Search Results: Exploration / Travel / Adventure from Post Horizon Booksellers

Crazy Horse, SD, USA: Crazy Horse Memoiral Foundation / Korczak's Heritage, Inc, 2005. Soft cover. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. [60pp]. Illustrated throughout w colour photos. Colour photo illustrated wrapper is clean and without wear. Stapled binding sound. Large quarto: 30.5 x 23cm. 2005 edition.

New York, NY, USA: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1985. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Fritz, Michael. 143pp w bibliography. Illustrated w bw photographs in text and two unpaginated sections of colour photographs w captions. Decorative endpapers. Grey boards, dark grey quarter-wrap spine w red gilt lettering. No wear to covers or spine. Binding square and sound. Colour photo illustrated DJ clean and without wear, preserved in new archival cover. Small octavo Minimal library markings, none on DJ and condition suggests the book saw very limited circulation The author's story of her trip back to the country she loved and the differences she observed between the China she knew and loved and the China it had become after the influences of Chiang Kaishek and Mao Zedong and the Communist party.

McGill-Queen's University Press, 1996. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. [xii], 255pp w appendices and index. Ten indexed maps, three unpaginated sections of bw photographs w captions. Blue boards w crisp gold lettering on spine. No wear to covers or spine. Binding square and sound. Photo illustrated DJ is clean and without wear, preserved in BroDart cover. Volume 13 from the McGill-Queen's Native and Northern Series, Bruce G. Trigger, series editor.

Peterborough, ON, Canada: Broadview Press Ltd, 1989. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Douglas, George M. (photography). x, [1] map, 273pp w notes, bibliography and index. Illustrated w 116 photo plates taken by George M. Douglas. Cream cloth w fine red lettering on spine. No wear to covers or spine. Binding square and sound. Photo illustrated DJ is clean, preserved now in archival cover, however previous owner has neatly trimmed top and bottom edges w masking tape (3/8") to guard against edgewear and reinforced backside of the spine and fore edges the same (not visible). Oblong quarto.

Toronto, ON, Canada: Viking / Penguin Books Canada, 2000. First Canadian Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. x, 276pp w bibliography. Three unpaginated sections of bw photo plates w captions. Two indexed maps. Photo illustrated endpapers. Deep blue boards w crisp silver lettering on spine. No wear to covers or spine. Binding square and tight. Colour illustrated DJ is clean and without wear, preserved in archival cover. Octavo.

Toronto, ON, Canada: Beverly Gray, 1997. First Canadian Edition . Soft cover. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 252pp. [4pp] bw photographs. Author obituary tipped in on rear flyleaf. Signed by the author. Prev owner name inked inside front cover. Illustrated red wrapper is clean, showing light handling and shallow wear to bottom back edge. Binding square and not creased. Octavo.

London, England: Bloomsbury Books / Godfrey Cave Associates, 1992. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 224pp w index. Illustrated throughout w colour and bw photographs. Photo illustrated endpapers (bw). Colour photo illustrated boards are clean and without wear. Binding square and sound. Colour photo illustrated DJ - identical to boards - is clean and without wear.

Munchen, Germany: R. Piper Verlag, 1927. Cloth. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Grossman, Rudolf; Doblin, Erich Godal; Derso; Zille, Heinrich. 243pp. Line drawings. Toning to endpapers. Bookplate to front pastedown. Deckle fore edge shows foxing consistent with age. Black cloth w light grey lettering to spine. Bumping to head. Small tear to tail. Binding is square and sound. No DJ. Duodecimo: 190 x 132mm. German language text. From the series, Was nicht im "Baedeker" steht, Band 1. The series, "What Is Not in the Baedeker" was published by R. Piper (Munich) from 1927-1938, and consisted of 17 volumes, with drawings by well-known illustrators. These were published as somewhat "off the beaten track" alternative to the Baedeker Travel Guides which were considered the most authoritative guidebooks for tourists in their day. This volume on Berlin is the first of the series.

London, England: William Kimber and Co. Limited, 1955. First U.K. Edition . Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xi, 182pp, [10] pub cat. bw photos including frontis collated to index. Seafoam green cloth w gold lettering to spine. Tiny scuff to bottom corners, bumping to head and tail, two shallow dents to top edges. Binding square and sound. Photo illustrated DJ shows soiling commensurate w age and handling, crease to bottom front edge. DJ preserved in BroDart cover. Octavo. Original bookseller label to front pastedown: Robertson & Mullens Ltd. Melbourne, Australia. Anita Conti, (1899-1997) left an archive of some 50,000 photos which she had accumulated during her long career as the first French female oceanographer (Routa). This volume chronicles five months deep-sea fishing in the Arctic Circle (from the DJ).

