The Story of Superstition Mountain and the Lost Dutchman Gold Mine
New York: Pocket, 1971. Paperback. Minor shelf wear. This is a nice vintage paperback book telling the allegedly true story of adventure and violence. More
Adventure, Exploration & Travel
The First Explorations of the Trans-Allegheny Region by the Virginians 1650-1674
Cleveland, OH: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1912. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Publisher's cloth. Gilt top edge. Deckle edge. Hand-pressed rag paper. With 2 full-page colored maps and a number of facsimiles. 275 pp. Fine condition. This is a rare, finely printed first edition by historians Alvord and Bidgood. (Howes A194)..... More
Westward Journeys; Memoirs of Jesse A. Applegate and Lavinia Honeyman Porter who traveled the Overland Trail
Chicago: Lakeside Press, 1989. First Thus. Cloth. 12mo. Grey cloth with gilt lettering on spine and Lakeside Press device in gilt on front cover. Gilt top edge. With several illustrations and a map. 416 pp. Spine uncracked. A fine, unread copy. This is a limited edition Lakeside Press printing of..... More
The Ohio
New York: Rinehart, 1949. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Gray cloth. With a map and numerous woodcut illustrations by Edward Shenton. 592 pp. Signed by author on limitation page. Ex-library with mark on spine, bookplate inside front cover, card pocket on front free endpaper, and embossment on title page. Tight and..... More
The Undeveloped West; or, five years in the territories : being a complete history of that vast region between the Mississippi and the Pacific, its resources, climate, inhabitants, natural curiosities, etc., etc. Life and adventure on prairies, mountains, and the Pacific coast. With two hundred and forty illustrations, from original sketches and photographic views of the scenery, cities, lands, mines, people, and curiosities of the great West
Philadelphia: National Publishing Company, 1873. Leather bound. Large 8vo. Original blind-stamped leather. 244 illustrations, both full-page and in text. 823 pp. plus advertisements. Spine rebacked in tape, and first few leaves also repaired. Leather quite scuffed, rubbed away at corners and top edge. Card pocket on front free endpaper. Some..... More
Arctic and Antarctic; A Prospect of the Polar Regions
Cambridge: W. Heffer & Sons, 1958. Revised Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Cloth. Dust jacket. Illustrations and several photographs throughout. Minor shelf wear to jacket. 1/2" closed tear at header of front jacket cover. An excellent copy. This is an uncommon study of polar exploration by the Director of the Scott Polar..... More
The World, Two Wheels & a Sketchbook
[St. Louis]: Phileas Publishing, 2013. First Edition. Hardcover. Oblong 4to. Boards. Full color illustrations. 283 pp. Signed on title page. Sticker residue on rear board. This is a signed travel journal by artist Binder chronicling her solo bicycle adventure around the world. More
The Race Around the World
Chicago: Lakeside Press, 2015. First Thus. Cloth. 12mo. Green cloth with gilt lettering on spine and Lakeside Press device in gilt on front cover. Gilt top edge. Frontispiece and photographic plates. 355 pp. Spine uncracked. A fine, unread copy. This is a limited edition Lakeside Press printing of Bly and..... More
The Snake Dance of the Moquis of Arizona; Being a Narrative of a Journey from Santa F ©, New Mexico, to the Villages of the Moqui Indians of Arizona, with a Description of the Manners and Customs of this Peculiar People, and Especially of the Revolting Religious Rite, the Snake-dance; to which is Added a Brief Dissertation Upon Serpent-worship in General, with an Account of the Tablet Dance of the Pueblo of Santo Domingo, New Mexico, Etc
New York: Scribner's, 1884. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Original publisher’s pictorial cloth with gilt lettering and decoration on spine and cover. Decorative endpapers. Half-title, frontispiece and 33 plates, including 15 color lithographs and one fold-out. xviii, 371, XXXI (plates), 32 (advertisements). Both boards detached. Strip of spine torn away and..... More
Carmen of the Golden Coast
Grosset and Dunlap, 1935. Boards. Chipping at edges and stains on spine and back cover. Interior is very good. This is a children's story story about Carmen's adventures seeing sights up and down the coast of California, with charming photographic illustrations combining famous landmarks with actors portraying the characters in..... More
