binding with gilt lettering. Speckled edges. Red ribbon bookmark. Blue printed endsheets. 688 pp. "Being a collection of questions, phrases, and vocabularies in English, French, German, & Italian. Intended to serve as interpreter to English travellers abroad and foreigners in England."..... More