New York: Washington Square Book Shop, 1918. Second Edition. Attractive copy of this early 20th century directory of Greenwich Village Bohemia. Produced by Egmont Arens, who began his fine press printing and publishing career after purchasing the Washington Square Book Shop from Frank Shay in 1918. Two editions of the... More about THE LITTLE BOOK OF GREENWICH VILLAGE: A HANDBOOK OF INFORMATION CONCERNING NEW YORK'S BOHEMIA,...

New York: 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 for... More about ANOTHER MEXICO

Philadelphia: Thos. H. Palmer, 1821. First Edition. Handsome copy of Nuttall's account of his botanizing expedition of the Southwest frontier, between 2 October, 1818 and 18 February, 1820. Journal contains observations of his travels through the Arkansa Territory and Oklahoma, with notes regarding his encounters with the Chikasaw, Cherkoee, and... More about A JOURNAL OF TRAVELS INTO THE ARKANSA TERRITORY, DURING THE YEAR 1819. WITH OCCASIONAL...

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 about SUNRISE WITH SEAMONSTERS: TRAVELS & DISCOVERIES 1964-1984 - INSCRIBED TO V.S. NAIPAUL

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 about ARCTIC SUNBEAMS: OR FROM BROADWAY TO THE BOSPHORUS BY WAY OF THE NORTH CAPE