Search Results: Travel & Adventure from Books of Aurora

Chicago: Lakeside Press, 1996. Hardcover. Fine. Chicago: Lakeside Press, 1996. Fine. 447 pages, illustrated, indexed. Deep brown cloth covered boards with gold decoration of the front and gold lettering on the spine. Top edge gilt.

Quebec: Chronicle-Telegraph Publishing Co., 1928. Staplebound wraps. Very Good. Quebec: Chronicle-Telegraph Publishing Co., 1928. Very Good. 37th edition. Guidebook with numerous photographs. Fold-out map attached inside back cover. 224 pages plus ads. Red paper cover, clean and unmarked.

New York: J. F. Tapley Co., 1917. Hardcover. Very Good +. New York: J. F. Tapley Co., 1917. Very Good +. Small (2 1/2" x 3 1/2") book with history of New York plus many statistics, illustrated throughout with b&w photographs from private collections. Some of the photos are early 1900's but many are New York in the 1800's. 287 pages, unmarked. Binding is dark green with lettering and coat-of-arms in gilt on the front cover. Top edge gilt, very light edgewear on cover. A fascinating little book.

J. T. Moss, 1909. Hardcover. Very Good -. J. T. Moss, 1909. Very Good -. 428 pages, illustrated with half-tone reproductions of photographs of many expeditions. Pages are tanned, unmarked, hinges cracked. Red binding with illustrated paste down in blue and white on the front. Lettering was gold at one time, but most of that has faded.

Phildelphia: James Challen & Son, 1861. Hardcover. Good. Tales of travel in what is now referred to as the Mideast. Descriptions of places, people, customs, etc. 14 sites pictured on 9 lithographed plates with tissue guards. Indexed, 475 pages plus four pages of ads. Original publisher's embossed boards with gold lettering on the spine. Wear on all edges and the front board is detached.. The front section with 3 sheets of blank endpaper and the frontis is loose.. Otherwise, the textblock is firm and the pages bright and unmarked.

Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1959. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1959. Very Good +/very good. 145 pages, indexed, Seven b&w photographs, maps on endpapers, indexed. bound in brown cloth, unmarked. Yellow jacket with light wear at extremities.

Boston: Balch Brothers Co., 1908. Hardcover. Very Good +. Boston: Balch Brothers Co., 1908. Very Good +/No Jacket Issued. Clean, crisp and unmarked. Heavily illustrated with b&w photographs and drawings, tinted photograph at the beginning of each section. Pretty floral endpapers, three-quarter leather with red marbled boards. Spine is sunned but lettering and decoration remain bright in gold. Top edge gold, wear on top corners and slight wear on bottom corners. One of a 10 volume set with supplements.

Boson: Balch Brothers Co., 1908. Hardcover. Very Good +. Boson: Balch Brothers Co., 1908. Very Good +/No Jacket Issued. Clean, crisp and unmarked. Heavily illustrated with b&w photographs and drawings, tinted photograph at the beginning of each section. Pretty floral endpapers, three-quarter leather with red marbled boards. Spine is sunned but lettering and decoration remain bright in gold. Top edge gold, slight wear on top corners. One of a 10 volume set with supplements.

Boston: Balch Brothers Co., 1908. Hardcover. Very Good +. Boston: Balch Brothers Co., 1908. Very Good +/No Jacket Issued. Clean, crisp and unmarked. Heavily illustrated with b&w photographs and drawings, tinted photograph at the beginning of each section. Pretty floral endpapers, three-quarter leather with red marbled boards. Spine is sunned but lettering and decoration remain bright in gold. Top edge gold, wear on top of spine and very slightly at front corners. One of a 10 volume set with supplements.

Boston: Balch Brothers Co., 1908. Hardcover. Very Good. Boston: Balch Brothers Co., 1908. Very Good/No Jacket Issued. Clean, crisp and unmarked. Heavily illustrated with b&w photographs and drawings, tinted photograph at the beginning of each section. Pretty floral endpapers, three-quarter leather with red marbled boards. Spine is sunned but lettering and decoration remain bright in gold. Top edge gold, light rubbing on top of spine and corners. One of a 10 volume set with supplements.

Boston: Balch Brothers Co., 1908. Hardcover. Very Good +. Boston: Balch Brothers Co., 1908. Very Good +/No Jacket Issued. Clean, crisp and unmarked. Heavily illustrated with b&w photographs and drawings, tinted photograph at the beginning of each section. Pretty floral endpapers, three-quarter leather with red marbled boards. Spine is sunned but lettering and decoration remain bright in gold. Top edge gold, wear on top front corner. One of a 10 volume set with supplements.

Chicago: Chicago Record Company, 1897. Hardcover. Very Good -. Chicago: Chicago Record Company, 1897. Very Good -. 413 pages plus ads, indexed, 8 maps, some double spread, 36 b&w illustrations. Unmarked, binding is firm. Tan and yellow cloth covers are quite scuffed, the spine lettering has been neatly applied in marker by a previous owner. Wear on corners and edges.

New York: Hunt & Eaton, 1896. Hardcover. Very Good. New York: Hunt & Eaton, 1896. Very Good. 295 pages, illustrated with 10 B&w photogtaphs. Two former owner's names on endpapers, otherwise unmarked.. A crack at the first signature, however the binding is firm. Pages are clear, 2 soiled spots on the ttitle page. Bound in green cloth with picture in darker green and gold lettering on the front and spine. Wear at spine ends. An account of a missionary trip to Africa in the late 1800's.

Suffolk, England: Nonesuch Expeditions, 1989. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Illustrated in full color throughout with photographs and botanical art. Illustrated endpapers, bound in olive green cloth with gold stamping. Index of illustrations, glossary. Jacket has light edgewear at the top, now protected in mylar.

New York: Heritage Press, 1953. Hardcover. Very Good++/Slipcase-Very Good. New York: Heritage Press, 1953. Very Good++/Slipcase-Very Good. 453 pages, glossary, text abridged and arranged by Edward Garnett. General introduction by T. E. Lawrence.. Illustrations in terra cotta and white by Edy Legrand, illustrated endpapers, map on the double title page, arabesques surround the page numbers. Crisp and unmarked. Bound in natural linen with illustration and decoartion stamped in brown. The spine has darkened, page edges stained brown, original glassine wrapper foled in the back. Tan slipcase is firm, Sandglass I:18 laid in. .

New York: Knickerbocker Press/G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1923. Hardcover. Very Good +/good +. New York: Knickerbocker Press/G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1923. Very Good +/good +. 318 pages, Illustrated with numerous b&w photgraphs. Former owner's name on ffep is the only marking. bound in blue cloth with gold decoration and lettering on front and spine. Jacket is worn at extremities with a 1" chip at the top front corner.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1890. Hardcover. Very Good +. Smith, F. Hopkinson. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1890. Very Good +/No Jacket. Smith, F. Hopkinson. Illustrated with line drawings, pages bright and clean. Former owner's bookplate and date inside front cover. Boards are sage green with quarter white, wrapping the spine. Gold lettering, top edge gilt. Spine has darkened, although the lettering is still clear, slight smudging on the shite portion of the board. A travelogue.