Under normal circumstances, the life of a bookseller can be described as peripatetic. Members of our peculiar metier find ourselves in constant motion—whether to attend an auction, a book fair, a conference, or simply to scour the countryside in search of the next, elusive find.

After nearly two months of lockdown, we therefore find ourselves filled with wanderlust; and to exorcise this, we present the first of two lists on the theme of travel. This first installment consists of works dealing with what one might call “real” travel—from travel narratives featuring original drawings, to lavishly illustrated brochures for luxury automobiles from a bygone era. It is a road that will take us as far as Australia, where we can read about how Helen Keller “felt like Cinderella” after a birthday fête held in her honor during a state visit; it will whisk us to Macchu Picchu through dramatic photographs found in a handsome Limited Editions Club publication; and we will wind up at a murder mystery weekend in upstate New York, accompanied by Edward Gorey’s fittingly sinister images.