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CLIMBING AND EXPLORATION IN KARAKORAM-HIMALAYAS. Including the Volume of SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2 Volumes by Conway, William Martin - 1894

by Conway, William Martin

CLIMBING AND EXPLORATION IN KARAKORAM-HIMALAYAS. Including the Volume of SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2 Volumes by Conway, William Martin - 1894

CLIMBING AND EXPLORATION IN KARAKORAM-HIMALAYAS. Including the Volume of SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2 Volumes

by Conway, William Martin

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T. Fisher Unwin, London, 1894. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dustjacket. .. N.B. Although both volumes appear to be in original publishers binding they do not match. Vol I Cover light tan cloth with black and white illustration of surveyors on a peak. Gilt title on spine and vignette illustration. Large 8vo. xxviii, 709 pgs. fold out map and 300 illustrations by McCormick, t.e.g.. Second Vol is the scarce volume Containing the Scientific Reports. Large 8vo, viii, 127pgs (t.e.g. others uncut) portrait frontis , plus 2 large coloured folding maps in pockets at front and back. Original dark tan cloth with gilt bust of Conway and black lettering on front board and gilt title on spine. Some folds of maps repaired. Inner hinge of second volume strengthened, light shelf wear to both volumes, main volume a little faded and some bumping to ends of spine but no other defects of note. Quantity Available: 1. Category: SPORT (Including Leisure, Pastimes); Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 9062..
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A Voyage of Discovery, made under the orders of the Admiralty, in His Majesty's Ships...
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A Voyage of Discovery, made under the orders of the Admiralty, in His Majesty's Ships Isabella and Alexander, for the purpose of exploring Baffin's Bay and inquiring into the probability of a North-West Passage

by John Ross

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John Murray, London, 1819. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Good/No Dust Jacket. 1st edition. Errata slip, xl, 252, cxliv. Period calf-backed marbled boards, raised bands, gilt titling to spine, marbled endpapers and page edges NOTE: MISSING MOST OF THE AQUATINT PLATES and charts. Those present are Cape Melville and Melvilles Monument (facing p74); Folding Chart of the Part of Baffin's bay found inhabited (facing p116); Large folding plate Views of Headlands (facing p190); Xeme (facing p LVII) 3 folding Meteorological Journals following appendix. 1st Edition of Ross's famous first voyage which marked the resurgence of British interest in the search for the north-west passage, and inaugurated the great arctic explorations and discoveries of the nineteenth century. Ghost images of plates, charts on facing pages. Contents clean. PLEASE NOTE: MISSING MOST OF THE AQUATINT PLATES and maps, otherwise Good. PLEASE NOTE: This book will incur extra postage and insurance charges. Please… Read More
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TEN MONTHS AMONG THE TENTS OF THE TUSKI with Incidents of an Arctic Boat Expedition in Search of...
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TEN MONTHS AMONG THE TENTS OF THE TUSKI with Incidents of an Arctic Boat Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin, as Far as the Mackenzie River, and Cape Bathurst

by Lieut. W.H. Hooper R.N

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John Murray, 1853. Hardback. Good. 1st Edition: xvi, 417pp, illustrated, 11 illustrations of which 4 lithographic plates (3 tinted), 1 coloured folding map. [MISSING the lithographic frontispiece] . Rebound, contemporary half leather with bluse marbled boards, gilt ruling and titling to spine. A rare and very important book on the expedition led by T.E.L. Moore on the Brigg Plover in search of Sir John Franklin. The expedition, in which Hooper participated as a marine officer, was forced to winter in Providence-Bay, where Hooper could gather an enormous wealth of useful information on the Tuski. When the ship was free of ice, Hooper joined Pullen's boat expedition along the arctic north coast of America to the Mackenzie River and Cape Bathurst. In summer 1850 the expedition crossed the northenmost part of Canada and returned to England. - Henze II, 622/23. The book also contains information on the culture of the North Alaska Esquimaux and the Tuski. Hooper travelled aboard the Plover as… Read More
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AN ACCOUNT OF THE ARCTIC REGIONS WITH A HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION OF THE NORTHERN WHALE-FISHERY (in...
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AN ACCOUNT OF THE ARCTIC REGIONS WITH A HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION OF THE NORTHERN WHALE-FISHERY (in 2 Volumes) Volume 1: The Arctic; Volume 2: The Whale-Fishery

