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18531314688Concord: G. Parker Lyon c. 1853. Softcover. 16mo; pp 168; Poor/paperback; light brown spine with black text; covers have spotting to exterior; major chips to spine edges; rear cover partially detached; slight cracking to front joint; some small chips to edges; text block shows slight toning to exterior edges; illustrated endpapers; pages 27-46 detached from binding but still present; some dampstaining mostly towards lower half of interior; light writing to pp 14 and 19. 1314688. FP New Rockville Stock. G. Parker Lyon unknown books
1899184498South Bend Ind: Tribune Print Co 1899. Hardcover. VG Cover has general wear. Spine has some edge damage. Bookblock has age toning. Green cloth boards with decorative gilt lettering on cover and spine. 118 pages illustrations 2 portrait frontispiece plates map. Tribune Print Co hardcover books
1899184499South Bend Ind: Tribune Print Co 1899. Hardcover. VG ex-lib copy Cover has general wear. Spine has some edge damage. Bookblock has age toning. Library card holder on rear inside cover. Small sticker on rear end page. Red cloth boards with decorative gilt lettering on cover and spine. 118 pages illustrations 2 portrait frontispiece plates map. Tribune Print Co hardcover books
1872184250Philadelphia: Claxton Remsen & Haffelfinger 1872. Hardcover. VG Cover has general wear Spine has edge wear at top and bottom. Bookblock has age toning. Some interior pages have note from previous owner. Interior pages have intemittent spotting and age toning. Inscription by previous owner on ffep. Brwon cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. viii 155 pages 2 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations. Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger hardcover books
18911310571Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Company 1891. Hardcover. Octavo; Fair/no DJ; Hardcover w/out DJ; Spine black with gold print; Boards in black cloth with gold print worn exposed corners tattered spine caps tears to front and rear hinges shelfwear; Text block has name in pencil on front flyleaf endpapers torn along front and rear hinges spotting to endpapers vendor label on rear pastedown intermittent spine breaks deckle-edged with some pages uncut; xii 285 pages frontispiece illustrated b&w plates. 1310571. FP New Rockville Stock. Houghton, Mifflin and Company hardcover books
1847RBECREP00ECWilliam Clowes and Sons 1847. Fair. de la Beche Sir Henry T. Reports on the Gases and Explosions in Collieries. Playfair Lyon; Smyth Warington. London: William Clowes and Sons 1847. 68pp. Illustrated. Small narrow folio. Disbound wraps. Book condition: Fair with soiling slighlty chipped edges and detatched first leaf and cover. The soling appears to be soot which is humorous considering the topic of the work. Five fold out maps and plans three of which are hand tinted. Mostly we bemoan damaged books. In this case we enjoy. William Clowes and Sons paperback books
189274661Boston:: Houghton Mifflin and Company. Very Good. 1892. Hardcover. Illustrated with 113 photographic plates. Second edition. Gift inscription by poet Edmund Clarence Stedman dated 1892 on front endpage. Ex-library copy with typical markings else very good in a modern sturdy black buckram binding. ; 285 pages . Houghton, Mifflin and Company, hardcover books
190045279Williamsburg: William and Mary College 1900. Hardcover. Good. Early Reprint. 234 xxi pp. Volume I No. 1 July 1892; Volume 1 Number 2 October 1892; Volume 1 Number 3 January 1893. Hinges starting spine sunned with some wear to the extremities else a good example in drab green cloth with paper spine label. <br/><br/>Includes in part: Williamsburg Lodge of Masons By Lyon G. Taylor; A Lost Paper of Thomas Jefferson by Kate Mason Rowland; A first Roman Catholic Priest by Edward W. James; Abstracts of Marriage License Bonds on file in York County Clerk's Office by Lyon G. Taylor; Early Presidents of William and Mary by Lyon G. Tyler; Lieut. Col. Walter Chiles by Lyon G. Tyler; Pedigree of a Representative Virginia Planter by Lyon G. Tyler; Coats of Arms in Virginia; Witchcraft in Virginia; English Origin of the Carter by W.G. Standard; John Washington on a Trading Voyage in the "East Country" by W.G. Stanard. William and Mary College hardcover books
