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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.
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Item Number: RRB-23009
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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.
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Item Number: RRB-12046
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.
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Item Number: RRB-19036
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.
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Item Number: RRB-19033
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.
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Item Number: RRB-5715
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.
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Item Number: RRB-3911
Naipaul, Shiva
North of South: An African Journey.
New York : Simon & Schuster, 1979.
First edition of the author’s most well-known work. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page in the year of publication. Additionally signed by the author on the title page. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket.
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Item Number: RRB-915
Houston, Charles S. & Robert Bates
K2: The Savage Mountain.
London : Collins, 1955.
First edition of Charles Houston and Robert Bates’ K2: The Savage Mountain. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by both Charles Houston and Robert H. Bates on the title page. Also laid in is a short letter written and signed in Houston’s hand. Fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket.
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Item Number: RRB-645
Saramago, Jose
Cadernos de Lanzarote Diario I- IV.
Lisbon : Caminho, 1994-1997.
First Portugese editions of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s commentaries on Lanzarote, one of Spain’s volcanic Canary Islands. Octavo, original wrappers as issued, 4 volumes. Each volume is signed by Saramago, who has added the word “Lanzarote.” Fine in fine dust jackets.
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Item Number: RRB-148
Theroux, Paul
The Consul’s Fire.
Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1977.
First edition. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Paul Theroux on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light wear to the spine extremities.
Read more$85.00
Item Number: RRB-1126
Irwin, Wallace
Nautical Lays of a Landsman.
New York : Dodd, Mead, & Company, 1904.
First edition. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a good dust jacket with some chips and tears. Illustrated with plates by Peter Newell.
Read more$95.00
Item Number: RRB-657
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."
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Item Number: RRB-2641
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.
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Item Number: RRB-54
Stewart, Rory
The Prince of the Marshes And Other Occupational Hazards of a Year in Iraq.
New York : Harcourt, 2006.
First edition of Stewart’s second book. Octavo, original half cloth. Inscribed by Rory Stewart on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jennifer Jackman.
Read more$75.00
Item Number: RRB-3491
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."
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Item Number: RRB-3413
Parkman, Francis
The California and Oregon Trail.
New York : George P. Putnam, 1849.
First edition, first printing of Parkman’s classic account of his journey along the Oregon Trail. Octavo, original cloth, tinted lithographic frontispiece and vignette half title by Felix Octavius Carr Darley. This is the scarce first issue in cloth, with ad leaf preceding the frontispiece. Publisher’s catalogue in the rear and binding with PARKMAN set in sans-serifContinue reading "The California and Oregon Trail."
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Item Number: RRB-2720
West, Rebecca
Black Lamb and Grey Falcon: The Record of a Journey Through Yugoslavia in 1937.
London : Macmillan, 1941.
First editions of Rebecca West’s masterpiece. Octavo, 2 volumes, original green cloth, cartographic endpapers. Both volumes are signed by West with volume one inscribed and dated in 1965 by the author, volume two is signed and dated in 1965. Both volumes are near fine in near fine dust jackets that show light shelfwear to theContinue reading "Black Lamb and Grey Falcon: The Record of a Journey Through Yugoslavia in 1937."
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Item Number: RRB-1495
Dicke, B.H
The Bush Speaks.
Pietermaritzburg : Shuter & Shooter, 1937.
Octavo, original cloth. Very good in a good dust jacket with some dampstaining to the spine.
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Item Number: RRB-433
Barlow, Arthur
Kivet of the Bush.
Bloemfontein : A. C. White, 1950.
First edition. Octavo. A very good copy in a near fine bright dust jacket.
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Item Number: RRB-309
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. Signed by Eleanor Roosevelt on the half-title page. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with some chips to the spine. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.
Read more$2,000.00
Item Number: RRB-4356
McPhee, John
Giving Good Weight.
New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 1979.
First edition of this collection of McPhee’s classic essays. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Len Byrd all best John.” Additionally signed by John McPhee on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Lawrence Ratzkin.
Read more$95.00
Item Number: RRB-2133
Roads to Santiago: Detours and Riddles in the Lands and History of Spain.
First Edition
$200.00
RRB-5715
The Prince of the Marshes And Other Occupational Hazards of a Year in Iraq.
First Edition
$75.00
RRB-3491
Black Lamb and Grey Falcon: The Record of a Journey Through Yugoslavia in 1937.
Biography and Autobiography
$5,800.00
RRB-1495
