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1938TRAF00004New York: The Macmillan Company 1938 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full red cloth reverse foil titles on spine xi 265 pp 4 maps 20 ff b & w photo plates. Half of plate 17 missing large chip to margin of pp 135-6 tears to margins of plate 16 pp 127-8 otherwise very good cloth sunned on spine & near top & fore-edges partially removed bookplate on fpd. Memoir of the author's fourteen years in Africa during which time he farmed land awarded to war veterans in British East Africa later Kenya climbed mountains Kenya Mountain Ruwenzori and Kilimanjaro prospected for gold and finally began his return to England by bicycling most of the way across the continent from Uganda to Cameroon. In the same year this book was published Tilman led an attempt to climb Mt. Everest having previously taken part in a 1935 reconaissance expedition. Bad weather forced the abandonment of the 1938 attempt. 95 pages and 16 of the 20 plates are devoted to mountaineering. Shipping weight 2 lbs. First US Edition. . Fair/No dj. 22 X 15 cm. The Macmillan Company Hardcover
198228467<p>Cook Expedition Forster Johann Reinhold. The Resolution Journal of Johann Reinhold Forster 1772-1775. Edited by Michael E. Hoare. Four Volumes complete. London: Hakluyt Society 1982. First Printing of the First UK Edition. A Fine set in Very Good plus dust jackets with gentle wear to the extremities. This four-volume set presents the previously unpublished journal of the principal naturalist on Cook's second voyage. Overshadowed for nearly two hundred years in European scholarship by the achievements and reputation of his eldest son George Forster J. R. Forster - principal naturalist on James Cook's second voyage - was nevertheless recognised by many contemporaries as one of the 'universal geniuses' of the late 18th century. His journal of the voyage offers many new insights expressed at times in quite unrestrained language into the day-to-day relationships life and thinking and theory-testing on the second and the most scientific and the most epic of Cook's voyages. However the circumstances of Forster's career and personality were such that his work was dogged by debilitating disputes and vendettas. Consequently important works such as this journal which would have established him as the leading comparative anthropologist linguist geographer and zoologist of the Pacific have thus far remained obscure and seldom-used manuscripts.</p> Hakluyt Society, hardcover
196015833Paris: Collection de la Societe de Geographie 1960. Very good overall. An image taken by Frank Hurley on the Mawson 1911-14 Australian Antarctic Expedition. One might draw the conclusion that the original image was in the collection of the French geographical society and is reprinted here in a very large format in blue ink the photo of seals and penguins lying on the pack ice. We once thought that it might have been from one of the French expeditions to the Antarctic perhaps Charcot's 4th Antarctic expedition. However Mark Pharaoh manager of the Mawson Centre at the South Australian Museum has confirmed that it is a Hurley image taken on Mawson's 1911-14 expedition. The title "La Banquise" below the image; "Cliche de la Collection de la Societe Geographie / Collection Jean-Pierre Geographie Pittoresque" lower left; lower right "Fernand Nathan Editeur Paris - Tous Droits Reserves". and with one very small thumb tack puncture below the title. 30 1/2 x 20 1/2" Collection de la Societe de Geographie unknown
194920542New York: E. P. Dutton & Company. 1949. Hardcover. Very Good. Boards with light rubbing to extremities. A handsome and tight copy. ; The island of Tierra del Fuego was once inhabited by nomadic hunting tribes. Author Lucas born on the island in 1874 spent most of his life there and thus was in a position to tell the tale of a now vanished way of life. Stated "special edition 1949". Including numerous half-tone printings. Bookseller sticker on front free endpaper from the Old Corner Bookstore in Boston which used to be a landmark right on the Freedom Trail. ; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; xxi 558 pages . E. P. Dutton & Company hardcover
19105597London: British Museum 1910. Hardcover. Very good condition. Volume 5 of the account of the Discovery Expedition of 1901-04 led by Capt. Robert F Scott known officially as the British National Antarctic Expedition. Numerous lithographic plates including seals tunicata isopoda nemertinea coelentera and lichen. <br /> <br /> Large 4to xxii 21pp article 2 plts on seal embryos; 26 pp 7 plts on tunicata; 77pp & 10 plts on isopoda; 15pp & 1 plt on nemertinea; 62pp & 7 plts on coelentera; 12 pp & 1 plt on lichens. <br /> <br /> Original red gilt buckram ex-lib copy w/ sml. cancelled stamp on verso of plates very good condition. Vol 1. of the 6 natural history volumes is listed as Spence 837. British Museum hardcover
191232967London : Seeley Servive & Co 1912 . Second Edition . Very Good . 8VO . The second edition published in the same year as the first and identical to it with the addition of a new Preface. With 38 black and white photos and a small folding map of Nigeria at rear. A little bit of shelfwear and wear to the corners and light wear to the spine tips some very mild foxing on some of the early pages. A bright solid and very attractive copy bound in the original blind and gilt stamped terra cotta cloth. A handsome book. Seeley, Servive & Co hardcover
19021217517Braunschweig; Verlag von Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn, 1902. XIII; 578 Seiten; Illustr.; graph. Darst.; Karten-Beilagen; 25,5 cm; fadengeh., rückengoldgepr. Leinenband (nachgebunden).
