Cairo, Egypt: Les Editions Universitaires D'Egypte, 1954. Very Good+/No Dustjacket. Clean blue cloth boards with silver lettering on cover, silver advertising for Air France on rear board. Slight fading to cover and spine. No fraying or wear. Binding is tight, pages are clean and bright. Small previous owner initials and date 1954 at top edge of front free endpaper. 187 pgs. with clean fold-out map of Cairo at rear of book (excellent condition). Illustrated with photographs of buildings and antiquities. "Welcome to Egypt" pamphlet from Air France in excellent condition also enclosed. Book deta... View More...
Cute set of miniature translating dictionaries meant for travel. Four smooth tan leather-bound volumes in publisher's leather case with snap closing, "Travellers Aid" stamped in gold on case. Very little wear (tiny bit of wear to upper spine edges). All bindings are tight and pages are clean, with marbled text block page edges. No names, writing or marks. No date of publication. View More...
Clean reddish-brown cloth boards with nice bright gold lettering and decoration on spine. Blind-stamped border decoration to front and rear board. Very small spots of wear to cloth at base of spine; one tiny spot of wear at base of front board. Trace of silverfishing to surface of rear board. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Yellow endpapers - no names, writing or marks, small19th century bookseller's ticket at lower corner of front pastedown. Pages are clean and bright, text block edges are clean. 409 pages + List of Books Recenty Published by Lee & Shepard at rear... View More...
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990. Stated First American Edition. Fine/Fine. Very clean beige boards with clean green cloth spine with gold lettering on spine. No bumping, no wear. Binding is tight & crisp, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 290 pgs. with bibliography. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, not price clipped, no wear, no tears. As new book and dustjacket. Jacket enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. 8vo. Africa. View More...
Very clean first edition in clean unclipped dust jacket. Maroon cloth boards with gold wheat ear on cover, gold lettering on spine. No fading, bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean orange endpapers - no names, writing or marks. 258 pages. Clean bright jacket is unchipped, not price clipped, has a couple of short closed edge tears; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. On the staff of LIFE magazine for eighteen years, Shana Alexander travelled the world and shared her keen perceptions and biting wit in this ... View More...
Early printing of this wonderfully written book on living happily aboard a boat. Clean red boards with red cloth spine, unchipped gold lettering on spine. One spine corner lightly bumped. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound, all pages and edges are clean. No names, writing or marks. Illustrated with lots of photographs. 303 pages with index. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. As entertaining to read as it is helpful, this upbeat book discusses everything from cooking on board to dealing with th... View More...
New York: Penguin Books, 2001. First Edition, First Printing. Fine/Near Fine. First Edition, First printing in clean unclipped dust jacket. Very clean gray boards with blue spine, white lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean map-illustrated endpapers. No names, writing or marks. Illustrated with maps. 298 pages. Clean jacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. View More...
Second Printing of the First Edition (so stated) in original unclipped dust jacket. Very clean turquoise cloth boards with black submarine illustration on cover which wraps to spine, silver lettering on spine. No fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean map-illustrated endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Blue top-stained upper text block page edges. Illustrated with black and white plates. 251 pages with index + "About the Author." Clean dust jacket has a few shallow edge chips, 1" closed tear at top edge of rear panel; enclose in new archiva... View More...
San Rafael, California: Windship Press, 1987. Stated First Edition . Very Good/Very Good. Stated First Edition, SIGNED by the author, in unclipped original dust jacket. Clean unfaded dark blue cloth boards with bright gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear, some vertical creasing to spine cloth. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean with map-illustrated endpapers. Signed on half-title page: "Tom Anderson". Illustrated with photographs. 325 pages. Clean dust jacket is not price clipped, has some edge wear and short closed edge ears; enclosed... View More...
Radnor, Pennsylvania: Chilton Book Company, 1976 Stated First Edition Near Fine/Very Good+ Stated First Edition in clean unclipped dust jacket Very clean green cloth boards with bright gold lettering on spine No bumping, fading or wear Binding is tight & square, no cracking; pages and edges are clean, with clean bright endpapers; very small previous owner return address label at top inside edge of pastedown Illustrated with photographs 177 pages Clean dust jacket is unchipped, one tiny close edge tear, not price clipped, a little light creasing Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar ... View More...
