Travel and Exploration

Fletcher, Colin

The Thousand-Mile Summer in Desert and High Sierra.

Berkeley, CA : Howell-North Books, 1964.

First edition of Fletcher’s classic first book. Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated with photographs from the author. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “For Dean Well from Colin Fletcher.” Fine in a very good dust jacket. Uncommon signed.

Fermor, Patrick Leigh; Edited by Artemis Cooper

Words of Mercury.

London : John Murray, 2003.

Early printing of this collection of essays by Leigh Fermor. Octavo, original boards. Signed by Leigh Fermor on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket designed by Octavius Murray. Edited by Artemis Cooper.

Photographic View Book of China, Manchuria, and Korea.

Japan c. 1930.

First edition, oblong quarto, original boards. Gilt-lettered cloth, string-bound. Text in Japanese with captions in both Chinese and English. Illustrated with  photographs throughout, large folding panorama of the Great Wall of China; folding map of Korea, Manchuria and portions of northeastern China. A unique record of history.

Leake, William Martin

Travels in Northern Greece.

London : J.Rodwell, 1835.

First edition of Leakes work on Northern Greece. Octavo, 4 volumes, original cloth, 10 engraved maps and plans, some folding, and 44 plates, wood-engraved illustrations in text. In near fine condition with some toning and light wear to the extremities. Armorial bookplates to each volume. First editions in the original cloth are rare.

Introduction by O.M. Green

Shanghai of To-day-A Souvenir Album of Thirty-Eight Vandyke Prints of the Model Settlement.

Shanghai : Kelly and Walsh, 1927.

First edition of this scarce pictorial album of the views of Shanghai. Quarto, original cloth-backed flexible boards, with 38 tipped-in photographs, front stamped and lettered in red on a gilt background, mounted photo label. Introduction by Owen Mortimer Green. Later editions included 50 photographs. In very good condition.

Chatwin, Bruce

In Patagonia.

London : Jonathan Cape, 1977.

First edition of author’s most well-known work and one of the great travel books of the last half of the twentieth century. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece map and 4 black and white photographic plates. Signed by Bruce Chatwin on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of rubbing. AContinue reading "In Patagonia."

Benuzzi, Felice

No Picnic on Mount Kenya: The Story of Three P.O.W.S Escape To Adventure.

London : William Kimber, 1952.

First edition in English of this mountaineering classic recounting the 1943 attempt of three escaped Italian prisoners of war to reach the summit of Mount Kenya. Octavo, original cloth, map endpapers. Very good in a very good dust jacket with some chipping to the crown and overall wear, tape repair to the verso. Rare inContinue reading "No Picnic on Mount Kenya: The Story of Three P.O.W.S Escape To Adventure."

Earhart, Amelia

Amelia Earhart Signed Check.

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Signed personal check from Amelia Earhart dated December 20, 1932 payable to her husband George Palmer Putnam for $250, which measures 2.5 inches by 7.5 inches. Double-matted and framed with a sheet music cover honoring Earhart. The entire piece measures 12 inches by 18 inches, with a window in the backing for viewing Putnam’s signature.

Fermor, Patrick Leigh

Between the Woods and the Water.

London : The Folio Society, 2006.

First Folio edition of the author’s second book in the author’s trilogy that began with A Time of Gifts. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Leigh Fermor on the title page. Fine in a fine slipcase. Illustrated by Mary Kuper.

Brunt, Samuel

A Voyage to Cacklogallinia: with a Description of the Religion, Policy, Customs and Manners of that Country.

London : J. Watson, 1727.

First edition of this early 18th century satire published in imitation of Jonathan Swift’s masterpiece Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, or, Gulliver’s Travels. Octavo, bound in full brown morocco by Charles Thurman, Binder. Raised bands, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, embossed front and rear panels, engraved frontispiece. From the libraryContinue reading "A Voyage to Cacklogallinia: with a Description of the Religion, Policy, Customs and Manners of that Country."

Cherry-Garrard, Apsley

The Worst Journey in the World.

London : Constable & Company, 1922.

First edition of this classic memoir of the 1910–1913 British Antarctic Expedition. Octavo, two volumes, original half white cloth, gray paper boards. Inscribed by Apsley Cherry-Garrard in each each volume. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. In near fine condition with light rubbing to the extremities. First editions signed and inscribed are ofContinue reading "The Worst Journey in the World."

