New York: The Viking Press, 1939. First American Edition. Early travel narrative by Greene, chronicling his journey into the little-known parts of Mexico (Veracruz, Chiapas, Tabasco) in order to report first hand on the official campaign there against the Catholic Church. Most of his experiences there would provide the background..... More
Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 2004. Collector's Edition. Handsome edition of Matthiessen's first National Book Award winning travelogue, a combination of spiritual journey and zoological expedition. Octavo (24.5cm); full dark red leather, with titling and decorations stamped in gilt on spine and covers; silk endpapers; all edges gilt; [xvi],321pp. Signed by..... More
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 1987. Limited Edition. Handsome edition of Parkman's 1846 account of his two-month tour of Nebraska, Kansas, Wyoming, and Colorado. Illustrated throughout by Maynard Dixon. Octavo (24.5cm); full tan leather, with titling and decorations stamped in gilt on spine and covers; patterned endpapers; all edges gilt;..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1916. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21.5cm); navy blue cloth, with titling and decorations stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; top edge gilt; xvi,373,[3]pp, with illustrated frontispiece and two additional illustrations. Light wear to spine ends and lower board edges, with a few..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1985. First Edition. Superb association copy of this key volume of Theroux's travel writing, inscribed to Nobel Prize-winner V.S. Naipaul. Among the many pieces here, Theroux includes the story of how he met Naipaul in 1966, while working as a lecturer at Makerere University in Uganda..... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1904. First Edition. "An account of native life in India written from the point of view of a practical man of affairs who knows India from long residence" (Cleveland Leader). First Printing. Octavo (18.75cm); red cloth, with titling and decorative elements stamped in gilt, green..... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1882. First Edition. Narrative of Cox's travels through Holland, Scandinavia, and Russia. Octavo (20cm); terracotta-colored cloth, with titling and decorations stamped in black and gilt on spine and front cover; floral-patterned endpapers; ix,[10]-347,[3]pp; illus. Light wear to spine ends and corner tips, rear hinge cracked..... More
Richmond, VA: I.N. Jones & Son, 1898. First Edition. Detailed analysis of the healing and chemical properties of the various hot springs in Bath County, Virginia. Froehling, a German-born chemist, who in 1881 established a chemical laboratory and caol mining consulting firm in Richmond. OCLC notes 2 holdings (U.Virginia, NY..... More