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GRAF ZEPPELIN SOUVENIR PHOTO BOOK

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64314 [AVIATION -- GRAF ZEPPELIN]. [LUSCHNATH, H.].
Zeppelin-Weltfahrten II.Buch. . . .
$375

Exceptional copy most often heavily degraded.

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Winslow Anderson, M.D.
Mineral Springs and Health Resorts of California
$200

German Dornier DoX Flight Card

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German Dornier DOX Flight Card
$275

NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR & PULLMAN

64361 [NEW YORK WORLD’S FAIR -- PULLMAN RAILROAD CARS].
Welcome to the New York World’s Fair and the Pullman Exhibit.
$85 $100 or less

GOLD HUNTING & CANNIBALS IN PAPUA

64811 [SOUTH PACIFIC -- NEW GUINEA]. LETT, Lewis.
Knights errant of Papua. With introduction by Sir Hubert Murray. . . .
$100 $100 or less

AUTOMOBILE TRAVEL TO ALASKA

64802 [ALASKA -- AUTOMOBILE TRAVEL]. GREENWOOD, Amy.
Rolling North: [an American family pioneers up the Alcan highway]. Illustrations by Lombard Jones.
SOLD

AUTOMOBILE RACING -- PHOTO

64414 [AUTOMOBILES -- RENAULT].
A day at the races in style! [A wonderful Brass Era boudoir sized albumen photograph capturing a flock of well dressed racegoers grouped around their 1912 Renault Victoria, and similar stately, automobiles stretching behind].
$100 $100 or less

AUTOMOBILE TRAVEL

64648 [AUTOMOBILE TRAVEL -- WESTERN AMERICANA & MEXICO]. SCOTT, J.[ohn] H.[utchison] MacCallum.
Beaten tracks.
$75 $100 or less

TEXAS & MEXICO TRAVEL SOUVENIR BOOK

64702 [TEXAS -- TRAVEL]. KLINE, Arthur A.[aron].
El Paso and Ciudad Juarez.
SOLD

1901 Ceylon pamphlet on the Dalada Perahera

The Great Dalada Pelahara
$65 $100 or less

1849 California Goldrush letter

J R Atwood
October 1849 letter with vivid detailed descriptions of life and place
$1,300

SPACE PROGRAM -- APOLLO

64538 [SPACE PROGRAM -- APOLLO SLIDES].
Apollo slides. [Space].
$750

ASTRONAUT JOHN GLENN AT SEATTLE WORLD'S FAIR 1962

64539 [SPACE PROGRAM -- SEATTLE WORLD’S FAIR]. GLENN, John H.
Second National Conference on the Peaceful Uses of Space Banquet, Olympic Hotel, May 10, 1962 [Menu & Program]; Astronaut John H. Glenn orbits the Earth for America, February 20, 1962;, Steps to the Moon. . . . [poster/map].
$850

Extremely Rare 1871 Yosemite Guidebook

J. D. Whitney
The Yosemite Guide-Book
SOLD

EXTRAORDINARY WASHINGTON TERRITORY PHOTO ALBUM

64727 [WESTERN AMERICANA -- WASHINGTON TERRITORY ALBUM]. [GAMBLE, Andrew Wallace (Photographer).]
Washington Territory scenery, Vol. IV, January 1, 1886 to January 1, 1888. [An historic photo album featuring 48 original boudoir-sized albumen photographs shot and all carefully annotated in 1886-87, with 36 depicting an extended trip by Gamble to visit his relative David Gamble, an itinerant preacher in Waitsburg, Washington Territory, and the remainder on his hometown of Sidney, Ohio].
SOLD

SOUVENIR ALBUM OF CHINA, VIETNAM & JAPAN

64770 [ASIA -- CHINA, HONG KONG, VIETNAM & JAPAN -- PHOTO ALBUM].
[An exceptional Asia souvenir export lacquer photograph album filled with 41 large hand- albumen images, five of which are hand coloured, including street scenes, occupational photos, harbour photos,, others documenting “flower boats” in Canton, China, temples, and more also presenting the diversity of Victorian Hong Kong architecture and scenery, Canton, China, Saigon, and Meiji-era Japan].
$4,500

