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Elizabeth Visits America

By: Glyn, Elinor

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, Duffield & Co.: 1909

Seller ID: 025340

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

First Edition - very clean green cloth boards with unchipped white lettering, small crown and line border on cover, crips white lettering and small crown on spine. No fading, bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, no cracking. Pages are clean, with slight browning to endpapers. "Snow Ranch - Aladdin, Wyo." neatly penned on front fixed endpaper. 350 pages.
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On the Winds of Destiny

By: Godfrey, Betty

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, Vantage Press: 2002

Seller ID: 018282

ISBN: 0533138779

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

Stated First Edition, with full number line, SIGNED by the author. Clean unfaded dark gray boards with bright silver lettering on spine. No bumping or fraying. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers. Inscribed and signed by author on title page: " TO Stella and Paul, Fairwinds, Betty Godfrey." 441 pp. Frontis photo portrait of the author and her husband on their sailboat. Clean dustjacket is not price clipped, unchipped, no tears. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A three year sailing adventure around the world.
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AN EGYPTIAN JOURNAL

By: Golding, William

Price: $35.00

Publisher: New York, Faber And Faber: 1985

Seller ID: 022359

ISBN: 0571135935

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

First Edition in clean unclipped jacket. Clean unfaded black cloth boards with bright silver lettering on spine. No bumping, fading or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean (very slight tanning to pages). Clean bright yellow endpapers; no names, writing or marks. Illustrated with many color and black and white photographs. 207 pages. Clean dustjacket is unchipped, not price clipped (19.95 on front inside flap), no tears. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Nobel prize winning author William Golding shares his day-to-day account of his Egyptian j...
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Gringos in Paradise - An American Couple Builds Their Retirement Dream House in a Seaside Village in Mexico

By: Golson, Barry

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, Scribner: 2006

Seller ID: 024214

ISBN: 0743276353

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

First Edition, First Printing in clean bright unclipped dust jacket. As new condition. Clean mustard yellow boards with bright white spine, gold lettering on spine. No bumping, fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright, with clean blank endpapers. No names, writing or marks. Illustrated with black and white photographs. 325 pages with index. Clean crisp dust jacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover.
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Nature and Character at Granite Bay

By: Goodsell, Daniel A.

Price: $32.00

Publisher: New York, Eaton & Mains: 1901

Seller ID: 025364

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

First Edition, decorated American trade binding. Moss green cloth boards with elaborate gold fish and sealife decoration on cover, gold stamped lettering on cover and spine, with small gold seashell on spine. Slightest hint of soiling. Small bump at top of rear board edge. Binding is tight and square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with gilt top page edges. Previous owner inscription dated 1902 is neatly penned on front free endpaper. Frontispiece illustration with clean tissue guard. Photo illustrations throughout (22 total). 219 pages. Author's experiences in nature and wit...
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Jottings From A Cruise

By: Green, Captain Alfred J.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Alan A. Green: 1947

Seller ID: 023933

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

Second Edition (November 1947) in original dust jacket with publisher's 12-page brochure summarizing the book laid in. Clean blue pebbled cloth boards with gold ship and seagull decoration on cover, gold lettering on cover and spine. No fraying or wear-through. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Clean decorated endpapers (slight browning to edges). No names, writing or bookplates. Illustrated with photographs, drawings and maps. 451 pages with Appendix. Dust jacket has wear to folds and edges, short closed edge tears, slight browning. Enclosed in new a...
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Lighthearted Journey

By: Greene, Anne Bosworth

Price: $30.00

Publisher: New York, Century Company: 1930

Seller ID: 026230

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

Stated First Printing, decorated American trade binding in original dust jacket. Purple cloth boards with blue and gold decoration on cover and spine, gold lettering. No fraying or wear, Top left corner has a little fading, 1/4" fading along top spine edge, otherwise bright and clean; 1/8" closed tear at top center spine edge. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean endpapers. No names or bookplates. Illustrated with full page photographs. 450 pages. Dust jacket has long diagonal closed tear with tape repair, assorted c...
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High Dam Over Nubia

By: Greener, Leslie

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, Viking: 1962

Seller ID: 015649

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

Clean blue and green cloth boards with white lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean. Clean endpapers are illustrated with maps; small previous owner name neatly penned at top edge of front free endpaper. 244 pgs. Illustrated with maps. Clean dustjacket is price clipped at top corner of front inner flap, has slight edge wear and small corner chips at top spine edge, short closed edge tears. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Personal account of an archaeological adventure takes place in an intense scene as desperate effort...
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Westward with Fremont: The Story of Solomon Carvalho

By: Greenspan, Sophie

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, The Jewish Publication Society of America: 1969

Seller ID: 006739

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Clean blue cloth boards with white lettering on cover and spine. Very little wear, some fading to extreme edges. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages are clean and bright. Maps on endpapers. No names or bookplates. 164 pgs. Clean dustjacket is price clipped, has two 1-1/2" closed edge tears. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. 8vo. Exploration.
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Down to the Sea - Yarns From The Labrador

By: Grenfel, Wilfred T.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, Fleming H. Revell: 1910

Seller ID: 026425

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

First edition, decorated American trade binding. Gray cloth with black and white decoration on cover (team of sled dogs running toward a small village), stamped black lettering and single rule line border. Black lettering on spine. Hint of very light rubbing to decoration. Tiny, pin point spot of wear to front board fore-edge. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean blank endpapers. No names, writing or bookplates. Frontispiece photo of Commander Peary and Dr. Grenfell on the deck of the "Roosevelt" on Peary's return fro...
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Tales of Labrador

By: Grenfell, Wilfred T.

