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1976TRUS00007New York: Dodd Mead & Company 1976 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Inscribed by author on half-title. Salmon cloth gold ink titles on spine blue endpapers vi 276 pp 20 full-page b & w drawings. DJ has faint damp stains along top edge tears to 3 cm a small chip to bottom of front fore-edge; in Brodart archival cover. Warmly inscribed and dated in Dec. 1979 by author & signed by illustrator on half-title. Caldwell travels through & comments on places on the "afternoon side" of the Mississippi River. From the DJ: "Punctuated by a running commentary in letters to a friend in France his own observations and impressions are enriched by vividly reported conversations with local inhabitants: teacher farmer student storekeeper gas station owner restaurant hostess oilman.These give insight into varied ways of life--from an abandoned village to a thriving oil-rich metropolis from the dustbowl area to fertile plains from the squalor of the Indian reservation to the antiseptic chambers of the world-famous Mayo Clinic." Shipping weight 2 lbs. . Fine/VG. Illus. by Virginia M. Caldwell. 21½ X 14½ cm. Dodd, Mead & Company Hardcover
1972241205-MB16San Francisco CA: Miller Freeman Publications Inc. 1972. TWO VOLUME SET Inscribed by author photographs and articles appearing in issues of Sea and Pacific Motor Boat. Signed. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. . Miller Freeman Publications Inc. Hardcover
1952200807-MB27France: Arthaud 1952. Very Good Hardcover with dustjacket Beautiful black and white photos Text in French . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Arthaud, Hardcover
1895030872London: Blackie & Son Limited 1895. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo. xii 312 pp gilt titling to both front board and spine illus to front board and spine spine quite faded cloth worn on head/tail of boards corners slightly worn with several b/w illus and a map at front contents tight with some minor foxing to a few pages a very good copy. Blackie & Son, Limited Hardcover
1895r3500London: Blackie & Son Ltd. G : in Good condition. Cover rubbed. Some soiling to rear board. Fep missing. 1895. First Edition. Blue/gilt illustrated hardback cloth cover. 190mm x 120mm 7" x 5". 312pp 32pp adverts. 30 illustrations and fold out map. . Blackie & Son Ltd hardcover
22355Elkin Mathews London 1906. First edition. Frontispiece and illustrations. 8vo 8 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches 206-pages. Old full maroon hard grain calf; very good. Uncommon. Elkin Mathews, London, 1906. unknown
1907002439London: John Lane The Bodley Head 1907. Full brown coarse grain publisher's leather decorated in gilt on backstrip to imitate raised spine. Marbled endpapers. Book consists of 169 pages of text followed by 511 numbered plates some containing more than one image. All edges gilt. A title in the 'Spanish Series' published at the Bodley Head. A very uncommon title especially in bound in leather as most copies are found in decorative red cloth. Binding shows rubbing to outer joints and some wear to tips. Front joint beginning to split along bottom edge. Decorative spine shows light wear. Hinges still strong and boards are firmly attached. Covers but for faults noted are clean and attractive. Interior is fine. A near very good copy of a scarce title. Full-Leather. Near Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. John Lane, The Bodley Head Hardcover
19613835Hutchinson & Co. London 1961. First Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Very Good Condition/Good. 1st UK Edition; x 220pages 1 illustrated end papers 1 diagram 12 pages of b/w photographs. End papers show route of the USS Skate and its internal compartments viewed from the starboard side. Original covers in unclipped dust jacket. Previous owners neat inscription on verso end paper otherwise contents clean. Shelf wear dust jacket has small repaired splits and the odd piece missing some minor spotting to page edges overall a nice copy. The story of the USS Skate the atomic submarine sent north to answer the question of whether a submarine could safely operate in the Arctic Ocean written by her commander James Calvert who directed both history-making voyages in 1958 and 1959 which proved that a submarine could safely navigate under the shifting ice pack and then surface through the frozen polar ice cap. This is the first UK edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3835. . Hutchinson & Co., hardcover
19504Globe London 1930. Profusely illustrated in colour maps. Large 4to 11 1/2 x 9 inches pages: 988:xv. Publisher's full bevelled crimson morocco gilt all edges gilt fore-edge with coloured tabulations. A little scuffing to lower cover overall very good and very sound. A substantial volume weighing 5.3 kg thus extra postage will be requested. Globe, London, 1930. unknown
1964047414New York: McGraw-Hill / Nagel 1964 Book. As New. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. Nagel TraveL Guide Series An exceptionally crisp unmarked copy of this vintage travel guide looks unread. English version by Lynton Hudson.Preface by Jean Camp. 436p. Coloured map on ffep.2 Fold out maps index. Ribbon bookmark . McGraw-Hill / Nagel hardcover
1877006028London: MacMillan 1877 green cloth with black and gilt titling or decoration lightly rubbed to edges lacks fep half title and folding map detached corners starting to fray tidy copy shows some handling prelims 512 43pp adverts dated 1879 collects excerpts from the log of the travellers on journey to Australia Fiji Philippines New Guinea Japan Hawaii etc. reprint. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7 - 9 tall. MacMillan hardcover