Athena Voltaire and the Terror on the Orient Express
Atomic Tiki, 2021. Paperback. 8vo. Wraps. Full color. Signed with an original hand-drawn sketch of Athena on front free endpaper. Minor shelf wear. This is an adventure graphic novel signed and with an original drawing by creator Bryant. This copy is from the collection of comics writer Chuck Satterlee. More
Notes on the Early Settlement of the North-western Territory
Cincinnati, OH: Derby, Bradley & Co., 1847. First Edition. Leather bound. Large 8vo. Contemporary calf. Frontispiece portrait of the author. 501 pp. Binder's copy. Spine removed so both boards as well as first few leaves loose. Book is complete. Some ownership marks in front matter. Minor foxing throughout. Quite clean..... More
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Atlas of Antient Geography [Ancient]
Philadelphia: Carey, Lea, and Blanchard, 1838. Leather bound. 8vo. Three-quarter leather. Marbled boards. [8]pp. (front matter and advertisements); 20 hand-colored folding maps and 4 smaller maps split across 2 pages; [28]pp. (index). All maps are clean and complete. Scuffing to leather and boards and a few surface chips. Several contemporary..... More
South Pass, 1868; James Chisholm's Journal of the Wyoming Gold Rush
University of Nebraska, 1960. First Thus. Hardcover. Large 8vo. Quarter leatherette over boards. Gilt lettering on spine and cover. 244 pp. Very minor bumping to edges. Signed by Homsher on half title. An excellent copy. This is an uncommon signed first edition of the annotated journals of pioneer Chisholm. More
Frontiers of the Sea
New York: Bantam, 1963. Paperback. Minor shelf wear. Chip to bottom right corner of front cover. This is a nice vintage paperback book about early deep sea exploration. More
Wheels West; The story of the Donner Party
New York: Hastings House, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Boards. 242 pp. Lacking jacket. Minor scuffing to spine edge. An excellent copy. This is an uncommon first edition history of the infamous Donner Party. More
The Ashley-Smith Explorations and the Discovery of a Central Route to the Pacific 1822-1829
Cleveland, OH: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1918. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Red cloth. Deckle edge. 351 pp. Top of spine covering removed. Edges scuffed and corners bumped. Ex-library from the John Crerar research library at the University of Chicago. Crerar bookplate pasted inside front cover and several withdrawal stamps in..... More
Sorcerers' Village
New York: Duell, Sloan, & Pierce, 1955. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. 8.5"x6". Black cloth. Pictorial dust jacket. Many photographic plates by the author. 334 pp. 1" closed tear at bottom left corner of front jacket cover. This is a scarce first edition account of explorer and anthropologist Davis' experience with..... More
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
New York: Bantam, 1975. Paperback. Minor shelf wear. This is a nice vintage paperback of Dillard's classic book. More
Crimson Moccasins
New York: Harper and Row, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Illustrated boards. 214 pp. This is a stated first edition of Doughty's classic (if not culturally sensitive) juvenile novel. More
Report on the United States and Mexican Boundary Survey; Made Under the Direction of the Secretary of the Interior. Volume I.
Washington: Cornelius Wendell, 1857. First Edition. Cloth. Large 4to. Brown cloth with embossed decorations. Many steel engravings, woodcuts, and color lithographs throughout, as well as fold-out maps and charts bound in. Part I: [xvi], 258 pp. Part II: [xiii], 174 pp. Cloth covering spine is removed, but binding is not..... More
Pioneer Days in the Early Southwest
Cleveland, OH: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1926. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Publisher's cloth. Gilt top edge. Deckle edge. Hand-pressed rag paper. Illustrated plates, including a folding map. 349 pp. Minor shelf wear, and top left corner of rear cover bumped. Ex-library, with stamp on bottom block edge, card pocket inside..... More
Edinburgh
London: Adam and Charles Black, 1904. Hardcover. 8vo. Cloth. Gilt lettering and decoration on spine and cover and gilt top edge. 21 full-page color plates. 176 pp. plus ads Minor shelf wear. Hinges overopened. Overopened between pp. 80/81 with plate beginning to detach. Minor foxing throughout. Bookplate on front free..... More