191133648Voigtländer, Leipzig, 1911. 1. Auflage, VIII, 512 Seiten, Gr.-8°, 24 x 17,5 cm, Leinen
1968100074919S.e.r.i.e.p 1968 in4. 1968. Cartonné. illustrations en noir et blanc pleine page
191132652Paris : Hachette, 1911. In-4 relié (30 x 20,3 cm), reliure demi-chagrin rouge à coins, tête dorée, 223 pages, Ouvrage illustré de 40 planches photographiques hors texte et d'une carte en noir. Intérieur bien frais, reliure en très bon état.
191231945Copenhagen Reitzel 1912. Uncut in orig. printed wrappers. Wrappers with soiling. XI426 pp. and 19 plates incl. geological maps textillustrations. <br/><br/><em>First edition of the main and first geological survey of Southern Greenland. At the end Ussing gives a general account of the expedition in Danish. - Meddelelser om Grønland Bd. 38. </em> unknown
19700040731970 A complete set including Official Expedition Cover 'Manchester Nepalese Expedition to Climb Nampa 22162ft.' with post-marked Nepalese stamp and cachet 'Manchester Nepalese Expedition Base Camp 14000 ft' a bit of rubbing to extremities & a few marks to reverse; original pictorial postcard of Nampa with identical cachet signed by the entire expedition team John Allen Leader Bill Rowntree Arthur Clarke Yvonne Clarke Brian Cosby and Rob Beighton; perforated sheet with special expedition stamp and a double-side folding sheet with route map and explanatory notes. A near fine set. Signed by the Expedition Team. First Edition. unknown
19600042851960 Original pictorial postcard with Nepali Stamps. Signed by 6 team members Max Eiselin Kurt Diemberger Albin Schelbert Ernst Forrer Peter Diener and Jerzy Hajdukiewicz and two sherpas. A near fine copy. The first ascent of Dhaulagiri then the highest unclimbed peak by a Swiss team lead by Max Eiselin in 1960. See Max Eiselin 'The Ascent of Dhaulagiri' and Kurt Diemberger's 'Summits and Secrets' both of which can be purchased from us. Signed by the Team Members. unknown
19600037021960 Original pictorial postcard with Nepali Stamps P 28. Signed by 6 team members Max Eiselin Kurt Diemberger Albin Schelbert Ernst Forrer Peter Diener and Jerzy Hajdukiewicz and two sherpas. A near fine copy. The first ascent of Dhaulagiri then the highest unclimbed peak by a Swiss team lead by Max Eiselin in 1960. See Max Eiselin 'The Ascent of Dhaulagiri' and Kurt Diemberger's 'Summits and Secrets' both of which can be purchased from us. Signed by the Team Members. unknown
1967003886The Expedition 1967 Original pictorial postcard with two Argentine stamps 26 & 6 pesos postmarked Buenos Aires 15 Dec 1967 and cachet 'British Cerro Torre Expedition 1967/68. Base Camp Laguna Torre 15 Dec 1967'. A very good copy. Signed by the team Martin Boysen Mick Burke Pete Crew Dougal Haston. Signed by the Team Members. First Edition. Soft Cover. VG. The Expedition paperback
1920501237<p>"V. Stefansson" in black fountain pen ink on pictorial American Geographical Society letterhead Ottawa Ontario Canada July 9 1920. 8 1/2" x 11"; 1 page; very good. Together with the original typed envelope stamped and postmarked Ottawa Ont. July 9 1920 with two stamps. To Dr. William C. Thro East Northport Long Island New York "Dear Dr. Thro: If I were only in New York I should take instant advantage of your invitation to visit you on the Long Island coast but I shall be spending most of my summer in Canada with only an odd visit to the city. I shall look you up in the fall or whenever I come to be regularly in New York. I hope both you and Mrs. Thro have a delightful summer. V. Stefansson." Stefansson 1879-1962 American ethnologist/explorer/author; lived amongst the Eskimo 1906-07; Canadian/Alaskan Arctic expedition commander 1913-18; consultant to Dartmouth College's Northern Studies program 1947-62.</p> unknown
1920501237<p>"V. Stefansson" in black fountain pen ink on pictorial American Geographical Society letterhead Ottawa Ontario Canada July 9 1920. 8 1/2" x 11"; 1 page; very good. Together with the original typed envelope stamped and postmarked Ottawa Ont. July 9 1920 with two stamps. To Dr. William C. Thro East Northport Long Island New York "Dear Dr. Thro: If I were only in New York I should take instant advantage of your invitation to visit you on the Long Island coast but I shall be spending most of my summer in Canada with only an odd visit to the city. I shall look you up in the fall or whenever I come to be regularly in New York. I hope both you and Mrs. Thro have a delightful summer. V. Stefansson." Stefansson 1879-1962 American ethnologist/explorer/author; lived amongst the Eskimo 1906-07; Canadian/Alaskan Arctic expedition commander 1913-18; consultant to Dartmouth College's Northern Studies program 1947-62.</p> unknown books
1903306501Berlin, Siegfried Mittler, 1903. VIII, 2, 238 Seiten. Mit zahlreichen dokumentarischen Abbildungen, zwei (1 groß) ausfaltbare geographische Karten. Halbleinenband gr.-8vo.( 26 x 18 cm). Halbleinenband.
