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1885240402-MB28William Briggs 1885. Good Red Cloth Hardcover abridged from the Original two volume edition illustrated with b & w engravings pages fragile spine worn Missionary society bookplate on endpaper 312 pages plus ads in back. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Cover. William Briggs Hardcover
1886046084New York: O. Judd Co. David W. Judd Pres't 1886. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fair. 12mo. 250 6 pages. Contains folding map at the rear. Hardcover bound in original blue cloth with titles in gilt. The binding shows heavy wear. The front cover is spotted and there is damping on the top edge and top of the spine. Top edge of the boards are abraded and the top edge of the text block is heavily stained. Spine dulled and corners bumped. A sound copy with secure inner hinges. Two early owners' signatures on the front flyleaf appear to read "E. F. Gooding / To C. C. Elliott / Nov. 1918." There is brown staining along the top edge of the text block throughout. Text is toned. There is a folding map of Yellowstone in the pocket at the rear. The map has a 6 inch tear along a crease near the top left of the map. <br/> <br/> O. Judd Co., David W. Judd, Pres't hardcover
191419752Heinemann 1914. Roy. 8vo. First Edition thus with frontispiece original tissue guard present title in red and black 155 plates on 94 and 3 large folding maps some light and occasional age-staining; handsomely bound in full navy crushed morocco sides with gilt frame border back with raised bands second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt all other compartments tooled in gilt gilt top hand-made endpapers ribbon marker uncut gilt from original front board preserved and mounted on new leaft at front custom-made slip-case a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. An account of the Siberian Company's 1913 attempt to navigate the Kara Sea intending to open a commercial route linking the Siberian interior with Europe. Heinemann, hardcover
193641756Jarrolds London 1936. 1st edition. V.g./No Jacket. Hard covers Faint stains to t.p. Jarrolds, London hardcover
1909k3630Darlington: William Dresser & Sons. G : in good condition without dust jacket. Fading to front cover. Light foxing to endpapers and prelims. 1909. First Edition. Green hardback cloth cover. 230mm x 150mm 9" x 6". 76pp. Colour plates with captioned tissue-guards. . William Dresser & Sons hardcover
189940550New York Harper & Brothers 1899 First Edition. hardcover. First Edition First Printing in U.S. -- Subtitle: With nearly three hundred illustrations from sketches and photographs by the author. "A plain account of my journeys through Asia during the years 1893 to 1897." Detailed descriptions and sketches of glaciers; cultural activities; in the desert without water; artifacts and Tibetan inscribed stones; camels; travel companions; the Mongols. Folded maps at rear of each volume v.2 detached. Translated from Swedish by J. T. Bealby. -- Hardcover with bright cover decoration gilt and red two volumes of 1255 pages TEG top-edge-gilt. Condition: good-only v.1 has 3.5-inch surface tear; hinges cracked with loose title-pages; spine tips with some wear; sale stamp and numbers on free-endsheet. Otherwise the covers are bright the bindings tight the pages bright and clear. Harper & Brothers hardcover
1898006814London: Methuen & Co Ltd 1898. 2 VOLS well illus large 8vo two folding maps pp xx 1278 top edge gilt fore-edge un-trimmed scattered foxing green decorated cloth gilt very slightly worn slight tears to both spine heads. Sven Anders Hedin 1865 - 1952 was a Swedish geographer topographer explorer photographer and travel writer as well as an illustrator of his own works. During four expeditions to Central Asia he discovered the Transhimalaya once named the Hedin Range in his honor and the sources of the Brahmaputra Indus and Sutlej Rivers Lake Lop Nur and the remains of cities grave sites and the Great Wall of China in the deserts of the Tarim Basin. Between 1893 and 1897 Hedin investigated the Pamir Mountains travelling through the Tarim Basin in Xinjiang region across the Taklamakan Desert Lake Kara-Koshun and Lake Bosten proceeding to study northern Tibet. He covered 26000 kilometres 16000 mi on this journey and mapped 10498 kilometres 6523 mi of them on 552 sheets. Approximately 3600 kilometres 2200 miles led through previously uncharted areas. He started out on this expedition on October 16 1893 from Stockholm travelling via Saint Petersburg and Tashkent to the Pamir Mountains. Several attempts to climb the 7546 metres 24757 ft high Muztagata called the Father of the Glaciers in the Pamir Mountains were unsuccessful. He remained in Kashgar until April 1895 and then left on April 10 with three local escorts from the village of Merket in order to cross the Taklamakan Desert via Tusluk to the Khotan River. Since their water supply was insufficient seven camels died of thirst as did two of his