185323891New York: George P. Putnam 1853. 1st edition. Presentation copy from the author. Original brown publisher's cloth with gilt spine lettering. VG sq & tight/old price sticker to preliminary front blank. xvi 191 pp. Illustrated with cuts. 12mo. <br/><br/>Not in the Ronalds' collection. George P. Putnam hardcover books
181313720Edinburgh: Stewart for Blackwood and Baldwin 1813. First edn. 8vo pp. 80 adv. Library stamp on blank paper repair to edge of title-page; bound with the half-title in publisher's boards uncut neatly rebacked in paper. Engraved frontispiece some foxing and offsetting a very good copy. A practical guide to dealing with vermin and other problems in fruit trees. Stewart for Blackwood and Baldwin unknown books
1828E00212 Volumes: viii323 pages; iv304i ad pages with glossary. Small octavo 7 3/4" x 5" in original paper covered boards and spine title labels as originally issued. From the library of Professor George M Foster. Sabin:42852; Hill page 186 1st edition.<br /><br />G F Lyon was an English traveler born in Chichester England in 1795; died at sea in October 1832. He entered the British naval service in 1809 was present at the attack on Algiers by Lord Exmouth in 1816 and in 1818 was commissioned to accompany Joseph Ritchie on his tour of exploration into central Africa. Ritchie died in Fezzan and Lyon returned to England after encountering many dangers and privations which he described in his Narrative of Travels in Northern Africa London 1821. In 1821 in command of the Hecla he accompanied Captain William E. Parry on his arctic expedition publishing on his return The Private Journal of Captain G. F. Lyon 1824. In 1824 he sailed in command of the Griper' with the mission of exploring Melville peninsula and following its western shore as far as Turn-again he found after three months' searching a passage through the group of islets called Southampton island but was unable to enter Repulse bay through Sir Thomas Rowe's Welcome. On 13 September a violent tempest compelled him to return to England. The story of the voyage was told in A Brief Narrative of an Unsuccessful Attempt 1825. He subsequently passed several years in Mexico and died on his return from a second visit to America. His remaining works are The SketchBook of Captain G. F. Lyon during Eighteen Months' Residence in Mexico No. 1 London 1827 and Journal of a Residence and Tour in Mexico in 1828 London 1828.<br /><br />George McClelland Foster Jr born in Sioux Falls South Dakota on October 9 1913 died on May 18 2006 at his home in the hills above the campus of the University of California Berkeley where he served as a professor from 1953 to his retirement in 1979 when he became professor emeritus. His contributions to anthropological theory and practice still challenge us; in more than 300 publications his writings encompass a wide diversity of topics including acculturation long-term fieldwork peasant economies pottery making public health social structure symbolic systems technological change theories of illness and wellness humoral medicine in Latin America and worldview. The quantity quality and long-term value of his scholarly work led to his election to the National Academy of Sciences in 1976. Virtually all of his major publications have been reprinted and/or translated. Provenance from the executor of Foster's library laid in. Condition:<br /><br />Spines renewed with original chipped spine labels laid on front end papers chipped and damaged at edges corners bumped and rubbed Foster's stamp on end papers old owner's signature on covers internally near fine else over all very good. John Murray hardcover books
182539507London: John Murray 1825. sep 22 2017. xvi 198 2 pp. b/w folding map engraved plates. <br /><br />Lyon a veteran of Parry's expedition commanded one of Parry's old ships four years later in an unsuccessful attempt to find a Northwest Passage out of Hudson Bay. "Interesting accounts are given of the Eskimos. north of Hudson Bay." Hill 1055. Arctic Bib 10530. Scattered foxing folding frontispiece map show light offset onto title page. Overall a very good copy with pages untrimmed. Bound in later quarter mottled calf over marbled boards with spine label. John Murray hardcover books
