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1904244<p>Bruxelles 1904. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition; 368 pages illustrated 26 pages of illustrations. 93 figs. in total MISSING original maps the 5 folding MAPS are COPIES. All plates and other illustrations are original. Original wrappers bound in contemporary 3/4 cloth marbled covers gilt titling on spine. Shelf wear end papers splitting contents clean. "Lecointe was 2nd in charge of Gerlache's 1897/8 expedition which included Amundsen & Cook. Lecointe was scientific director of the Royal Belgian Observatory. Includes an appendix that does not appear in 2nd edition which includes the members of the Belgica Commission and a very useful bibliographical reference "Liste des Rapports Scientifiques". Vol 1-X with authors & titles of each contribution.The "Belgica" expedition 1897-1899 explored the waters of the Antarctic and was the first one to winter in Antarctica "Pays des manchots" = "Land of the penguins". Spence 698. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 2 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Penguins; Antarctic; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 244. . This book is extra heavy and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries.</p> Bruxelles hardcover
19351208S011Leipzig: Verlag E.A. Seemann 1935. 1st Edition . Hardback. Printed pages: 208. Very Good. 5.25 x 8 inches 13 x 20 cm. First printing. Pale green cloth binding. Foxing and fading to spine a few spots of foxing to page edges clean text throughout. German language. Comprehensive account of whaling and seal hunting at Grytviken South Georgia. An English translation was issued in 1937 as Big Game in Antarctica. From the private collection of Eric Kenneth Prentice 'Kenn' Back meteorologist who worked with the British Antarctic Survey for nearly 40 years recipient of both the Fuchs Medal and the Polar Medal and a descendent of Sir George Back the Arctic explorer. With Back's bookplate to front pastedown endpaper. A nice solid example of the rare first edition. Spence 349. Overall condition is Very Good. Size: 5.25 x 8 inches 13 x 20 cm. Verlag E.A. Seemann hardcover
58113Hamburg Gutenberg-Verlag 1909. . Narratives of the mission of George Bogle to Tibet and of the journey of Thomas Manning to Lhasa dt. - 1876 veröffentlichte der englische Geograph u. Forschungsreisende C. R. Markham 1830-1916 erstmals die Aufzeichnungen des schottischen Diplomaten G. Bogle 1746-1781 u. die des Briten Th. Manning 1772-1840 der als erster Engländer die tibetische Hauptstadt Lhasa bereiste. Die deutsche Ausgabe mit einem Vorwort zur "Bibliothek denkwürdiger Reisen" von deren Hrsg. Ernst Schultze sowie einer ausführlichen Einleitung von M. v. Brandt über Tibet u. die westliche Tibet-Forschung. - Einband gebräunt unt. Kap. l. bestoßen; im Ganzen gutes Exemplar. Hamburg, Gutenberg-Verlag, 1909. unknown
1929041672Sydney: Alfred James Kent Government Printer 1929. 544pp 4 bw plates 2 text figures 13 tables. Or wraps. Some tears to covers at spine edge top of spine chipped damp stained at top corner of first few pages abd front cover stamp of Royal Society Qld and cancelled stamp on front cover. Issued June 1929. Scientific report from the Australasian Antarctic expedition 1911-14 under the leadership of Sir Douglas Mawson. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. 4to. Alfred James Kent, Government Printer Paperback
1929042424Sydney: Alfred James Kent Government Printer 1929. pp195-331 tables. Or wraps. Chipped at base of spine slight damp mark at bottom front corner a couple of tiny edge tears stamp of Royal Society Qld and cancelled stamp on front cover. Issued March 1929. Scientific report from the Australasian Antarctic expedition 1911-14 under the leadership of Sir Douglas Mawson. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. Alfred James Kent, Government Printer Paperback
1947041671Sydney: Thomas Henry Tennant Government Printer 1947. 31pp text 365 charts 4 text figures. Or wraps. Tear and associated crease to front cover bottom 5cm of spine strip lacking some damp stains stamp of Royal Society Qld and cancelled stamp on front cover. Issued 1947. Scientific report from the Australasian Antarctic expedition 1911-14 under the leadership of Sir Douglas Mawson. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Very Good. 4to. Thomas Henry Tennant, Government Printer Paperback
1929041669Sydney: Alfred James Kent Government Printer 1929. 286pp 20 bw plates 24 text figures 16 tables appendix. Or wraps. Front cover detached but present stamp of Royal Society Qld and cancelled stamp on front cover. Issued June 1929. Scientific report from the Australasian Antarctic expedition 1911-14 under the leadership of Sir Douglas Mawson. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Very Good. 4to. Alfred James Kent, Government Printer Paperback
19404442Commonwealth of Australia - Department of External Affairs Sydney 1940. First Edition. Softcover Side-stapled. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition; 3 x Scientific reports: Part 11 Sedimentary Rocks. Pages 347-367 5 plates; Part 12. Record of Minerals of King George Land Adelie Land ad Queen Mary Land. Pages 371-404; Part 13. Catalogue of Rocks and Minerals collected in Antarctic Lands. Pages 405-432. Original soft covers stapled as issued "With Author's Compliments" printed on front cover. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Geology; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 4442. . Commonwealth of Australia - Department of External Affairs paperback