Goldrush diaries Americans 1897 Venezuela Guyana

20000 Word description of adventures in pursuit of gold in the wilds of South America
$2,250

Rocky Mountains chromolithograph

The Rocky Mountains Albert Bierstadt
$9,500

Includes Florida, Gulf of Mexico & Central America

Russell, J.
Accurate Map of the West Indies, with the Adjacent Coast of America
$300

18th Century Map of North America

Russell, J.
A General Map of North America Drawn from the Best Surveys
$425

HISTORIC DAMASCUS — IN MAPS & PHOTOGRAPHS

Jamil, Rouhi
Damascus: Gate of a World [Illustrated Guide to Damascus with Folding Color Street Map], ILLUSTRATED MID-TWENTIETH-CENTURY GUIDE TO DAMASCUS, WITH TEN PHOTOGRAPHIC PLATES AND A DETAILED FOLDING STREET MAP.
$65 $100 or less

A NOVELIST AT SEA

Michener, James A. (1907–1997)
SIGNED Postcard by James A. Michener [Radisson Diamond Cruise, 1992] [Malacca, 23 September 1992], SIGNED BY PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING NOVELIST JAMES A. MICHENER ABOARD THE RADISSON DIAMOND AT MALACCA, MALAYSIA, SEPTEMBER 23, 1992.
$45 $100 or less

Chicago Century of Progress Exposition 1934

Burroughs Wellcome & Co.
The romance of Exploration and Emergency First-Aid from Stanley to Byrd
$175

High quality Japanese University Press facsimile

Luis de Guzman
"Historia de las Misiones - Que Han Hecho los Religiosos de la Compania de Iesus, para predicar el Sancto Evangelio en la India Oriental, y en los Reynos de la China y Japon.", 2 vol. 1976 facsimile of the 1601 original, publ. in an edition of 200 in Japan
$445

STEAM THROUGH THE COLUMBIA GORGE

Gifford, Benjamin A. (1859–1936), photographer
Original photographic print: The Chicago Special of the O.R. & N. Columbia River Gorge, Oregon, 1901., An original 1901 photographic view of the Chicago Special rounding a Columbia River Gorge curve, with steam locomotive No. 131, basalt cliffs, and trackside spectators.
$165
Peter Lik (photographer)
25 Year Anniversary Big Book by Peter Lik (2010, 21.5" x 15.5"), - over 500 prints from the legendary photographer’s first 25 years
$1,150

Three Early Western Stereoviews by WE. H. Jackson

William Henry Jackson
Three Early Stereoviews by Jackson of Scenery in the Western U.S., Taken Between 1869-1878, Two of Scenery Along the Union Pacific Railroad and One of Rocky Mountain Scenery
$75 $100 or less

Sailing Directions West Coast of England and Wales

US Navy Department
Sailing Directions for West Coasts of England and Wales
$80 $100 or less

Scarce offprint reg. Cook's Australia "discovery"

R. H. Cambage, F.L.S.
Captain Cook's Pigeon House, and Early South Coast Exploration. (1916), The Pigeon House was discovered and named by Captain Cook on the 21st April, 1770, or two days after his discovery of the eastern coast of Australia.
$165

ca500 engraved plates of early Britain (1807-1811)

James Storer; John Greig
Antiquarian and Topographical Cabinet, Containing a Series of Elegant Views of the Most Interesting Objects of Curiosity in Great Britain., 10 Volume Set. Accompanied with Letter-press Descriptions.
$390

The Wisconsin Band's Trip to the Rose Bowl

Wally Degner
1959-1960 – Archive of material related to the University of Wisconsin Marching Band's trip to and participation in the 1960 Rose Bowl festivities
$750

Pan-American Airlines Clipper and Crew Photographs

Pan American Airlines
1930s-1940s – Six photographs of Pan American Airlines Clippers and Crews
$125

Travel on a Japanese Steamship Line

Toyo Kisen Kaisha
1922-1923 – Travel brochure advertising voyages on the Toyo Kisen Kaisha (TKN) Oriental Steam Ship Company
$175