1853018529Liverpool: S.W. Richards 1853. First Edition. 12mo. 223p. A near fine copy of the first edition of the first book of poetry published by a LDS member. . Includes lines written in honor of Elder Franklin D. Richards by Miss Eliza R. Snow his eulogy to Orson Pratt one of the Twelve Apostles Lines on the departure of Mr. John Bromley and family for Council Bluffs Mrs. T.B. Stenhouse's farewell to her husband; and several on Joseph Smith as well as printed notes on pages 221-223. The original errata slip in back. Bound in green embossed cloth pink endpapers light fading to spine and slightly bumped corner. Flake 5067; Sabin 50740. S.W. Richards unknown books
18251006648vo original boards rebacked with later black cloth tape front hing reinforced with white cloth tape illustrated with 7 steel engravings and a folding frontispiece map 8 ads xvi 198 2 pp. Ex-Northwestern Michigan College copy with their markings and book numbers on the spine bookplate circulating pocket rubberstamps on pastedown only etc. Edge wear some rubbing rear hinge cracking scattered foxing other general wear; else a good or better copy.Another attempt at the Northwest Passage; this one through Hudson's Bay. Interesting accounts are given of Eskimoes of the Southhampton Islands immediately north of Hudson Bay. Also contained are an appendix concerning magnetic abnormalities in the polar regions an Abstract of each day's work and a botanical appendix by Professor J.D. Hooker. The plates are engraved by Edward Finden after drawings by Lyon and Kendall. Includes folding map "Chart of Hudson's Strait & Sir Thos. Rowe's Welcome showing the Track & Discoveries of HM.S. Griper in.Repluse Bay.1824." Sabin 42851. Arctic Bib. 10530. John Murray, books
1853252156Liverpool: S. W. Richards 1853. First. hardcover. very good. Frontis. xi 223pp. errata slip. 12mo original blue blind-stamped cloth edges of corners very lightly worn. Liverpool: S. W. Richards 1853. First Edition. Very good<br/><br/> Author was a Scottish member of the Church of Latter-Day Saints who emigrated to Utah in 1853. Flake 5067. Sabin 50740.<br/><br/> S. W. Richards unknown books
1828018731London: John Murray 1828. Book. Very good- condition. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Two volumes bound in one. Vol. I: viii 323 pages of text followed by i page of publisher's advertisement. Vol. II: iv 304 pages of text. Original publisher's paper covered boards cloth spine with printed paper label. The hardcover binding is heavily shelfworn and rubbed with the backstrip almost detached; protected in custom-fitted archival mylar. Minor foxing scattered lightly throughout the text. First edition. John Murray Hardcover books
1828254893London: John Murray 1828. First. hardcover. very good-. 2 volumes on one. Thick small 8vo modern 3/4 brown cloth red leather label corners bumped scattered light foxing preliminary blank page is chipped in right margin. London: John Murray 1828. First Edition<br/><br/> Captain George Francis Lyon lived in Mexico as one of the commissioners of the English Compania de Real del Monte a silver mining company. On his way back to England the ship he was on was wrecked and all his papers and mineral specimens were lost. Earlier in his life Captain Lyon explored the Arctic and searched for the source of the Niger River in Africa. This copy has a title-page for volumes one and two.<br/><br/> John Murray unknown books
18251006588vo modern full blue morocco spine lettered in gilt raised bands illustrated with 7 steel engravings and folding frontispiece map xvi 198 2 pp.Some lihjt foxing in fine modern binding. Another attempt at the Northwest Passage; this one through Hudson's Bay. Interesting accounts are given of Eskimoes of the Southhampton Islands immediately north of Hudson Bay. Also contained are an appendix concerning magnetic abnormalities in the polar regions an Abstract of each day's work and a botanical appendix by Professor J.D. Hooker. The plates are engraved by Edward Finden after drawings by Lyon and Kendall. Includes folding map "Chart of Hudson's Strait & Sir Thos. Rowe's Welcome showing the Track & Discoveries of HM.S. Griper in.Repluse Bay.1824." Sabin 42851. Arctic Bib. 10530. John Murray, hardcover books
