Exploration / Travel / Adventure from CraigsClassics

This is an antique book on travels and adventures, "Rovings on Land and Sea" by Captain Henry E. Davenport. 1880; Estes and Lauriat; Boston. Illustrated. Here are some examples of the contents: The Rock of Gibraltar; Notes of a Journey Across the Isthmus of Panama; Australia and Van Diemen's Land; The Esquimaux Village; Fowling in Faroe and Shetland; A Fuqueer's… Ler mais sobre este item

This is a beautifully illustrated copy of "Les Capitales du Monde" ("The Capitals of the World"). 1892; Librairie Hachette; Paris. The book is written entirely in French. The book is richly illustrated with both in-text and full-page drawings throughout. Nicely re-bound in three-quarter leather with marbled covers and end papers, a ribbon page marker, and gilt lettering on the spine.… Ler mais sobre este item

"BOOTS AND SADDLES - or, Life in Dakota with General Custer" by his wife, Elizabeth B. Custer. 1885 early edition (with "With Portrait and Map" printed on the title page, though lacking the date); Harper & Brothers; New York. The book features an engraved frontispiece portrait of General Custer with his facsimile signature, and a full-page "Outline Map of Portions… Ler mais sobre este item

"Jinrikisha (Rickshaw) Days in Japan" by Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore. 1891 1st edition; Harper & Brothers; New York. The book is nicely illustrated with drawings and photographs throughout. The book is a fascinating travelogue - a first-hand account of the author's visit to Japan in the late 19th century when the country was rapidly modernizing and opening up to the West. The… Ler mais sobre este item

This is a beautifully illustrated copy of "TIBET & NEPAL" painted and described by A. Henry Savage Landor. 1905 1st edition (with "Published January 1905" stated on the copyright page); Adam & Charles Black; London. The book features 75 full-page illustrations (most of which are in color) by the author - each illustration has a captioned tissue guard over it.… Ler mais sobre este item

This is a richly illustrated copy of "Wandering in Northern China" by Harry A. Franck. 1923 1st edition; The Century Co.; New York. The book features 171 "unusual photographs" by the author, and a fold-out map showing his route. Here are some examples of the contents: Some Korean Scenes and Customs; Japanese and Missionaries in Korea; Up and Down Manchuria; Through… Ler mais sobre este item

This is an uncommon, original booklet for "The POLAND SPRING HOUSE - Summer Season 1899." Published by Hiram Ricker & Son in South Portland, Maine. The booklet contains black & white photographs throughout. Softcover. There are 32 pages in all. The booklet is smaller in size - it measures 6 1/4" wide x 5" tall. Condition: There are 2 vertical creases at… Ler mais sobre este item

"FARTHEST NORTH - Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-96 and of a Fifteen Months' Sleigh Journey by Dr. Nansen and Lieut. Johansen" by Fridtjof Nansen. 1897 1st edition; Archibald Constable and Company; Westminster, UK. Complete set in two volumes. A custom slip case has been made to house the volumes. The set is… Ler mais sobre este item

This is a handsome, antique copy of "Our Old Home" - A Series of English Sketches by NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE. Annotated with passages from the author's note-books. 1901; Houghton, Mifflin and Company; Boston and New York. This edition features a frontispiece engraving of Hawthorne, and numerous full-page photogravures (with descriptive tissue guards). Gilt top page edges. The book is a collection… Ler mais sobre este item

This is an antique set of Major Long's Second Expedition ~ "Narrative of an Expedition to the Source of St. Peter's River, Lake Winnepeek, Lake of the Woods, &c. &c. Performed in the Year 1823, by Order of the Hon. J.C. Calhoun, Secretary of War under the Command of Stephen H. Long, Major U.S.T.E." compiled from the notes of Major… Ler mais sobre este item

This is an inscribed travelogue, "Our Tour Around the World" - Containing Short Letters of Travel by John F. Floyd. 1896 1st edition; Charles H. Kerr & Company; Chicago. The book features a frontispiece portrait of the author, and other full-page photographic illustrations (all with tissue guards). Presentation copy - Floyd has written and signed an inscription on the front… Ler mais sobre este item

This is an antique copy of "Style-O!-Graphic Pens and Funny Pencillings in Europe" by J.S. McClay. 1881 1st edition; Homer Lee Bank Note Co.; New York. The book is a humorous travelogue of sorts, documenting the author's travels in Europe to places such as Venice, Munich, Amsterdam, London, Glasgow, Paris, Milan, Pisa, Rome, Naples...and more. There are illustrations throughout "from… Ler mais sobre este item

This is a terrific condition, vintage "BAY CIRCUIT MAP" of Boston and surrounding towns in color. Also included is the original storage envelope. Published in 1930 by The Trustees of Public Reservations in Boston, Massachusetts. The map specifically highlights "Points of Geological Interest in the Bay Circuit," "Points of Ornithological Interest in the Bay Circuit," and "Points of Historical and… Ler mais sobre este item

This is a rare issue of the publication "The Analectic Magazine and Naval Chronicle" from April, 1816. This issue features an early (possibly the 1st) published engraving of the famous American explorer MERIWETHER LEWIS (of "Lewis and Clark" fame). In addition to the engraving, the issue also includes a chapter titled "Notice of Captain M. Lewis" - from the Notice:… Ler mais sobre este item

This is a beautifully illustrated antique copy of "AN INLAND VOYAGE" by Robert Louis Stevenson. 1908; Chatto and Windus; London. This edition features numerous illustrated plates by Noel Rooke in both color and black & white. (There is a "Note" by Rooke at the front.) Gilt top page edges. Maps on the end papers. From a review: "'An Inland Voyage is… Ler mais sobre este item

This is an interesting copy of "A Narrative of Voyages and Travels, in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres Comprising Three Voyages Round the World; Together with a Voyage of Survey and Discovery of the Pacific Ocean and Oriental Islands" by Amasa Delano. This particular copy has ties to the War of 1812 - please see "Provenance" below. 1817 1st edition;… Ler mais sobre este item

This is a collection of two books by ELIZABETH B. CUSTER (wife of General George Custer), as follows: "FOLLOWING THE GUIDON" - 1890 1st edition; Harper & Brothers; New York. The book features numerous full-page illustrations, as well as musical scores. There are two pages of publisher's advertisements at the back. From a review: "(The book) is a warmly human, first-hand… Ler mais sobre este item

"A Narrative of the VISIT TO THE AMERICAN CHURCHES by the Deputation from the Congregational Union of England and Wales" by Andrew Reed and James Matheson. 1835 1st edition; Harper & Brothers; New York. Complete set in two volumes. The book chronicles the extensive travels through the American Northeast observing camp meetings, Shakers and Hicksites, female academies, colleges, and centers… Ler mais sobre este item

"Pathfinders of the West" - Being the Thrilling Story of the Adventures of the Men Who Discovered the Great Northwest by A.C. Laut. 1904 1st edition (with "Published November, 1904" stated on the copyright page); The Macmillan Company; New York. Nicely illustrated with a map of the "Great Fur Country" and dozens of illustrations by Frederick Remington and others. Gilt… Ler mais sobre este item

This is an antique travelogue, "Winter Journeys in the South" by John Martin Hammond. 1916 1st edition, 1st printing; J.B. Lippincott Company; Philadelphia. Nicely illustrated with dozens of full-page black & white photographic plates. "Pen and Camera Impressions of Men, Manners, Women, and Things All the Way from the Blue Gulf and New Orleans Through Fashionable Florida Palms to the… Ler mais sobre este item