Search Results: TRAVEL & EXPLORATION from Eilenberger Rare Books, LLC

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1896. [xvi], 288 pages, plus frontispiece. Numerous full-page and in-text photographs reckoned in the pagination. Original yellow cloth, stamped in gold. Top edge gilt. [20.3 cm.] Near very good. Spine sun-faded and a little rubbed, some minor soiling to covers. Tight with clean interior. Engraved armorial bookplate of Evelina du Pont de Nemours on front pastedown and her signature on the front free endpaper. FIRST EDITION. The author's travels in the Balkans, Turkey, Lebanon, Syria, and Egypt. Russell was a prominent editor and publisher in New York.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1858. 12mo. 276 pages, plus [4] pages publisher's ads at rear. Original brown cloth, stamped in gilt on spine, and with gilt and blind rules on covers; yellow-coated endpapers. [19.4 cm.] Good only. Head of spine chipped to headband; shallow chip to cloth at base of spine and exposed paper colored to match cloth; wear to hinges and corners; tiny hole to rear hinge; some faint spotting to boards. Early owner's lightly penciled inscription on front endpapers: "Annie H. Stephens, Baltimore, Sept. 27, 1863." Corner chip to front free endpaper. Moderate foxing to title. Perhaps two dozen other pages similarly affected; the rest with only light scattered foxing. Slight wrinkle to some leaves along gutters. Mesh starting to show between two leaves, but signatures holding well and binding otherwise sound. FIRST EDITION. The author's third book, a diverting account of his travels in Italy, Austria, and France. Much of the work is devoted to… Read More

New Bern, N.C.: New Bern Merchants Association and Chamber of Commerce, [printed by Owen G. Dunn], 1934. Unpaginated. [23] pages plus [23] pages of ads for local businesses and a [2]-page ad index. Illustrated with several photographs reproduced in the text and a full-page map keyed to a walking tour of the city. Original printed wraps. 20.5 x 13.5 cm. A small area of tanning to the rear wrap, else very nearly fine. FIRST EDITION. A tourist guidebook for this North Carolina coastal city, describing its history and landmarks. An article, "New Bern - Future," suggests the pamphlet was intended for promotional purposes as well, and it discusses New Bern's advantages in transportation, natural resources, and commercial opportunities. There is also a city directory listing government officials, churches, dentists, doctors, and law firms. Gertrude Sprague Carraway (1896-1993) was a leading figure in historic preservation and education in North Carolina for many decades and is particularly… Read More

Philadelphia: T.B. Peterson, [1867]. Small 8vo. 406 pages, plus frontispiece portrait. [12] pages publisher's ads. Original purple cloth, lettered in gilt, with single gilt rule on spine and triple blind rules on covers; brown coated endpapers. [19 cm.] Spine faded to tan; some fading and spotting to covers. Faint name on front free endpaper ("George R. Watkins, '67," a naval paymaster from Baltimore.) Foxing to frontispiece and title; offsetting to title; moderate marginal damping to lower corners of first few leaves. Text is generally clean with only a few minor spots or traces of foxing. Good plus. FIRST EDITION. Letters from Forney's 1867 travels in England and on the Continent. John Wien Forney (1817-1881), a native of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, was an influential newspaper editor, Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives (1851-1856, 1860-1861) and Secretary of the United States Senate (1861-1868).

New York and London: Century Co., 1923. vi, 314 pages, plus frontispiece and numerous photographic plates. Original pictorial dark red cloth stamped in black. [19.1 cm.] A fine copy, lacking the dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. An overview of mountaineering techniques, equipment, and training, with discussions of climbs in the Alps, the Rockies, the Himalayas, etc.

New York: Dix, Edwards, & Co., 1856. 12mo. [viii], 285 pages plus [8] pages publisher's ads at rear dated Sept. 1, 1856. Original embossed dark purple cloth with gilt-stamped spine. [18.5 cm.] Spine sun-faded and with shallow chips to ends, light spotting to cloth, wear to corners with small areas of the boards showing. Light scattered foxing. Good plus. FIRST EDITION. The author's second book. Scarce in the trade. A sometimes humorous account of De Forest's travels in Ottoman Syria in the 1850's. Unlike many contemporary Western accounts of the Holy Land, the book emphasizes realistic descriptions of daily life, rather than observations of ancient relics, and the author is plainly critical of pilgrims and their reverence for sacred monuments. De Forest first visited Syria for health reasons in the 1840's and later returned to spend several years with his brother, a missionary. He includes descriptions of Smyrna, Rhodes, Beirut, Mount Lebanon, and Jerusalem.… Read More

Boston: James Munroe and Co., 1844. viii, 373 pages, plus frontispiece, extra engraved title page, and [2] pages ads. Original embossed brown cloth with gilt decorations and lettering on spine. [18.1 cm.] Ex-Sondley Reference Library with very faint reminder of removed call number at base of spine and light internal marks. Tasteful bookplate on front pastedown, embossed stamp to frontispiece and titles, ink stamp on verso of printed title and in margin of one other page. Else a good copy. Small chips to head of spine, light wear to base of spine. Moderate to heavy foxing, in no way affecting legibility; marginal browning. Signature of O[liver] S[mith] Sammis (1827-1912), a prominent merchant and real estate developer in Huntington, Long Island, on front free endpaper. SECOND EDITION, revised and enlarged. "A reprint of the 1842 edition with some changed titles and the addition of `The Rose Geranium' and `Westminster Hall'." --BAL. PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION BY THE AUTHOR,… Read More

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Co., 1921. 320 pages, plus color frontispiece and numerous plates, reproducing 115 photographs. Original pictorial cloth stamped in green, white, and blue; top edge gilt. 23 x 15 cm. Spine a little sunned and soiled; a tiny bit of flaking to cover illustration; neat, early gift inscription on front free endpaper; light foxing to margins of plates and facing pages; still a very good copy. FIRST EDITION. The author visited Virginia, North and South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky, and West Virginia. In his preface, he touts the advantages of traveling by automobile. John Thomson Faris (1871-1949) was a publisher and Presbyterian minister who wrote several other travelogues. "This is a handbook for the traveling public written by a professional. Like most modern purveyors of the tourist trade, Faris traveled by auto, stayed but little in one place, and indulged in no social commentaries that could offend… Read More