Travel & Exploration from Rare Books Honolulu

Honolulu, HI: Joint Exercise Information Bureau / Honolulu Rapid Transit Co, 1949. very good. 3 items of ARMY NAVY JOINT EXERCISE "MIKI" in HONOLULU HAWAII, Sept 1949: 1/ the Observers' Handbook,10.5" x 8', 62 pages, numerous illustrations. Very good condition -- 2/ a "Honolulu Map & Guide for Servicemen of Operation Miki", folded 9" x… Read more about this item

Shanghai, China: Kelly & Walsh, 1929. 3rd revised & enlarged edition. Hardcover. Fine/no dj as issued. Full title: 'Hangchow Itineraries, Describing The Chief Places Of Interest With A Note On The Famous Bore' Shanghai: Kelly & Walsh, 1929. -- size: Size: 4 1/4" x 6 1/2" [, some shelf wear to spine and cover, pages like new,… Read more about this item

Chicago: Rand McNally & Company, 1914. 1st edition. Hardcover. good. 120, [2 ad.] pp. 16x9.5 cm (6¼x3¾"), red buckram, printed cover label. One of the early cookbooks featuring Japanese recipes published in the United States. Wear and staining to boards and volume, paper label chipped; good.

Kobundo Shoten(弘文堂書店), 1931. very good/no dj as issued. Photobook of Manchukuo with Lushun Battle Site published during Sino-Japanese War. 86 single-sided pages of period photos showing Manchukuo cityscape, such as Dairen, Mukden, Lushun. Very Good, some discoloration due to age. Please see photos. Size: 8 x 6inches (20 x 15 x 2.8 cm). -- Taisho… Read more about this item

Shanghai, China: Kelly & Walsh, 1929. 1st edition. Hardcover. almost fine/no dj as issued. xx pages, 1., 90 pages, 6.5" x 4"t (12 by 17 cm) frontispiece, includes with ten illustrations, five maps (one for each itinerary) and twenty-six charts (lay-outs of temples and grottoes), some fold-outs, up to 16" long. First edition of this rare guide… Read more about this item

Shanghai, China: The Mercury Press, 1934. Hardcover. good. The Mercury Press, 1934. 142 pp. Illustrated in text from sketches. 23x15 cm (9x6"), yellow cloth stamped in red and black. First Edition. Scarce, only 11 copies in Worldcat. Inscription on front free endpaper, possibly of author. Cloth rubbed and soiled, moderate toning to brittle paper; good.… Read more about this item

Shanghai, China: North-China Daily News & Herald Limited, 1932. 1st edition. Hardcover. very good/very good. VERY RARE FIRST EDITION, North China Daily News & Herald Limited, 1932. 114 pp. Illustrations from photographs; maps, many of which folding. 18.5x12 cm (7¼x4¾"), green cloth lettered in gilt, printed dust jacket. -- : Light wear to jacket and cloth, jacket with… Read more about this item

Nanking: Railway Through Traffic Administration Ministry of Railways, 1931. wrappers. very good. 30 pp. Illustrated from photographs including two-sided folding panorama. 16.5x11.5 cm (6½x4¾"), pictorial stapled wrappers. : Slight creasing and soiling to wrappers; faint foxing to pages; very good. -- Scarce travel railway travel guide to China issued during the interlude of the Chinese Civil War. OCLC… Read more about this item

Shanghai, China: American Presbyterian Mission Press, 1874. Hardcover. good. xxiv, 440 pp. Text in English & Chinese. 19x13 cm (7½x5¼"), period half leather & cloth. Scarce manual first published in 1872. -- Spine well rubbed, corners showing, front cover detached, rear joint cracked; internally very good.

