Honolulu, T.H. Mid-Pacific Curio Store, c. 1930s. Postcard. A postally unused circa 1930s 4-color halftone postcard by Mid-Pacific Curio Store (Card R-92584) titled "A Group of Diving Boys, Hawaii", caption verso reads "All steamers entering Honolulu Harbor are met by groups of Hawaiian Boys, who dive for coins thrown from..... More
Seattle, WA: Alaska Steamship Company, 1935. Paperback. Alaska Steamship travel brochure, folded size is 4 x 9 inches, unfolds to 8 x 9 inches, staple bound, pp. unpaginated (24 inc. covers), illustrated with B&W photo reproductions and a color map at rear. Bright and clean with just a bit of..... More
![Item #902 The Rocky Mountains of Canada in Color [cover title] (Banff, Jasper, Rockies)....](https://harropianbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/902.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1355463851)
Montreal: Associated Screen News, c. 1960. Paperback. Metal spiral-bound book with 18 colour images of the Rocky Mountains to recto, oblong 8vo 8-1/2" tall, unpaginated. Light wear to cover edges. Associated Screen News also produced travel films in cooperation with the National Parks Branch. More
Leipzig, Germany: Karl Baedeker, 1910. Flexible Card. Red decorative cloth over stiff card covers, title stamped in gilt onto upper cover and spine, 16mo (6-1/4 inches tall), pp. L, 496,(plus an index to the streets of Brussels which is bound in between p. 50 & the foldout map preceding p...... More
Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1929. Twelfth Revised Edition. Limp binding. Red blind-stamped cloth over stiff card covers, title stamped in gilt onto upper cover and spine, 16mo (6-3/16 inches tall), pp. lxiv, (Index to the Plans of Vienna [16p.]), 518. Marbled edges, 80 maps and plans, 2 panoramas, bound-in ribbon marker..... More
Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1887. Sixth Edition, Revised and Augmented. Hardcover. Coral cloth over stiff card covers, title stamped in gilt onto upper cover and spine, marbled edges, 16mo (6-1/4 inches [16 cm] tall), pp. xvi, 441, numerous illustrations and fold-out colour maps, bound-in ribbon marker, yellow endpapers, front pastedown with..... More
Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1883. 10th Edition. Flexible Card. Red decorative cloth over stiff card covers, title stamped in gilt onto upper cover and spine, marbled edges, red ribbon marker, 16mo (6-1/4 inches tall), pp. lvi, 450, yellow endpapers with ads on front pastedown dated "Février 1883", 14 maps and 28..... More
London: George Allen & Unwin, Ltd., 1967. Uncorrected Proofs. Hardcover. Mustard card covers, tall 8vo (9-3/8 x 6-9/16 inches), pp. 228, 64 plates, maps, "First published in 1967" on copyright page. Volume with a few small creases and short closed tears, chip at head of spine, card with publication info..... More
Toronto: McClelland and Stewart Ltd., (1973). First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Mustard cloth over boards, title stamped in blind onto top board, title stamped in gilt onto spine, medium duodecimo, 7-3/4" x 5-3/4", all edges trimmed, headbands, map illustrated endpapers, pp.174 plus 24 pages of photos. Light spotting to text..... More
New York: Derby & Jackson, 1856. First Edition. Hardcover. Publisher's decorative blind stamped cloth over boards, title and decorations stamped in gilt onto spine, 8vo (7-1/4 inches tall), pp. x, 480, colored endpapers, tissue-guarded steel engraved frontis with 8 additional engraved plates (Wagner-Camp plate count omits the plate "Prairie on..... More
Paris: B.K. Photographie, 1860s. Stereoview. Three hand-colored French tissue stereoview photos, all showing groups of children circa 1860s, working and playing in front of a camera for the photographer. Decorative yellow mounts w. "B.K. Photographie Paris" embossed at center and "Ch. D." and "Paris" near corners. Views w. light soil..... More
![Item #4134 [Stambouli House] "Courtyard of a Jew's House in Damascus" : Bonfils Photograph No....](https://harropianbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/4134.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1679601471)
n.p. [Beirut, Lebanon]: Bonfils, [c. 1870]. Mounted Photograph. A fine shot, with nice chocolate tones. The image shows the inner courtyard of one of the wealthiest and most prominent Jewish families in Ottoman Damascus as they enjoy a quiet moment in their "Stambouli House". Named for the Stambouli family, it..... More
London: Rowland Ward, Limited, 1899. First Limited Edition. Hardcover. A scarcely utilized copy, nicely rebound in handsome half-leather with many text leaves still remaining unopened and the publisher's original advertisement sheet loosely inserted. Modern half-leather and cloth over boards, title stamped in gilt onto spine, large 4to size (11-5/8 inches..... More