1825WRCAM54185London: John Murray 1825. xvi198pp. plus folding map and seven plates. Contemporary three-quarter calf and floral- patterned boards spine gilt rebacked with original spine laid down. Minor shelf wear. Modern bookplate on front pastedown minor foxing to plates. Very good. Lyon's official report of this important expedition with much if not most of his narrative concerning his relations with the Eskimos with whom he was on excellent terms. This report includes three plates of Indian subjects with the map illustrating Hudson Straits and northern Hudson Bay. "Exploring for a Northwest Passage by Hudson Bay the author penetrated with the GRIPER into Roes Welcome about halfway between Wager Inlet and Repulse Bay in 1824 but was driven back by foul weather. He gives here a narrative of the voyage description of Southampton Island and its natives notes on tides in Roes Welcome Sound and on compass variation" - ARCTIC BIBLIOGRAPHY. ARCTIC BIBLIOGRAPHY 10530. TPL 1324. FIELD 962. SABIN 42851. DECKER 22:265. HILL 1055. John Murray hardcover books
1808WRCAM53061Philadelphia 1808. 2ii184pp. 20th-century tan buckram gilt morocco labels. Remnants of shelf mark on spine. Binding broken after titlepage institutional ink and blind stamp on titlepage. Minor foxing. Good. An important case relating to the robbery of the Bank of Pennsylvania in 1798. Robbers entered the bank in early September 1798 during one of the periodic outbreaks of Yellow Fever in Philadelphia. Because no evidence of forcible entry was detected suspicion immediately fell on blacksmith Patrick Lyon a British mechanic who had fashioned various iron fittings for the bank building including the locks. He claimed to have been out of town with his son to avoid the fever when the robbery took place but he was nonetheless arrested and imprisoned. The case was a city sensation and the press took up Lyon's cause which eventually led to his being freed. <br> <br> This work reports the trial of the president of the bank a cashier one of the bank directors who was also an alderman of Philadelphia and a high constable who were all sued for damages by Lyon on the charge of false imprisonment. The officers of the bank were sentenced to pay Patrick Lyon $12000 for false and malicious prosecution without reasonable cause. Described as "Very Scarce" in the Brinley catalog. SOWERBY JEFFERSON'S LIBRARY 2321. COHEN 12008. BRINLEY 6494. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 15447. SABIN 42867. hardcover books
182513620London: John Murray Albemarle-Street 1825. First Edition. 8vo 8.5X5.25in; xvi map 198 pp. 1 list of plates 7 plates of illustrations by Lyon including frontispiece illustration of "Nee-a-kood-loo" native Inuit listed as plate before p. 55 and six plates of illustrations and diagrams with tissue guards fold out map of "Hudson's Strait & Sir Thomas Rowe's Welcome" before p. 1 7x15.25in Neat lines 8.25x16in Sheet appendix; Rebacked Half bound brown speckled calf with brown marbled paper boards five ribbed spine with gilt lines and gilt lettering on original red label tan end papers dark red speckling to edges all edges trimmed spine headbands; Minor shelf wear to covers and edges chip to spine label with no loss some minor foxing and offsets from plates binder glue stain to edges of free end papers binder ink stamp and book plates of prior owners William Edward Parry Hooper and Steve Fossett on front end papers. Arctic Biblio 10530 Hill 1055 Howgego II L52. George Francis Lyon 1795-1832 was a British naval officer and explorer of the Arctic and Africa. He served in the Mediterranean during the Napoleon wars and later assigned to an expedition in North Africa with Joseph Ritchie to explore the Niger river area. He was selected by William Edward Parry to command the Hecla in 1821-1823 for an expedition to the Northern coast of Hudson Bay to find the Northwest Passage. He wrote about this journey in "The Private Journal of Captain G. F. Lyon". He was one of the "Barrow Boys" Captains that were favored by Sir John Barrow 1764-1848 Secretary to the Admialty to command Arctic exploration.From Howgego II " In 1824 the Admiralty sent Lyon back to the Arctic in command of the Griper . to penetrate the Hecla and Fury Strait to the north of the Melville Peninsula and to attempt to proceed along the continental coast to connect with the navigable sea reported by John Franklin to the east of the Coppermine River." This was only one of the four expeditions sent to the Arctic in the same year to search of the Northwest Passage. A major effort that failed to find the ice free passage