1811r0121London: John Stockdale. G: in Good condition without dust jacket as issued. Covers rubbed and bumped. Some foxing. 1811. New Edition. Fawn boards with brown paper spine. 295mm x 235mm 12" x 9". 408pp. Frontis and 27 engraved sepia wash/black plates. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. . John Stockdale hardcover
193012489Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders. Fine with no dust jacket. 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall . W. B. Saunders hardcover
1899159779Mexico City: Sonora News Company 1899. Hard Cover. Very Good. A clean unmarked book with a tight binding. 351 pages. Fold-out map. Many b&w photographs. Full maroon cloth boards with gilt decoration. Keywords: Travel Guide Mexico Guide 1899 Edition Descriptive Book Tourist Manual Mexican Cities Geography Railroad Routes Hotels Attractions Revised Guide 19th Century Sonora News Company hardcover
19637936Oxford University Press 1963. 1st edition. V.g./V.g. Hard covers dust jacket Jacket undamaged and unclipped in protective cover; fore-edge with sl. foxing top edge dusted. No inscriptions. An important work on the development of the written form of Scots Gaelic. 319 pp. 23 plates. Oxford University Press hardcover
1878010577Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1878. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Heavy 4to. A heavy quarto volume over 3.5 kg packaged weight 624 pgs. 7 folding maps at the end. 2 folding maps in text. 15 colour lithograph plates with tissue guards 5 full page diagrams. Clean text; no names or marks no bookplates not ex-library. Binding tight and secure. Typical scuffed green cloth with corners worn through to the boards photo and heavier scars along the spine. Otherwise an excellent example that will require additional shipping charges to all destinations. Inquiries welcome. <br/> <br/> Government Printing Office hardcover
1878r2657London: Chapman & Hall. Worn condition. Inner hinge cracking. Binding loose but content in overall good condition. 1878. First Edition. Brown/gilt hardback cloth cover. 230mm x 150mm 9" x 6". xv 372pp plates & ads. 8 b/w woodburytype tipped in plates. Explorations on American frontier in nineteenth century. . Chapman & Hall, hardcover
1965136438Ottawa: Canadian Government Travel Bureau c 1965. Undetermined. very good. 34" X 22" 86 X 56 cm. Light wear and creasing along edges along with some small chips small closed tears and mild discolouration. A nice copy. very good A nice 1960's Canadian travel poster showing several men skiing under a bright blue sky. Beneath 'Canada' is written simply with a small Canadian flag to the left of it. The lettering and flag appear to be precursors to the infamous and similar 'Canada' logo which was officially used in the 1980's as a global identifier of the Canadian government and which contained all the same elements 1965 Canadian Government Travel Bureau unknown
1965136440Ottawa: Canadian Government Travel Bureau c 1965. Undetermined. very good. 34" X 22" 86 X 56 cm. Light wear and creasing mainly along edges. A nice copy. very good A nice 1960's Canadian travel poster showing a group of men enjoying their coffee on the deck of a ski cabin. Visible around them are a ski lodge several other buildings and a snowy expanse of hill. The image appears to be from Quebec though it is impossible to tell. Beneath 'Canada' is written simply with a small Canadian flag to the left of it. The lettering and flag appear to be precursors to the infamous and similar 'Canada' logo which was officially used in the 1980's as a global identifier of the Canadian government and which contained all the same elements 1965 Canadian Government Travel Bureau unknown
1905010712London: Edward Arnold 1905. 2nd Impression . Hardcover. Very Good. 304 pgs. Illustrations and b/w photos. Folding map and 16 pages publishers ads at the end. Large bookplate to front endpaper identifying this volume as part of the Travelling Library of the Government of British Columbia. No other library marks or stamps. Light scuffs to cloth with bumped corners. Back hinge starting and secure. An excellent copy. <br/> <br/> Edward Arnold hardcover
1925619391London: Geoffrey Bles 1925. Hardcover in good condition. Unclipped dust jacket in acceptable condition. Jacket is marked and sunned. Edges are creased and torn with chips noted. Board corners and spine ends are bumped and rubbed. Spine is slightly cocked. Page block endpapers and several pages within are foxed. Binding is sound and pages are otherwise clear. LW. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. Used. Geoffrey Bles Hardcover
1882e7217London: Sampson Low Marston Searle & Rivington. G: in good condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed and marked. Splitting to rear outer hinge. Loss to spine ends. Inner hinge cracking. Foxing. Tear to fold of map no loss. 1882. First English Edition. Brown hardback cloth cover. 230mm x 160mm 9" x 6". lii 395pp plates. 17 b/w plates fold-out map of 'South Equatorial Western Africa' in-text illustrations. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. . Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington hardcover
