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198769219Beijing: Science Press 1987. 8vo pp. 4 vi 510; printed from typescript; graphs maps tables illustrations throughout; previous owner's bookplate otherwise near fine in original blue cloth stamped in gilt on spine. "From May to September 1981 the Sino-W. German Joint Expedition to the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau made multi-disciplinary investigations of glaciology permafrost climatic geomorphology geology surveying and remote sensing in the Anyêmaqên Mountains Qilian Mountains and a part of the Kunlun Mountains. A symposium on the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau was held at Braunschweig in April 1982 . and scientists from West Germany China Switzerland and Austria took part in it. The following five topics relating to the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau were discussed: 1. Glaciers and glacier oscillations; 2. Ice and frost regions; 3. Geomorphological types; 4. Vegetations weather and climate; 5. Recent and ancient alpine climate in Asia" Preface. Science Press unknown
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1749E0529<p>2 volumes. 182 pages with fold out frontispiece map and three additional folding engravings; 319 pages with seven folding engravings. half-titles in each title pages improperly marked first volume as second and vice versa. Duodecimo 6 1/2" x 3 1/2" bound in original publisher's full uniform contemporary French sponged calf with gilt-tooled spines. First French edition after the 1748 English edition.<br /><br />Henry Ellis was a traveler hydrographer and colonial governor returned from Italy in 1746 just in time to find an expedition to search for a north-west passage on the point of sailing. He appears to have been in easy circumstances; his name stands in the list of subscribers to the north-west expedition and he had sufficient interest to get attached to it nominally as agent for the committee and really as hydrographer surveyor and mineralogist the expedition consisting of two vessels the <em>Dobbs</em> galley of 180 and <em>California</em> of 150 tons left Gravesend on 20 May 1746 joined the Hudson's Bay convoy in Hollesley Bay and finally sailed from Yarmouth on the 31st. They parted from the convoy on 18 June made Resolution Island on 8 July and after a tedious passage through Hudson's Straits rounded Cape Digges on 8 August and on the 11th 'made the land on the west side the Welcome in latitude 64° N.' Bad weather drove them to the southward and prevented their doing anything more that season. They wintered in Hayes River in a creek about three miles above Fort York where a quarrel with the agent of the Hudson's Bay Company gave an unwonted piquancy to the dark and weary days. They suffered much from scurvy the prevalence of which Ellis attributes to their having got two kegs of brandy from Fort York for their Christmas merrymaking and in a minor degree to the 'governor' not permitting the Indians to supply them with fresh provisions. On 29 May 1747 the ice broke up and they were able to warp to the mouth of their creek; on 9 June they got down to Fort York. There they were allowed to get some provisions and stores and on the 24th cleared the river and 'stood to the northward on the discovery'. On 1 July each of the two ships sent away her long-boat but owing apparently to some ill-feeling between the two captains without any prearranged plan for working in concert. The consequence was that they separately went over the same ground discovering naming and examining the several creeks and inlets on the west side of Hudson's Bay the double examination perhaps compensating for the confusion arising from the double naming. Before the season closed in they had satisfied themselves that the only possible exit from Hudson's Bay on the west must be through the Welcome and that very probably there was no way out except that on the east by which they had come in. The result may not seem much; but as it served to put an end to the idea that the passage must lie through Hudson's Bay it was at least so much gain to accurate knowledge. After 21 August the weather broke and they decided in council 'to bear away for England without further delay.' On the 29th they entered Hudson's Straits passed Resolution Island on 9 September and arrived at Yarmouth on 14 Octivwe. Ellis's share in the work of the expedition had really been very slender but the reputation of it has been commonly assigned to him by reason of the narrative which he published the following year under the title <em>A Voyage to Hudson's Bay by the DobbsGalley and California in the years 1746 and 1747 for Discovering a North-West Passage</em> 1748; a work which with many valuable observations on tides on the vagaries of the compass and on the customs of the Eskimos a people then practically unknown mingles a great deal of speculation on the certain existence of the passage on magnetism on fogs on rust and other matters all more or less ingenious but now known to be wildly erroneous. Such as it was the book commended its author to the scientific workers of the day and on 8 February 1748-9 he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society. Possibly in acknowledgment of his scientific labors but more probably by some family interest he was afterwards appointed successively governor of Georgia and of Nova Scotia from which employment he retired about 1770. He seems to have spent his later years as a wanderer on the continent was at Marseilles in 1775 and died at Naples on 21 January 1806.<br /><br /><strong>Condition:</strong><br /><br />Some dark spots to spine else a very good copy.</p> Ballard Fils hardcover