1939041668Sydney: Thomas Henry Tennant Acting Government Printer 1939. 281pp 4 bw plates 5 text figures 24 tables appendix Macquarie Island Weather Notes for 1909-1910-1911. Or wraps. Rear cover detached but present 2 pages with plates sticking at upper right. Issued January 1940. Scientific report from the Australasian Antarctic expedition 1911-14 under the leadership of Sir Douglas Mawson. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Very Good. 4to. Thomas Henry Tennant, Acting Government Printer Paperback
1925042423Sydney: Alfred James Kent Government Printer 1925. 191pp 6 plates 1 colour 15 text figures. Or wraps. Chipped at base of spine stamp of Royal Society Qld and cancelled stamp on front cover. Issued September 1925. Scientific report from the Australasian Antarctic expedition 1911-14 under the leadership of Sir Douglas Mawson. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. Alfred James Kent, Government Printer Paperback
1940042425Sydney: Thomas Henry Tennant Government Printer 1940. pp335-450 8 plates 4 text figures 51 tables. Or wraps. Chipped at top & base of spine minor corner bumps a couple of tiny edge tears stamp of Royal Society Qld and cancelled stamp on front cover. Scientific report from the Australasian Antarctic expedition 1911-14 under the leadership of Sir Douglas Mawson. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. Thomas Henry Tennant, Government Printer Paperback
1940042426Sydney: Thomas Henry Tennant Government Printer 1940. pp455-534 17 text figures 58 tables. Or wraps. Chipped at spine minor corner bumps damp stained at fore-edge margin a couple of tiny edge tears stamp of Royal Society Qld and cancelled stamp on front cover. Scientific report from the Australasian Antarctic expedition 1911-14 under the leadership of Sir Douglas Mawson. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. Thomas Henry Tennant, Government Printer Paperback
0553349767.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
382975535X.Gspiral_bound. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. unknown
1097330532.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
188456997Edinburgh.: A & C Black. 1884. Printed colour map of Australia some light foxing few minor tears browned edges still a clear and bright image. Map measures approximately 42 x 55cm. . A & C Black unknown
2002043783Kingston Tasmania: Australian Antarctic Division 2002. HEAVY. x 622pp index references bw ills doagrams maps. Or glossy pictorial boards. As new. The first 50 years of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions ANARE established in 1947. Highlights achievements and relevance of the various scientific disciplines of ANARE and indicates the future directions of Antarctic science. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. 4to. Australian Antarctic Division Hardcover
1987G0679014675I3N00Fodor's Travel Publications 1987. Paperback. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks our motto is: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Fodor's Travel Publications paperback
195128367London: Cassell. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1951. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. The book appears "fine" but I graded it down for the foxing on the endpapers. DJ has some rubbing at the corners. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 330 pages . Cassell hardcover
17716000068London 1771. Quarto autograph manuscript in ink; single page on a bifolium with address panel; on paper watermarked "LVG" <p><p>Amusing original letter from Sandwich to John Hawkesworth ghostwriter of the official account of Cook's first voyage. Sandwich writes: "That I may be certain whether you are alive or dead I shall be obliged to you if you will either come yourself or send your ghost to dine with me tomorrow. I am most sincerely yours Sandwich." This witty communication dates from the period when Hawkesworth was preparing the Cook account during Sandwich's third term as First Lord of Admiralty 1771-82; of course it was during this appointment that James Cook discovered Hawaii on his third voyage and named them the Sandwich Islands in his honour. The letter probably dates from late 1771 while Hawkesworth was at work on the journal. He died in November 1773 not long after the book's publication. </p> <p>Hawkesworth was introduced to Sandwich by Charles Burney in September 1771 when "the First Lord was casting around for someone to 'write the voyage' - that is to take Cook's journal and put it into a form suitable for the reading of the polite world; and not only Cook's journal but those of the three other circumnavigators Byron Wallis and Carteret. Cook and Banks we remember were patriotically anxious that this should be done as soon as possible and it was all the more important to get something authentic on the market. Burney recommended his friend Dr John Hawkesworth who had time and could do with the money." Beaglehole. </p> <p>Fanny Burney recorded in her diary for 15 September 1771 that "My father has had a happy opportunity of extremely obliging Dr. Hawkesworth. During his stay in Norfolk he waited upon Lord Orford who had always been particularly friendly to him. He there among others met with Lord Sandwich. His Lordship was speaking of the late voyage round the world and mentioned his having the papers of it in his possession; for he is First Lord of the Admiralty; and said that they were not arranged but mere rough draughts and said that he should be much obliged to any one who could recommend a proper person to write the Voyage. My father directly named Dr. Hawkesworth and his Lordship did him the honour to accept his recommendation. I cannot but be amazed that a man of Lord Sandwich's power &ca. should be so in ignorance of men of learning and merit as to apply to an almost stranger.".