by Scoresby, William

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Archibald Constable & Co, Edinburgh, 1820. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition; 2 Volumes,Vol I: 551pp, 82pp appendix, folding frontispiece, maps/charts (2 folding). Vol II: 558pp, 1 folding map,3 tables 2 folding, 22 plates, (4 folding). Ex Libri; Library leather bindings, library numbers to front pastedowns - both volumes are disbound. VOLUME I LACKS TITLE PAGE whilst VOLUME II LACKS FRONTISPIECE, The folding map is at the end of the plates, (The plates start at plate II but I believe the map was located originally as plate I), even though the collation of the plate numbers seems to suggest a plate is missing, looking at the David & Charles reprint ALL the plates are present). Foxing to both volumes, some spotting, age marks, back of map grubby but overall in Good condition. Both volumes require rebinding "Nineteenth century classic on whaling, geography and natural history of northern waters." Appendices include meteorological… Read More
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A Voyage Up the Amazon, Including a Residence at Para
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A Voyage Up the Amazon, Including a Residence at Para

by Edwards, William H.

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NY: D. Appleton & Co, 1847. First edition. Hard cover in original cloth. Published NY: D. Appleton & Co, 1847. 8vo., 256pp., frontis plate plus 8pp. publisher's catalog. Blind patterned brown cloth with gilt titles. Edwards, an entomologist known for his work on butterflies, was the first American naturalist to travel in and write about South America. He collected natural history specimens for his sponsors on his voyage, and his accounts of the area inspired other expeditions. Alfred Russel Wallace and Henry Walter Bates were soon to follow. Light wear to the cloth at the spine and tips, 2 sheets opened roughly with light edge fray, small foxing spot on frontis tissue guard, else very good plus, pages bright white with no foxing or toning, binding crisp and tight. Very good plus. . 1st. Hard. Very Good Plus/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo.
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Eskimoliv
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Eskimoliv: [Eskimo Life]

by Nansen, Fritdjof

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Kristiania (Oslo): H. Aschehoug & Co., 1891, First Norwegian Edition. 8vo – 22.7cm. [xiii], 293pp.,(1). Publisher's dark-blue cloth on beveled boards with bright gilt titles on cover and spine. Frontispiece illustration plus 15 plates. A very good+ and complete copy of the first Norwegian edition. Arctic Bibliography 11982. Text in Norwegian. Rare.
Published in English as Eskimo Life, contents include Greenland and its Eskimo, appearances and clothing, the kayak, winter houses, tents and umiaks, cookery, social conditions, art and poetry, religion, marriage, etc…
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Ongelukkige Voyagie van Michiel Heberer, Van Bretten: door verscheyde Gedeeltens van Asia en...
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Ongelukkige Voyagie van Michiel Heberer, Van Bretten: door verscheyde Gedeeltens van Asia en Africa, in het Jarr 1582, en vervolgens Verhalende het gevangen nemen

by Heberer, Michael

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Leyden, Neth: Pieter Vander Aa, 1727. Hardcover. Fine. Title continued: "mitsgaders de harde en Slaaffe Dienstbaarheyd des Schrijvers, onder het wreede Jok der Turken in Egypten, en hoe hy eyndelijk, na veele uytgestane ongemakken, in sijn vryheyd is hersteld. Als Mede een Beschrijving van verscheyde Eylande, Steeden, Zee-havens, Oudheeden van Eypten, Turkyen en het Heylige Land: ook de Gewoontens, Zeden en Straf-oeffeningen deser volkeren. Door den Reysiger selfs beschreeven. Met een volkoomen Register en Konst-Printen verrijkt." [72] p., engraved title page vignette, 1 leaf of a copper-plate engraved folded map: 4 in-text engravings; 36 cm. Signatures: A-I4 (4to). Modern grey and brown decorative paper over boards with a modern printed black-on-grey label on the front cover reproducing part of the title page as a smaller scale, within a double-ruled border. Text is in 130 numbered columns. Although there is no date of publication, this appears to be from the series of travel… Read More
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ON THE "POLAR STAR" IN THE ARCTIC SEA. With the Statements of Commander U. Cagni Upon...
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ON THE "POLAR STAR" IN THE ARCTIC SEA. With the Statements of Commander U. Cagni Upon the Sledge Expedition to 86 Degrees 34 Minutes North, and of Dr. A. Cavalli Molinelli Upon His Return to the Bay of Teplitz

