1751. [TRAVEL] HISTOIRE GENERALE DES VOYAGES, OU NOUVEAU COLLECTION DE TOUTES LES RELATIONS DE VOYAGES PAR MER ET PAR TERRE ... TOME TRENTE-CINQUIE'ME. Paris: Didot, 1751. 408 + 1 plate (p. 197). 12mo., mottled calf, gilt spine, raised bands. Spine chipped, spine label slightly chipped, joints cracked, leather cracked. Marbled..... More
1873. NEW ENGLAND: A HANDBOOK FOR TRAVELLERS; A Guide to the Chief Cities and Popular Resorts of New England, and to its Scenery and Historic Attractions: With the Western and Northern Borders, From New York to Quebec. Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1873. First edition. With 6 maps and..... More
1832. THE SCOTTISH TOURIST AND ITINERARY; or, a Guide to the Scenery and Antiquities of Scotland and the Western Islands. With a Description of the Principal STeam-Boat Tours. Edinburgh, Stirling and Kennedy, 1832. Octavo. xvi,432pp. With two large, folding hand-colored maps, in fine condition. Several engraved views and smaller maps..... More
1911. [TRAVEL - YOKOHAMA]. (AMENOMORI, N.) THE GRAND HOTEL, LIMITED. H. E. MANWARING, MANAGER. (GUIDE BOOK FOR) YOKOHAMA AND VICINITY. (Yokohama: "Japan Gazette" Press, 1911). A small pocket-size guide (14 x 10.5 cm) in color illustrated paper wrappers, that show the Grand Hotel on the front and a view of..... More
1759. URBAN, Sylvanus. THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE FOR MARCH 1759. London: Printed by D. Henry and R. Cave [1759]. With folding map of Martinico (c. 1758). pp. 99-148 plus blue printed wrappers. 8vo., spine sewn with thread, ink ownership to front wrapper. Wrappers creased, lightly soiled. Folding map in excellent condition;..... More
1776. URBAN, Sylvanus. THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE, FEBRUARY - MAY, 1776. London: Printed for D. Henry, 1776. Pp. 52-240, + 4 pp. advertisements. 8vo., rebound in paper covered boards with gilt leather label "1776." Original blue wrappers bound in; 1/2 inch chip to top corner of February wrapper. Two folding plates..... More
1900. VAUGHAN, T. Wayland. THE EOCENE AND LOWER OLIGOCENE CORAL FAUNAS OF THE UNITED STATES WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF A FEW DOUBTFULLY CRETACEOUS SPECIES: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MONOGRAPH XXXIX. Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office, 1900. 263 pp., b/w plates. 4to., brown cloth with gilt lettering and vignettes to spine..... More
1899. WALCOTT, Charles, dir.; F. H. NEWELL. NINETEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY TO THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR 1897-98 PART IV. Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office, 1899. 814 pp. including two double-page folding color maps. 4to., brown cloth with gilt lettering and vignettes to spine..... More
1898. WALCOTT, Charles, dir.; David T. DAY. NINETEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY TO THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR 1897-98 PART VI. Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office, 1898. 651 pp., b/w plates. 4to., brown cloth with gilt lettering and vignettes to spine and cover. Shelfwear, especially..... More
1899. WALCOTT, Charles, dir. TWENTIETH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY TO THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR 1898-99 PART I. Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office, 1899. 551 pp. + [1] + x = 1 pp.l library catalogue slips, with two large folding color plates in rear pocket..... More
1900. WALCOTT, Charles, dir. TWENTIETH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY TO THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR 1898-99 PART II. Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office, 1900. 953 pp. + one hundred plus plates, two maps in color. 4to., brown cloth with gilt lettering and vignettes to spine..... More
