Dutt, William A. [William T. Sherman]

Highways and Byways in East Anglia.

London : Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1901.

Early edition of this guide to the highways and byways of East Anglia; from the library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman. Octavo, original cloth, top edge gilt, tissue-guarded frontispiece of Caister Church, illustrated with a folding map and numerous engravings by Joseph Pennell. P. T. Sherman’s bookplate to the front pastedown beneath his ownership signature. InContinue reading "Highways and Byways in East Anglia."

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Fogg, William Perry

Arabistan: Or the Land of “The Arabian Nights.” Being Travels Through Egypt, Arabia, and Persia, to Bagdad.

Hartford, Conn. : Dustin, Gilman & Co., 1875.

First edition of this travelogue through the Middle East. Octavo, original publisher’s blue cloth with gilt titles and detailing to the spine and front panel, frontispiece, with black and white illustrations and engravings. In very good condition. Introduction by Bayard Taylor.

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$350.00

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Bouvier, Jacqueline and Lee [Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis]

One Special Summer.

New York : Delacorte Press, 1974.

First edition of this delightful memoir written by the Bouvier sisters about their summer in Europe. Folio, original marbled blue paper boards, illustrated with drawings and decorations by both authors. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.

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Twain, Mark [Samuel L. Clemens]

The Innocents Abroad, Or The New Pilgrims’ Progress.

New York : The Heritage Press, 1962.

The Heritage Press edition of the author’s second book, one of the best-selling travel books of all-time. Octavo, bound in three-quarters morocco by Morrell with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, title page vignette, with color illustrations throughout. In near fine condition with sunning toContinue reading "The Innocents Abroad, Or The New Pilgrims’ Progress."

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Schirra, Walter

Wally Schirra Signed Photograph.

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Rare photograph of a reentry capsule signed by Wally Schirra. Glossy photograph of Schirra exiting the Apollo 7 reentry capsule during a recovery operation, with a NASA identification number to the upper left edge. Boldly signed by NASA astronaut Wally Schirra on the capsule in black felt tip. In near fine condition. Marked on theContinue reading "Wally Schirra Signed Photograph."

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Seton-Thompson, Ernest

Lives of the Hunted.

New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1901.

First edition of this collection of stories. Octavo, original cloth, with over 200 drawings. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To S.D. Green with best wishes of Ernest Seton-Thompson.” Seton Thompson has added a drawing of a bear paw. In near fine condition.

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Muir, John

The Cruise of the Corwin: Journal of the Arctic Expedition of 1881 in Search of De Long and the Jeannette.

Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1917.

First edition of Muir’s account of his expedition aboard the USS Corwin. Octavo, original cream green cloth, color pictorial cover label, top edge gilt, tissue-guarded frontispiece, illustrated with plates from photographs and from sketches by Muir. Edited by William Frederic Badè. (Kimes 348 BAL 14775). In near fine condition, period ownership inscription to the pastedown.Continue reading "The Cruise of the Corwin: Journal of the Arctic Expedition of 1881 in Search of De Long and the Jeannette."

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Ormiston, Harry [Editor]

This Week in the Palm Beaches.

West Palm Beach : Florida News Bureau, 1926.

Rare first edition of this weekly illustrated magazine on Palm Beach social life. Quarto, original pictorial wrappers, black-and-white illustrations, issue February 15, 1976. In very good condition.

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Potok, Chaim

Wanderings: Chaim Potok’s History of the Jews.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1978.

First edition of this wonderfully illustrated work by the author of The Chosen. Quarto, original publisher’s cloth, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, “To Fred Robson, Happy Chanukkah! Chaim Potok 14 Dec. ’78.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design byContinue reading "Wanderings: Chaim Potok’s History of the Jews."

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Newby, Eric

A Short Walk In the Hindu Kush.

London : Picador, 1997.

First Picador edition of the author’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Eric Newby on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Jane Poulton. Foreword by Evelyn Waugh.

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Bolling, Jack and Connie

Weekly Guide of the Palm Beaches: Pocket Size Summer Edition, 1952.

West Palm Beach : Jack and Connie Bolling, 1952.

Summer 1952 issue of the Weekly Guide of the Palm Beaches, the pocket-sized visitors’ guide distributed free throughout the resorts: Volume 3, Number 28, the Summer Edition covering August 17 through September 6, 1952. Duodecimo, original orange pictorial wrappers. Published by Jack and Connie Bolling of West Palm Beach with the approval of the PalmContinue reading "Weekly Guide of the Palm Beaches: Pocket Size Summer Edition, 1952."

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[de las Casas, Bartolomé]

Colleccion de Libros Espanoles: Varias Relaciones del Peru y Chile; De Las Antiguas Gentes del Peru.

Madrid : Miguel Ginesta/Manuel G. Hernandez, 1879-1892.

Finely bound Spanish printings of Bartolomé de las Casas’ histories of Peru and Chile. Octavo, two volumes bound in one half morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, all edges untrimmed, original wrappers bound in. In fine condition.

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Harte, Bret and Mark Twain. [Samuel L. Clemens]

Sketches of the Sixties: Being Forgotten Material Now Collected for the First time from The Californian 1864-67.

San Francisco : John Howell, 1927.

Second edition of the compiled uncollected materials of Twain and Harte from The Californian. Octavo, bound in three quarter morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raise gilt bands, pictorial endpapers, gilt topstain, frontispiece of page one of the first number of The Californian, illustrated. From the library ofContinue reading "Sketches of the Sixties: Being Forgotten Material Now Collected for the First time from The Californian 1864-67."

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Potok, Chaim

Wanderings: Chaim Potok’s History of the Jews.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1978.

First edition of this wonderfully illustrated work by the author of The Chosen. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the half-title page, “To Fred and Lothe Marcus Best Wishes Chaim Potok 10 Dec. 78.” Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket.

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Egerton, Harriet Catherine nee Greville, Countess of Ellesmere, Lady Francis

Journal of a Tour in the Holy Land, in May and June, 1840.

London : Harrison and Co, 1841.

First edition of this record of historical travels, printed for private circulation only. Octavo, original publisher’s dark green cloth bound by Remnant & Edmonds, yellow endpapers, frontispiece of The Dead Sea, illustrated with lithographic plates from original drawings by the author’s husband Lord Francis Egerton. In very good condition, armorial bookplate to the front pastedown.

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Bossi, B

El Vapor Oriental Charrua en el Pacifico y Regiones Magallanicas.

Buenos Aires : Operaio Italiano, 1880.

First edition of the journey of the Uruguayan steamship “Charrúa” through the Pacific Ocean and the Magellanic regions during the War of the Pacific (1879–1884). Octavo, bound in full calf with gilt titles to the front panel. In very good condition.

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Schmitt, Harrison. Foreword by Neil Armstrong

Return to the Moon: Exploration, Enterprise, and Energy in the Human Settlement of Space.

New York : Copernicus Books in Association with Praxis Publishing, 2006.

First edition, early printing of the author’s visionary plan for humankind’s future in space. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “To Louise and the future! Harrison H. Schmitt Apollo 17.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jordan Rosenbum.

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Paine, Caroline

Tent and Harem: Notes of an Oriental Trip.

New York : D. Appleton and Company, 1859.

First edition of this quality piece of travel writing. Octavo, bound in full modern cloth, illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of The Sheik. In very good condition with toning to the text block, stamps to the front flyleaf and dedication page.

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Carpenter, M. Scott; L. Gordon Cooper Jr.; John H. Glenn Jr.; Virgil I. Grissom; Walter M. Schirra Jr.; Alan B. Shepard Jr.; Donald K. Slayton

We Seven. By the Astronauts Themselves.

New York : Simon and Schuster, 1962.

First edition, early printing of this first-hand account of the genesis of America’s manned space program. Octavo, original half-cloth, top stain orange, pictorial endpapers, illustrated with black and white photographs. Boldly signed by Mercury Seven astronaut Scott Carpenter on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with chipping. Jacket designContinue reading "We Seven. By the Astronauts Themselves."

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Kingsley, Charles

Two Years Ago.

Cambridge : Macmillan and Co, 1857.

First edition of the author’s classic work, containing some of his most profound passages of descriptive imagery. Octavo, three volumes bound in three quarters morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In very good condition.

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Hurt III, Harry [Alan Shepard]

For All Mankind.

New York : The Atlantic Monthly Press, 1988.

First edition of this comprehensive account of the NASA Apollo moon missions. Octavo, original half-cloth, illustrated with photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by Alan Shepard on the title page, “To LK and Bill – Alan Shepard.” Alan Shepard was one of NASA’s Mercury Seven—the first group of American astronauts selected in 1959 for Project Mercury, theContinue reading "For All Mankind."

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Kenyon, C. R. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham

The Argonauts on the Amazon.

London and Edinburgh : W. & R. Chambers, Limited, 1901.

First edition of the author’s classic adventure tale, containing some of Arthur Rackham’s earliest illustrations. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth, illustrated with 6 full-pages illustrations by Arthur Rackham. In very good condition. Bookplate.

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Item Number: RRB-142584

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Byrd, Richard Evelyn

Little America: Aerial Exploration in the Antarctic The Flight to the South Pole.

New York and London : G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1930.

Signed limited edition of Byrd’s account of his first expedition to the South Pole. Octavo, original publisher’s half parchment over blue boards, with 74 illustrations and maps. Author’s Autograph Edition, one of one thousand numbered copies signed by the author and publisher on the limitation leaf, this is number 139. In very good condition.

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Carpenter, M. Scott; L. Gordon Cooper Jr.; John H. Glenn Jr.; Virgil I. Grissom; Walter M. Schirra Jr.; Alan B. Shepard Jr.; Donald K. Slayton

We Seven. By the Astronauts Themselves.

New York : Simon and Schuster, 1962.

First edition, early  printing of this first-hand account of the genesis of America’s manned space program. Octavo, original half-cloth, top stain orange, pictorial endpapers, illustrated with black and white photographs. Boldly signed by Mercury Seven Astronaut Scott Carpenter on the second front free endpaper, “Scott Carpenter Aurora 7.” Near fine in a very good price-clippedContinue reading "We Seven. By the Astronauts Themselves."

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Item Number: RRB-148461

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