escorts according to Sven Hedins dramatized and probably unhistoric account. Bruno Baumann traveled on this route in April 2000 with a camel caravan and ascertained that at least one of the escorts who according to Hedin had died of thirst had survived and that it is impossible for a camel caravan traveling in springtime on this route to carry enough drinking water for both camels and travelers. According to other sources Hedin had neglected to completely fill the drinking water containers for his caravan at the beginning of the expedition and set out for the desert with only half as much water as could actually be carried. When he noticed the mistake it was too late to return. Obsessed by his urge to carry out his research Hedin deserted the caravan and proceeded alone on horseback with his servant. When that escort also collapsed from thirst Hedin left him behind as well but managed to reach a water source at the last desperate moment. He did however return to his servant with water and rescued him. Nevertheless his ruthless behavior earned him massive criticism. In January 1896 after a stopover in Kashgar Hedin visited the 1500 year old abandoned cities of Dandan Oilik and Kara Dung which are located northeast of Khotan in the Taklamakan desert. Beginning of March he discovered Lake Bosten one of the largest inland waters of central Asia. He reported that this lake is supplied by a single mighty feeder stream the Kaidu River. He mapped Lake Kara-Koshun and returned on May 27 to Khotan. On June 29 he started out from there with his caravan across northern Tibet and China to Beijing where he arrived on March 2 1897. He returned to Stockholm via Mongolia and Russia. First English edition. Cloth. Good. Methuen & Co Ltd Hardcover
18982890<p>London: Adam and Charles Black 1898. First edition. Hardcover. Good. 8vo original cloth boards with vignette of lapp of front in black gilt titles on spine. Some edge wear / marking to boards. 284pp with fold out map at rear 16 full page illustrations including frontis and pen and ink vignettes at the end of chapters. A travelogue through Lapland with musings on the culture beliefs and lifestyle of the inhabitants the difficulties in travel scenery horrible flies etc. Generally clean inside with occasional signs of age / marking wear to rear pastedown. Handwritten dedication on front free endpaper dated 1902.</p> Adam and Charles Black hardcover
1963005733London: Jonathan Cape 1963 unclipped dust jacket has a very sunned spine the red has almost faded completely to white short tears at corners gift inscription to verso of fep facing half title small rubber name stamp top corner of half title otherwise tidy used copy some faint foxing to the spine cloth 223pp plates Ian Fleming on some of the world's exotic cities. First Edition. Quarter cloth. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7 - 9 tall. Jonathan Cape hardcover
18732429<p>Sampson Low Marston Low & Searle 1873. Cloth. Good. 1st Edition: xvi 1 357pp 2pp publishers advertisements illustrated 9 maps 8 folding many coloured. Purple cloth covers with gilt titling. Arctic Bib.10949 - History of Arctic exploration region by region from the early times to 1870; with concluding chapters on best route to the Pole the scientific results of arctic exploration and proceedings towards despatch of a British Arctic Expedition in 1875. Covers are faded and in very tatty poor state eps splitting at hinge damp markings affecting first few pages and frontispiece map previous owners signature on title page and owners library bookplate on front pastedown small tear to first folding map folding map loose opposite page 59 laid in. All maps illustrations charts present and original occasional spotting pages age toned but clean. A Very rare item. 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; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 2429. . This book is extra heavy and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries.</p> Sampson Low Marston Low & Searle hardcover
1886313907New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1886. First edition. Hardcover. GOod/No dustjackets. Larger thicker 8vo. Two volume set board extremities worn and bumped hInges starting however internally very good. . Blue cloth gilt decorated front boards 1st ed. 2 vols. frontispieces illustrations maps includes a large folding map in back of Vol. 2 and a folding map in back pocket of Vol. 2 xv 428 xii 444p. Original decorated blue… Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover
1847017648London: John Murray 1847. Second edition. Illustrated a map an extra engraved title page three tinted lithograph plates several small text engravings octavo pp xxiv ii 420 2 publisher's catalogue of 16 pages the frontispiece and the first title are a little age-toned otherwise a clean tight copy internally original cloth slightly marked and very slightly worn neatly rebacked with a brown leather spine. Very good. This second edition was a little enlarged. Second edition. Quarter leather. Very Good. John Murray Hardcover
