London: John Murray, 1880. First Edition. Octavo, xviii, [2], 364 pages, plus a wood-engraved frontispiece and 7 wood-engraved plates. In Good plus condition. Rebound. Half-bound in brown leather with marbled paper boards. Paneled spine with a brown label and gilt lettering and ornamentation. Boards have a stain to the tail end of the spine, rubbing wear and chipping to edges, and light stains. Textblock has marbled edges and end papers, an embossed stamp to the top edge of the first front free end page, previous owners ink annotation to the second front free end page, pencil annotations throughout, and light age toning. CGT Consignment. Shelved in Room A. More

London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1844. First Edition. Octavo, xvi, 423 pages, plus a map of St. Lucia. In Good plus condition. Half-bound in brown leather with marbled paper boards. Paneled spine with a brown label, gilt lettering and ornamentation to spine. Boards have light bumping to corners, chipping to spine and edges, and light soiling throughout. Textblock has ink and pencil marks to the end papers, light age toning throughout, light stains and foxing on some pages throughout. CGT Consignment. Shelved in Room A. More

Philadelphia: Printed for Robert Campbell, 1799. First U.S. Edition. Octavo, two volumes bound in one. In Good minus condition. Bound in full brown leather with a red label and gilt lettering and ornamentation to spine. Boards have a loss of leather to spine head/tail, loss of head endband, cracking to joints resulting in loose boards, significant soiling and scuffing throughout, bumping to corners, and chipping to edges. Textblock has ink and pencil writing to the front endpapers, the front and rear free end pages and the frontispiece to page viii are partially detached from spine, moderate age toning throughout, and light plus to moderate plus stains throughout (impacting some text). CGT Consignment. Shelved in Room A. CONTENTS: VOL. I (xxiii, [1], 297, [1] pages, plus an illustrated frontispiece);-- VOL. II (267, [1], xxiv pages, plus an illustrated frontispiece). More

London: Henry Colburn, 1828. First Edition. Octavo, two volumes. In Good plus condition. Half-bound in brown leather, with brown cloth boards. Spines have a green label with gilt lettering and ornamentation. Boards have rubbing wear to spines, minor bumping to fore corners, chipping to corners, and light scuff marks. Textblock has a range of light plus to moderate foxing on some pages throughout, and mild wear to edges. Volume 1 rear foldout map has a tear along the edge (not impacting text). CGT Consignment. Shelved in Room A. CONTENTS: VOL I: (xix, [1], 591, [1] pages, plus a foldout illustrated frontispiece, four illustrated plates, and a foldout map);-- VOL II: (viii, 730 pages, plus a foldout illustrated frontispiece, seven plates, and a foldout map). More

London: John Murray, 1880. Second Edition. Octavos, Two Volumes. In Good minus condition. Books in blue leather binding; spine lightly sunned, paneled, gilt stamped, with gilt lettering on black and brown labels. Boards show moderate soiling and shelf wear. Moderate rubbing wear to board edges, heaviest on bottom edges. Splitting at joints, most severe at front joint of Vol. II. Chipping to heads and tails of spine with loss of material, more significant in Vol. I than Vol. II. Spines show moderate scuffing and wear. Text blocks show very minor wear on edges, with top edges being lightly darkened and dust soiled. Splitting at hinges. Light foxing throughout both volumes. Fold-out map in Vol. I is much more heavily foxed. Light creasing and wrinkling along edges and folds of map in Vol. I. Sparse pencil and men notation present throughout Vol. I - all text remains entirely legible. CONTENTS: Vol. I (xxiii, 398 pages with fold-out map); Vol. II (xi, [2], 383 pages). CGT Consignment. Shelved in Room A. More

London: Smith, Elder, and Co., 1855. First Edition. Octavos, Two Volumes. In Very Good minus condition. Volumes have been rebound in red leather binding, with pages trimmed to fit. Spines paneled, red with gilt inlay and lettering on brown and green labels. Boards show light shelf wear and scuffing on covers and mild rubbing wear on board edges and heads/tails of spines. Mild bumping to fore corners. Text blocks have dyed and marbled edges. Mild shelf wear visible on text block edges. Lightly age toned throughout. Foxing near endpapers. Bookplates from previous owner on front pastedowns. Contemporary gift inscription on first free endpaper of Vol. I. Splitting in gutter of title page in Vol. I. CONTENTS: Vol. I (xv, 333, [1] pages) -- Vol. II (viii, 261 pages). Shelved in Room A. More

Hagen: Folkwang-Verlag, 1920. Quarto, First volume only: 40 pages + 168 pages of plates. In Fair plus condition. Spine is blue with blue print on white banner. Boards in blue paper; torn spine caps, worn corners. Text block has tanning to endpapers, cracked front hinge. Illustrated: b&w plates (photographs). [Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates]. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex in column ND-QC. More

Leipzig, Germany: Karl Baedeker, 1908. Fifteenth Remodeled Edition. Octavo, xxxvi, 452, 44 pages. In Very Good condition. Fully bound in red cloth. Spine red with gilt lettering. Light shelfwear and soiling. All edges of text block marbled. Age toning to pages and marbled edges. Contains foldout maps and diagrams throughout. Two ribbon bookmarks. Shelved above showcase. More

