Search Results: Travel & Exploration, International Culture from Resource Books, LLC

New York: Dutton, 1993. First edition, 1993. Includes a glossary of Japanese terms and expressions. Seagreen boards with white linen cloth spine and gilt spine lettering, tan speckled endpapers, 295 pages with index, color illustrated dustjacket. The book is in very good condition with hardly any discernible edgewear, sound text block, good hinges, clean pages with no names or other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is not priceclipped and is also in very good condition. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Duisburg: Rhein Verlagsgesellschaft M. B. H., 1927. In German. Published 1927. Illustrated in black and white with several folding plates. Bright red cloth lettered in gilt, 657 pages. Light shelfwear, good hinges, sound text block, light foxing to the first and last few pages, pages otherwise very clean with a name on the front free endpapers, no other markings.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: E. P. Dutton & Co, Inc., 1955. First edition, 1955. Illustrated with black and white plates. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering, illustrated dustjacket. The book has edgewear with additional rubbing to spine ends and uneven spine fading, good hinges, sound text block, light foxing to endpapers, gift notation on front free endpaper, decorative name stamp on half-title, no other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is priceclipped and has some edge rubbing and other wear, very little paper loss.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Kathmandu, Nepal: Ratna Pustak Bhandar, 1979. 1979 reprint. Bibliotheca Himalayica series. Illustrated with black and white plates, folding map. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering, decorative endpapers, with dustjacket. Very good condition with good hinges, sound text block, minor spot and surface chip to upper edge of front pastedown endpaper, clean pages, gift notation on front free endpaper, decorative name stamp on title page, no other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is priceclipped and in very good condition with some light shelf soil, no chips or tears.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1885. First edition, 1885. Blue cloth printed in gilt and blue, frontis engraving and an additional plate by Edward Whymper, another by Percy Macquoid. Fair to good condition with considerable edgewear and chipping to spine ends, hinges internally cracked but secure, text block sound but not tight (no loosened pages), short closed tear along inner margin of one page, pages clean with a decorative name stamp on the title page, no other markings.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: N.P., 1780. Published ca. 1780, perhaps earlier. Volume 1 of 3 only, with title page and other preliminaries absent, rendering exact title edition identification nearly impossible. Includes voyages by Byron, Wallis and Carteret. Full calf leather, probably early 19th century, with red spine label lettered Haweesworth [sic] Voyages in gilt, marbled edges, ix-xxxvi, 514 pages. Covers worn and rubbed with considerable spine chipping, text block sound, preliminaries absent through viii, first two leaves with old repairs and minimal loss of text, pages age-toned but clean, 1898 gift notation from father to daughter on front free endpaper, father's name again in pencil in outer margin of first leaf present.. Hard Cover. Poor. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Cassell and Company, 1902. First edition, 1902. Illustrated with black and white plates from photographs plus a double page map. Maroon cloth printed in gilt, 252 pages plus publisher's ads. Covers rubbed, most heavily at the extremities, ex-library with remains of spine label, pocket, stamps, etc. on endpapers, additional stamp on title page with later decorative name stamp also on title page, hinges internally light cracked and secure, sound text block, pages clean. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New Delhi, India: Indus Publishing Company, 2000. First edition, 2000. Illustrated in color, from photographs. Black cloth with dustjacket. The book has modest edgewear, good hinges, firm text block, clean pages with a decorative name stamp on the title page, no other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is also very good with no chips or tears.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Bonnell, Silver & Company, 1897. First edition, 1897, sign a personalized inscription signed by the author on the front free endpaper dated November 1897. Travel in Spain, illustrated with black and white tissue-protected plates throughout. Bright red cloth printed in gilt, no dustjacket, probably as issued. Some rubbing and light shelf soil to the covers, good hinges, sound text block, pages 26/27 have a darkened area from a newspaper clipping stored there but are fully legible, pages otherwise clean and unmarked.. Inscribed By the Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1904. First edition, 1904. Worn, with 10 of the 32 black and white plates missing. Green pictorial cloth printed in gilt, black, blue, purple and white, black and white frontis plate, additional black and white illustrations, 333 pages. covers worn and rubbed, fraying to corners and spine ends, hinges internally lightly cracked but secure, text block sound, pages age-toned with intermittent foxing (age speckling), decorative name stamp on half-title, no other markings. Missing plates are those opposite pages: 51, 152, 182, 247, 259, 269, 272, 298, 312, 317.