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29817British Library No date. Later Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Commanded by Capt. F.P. Blackwood in Torres Strait New Guinea and other islands of the Eastern Archipelago 1842 - 1846 together with an excursion into the interior of the eastern part of Java. Size: Quarto. Text body is clean and free from previous owner annotation underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. All edges clean neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Ships & the Sea; Papua New Guinea; 19th century; Exploration. All our pictures shown here are of the actual item not stock photos. Inventory No: 29817. . This book is extra heavy and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries. British Library paperback
1970005533Frank Cass Publishers 1970. A lovely copy of this SCARCE Facsimile edition. 180pp. Number 64 in the Cass Library of African Studies Travels and Narratives. This book is POSTED AT OUR STANDARD RATES FULLY INSURED UK ONLY . .Please email for further details. NOT Inscribed or Signed. The 1970 Reprint of the 1797 2nd Edition. Red Cloth. FINE AS NEW/No Jacket. Illus. by Black and White Drawings. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾". Hard Back. Frank Cass Publishers Hardcover
1970005641Frank Cass Publishers 1970. A lovely copy of this SCARCE Facsimile edition.NOT EX LIBRARY! 180pp. Number 64 in the Cass Library of African Studies Travels and Narratives. This book will be POSTED AT OUR STANDARD RATES FULLY INSURED UK ONLY . Please email for further details. Not Inscribed or Signed. The 1970 Reprint of the 1797 2nd Edition. Red Cloth. FINE NEW /No Jacket. Illus. by Black and White Drawings. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾". Hard Back. Frank Cass Publishers Hardcover
1733E0553<p>2 volumes. 8xxiv616471 pages with 4 maps ad view one folding and 3 plates one folding; 2693892 pages with 1 map and 6 plates. Quarto 10 1/4" x 10 1/4" bound in half leather with raised spine bands and gilt lettering to spine over marbled boards. Borba de Moraes page I:453; European Americana 733/146; Sabin 38591 First edition.<br /><br />Joseph-François Lafitau was a French Jesuit missionary ethnologist and naturalist. He is best known for his use of the comparative method in the field of scientific anthropology the discovery of ginseng and his writings on the Iroquois. Lafitau was the first of the Jesuit missionaries in Canada to have a scientific point of view. Lafitau is considered the first of the modern ethnographers and a precursor of scientific ethnology for his work on the Iroquois. He developed a model of studying peoples that involved describing existing cultures on their own terms—not in comparison to European society. He distinguished generic and specific traits transforming the "generic savage" into specific tribal groups. He explained that "only from specific identities can genetic relations be inferred." Furthermore he was the first to declare "contemporary primitive cultures throw light upon the culture of ancient people and vice versa. Lafitau is remembered for applying the comparative method with a greater level of competency than any of his contemporaries. Through original field observations he was able to critique the works of earlier writers on Primitive peoples. By using the Comparative Method Lafitau rejected all theories of social and cultural change and instead used his study to demonstrate the similarities in customs practices and usages of the Native North Americans with diverse peoples from different continents and centuries. He consistently relied on the doctrine of degeneration: all men originally shared one religion with one God but over time as people migrated to separate margins of the earth where they then lost touch with the values and traditions of this one true religion and culture. Therefore Lafitau believed in the "psychic unity of mankind" and the doctrine of primitive monotheism. His major work written in French was first published in 1724 in Paris. It is entitled <em>Customs of the American Indians Compared with the Customs of Primitive Times</em> <em>Moeurs des Sauvages Amériquains Comparées aux Moeurs des Premiers Temps</em> and is 1100 pages in total. In 1974 William Fenton and Elizabeth Moore made the first translation into English available.</p><p>Lafitau published two other works. One <em>Histoire de Jean de Brienne Roy de Jérusalem et Empereur de Constantinople</em> Paris 1727 was released before he returned to Canada; it is little known and seldom seen. A two-volume <em>Histoire des découvertes et conquestes des Portugais dons le Nouveau Monde . . .</em> 1733 appeared after he came home to France. Frequently found in libraries it is not just a compilation of original sources but an attempt to make available to French readers a story of exploration and adventure otherwise denied to them; in the chronicles he sees a long development of customs hitherto unnoticed such as he had reported in the <em>Mœurs</em>; from them understood only he says in the original languages of the people who practice them he builds his "system" or philosophy of history and once more he is concerned too with the relation between custom and natural history or ecology.<br /><br /><strong>Condition:</strong><br /><br />Beautifully rebound in half leather. Faint dampening to second volume; early owner's signatures on title pages inked stamps of St Charles Borromeo Seminary on front paste-downs and first title page lacks frontispiece else a very good to fine set.</p> Chez Saugrain pere, quai des Augustins, au coin de la rue Chez Saugrain pere, quai des Augustins, au coin de la rue Pavee, a la hardcover
