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2003201023-MB20Abbeville Press 2003. Very Good Omnibus edition in large box slipcase with ribbon Two volumes AS NEW first printing Additional postage may be needed. . First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Boxed. large Folio. Abbeville Press Hardcover
1901010082New York: American Museum of Natural History 1901. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Heavy 8vo. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. VOLUME XV. Parts I and II. Pages 1 to 570. 10 full page b/w plates and multiple in text illustrations securely bound in black cloth. A heavy volume that may require additional shipping charges. <br/> <br/> American Museum of Natural History hardcover
17891222London: Printed for R. BlamireThe Strand 1789. Second Edition . Hardcover. Vg/No Jacket. 8vo. Observations on the River Wye: xvi 152 pgs.17 aquatint plates. 2nd edition 1789. Bound With Three Essays: viii 143 pgs iii 1 catalogue of Gilpin's works Errata page. 6 aquatint plates & 1 line drawing. 2nd edition 1794. Bound in nineteenth century speckled calf with 20th century leather spine photos Marbled endpapers with the front pastedown endpaer heavily scarred from sticker removal then repaired. Ask for photos. No names or marks in text. Front hinge is starting to loosen. Expect typical light foxing and offsetting from the plates. Excellent condition overall and probably the most popular of all Gilpin's works. Other photos available if required. Inquiries welcome. <br/> <br/> Printed for R. Blamire,The Strand hardcover
196962356<p>NY: Augustus M. Kelley. Very Good with no dust jacket; Light rubbing to boards page tops foxed. 1969. Reprint. Hardcover. Twelve volumes. Reprint of the 1903-05 third edition. Uniformly bound in navy cloth titled in silver on spines. Various maps and other documents bound in rear pockets of each volume. A remarkable collection of voyages made by English adventurers which greatly influenced the colonization of North America and the expansion of the British empire. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .</p> Augustus M. Kelley hardcover
1860002823Washington D.C.: Philp & Solomons 1860. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. x 239 16pp ads. No date c1860. Brown embossed cloth gilt lettering and capitol in gilt double-page map. Spine slightly sunned covers otherwise are in very sound condition. Endpapers are lightly foxed and text is age-toned and has a very occasional spot binding is tight map is in clean crisp condition. Background and descriptions of Washington's buildings and institutions along with illustrations. <br/> <br/> Philp & Solomons hardcover
186121267Boston: Abel Tompkins 1861. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 171 pp 4 pp publisher's ads with frontis portrait of the author. Original black cloth with blind-stamped decoration and image of a ship on each board. Complete but well worn; spine slant corners rubbed through small losses of cloth at head and foot of spine moderate foxing and soiling throughout. A good reference/reading copy. Hall who signed on to the New Bedford whale-ship Condor at the age of 15 suffered so much abuse on board that he and a companion deserted on the coast of Siberia. They spent the winter of 1858-59 at a Russian penal settlement and were rescued the following summer by another New Bedford whaler and taken to Honolulu before returning to New England. "In 1861 Hall published Artic Rovings in an attempt to expoose the abuses of crewmen in the whaling industry. His father making use of letters sent home by his son subsequently brought a lawsuit against Whiteside Captain of the Condor accusing him of abandoning young Hall on the shores of Okhotsk. A judgement of $300 was awarded in favor of the father" Howgego Ocean Islands & Polar Regions H6. Sabin 29745. Abel Tompkins hardcover
18006Good. First edition. Good clean copy with a tight binding! Cover scratches mild shelf wear. unknown
018941<p>Liverpool UK: J. Jackson & Sons. Hardcover. Good. 188pp; Brown cloth boards with silver titling to front & back illustration to front boards slightly edgeworn titling slightly rubbed slight wear to spine ends minor foxing to a few pages pages slightly age-toned foldout map of London after p. 48 present & unflawed text unmarked binding is sound Good condition. Scarce quaint antique travel guide from J. Jackson & Sons Railway and Steamship Passenger Baggage Freight and Forwarding Agents & Contractors based in Liverpool England. They were also the European Agents of the Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway & a Foreign & Colonial money exchange. Illustrated with photos. Ads throughout. Included foldout map of London and attractive front cover illustration that includes an airship with a propeller. Published circa 1900.</p> J. Jackson & Sons hardcover
