1900. SOMERVILLE, Maxwell. SANDS OF SAHARA. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1901. 162 pp. 8vo., brown library cloth binding. Ex-library with usual markings, inkstamps to corners of b/w photo reproduction plates. Desert tribes, mosques, souks, camel culture, more. Scarce. More
1897. STARK, James H. STARK'S ILLUSTRATED BERMUDA GUIDE. Boston: James H. Stark and London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, Limited, 1897. Illustrated. 153 pp. + index, 2 folding maps, advertisements. 8vo., decorative green cloth, printed with decorative palm trees and a sailboat illustration on front cover and with a lighthouse..... More
1907. STILL, John. Ancient Capitals of Ceylon. Historical Sketches & Guide. Colombo: H. W. Cave & Co. [1907.] 196p. bound in blue cloth with stamped title on front cover, small bookplate on FPEP. Includes foldout map. Threads on spine hinge starting to fray, short tearon front flyleaf, paper is brittle..... More
1878. TAYLOR, Bayard, ed. PICTURESQUE EUROPE: A DELINEATION BY PEN AND PENCIL OF THE NATURAL FEATURES AND THE PICTURESQUE AND HISTORICAL PLACES OF GREAT BRITAIN AND THE CONTINENT, VOLS. II AND III. New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1878-1879. iv + 460 pp. + 22 steel engravings/iv + 491 pp..... More
1889. TAYLOR, Ellen M. MADEIRA: ITS SCENERY, AND HOW TO SEE IT. WITH LETTERS OF A YEAR'S RESIDENCE AND LISTS OF THE TREES, FLOWERS, FERNS AND SEAWEEDS. London: Edward Stanford, 1889. Second edition, revised. 265 pp. 8vo., green decorated cloth stamped in gilt and black. Moderate shelfwear including some mouse..... More
1920. TERRY, T. Philip. TERRY'S GUIDE TO THE JAPANESE EMPIRE INCLUDING KOREA AND FORMOSA. Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1920. (Copyrights 1914 and 1920; 2nd printing?). cclxxxiv + 799 pp. + ads. 16mo, flexible red cloth covers stamped in gilt and blind. Rear cover slightly creased. Insect damage..... More
1905. THE HOME EDUCATOR COMPANY. NEW ENGLAND COMMERCIAL AND ROUTE SURVEY: Showing all the Postoffices, Railroads, Electric Roads in operation and proposed, GOOD ROADS, Population (showing latest Massachusetts Census) and a comprehensive Distance Table. Boston: The Home Educator Company, 1905. Engraved two-sided folding map. Southern New England on one side..... More
1902. THE NATIONAL PUBLISHING COMPANY. NATIONAL PUBLISHING COMPANY'S RAILROAD, POST OFFICE, TOWNSHIP AND COUNTY MAP OF MASSACHUSETTS, RHODE ISLAND AND CONNECTICUT. With Distances in Figures Compiled from the Latest Surveys and Original Sources. Boston: The National Publishing Company, 1902. Full - color lithographed folding map. 37"x 38 1/2". Folds to..... More
1753. [TRAVEL] HISTOIRE GENERALE DES VOYAGES, OU NOUVEAU COLLECTION DE TOUTES LES RELATIONS DE VOYAGES PAR MER ET PAR TERRE ... TOME QUARANTE-UNIE'ME. Paris: Didot, 1753. [8] + 550 + 3 plates, two of whioch are folding, and 8 folding maps. 12mo., mottled calf, gilt spine, raised bands. Spine mostly..... More
1749. [TRAVEL] HISTOIRE GENERALE DES VOYAGES, OU NOUVEAU COLLECTION DE TOUTES LES RELATIONS DE VOYAGES PAR MER ET PAR TERRE ... TOME SECOND. Paris: Didot, 1749. 450 + 5 folding maps. 12mo., mottled calf, gilt spine, raised bands. Spine chipped, spine label slightly chipped, joints cracked, leather cracked. Marbled edges..... More
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