by Amedeo of Savoy, Luigi (Duke of the Abruzzi), Translated by William Le Queux

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Hutchinson and Co, London, 1903. First UK Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 1st English Edition; 2 volumes; Vol I xvi, 1-346 pages xvii-xxii; Vol II viii, 347-702pages, ix-xii. Original covers. In two volumes, with 212 illustrations in text, 16 full-page photogravure plates, 2 panoramas and 5 maps. Both volumes covers very minor bumping, inner hinges beginning to crack, tissue paper guards age toned as usual. Contents clean. A Lovely set. In 1899 the author organized an expedition towards the North Pole. In spring he arrived in the Norwegian capital Christiania (the present day Oslo) with 10 companions. The duke acquired the Jason, a steam whaler of 570 tons, renamed it Stella Polare ("Pole Star") & took the ship on the expedition through the frozen Artic Sea. The members of the expedition sought to reach the North Pole by way of Novaya Zemyla, and the Franz Joseph Archipelago. They sailed as far north as possible, and then continued their trek by sledge. While they did not… Read More
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A THOUSAND DAYS IN THE ARCTIC: With Preface by Admiral Sir F. Leopold McClintock
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A THOUSAND DAYS IN THE ARCTIC: With Preface by Admiral Sir F. Leopold McClintock

by Jackson, Frederick G

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Harper & Brothers, London, 1899. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition: Vol I xxi, 551 pages, Vol II xxii-xv, 580 pages. Appendices, indices. Illustrated throughout with over one hundred eighty black & white drawings, plates, 5 maps. Matched set. Original covers, top edges gilt. Shelf wear, corners bumped, chipping to spines, some small splits to spines, some foxing, repaired tears to 2 of the 5 folding maps, all maps fragile, staining to creases as expected. An original set, now very difficult to find with the original bindings. A day-by-day journal of the Jackson-Harmsworth Expedition (1894-97). The party established winter quarters at Cape Flora, Franz Joseph Land, and remained there for 3 years. By sheer coincidence, Fridtjof Nansen and Hjalmar Johansen encountered Jackson's camp in June of 1896 during the Fram Expedition, and enjoyed several weeks of generous hospitality (after surviving through the winter on walrus and bear meat).… Read More
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Colleccion De Los Viages y Descubrimientos, Que Hicieron Por Mar Los Espanoles Desde Finesdel...
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Colleccion De Los Viages y Descubrimientos, Que Hicieron Por Mar Los Espanoles Desde Finesdel Siglo XV Volumes I & II

by Fernandez De Navarette, Martin

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Madrid: Imprenta Real, 1825. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Printing of the First Edition. Very good, with library number stamp in each volume, and faded labels on spines. Paper covers worn and soiled, but internally fine, with most pages still uncut. 2 volumes are Viages De Colon: Almirantazgo de Castilla, and Documentos de Colon y de las Poblaciones..
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ANTARCTIC ADVENTURE: Scott's Northern Party
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ANTARCTIC ADVENTURE: Scott's Northern Party

by Raymond Priestley, Raymond E

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T Fisher Unwin,, London, 1914. First Edition. Cloth. Good. 1st Edition; 382pp., frontispiece with tissue guard plus 97 plate leaves, 149 photographs in all, 4 diagrams in text, 3 folding maps. Original ice blue cloth lettered in silver, silver pictorial vignettes to spine and upper cover. An account of Scott's Terra Nova expedition, here covering the wild adventures and amazing survival of the so-called Northern Party - an episode which may in our time achieve greater popularity than the dour tragedy of Scott's polar march. A letter from Priestley survives in which he says that many copies of this first printing were destroyed in a warehouse fire. Rosove 256.A1. Shelf ware. Spine sunned, softening, text block loosening, odd page loose but all complete. Covers slightly soiled, lettering still bright. Contents clean. Overall a Good Copy. This is the first UK edition. 382 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 2 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; 1900-1920; Exploration.… Read More
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Mountain memories;: A pilgrimage of romance,

by Conway, William Martin Conway

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Funk and Wagnalls company. Collectible - Acceptable. First edition copy. Collectible - Acceptable. No Dust Jacket Former Library book. Reading copy only. Hinge split. (mountaineering)
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Dawn of Art in the Ancient World.