185632567Philadelphia: Childs & Peterson 1856. Hardcover. Complete 2-volume set. 8vo. Blind-embossed green cloth. Frontispieces engraved title pages extensive illustrations "Illustrated by Upwards of Three Hundred Engravings from Sketches by the Author" two foldout maps. Good plus. Bindings a bit rough and edgeworn corners bumped some chipping at heads and tails of spines sporadic foxing but tight and overall a quite decent set. First edition of this famed failed journey by the American explorer and physician 1820-57 which searched the Arctic for the English explorer 1786-1847 who died searching for the Northwest Passage -- but a rousing success in another sense for they explored further and longer than previous Arctic expeditions and survived to tell the tale despite suffering horrific hardships. SABIN 36998. Childs & Peterson hardcover
19953730Asheville NC: The Captain's Bookshelf/Elizabeth Kostova 1995. Galley of the first edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine/Fine/Fine. 4to 12"x9.5". 193pp. unpaginated volume with loose colored plates. This is a set of two pre-publication galleys: one has text B&W frontis B&W cuts & no plates the other is blank with the loose color plates inserted chronologically. The published edition was limited to 310 copies. Red cloth-covered boards with giltstamped titles to spines illustrated map endpapers. Photographic dust jackets covered in protective mylar. This is Elizabeth Kostova's first book it is NOT signed by Kostova. The Captain's Bookshelf/Elizabeth Kostova hardcover
189522446New York: Macmillan 1895. Hardcover. Good. First American edition. 306 pp with folding Map of the Kingdom of Kashmir and many illustrations by the author. Lettering and illustration on cloth boards is quite faded one crack in binding scattered foxing old dampstain and private library embossed stamp visible on title page. Good. Neate M03: "His own account of Conway's 1892 Karakoram Expedition. McCormick was a landscape artist and watercolorist who illustrated Conway's alpine books and other mountaineering books." McCormick describes his book in the preface as "a more personal narrative" in which he has "attemped to give an ida of the picturesque aspect of the expedition rather than of the geographical portion. Macmillan hardcover
193818611New York: The Derrydale Press. Fine. 1938. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. A most attractive unnumbered review copy of a first edition limited to nine hundred and fifty copies printed by Eugene V. Connett on laid paper. About Fine condition in original cloth bright gilded labels slightly rubbed along spine; "Those who hunt after the fashion of a philosopher seeking to live for a while as a child of nature will be blessed by the wind and the sun and will know a great peace nothing can upset or disturb." - Rutherford G. Montgomery ; 8vo; xx 248 2 pages . The Derrydale Press hardcover
2005365033UK: Fairweather Books 2005. First edition limited edition. Hardcover. Very good/No dustjacket. 8vo. Signed by the author. pp. 202 possibly signed by Nancy Rycroft hand-printed in blue ink on the inside front cover. First edition limited to 50 copies in hardcover. Fairweather Books hardcover
187712256NY: D. Appleton & Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1877. First American Edition. Hardcover. Slight rubbing to the edges. The inner hinges are starting to crack but are still intact. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 399 pages . D. Appleton & Company hardcover
20015090055Rio De Janeiro: Editora Nova Fronteira S.A. 2001. Hardcover. Very Good in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. Book is in the Portuguese language. Sound binding and hinges. Clean bright pages. Paper over boards is a bit edge rubbed. DJ has light shelf wear. Beautifully illustrated in color and black and white. Reference work detailing brasiliana in the national library of Brazil. 12.0" 30 cm tall; 637 pages. Editora Nova Fronteira S.A. hardcover
4814<p>Paris: Librairie Hachette 1894. 320pp. illus. w/61 gravures. original burgundy cloth 12mo stamped in gold w/gilt & other blind-stamped decorations & edges in red: near Fine some light interior foxing; else nrF A bright handsome copy that describes in the original French Charles Rabot's 1856-1944 adventurous travels in Siberia.</p> Paris: Librairie Hachette hardcover