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Boston, Houghton Mifflin: 1916

Seller ID: 015475

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Very clean blue-gray cloth boards with white stamped lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. Frontis illustration with clean tissue guard. 240 pgs. 8vo. Adventure.
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Adrift On An Ice-Pan

By: Grenfell, Wilfred T.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Boston/New York, Houghton Mifflin: 1909

Seller ID: 016475

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

First Edition, with "Copyright 1909" and "Published June,1909" on copyright page. Green cloth boards with illustration, black lettering on cover, black lettering on spine. Light soiling, some wear to spine corners, tiny bump to one corner tip. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. A few pages have light soiling. Previous owner name neatly penned on front free endpaper. Frontis portrait of Grenfell with printed signature beneath photo, tissue guard; additional black & white photo illustrations. 69 pgs. 12mo. Adventure.
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Down North on the Labrador

By: Grenfell, Wilfred T.

Price: $75.00

Publisher: New York, Fleming H. Revell: 1911

Seller ID: 025412

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

NIce decorated American trade binding, a scarcer title. Very clean light green cloth boards with white and black decoration (sailing ships amongst ice floes). Stamped black lettering, black line border on cover, black lettering on spine. Very slight surface wear to spine corners. Binding is tight and square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with previous owner name and place neatly penned on front free endpaper. Frontis photo portrait of Grenfell on his ship with tissue guard (total of 12 full page photo illustrations). 229 pages.
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The Lost City

By: Gunther, John

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Harper & Row: 1964

Seller ID: 003989

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near FIne

594 pgs. Nr Fine in VG+ DJ Clean orange cloth boards with black cloth spine, gold lettering on spine. Orange endpapers. Binding is tight & square, pages clean and bright. No names or bookplates inside. Clean bright dustjacket has been price clipped,has two very small (under 1/2") closed edge tears. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. 8vo. Novel.
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Adventures to Imagine - Thrilling Escapes in North America

By: Guttman, Peter

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Fodor's Travel Publications: 1997

Seller ID: 002495

ISBN: 0-679-00020-8

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

79 pgs. Fine in Fine DJ - archival quality mylar cover Very clean and tight book with no names or writing inside. Clean glossy white hardbound boards with red and black lettering. Beautiful clean dustjacket with no chipping, not price clipped. Wonderful travel adventure ideas (iceboating on Hudson River, mountain biking through Utah, canoeing in the everglades, hot air ballooning, dogsledding, and more!) with glorious full-color photographs that are art quality. A gorgeous book.Travel.
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Captain Cook and the South Pacific - The Voyage of the "Endeavour" 1768-1771

By: Gwyther, John

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Boston, Houghton Mifflin: 1955

Seller ID: 026630

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Stated First U.S. Edition in clean unclipped dust jacket. Very clean turquoise cloth boards with gold ship decoration on cover, gold lettering on spine. No fraying or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean map-illustrated endpapers. No names, writing or marks. Frontispiece picture of the ship "Endeavour" at sea, additional black and white plates. 269 pages with index. Dust jacket is not price clipped, has a few small edge chips and short closed edge tears. light dust-soiling to rear panel. Photo portrait and bio ...
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Desert Winds

By: Hafsa

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York/London, The Century Co.: 1927

Seller ID: 011698

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

Clean green cloth boards with black illustration and stamped lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or fraying. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Clean endpapers. No names, writing or marks. 386 pgs. with index. Illustrated with photographs and a clean fold-out map. 8vo. Adventure.
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Mid-Pacific

By: Hall, James Norman

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Boston, Houghton Mifflin: 1928

Seller ID: 027377

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

First Edition, with 1928 on title page and copyright page. Blue cloth boards with gold lettering on cover and spine (very slight wear to gold lettering on spine). Pinhead size spot of wear-through at base of spine. Two very faint water spots at base of front board. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean with clean decorated endpapers - no names, writing or marks. 299 pages. Author's adventures and life experiences in many places and positions, both glamorous and not, written while he was living in Tahiti.
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Journey to the End of an Era

By: Hall, Melvin

Price: $12.00

Publisher: New York, Charles Scribner's Sons: 1947

Seller ID: 005802

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Clean blue cloth boards with gold lettering on cover and spine. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. No names, writing or bookplates. 438 pgs. with index. Clean dustjacket has not been price clipped, has wear to edges, corner chipping. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. 8vo. Adventure.
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Stanley: An Adventurer Explored

By: Hall, Richard

Price: $14.00

Publisher: Boston, Houghton Mifflin: 1975

Seller ID: 013790

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

Very clean charcoal gray cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean illustrated endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 400 pgs. with index. Illustrated with photographs and maps. Clean bright dustjacket is not price clipped, has one very small corner chip at top rear corner, a few short closed edge tears. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. A magnificent biography revealing Stanley in all his complexity and greatness. Large 8vo. Biography.
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Category: Adventure/Travel