Search Results: Exploration, Travel from Henry Berry, books/ephemera

BABES IN THE AFRICAN WOOD, with 69 illustrations and a map, by the Hon. R. Gorell Barnes, published by Longmans, Green and Co., 1911, 5-1/4" x 7-3/4", red cloth cover,, xv+247 pages, photographs (all present as listed in front), fold-out map, appendix; CONDITION: very good-minus condition, spine faded, cover lightly soiled, foxing on first few pages, previous owner's inscription inside front cover, small loss at lower left corner of back cover, hinges firm, text block tight.

[1910 GERMAN BAVARIA TRAVEL PHOTO ALBUM 75 matte photos varied subjects] GERMANY – 1910 HANDWRITTEN ON FRONT COVER, Bavarian towns and scenes, 75 period matte photos on stiff photo paper mounted on 12 stiff pages of an album bound by twine at left (back cover detached but present), 13" x 11", mostly 4-5 mounted photos per page, many photos with captions in white, chalk-like marker with a few captions rubbed out, photos range from about 2-1/2" x 4" to about 4" x 6-1/2", well-to-do family with good camera equipment taking a leisurely tour through Bavaria, Germany, subjects vary from buildings (presumably some which were destroyed in WWII) and street scenes, local residents in traditional dress, horse-pulled vehicles, mountains and lakes, and members of the tour group, among the photos as captioned are "Van dem Cooks bureau" (suggesting the group was a part of a Cook's tour), "Der Schliersee – mit dem Dorf" (a small town viewed from across the lake with the town on its shores and mountains around… Read More

[1856 RAIL ROAD GUIDE; GREAT CENTRAL ROUTE; AMERICANA; RARE] INTERNATIONAL TOPOGRAPHICAL RAIL ROAD GUIDE Between the Atlantic Seaboard and the Missouri River, Containing A Large Map in Colors, Correct time Tables of Railroads, Comprising the Great Central, Northern and Southern Routes, Together With Descriptions of Cities, Villages and Points of Interest, Compiled From Authentic Sources, Publications Office Niagara Falls, Where All Communications Must Be Addressed, Niagara Falls, 1856 [W. E. Tunis, publisher], somewhat worn copy with worn map, 3-3/4"x 5-1/2", 172 pages (numbered 1-143, followed by unnumbered pages for ads, last two pages are Contents and Index to Railroads numbered 171-172), organization is pages 15-80 sections for major railroad regions identifying railroads leading from these with naming of the stops of cities and towns along a route with descriptions of these varying in length depending on their size and importance including variously distances to other cities and towns, notable… Read More

[1640ca LINSCHOTEN DOETECUM ORIGINAL ENGRAVING China Mandarin river boat] ORIGINAL ENGRAVING FROM AN EARLY EDITION of Linschoten's travel book on Asia by Baptiste van Doetecum (English spelling, but also Doetechum, Deutechum, and other various spellings), edition unidentified/ca. 1640 probably French edition, numbered "32 en 33", title/caption in Latin underneath the image "Lecture, et ratio, quibus Chine primarij, Mandorines vocant gestante, combeq, quibus ad oblectationem per fluvios vehuntur" with title also in Dutch to the right, scene of Chinese Mandarin with retainers to the right and at the left a boat on a river illustrating (as noted in the title/caption) a pastime enjoyed by the Mandarin class, overall size to the plate mark 10" high x 12-/12" across with surrounding margins from 3/4" or wider, midfold, in upper left corner in the engraving "NLinschoten" for the book's author, at bottom right edge inside the border "Bapt a Doct fec" for the engraver; engraving authenticated as described by… Read More

[1870s THOMAS PARKIN SIGNED BRITISH ORNITHOLOGIST IN TEXAS 2 bound articles] THOMAS PARKIN ASSOCIATION, noted British ornithologist, signed item concerning his time in Galveston, Texas, observing birds near the Texas shore, Parkin ownership signatures and notes on front endpages of two bound pamphlets, Thomas Parkin ownership signature and notes in pen on front pages, (on a blank front endpage) "Thomas Parkin, Annuach [sic, for Anahuac], Chambers, Co[ounty], Texas (area that is today Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge, established 1963), (on facing page, blank front endpage), " I was up the Galveston River in January and February 1879, T. P." Thomas Parkin bookplate inside front cover, two bound pamphlets, 5-3/4" x 9", half-leather with marbled boards, (1) ART[ICLE] XXVI — NOTES ON THE ORNITHOLOGY OF THE REGION ABOUT THE SOURCE OF THE RED RIVER OF TEXAS, FROM OBSERVATIONS MADE DURING THE EXPLORATIONS CONDUCTED BY LIEUT. E. H. RUFFNER, CORPS OF ENGINEERS, U.S.A., by C. A. H. McCauley, Annotated by Dr.… Read More

[1929 SIDNEY WEBB 2 HANDWRITTEN LETTERS TO THERON J. DAMON / CONSTANTINOPLE TURKEY/ SOCIALISM COMMUNISM] SIDNEY WEBB, 2 HANDWRITTEN LETTERS TO THERON J. DAMON in Constantinople, Turkey, 1929, related letters about Webb and his wife Beatrice's trip to the Near East and arriving back in England at Passfield Corner and his wife's book "My Apprenticeship" being sent, (1) dated April 28 [19]29, one sheet front and back, 5-1/2" x 8", handwritten signed/ALS, about 100 words, letterhead of Hotel M. Tokatlian, Istanbul, "Mr. Bernard Berenson kindly gave me the enclosed card of [?] to you for my wife and myself…We should greatly value the opportunity of making your acquaintance, and of learning something of the position here, economic and political; as well as of meeting any of those concerned with Robert College…We have only just arrived from Athens…"; (2) dated 23.5.[19]29, Chelsea, London, UK letterhead with handwritten note above "address till 20 June/29" with handwritten underneath "Permanent… Read More

[1640ca DOETECUM ORIGINAL ENGRAVING Goa Cochin fishing boats] ORIGINAL ENGRAVING FROM AN EARLY EDITION of Linschoten's travel book on Asia by Joannes van Doetecum (English spelling, but also Doetechum, Deutechum, and other various spellings), edition unidentified/ca. 1640 probably French edition, numbered "58 en 59", title/caption in Latin underneath, "Scaphe piscatorie Goensium et Cochinensum, altere ex folido trunco excavate, altere, e pluribus funibus coagmentate… [rest of title/caption, about 2 lines, omitted)" with title also in Dutch to the right, two scenes of fisherman offshore, Indian cities, Cochin at top, Goa at bottom, overall size to the plate mark 10" high x 12-/12" across with surrounding margins from 3/4" or wider, midfold, in upper left corner in the engraving "NLinschoten" for the book's author, at bottom right of top/Cochin engraving "Ioannes a Doetechum fecit" for the engraver; engraving authenticated as described by seller with lifetime guarantee; RARE individual… Read More