196744603Copenhagen 1967-69. 4to. Orig. hcloth. 12918453 pp. tables and more that 200 plates. some folding. Clean and fine. hardcover
196744603Copenhagen, 1967-69. 4to. Orig. hcloth. 129,184,53 pp., tables and more that 200 plates., some folding. Clean and fine.
1971142618Royal Marines Staff 1971. 63024 pp. Quarto. Stiff illustrated card covers staple-bound as issued. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs within the text. Signed by the leader of the expedition M. K. Burley on the front wrapper. Two illustrated envelopes from the expedition with canceled stamps loosely inserted. Several maps including one on the inside of the front wrapper. Some rust from the staples in the latter part of the book. A very good to near fine copy. Official report of the expedition which explored the islands of the Elephant Islands Group in the Antarctic summer of 1970-71. Seems very scarce. 1971 Royal Marines Staff unknown
1977106929No Place: Printed by the Drawings and Publications Department of H.M.S. Collingwood nd c1977. Softcover. very good. 1st Edition. vi71pp. Quarto in original stiff illustrated card covers stapled with illustration on cover from painting by Keith Shackleton and plates from photos and maps and tables. Inscribed and signed by leader Chris Furse. Official report of the expedition which explored the islands of the Elephant Islands Group in the Antarctic summer of 1976-77. Travelling mainly by canoe between the islands the expedition divided into two main groups to perform scientific observations the Gibbs Island Party and the Clarence Island Party. 1977 Printed by the Drawings and Publications Department of H.M.S. Collingwood paperback
1907142830NP: Nimrod Expedition 1907. Small piece of vellum 10 X 7 cm. Printed on one side are six words which were intended to have observations recorded adjacent. Other than a bit of shrinkage to the vellum the item is in nice condition. This interesting expedition registration slip seems to have been intended for oceanographic recording. The six areas for recording are titled as follows: No.; Date; Lat.; Long; Depth; and Temp. The provenance for the slip is from the Goldberg collection as the other items in the catalogue. Other than being recorded in the Goldberg personal catalogue as from the Nimrod Expedition there is nothing else to tie it to the expedition. Still an interesting artifact. 1907 Nimrod Expedition hardcover
190434773Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark 1904. First Edition. profusely illustrated with 33 black and white illustrations on glossy plates including a map and city plan and with a fold out map of the Mounds of Nippur. 8vo publisher's original buff decorated cloth the upper cover with a portrait of a Hillah workman in buff red black and white within a black border with black lettering the spine gilt lettered and ruled in black with small Sumerian bird symbol in red top edge gilt. xii 355 pp. A fine copy the text-block perfectly clean and fresh slight mellowing to prelims and fore-edge only the binding very sound and fresh with just a tiny bit of age evidence a beautiful copy. FIRST EDITION AND A POPULAR ACCOUNT OF THE IMPORTANT BABYLONIAN EXPEDITION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA. The author was the only English member of the American expedition giving him a unique perspective on its intentions and discoveries. BY NILE AND EUPHRATES is not a typical expedition log; it is an account of life in an excavator's camp the journey to camp and the people encountered along the way.<br> As British member of Petrie's archeological expedition to Egypt and Mesopotamia Geere was present during the important excavations at Nippur. Nippur was situated on both sides of the ancient bed of the Shatt-en-Nil canal one of the earliest courses of the Euphrates between the present bed of that river and the Tigris almost 160 km southeast of Baghdad. The canal bed divides the site into an East Mound and West Mound. It is represented by the great complex of ruin mounds known to the Arabs as Nuffar written by the earlier explorers Niffer and later as Nippur.<br> Nippur was first excavated briefly by Sir Austen Henry Layard in 1851. But full-scale digging was begun by the expedition from the University of Pennsylvania. The work involved four seasons of excavation between 1889 and 1900 and was led by John Punnett Peters John Henry Haynes and Hermann Volrath Hilprecht all of whom were known to and cited by Geere. Thousands of tablets were found at a smaller mound dubbed "tablet hill" about 7.5 meters in average height and 52 square meters in area southeast of the temple mound.A true arch one of the world's earliest examples was also found. In the Parthian layer a box containing fragments of votive axes made of glass from the Kassite period were found. Several late Kassite rulers are represented including Kurigalzu II. T. & T. Clark hardcover
1907100092264Lirairie hachette et CIe / A travers le monde 1907 in4. 1907. Relié. iconographie en noir et blanc