but gained significant experience and information on the Arctic. During the voyage Lyon experienced heavy ice and foul weather that caused damage to the ship and forced him to retreat. John Barrow was upset that Lyon did not achieve his mission to connect with Franklin and was never offered another command by the Admiralty again. This book is Lyon's account of the 1824 voyage and reasons why the voyage was not successful.William Edward Parry Hooper 1829-1926 appears to have been named after the famous Arctic explorer and became a clerk in the Admiralty. The bookplate motto of "in memoria retinere" means to "keep in mind"Steve Fossett 1944-2007 was a successful commodities trader and an adventurer that set world records in balloons sailboats gliders and unique powered aircraft. In the 1980's Fossett began developing a library collection of over 2000 books on adventure and exploration. His collection included significant and authoritative accounts of aeronautics polar Asia Australasia circumnavigation's mountaineering and others. In 2007 Fossett disappeared on a solo flight in a light aircraft over the eastern Sierra Mountains along the California and Nevada border. After an extensive search the wreckage was found by hikers a year later along the rugged Mt. Ritter range in the Ansel Adams Wilderness in Madera County about 10 miles east of Yosemite National Park. John Murray, Albemarle-Street unknown books
1828248178London: John Murray Albemarle Street 1828. First edition. 8 323 1 ; 4 304 pp. Printed by Richard Taylor. 2 vols. 8vo. Original grey boards with paper labels with price "Two Vols. 16s.". Uncut. Signed by Thomas Thistlethwayte of Southwick Park Hants. on title-page and his stamp on front pastedown. Neat repairs at heads of spine. Some rubbing to extremities. First edition. 8 323 1 ; 4 304 pp. Printed by Richard Taylor. 2 vols. 8vo. Captain Lyon set out for Mexico in January 1826 as one of the Commissioners of the Real del Monte Mining Company and on his way back from New York was wrecked at Holyhead and lost all his papers. This work contains an account of his personal adventures throughout Mexico during 8 months and his comments on the mining industry there. Sabin 42852; Hill p. 186 John Murray, Albemarle Street unknown books
18696315Falun Sweden: Schmidt 1869. First Edition. 60pp. Illus. large folding map 21x9 inches. oblong folio Original printed wrappers. Small embossed library stamp on title page. A rare guide for Swedish emigrants to America. Includes data on how farmlands are divided and U.S. weights and measures. The map shows railroads west to St. Paul and Fort Laramie as well as the route from Sweden to Quebec thence through lower Canada to Michigan and Wisconsin. Lyon was general agent for the Montreal Steamship Company and Grand Trunk Railway. Schmidt unknown books
18255897London: John Murray 1825. First edition. Narrative of search for the Northwest Passage through the Hudson Bay; observations on Southampton Island Eskimos tides and compass variations. George Francis Lyon one of Barrow's favorites had made a name for himself in the exploration of Africa before serving as commander of the HMS Hecla during William Edward Parry's second Arctic voyage. Thereafter in the spring of 1824 Lyon was given command of the sluggish and cranky HMS Griper with orders to winter in Repulse Bay in northwest Hudson Bay and then cross Melville Peninsula to explore the northern coast of mainland America. Ice conditions were difficult however and he was unable to even reach Repulse Bay and had to return home that same Fall. He was never given another naval command. . 21 cm; xvi 198 2 pages and 7 leaves of copper-engraved plates folding map. Bound in contemporary green polished calf over marbled boards ruled in gilt by Henry Young. Gilt tooling on spine. Color faded from spine and from top edge of upper board. Fine condition. References: Arctic Bib. 10530; Lande 1292; Sabin 42851. John Murray hardcover books
1828241507London: John Murray 1828. First edition. 8 323 1 ; 4 304 pp. 2 vols. 8vol. Original boards pink paper spines with paper labels with price "Two Vols. 16s." 3/4 inch nick at head of spine of Vol. I and loss at middle o0f spine in Vol. II otherwise very nice uncut. Bookplates of John Torr Harmer. First edition. 8 323 1 ; 4 304 pp. 2 vols. 8vol. Sabin 42852 John Murray unknown books