Berlin, Germany: Berlin Edition im Be. Bra Verlag, 2011. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 160pp. Historical bw photographs, some contemporary colour photos, plans, reproductions, maps. German language text. Illustrated boards are clean and without wear. Binding square and sound. Photo illustrated DJ is clean and without wear. Octavo: 25 x 23cm.

The Huguenot Quarter, Cork, UK: The Collins Press, 1997. Soft cover. Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 69pp. Colour photo illustrated wrapper is clean and without wear. Binding square and tight. Book appears unread. From the series, Walks in Ireland. Pocket-sized for ease of use, so reduced shipping may apply.

Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada: Canadian Plains Research Center, 1998. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. x, 206pp, [16pp] colour plates. Illustrated with maps and bw photographs in text. Colour photo illustrated wrapper is clean and without edgewear, showing small surface scuff at top front edge near binding. Binding square and tight, not creased. Octavo: 248 x 172mm.

Toronto, ON, Canada: The Copp Clark Company, Limited, 1902. First Canadian Edition . Cloth. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xi, 308pp w glossary. Colour frontispiece with tissue guard intact. Gift inscription (1902) inked on ffep. Top edge gold gilt. Deckle fore and bottom edges. Green cloth with gold lettering and black decorative motif on front cover and spine. Light shelf wear, very small scuff to corners. Binding square and sound. "Sir Horatio Gilbert George Parker, (1862-1932), known as Gilbert Parker, was a noted Canadian novelist and British politician. He traveled extensively in the Pacific, Europe, Asia, Egypt, the South Sea Islands and subsequently in northern Canada. This work is one of 23 volumes chronicling his travels.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1969. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ix, 307pp w index. One unpaginated section bw photos. Very small stain to fore edge, no penetration. Photo illustrated wrapper is clean and without edgewear, showing bumping to bottom back corner. Binding square and not creased. Small octavo: 205 x 138mm. From The Scribner Library, Lyceum Editions, History/Travel, No. SL 257.

London, England: Gilgamesh Publishing, 2018. First U.K. Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Green, Julie (photography). 184pp. Illustrated throughout w colour and bw photographs by the author. Burgundy endpapers. Light purple cloth w silver gilt lettering to cover and spine. No wear to covers or spine. Binding square and tight. Photo illustrated DJ is clean and without wear, preserved in mylar cover. Small folio: 310 x 250mm.

Regina, Saskatchewan: Hagios Press, 2007. First Canadian Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 208pp. Inscribed by the author to title page. Colour photo illustrated wrapper is clean and without wear. Binding square and tight, not creased. Small octavo: 22 x 13.5cm.

Paris, France: Editions Place des Victoires, 2010. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 599pp. Illustrated throughout w historical sepia and duotone photographs. Tri-lingual text: English, German, and Dutch. Grey endpapers. Textured deep grey boards w light grey lettering on spine. No wear to covers or spine. Binding square and sound. Photo illustrated DJ is clean and without wear. Square quarto - 30 x 30cm, Additional shipping required - 4kg. Not available for shipping outside of continental North America.

Yale University Press, 2011. First U.S. Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xvii, 510pp w bibliography, endnotes and index. Indexed plates and maps. Forest green boards w bold gold lettering on spine. No edgewear, mild bumping to bottom corners. Binding square and sound. Photo illustrated DJ is clean and without wear, preserved in archival cover. Octavo.

Cape Town, South Africa: Felix Unite River Adventures, 2002. Booklet. Near Fine. 44pp w bibliography. Blackline illustrations and map. Titled wrapper is clean and without wear. Stapled binding sound. Reduced shipping may apply.

Paris and New York: Robert Delpire / Universe Books, 1956. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good +. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Morath, Inge (photography). 146pp. Colour and bw photographs by Inge Morath (1923-2002). Cream endpapers. Beige cloth w motif to cover and black lettering to spine. No wear to covers or spine. Binding square and sound. Full-wrap photo illustrated DJ showing light bumping to top edges, preserved now in mylar cover. Quarto: 287 x 232mm. Motif on covers designed by Picasso. Co-published by Robert Delpire (Paris, 1956) and translated from the French by Deirdre Butler for the US edition by Universe Books (New York, 1956).