19682091202133106334Kansai Gakuin University Research Association 1968. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Kansai Gakuin University Research Association paperback
2111902158404591Kansai Gakuin University Research Association N.A. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Kansai Gakuin University Research Association paperback
201622739Fort Nelson BC: Fort Nelson News. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2016. First Edition. Hardcover. 1771364149 . Signed by Author; DJ and boards show very light shelf wear.; A bright solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. Inscribed by the author on the half-title page. Many photographs images of documents maps in B&W and colour. At the back of the book are Epilogue lists of people involved where and when Biographies References Bibliography and Index ; Oblong 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 520 pages; This amazing volume covers the history of a very large area of the Liard River Basin encompassing parts of the Yukon the Northwest Territories and northern British Columbia the communities of Fort Nelson BC Fort Simpson NWT and Fort Liard NWT. "The Liard River Basin is a vast transboundary watershed in northwestern Canada Yukon BC NWT within the larger Mackenzie River system known for its rich boreal forests significant gas resources in deep shales like the Horn River important aquatic ecosystems and natural wonders" This history delves into the places the people involved in the discoveries and the indigenous peoples of the area . Fort Nelson News hardcover
200023886Adelaide: Friends of the State Library of South Australia. Fine. 2000. First thus. Hardcover. 1876154314 . With an Introduction by Valmai Hankel portrait frontispiece folding map in a pocket to the rear pastedown endpaper an as new copy. ; Australiana Facsimile Editions No. 221; 225 x 145mm . Friends of the State Library of South Australia hardcover
1700E0566xxiii43313 table pages with two folding maps of the Marsianes and Guam. Duodecimo 6 1/2 x 3 1/4" bound in contemporary full sheep with red label in gilt spine and five raised spine bands speckled red end pages. Brunet 28230 Cioranescu 41783 First edition.<br /><br />Charles Le Gobien was a French Jesuit writer founder of the <i>Lettres édifiantes et curieuses</i> a collection of reports from Jesuit missionaries in China. It is a major source of information for the history of Catholic missions and life in China in those times. Le Gobien was born at Saint-Malo Brittany. He entered the Society of Jesus on 25 November 1671. As professor of philosophy and especially while procurator of the Franco-Chinese mission he sought in a series of papers to awaken interest in the work of Christianizing Eastern Asia. In 1697 appeared at Paris his Lettres sur les progréz de la religion à la Chine. Apropos of Chinese Rites controversy he published among other things <i>Histoire de l'édit de l'empereur de la Chine en faveur de la religion chrétienne avec un éclaircissement sur les honneurs que les Chinois rendent à Confucius et aux morts</i> Paris 1698; and in the year 1700: <i>Lettre à un Docteur de la Faculté de Paris sur les propositions déférées en Sorbonne par M. Prioux</i>. Under the same date there appeared in Paris the<i> Histoire des Isles Mariannes nouvellement converties à la religion chrétienne</i>. The second part translated into Spanish by J. Delgado is found in the latter's <i>Historia General de Filipinas</i> Manila 1892. In 1702 Père Le Gobien published <i>Lettres de quelques missionnaires de la Compagnie de Jésus écrites de la Chine et des Indes Orientales</i>; this was the beginning of the collection soon to become celebrated under the title of <i>Lettres édifiantes et curieuses écrites des missions étrangéres par quelques missionnaires de la Compagnie de Jésus</i>. The first eight series were by Le Gobien the latter ones by Fathers Du Halde Patouillet Geoffroy and Maréchal. The collection was printed in thirty-six volumes duodecimo Paris 1703–76 and reissued in 1780-81 by Fathers Yves de Querbeux and Brotier in twenty-six volumes duodecimo omitting the prefaces. New editions appeared in 1819 1829–32 and 1838-43. One abridgment in four volumes octavo was entitled <i>Panthéon Littéraire</i> by L. Aimé Martin 1834–43. A partial English translation came out in London in 1714. The publication incited the Austrian Jesuit Stöcklein to undertake his <i>Neuer Welt Bott</i> about 1720 at first considered merely a translation but soon an independent and particularly valuable collection five volumes folio in forty parts substantially completing the <i>Lettres Edifiantes</i>.<br /><br />This is a history of the Christian missions in the Marianas or Ladrones Islands in the north-western Pacific the principal island of which is Guam. Reprinted in the text are several letters from early missionaries Medina Clain Sanvitores &c. The Jesuit mission was established there by Diego Luis de Sanvitores. Father Le Gobien never visited the Mariana islands but based his account chiefly on the relations and letters of missionaries sent to him from Rome Spain the Netherlands etc. Includes a letter by P. Clain about the discovery of the Caroline Islands.<br /><br /><b>Condition:</b><br /><br />Rebacked with original spine laid down provenance: Jesuit College library with old stamps to front free endpaper half title and title page else about very good. Nicolas Pepie hardcover