18311826<p>Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley London 1831. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. 1st Octavo 8vo Edition; Two volumes Vol I iv-xxvi 1 directions to the binder 472pp; Vol II iv 452pp. Three engraved maps two of which are folding and twenty-three engraved plates many not in place as in directions to binder but all complete also two copies of one of the plates. Contemporary rebound cloth half calf Each volume with red and black spine labels. Spines stamped and lettered in gilt. All edges marbled. Beechey's expedition on board the H.M.S. Blossom formed part of a double-pronged assault on the western approaches to the Arctic. Sent by way of Bering's Strait to explore the northern coast eastward Beechey was to eventually link up with Franklin's second expedition working westward from the Mackenzie River. The two parties came within several hundred miles of each other one of Beechey's vessels managing to penetrate as far as Cape Barrow while Franklin turned back at Return Reef at about 149 degrees west. The narrative contains scientific data descriptions of Eskimo life and culture and much of importance relating to Alaska including the Aleutian Pribilov and other islands the Tuamotu Archipelago the Society Islands and Tahiti Hawaii and the coast of California. There are also valuable accounts of Monterey and San Francisco prior to the American conquest as well as a lengthy account of the mutiny of the Bounty as related by its sole survivor John Adams. Some foxing small tear title page Vol I repaired tear to page 472 Vol I. ink stain pp365- 370 Vol II. Very Good PLEASE NOTE: This book will incur extra postage and insurance charges. Please contact us for a quote. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 5 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Antarctic; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1826. . This book is extra heavy and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries.</p> Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley hardcover
18312036<p>Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley London 1831. Early Edition. Cloth. Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket. The 1st Admiralty Edition in quarto; Two volumes Vol I fep folding map title page vii-xxi 1 directions to the binder 392pp; illustrated 14 plates 3 charts 2 folding. MISSING 5 PLATES AND PAGES v-vi 329-336 Up to page viii detached as is pages 387 to 392. Vol II 2 errata slip vi-vii directions to binder pages 393-742 2 publishers advertisements illustrated 7 plates. MISSING 1 plate. Half bound marbled boards. Beechey's expedition on board the H.M.S. Blossom formed part of a double-pronged assault on the western approaches to the Arctic. Sent by way of Bering's Strait to explore the northern coast eastward Beechey was to eventually link up with Franklin's second expedition working westward from the Mackenzie River. The two parties came within several hundred miles of each other one of Beechey's vessels managing to penetrate as far as Cape Barrow while Franklin turned back at Return Reef at about 149 degrees west. The narrative contains scientific data descriptions of Eskimo life and culture and much of importance relating to Alaska including the Aleutian Pribilov and other islands the Tuamotu Archipelago the Society Islands and Tahiti Hawaii and the coast of California. There are also valuable accounts of Monterey and San Francisco prior to the American conquest as well as a lengthy account of the mutiny of the Bounty as related by its sole survivor John Adams. "Beechey's expedition went to the Bering Strait "As a relief expedition to await the separate expeditions of Captains Franklin and Parry." Beechey heard at Kamchatka that Parry had turned back but he waited at Kotzebue Sound for Franklin through the Summers of 1827-8. "Near Point Barrow Alaska Beechey and Franklin had arrived within fifty leagues of each other when the latter was compelled by the weather to turn back." Also described are visits to Pitcairn Island Tahiti Alaska Hawaii Macao Okinawa and the coast of California. On Pitcairn Beechey met the last survivor of the Bounty mutiny John Adams. "He also gives an important account of Monterey and San Francisco before the American conquest." Beechey rose to Rear-Admiral and between 1836-47 undertook a survey of the coast of Ireland. "From 1850 until his death he was superintendent of the marine department of the Board of Trade; he was consulted on all Arctic issues including the search for Sir John Franklin by the Arctic council In 1855 he was elected president of the Royal Geographical Society an office which he still held at his death on 29 November 1856 Beechey was an outstanding professional hydrographer who served in the last years of heroic endeavour and lived to publish the results of his scientific observations on tides" ODNB Arctic Bibliography 1227; Field 105; Hill 93; Howes B-309; Lada-Mocarski 95; Sabin 4347; Wickersham 6541. Both volumes need rebinding Hugh Cecil Earl of Lonsdale bookplate verso front board both volumes some slight foxing mainly to plates and tissue paper guards bump and tear mainly affecting top of pages 567-600. Fair PLEASE NOTE: This book will incur extra postage and insurance charges. Please contact us for a quote. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 5 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Antarctic; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 2036. . This book is extra heavy and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries.</p> Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley hardcover
1932308789London: Hurst and Blackett 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Dj. 8vo. pp. 288old stains to the cover corners bumped b/w photographs. Hurst and Blackett hardcover
