Santa Barbara: Cadmus Editions, 1979. First Edition. First Printing, trade issue, one of 1,307 copies. Small octavo (17.5cm); pictorial wrappers; publisher's original glassine overlay; [14],15-85,[11]pp, with illustrated frontispiece portrait of Williams by J. Byrd Patterson. Fine in a Near Fine glassine, with a small spot to front panel, trivial wear..... More
Santa Barbara: Cadmus Editions, 1979. First Edition. One of 85 copies. Octavo (21.25cm); tan card wrappers, with printed title label mounted to front cover, with "Advance Review Copy" rubber-stamped in blue ink directly above; 89,[7]pp. A Fine copy. Choukri's account of Tennessee Williams's visit to Tangier in the summer of..... More
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, 1914. First Edition. Roosevelt's account of the 1913-1914 Roosevelt-Rondon Scientific Expedition, where he, his son Kermit, and 17 men took part in a survey expedition following the Rio da Dúvida in the Amazon basin. Scarce in dustjacket, particularly one so well-preserved. First Printing. Octavo (24.5cm);..... 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