New York: Donald I. Fine, 1990. First Edition, First Printing. Fine/Fine. Very clean dark blue boards with clean pale gray cloth spine, gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & crisp, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers with maps. Inscribed and SIGNED by author on front fly leaf. 291 pgs. with glossary. Illustrated with photographs. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, no tears, no wear, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. The story of a major trek around the Himalayas and through the dangerous, remote and largely forbidden... View More...
New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1941. Sixteenth Printing. Very Good+/Good+. Illustrated edition. Sixteenth Printing (September, 1941) in beautifully illustrated dust jacket. Clean red cloth boards with black lettering on cover and spine. Small faded square with an "E" written on spine; no other marks or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound, pages and edges are clean. Clean illustrated endpapers. Tasteful bookplate on blank fly leaf. Illustrated in color and black and white by John O'Hara Cosgrave, II. Translated from the French by Lewis Galantiere. 306 pages. Clean jacket has smal... View More...
Washington DC: Brassey's, 2000. First Edition, First Printing. Fine/Near Fine. Very clean hardcover book and jacket (first edition, first printing) in unclipped dust jacket. Clean green boards with gold lettering on spine. No fading, bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright - no names, writing or marks. Endpapers illustrated with maps. Wonderful black & white photographs of tall ships. 296 pages with index. Clean jacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped; very slight fading. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. An exciting ant... View More...
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Da Capo Press, 2003. First Edition, First Printing. Fine/Fine. Very clean blue boards with white spine, blue lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & crisp, pages and edges are clean and bright. No names, writing or marks. 251 pgs. Illustrated with color photographs. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, not price clipped, no tears. Book is as new. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Gift Quality 8vo. Exploration. View More...
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1986. Stated First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. "First Edition, 1986" on copyright page. Clean green boards with clean beige cloth spine, bright gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 239 pgs. Clean dustjacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A collection which contains some of the best work that Anthony Bailey has done for The New Yorker. His descriptive journeys include the Isl... View More...
New York: Hyperion, 1995. Stated First Edition, First Printing. Fine/Fine. Very clean dark blue boards with blue cloth spine, red metallic lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & crisp, pages are clean. No names, writing or bookplates. Clean, crisp dustjacket has not been price clipped, is unchipped and enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. 8 View More...
Boston: Ginn & Company, 1903. later printing. Very Good+/no dust jacket . Clean decorated American trade binding - yellow cloth boards with tall palm trees, pyramids and camel riders on cover, giraffe and palm tree on spine. Tiny spots of wear to spine ends. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean blank endpapers. No names, writing or marks (previous owner name in very light pencil on front free endpaper). Frontispiece portrait of Captain Cook. Illustrated with many nice engravings throughout. 472 pages. A journey to many fantastic pla... View More...
New York: Henry Holt & Co., 1991. First Edition, First Printing. Fine/Near Fine. Clean orange boards with beige cloth spine, brown lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & crisp, pages and edges are clean and bright. No names, writing or marks. 276 pgs. with index. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, not price clipped, with one tiny edge tear (1/16"). Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Tracing the travels of Sir Stamford Raffles, colonial adventurer of the British Empire era. 8 vo. Adventure. View More...
New York: W. W. Norton, 1998. Stated First Edition. Near Fine/Fine. Clean blue boards with dark blue spine, silver lettering on spine. Tiny bump to one corner tip. Binding is tight & crisp, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers, illustrated with maps. No names, writing or marks. 399 pgs. Illustrated. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Part adventure narrative, part love story, this extraordinary chronicle captures a crucial moment in the history of eploration, the mid-nineteenth-century romance with t... View More...
Clean decorated American trade binding, first edition, illustrated with photographs, maps - including two-sided fold-out - all present. Black cloth boards with galloping white horse, red-caped rider against a gold sun, gold title box, gold lettering on cover, gold lettering and small white and red decoration on spine. Very small closed tear at base of spine (1/8"), light surface wear to spine corners. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Very neatly penned previous owner name and date 1927 on front free endpaper. Pages and edges are clean. 251 pages with Index. View More...