Dawn of Art in the Ancient World.

by Conway, William Martin

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1 . hardback. Very Good. An Archaeological Sketch. 1st ed. NY (Macmillan) 1891. A very good copy.
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Mountain Climbing - The Out of Door Library

by Wilson, Edward L. with Mark Brickell Kerr, Edwin Weeks, William Williams, A.F. Jaccaci, H.F.B. Lynch, & W. Martin Conway

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NY : Charles Scribner's Sons. 1897. vg-. Hardcover. 358pp; b/w illustrations throughout; text unmarked, slight musty odor; biopredation & general light wear to green cover; gilt lettering & decor on spine; no dj .
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The Woodcutters of the Netherlands in the Fifteenth Century, 3 parts in 1

by Martin William Conway

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Hildesheim: George Olms; Nieuwkoop B. DeGraff, 1970. Hardcover. Very Good. Book is in excellent condition. Tight spine, clean text. 359pp. Green cloth hardcover, with gilt lettering on cover.
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The Writings of Abrecht Durer

by Albrecht; Conway William Martin (translator & editor) Durer

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Philosophical Library, 1958. Hardcover. Acceptable. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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The Alps From End To End

The Alps From End To End

by Sir William Martin Conway

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Archibald Constable & Co Ltd, 1904. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1904. No Edition Remarks. 300 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with decorations. Black and white illustrated plates throughout. Severe cracking to hinges causing boards to be loose. Pages and plates have light tanning and foxing throughout. Previous owner's inscriptions to front free endpaper and half-title page. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Heavy tanning to spine with light sunning to edges. Slight crushing to spine ends with splits to spine ends causing cloth to be frayed. Wear marks overall.
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The Woodcutters of the Netherlands in the Fifteenth Century

The Woodcutters of the Netherlands in the Fifteenth Century

by William Martin Conway

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George Olms, 1961. Hardcover. Good. 1961. Reprinted. 359 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Pencil inscription to front pastedown and free endpaper. Visible creasing to gutter. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Light tanning to spine and edges. Small mark to front board.
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The Alps
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The Alps

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The Alps

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The Alps

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South American Journals 1858-1859
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South American Journals 1858-1859

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Salem, Massachusetts: Peabody Museum, 1937. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 209pp. Marbled boards, black spine, gilt spine lettering, top edge gilt, slipcase. Corners lightly rubbed, spine lettering mildly sunned, contents are clean and some pages still unopened. Slipcase is lightly edge-chipped. One of 481 copies printed on Hazelbourn paper by The Southworth-Anthoensen Press.
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A Holiday in Italy
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A Holiday in Italy

by Lucy Andersen

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Walter Scott, London, 1889 revised edition, Very Good Hardcover / no dustjacket, 79 pages, 5" x 7.5", waterstain on front board, otherwise clean and tight, inscribed by author on ffep.
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The Journal and Letters of Captain Charles Bishop on the North-west Coast of America, in the...
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The Journal and Letters of Captain Charles Bishop on the North-west Coast of America, in the Pacific and in New South Wal

by Bishop, Charles (1765?-1810), edited by Michael Roe

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lvi+342 pages with frontispiece, 6 maps including two folding maps, bibliography and index. Octavo (8 3/4" x 6") bound in original publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and pictorial representation of the ship Victoria embossed on front cover with cover and blind stamped ruled edges with original jacket. Edited by Michael Roe. Works issued by the Hakluyt Society, second series, volume 131. First edition.In 1794, Charles Bishop sailed from Bristol as master of the Ruby, a trading ship bound for north-west America. He had instructions to procure otter furs fro the Indians and then to proceed to Canton via japan and sell the cargo. During the years 1794-1802, he rounded South America to reach the Pacific coast, then visited the Pacific islands and the coasts of Asia and Australia. In the Moluccas, he sold the Ruby and purchased the Nautilus; correspondingly, the test is divided into two sections. This narrative is Bishop's journal of his voyages and relates a minor epic of adventure,… Read More
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The Silence Of The North

The Silence Of The North

by Olive A. Fredrickson with Ben East

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By Olive A. Frederickson with Ben East. AUTOBIOGRAPHY. RARE. 1972 Crown Publishers Inc., NY. The Silence Of The North, The Incredible story of a woman's fight for survival in a merciless winter of the Canadian Wilderness during the 1940's. Adapted as a film in 1981 and directed by Allan King. VG/GOOD $5.95 unclipped dust jacket. USED. 5 ¾ X 8 ½. 209 pages. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
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Volunteers in the African Bush: Memoirs from Sierra Leone
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Volunteers in the African Bush: Memoirs from Sierra Leone

by David Read Barker

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Indianapolis: Dog Ear Publishing, January 2013. Trade Paperback. Fine. Slight reading wear to corners, otherwise pristine. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. Not damaged. Suitable for gifting. 163 pages. The 25 authors of this book were volunteers in the first Peace Corps rural community development project in Africa: Sierra Leone, 1965-67. They are also the first group to tell a collective story of Peace Corps volunteers, anywhere. The Peace Corps was in its infancy then, and memories of John Kennedy were strong among the young volunteers. Sierra Leone was also in its infancy in the first few years after independence, before military coups and tribal warfare became common. The authors forthrightly recount their feelings of loneliness and isolation, and their frightening experiences with secret societies and witchcraft, but their uniquely optimistic "can-do" American attitude brought most through a great life experience.
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Emin Pasha in Central Africa, being a collection of his letters and journals. Edited and...
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Emin Pasha in Central Africa, being a collection of his letters and journals. Edited and annotated by Professor G. Schweinfurth, Professor F. Ratzel, Dr. R.W. Felkin, and Dr. G. Hartlaub.

