[Various locations in Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, and Illinois: February to April, 1903]. [59]pp. of manuscript, totaling approximately 6,000 words, plus two printed maps and two pages of contemporary newspaper clippings pasted in. Contemporary red limp cloth. Minor wear to extremities. A highly-detailed manuscript diary recording an unknown author's experiences traveling..... More

Rio de Janeiro: February 16, 1844. [7]pp., written in a secretarial hand, but signed and dated by Gardiner. Folio. Gathered bifolia, stitched. Minor dust-soiling. Thin strip of paper running along the spine of the last page with paper remnants. A manuscript report composed by Capt. Allen Francis Gardiner (1794-1851), a...... More

Tokyo: Hattori Shoten, 1908. [2],3,6,448,50,[1]pp., plus twenty-two plates. Original publisher's cloth, decoratively stamped in gilt on front cover and spine. Some abrading to boards and spine, modest edge wear, one small chip to spine. Occasional minor foxing, hinges a bit tender, small chip to front pastedown. A Meiji-era writer travels..... More