New York: Simon & Schuster, (1966). First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover with DJ, pp. 255, stated "First Printing", now in archival mylar. Clean and unmarked inside. Bump to head of spine and bottom of rear board. DJ price-clipped with one 1/2" closed tear to top of front panel, minor..... More
Vancouver, BC: Harry Bullen, 1943. Photograph. A gelatin silver, sepia toned oblong souvenir photograph, (3-3/4 x 9-1/4 inches wide) with "B.C. Electric Rly Co Observation Car" and "Harry Bullen - Photographer. 2608 Granville St. Phone Bay. 8869." printed along bottom edge, date stamp of "July 14 1943' and number in..... More
![Item #3583 [Polynesia] Fifteen c. 1900 Glass Plate Negatives Documenting South Sea Islands,...](https://harropianbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3583.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1680980851)
n.p. c. 1900. Box. Fifteen c. 1900 glass plate negatives with historic images of South Sea islands, stone heads and island women, all still housed in their original Imperial Dry Plate box. We tentatively attribute this work to Frank Burnett, as the images appear to be in Burnett's photographic style..... More
New York: National Railway Publication Co., 1966. Paperback. Illustrated wraps over sewn text block, thick 4to (10 inches [25.5 cm] tall), pp. 1072, multiple railway and steamship line maps, indexes, charts, tables, ads. Volume covers with creases, soil and light wear, rubber stamp to front cover, text toned. A complete..... More
Charlottetown, P.E.I. City of Charlottetown & P.E.I. Travel Bureau, 1941. First Edition. Map. Wartime issued tourist map of the City of Charlottetown, P.E.I. Map scale is 400 feet to 3/4 inch and is printed in blue ink onto white paper, issued folded for use as a pocket map and measures..... More
Montreal: Published for Canadian Pacific Railway News Service, (c. 1916). Paperback. Cover title: "Canadian Pacific Rockies". Stiff brown card covers, cord-bound with letter-press title in brown to upper cover, oblong 4to (10 inches tall), pp. 27 leaves - 24 with duo-tone images tipped-in recto; title page and 2 leaves of..... More
![Item #4354 [Alaska, Yukon, Bugaboos, Yosemite] The American Alpine Journal 1966. H. Adams CARTER,...](https://harropianbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/4354.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1674319399)
New York, NY: The American Alpine Club, 1966. Paperback. Vol. 15, No 1, Issue 40. Minor wear to dust jacket, else book and large fold-out map of the 1965 Logan expedition are fine. 8vo size (9 inches tall), pp. 250, illustrated w. line drawings, B&W photo reproductions and a map..... More
Australia: Simon & Schuster, (1989). First Edition. Paperback. Trade sized softcover, 10-1/8" tall x 8-1/2" wide, pp. 224, stated" First published in Australasia in 1989 by Simon & Schuster Australia", p.o. name ffep, else unmarked inside with only light wear to cover. A beautiful introduction to the region! More
![Item #4444 [Haiti] Black Bagdad. John H. CRAIGE](https://harropianbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/4444.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1768268086)
New York & Chicago: A.L. Burt, (1933). Reprint. Hardcover. DJ title "Black Bagdad : The Arabian Nights Adventures of a Marine Captain in Haiti", from A.L. Burt's "Crescent Library" featuring the evocative DJ artwork of Walter Cole and a copyright date of 1933. Black cloth w. title and decorations stamped..... More
Germany: Prisma Verlag, (1978). First Edition, Later Printing. Hardcover. Green cloth over boards, 4to (11-7/8 inches tall), pp. 303, [304]. Volume with bump to bottom of top board; DJ with a few short closed tears at edges. Text in German. Beautifully illustrated throughout with maps, diagrams and photo reproductions of..... More
Shipboard Publication: Cunard Lines - R.M.S. Queen Mary, 1957. T.J. Bond. Menu. An expansive luncheon menu for Monday, August 5, 1957, offering hors d'oeuvre, soups, fish, farinaceous, vegetarian, eggs, entrees, a continental specialty, grills to order, joint, vegetables, potatoes, cold buffet, salads, dressings, sweets, ice cream, cheese, fresh fruit and..... More
San Francisco: de Young, M.H., 1897. Newspaper. Folio (16-5/8 wide x 22-1/4 inches tall), pp. 12. Edges uniformly toned with occasional browning, a small amount of chipping to spine edge from being disbound and a light horizontial fold. Published shortly after the gold-laden steamship Excelsior arrived in San Francisco, these..... More