NA. The photo-diary of a German family, who embarked on a world tour in 1928. 227 original photographs and 94 photo-postcards / commercial photographs are collected and captioned on 79 pages. The album was purchased on their journey at Niagara Falls, and is a limp leather, with an original painting of a native American to the front cover. The photographs vary in size, but are mainly about 14 cm x 9 cm each. Most in excellent condition. Often one man (presumably album owner) is marked with a small cross to the image.
Places visited include: The journey on S.S. Lutzow (commissioned 1907 as Norddeutscher Lloyd steamship); New York; Buffalo N.Y.; Niagara Falls; Toronto; Cleveland, Ohio; Detroit, Michigan; Native Americans (posing for tourists in ceremonial dress); Chicago; San Francisco; S.S. Taiyo Maru (Originally the German "Cap Finisterre" handed to the Japanese in 1920 as war reparations); Hawaii & Honolulu, with locals posing for tourists; Tokyo, Japan; Fujiyama; Geisha's and tourist photographs; Kobe; Shanghai; Hong Kong; Manila & Philippines; Singapore; Sumatra; Ceylon; Cairo; Genova; Davos; Switzerland & Germany. The card pages of the album have nicks and closed tears, but not affecting photographs. A fascinating record of a (presumably) wealthy families tour around the world by steam ship and train. 290 x 350 mm (11½ x 13¾ inches).

Paris: Plon et Cie, 1877. Second edition. In half leather with marbled boards. Gilt-stamped title to spine. Comparing the 'Venice of the North' with the real one! With seven etchings by MM. Léopold Flameng and Gaucherel (protected by tissue guards), and 124 wood engravings. Boards are a little rubbed / worn, and edges bumped. Internally there is some light foxing. 636 pages. 290 x 210 mm (11½ x 8¼ inches).

Henry Havard was a French art historian who specialised in Dutch art, and wrote extensively about Delft pottery - other works include L'art et les artistes hollandais (1879-1881) and Histoire et philosophie des styles (1899). Deuxième édition. En demi cuir avec plats marbrés. Titre estampé doré au dos. Comparer la « Venise du Nord » avec la vraie ! Avec sept eaux-fortes de MM. Léopold Flameng et Gaucherel (protégés par des gardes de tissus), et 124 gravures sur bois. Les planches sont un peu frottées/usées, et les bords émoussés. À l'intérieur, il y a de légères rousseurs. 636 pages. 290 x 210 mm (11½ x 8¼ pouces).
Henry Havard était un historien de l'art français spécialisé dans l'art néerlandais et a beaucoup écrit sur la poterie de Delft - d'autres ouvrages incluent L'art et les artistes hollandais (1879-1881) et Histoire et philosophie des styles (1899).

Edinburgh: Printed for William Blackwood, Prince's Street; and John Murray, Bookseller of the Admiralty and Board of Longit, 1817. Scarce First Edition. This is an ex-library of the copy from the Literary And Philosophical Society in Newcastle. In brown / green cloth hardback boards. Complete; including frontis folding chart entitled "Exhibiting the Variation of the Compass agreeable to the position of the Ships Head at the time of Observation. Also the track of His Majestys Ships Sybille & Princess Carolina in a Cruize to East Greenland in 1814." Boards are darkened, and have some very small spots of soiling. Fold-out has small tear to very edges. Unfortunately, aside from the expected library stamps at the front and on verso of fold-out, the book has some damage from damp. Several of the pages have obviously stuck together at some point, and been forcibly opened, leading to loss of text. Most of the tables are still in a good condition, but towards the back the condition is worse. Only in a fair condition. See photos. 140 pages. 220 x 140 mm (8¾ x 5½ inches).

Paris: L. G. Michaud & Delaunay Libraire, 1814. First Edition of this uncommon work giving an overview of the United States of America at the beginning of the Nineteenth Century. Complete with all maps and tables. Contemporary green hardback binding with burgundy and gilt spine label. The binding is somewhat rubbed and darkened. A weakness to the front board has been repaired and sewn at some point. There is a large (50cm x 38cm) map of North America with hand coloured borders and boundaries. This has a repaired hole to the top right edge (not really affecting map detail) and a repaired closed tear to the book edge, through the cartouche. There are also 17 charts and plans to the the rear showing statistical information. 274 pages. The pages are clean, with a little darkening to the edges only. A decent copy. 230 by 150mm (9 by 6 inches). The author was the French Consul General in the United States From 1804 to 1810, representing Napoleon Bonaparte to Thomas Jefferson. Sabin, 4172; Howes, H288; Clark II, 78 Première édition de cet ouvrage peu courant qui donne une vue d'ensemble des États-Unis d'Amérique au début du XIXe siècle. Complet avec toutes les cartes et tous les tableaux. Reliure cartonnée verte de l'époque avec étiquette bordeaux et dorée au dos. La reliure est quelque peu frottée et assombrie. Une faiblesse à la première planche a été réparée et cousue à un moment donné. L'ouvrage comporte une grande carte (50 cm x 38 cm) de l'Amérique du Nord avec des bordures et des limites colorées à la main. Elle présente un trou réparé sur le bord supérieur droit (qui n'affecte pas vraiment les détails de la carte) et une déchirure fermée réparée sur le bord du livre, à travers le cartouche. L'ouvrage comporte également 17 graphiques et plans au verso présentant des informations statistiques. 274 pages. Les pages sont propres, avec un léger assombrissement sur les bords seulement. Un exemplaire correct. 230 x 150 mm (9 x 6 pouces). L'auteur était le consul général de France aux États-Unis de 1804 à 1810, représentant Napoléon Bonaparte auprès de Thomas Jefferson. Sabin, 4172 ; Howes, H288 ; Clark II, 78.

