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19131087Smith Elder & Co London 1913. First Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition: Vol 1 xxvi 633 pages illustrated 7 photogravure plates 6 by Wilson 10 colour plates 9 by Wilson 120 b/w plates 2 folding panoramas 2 facsimile extracts from Scott's diary on 3 tissue paper leaves tipped in note prior to the folding map. illustrations in text 2 adverts. Vol 2 xii 534 pages 7 colour plates by Wilson Autochrome photo by Ponting 84 b/w plates some double page 7 maps 8 sketches in text. Original covers top page edges gilt no dust jackets. Original covers no dust jacketstop page edges gilt. Contents clean some spotting minor shelf wear split to spine Volume 1. A Nice Set. This is undoubtedly the most widely known of all Antarctic expeditions and publications. Readers having absorbed Scott's account of the expedition in the first volume would have discovered in the second volume a host of first-hand accounts deserving of more weight today: Cherry-Garrard's account of the Winter Journey Victor Campbell's narrative of the Northern Party Griffith Taylor on the Western Journeys Raymond Priestley on the ascent of Erebus preliminary scientific reports from Edward Wilson's staff and throughout the unrivalled photography of Herbert Ponting. - Taurus. Taurus 77; Books on Ice 6.10; Rosove 290.A1; Spence 1056; Conrad p188. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 5 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1087. . This is a SET of books therefore heavier than a standard volume and may involve extra shipping charges. Smith, Elder & Co hardcover
191310658New York: Dodd Mead 1913. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. No Dustjacket as Issued. First American Edition. Hardcover. Includes photogravure plates folding photographic panoramas several maps 4 folding of various sizes and nearly 300 photographic illustrations many full page. Spence 1058. Minor shelf/edge wear gilt lightly toned discrete paper spine label near heel library bookplate at front pastedown discrete stamp at front pastedown one map shows minor creases at edges and small closed tear near tab else tight bright and unmarred. Green cloth boards gilt lettering frontispieces printed tissue guards foldout maps and images teg. 8vo. 443 376pp. Illus. color and b/w plates. Appendix. Index. Dodd, Mead hardcover
FORT644395John Murray. Used - Acceptable. Two volume set. Volumes I and II. Both published in 1914. Blue cloth covered boards with gilt lettering on fronts and spines. John Murray hardcover
53241London: Macmillan and Co. 1913. Polar Exploration FIRST COLONIAL EDITION. Two volumes. Octavo 20 x 14cm pp.xviii; 497; 11; pp.x; 431; 1. With eight photographic plates including a frontispiece to each volume and a folding map at the rear of each volume. Publisher's light blue cloth with gilt titles and blue stamped decoration to spines and upper boards. With dust-jackets showing an image of Captain Scott to the front cover. Some rubbing and spotting to edges. Light spotting and offsetting to endpapers. Light pencil annotations to contents page of volume II. A square cut-out of a newspaper column announcing the promotion of Sir E.R.G.R. Evans to Admiral taped to verso of illustrations list of volume I. Light occasional spotting. Tears to map joint corners. Cloth spines lightly faded. Jackets with chips from head and tail of spines and corners; toning to spines. Rarely seen in jackets. Near fine. Rosove 290.C1.a. London: Macmillan and Co., 1913 unknown
193569606John Murray 1935. Vol 1 lacks rear folded map. Jackets grubby and rubbed with heavy chipping and loss. Some foxing light wear a few page corners creased otherwise contents clean and tidy. Reprint. Cloth. Good/Poor. 8vo. John Murray Hardcover
217364John Murray London 1935. 2 volumes: 497 pp 431 pp b&w photographic plates fold-out map at rear of each volume previous owner's name stamped on front end-papers edges foxed 8cm piece missing from d/j spine vo vol. 2 else very good set in very good and good price-clipped d/j's. John Murray, London, 1935 unknown
184321Smith Elder & Co. London 1913. 2 volumes thick octavo: 636 pp 534 pp b&w frontispiece in each volume 2 fold-out panoramas numerous b&w photographic plates 2 facsimile letters 9 fold-out maps 3 double-page plates top edges gilt edges foxed bookplates on end-papers - very good set in blue cloth boards. . First edition. Smith, Elder & Co., London, 1913 hardcover