1888308<p>London: Hodder and Stoughton 1888. Hard Cover. -- 1st Edition seventh thousand. </p><p>Bound in the publisher's red cloth with coated black endpapers bright gilt lettering to the spine and an insect gilt-stamped on the front board. Illustrated with six folding maps all in color and in excellent condition as well as with several engravings. The cloth is minimally soiled the corners are slightly bumped; hinges are still strong; text is clean throughout. </p> Hodder and Stoughton hardcover
1985004553Brazil: EdITora Universidade De Brasilia 1985. These are the two volumes published by the university of Brazil in Portugese by the world's leading authority on the birds of Brazil. VERY RARE! Very Nice. Sighed Neatly By a Previous Owner. This is the SECOND Brazilian Edition . Brown Cloth. Very Good/Very Good Not Price Clipped. Illus. by Numerous Illustrations By Paul Barruel . 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Near Folio. Hard Back. EdITora Universidade De Brasilia hardcover
1898901London: Methuen. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1898. First English Edition; First Printing. Hardcover pictorial boards. Two volumes. Profusely illustrated with 83 photos 49 drawings 4 colour drawings and coloured fold out map to first volume; 81 drawings 28 photos 2 colour drawings and coloured fold out map to the second volume. Both volumes in original dark green pictorial cloth bindings. From the library of Christ's Hospital school. Both volumes have new endpapers some unobtrusive library stamps and have some shelf wear otherwise very good sound presentable copies. ; Colour Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Vol I 663 Vol II 614 pages . Methuen hardcover
H909Washington Beverley Tucker 1856. Three volumes quarto Volume 1 with 88 lithographed plates most tinted three colour facsimiles of Japanese woodblock prints two folding six maps two folding numerous wood-engraved illustrations in text the suppressed nude bathers plate is present !; Volume 2 with 27 illustration plates 18 hand-coloured 16 plates of wind & current diagrams 16 folding maps 14 linen-backed; Volume 3 with 352 wood-engraved star charts. Original cloth rubbed joints with small tears minor wear Text and plates in good condition. First edition the Senate Issue of Perry's account of his historic voyage to Japan in command of a naval expedition which was to lobby the Japanese government to establish diplomatic relations with the United States. The resulting treaty in 1853 ensured better treatment by the Japanese authorities of shipwrecked seamen and permitted American ships to dock at two Japanese ports to refuel and to seek supplies. "The most important result. was that the visit contributed to the collapse of the feudal regime and to the modernization of Japan" Hill. "As one of the chief diplomatic achievements of the 19th century the opening of Japan by the treaty negotiated by Perry will long make the name of Perry memorable. His expedition marked a departure in Occidental policy restricting Japan in American policy respecting the Orient and in Japanese policy respecting the Western world. In June 1855 Perry was ordered to Washington where his chief duty for more than a year was the preparation of a report of his expedition which was published by the government in 1856" DAB. hardcover
19345134London: Kegan Paul Trench & Co. Very Good. 1934. Reprint. Hard Cover. With 64 plates map quarter leather spine dec in gilt blue cloth sides with school Geelong Grammar gilt crest to front top edge gilt marbled endpapers prize plate to front endpaper internally clean & tight. A very good copy. ; 215 x 140mm; xvi 366 pages . Kegan Paul, Trench, & Co. hardcover
19301948289Harvard University Press 1930. Hardcover. Used-Very Good. Two volumes. Tall 8vo. Cloth dj. 1064 pp. in all. A very sound set with clean internals. First Edition. Harvard University Press hardcover
1935064976New York: Dodd Mead & Company 1935. 5th printing New and Enlarged Edition which has a new final chapter. Square and unmarked with residue on front flyleaf from a bookplate removal. We've laid in another bookplate that can mostly cover this. Full blue cloth binding. 406pp. Photos. Dust jacket is moderately worn along edges with small chips toned spine. Now in a new mylar cover. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9" - 12" Tall. Dodd, Mead & Company Hardcover
37273New York. Harper and Brothers. 1876. Soft cover. folio. 41cm pp976-977 & 991-993 with 3 illustrations 1 double-page wraps fine. Ads. New York. Harper and Brothers. 1876 unknown
1756BB0568London: Printed by H. Woodfall 1756. Quarter-bound Leather. Near Fine. First Edition "printed for presentation only and not sold." DNB. The more common second edition published in octavo appeared the following year. 4to: 62015203-3611pp with engraved frontispiece and engraved plate opposite the divisional title to the Essay on Tea both by Thomas Major after Samuel Wale. Modern quarter-calf over plain paper-covered boards flat spine in six compartments between decorative gilt bands red morocco lettering piece gilt; all edges stained red end papers renewed. Title page and preliminaries lightly foxed but contents otherwise clean and bright the binding tight and firm. A splendid wide-margined copy. ESTC Citation No. T127188. Gibson's Library p. 144. Goldsmiths'-Kress 9083. Cox I p. 19. Hanway was both a widely traveled merchant with connections to the Russia Company and a philanthropist whose causes included foundlings prostitutes and the climbing apprentices of chimney sweeps. His mother's death in 1755 prompted him to return to Portsmouth where she was buried that sojourn served as inspiration for this his second book to which he appended An Essay on Tea. Hanway describes many of the places he visited including Salisbury with its great cathedral and Stonehenge with digressions on tombstones sacred music and oratorios divine poetry temperance lapdogs false grief the ruling passion of women and much else. His Essay on Tea indicts the beverage for causing everything from insomnia weak nerves and scurvy to bad teeth and proposes 'Herbs of our own growth in lieu of tea.' Oliver Goldsmith Samuel Johnson and other ardent tea-drinkers criticized these eccentric views in The Idler and other publications. N. B. With few exceptions always identified we only stock books in exceptional condition. