Search Results: Travel & Exploration from Homeward Bound Books

Cobourg, Ontario: Rhodies Publications. Near Fine. 2012. Softcover. 113 p. 23 cm. Signed by Author Sound and square binding in cardstock covers. Minor wear to the edges and corners. Except for the author's inscription, the inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. Stories of the author's travels and adventures around the world. Includes black and white photographs. Inscribed on the title page to a previous owner by the author. .

Cobourg, Ontario: Rhodies Publications. Very Good+. 2013. Softcover. 121 p. 23 cm. Signed by Author Sound and square binding in cardstock covers. Minor wear to the edges and corners. Except for the author's inscription, the inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. Stories of the author's travels around the world. Includes black and white photographs. Inscribed on the title page to a previous owner by the author. .

Toronto: American Autochrome Co.. Good. Card Covers. [72] p. 21 cm. Not dated, but likely 1930's or 40s. Sound and square binding in cardstock covers. Front cover shows creasing. Wear to corners and edges, with one corner tip missing. Stain on rear cover. Moisture staining to spine wrapping onto front cover. Tiny edge tear to title page. Otherwise inside pages are clean and bright. "Views of Historic Places, Outstanding Architectural Features and the Wonderful Scenery of River, Lake and Mountain". A photographic look at places and buildings in Canada in the early to mid 20th century. Includes a section of 8 pages of colour photos. Scarce. .

Self Published By the Author. Very Good. ©1995. Hardcover. 1550563629 . 250 p. 23.5 cm. Signed by Author Sound and square binding in glossy boards. Tiny ding to top edge of upper board. Minor wear to corner tips. Slight shelf rubbing. Inside pages are clean and unmarked, except for the author's inscription. An account of the Eastward Ho Canoe Expedition, whose members, including the author, canoed from Vancouver to Montreal. Told in context of canoe trips across Canada by early explorers. Illustrated in black and white. Inscribed by the author to a previous owner on the title page. .

Fowlerville, Michigan: Wilderness Adventure Books. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1988. Hardcover. 0961159642 . 425 + ads p. 22 cm. Sound and square binding in cloth-covered boards. Top edge of text block is slightly dusty. Inside pages are clean and unmarked. Dust jacket is lightly shelf rubbed. The spine is somewhat faded. A fictionalized account of part-Cree guide George Elson and his experiences in James Bay, on the ill-fated Hubbard-Wallace expedition to Labrador in 1903, and as a guide for Mina Benson Hubbard two years later. Illustrated with several pages of black and white photographs. .

London: Self Published By the Author. Fair. 1895. Hardcover. 274 + ads p. 21.5 cm. Bound in red, cloth-covered thin boards. Both hinges have split but boards are still holding to the text block by the mull. Spine and corners are heavily worn, with loss to the head of the spine. Marking on both boards and spine, which are likely insect predation. Rear free endpaper is gone. Inside pages have occasional soil and stains. A guidebook to the British colony of Natal and its railway system, at the end of the 19th century. The colony now forms the province of Natal in South Africa. Illustrated with numerous black and white photographs and one fold-out diagram. Twenty pages of British business ads at rear. .

Toronto: Kingswood House. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. 140 p. 20 cm. Sound and square binding in white, cloth-covered boards. Tanned along the spine, text block and board edges. Inside pages are clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has a 1/2' and a 2" tear to the spine edge and additional shorter, edge chips, tears, and creasing. Rear white panel shows a little soil. Lightly shelf rubbed overall. A guide to sailing the waters of Georgian Bay, Ontario, with historical commentary as well as practical sailing advice to ports, anchorage, shoals, etc. The author is known for his storytelling abilities about his life on land and sea. .

Toronto: Coles Publishing Co.. Very Good. 1970. Facsimile. Card Covers. 362 p. 21 cm. Sound and square binding in cardstock covers. Rubbed along the edges. Spine is darkened. Soft crease on front cover. Previous owner's notation on back of front cover. Inside pages are clean and unmarked, with age toning. A facsimile edition of a account of exploration in North America in the early 19th century, first published in 1829. .

Orono, Ontario: Self Published By the Authors. Very Good. 1988. Hardcover. 22 x 28 cm. Signed by All Authors Sound and square fabric over boards binding, stitched together at top and bottom of the boards. A little soil and tiny dings to the cloth on each side. Inside pages are clean and unmarked except for the authors' signatures. A largely photographic travel record of a trip made to India. The two authors spent some time teaching there. Includes some commentary and poems which I believe were written by Jeremy Dodds, a published Canadian poet. Black and white photos only. Two original photo prints are included tipped in using photo corners. Signed and inscribed to a previous owner by both travellers. Number 69 or 76 copies produced. .

Eschia Books Inc.. Very Good. 2009. Softcover. 1926696077 . 320 p. 20 cm. Sound and square binding in cardstock covers. Light wear to the edges and corner tips. A couple of tiny impression marks on front cover. Except for the author's inscription, the inside pages are clean and unmarked. A true account of a the author's travels with a Dene elder across the Arctic barrens of the Northwest Territories in winter. Illustrated in black and white. Inscribed "to the reader" by the author on the title page in 2012. .