by EMIN. PASHA

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547 pages. Black cloth boards; gilt lettering on spine. Spine detatched on one side. JWSC LLC is listing this property on behalf of a private collector's estate. Documentation on file indicates this book was purchased by the estate in the 1970s from (a UK dealer). Additional photos available.
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TRAVELS IN EGYPT AND THE HOLY LAND

by WILSON, WILLIAM RAE

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London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, 1823. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. pp: [viii]ix-xii [1]2-544. FIRST EDITION. Bound in brown half-leather over marbled boards, title in gilt within a red title piece. The first edition of the author's first book. William Wilson (1772-1849) inherited a substantial sum from an uncle, and decided to indulge his passion for travel. He travelled throughout Europe and The Middle East and wrote a series of books. This was his first, and it was the most popular, going through several editions. This is a good copy as all plates, including the frontispiece, have been excised. The boards show moderate wear, heavier at the spine ends. The front hinge is cracked. The text block is mainly clean with a few marks of unknown origin.
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BRNSTN BRS GO TO CAMP (First Time Books)
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by Berenstain, Stan and Jan

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Berenstain, Stan and Jan: The Berenstain Bears Go To Camp ( A First Time Book) Random House 1982 First Edition. Number line starts with 1. Ex-lib hardcover library-bound edition Brown cloth boards. Good Condition/ No dust jacket included. A nice find for Berenstain Bears fans.
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Russian Embassies to the Georgian Kings (1589-1605)
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Russian Embassies to the Georgian Kings (1589-1605)

by William Edward David "W E D" Allen (1901-1973) editor

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2 Volumes: xxxii+368 pages with frontispiece, five folding maps and ten plates; ix+[369]-640 pages with frontispiece, two folding maps, six plates, bibliography and index. Octavo (8 3/4" x 5 1/2") issued in blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and gilt sailing ship to front cover. Translated by Anthony Mango. Second Series, volumes 138 and 139. First edition.By the early sixteenth century the loosely knit kingdom of Georgia had disintegrated from the strong monarch of the middle ages to a number of small states and principalities. This internal disunity made the Georgians easy victims of the power politics of the neighboring Ottoman and Safavid empires, and by the end of the century the southward drive of the Russians intensified the struggle for military and diplomatic control over the whole of the Caucasian isthmus. As a result of this struggle seventeen embassies were exchanged between the Russian tsars and the Georgian kins ruling in Kakheti during the years 1564-1605. W E D Allen and Anthony… Read More
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Voyages in Search of the North-West Passage, 1741-1747: Volumes I & II: The Voyage of Christopher...
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Voyages in Search of the North-West Passage, 1741-1747: Volumes I & II: The Voyage of Christopher Middleton, 1741-1742; The Voyage of William Moor and Francis Smith, 1746-1747.

by Barr, William (1950- ) and Glyndwr Williams (editors)

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2 Volumes: Volume 1 subtitled: The Voyage of Christopher Middleton 1741-1742 xii+333 with 8 maps, 3 illustrations including frontispiece, bibliography and index; Volume 2 subtitled: The Voyage of William Moor and Francis Smith 1746 1747 xv+393 pages with frontispiece, 13 maps, 6 illustrations, bibliography and index. Octavo (8 3/4" x 5 1/2") issued in blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and gilt sailing ship to front cover. Translated by Anthony Mango. Second Series, volumes 177 and 181. First edition.The eighteenth century saw a resurgence of hope that a Northwest Passage - that elusive target of European seamen over the centuries - might yet be found. Prompted by the Irish MP Arthur Dobbs, the Admiralty sent the Furnace and Discovery to Hudson Bay in 1741 in search of navigable passage to the Pacific. The expedition was commanded by Christopher Middleton, until his resignation in March 1741 a sea-captain in the service of the Hudson Bay Company. With his actions closely scrutinized by his former… Read More
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