London: John Murray, 1876. very good. John Murray, 1876, xviii, 327, 32 ad pp. Frontispiece not present, with 3 maps and 3 plates from views. 22.5x14 cm (9x5½"), original blue cloth stamped in gilt. First Edition. -- -- Light wear and soiling to cloth, spine toned with rubbing to ends; hinges cracked, half-title repaired with cloth… Read more about this item

Boston: Printed by Crocker and Brewster, 1826. Fifth Ed. Hardcover. very good. Boston, 1826, 481, [1] pp. Lacks final errata slip. Folded lithograph map. 21.5x13 cm (8½x5"), later half calf, spine stamped in gilt. Fifth edition. Later edition of the 1669 original. The first strictly historical book on New England. Light annotations in one hand dated 1837,… Read more about this item

London: John Murray, 1889. 1st. edition. Hardcover. very good. John Murray, 1889. xii, 392 pp. Color frontispiece, 2 color maps, plates and illustrations in the text. 22x13.5 cm (8¾x5½"), original cloth stamped in gilt. Bookplate of previous owner on front paste-down, ink signature at half-title. Slight wear and rubbing to cloth; large 3" strip… Read more about this item

London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co, 1890. Vol. I stated second edition, others 1st. editions. Hardcover, full leather. very good. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., 1880, 1885, 1890. - 3 volumes. xvi, 247; vii, [1], 399; xii, 292 pp. Folding table of comparative genealogy in Vol. I. (8vo) 19.8x13 cm (7¾x5¼"), 19th century calf ruled… Read more about this item

Honolulu, HI, Millwood, NY: Bishop Museum (1928), Kraus reprint (1985). Kraus reprint 1985. softcover. very good. Bishop Museum (1928), Kraus reprint (1985), based on Material recorded by J. M. Osmond. 651 pages. Cover has some shelf-wear, pages clean, no notes, no markings. Ships from Hawaii with free Priority Mail update within US. Teuira Henry was a British… Read more about this item

New York: Lent & Graff, 1920. Wrappers. Hotel Astor, Lent & Graff, no year (advertisements date it 1920 - 30's) 12.5" x 9.5", 32 pages of interesting advertisements, 20 pages text and photos of hotel, including color double page of the Grand Ball Room.  Bound in embossed wrappers. Covers are toned and show considerable edge wear (cover size… Read more about this item

Chicago: Self-Published, 1933. 1st and only edition. sailcloth. very good. Only 3 copies in Worldcat, no auction records Self-Published, probably 1933, 10" x 8.5", softcover bound in sail cloth, 104 pages, unpaginated, numerous photos. A Visit to the Cocos and Galapagos Islands on Board the "Blue Dolphin" 1933. Good condition. Areas of stains, foxing, and… Read more about this item

St. Paul, Minn: Northern Pacific Railway, 1909. he Alaska - Yukon - Pacific Exposition, 1909. Railroad Ephemera Program Brochure. The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition was a world's fair held in Seattle, Washington in 1909 to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Klondike Gold Rush. The fair showcased the culture, history, and resources of Alaska, the Yukon, and the Pacific Northwest region,… Read more about this item

London: Printed for the author, 1778. 1st edition. Hardcover. very good/no dj as issued. Printed for the author, 1778. [20], 543, [1] pp. A beautiful copy with 2 copper-engraved maps, frontispiece portrait of Carver and 4 additional copper-engraved plates. 23.3x15 cm (9¼x6"), rebound in burgundy 19th century half-morocco and gilt-ruled, marbled paper-covered boards, spine tooled and lettered in… Read more about this item

Honolulu, HI: Pan Am Heritage Association, 2013. softcover. Pan Am Heritage Association, 2013, 1ste dition, limited to 2000 copies. 537 pages, 8.5 x 5.5". With dedication by a stewardess on front free endpaper.Softcover, with tight binding Binding has minor shelf wear. Pages bright and clean; no notes or markings. Ships from Hawaii with free Priority Mail upgrade. ---… Read more about this item

St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 1972. 1st edition. Hardcover. good/no dj as issued. Minnesota Historical Society, 1972, 10 3/4 x 8", 50 pp., incl. Index. b/w illustrations throughout. INSCRIBED by C. Lindbergh "To Frances and Bob Haws with best wishes" on title page. -- Binding has some damage to the paper along the left side of the… Read more about this item