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1954 The Four ContinentsLondon: 1954A smart early printing of this popular travel work across Europe, Asia, Africa and America, with illustrations throughout. -
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1965 The Traveller's Tree: A Journey through the Caribbean IslandsLondon: 1965A signed copy of Patrick Leigh Fermor's influential travel work surrounding the smaller Caribbean islands. -
1935 Portrait of AmericaLondon: 1935A smart first edition of this highly illustrated collection of works on America from Mexican painter Diego Rivera. -
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1965 The Birds of Chile: Volume IBuenos Aires : 1965A very smart first edition of the first volume in A. W. Johnson's series on the Birds of Chile, with a dedicated inscription signed by the author. -
1922 Sun HuntingIndianapolis: 1922The first edition of this work promoting Florida during the state's land boom, an illustrated work by Kenneth L. Roberts. -
1901 Greater New York IllustratedChicago & New York: 1901A smart edition of this collection of photographic views from New York City. -
1911 Under the Roof of the JungleLondon: 1911The first impression, wonderfully illustrated account of the author's observations of the wild animals in British Guiana. -
1899 Temperate Chile A Progressive SpainLondon: 1899The first edition of this interesting study of Chilean culture, specifically the progression of such after the Chilean Civil War of 1891. -
1892 Through the Land of the Aztecs or Life and Travel in MexicoLondon: 1892The first edition of this very scarce travel work about Mexico, published under the author's pseudonym and illustrated with plates. -
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1930 The Sea & the JungleLondon: 1930A signed limited edition of his account of the voyage of the Capella, from Swansea to Santa Maria de Belem do Grae Para, Brazil. -
1940 The WabashNew York: 1940A first edition, first printing of William E. Wilson's best known work, in the original dust wrapper. -
1823 The Geography, History, and Statistics, of America, and the West IndiesLondon: 1823The first UK edition of this comprehensive study of America and the West Indies by H. C. Carey and J. Lea, illustrated with folding maps. -
1859 A Popular History of the United States of AmericaLondon: 1859A very scarce, first edition of this study of American history, from the discovery of the continent to time of writing, written by Mary Howitt. Complete in two volumes. -
1837 Society in AmericaLondon: 1837A complete set of the first edition of Harriet Martineau's nineteenth century study of American society, wonderfully bound in half calf. -
1833 Three Years in North AmericaEdinburgh: 1833A wonderfully bound, first edition of James Stuart's account of his American travels in the early nineteenth century. -
1829 Travels in North America, in the Years 1827 and 1828Edinburgh; London: 1829A smartly bound first edition of Captain Basil Hall's travel account of his time spend exploring the United States and Canada. -
1904 North AmericaLondon: 1904The first edition of this geographical and geological study into North America, illustrated throughout with coloured maps. -
1909 The New New York: A Commentary on the Place and the PeopleNew York: 1909A smart first edition of this brightly illustrated work on the development of the contemporary New York. -
1909 The New New York: A Commentary on the Place and the PeopleNew York: 1909A smart first edition of this brightly illustrated work on the development of the contemporary New York. -
1912 Boston New and OldBoston: 1912A smart limited edition of this illustrated work on the city of Boston, Massachusetts. -
1893 King's Handbook of New York CityNew York: 1893The second edition of Moses King's richly illustrated guide to New York City in the late nineteenth century. -
1857 The Pilgrims' First Year in New EnglandBoston: 1857The first edition of this very scarce and insightful account of the Plymouth colony pilgrims first year in New England. -
1874 The Circuit Rider: A Tale of the Heroic AgeNew York: 1874The first edition of this wonderfully illustrated work of adventure fiction set in the American midwest, written by Edward Eggleston. -
1898-99 The Workers, An Experiment in Reality: The East & The WestNew York: 1898-99A pair of very well presented copies of Princeton sociologist Walter Wyckoff's "experiment in reality" surrounding his trek across America. -
1959 The Desperate PeopleBoston: 1959A smart first edition of this illustrated work following on from the author's previous writing "People of the Deer". -
1952 People of the DeerBoston: 1952A smart first edition, ninth printing of this work based upon a series of travels undertaken by the author in the Canadian barren lands. -
1930 Gladiators of the Prize RingNottingham: 1930A scarce, first edition of this first-hand account of the boxing world, written by previous bantamweight champion of South Africa, Jack Hare. -
c1904 Two Years Before The MastLondon and Glasgow: c1904An early edition of Richard Henry Dana's vivid memoir of his time on a merchant ship, with eight colour plates by renowned illustrator Arthur Rackham. -
c1904 Two Years Before the MastLondon and Glasgow: c1904An early edition of Richard Henry Dana's vivid memoir of his time on a merchant ship, with eight colour plates by renowned illustrator Arthur Rackham. -
1858 From New York to Delhi, by way of Rio de Janeiro, Australia and ChinaNew York: 1858The first edition of Robert Bowne Minturn Jr.'s account of his voyages around the world. -
1771 A New Geographical, Historical, and Commercial GrammarDublin: 1771The very scarce second edition of William Guthrie's noted 'Geographical, Historical and Commercial Grammar', complete with many folding maps. -
1820 Flowers of Modern Voyages and TravelsLondon: 1820The first edition of this vanishingly scarce four volume work describing major voyages between the years 1806 and 1820. -
1829 The Works of Sir Walter RaleghOxford: 1829A scarce, first edition of this collection of the works of Sir Walter Raleigh, uniformly bound in full calf. -
1999 2vol Manual of the Flowering Plants of Hawai'iHonolulu: 1999A smart revised two volume set of this detailed manual on the flowering plants of Hawai'i, with illustrations. -
1882 Roughing It and the Innocents at HomeLondon: 1882Mark Twain's semi-autobiographical travel works exploring America, Europe, and the Holy Land, illustrated throughout. -
1894 4vol Picturesque America: A Delineation by Pen and PencilLondon: 1894A smart four volume set of this pictorial guide to America, with illustrations of nature across the United States.