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association and we subscribe to its codes of ethics. Printed by H. Woodfall unknown
1003776London: Frank Cass 1945. POSTED AT OUR STANDARD RATES FULLY INSURED! UK ONLY.Please e-mail for further details and don't hesitate to ask if you require photographs. Not Signed or Inscribed. This is the Second Impression 1971. Blue Cloth. FINE AS BRAND NEW/Near Fine NEAR NEW. 4to - over 9¾" - 12". HARDBACK. Frank Cass hardcover
1004667London: Frank Cass 1945. POSTED AT OUR STANDARD RATES FULLY INSURED! UK ONLY.Please e-mail for further details and don't hesitate to ask if you require photographs. Not Signed or Inscribed. This is the Second Impression 1971. Blue Cloth Black Embossed. FINE AS BRAND NEW/FINE AS BRAND NEW. 4to - over 9¾" - 12". HARDBACK. Frank Cass Hardcover
1004668London: Frank Cass 1945. POSTED AT OUR STANDARD RATES FULLY INSURED! UK ONLY.Please e-mail for further details and don't hesitate to ask if you require photographs. Not Signed or Inscribed. This is the Second Impression 1971. Blue Cloth Black Embossed. Near Fine NEAR NEW/Near Fine NEAR BRAND NEW. 4to - over 9¾" - 12". HARDBACK. Frank Cass Hardcover
190786512St Louis Mo: Privately Printed. Very Good; Limited Edition #211/487 Copies. Inscribed By Publisher. 1907. First Edition. Leather. Illustrated with facsimile pages of Hamilton's 1744 journey narrative and with scenes from his travels. PROFESSIONALLY REBOUND IN GORGEOUS GENUINE LEATHER WITH RAISED BANDS ON SPINE STRIP AND GILT LETTERING. ALSO HAS NEW LOVELY MARBLED BOARDS AND NEW END PAPERS.; 263 pages . Privately Printed hardcover
192719681Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill. 1927. Hardcover. Very Good. Boards with light rubbing to extremities. Spine faded. Light chipping to spine ends. Mild browning to first and last few pages. ; The early adventures of the well known explorer and American travel writer. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 354 pages . Bobbs-Merrill hardcover
1965057598Cambridge University Press / Hakluyt Society 1965. Large books: NO international orders. 2 Volume Set. Unmarked books showing some light reader's use and handling. Lacking dust jackets. Full blue cloth bindings. 975pp. Fold-out map. A Photo-Lithographic Facsimile with an Introduction By David Beers Quinn and Raleigh Ashlin Skelton and with a New Index By Alison Quinn. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 4to - over 9" - 12" Tall. Cambridge University Press / Hakluyt Society Hardcover
188632946London : John Murray 1886 . First Edition . Fair . 8VO . Illustrated with attractive wood engravings many full page. Each volume has a striking ornithological hand-coloured engraved frontis. There are a number of maps mostly two colour some folding in each volume. Bound in half calf marble boards. All covers are detached as well as the spine on volume 2 ; the spine on volume 1 is half detached. The text blocks are in very good condition although the colour frontispieces are foxed. All plates and maps are present. John Murray hardcover
1954032716London: Hodder & Stoughton 1954 VG-/VG-. 4to. original blue boards gilt rubbed & marked with small fraying at spine ends inscription & prev. owner's address label to FFE tape marks to pastedowns occ. leaf edge fray else internally clean in dustwrapper priced £2 2s. net rubbed & frayed some staining and spotting; pp. unpaginated with numerous colour photos. A very good copy. Neate G62. Inscribed to FFE by the author 'Best wishes Alfred Gregory' and additionally flatsigned by four team members including first ascensionist Ed Hillary George Lowe Michael Westmacott and Jan Morris. Signed by Five Team Members. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG-/VG-. Hodder & Stoughton hardcover
1954034520New York: E.P.Dutton 1954 VG/VG. 4to. original blue boards gilt a trifle rubbed & marked a little spotting & toning else internally clean in dustwrapper spine sunned edges rubbed & a little nicked closed tear at headcap tape repaired on reverse a few marks remains of small price label to foot of upper flap; pp. unpaginated with numerous colour photos. A very good copy. Neate G62. Flatsigned on title page by the author 'Alfred Gregory' first ascensionist 'Ed Hillary' and his son 'Peter Hillary' also a notable mountaineer. Alf Gregory Greg1913-2010 was an accomplished mountaineer and keen amateur photographer who took on the role of stills camera as part of his climbing duties on the successful 1953 Everest expedition. This resulting work was allegedly the first all colour photographic book published in Britain at that time and contains the earliest appearance of many of his fine images. He moved to Australia in the 1990s spending the latter part of his life living in the Dandenongs. Signed by Two Team Members. First US. Hard Cover. VG/VG. E.P.Dutton hardcover