Mawson, Sir Douglas

The Home Of The Blizzard: Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911–1914.

London : William Heinemann, 1915.

First edition of this classic account of Antarctic exploration. Thick octavo, 2 volumes, original dark blue cloth, profusely illustrated with 18 color plates, hundreds of black-and-white plates, numerous in-text illustrations and three color folding maps in rear pocket of Volume II. Near fine in the in the rare original dust jackets with some chipping and wear. RareContinue reading "The Home Of The Blizzard: Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911–1914."

Fermor, Patrick Leigh

Between the Woods and the Water.

London : John Murray, 1986.

First British edition of the author’s second book in the author’s trilogy that began with A Time of Gifts. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Patrick Leigh Fermor on the title page. Fine in a fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by John Craxton. A very sharp example.

Greenlaw, Linda

The Lobster Chronicles.

New York : Hyperion, 2002.

First edition of Greenlaw’s autobiography. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Linda Greenlaw on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

Siren, Osvald

The Walls and Gates of Peking.

New York : Orientalia, 1924.

First edition of this work limited to 800 copies. Quarto, original half cloth, over papered boards. brown morocco label to the spine. Title page printed in red and black, folding map, 128 photogravures on 109 plates, 53 plans and elevations. In excellent condition with some rubbing to the bottom cloth. and light rubbing to theContinue reading "The Walls and Gates of Peking."

Kazantzakis, Nikos

Spain [In Greek].

Athena 1937.

Rare first Greek edition of this early travelogue by Kazantzakis. Octavo, bound in half morocco over cloth. In very good condition.

Roosevelt, Eleanor

India and the Awakening East.

New York : Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1953.

First edition of Eleanor Roosevelt’s account of her travels through the Middle East and India. Octavo, original half cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated with 32 pages of photographs. Warmly inscribed by Eleanor Roosevelt on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.

Saramago, Jose

Cadernos de Lanzarote Diario III.

Lisbon : Caminho, 1996.

First Portugese edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s commentaries on Lanzarote, one of Spain’s volcanic Canary Islands. Octavo, original wrappers as issued. Signed by Jose Saramago on the title page.

Saramago, Jose

Cadernos de Lanzarote Diario IV.

Lisbon : Caminho, 1997.

First Portugese edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s commentaries on Lanzarote, one of Spain’s volcanic Canary Islands. Octavo, original wrappers as issued. Signed and dated by Jose Saramago on the title page in 2006.

Nooteboom, Cees

Roads to Santiago: Detours and Riddles in the Lands and History of Spain.

New York : Harcourt Brace and Company, 1997.

First edition. Octavo, original boards. Signed and dated in the year of publication by Cees Nooteboom on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Translated from the Dutch by Ina Rilke.

Fermor, Patrick Leigh

A Time To Keep Silence.

London : John Murray, 1957.

First edition of the author’s third book, regarding his experiences in various monasteries. Octavo, original blue cloth. Illustrated by John Craxton. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Mary Anna with love from Paddy 2.6.88.” The recipient, Mary Anna Marten (with her bookplate to the inside gutter), was the daughter ofContinue reading "A Time To Keep Silence."

Fermor, Patrick Leigh

Roumeli: Travels in Northern Greece.

New York : New York Review of Books, 2006.

First edition of The New York Times Review of Books edition. Octavo, original wrappers as issued. Signed by Patrick Leigh Fermor on the title page. In fine condition. Introduction by Patricia Storace.

Leigh Fermor, Patrick; George Psychoundakis

George Psychoundakis: A Letter to C.A. Trypanis.

Athens : The American College of Greece, 1999.

First edition of this work by the author of A Time of Gifts. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, warmly inscribed by both Patrick Leigh Fermor and George Psychoundakis to John Leatham, who contributed the introduction to this volume. Additionally signed by Leigh Fermor on another page. In fine condition.

Newby, Eric

A Short Walk In the Hindu Kush.

New York : Doubleday & Company, 1958.

First American edition of the author’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers. Signed by Eric Newby on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with light rubbing and wear. Although not marked this copy is from the library of travel collector, Mary Anna Marten, who was the daughter of theContinue reading "A Short Walk In the Hindu Kush."