Geography & Travel
$120
Near fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Orange cloth boards, gold foil title on spine, author’s name embossed on front cover. Color photos and narrative throughout. Glossy paper, unpaginated. Printed in Italy. Previous owner’s bookplate on front pastedown or would be fine. Fine, as new dust jacket. Dust jacket now protected in a clear, removable, archival cover. 88 pp. Small quarto, 9 x 10 inches tall.
Author is a National Book Award winner.
$50
William Patten & J. E. Homans. The New Encyclopedic Atlas and Gazetteer of the World. New York: P. F. Collier & Son, 1909. Third edition, Revised. Hardcover. Fair.
New York: P. F. Collier & Son, 1909. Third edition, Revised. Hardcover. Fair. 1909 world atlas.
Fair condition, showing moderate soiling to front cover, wine colored stain on back cover, and archival hinge repair tape at front and back of book. “Containing an entirely new series of colored maps executed upon an original plan, showing every country and all political or civil divisions, with their cities, mountains, islands, and bodies of water, and embodying an entirely new feature — that of indicating railroad lines in a separate color.”
348 pp. Large folio, 11 x 16 inches tall.
Great for those into history or railroads.
$125
Fine hardcover in a fine dust jacket. Dust jacket now protected in a clear, removable, archival cover. Illustrated with full-color photographs on glossy paper. 112 pp. Quarto, 9 1/2 x 12 inches tall.
An award-winning journalist, Scigliano has written for Harper’s, Outside, Discover, and many other publications.
$10
Fine early printing in a good+ dust jacket. Green cloth boards with green and yellow stamping on cover and spine. Dust jacket has several tiny closed tears and shelf wear, bottom front corner missing small amount of DJ. Profusely illustrated, including a fold-out map of the region. Early printing 1947 (same as copyright date) as determined from ads for current and forthcoming books. 393 numbered pp., incl. index. Small octavo, 5 1/2 x 8 inches tall.
“[T]he finest collection of photographs,” road maps, appendices, and expert-written text. This volume covers Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas, and Nevada.
$25
Good copy in original publishers bright blue ornate book cloth, title and centerpiece in silver with burgundy accents. All wood engravings present. Text block is solid, hinges have been repaired with archival quality white cloth tape. Cover rubbed, head and tail of spine worn. Previous owner’s name in pencil. One corner bumped. 197 pp. + index. Quarto, 8 1/2 x 11 inches tall.
$65
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