Edinburgh: National Museums of Scotland. Very Good. 1993. Softcover. 0773511075 . 116 p. 22.5 cm. Sound and square binding in cardstock covers. Light wear to the edges and corners. Shelf rubbed. Inside pages are clean and unmarked. The story of Arctic explorer John Rae, published to mark the centenary of this death. Illustrated in colour and black and white. Published jointly with McGill University Press. .

Kingston, Ontario: Quarry Press. Very Good. 1994. Softcover. 1550821210 . 317 p. 19.5 cm. Sound and square binding in cardstock-covers. Light wear to the corners tips and edges. Some shelf-rubbing scratches. The edges have light foxing. Inside pages are clean and unmarked. A travel guidebook to an historical part of Ontario from Brockville in the east and west to Belleville. Divided into seven day-trip tours. .

Chicago: The John C. Winston Company. Very Good. ©1931. Hardcover. 388 p. 22 cm. Sound and square binding in cloth-covered boards, with color pastedown illustration. Some wear to the corner tips and spine ends. A little spotting and a few streaks to both boards near the fore-edges. Text block edges slightly dusty and have a few minor marks. Inside pages are clean and unmarked, with slight toning. No dust jacket. A reprint of the classic work of exploration in the western U.S. and his encounters with indigenous people. Illustrated with four colour plates including the frontispiece. .

Self Published By the Author. Near Fine. Softcover. 148 p. 21 cm. Sound and square binding in cardstock covers. Minor edge and corner wear. Author's inscription on the dedication page. Otherwise, the inside pages are clean and unmarked. An account of time spent in Italy in the 1950s by two sisters. Includes a section of photographs. Inscribed by the author on the dedication page to a previous owner. .

Montreal: The Canadian Messenger. Good. 1923. Hardcover. 184 p. 23 cm. Bound in heavy, cardstock covers. A little loose in its binding, with first signature coming away from the glued cover. Covers and spine show rubbing and soil. Spine ends and corner tips have some wear. Endpapers have light soil. Some pages are stuck together at the top deckled edge, possibly never opened, but appear to be easy to separate. Interior pages are clean overall. An account of a trip through Europe by seventy members of the Canadian Eucharistic Party, primarily to assist at the International Eucharistic Congress in Rome, but passing through the Netherlands, Germany, Italy, and France. Illustrated with black and white photographs. .

York: Ben Johnson & Company. Good. Card Covers. 117 p. 18.5 cm. Sound but slightly cocked binding in illustrated cardstock covers with cloth spine. Corners are rounded. Lower cover has soiling and a little writing. Upper cover has some crease marks and light soil. Previous owner's name and date (1888) on blank page before map. A few pages have some pencilled margin notes and underlining, but overall the pages are clean and unmarked. A 19th century tourist's guidebook to the city of York, England. Illustrated with engravings. .

New York: The Macmillan Company. Very Good-. 1934. Second Printing. Hardcover. 329 p. 22 cm. Sound and square binding in blue, cloth-covered boards. Worn through at corner tips. Light soil to the boards. Inside, the endpapers have discoloured somewhat and the pages are slightly toned. Otherwise pages are clean and unmarked. A description of Labrador, largely based on the author's forty years spent working and living there and learning its history. Includes over thirty black and white photographs. .

London: Swan Sonnenschein, Le Bas & Lowrey. Good. 1886. Flexible cloth. 392 p. 13.5 cm. Sound and square binding in red cloth-covered, flexible boards with gilt edges. Rubbed through along the edges and at the corners. Name and address on the front and rear free endpapers. Small crack on rear pastedwon endpaper. Inside pages are clean and unmarked, with a little tanning to the edges. A small handbook to the flowers and plants of the European Alps. There are no illustrations, but a pocket between the front board and front pastedown endpaper possibly held a fold open illustration at one time, although I can find no reference to one. Translated by Alfred W. Bennett. .

Toronto: William Briggs. Very Good. 1881. Hardcover. 459 + ads p. 18 cm. Sound and square binding in cloth-covered boards, with gilt and painted stamps titles and illustration on upper board and spine. Some wear to the corners and spine ends. Text block edges somewhat grimy. Crease and small stain to front endpapers. Previous owners' names on back of frontispiece and first page of the preface. Inside pages are generally clean and unmarked, with some toning. A travelogue of a journey taken by a pastor of the St. James Street Methodist Church in Montreal. The last twenty five pages are a memorial a fellow Canadian minister. .

Walt Disney Productions. Very Good. 1977. Stapled wraps. 36 p. 22.5 cm. x 29 cm. Sound and square binding in centre-stapled, cardstock covers. Corners have some rub wear. Rubbed with a few light scratches. Inside pages are clean and unmarked. Late 1970's souvenir booklet with colour photographs. .