Search Results: Travel and Adventure from Old Saratoga Books

San Francisco: Greenline Publications. Very Good. 2002. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. 0966635264 . xii, 240pp. Black and white photos and illustrations, maps, sources and readings lists, bibliography, and index. ; Greenline Historic Travel Series; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

San Francisco: Greenline Publications. Very Good. 2004. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. 0972915079 . xvi, 256pp. Black and white photos and illustrations, maps, sources and readings lists, bibliography, and index. ; Greenline Historic Travel Series; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Tomso, Norway: Troms County's Steamship Company. Very Good; Top and bottom of spine slightly torn, cover and pages lightly . toned, map laid in.. 1980. Thirteenth Printing. Softcover. 8290103077 . Color illustrations, black and white photos, and folded map of Norway laid in. A solid copy of this Norwegian nautical travel guide with country map laid in. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 63 pages .

NY: Brentano's. Good with no dust jacket; Boards waterstained and worn.. 1893. First Edition. Hardcover. Gilt decorated red cloth binding. Many antique ads fore and aft. Marbled edges. Many engravings. Frontispiece portrait of the author. Antiquarian travel advice for tourists embarking for Great Britain, Paris, Italy, Switzerland, and many American cities, sights, and resorts, including Saratoga Springs, Niagara Falls, Santa Cruz, St. Augustine, Tampa, Savannah, Salt Lake City, and the Adirondacks. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 365 pages .

NY: Shields Publishing Co.. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards lightly worn, corners bumped.. 1928. Hardcover. Dark green cloth stamped in gilt on front boards and spine and with photo inset on same areas of the top-hatted Tammany Hall politico and Mayor of New York from 1926-1932. Includes 8 page list of prominent persons mentioned in the book. Many photos. Title continued: Being a Veritable Account of the Voyage, as Unofficial Ambassador, of the Hon. James J. Walker, Mayor of New York, on his Hard-Working Vacation to the Charming Cities of London, Dublin, Castlecomer, Berlin, Munich, Baden-Baden, Venice, The Lido, Rome and Paris. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 264 pages .

Barre, MA: Imprint Society. Fine with no dust jacket; Slipcase rubbed.. 1972. Reprint. Hardcover. One of 1950 numbered copies of this abridged reprint of this 1832 title. Green cloth in illustrated cardboard slipcase. Illustrated endpapers. xxxvi, 547pp, index. 12 color plates by Samuel Seymour. "From the Notes of Major Long, Mr. T. Say, and Other Gentlemen of the Exploring Party, Compiled by Edwin James, Botanist and Geologist of the Expedition." Introduction by Howard R. Lamar. A narrative of the 1819-20 travels of the scientific wing of the larger Yellowstone Expedition exploring the Platte River and Great Plains. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

NY: Macmillan. Good with no dust jacket; Cloth on front boards bubbled, front hinge . cracked, map and surrounding pages foxed.. 1904. Second Printing. Hardcover. Green cloth binding with gilt lettering stamped on front board and spine. Fold-out color map of Rugen, an island off the German Baltic coast, which is a popular resort area. A continuation of the semi-autobiographical novels begun in the author's best-selling book "Elizabeth and Her German Garden". ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 297 pages .

Boston: D. Lothrop & Company. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn, pages toned, spine cracked.. 1883. Hardcover. Decorative blue-green cloth. Plentiful engravings throughout. Publisher ads printed on endpapers and an additional 2pp of ads at rear. Stories about travels through various American cities and towns told through the eyes of a group of young boys and their guide, Jack Bobstay, an old sailor. Locales include Niagara Falls, the Great Lakes, Chicago, Grand Canyon, Colorado Rockies, Boston, and Mount Washington, interspersed by Bobstay's memories of more exotic scenes around the globe. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 365 pages .

