Liverpool: George Holt & Co., 1841. Unbound. This two-page folded letter and circular measures 15.5”” x 9.5” unfolded. It is addressed to A. Richards, Esq., New York and dated 4 June 1841. The cover has a manuscript annotation that reads, “Via Boston / Steamer Columbia.” There is a “Paid at... More about Two-page folded letter with printed circular sent via the Steamer Columbia from Liverpool to New...

London: R. MacDonald, 1850. Soft Cover. 16mo. Complete with 90 pages, 4 folding illustrations, and 1 advertising leaf. Original green wrapper. Sound binding. Clean pages with dampstains and dog-ears. Legible, but heavily rubbed and edgeworn cover. An early traveler's guide to Paris that not only addresses the city's sights, public... More about What I Saw in Paris During Easter 1849. Forming a Complete Guide for the English Excursionist to...

Oregon, at sea, and in many ports of call: 1919-1926. Album. The album measures 15.5” x 9” and contains 100 pages with over 300 photographs (mostly 3” x 5”), several pieces of personal ephemera, about 15 newspaper or periodical clippings, and 46 different beer bottle labels. The photos are arranged... More about Photograph album documenting six years in the life of an itinerate west coast laborer, whaler,...

London: Strangeways, Printers, 1926. First Edition. Hard Cover. Privately printed and limited to 100 copies. Green cloth cover with printed paper spine label. 35 deckle-edge pages with photo frontispiece of an actual diary page. Protective tissue present. Light wear. Minor sunning to spine; label chipped. Clean pages. Owned by famed... More about Joseph Conrad's Diary of His Journey Up the Valley of the Congo in 1890

Various locations: 1907-1911. Notebook. Campbell was the son of the wealthy owner of the Knight-Campbell Music Company of Denver. His 4” x 7” leather diary contains approximately 385 pages. Each diary page accommodates entries for multiple years Entries begin in January 1907 and continue to October 1911. Most pages contain... More about Five-year diary of a Colorado piano dealer including his vacation trips throughout Europe in a...

Naples: 1810. Unbound. This two-page stampless folded letter measures approximately 14.5” x 10” unfolded. It was sent by Olphert Tittle in Naples to Olphert Tittle (his father) in Beverly, Massachusetts. The letter is dated “March 11th 1810,” and its salutation begins “Honor’d Mother.” It bears a weak red strike of..... More about Letter from a U. S. mariner held captive in Naples after his ship was captured and condemned...

United States and Canada: 1930 - [1932]. Photograph Album. Over 275 photographs on about 240 leaves contained in a 7” x 11.5” album. Most of the photographs measure 2.5” x 3.5”, some are 3.25” x 5”; all are mounted using photo corners. The photographs and album are in nice shape... More about Photograph Album Documenting Three Cross-Country Automobile Trips

Algeria, Morocco, Morocco Agency, Spanish Morocco, Gibraltar, Spain, France, Monaco, Italy, and Greece: : Round-the World Society, 1925-1926. Loose-leaf binder. This collection of 57 pieces of correspondence (41 mimeographed letters numbered XLIII through LXXXIII and 16 post cards) and six half-tone photographic enclosures is housed in a 6.75” x 9.5”... More about Letters from a Globetrotter: Written for members of the Round-the-World Society