1913502967London: Smith Elder & Co. 1913. Book. Very Good - Book condition. Hardcover. Third Edition. A very nice set of two volumes price is for both bound in blue cloth with gilt lettering to covers and spines. Top-edges gilt. Hinges very lightly starting but binding solid. A spattering of foxing throughout not affecting text. Corners lightly bumped. Our rating system: 1. Fine; 2. Near Fine; 3. Very Good; 4. Good; 5. Fair. Smith, Elder & Co. Hardcover
19134382London: Macmillan and Co. Ltd. 1913. First printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. 431 pages plus map to rear. Small tear to blank section off the map. <br/><br/> Macmillan and Co. Ltd. hardcover
19135655<p>Smith Elder & Co. London.1913. SECOND EDITION. Two large 8vo volumes. Fully illustrated with photogravure frontispieces 6 original sketches in photogravure by Dr. Wilson18 coloured plates 16 from drawings by Dr. Wilson 260 full page and smaller illustrationsfrom photographs taken by Herbert G. Ponting and other members of the expedition panoramas and maps. A very good copy. Publishers blue cloth with gilt lettered to front boards and spines. Top edges gilt. A few faint streaks to the spine of volume one and couple of small abrasions to outer edges of the front board on volume two but overall a very good bright set.:</p> Smith ,Elder & Co. London.,1913 hardcover
1917059143Oxford: B. H. Blackwell Broad Street 1917. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good Plus. 8vo. OXFORD : 1917. Oxford Poetry 1917 . Edited by D. L. Sayers. Includes poems by Dorothy L. Sayers; Una Ellis-Fermore; A. Huxley; Robert Graves et al. Dark blue-grey paper-covers. Printed paper label to spine and cover. Untrimmed edges as issued. Neat owner name dated Christmas 1917; no internal markings. Bright tight and clean. Minor wear to spine foot; label slightly dulled. Minor wear only. VERY GOOD INDEED. iv 61pp. Includes the poems 'For Phaon' 'Sympathy' and 'Vials Full of Odours' are by Dorothy L. Sayers. See Gilbert B5. 2000 copies were printed. Will be well-packed for posting/shipping. 8vo. B. H. Blackwell Broad Street. SCARCE. <br/> <br/> B. H. Blackwell, Broad Street paperback
1999Q-0393047334W W Norton & Co Inc 1999-06-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! W W Norton & Co Inc hardcover
1999Embry 179145W. W. Norton 1999. First edition first printing. Fine in near fine slightly edgeworn dust jacket in mylar cover. W. W. Norton, 1999. First edition, first printing. unknown books
199971926New York: W. W. Norton & Company 1999. Hardcover. 400p. foreword editor's preface chronology key to addresses works cited appendixes index very good first edition in boards and unclipped dj. W. W. Norton & Company hardcover books
1875032023-06New York: D. Appleton and Co 1875. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. 8vo in publisher's cloth. NF. An outstanding copy in excellent condition. Minimal wear. Binding is strong. Text block is clean and tight. Name in pencil on front flyleaf. Text is pristine with no writing or markings of any kind. New York: D. Appleton and Co hardcover
195364641Paris: Editions du Chene 1953. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Wrappers. Editions du Chene unknown
1866837W27London and Edinburgh: Williams and Norgate 1866 . Cloth. Very Good. 9" by 6". Not stated. An uncommon edition of this ancient historical and archaeological study into Caithness in northern Scotland. Early edition of Prehistoric Remains of Caithness by Samuel Laing in the original publisher's cloth binding. With notes on the human remains by Thomas H. Huxley professor of Natural History. With monochrome illustrations and diagrams throughout the text. With eight pages of advertisements to the rear. Includes a colour map to the first pastedown and first free endpaper. There is a library stamp to the endpapers and prior owner's ink inscription to the half title. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally very smart. There is some bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. There is a light mark to the front board. There is a library stamp to the endpapers and prior owner's ink inscription to the half title. Internally firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean with the occasional spot. Very Good Williams and Norgate hardcover
1984121116Norwalk Connecticut: Easton Press 1984. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Fine Leather Bound. Accented in 22kt gold. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges. The endsheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints. This book is in full leather with hubbed spines. Easton Press Collector's Library of Famous Editions. ; First Easton Press Edition.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Easton Press hardcover
