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3732705] Tafilet. The Narrative of a Journey of Exploration in the Atlas Mountains and the Oases...

Tafilet. The Narrative of a Journey of Exploration in the Atlas Mountains and the Oases of the North-West Sahara.

First edition, first printing of Walter Harris’ recounting of his 1893 expedition to Morocco’s vast Tafilet oasis, providing a meticulous narrative of his interactions with..... Read More about Tafilet. The Narrative of a Journey of Exploration in the Atlas Mountains and the Oases of the...

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[Morocco] Journal of a Tour in Marocco and the Great Atlas.

First edition, first printing. This travelogue documents the scientific expedition of Joseph Dalton Hooker and John Ball to Morocco and the Great Atlas region. The..... Read More about Morocco] Journal of a Tour in Marocco and the Great Atlas

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Mogreb-El-Acksa. A Journey in Morocco.

First edition of this classic of British Victorian-era travel literature written by this “flamboyant adventurer” who was nicknamed “the uncrowned king of the Scots” and..... Read More about Mogreb-El-Acksa. A Journey in Morocco

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Federal Hi-Way Silent-Nite Homes. [cover title]

Motorist’s pocket, state-by-state directory of restaurants, hotels, and roadside motor courts plus select private homes open to tourists. The guide was sponsored by a trade..... Read More about Federal Hi-Way Silent-Nite Homes. [cover title

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Grand Hôtel National, Lucerne, Propr: Segesser Frères & Cie.

Rare. The Grand Hôtel National (now the Grand Hotel National Luzern) opened in Lucerne in 1870 under the proprietorship of Swiss hoteliers, Segesser Frères &..... Read More about Grand Hôtel National, Lucerne, Propr: Segesser Frères & Cie

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3731502] [Presentation Copy] Genealogy from Adam to Christ, with the Genealogy Genealogy of Adam...

[Presentation Copy] Genealogy from Adam to Christ, with the Genealogy Genealogy of Adam Heineck and Henry Vandersaal, from 1747 to 1881. To Which Is Added a Brief Account of the Author’s Travels in About Sixteen Years as an Evangelist, and Twelve Sermons Composed by Himself.

Heinecke’s book was first published in 1869 and then expanded 12 years later, with this edition. Contrary to its title, Heinecke’s “brief account” of his..... Read More about Presentation Copy] Genealogy from Adam to Christ, with the Genealogy Genealogy of Adam Heineck...

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A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States, with Remarks on Their Economy.

This copy bears the dual New York and London imprints, but has “Miller & Company” stamped at the foot of the spine. (Miller & Holman..... Read More about A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States, with Remarks on Their Economy

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Grant’s Sketch of Calabar.

A mid-20th c. printing of a 19th century description of Calabar, West Africa by James Grant, Liverpool-based commercial and slave trader, written during one of..... Read More about Grant’s Sketch of Calabar

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3730634] [1838 ALS by James Silk Buckingham, British Journalist, Parliamentarian, and Traveler in...

[1838 ALS by James Silk Buckingham, British Journalist, Parliamentarian, and Traveler in America].

Letter written during the American travels of British journalist James Silk Buckingham (1786–1855), discussing an article to be published in the Albany Evening Journal, a...... Read More about 1838 ALS by James Silk Buckingham, British Journalist, Parliamentarian, and Traveler in America

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Letters from the Slave States.

Observations on American slavery by a British traveler in the South, first published in London in 1857. “[Stirling] gave a critical and sometimes biased picture..... Read More about Letters from the Slave States

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3729250] Cypress Gardens Plantation Spirituals Saturday and Sunday Afternoons [opening lines of...

Cypress Gardens Plantation Spirituals Saturday and Sunday Afternoons [opening lines of South Carolina broadside].

Broadside advertising regular performances of African American “Plantation Spirituals” at South Carolina’s Cypress Gardens and sung “...entirely by local colored people connected with Dean Hall..... Read More about Cypress Gardens Plantation Spirituals Saturday and Sunday Afternoons [opening lines of South...

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Through Afro-America. An English Reading of the Race Problem.

Clark, New South (t.p. illustrated) II:6 — “[Archer] seemed unable to divest himself of certain English attitudes. His position on race is indicated by his..... Read More about Through Afro-America. An English Reading of the Race Problem

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Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation in 1838-1839.

Pierce Butler was a Georgia-born Philadelphian whose marriage to British actress Fanny Kemble was in discord as his ownership of enslaved African Americans clashed with..... Read More about Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation in 1838-1839

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3726073] 1884 Autograph Letter Signed by Alvan S. Southworth, former Secretary to the American...

1884 Autograph Letter Signed by Alvan S. Southworth, former Secretary to the American Geographical Society, Travel Writer, Journalist.

Autograph letter signed by Alvan S. Southworth, travel writer, journalist, and former secretary of the American Geographical Society, to Philadelphia printers and publishers Sherman &..... Read More about 1884 Autograph Letter Signed by Alvan S. Southworth, former Secretary to the American...

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