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Smith, Elder & Co. London.,1913. SECOND EDITION. Two large 8vo volumes. Fully illustrated with photogravure frontispieces, 6 original sketches in photogravure by Dr. Wilson,18 coloured plates (16 from drawings by Dr. Wilson), 260 full page and smaller illustrations,from photographs taken by Herbert G. Ponting, and other members of the expedition, panoramas and maps. A very good copy. Publishers blue cloth with gilt lettered to front boards and spines. Top edges gilt. A few faint streaks to the spine of volume one and couple of small abrasions to outer edges of the front board on volume two but overall a very good bright set.:
Illustrations of Jerusalem and Mount Sinai; Including the Most interesting Sites Between Grand Cairo and Beirout. From Drawings By F. Arundale, Architect, With a descriptive Account of His Tour and Residence in Those Remarkable Countries. by Arundale, F - 1837
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Illustrations of Jerusalem and Mount Sinai; Including the Most interesting Sites Between Grand Cairo and Beirout. From Drawings By F. Arundale, Architect, With a descriptive Account of His Tour and Residence in Those Remarkable Countries.
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SCOTT'S LAST EXPEDITION. Volume 1. Being the journals of Captain Scott.-- Volume 2.Being the reports of the journeys & the scientific work undertaken by Dr.E.A.Wilson and the surviving members of the expedition.Arranged by Leonard Huxley.With a preface
by SCOTT. Captain. R. F.; Huxley. Leonard., Wilson. Dr. E. A
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NARRATIVE OF THE NORTH POLAR EXPEDITION. U.S. SHIP POLARIS, CAPTAIN
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1876. DAVIS, Rear-Admiral C. H., ed. G. M. ROBESON, Secretary of the Navy. NARRATIVE OF THE NORTH POLAR EXPEDITION. U.S. SHIP POLARIS, CAPTAIN CHARLES FRANCIS HALL COMMANDING. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1876. First edition. Presentation copy inscribed by Davis on front flyleaf, undated. 696 pp. 4to., red cloth stamped in gilt and blind. Cloth stained, shelfworn at corners and spine with shallow chipping/fraying at heel and crown. Gilt vignette of dogsled team on front cover bright. Overopened at title page, which is partially detached. Plates: two steel engraving frontispieces, with light foxing; 38 wood engravings plus numerous tail-pieces; two photolithographs (tinted); six maps. Laid in at the end is a detached folding spherical map (extraneous origin) in b/w, "The Arctic Regions|Comprising the Most Recent Explorations of Robert F. Peary, Fridtjof Nansen and F. