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 A JOURNEY TO MOROCCO
HODGKIN, THOMAS. NARRATIVE OF A JOURNEY TO MOROCCO, IN 1863 AND 1864 . . . . London: T. Cautley Newby, 1866. Four tinted lithographic views after Hodgkin. FIRST EDITION of the only travel book by the English physician who was the first to describe "Hodgkin's Disease." FULL DESCRIPTION > > THE FIRST APPEARANCE
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[HUNTER, WILLIAM S., JR.] HUNTER'S OTTAWA SCENERY, in the Vicinity of Ottawa City, Canada. Ottawa City: Wm. S. Hunter, Jr., 1855. Lithographed title and fourteen tinted lithographic plates with tissue guards. "A handsome volume of views, . . . [and] probably the first book to include lithographs drawn by Homer" (Tatham, Winslow Homer and the Illustrated Book). FULL DESCRIPTION > >
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IRVING, WASHINGTON. A HISTORY OF THE LIFE AND VOYAGES OF CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS. London: John Murray, 1828. Two large folding maps, tracing the tracks of Columbus' voyages. FIRST EDITION. FULL DESCRIPTION > >
"The California mountains invite you
to their magnificent scenery."
- Samuel Kneeland
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KNEELAND, SAMUEL. THE WONDERS OF THE YOSEMITE VALLEY, AND OF CALIFORNIA. . . . With Original Photographic Illustrations by John P. Soule. Boston: Alexander Moore, 1871. Ten mounted albumen prints of photographic views. FIRST EDITION of perhaps the best and most attractive early guide book to the Yosemite region. FULL DESCRIPTION > >
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"One of the most significant political and engineering achievements of the [19th] century."
(LESSEPS, FERDINAND DE.) FONTANE, MARIUS. LE CANAL MARITIME DE SUEZ ILLUSTRÉ. Histoire du Canal et des Travaux par M. Marius Fontane. Itinéraire de l'Isthme par M. Riou. Paris: Aux Bureaux de l'Illustration, 1869. Five autographed letters tipped in at the rear, two signed by Ferdinand de Lesseps. FIRST EDITION, published to commemorate the inauguration of the Suez Canal in the same year, and inscribed and dated that year to J. E. Nourse on the front free endpaper. FULL DESCRIPTION > >
"The whole case for the canal
and [Lesseps'] proposed method of building it."
- Printing and the Mind of Man
LESSEPS, FERDINAND DE. PERCEMENT DE L'ISTHME DE SUEZ. Exposé et Documents Officiels. Paris: Henri Plon, 1855. Two lithographed folding maps showing the proposed route of the Canal and improved shipping routes. FIRST EDITION, by the "creator of the Suez Canal" (Kinross, Between Two Seas). FULL DESCRIPTION > >
"The outstanding photographer of the 1880's."
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LINDT, J. W. PICTURESQUE NEW GUINEA. WITH AN HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION AND SUPPLEMENTARY CHAPTERS ON THE MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE PAPUANS; Accompanied With Fifty Full-Page Autotype Illustrations . . . . London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1887. Fifty autotype plates after photographs by Lindt. FIRST EDITION of Lindt's only book, inscribed by him on the title. FULL DESCRIPTION > >
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[LORY, GABRIEL, the younger.] PICTURESQUE TOUR THROUGH THE OBERLAND in The Canton of Berne, in Switzerland. Illustrated by Seventeen Coloured Engravings and a Map Shewing the Principal Mountains and Glaciers. London: R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 1823. Hand-tinted frontispiece map and seventeen hand-colored aquatint plates. FIRST EDITION, with finely-colored views of Swiss lakes, mountains, glaciers and towns and an interesting provenance. FULL DESCRIPTION > >
"One of the last great Victorian travelers, a pioneering anthropologist, photographer, and humanist."
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LUMHOLTZ, CARL. AMONG CANNIBALS: AN ACCOUNT OF FOUR YEARS' TRAVELS IN AUSTRALIA AND OF CAMP LIFE WITH THE ABORIGINES OF QUEENSLAND . . . With Maps, Coloured Plates, and 122 Illustrations. London: John Murray, 1889. Four colored plates of zoological subjects, two colored folding maps. FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH of Lumholtz's first book. FULL DESCRIPTION > >
"All that remains of genuine history,
except that contained in the sacred annals,
is only to be obtained through the mazes of mythology."
- Thomas Maurice
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MAURICE, THOMAS. OBSERVATIONS CONNECTED WITH THE ASTRONOMY AND ANCIENT HISTORY, SACRED AND PROFANE, ON THE RUINS OF BABYLON . . . . [together with] OBSERVATIONS ON THE REMAINS OF ANCIENT EGYPTIAN GRANDEUR AND SUPERSTITION . . . . London: For the Author, 1816, 1818. FIRST EDITIONS of these scarce early works on comparative archaeology, astronomy and mythology. FULL DESCRIPTION > >
"One of the early and fundamental books
on the Northwest coast of America in general
and on Alaska in particular."
- Lada-Mocarski
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MEARES, JOHN. VOYAGES MADE IN THE YEARS 1788 AND 1789, From China to the North West Coast of America, to Which Are Prefixed . . . Observations on the Probable Existence of A North West Passage . . . . London: Printed at the Logographic Press, 1790. FIRST EDITION of this important documentary of early exploration and trade in the Pacific Northwest, complete with the List of Subscribers and the "Philipine Islands" plate which are often lacking. FULL DESCRIPTION > >
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MOSELEY, H. N. NOTES BY A NATURALIST ON THE "CHALLENGER," BEING AN ACCOUNT OF VARIOUS OBSERVATIONS MADE DURING THE VOYAGE OF H. M. S. "CHALLENGER" ROUND THE WORLD, IN THE YEARS 1872-1876 . . . . London: Macmillan and Co., 1879. FIRST EDITION. FULL DESCRIPTION > >
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NEWTON, C. T. TRAVELS & DISCOVERIES IN THE LEVANT. London: Day & Son, Limited, 1865. FIRST EDITION. FULL DESCRIPTION > >
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(NEW ZEALAND.) PICTORIAL NEW ZEALAND. With Preface by Sir W. B. Perceval . . . . London, Paris & Melbourne: Cassell and Company, Limited, 1895. FIRST EDITION. FULL DESCRIPTION > >
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O'NEILL, THOMAS. SKETCHES OF AFRICAN SCENERY, FROM ZANZIBAR TO THE VICTORIA NYANZA, Being A Series of Coloured Lithographic Pictures, From Original Sketches by the Late Mr. Thomas O'Neill . . . . London: Church Missionary House, 1878. FIRST EDITION of O'Neill's only book, published posthumously and containing the first colored illustrations of the Lake Victoria region. FULL DESCRIPTION > >
