New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1940. First Edition. An autobiographical account of the travel and military exploits of Dmitri Alioshin, an officer in the imperial Russian army who fought at times with both the Red and White armies before joining the “Bloody” Baron Ungern in Mongolia. He ultimately settled..... More
London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., Ltd., 1923. First edition. Octavo; brown cloth, illustrated endpapers; 256 pp.; 15 photographs, 4 watercolor reproductions and 4 pencil sketches done by the author on the spot. The author, an English artist, traveller, author and lecturer, recounts her 600 mile journey through Kashmir..... More
New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1873. First edition. Twelvemo. Green cloth ornately decorated in black & gilt; xiv, 375, [1] pp., [4] pp., adverts; frontis map. A Near Fine, exceptionally well-preserved, copy with a couple of spots to front board and top edge a trifle soiled; owner's penciled name..... More
London: Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1919. First edition. Octavo; decorative cloth with gilt titling to spine; 277 pp.; with 35 photographs and a map. In this travelogue, the British journalist, writer and educator, Edmund Candler, describes his experiences in Amarnath and Gangabal in Kashmir, around Nanga Parbat and Jawala Mukhi..... More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1933. First edition. Twelvemo. Red cloth boards with gilt spine; 104 pp.; illus.; dust jacket. An about Near Fine copy with some dust-soiling to cloth and page edges in a Very Good dust jacket, which is rubbed and dust-soiled with some minor chipping to..... More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1878. Octavo (20.5 cm); green cloth pictorially stamped in gilt and black over beveled boards; iv, 326 pp., [6] pp., adverts. First published in 1877, de Amicis' evocative account of Constantinople remains one of the most popular depictions of the city and was republished..... More
London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1959. First edition. Small octavo (19 cm); 175 pp.; photographic frontispiece; 2 page map; photographs; dust jacket. Green paper boards stamped in blue. A near fine or better copy with some darkening to bottom board edges and a faint pink stain to bottom..... More
New York: R. H. Russell, 1901. Limited ed. 12mo. (18.75 cm); brown paper over vellum with gilt spine; pages printed in green and black; 57 pp.; illustrated frontis by John La Farge. A poem by the American poet, writer, racehorse owner/breeder, socialite and philanthropist, Helen Julia Jay Whitney. Paper chipping..... More
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1940. First edition. Tall octavo (24 cm); zebra patterned cloth with 'Adventure' italicized; brown top-stain; photographic endpapers; 376 pp.; 83 illustrations from photographs, dust jacket. A desirable first edition ~ first printing with 'Manufactured in the United States of America by the Haddon Craftsmen, Inc...... More
New York: W. F. Brainard, Publisher, 1906. First edition. Thick twelvemo (19 cm); ix, 405, [1] pp.; 30 plates including author frontispiece. Inscribed by the author on the front pastedown with a full page exegesis by the author to the front endpaper and dated Oct. 1906. Green, pictorial cloth with..... More
London: Duckworth and Co., 1904. First Edition. An account of the author’s travels around Kashmir. 8vo. Black cloth board stamped in gilt, top edge gilt; x, 280, [1] p., 50 photographic plates. Rubbing and wear to cloth, discoloration to spine; foxing to prelims, about VG. More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1914. First edition. Octavo (22.5 cm). Green cloth stamped pictorially in gilt; top edge gilt; xiv, 463 pp.; 48 pages of photographic plates and a folding map in rear. A travelogue of the American West replete with photographs of landscapes and indigenous people encountered along..... More
New Bedford, Mass.: Reynolds Printing, [1933]. First edition. Stapled and printed wrappers (24 cm); 47, [1] pp.; plates. Commemorative booklet issued by the New Bedford Port Society at the tablet dedication for Captain George Fred Tilton’s walk held at the Seamen’s Bethel, Johnny Cake Hill, July 16, 1933. Includes an..... More