1860H3779London: W. J. Adams 1860. 114 pages. 12mo. Decorated binding. First edition. A description of various locales in France with an eye to the curative effects of the climate on invalids and patients. Binding is embossed blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine and front and some gilt decoration on front as well. The book is in very good condition: clean and tight with some minor rubbing to edges of cover and edges of spine. Original bookseller's stamp on front pastedown endpaper. Pages are lightly toned; page 105 has a 1" closed tear in bottom margin. Still an attractive copy in new mylar jacket!. First Edition. Hard Cover. Collectible-Very Good/No Dust Jacket as Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book. W. J. Adams Hardcover
1899066162New York: Longmans Green and Co. 1899. Full cloth binding. Front hinge tender. Some dampstaining to lower page fore edges. Internally unmarked. Frontis. with tissue overlay. 378pp. Illustrations. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. Longmans, Green and Co. Hardcover
196712030424Oxford University Press London 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. Hardcover. 481 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Oxford University Press London 1967. First Edition. CONDITION: The book itself is in good condition and comes in good dust jacket. Front hinge is cracked and binding is quite loose. No foxing in this copy. Dust Jacket worn at edges small chips and tears. Dust Jacket price-clipped. No inscriptions. ABOUT THIS BOOK: History of exploration of the Ross Sea sector of Antarctica. Pasted into the front of the book is a typed letter unsigned from the author to Gladys Jack lamenting the passing of Keith Jack who was part of Shackleton's 1914-1917 stranded expedition to Antarctica. Also included are newspaper clippings regarding the death of Keith Jacks and Captain John King Davis who took Shackleton and Mawson to the South Pole. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Exploration; Arctic & Antarctic. Inventory No: 12030424. Oxford University Press hardcover
1903EXNW00003New York: New Amsterdam Book Company 1903 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Ribbed maroon cloth gilt titles on front board & spine top edge gilt maroon endpapers frontis. 368 2 pp footnotes index. A bit of rubbing to extremities and faint spotting to rear board else fine. Scholarly biography of Amerigo Vespucci which collects in English translalion many of the documents relating to his life & voyages. This is a rather attractive little reprint in a size convenient to carry around. Shipping weight 2 lbs. Reprint. . VG/No dj. 18 X 11½ cm. New Amsterdam Book Company Hardcover
180718812Paris: Imprimerie de Langlois 1807. Very good condition. One of the most attractive prints of wombats a pair of wombats with 4 offspring clambering about. This is plate XXVIII from the work illustrating Nicolas Baudin's expedition. At the time the French were the most progressive at sending teams of artists & scientists around the world with their explorers. Copper engraving with original hand color. Platemark measures 12 1/2 x 9 1/2'' with small margins. A large early representation of the infrequently depicted wombat. Imprimerie de Langlois unknown
4817<p>The Fight for Everest: 1924 Lieutenant-Colonel E.F. Norton And Other Members of the Expedition. Published by Edward Arnold & Co. London 1925. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; 372pp. with 32 plates from photographs 8 of them in color plus a folding map and folding panorama map. Dark green cloth boards with gilt titles front and spine. Black inked name and date of 1926 to free endpaper and light pencil notes to rear free endpaper. Contents are otherwise in very nice condition without tears markings or folds. All maps and plates are accounted for and in fine condition. Front board has scratching near foredge and rubbing to edges; binding is secure and boards are square. A very collectible copy.</p><p>The story of the third expedition to Everest by the surviving members of the team. Includes an account by Noel Odell of the disappearance of George Leigh Mallory and Andrew Irvine on the Northeast Ridge. Also contains the letters George Mallory sent to his wife from the expedition as well as essays of physiology natural history geology oxygen photography and suggestions for future expeditions.</p> hardcover
19762090602128804824Meiji shoin 1976. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 book Meiji shoin paperback