</p> <p>The money was decent: Hawkesworth earned a substantial £6000 from the publishers Strahan and Cadell and completed the first two volumes in just four months. A landmark publication this would help to cement Cook's reputation in the eyes of the public serving Sandwich's official purpose.</p> </p> . unknown
1529189 Glou. Pl. 18th January 1872. 1-page 8vo on mourning paper conjugate blank removed. He writes "I return you my warmest thanks for your valuable communication.I have given as little trouble as possible to geological friends - I have however always met with the kindest response - as now". 89 Glou. Pl. 18th January 1872. unknown
189336239Tours France: 12 October 1893. 1893. Very good. - Letter penned in black ink & filling half a sheet of publisher Alfred Mame & Fils letterhead which is folded once to form 4 sides each approximately 8 inches high by 5-1/4 inches wide with the company's name & location printed at the top. Signed "Gaston Bonnefont". Folded once for mailing. Very good. <p>Bonnefont writes to Paul Barlatier director of the Semaphore newspaper in Marseille saying that he has asked M. Mame to send Barlatier a copy of Lady Brassey's "Aux Indes et en Australie" which he has translated. In view of the great success of the book in England in the orignal English text Bonnefont hopes that Balatier might write a few words about the French translation in Semaphore.<p>"Aux Indes et en Astralie dans le yacht le 'Sunbeam'" the French version of Baroness Annie Allnutt Brassey's account of her travels in Australia and India in her yacht was published by Alfred Mame in Tours in 1893. The original title was "Voyage in the Sunbeam: Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months". Lord and Lady Brassey made several tips around the world in their yacht. This 1886-7 voyage was Lady Brassey's last. She died before the cruise was completed and her grieving husband completed the work for publication<p>Gaston Bonnefont 1851-1911 was the pseudonym of Pierre Bonnefont. He was a journalist playwright travel writer and essayist. He was the editor-in-chief of "Calvados". He was the author of numerous works notably "Nos belles mondaines: Marion Delorme Liane de Pougy 1895 and "Jacquard histoire d'un ouvrier" 1890. Tours, France: 12 October, 1893. unknown
187596401Windermere U.K.: August 21 1875. 1875. Good. - More than 65 words penned on two sides of a folded sheet of blue personalized letterhead with a device and the initials "T.E.W." at the top. Measuring 7 inches high by 4-1/2 inches wide the letter is addressed to a Mr. Middleton. Writing from "The Terrace / Windermere" Wilkinson writes that he will not come to Leeds at present. He goes on to discuss financial arrangements: "You ask for the address of my treasurer. Will you please send any remittances to me here before next Wednesday & I will enter them & pass them on." He signs himself "Thomas Edward / Bishop of Zululand". The letter has been folded three times for mailing. A piece of heavy stock has been mounted to the top of the 4th blank leaf else very good. <p>The Anglican bishop Thomas Edward Wilkinson 1837-1914 was the first Bishop of Zululand 1870-1876. Before his ordination he had joined the French Foreign Legion and traveled extensively. He was the coadjutor bishop of London for north and central Europe. In this role he journeyed 14000 miles 82 times to reach all of his churches. He wrote several books including a Zulu hymn book. Windermere, U.K.: August 21, 1875. unknown
1846253662New York 1846. unbound. 1 page 10 x 8 inches New York City December 8 1846. In this letter a salesman has booked travel for a favored client: "I have sent for you by the steam boat CHAMPION which leaves here this afternoon for New Haven marked as you directed by Springfield railroad with three kegs of printing ink." An interesting memento from the days when steamships were owned by the wealthy railroads who attempted to monopolize travel and trade. In this case the steamboat Champion actually the New Champion 1846 - 1851 would leave the Port of New York and set sail up the Long Island Sound eventually entering the Connecticut River bound for New Haven. The passenger could choose to sail as far up as Springfield Massachusetts or transfer for the much faster train at New Haven all owned by Hartford & New Haven Railroads. Several folds; small chip in the left margin. Very good condition.<br/> <br/> unknown
1878005773Lecoffre & Fils & Cie. 1878. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Light wear to boards solid binding although cracked at title page majority of text in fine condition with just the first and last few pages with faint foxing. Excellent collectible copy of a scarce title on the Seminole. Former owner's name stamped on FFEP and half title page. <br/> <br/> Lecoffre & Fils & Cie. hardcover