19332154aNew York: Columbia University Press 1933. First Edition . Decorative Cloth. Vg/No Jacket. Heavy 4to. 2 Volumes in black cloth with white lettering & design. Vol.I. 172 pgs.text b/w diagrams & text figures. Folding map and Errata at end. Vol.II. 14 pgs. Catalogue of Plates followed by 151 b/w plates of the materials studied; that include Admiralty Island woodcarving and Kapkaps Tami woodcarving New Ireland Kapkaps Solomon Island shellwork shellwork from other locations & illustrations for comparison. All plates are bright and show wonderful detail. Black cloth is lightly scuffed without damage. Lightly age toned endpapers with brief pencilings and typical light foxing to preliminary pages. An excellent study and a 2 volume set that will require additional shipping charges for a parcel over 2.75 kg. <br/> <br/> Columbia University Press hardcover
1913319894London: Elder & Co.Smith 1913/14. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dj. Larger 8vo. Volume One: Being the Journals of Captain R.F. Scott R.N. C.V.O. 1913 second printing and Volume Two: Being The Reports of the Journeys and the Scientific Work Undertaken by Dr. E.A. Wilson and the Surviving Members of the Expedition arranged by Leonard Huxley with a preface by Sir Clement R. Markham K.C.B. F.R.S. 1914 fourth… Elder & Co.,Smith hardcover
1886058756New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons 1886. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Goldenrod checkerboard cloth lettered on front cover in red and on spine panel in gilt. Cloth is modestly soiled with spine panel somewhat darkened and an area of staining on upper front cover. Corners rubbed with mild exposure area of surface loss to top front cover corner. Minor chipping to spine extremities spine lettering faded. Mended front hinge frontis. chipped along fore-edge. xvi3474 pp. Scarce. G. P. Putnam's Sons Hardcover
1989070047100 Mile House BC Canada: Guide Outfitters Association of British Columbia 1989. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Brown leatherette lettered in gold foil. Minor rubbing to corners. No dust jacket apparently none issued. viii284 pp. illus. 1st ed. Very scarce. Guide Outfitters Association of British Columbia Hardcover
191513432Honolulu HI: Honolulu Star-Bulletin. Fine. 1915. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. Appears unread. Shelf soil to the bottom & right edges. One closed tear to the last map. Inscribed by Schnack on the fep. The spine is uncreased. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; Signed by Author . Honolulu Star-Bulletin paperback
179213545NY: Berry & Rogers. Good. 1792. First American Edition. Hardcover. Binding copy. Complete but the front cover is loose and the spine is covered with tape. Minimal marking in the book. I find one stamp on the title page. ; Ex-Library; 24mo 5" - 6" tall; 267ads pages . Berry & Rogers hardcover
189619886NY: Harper & Brothers. Fine. 1896. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Owner's inscription on the half-title. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 324 pages . Harper & Brothers hardcover
23043Pioneer Head Salisbury Rhodesia 1973. Number 90 of the 90 Collectors' Edition out of an overall edition of 1000. Coloured frontispiece to the new iintroduction & coloured frontispiece to the main work & coloured plates with tissue guards folding maps other plates and illustrations. 8vo 9 x 6 inches pages: xii:xiv:535 this collectors' edition specially bound in burgundy morocco backed green grained cloth boards blocked in blind spine gilt with letteing piece top edge gilt. One corner bumped else fine in the very good slipcase. Number VI in the Heritage Series. A very nicely produced facsimile. Pioneer Head, Salisbury, Rhodesia, 1973. hardcover
18372054<p>William Wright 1837. Hardcover. Fair. 1837 Edition; 992pp. illustrated 10 plates. An interesting book covering travels to the North Pole The Polar Sea Egypt & Nubia.The earlier editions of this had 692 pages and the later ones like this had 992. The three additional narratives are: THE THIRD VOYAGE OF CAPTAIN PARRY. FOURTH VOYAGE OF CAPTAIN PARRY. THE SECOND VOYAGE OF CAPTAIN ROSS. Needs rebinding Poorly rebound in blue card. 1 plate MISSING. Foxing damp staining. Fair. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 5 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Antarctic; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 2054. . This book is extra heavy and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries.</p> William Wright hardcover