1847018167London: John Murray 1847. Second edition. Illustrated a map an extra engraved title page three tinted lithograph plates several small text engravings octavo pp xxiv ii 420 2 publisher's catalogue of 16 pages the frontispiece are rather foxed the other plates slightly foxed a little age-toned internally original embossed and gilt cloth refurbished slightly marked and worn neatly rebacked with most of the original spine laid down the original endpapers retained two signatures on the front endpaper including that of John Whittington possibly the original owner. This second edition was a little enlarged. Second edition. Cloth. Good. John Murray Hardcover
1847018168London: John Murray 1847. Second edition. Illustrated a map an extra engraved title page three tinted lithograph plates several small text engravings octavo pp xxiv ii xiv 420 2 publisher's catalogue of 16 pages the frontispiece and title page and the other plates are slightly foxed a little age-toned internally original embossed and gilt cloth faded and marked but sound the spine more faded neatly rebacked the original spine laid down and lacking only a few small pieces new endpapers. This second edition was a little enlarged. Second edition. Cloth. Good. John Murray Hardcover
1886347London: Richard Bentley & Son 1886. 1st U.K.edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Heavy 8vo. Superb 19th century binding given as a 2nd class prize at Queenwood College Hampshire Royal blue hard-grained morocco leather with gilt & blind tooled decorations in the Art Nouveau style.Only minor wear to spine ends and corners.Rear hinge of Vol.II starting but secure. Aeg. Inside dentelles.Six panels with raised bands and fine gilt tooling to spines.Ribbon bookmarks bound in. Small bookplate on each front pastedown endpaper. Light creases to ffep's.Typical light foxing to prelims with other trivial scattered foxing within the text.Text is generally bright and fresh.bindings tight. VOLUME I. pgs.xxv428 one leaf 17 b/w full-page illustrationsincluding frontis portrait of Greely that has offset to partially detatched tissue guard. Multiple in-text illustrations.5 maps 1 folding VOLUME II. pgs.xiii444. 26 b/w full-page illustrationsincluding frontis. Multiple in-text illustrations.4 maps 3 folding The map called for in the pocket follows page 444. This map has two tape repairs along the hinge. This is the first English edition of Greely's account of an ill-fated and arduous Lady Franklin Bay Expedition in a period fine binding. In 1881 Lt. Adolphus W. Greely 1844-1935 led a 25-man U.S. Army expedition to the Arctic with the primary mission to create a scientific observation post at Lady Franklin Bay. His party became stranded en route and for two consecutive winters relief parties were unable to resupply his camp. A rescue ship did not arrive until 1884 and found Greely and 6 other men in starved condition. The others from the party had perished from starvation drowning hypothermia and even an execution Greely himself had ordered. His party had reached farther north than any previous expedition to the North Pole and completed extensive mapping of the then-mostly unknown northern parts of Greenland. Based chiefly on Greely's diaries the book documents the expeditions day after day struggles with polar ice sledge journeys camp life long trekking and the geography of the territory they explored. While the men returned home as heroes accusations of cannibalism soon followed; Greely denied any knowledge of such activities. A beautiful fine binding set. Other photos available. Inquiries welcome. <br/> <br/> Richard Bentley & Son hardcover
19097691Theosophist Office Adyar Madras and Theosophical Publishing Society Benares and London 1909. Roy. 8vo. First English Edition with a portrait frontispiece in photogravure 10 plates one large and folding in photogravure 63 illustrations in the text and a large folding coloured map lightly spotted; one short tear without material loss in one fold; original cloth gilt gilt back mildly rubbed at joints corners lightly bruised else a remarkably bright clean copy of a very scarce work. Classic account of a journey by a Japanese monk through Tibet to Nepal between 1897-1903 and including a year's residence in the forbidden city of Lhasa disguised as a local doctor. His extraordinary narrative detailing a series of events that ought never to have occurred at all was originally published in a long series of articles written for two leading Japanese newspapers and subsequently issued in book form in Japanese by Hakubunkwan. This is the first appearance in English. ONE OF THE RAREST MODERN BOOKS ON TIBET AND A VALUABLE PRIMARY SOURCE. EXTREMELY SCARCE IN THE ORIGINAL EDITION OF WHICH THIS IS A WELL ABOVE AVERAGE COPY. Cordier BS 4382; Yakushi K35. Theosophist Office, Adyar, Madras and Theosophical Publishing Society, Benares and London, hardcover
