Exploration / Travel / Adventure from CraigsClassics

This is an uncommon, original booklet for "The POLAND SPRING HOUSE - Summer Season 1899." Published by Hiram Ricker & Son in South Portland, Maine. The booklet contains black & white photographs throughout. Softcover. There are 32 pages in all. The booklet is smaller in size - it measures 6 1/4" wide x 5" tall. Condition: There are 2 vertical creases at… Read more about this item

"FARTHEST NORTH - Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-96 and of a Fifteen Months' Sleigh Journey by Dr. Nansen and Lieut. Johansen" by Fridtjof Nansen. 1897 1st edition; Archibald Constable and Company; Westminster, UK. Complete set in two volumes. A custom slip case has been made to house the volumes. The set is… Read more about this item

This is an antique travelogue, "Nordurfari - or, RAMBLES IN ICELAND" by Pliny Miles. 1854 1st American edition; Charles B. Norton; New York. Here are some examples of the contents: Whales and Sharks; Passengers, Live Stock, Books, and Amusements; Sea Birds; Trading and Skirmishing between the Icelanders and the North American Indians; Voyage of Columbus to Iceland; Geographical Features of… Read more about this item

"Little America - Aerial Exploration in the Antarctic, The Flight to the South Pole" by Richard Evelyn Byrd with its original dust jacket. 1930 1st edition (stated); G.P. Putnam's Sons; New York. There are 74 photographic illustrations from the expedition, as well as two fold-out maps at the back. Illustrated end papers. Frontispiece illustration of Byrd. The dust jacket is… Read more about this item

This is a handsome, antique copy of "Our Old Home" - A Series of English Sketches by NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE. Annotated with passages from the author's note-books. 1901; Houghton, Mifflin and Company; Boston and New York. This edition features a frontispiece engraving of Hawthorne, and numerous full-page photogravures (with descriptive tissue guards). Gilt top page edges. The book is a collection… Read more about this item

This is an antique set of Major Long's Second Expedition ~ "Narrative of an Expedition to the Source of St. Peter's River, Lake Winnepeek, Lake of the Woods, &c. &c. Performed in the Year 1823, by Order of the Hon. J.C. Calhoun, Secretary of War under the Command of Stephen H. Long, Major U.S.T.E." compiled from the notes of Major… Read more about this item

This is an inscribed travelogue, "Our Tour Around the World" - Containing Short Letters of Travel by John F. Floyd. 1896 1st edition; Charles H. Kerr & Company; Chicago. The book features a frontispiece portrait of the author, and other full-page photographic illustrations (all with tissue guards). Presentation copy - Floyd has written and signed an inscription on the front… Read more about this item

This is an antique copy of "Style-O!-Graphic Pens and Funny Pencillings in Europe" by J.S. McClay. 1881 1st edition; Homer Lee Bank Note Co.; New York. The book is a humorous travelogue of sorts, documenting the author's travels in Europe to places such as Venice, Munich, Amsterdam, London, Glasgow, Paris, Milan, Pisa, Rome, Naples...and more. There are illustrations throughout "from… Read more about this item

This is a terrific condition, vintage "BAY CIRCUIT MAP" of Boston and surrounding towns in color. Also included is the original storage envelope. Published in 1930 by The Trustees of Public Reservations in Boston, Massachusetts. The map specifically highlights "Points of Geological Interest in the Bay Circuit," "Points of Ornithological Interest in the Bay Circuit," and "Points of Historical and… Read more about this item

This is a rare issue of the publication "The Analectic Magazine and Naval Chronicle" from April, 1816. This issue features an early (possibly the 1st) published engraving of the famous American explorer MERIWETHER LEWIS (of "Lewis and Clark" fame). In addition to the engraving, the issue also includes a chapter titled "Notice of Captain M. Lewis" - from the Notice:… Read more about this item

This is a beautifully illustrated antique copy of "AN INLAND VOYAGE" by Robert Louis Stevenson. 1908; Chatto and Windus; London. This edition features numerous illustrated plates by Noel Rooke in both color and black & white. (There is a "Note" by Rooke at the front.) Gilt top page edges. Maps on the end papers. From a review: "'An Inland Voyage is… Read more about this item

This is an interesting copy of "A Narrative of Voyages and Travels, in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres Comprising Three Voyages Round the World; Together with a Voyage of Survey and Discovery of the Pacific Ocean and Oriental Islands" by Amasa Delano. This particular copy has ties to the War of 1812 - please see "Provenance" below. 1817 1st edition;… Read more about this item

This is a collection of two books by ELIZABETH B. CUSTER (wife of General George Custer), as follows: "FOLLOWING THE GUIDON" - 1890 1st edition; Harper & Brothers; New York. The book features numerous full-page illustrations, as well as musical scores. There are two pages of publisher's advertisements at the back. From a review: "(The book) is a warmly human, first-hand… Read more about this item

"A Narrative of the VISIT TO THE AMERICAN CHURCHES by the Deputation from the Congregational Union of England and Wales" by Andrew Reed and James Matheson. 1835 1st edition; Harper & Brothers; New York. Complete set in two volumes. The book chronicles the extensive travels through the American Northeast observing camp meetings, Shakers and Hicksites, female academies, colleges, and centers… Read more about this item

"Pathfinders of the West" - Being the Thrilling Story of the Adventures of the Men Who Discovered the Great Northwest by A.C. Laut. 1904 1st edition (with "Published November, 1904" stated on the copyright page); The Macmillan Company; New York. Nicely illustrated with a map of the "Great Fur Country" and dozens of illustrations by Frederick Remington and others. Gilt… Read more about this item

This is an antique travelogue, "Winter Journeys in the South" by John Martin Hammond. 1916 1st edition, 1st printing; J.B. Lippincott Company; Philadelphia. Nicely illustrated with dozens of full-page black & white photographic plates. "Pen and Camera Impressions of Men, Manners, Women, and Things All the Way from the Blue Gulf and New Orleans Through Fashionable Florida Palms to the… Read more about this item

This is a wonderful look at Chicago at the turn of the century, "CHICAGO ALBUM" containing 79 Albertype views of the city. Circa 1890's (there is no date of publications stated). Published by Chisholm Brothers in Portland, Maine. Nicely decorated gilt front cover. There are 24 pages attached accordion-style comprised of 79 individual views from photographs. The album measures 9… Read more about this item

"The Land of Gold - or, Three Years in California" by Rev. Walter Colton. 1886; Cleaves, MacDonald & Co.; Boston. The book features full-page illustrated plates and a large facsimile fold-out "Declaration of Rights in the Constitution of California, and the Signatures of the Members of the Convention." Marbled page edges on all sides of the text block. Here are… Read more about this item

This is an antique collection of 54 bound photogravures of "Paris and its Environs." Circa 1890's (there is no date of publication stated). With "notices" written in both French and English. Images include views from Paris, Versailles, Fontainebleau, St. Germain-en-Laye, Malmaison, and Chantilly - here are a few examples: Panorama of Eight Bridges, The Arch of Triumph and Tomb of… Read more about this item

Nice condition antique copy of "THE NORTH AND WEST ILLUSTRATED" compiled by W.H. Stennett. 1878; The Chicago & North-Western Railway Co.; Chicago. Softcover. The book has 120 numbered pages with wonderful engravings of nature scenes and landmarks/points of interest throughout. I am unsure if this edition was issued with a folding map, but there is no folding map present -… Read more about this item