1900. WALCOTT, Charles, dir.; F. H. NEWELL. TWENTIETH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY TO THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR 1898-99 PART IV. Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office, 1900. 660 pp. + monochrome plates and maps. 4to., brown cloth with gilt lettering and vignettes to spine and..... More
1900. WALCOTT, Charles, dir.; Henry GANNETT. TWENTIETH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY TO THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR 1898-99 PART V, TWO VOLUMES. Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office, 1900. 498 pp. + monochrome plates and folding color maps, Volume Two is a portfolio with seven folding..... More
1899. WALCOTT, Charles, dir.; David T. DAY. TWENTIETH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY TO THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR 1898-99 PART VI. Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office, 1899. 616 pp. 4to., brown cloth with gilt lettering and vignettes to spine and cover. Shelfwear, especially to spine..... More
1907. WALKER LITHOGRAPH AND PUBLISHING COMPANY. AUTOMOBILE MAP OF CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS. Boston: Walker Lithograph and Publishing Company, 1907. Lithographed, linen-backed folding map. 27 3/4"x 33 3/4". Folds to 5"x 9 1/4". Tan paper covers lettered in black to front and back. Slightly toned. Covers lightly soiled. More
1909. WALKER LITHOGRAPH AND PUBLISHING COMPANY. AUTOMOBILE MAP OF EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS. Boston: Walker Lithograph and Publishing Company, 1909. Full-color lithographed linen-backed folding map. 27 3/4"x 33 3/4". Folds to 5"x 9 1/4". Tan paper covers lettered in black to back and front. Slightly toned. Covers lightly soiled. More
1841. [WEBSTER, Daniel, and Edward Everett, signed]. AN AMERICAN PASSPORT SIGNED BY DANIEL WEBSTER AND EDWARD EVERETT, CA. 1841. Red leather folding case with tabbed closure, 16.2 x 10.5 cm. Spine sunned, moderate wear and soil to covers. "F. Bacon's Passport" in gilt lettering on front cover. Affixed to front..... More
1899. WHITE, David. FOSSIL FLORA OF THE LOWER COAL MEASURES OF MISSOURI: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MONOGRAPH XXXVII. Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office, 1899. 467 pp., b/w plates, some folding. 4to., brown cloth with gilt lettering and vignettes to spine and cover. Shelfwear, especially to spine and corners; spine..... More
1891. WHYMPER, Edward. SUPPLEMENTARY APPENDIX TO TRAVELS AMONGST THE GREAT ANDES OF THE EQUATOR. Illustrated. 8vo., olive cloth, title gilt-stamped to spine. Ex-library; all the usual library markings, including bookplate residue to rear endpapers. Mild discoloration to boards. Cloth at crown is frayed. Ink notation to fly-leaf; a bit overopened..... More
1929. WILLIAMSON, James A. THE VOYAGES OF THE CABOTS AND THE ENGLISH DISCOVERY OF NORTH AMERICA UNDER HENRY VII AND HENRY VIII. London: The Argonaut Press, 1929. No. 341 of 1050 copies in Japanese vellum. Samuel Eliot Morison's copy, with personal bookplate to front pastedown. xiii + [1] + 290..... More
1907. Willis, J. C. Ceylon: A Handbook for the Resident and the Traveller. Colombo Apothercaries' Co.: Peradeniya, Ceylon, 1907. 246p. 8vo. Hardcover in green cloth with gilt stamped cover and spine. Includes color fold-out map and fold out photograph of Colombo. includes many photo-illustrations throughout. small bookplate on FPEP. clean..... More
1886. THE WOONSOCKET DIRECTORY 1886-87; CONTAINING A GENERAL DIRECTORY OF THE CITIZENS, A BUSINESS DIRECTORY, RECORD OF ITS TOWN GOVERNMENT, ITS INSTITUTIONS, SOCIETIES, CORPORATIONS, ETC., ETC. Providence, RI: E. S. Metcalf & Co., 1886. 256 pp. + folding map, color, 20.5 x 28 inches. 8vo., quarter gilt black cloth, paper..... More
1792. YOUNG, Arthur. TRAVELS DURING THE YEARS 1787, 1788, AND 1789. Undertaken more particularly with a View of ascertaining the Cultivation, Wealth, Resources, and national Prosperity, of the Kingdom of France. Bury St. Edmunds, printed by J. Rackham for W. Richardson, London, 1792, 1794. Quarto. Two volumes. viii, 566[4]pp. +..... More