Walkabout Books
Specializing in Nineteenth-Century Americana, California and the West, Exploration, Travel and Tourism, Alaska, Africa, Middle East, Historical Manuscripts and Archives
About
Walkabout Books is an online antiquarian bookstore located in Southwest Washington We specialize in nineteenth and early twentieth century Americana and the literature of travel and adventure, including travel narratives, travel and tourism ephemera (travel diaries, vintage brochures, guidebooks, etc), exploration, mountaineering, and other outdoor pursuits. We also deal in manuscripts and archives of historical interest and carry interesting and unusual books in many other fields. We offer IRS-qualified appraisal services, maintain client want lists, and are always interested in offers of interesting books, ephemera, and manuscript material.Terms of Sale
All books are subject to prior sale. We accept all major credit cards, checks, money orders, and PayPal, as well as purchase orders from institutions. California residents who are not exempt will be charged sales tax. If you prefer not to order online, you are welcome to call us with your order at 949-218-4966. Advance payment is requested for most orders. Established customers, institutions, and booksellers known to us may request shipment with invoice (net 30). We offer reciprocal courtesies to the trade. All books are returnable for any reason within 21 days of receipt, as long as they remain in the original condition. Walkabout Books will pay return shipping if a book is misdescribed. The buyer is generally responsible for return shipping if the book is returned for other reasons. Please let us know if you are sending a book back so we will be on the lookout.
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Recently Added Books
![A Journey from London to the Isle of Wight [Two Volumes in One]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/248/978/1598978248.0.m.jpg)
A Journey from London to the Isle of Wight [Two Volumes in One]
by Pennant, Thomas
![Contes et Légendes des Nations Alliées [SIGNED]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/972/997/1573997972.0.m.jpg)
Contes et Légendes des Nations Alliées [SIGNED]
by Dulac, Edmund (Illustrator)
![Travels in the Island of Iceland During the Summer of the Year MDCCCX [1810]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/704/039/1572039704.0.m.jpg)
Travels in the Island of Iceland During the Summer of the Year MDCCCX [1810]
by Mackenzie, Sir George Steuart
Recently added catalogues
Fifty catalogues offering a wide range of goods and services.
Books, Photographs, and Ephemera on the Display, Promotion, and Sale of Merchandise in the United States, 1886-1973
40 items on police, policing, and protest, 1865-2009
45 eye-catching travel brochures dating from 1900-1940
An eclectic gathering of 26 items related to California, including books, pamphlets, and photographic material
An eclectic gathering of 120 items, dominated by Americana (broadly defined), but also including items pertaining to Europe, South America, the Middle East, and Asia, dating from the early nineteenth century to the 1970s. Among the subjects to be found here: land and real estate promotion, early motor travel, cycling, the Haymarket Riot, the Lincoln assassination, peace, immigration, labor, popular entertainments, American religion, sideshows, medicine (quack and otherwise), education, engineering/construction, suffrage, trade catalogues, World War I, Cold War diplomacy, and more.
Twenty-five items relating to crime, criminals, and trials in the United States
112 items--most new arrivals and many uncommon or unique--in the fields of general and western Americana and world travel and exploration. Included are archives, manuscripts, photograph collections, ephemera, and, of course, books, dating from as early as 1649 to as late as 1984.
A selection of items by or about T.E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia)--including some ephemeral rarities, some "must-have" titles for any Lawrence collection, and a few oddball items such as a Dutch comic book history of Lawrence in the Arab Revolt.