18314455John Murray London 1831. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 1831 Cabinet Sized Edition: Volume V 300 pages 2 photogravures. Cloth covers with spine label. Shelf wear some spotting marks to pages some pages uncut blank end paper has small piece missing. This Volume 5 contains a 73 page conclusion of the Esquimox from Volume IV followed by The Narrative of an Attempt to reach The North Pole in 1827. This Narrative was later produced without the Equimox chapter as Volume VI. These cabinet editions were often used by officers who replicated their library for travel. 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: 4455. . John Murray hardcover
19042695<p>R. H. Porter 1904. Cloth. Good. 1st Edition: xvi216 pp plus 68 plates and 1 large folding map. Original green cloth covers with gilt tiltling. Top edge gilt. Shelfware some marks to covers spine shaken beginning to loosen. Previous owners signature to front pastedown missing fep half title heavily spotted. Pictures of 3 Arctic birds tipped into prelims plus odd neat pencil annotation in margin on odd page of text. some foxing mainly to prelims and page edges but also affecting pp 45-46 where a newspaper cutting recording of the unfortunate death of Charles Pearson is tipped in in front of a photograph of him. 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; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 2695. . This book is extra heavy and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries.</p> R. H. Porter hardcover
190515712W. W. Wheeler. Very Good. 1905. First Edition. Flexible leather. Bound in dark green leather. The spine has faded and the very top of the spine has a small closed tear meaning there is no lose of material. Gilt title still brightl. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 167 pages . W. W. Wheeler hardcover
1912160202London Melbourne And Toronto: Ward Lock & Co. Limited. Very Good. 1912. Hardcover. An edition in very good condition. The cover is clean with gilt lettering. There is slight fraying to the edges but normal shelf wear overall. A previous owner's signature is inked on the front endpage; .This novel is a love story between two people who are not meant to be together. It is a story of hope love and redemption.; 8vo; 320 pages . Ward, Lock, & Co. Limited hardcover
19323840William Blackwood & Sons Ltd London 1932. First Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition: 256 pages illustrated 35 b/w photos maps. Original covers no dust jacket. Shelf wear covers grubby sunned bumped some spotting foxing. Previous owners neat inscription on front end paper removal of bookplate rear end paper. The story of the British Arctic Air Route Expedition of 1930-31 told by one of the 14 men on the expedition. The Quest was the ship used by Shackleton and was then a Norwegian sealer. 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: 3840. . William Blackwood & Sons Ltd hardcover
1932365190Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons 1932. First edition. Hardcover. Good/No dustjacket. 8vo. Signed by the author. pp. 256 SIGNED and dated by the author illustrated 35 b/w photos maps illustrated 35 b/w photos maps. The story of the British Arctic Air Route Expedition of 1930-31 told by one of the 14 men on the expedition. The Quest was the ship used by Shackleton and was then a Norwegian sealer. William Blackwood and Sons hardcover
25008Without date or place but docketed in another hand on the reverse including years 1866 and 1867. See Cook’s entry in the Oxford DNB. His temperance hall and hotel illustrated here were built in 1853. The hall was demolished in the 1960s to be replaced by a building typical of those that blight Leicester in 2011; the council gave permission for the hotel to be demolished to make way for another monstrosity. Sepia lithograph printed in landscape on 20 x 13 cm leaf of laid paper extracted from a book or pamphlet. Attractive illustration of an imposing structure with those that flank it and people and coaches in the foreground. Cook’s inscription is written lengthwise and upwards in the right-hand margin. The handwriting is difficult: ‘adopt the scene you have sent / once The I’ll track for post port / Yours very truly / Thos Cook’. Docketed in another hand on the reverse: ‘No 1 / grants. / 2 Bills for 1866 - paid in /67 / 3 Shingleton Bill -’. Without date or place, but docketed in another hand on the reverse, including years 1866 and 1867. unknown
196121484London: W. H. Allen 1961. Book. Good. Hardback. Reprint. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 60 pages. For anyone who loves Paris this is so funny! Dustjacket is torn and bumped to top edge. Wonderful illustrations. W. H. Allen Hardcover
19266302London: John Murray 1926. iv 766 pages. Index. Original brown cloth very slightly flecked with gilt titling on the spine and upper board. Slight offsetting pale tanning on the title page. Minor pale spotting on top edge. . 5th Edition Revised. Hard Cover. Very Good. John Murray Hardcover