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1866. First American edition [1866]. Illustrated with engravings. Brown cloth with gilt spine lettering and decoration, 344 pages. Some cover rubbing, mainly at the extremities, spine gilt clearly legible, good hinges, sound text block, large smudge to front pastedown, a few minor smudges to endpapers and outer edge, good hinges, sound text block, clean pages with no names or other markings.. First US Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Ernest Benn Limited, 1966. First edition, 1930. Illustrated with black and white plates. Red cloth with dustjacket. Very good condition with light edge rubbing, good hinges, firm text block, clean pages with a name at the top of the front free endpaper, no other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is not priceclipped and is also in very good condition with only light shelfwear, very subtly faded spine and additional rubbing to the corners and spine ends.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hartford, Connecticut: Columbian Book Company, 1884. Second edition, 1884. Victorian era travel in the American Southwest, illustrated with full page engravings. Emerald green cloth lettered and decorated in gilt, 8" tall, 327 pages plus publisher's ad. Extremities rubbed with some light fraying to the spine ends, front hinge internally cracked but secure, text block sound but no longer tight, pages a little age-toned but clean, no names or other markings.. Hard Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Mainz: Lehrmittel-Verlag Offenburg, 1947. In German. Published 1947. Facts about the land and people of Africa, illustrated in black and white. Softcover, 80 pages. Light edgewear, contents age-toned but clean, some pencil notes in the table at the rear.. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Paris: Librairie Plon, 1926. In French. Les Petits-Fils de Plon et Nourrit, 1926. Stunning binding in three quarter snakeskin leather over marbled boards, brown spine label lettered in gilt, 288 pages. The book was once the property of a family that lived in the Belgian Congo during the time period the book was published. Very good condition with slighlty darkened spine, good hinges, firm text block, corners of endpapers darkened, pages uniformly age-darkened but clean, name written at top of title page, no other markings.. Hard Cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: Pickering and Chatto, Chiswick Press - C. Whittingham, 1892. Number 29 of 100 copies of the Large Paper edition, 50 for England and 50 for the US, Aldine Edition. Handsomely bound in three quarter deep blue morocco leather over marbled boards, gilt spine lettering, raised spine bands with gilt decorated compartments, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed, marbled endpaper, 12 plates including the frontis printed on stiff paper, some with free floating tissue protectors. Very good condition with minimal edge rubbing to the bottom, good hinges, firm text block, two tiny spots to outer margin of frontis plate, pages very clean, no names or other markings.. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts, 1861. First edition, 1861. All four maps present but the seven plates neatly removed. Light purple cloth printed in gilt and decorated in blind, 232 pages. Covers scuffed, especially near top of front cover, frays to corners and chips to spine ends, minor lean to binding when laid flat, advertising on front pastedown endpaper bound in upside down, good hinges, text block sound, decorative name stamp on title page, page clean with no other names or markings.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1907. Part I dated 1907, part II 1911. Alpine Club edition, as stated on the spines. Illustrated with numerous folding maps in full color. Light brown tweed type cloth printed in black, 326, [1] corrigenda; 432 pages. Leaflet printed with Subscriber's Copy laid in loosely in volume II. Very good condition with light rubbing to corners and spine ends, some corners lightly bumped, good hinges, sound text blocks, all maps present and very good, half-titles a bit darkened, pages clean, name and address on part I half-title, decorative name stamp on each title page, no other markings.. Hard Cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: Longman & Co., 1860. Undated, ca 1860. Nicely bound book containing two chapters of the Alipine Guide, undated but circa 1860, publisher name Longman & Co. and Edward Weller on the maps. Two chapters (VII: Bernese Alps; VIII: Alps of North Switzerland) with consecutive page numbering from 1 to 242 pages, four folding maps including a linen-backed maps in pocket inside the rear cover, the other maps accented with blue hand coloring. Full diced calf leather with gilt spine lettering, speckled edges, marbled endpapers, no title page. Very good condition with only modest external wear, sound text block with binding stitches visible between two pages at the front, some edgewear to two leaves, pages clean, no names or other markings. All maps very good: Oberland District; The Alps of URI; Alps of Glarus; Map of the Central Alps Including Switzerland, Lombardy and the Western Tyrol.. Hard Cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1905. Original bound volume of eight issues, illustrated throughout with maps and plates. Brown buckram cloth printed in black, 632 pages plus ads. Very good condition with very lightly spotted front cover, good hinges, firm text block, a few instances of very light and unobtrusive foxing, otherwise clean pages, decorative name stamp on title page, no other markings.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.