NY: Broadway Books. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2001. First Printing. Hardcover. 0767907566 . Black paper quarter-bound in black cloth. xii, 239pp. Endpaper maps, map, bibliography, and acknowledgments. A beautiful copy of this "travel- adventure memoir and historical recreation. " ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

NY: Johnson Reprint Corp. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards lightly rubbed.. 1970. Reprint. Hardcover. 0384312403 . Green cloth binding. Index, appendices, folding map at rear of Yezo Island (Hokkaido) and the Kurile Islands, where Landor traveled among the indigenous (and hirsute) Ainu people of northernmost Japan. A facsimile of the 1893 edition of this work. xvi, 325pp. Illustrations. ; Landmarks in Anthropology; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

NY: Random House. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Edges foxed and soiled.. 1983. Second Printing. Hardcover. 0394523954 . xviii, 332pp. Chronology, maps, index. Travel writing about the author's trip from the Baltic to Trieste along the border with various Iron Curtain countries. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Rapid City, SD: Images of the World. Very Good; Covers rubbed.. 1999. First Printing. Softcover. 0963044826 . Maps, black and white and color photographs, and glossary. A solid copy of this adventure travelog featuring photographs by the author's wife Tass Thacker. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 331 pages .

San Francisco: Sierra Club. Very Good; Covers scuffed and toned at spine.. 1983. First Paperback Edition; First Printing. Softcover. 0871568063 . xii, 258pp. Many photos. Inscribed by expedition leader and author Arlene Blum on half-title.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

NY: McGraw-Hill. Very Good in Good dust jacket; Owner name on front free endpaper, . fore-edges stained, jacket tattered and shelfworn.. 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. 0070064903 . x, 134pp. Index, glossary, photos, appendices, folding photo map at rear, color photos. Black cloth binding. The legendary mountain climber's account of his expedition to climb the south face of Annapurna, a 26,000 peak in the Himalayas. Neate B127, Krawczyk 100.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

London: Hodder and Stoughton. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Owner name on front free endpape, . jacket worn at edges.. 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Blue cloth binding. Photos. Travelogue of 20,000 miles throughout the Soviet Union, including stops in Leningrad, Moscow, Tashkent, Kharkov, Kiev, Yalta, Tiflis, Barnaul, Siberia, and Samarkand. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 157 pages .

NY: Random House. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Boards soiled, jacket chipped and . foxed.. 1972. First Printing. Hardcover. 0394468317 . Edited with an introduction and notes by Charles Neider. Light blue paper boards quarter-bound in black cloth. Endpaper map, black and white frontispiece photo, chronology, sources, and short author bio. A collection of writings by such noted explorers as James Cook, Ernest Shackleton, and Richard E. Byrd about their adventures in the polar regions. Signed by the previous owner, former NY Senator James L. Buckley on the front free endpaper. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 464 pages .

London: Blandford Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket is mildly toned along the edges . of both flaps.. 1969. First Printing. Hardcover. 0713703733 . Light blue cloth with blue topstain. xii, 276pp. Endpaper maps, color photos, black and white illustrations and photos, maps, graphs, charts, appendixes, and index. An examination of the work done by the Scott Polar Research Institute detailing the coordinated scientific exploration efforts of the twelve participating nations. Signed by the previous owner former NY Senator James L. Buckley on the front free endpaper. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Philadelphia: Macrae Smith Company. Good with no dust jacket; Boards sunned and rubbed, light foxing to . endpapers and some pages.. 1930. Hardcover. Striking block print illustrations throughout by Helene Vogt. Brown cloth binding. An account of two women's 1920s motor car journey through Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 227 pages .

Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press. Very Good with no dust jacket; Half-title has two inch tear at lower . gutter.. 1979. Reprint; First Printing. Hardcover. 0803211546 . Blue cloth. Black and white photos, selected bibliography. An historical and affectionate look at mountain climbing, its history, theory, and beauty. Originally published by Random House in 1965. Krawczyk 89. Neate B94.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 124 pages .

San Francisco: Sierra Club. Very Good; Covers lightly scuffed.. 1989. Softcover. 0871567016 . Gorgeous prose, photos and illustrations about mountaineering by various authors and artists. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 207 pages .