New York: The Viking Press, 1948. Octavo, 220 pages. In Fair plus condition with a Good minus dust jacket. Spine is grey and tan with black print. Dust jacket in mylar; edgewear with small tears at spine ends and flap corners, small portion torn away from top edge, toning to spine. Price unclipped: “$3.75”. Boards quarter bound with tan cloth to spine and blue paper to boards; wear to spine caps and corners, lightly cocked spine. Text block has blue tinted top edge, cracked front hinge, tanning to endpapers. Illustrated: b&w photographs. Clipped newspaper reviews laid in. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column V. More

London: Martin Secker, 1923. Octavo, 301 pages. In Fair condition. Spine is brown with gold print. Boards in brown cloth; wear to spine caps and corners, slight blemish on rear panel, toning to spine. Text block has black tinted top edge, deckle edges; bookplate on front pastedown, tanning to endpapers, cracked hinges, intermittent spine breaks. Illustrated: “With eight pictures in colour by Jan Juta”— title page; color frontispiece and plates. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column V. More

Cleveland: The Bird Research Foundation, 1943. First Edition. Large Octavo, xviii, 464 pages. In Very Good condition, lacking issued dust jacket. Bound in publisher's brown cloth; spine brown with dulled gilt lettering and inlay. Boards show mild shelf and edge wear. Mild bumping to head and tail of spine. Text block is lightly age toned, with mild shelf wear on bottom edge. Shelved in Room A. More

New York: Knopf, 2010. First Edition. Octavo, 241 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Black spine with brown and white lettering. Dust jacket protected with a Mylar covering. Signed by Naipaul on title page. Note: Shelved in Netdesk Column I, ND-I. More

Paris: Hôtel de Thou, 1780. First Edition. Octavo, 487 pages. In Good condition. Brown leather binding. Spine paneled brown leather with gilt lettering and inlay on brown labels. Boards show light shelf wear on covers. Some light scuffing/chipping to leather on rear board. Small strike on front board where leather is torn. Moderate rubbing wear along board edges and at fore corners. Bumping to fore corners. Exposed board at top fore corners and in small sections along fore edge of rear board. Cracking to leather along joints. Loss of leather to head of spine. Text block is lightly age toned, with some fading to the marbled block edges. Splitting to hinges. Two bookplates from former owners on front pastedown. Extra material from printing error in bottom corner of page 485. Light pencil writing in corners of first and last free endpapers. Shelved in Room A. More

Washington, D.C. Robert Armstrong, Public Printer, 1853. First Edition. Octavos, Two Volumes, with supplemental map volume. Vol. II in Good minus condition; Vol. I and map volume in Fair condition. Bound in publisher's brown cloth. Spines brown with gilt lettering. Boards show moderate shelf wear on all volumes. Vertical wrinkle across cloth on rear board of Vol. I. White scuff on front board of Vol. II. Fore corners are bumped in all volumes, with associated areas of exposed board - heavier on Vol. I than II and map volume. Vol. I shows splitting along front joint, with cloth partially detached from spine along split. Loss of cloth at ends of spine of Vol. I. Bumping to Vol. II head/tail of spine and along top and bottom edges of front board. Map volume is disbound due to splitting at the joints; cloth of spine remains attached to rear board by clear tape, but is otherwise completely separated. Text blocks are age toned with foxing throughout. Name of former owner written in black ink on bottom edge of Vol. I text block. Fore edge of Vol. I front flyleaf is torn away. Leaves between title page and page 15 in Vol. I are missing; all other pages appear present. Several signatures in Vol. I are somewhat loose with splitting in gutters, but remain bound. Vol. II contains two fold-out maps, which contain a ~3 inch and ~2 inch closed tear near the gutter, respectively. Top ~2 inches of the Vol. II frontispiece is torn away. Fold-out maps in the map volume are age toned and show small closed tears in the corners of the folds. All maps in the map volume are detached from the boards. All volumes bear a gold embossed stamp from a former owner on the first free endpaper (Vol. I and II) or on the front pastedown (map volume). Map volume additionally bears a bookplate from another former owner on the front pastedown. CONTENTS: Vol. I ([2], 15-414, iii pages) -- Vol. II (x, 339 pages) -- Map Volume "Maps; Herndon's Report" (three fold-out maps). Shelved in Room A. More

Boston, Massachusetts; Toronto, Canada: Atlantic - Little, Brown, 1982. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 421 pages. In Very Good condition with Very Good condition dust jacket. Spine is brown with black and white lettering. Dust jacket protected by mylar covering, price uncut: "$17.50" on front flap, has mild shelving wear along fore edges, spine head and tail, and moderate sun-bleaching along spine. Boards have mild shelving wear and sun-fading along spine head and tail; spine mildly cocked. Textblock fore edge has light scuffing. Inscribed "To Dick," by William Least Heat Moon on title page. Shelved Room C. More

New York, New York: E.P. Dutton, 1972. First Edition, First Printing. Quarto, 247 pages. In Very Good minus condition with Very Good condition dust jacket. Spine is blue with black lettering. Dust jacket protected by mylar covering, front flap clipped at head fore corner but has "$17.50" price along tail edge; mild general soiling and shelving wear along spine head and tail. Boards fully bound in publisher's brown cloth and have mild rubbing wear along tail fore corners. Textblock edges have moderate age-toning and foxing; interior has mild foxing along endpapers and throughout text, mild age-toning discoloration along extremities throughout text, and moderate foxing on half-title page and front free-endpaper verso. Signed flat by Peter Matthiessen on title page. Shelved Room C. More

New York, New York: The Viking Press, 1981. First Edition. Large octavo, 213 pages. In Very Good condition with Very Good condition dust jacket. Spine is blue with teal and gray lettering. Dust jacket protected by mylar covering, price clipped from front flap, has small open tear and mild creasing along front tail edge, moderate sun-bleaching along spine. Boards fully bound in beige cloth and have mild general foxing, mild shelving wear and discoloration along spine head and tail. Textblock edges have mild foxing; faint foxing along tail edges of half-title and title pages. Signed flat on title page by Peter Matthiessen. Shelved Room C. More

New York, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1992. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 268 pages. In Very Good condition with Very Good condition dust jacket. Spine is brown with yellow, green, and orange lettering. Dust jacket protected by mylar covering, price uncut: "$22.00" on front flap, has mild shelving wear along spine head and tail. Boards have mild shelving wear along spine head and tail. Textblock edges have faint foxing. Signed flat on title page by William T. Vollman. Shelved Room C. More

New York, New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1998. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 358 pages. In Very Good condition with Very Good condition dust jacket. Spine is black with cream and red lettering. Dust jacket protected by mylar covering, price uncut: "$25.00" on front flap. Boards have mild shelving wear along extremities, mild denting along spine head and joints. Textblock head and fore edges have mild foxing, red remainder mark along head edge. Signed flat on title page by Paul Theroux. Shelved Room C. More

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, 1981. First Edition. Octavo, viii, 349 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Very Good minus condition dust jacket. Spine is blue with orange and white lettering. Dust jacket protected by mylar covering, price uncut: "$17.95" on front flap, has mild age toning to flaps, chipping to fore corners, small tears along spine tail, moderate creasing along spine head and front head edge, a 1in. partially-open tear along spine head, and rubbing wear along front fore edge. Boards have mild shelving wear along spine head, tail, and mild bumping to tail fore corners. Text block mildly scuffed along deckled fore edge. Inscribed "To Claudia Dreyfus" and dated "10.6.1981" by Thor Heyerdahl on hal-title page. Shelved in Room C. More

New York, NY: Simon and Schuster, 1949. First Edition. Octavo, xi, 245 pages. In Very Good condition with a Good condition dust jacket. Pictorial black and brown spine with black lettering. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar covering, has tears and chipping along most extremities, stains throughout, and age toning. Boards have chipping along the tail edges and fore corners, a dent along the rear tail edge, bending wear and light fraying along the spine head/tail, and light bumping along the front tail fore corner. Textblock has light smudges on some pages throughout, and age toning, wear, and light stains along the edges. DL consignment. Shelved in Room C. More

Boston: Estes and Lauriat, 1884. First Edition. Large Octavo, 314 pages. In Good condition. Bound in the publisher's maroon red cloth bearing black and gilt lettering to the pictorial spine. Boards have moderate wear including mild sunning to the spine, slight whitish spotting and some soiling smudges. Slight rubbing and minor frays to the edges. Slight cocking to the spine. Beveled edges and decorative pictorial front in gilt and black including borders. Text block has moderate wear including age toning to the fore/tail edges with head edge colored black. Partial cracking to the hinges shaking binding. Mild offsetting to the pictorial end papers. Previous owner's name to the front pastedown. Gift inscription to verso to the front end paper. Frontispiece. Slight soiling and foxing to several pages. Illustrated. First edition. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column U, ND-U. Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire about rates. More

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1858. First American Edition. Octavo, xxiv, [4], 732 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Rebound in modern green leather. Spine green with gilt lettering. Boards show very minor shelf wear. Bumping to tail of spine. Text block shows expected age toning, with light shelf wear visible on edges. Light soiling sparsely present throughout, heaviest on verso of frontispiece. Light offsetting present on some pages - all text remains entirely legible. Some creasing to last fold-out map. Shelved in Room A. More

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006. First Edition. Octavo, 248 pages. In Very good condition with a Very good dust jacket. White spine with black lettering. Dust jacket protected with a Mylar covering. Signed by John Mcphee on title page. Note: Shelved in Netdesk Column H, ND-H. More

Lanham and Plymouth: Lexington Books, 2008. Octavo, vii, xi, 271 pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in the publisher's white and red cloth bearing green and red lettering to the spine. Boards have very slight wear including mild age toning and minimal soiling. Mild cocking to the spine. Text block has light wear including age toning to the edges. Inscribed by the author. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column T, ND-T. More