Philadelphia: Childs and Peterson, 1856. First American edition of the Grinnel expeditions in search of Sir John Franklin. Two volumes. Full leather binding. Illustrated in over three hundred engravings from sketches by the author: the steel plates executed by the superintendence of J.M. Butler, the wood engravings by Van Ingen & Snyder. These are both in text and full page with tissue guards. Absolutely fascinating book with glossary of terms, (who knew there were so many words for how the sea looks against the sky)? Includes illustrations of ice formations, polar bears, indigenous peoples etc. 464 + 467pp. 220 x 150 mm (8¾ x 6 inches).
There is rubbing to the binding, a starting of a split to the spine of one volume. The bindings are a little shaken. Internally darkened / soiled, with some marks. The first gather of Volume 1 is a little loose. There is possibly a title page lacking, as there is only the engraved title to Vol. 1. One of the plates in Volume 1 (Bear Hunt) has some areas of loss. Overall in good / fair condition.
Elisha Kent Kane was an American explorer, and a medical officer in the United States Navy during the first half of the 19th century. He was a member of two Arctic expeditions to rescue the explorer Sir John Franklin.

London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1817. First edition. Bound in late 19th century half calf, marbled boards. A little light spotting to extremities. Title on spine. A very good copy. The book bears the owner's signature of T.J. Powell, Brecon. This would seem to be the Welsh composer and conductor Thomas James Powell. A little rubbing to the binding, which has been restored. Book is in very good, clean condition, with a touch of foxing to the initial pages.
xxvii, [1, blank], 565 pp. 270 by 210mm (10¾ by 8¼ inches).

Although translated from the French, this was the first Edition. A classic analysis of Hindu society. Jean-Antoine Dubois, 1765-1848, French catholic missionary, sailed in 1792 to India where he spent twenty-seven years, serving first in Pondichery, then at Mysore and Mangalore.

London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1850. First edition. Original blind stamped green cloth, with gilt titles to the spine. Decorative end papers with adverts for Longman's geographical works. Despite the size and nature of this tome - there is not a map or illustration in sight! Overall, in good condition. There is a gift inscription from the author to Sir William Johnston, Lord Provost of Edinburgh (his brother) to the front end paper. The green cloth is a little rubbed to the edges, with slight nicking at the corners of the boards. There is particularly rubbing to the edges of the spine, where the cloth is starting to split (although the boards are holding perfectly well behind this). Internally clean and tidy, with just a little darkening. 1432, 32 pp.
This copy has a unique association, being from the author to his own brother. Alexander Keith was an eminent Scottish geographer and, with his brother, formed the cartographical firm of W. and A. K. Johnston. Perhaps they didn't get on terribly well, as in 1855, Sir William gifted this book on to a Mr. James Pearson.

London: Seeley, Burnside & Seeley, 1843. First edition - complete. '...To which is prefixed, a geographical memoir of Abyssinia and South-Eastern Africa by James McQueen esq. grounded on the missionaries' journals, and the expedition of the Pacha of Egypt up the Nile.' Original brown blind stamped buckram with gilt titles to spine. Yellow end papers. Small bookseller's embossed stamp to the half title. (George Gardham of Beverley). Two folding hand coloured maps of the relevant parts of Africa.. The buckram is a little faded and rubbed to the edge. There is a little chipping to the head and tail of the spine with slight loss. A split to the board has been repaired. A closed tear to the half title page has been neatly repaired. The maps are in very nice clean condition. xxvii, 529. pp

Paris: Aux Éditions Arc-En-Ciel, 1944. First edition. Haunting colour frontis stencil illustration, plus 40 others in text. Limited to 1000 copies of which this is one of 963 copies on vellum. This is # 795. In a very good condition, with just a few spots of foxing. Text in French. 285 x 230 mm (11¼ x 9 inches).

This novel centres around the experiences of the narrator-traveller en route to the Klondyke and Alaska at the time of the great gold rush. A story of physical and moral solitude in the face of the vastness and hostility of the Far North; where the relationship between man and his dog is of great significance. Première édition. Illustration de pochoir frontis couleur obsédante, plus 40 autres dans le texte. Limité à 1000 exemplaires dont celui-ci est un des 963 exemplaires sur vélin. C'est # 795. En très bon état, avec juste quelques taches de rousseurs. 285 x 230 mm.

Ce roman est centré sur les expériences du narrateur-voyageur en route vers le Klondike et l'Alaska à l'époque de la grande ruée vers l'or. Une histoire de solitude physique et morale face à l'immensité et à l'hostilité du Grand Nord ; où la relation entre l'homme et son chien est d'une grande importance.