198487382Norwalk Connecticut: Easton Press 1984. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Fine. Accented in 22kt gold printed on archival paper with gilded edges smyth sewing & concealed muslin joints. Bound In full leather with hubbed spines. A Limited Edition. ; First Easton Press Edition.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Easton Press hardcover
195014076841950-1961. Other. An unnumbered pressing of an art piece by Jerome Salzmann titled "My Self-Doubt Goes On"; plus seven letters from artists and writers one of which is an inscribed photograph. The letters are dated 1950 1960 and 1961. Shelved in Room A Ephemera. <br /> <br> <br> <br /> Letter 1: Dated May 4 1950. From Norman Cousins who was a journalist and editor of The Saturday Review. One page TLS. On The Saturday Review stationary Cousins recommends Jerome Salzmann's work titled "Atomic Age Fables". Light age toning overall and light creasing from contemporary folding. <br /> <br> <br> <br /> Letter 2: Dated December 13 1960. From Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan who was Vice President of India at the time. Radhakrishnan gives encouragement to Jerome Salzmann for his work. Light age toning overall and light creasing from contemporary folding. <br /> <br> <br> <br /> Letter 3: Dated January 1st 1961. From British philosopher and mathematician Bertrand Russell. One page TLS plus the envelope. Russell apologizes for the delay in response and explains that he had been overwhelmed with correspondence since his release from prison. Light creasing from contemporary folding. <br /> <br> <br> <br /> Letter 4: Dated January 17 1961. From Julian Huxley English evolutionary biologist. One page TLS. Huxley rejects writing a formal letter for Salzmann who hopes to obtain a publisher. Light creasing from contemporary folding. <br /> <br> <br> <br /> Letter 5: Dated January 23 1961 Le 23 Janvier. From French author André Maurois. One page TLS. Text in French. Light age toning overall. <br /> <br> <br> <br /> Letter 6: Dated February 9th 1961. From Spanish diplomat and writer Salvador de Madariaga. One page TLS. Light age toning overall and light creasing from contemporary folding.<br /> <br> <br> <br /> Letter 7:Undated. From Danish author Karen Blixen. An inscribed photograph of Blixen with her cows with a hand-written note on the back. The photograph has light age toning. Jerome Salzmann is an artist and writer. He compiled an anthology on chess titled "The Chess Reader: The Royal Game in World Literature." 1407684. Special Collections - Upstairs. unknown
1962055907Sausalito Ca: Contact Editions 1962. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. Xvi 272 Pp. Blue Cloth Spine Lettered In Gold. First Edition Stated 1962. Near Fine Spine Lettering Is Not Brilliant Although Strong And Clear. Long Poetic And Loving Inscription On Rear Pastedown No Other Marks. What Are We Doing; What Is Man For In Every Sense Of The Question. <br/> <br/> Contact Editions hardcover
1962055920Sausalito Ca: Contact Editions 1962. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. Xvi 272 Pp. Blue Cloth Spine Lettered In Gold. First Edition Stated 1962. Near Fine Spine Lettering Is Strong And Clear. Small San Francisco Book Store Stamp On Rear Pastedown No Other Marks. What Are We Doing; What Is Man For In Every Sense Of The Question. <br/> <br/> Contact Editions hardcover
1962057416Sausalito Ca: Contact Editions 1962. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. Xvi 272 Pp. Blue Cloth Rounded Spine Usually Found With Squared Spine EdgesM A Distinct Binding Style. Spine Lettered In Gold. First Edition Stated 1962. Near Fine Spine Lettering Is Strong And Clear. No Marks. What Are We Doing; What Is Man For In Every Sense Of The Question. <br/> <br/> Contact Editions hardcover
1962053584Sausalito Ca: Contact Editions / Angel Island Publications 1962. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. Xvi 272 Pp. Blue Cloth Spine Lettered In Gold. First Edition Stated 1962. Very Good Spine Gold Not Strong But Is Clear. Former Owner's 5-Line Address Stamp With Magician Symbol On Front Endpaper Crossed Out In Red. What Are We Doing; What Is Man For In Every Sense Of The Question. <br/> <br/> Contact Editions / Angel Island Publications hardcover