1852ZB409601Washington: Hamilton printer 1852. 7 pp issued as 32d Congress 1st Session HED 19; extraction roughness at spine now in self wrappers; the surviving American members of the failed Lopez expedition against Cuba have been pardoned and released; their actions were unauthorized but Secretary of State Daniel Webster thinks something should be done to relieve their forlorn and deplorable condition. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Washington: Hamilton, printer, unknown
1836185920Leipzig: Hirschfeld 1836. Hardcover. G Cover has fading cracking edge/corner damage. Bookblock has age toning. Interior pages have age toning foxing some water staining. Title page has some text work away. Brown leather decorative boards with 2 metal clasps. Decorative carved and colored bookblock. VIII 920 257 pages. Hirschfeld hardcover
18541102250022Philadelphia: Blanchard and Lea 1854. Ninth Edition Revised. Leather Bound. Very Good. Published in 1854. Large 8vo. 509 pp. Collated. Complete. Two maps and multiple illustrations all in very good condition. Clean unmarked pages no foxing. Bound in contemporary leather somewhat worn. Covers in good shape with only slight bumping gold gilt spine lettering and imprint on front cover. Back cover looks like it was imprinted as well but the gilt is missing. Binding is in excellent shape. Ships daily. Captain William Francis Lynch commander of the 1847 USN expedition to the Dead Sea wrote this chronicle of the journey upon his return to the United States. A native Virginian he later served in the Confederate Navy but he was repatriated to the United States after the American Civil War. Blanchard and Lea hardcover
196622774Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Limited. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. DJ and boards show some shelf wear DJ has short tears and light chipping some discoloration.; A tight solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector.; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 265 pages; "Fidler joined the Hudson's Bay Company as a labourer at London and took up his post at York Factory in 1788. He was promoted to clerk and posted to Manchester House and South Branch House in what later became Saskatchewan within his first year. In 1790 he was transferred to Cumberland House and given training in surveying and astronomy by Philip Turnor who also trained David Thompson. . McClelland & Stewart Limited hardcover
1588E05544-5702 blank28 pages with woodcut device on title woodcut historiated initials and decorations. Folio 12 1/2" x 8 1/4" bound in contemporary vellum. European Americana 588/57; Palau 146976; Sabin 146976 <i>Western Travellers in China</i> 11 First edition of Maffei's great history of India.<br /><br />Ten Latin editions two in Italian and two in French appeared before 1621. Based on primary material it still remains a valuable account today. The work is divided into 16 books. Most of it deals with the Portuguese conquests and Jesuit missionary work in the East Indies and India up to about 1557 Borba de Moraes page 508 "a classic work on the subject . writes extensively about Brazil describing it very accurately"; Maffie was the firs author to use Jesuit letters extensively as well as many secular sources including Fernando Mendes Pinto.<br /><br /><b>Condition:</b><br /><br />Contemporary velum with moderate wear re-backed in vellum with original spine label laid down; minor worming and foxing intermittent moderate damp staining pages 410 and 419 blank due to a printing error; early inscription and inked stamped on title page new end papers and paste-downs else a good to very good copy. Apud Philippum Juncatam hardcover
1988E0140<p>2 volumes: xiv318 pages with frontispiece 4 maps and illustrations;vi319-584 pages with foldout map illustrations appendices bibliography and index. Octavo 8 3/4" x 5 3/4" issued in original publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and pictorial representation of the ship Victoria embossed in gilt on front cover with cover edges blind ruled in original jackets. Edited by John Bockstoce. Works issued by the Hakluyt Society second series volume 169 and 170. First edition.<br /><br />In 1845 Sir John Franklin's expedition left England search for a northwest passage and vanished into the Arctic forever. three years later HMS Plover's was the first departure in twenty one expeditions searching for Franklin. Although most of the analyses of the Franklin search have focused on the large expeditions in the eastern Arctic the smaller western expeditions also produced significant geographical and ethnographic information. The Plover's voyage of 1848 to 1854 was the first constant presence of Europeans in the western Arctic and Rochfort Maguire's journal is the earliest account of a sustained foreign association with the Eskimos of northern Alaska. Maguire's journal is far more than an important historical document; it is a fascinating account of Europeans and Eskimos learning to cope with one another. Maguire's narrative is introduced by a detailed discussion of the history strategy and logistics of the Franklin Search in the western Arctic.<br /><br />Condition:<br /><br />A fine copy in like jacket.</p> Hakluyt Society hardcover
