New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1878. Whymper, J.W. [Josiah Wood]. First American Edition. Hard Cover.
First American edition. 'John W. Dulles' in pencil on front flyleaf: John Welsh Dulles was the grandfather of Secretary of State John Foster Dullles (he served under Dwight Eisenhower), and Cold War CIA director.....
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1893. Reprint. Hard Cover.
Reprint (no date on title page). Spine toned, boards a bit soiled, spine slightly cocked, ink name on front endpaper. Binding tight, text clean and unmarked.
x, 228 pp. Decorative cloth binding - beige with green stamped decorations, gilt titles. Black-and-white.....
Philadelphia: Henry T. Coates & Co., 1896. Gilbo, W.H. Hard Cover.
Includes publisher's red cloth jackets with gilt titles. Frontispiece of first volume loose but included, jacket spines a bit faded, a few minor blemishes to boards.
303; 309 pp. 8vo. Cream cloth, gilt titles and elaborate gilt decorations, top.....
London: T. Fisher Unwin / Gresham Press, 1891. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Includes errata slip and folding map. Boards rubbed with some staining and discoloration, hinges beginning to weaken, minor stain on one margin of map.
318 pp. Original blue cloth, gilt titles & decorations, top edge gilt.....
London: The Folio Society, 2011. First Thus. Hard Cover.
First thus (Ford-Smith, Folio 76 #1751). Includes publisher's slipcase. An exceptional copy.
xxiii, 633 pp. Austen Henry Layard is celebrated as the discoverer of Nineveh, the legendary Assyrian city of biblical renown. His accomplishments made him a founding father of Near.....
Verona: Bibliotheque de l'Image, 1995. Rachet, Guy; Simoen, Jean-Claude; Raffin, Gilbert. Large Softcover.
Spine faded, minor wear to corners.
92 pp. French text. An illustrated account of David Roberts' journey through Egypt, with 55 color reproductions of illustrations by Guy Rachet and Jean-Claude Simoen, and a route map by Gilbert.....
New York: H. Dayton, 1860. Hard Cover.
Ink gift note on front endpaper, faint stain on corner of first few pages.
xii, [13]-240 pp. 12mo. Light brown cloth, gilt titles, blind-stamped borders. Hand-colored engraved frontispiece of Damascus, engraved plates and cuts throughout text. An illustrated travelogue of the Middle East.....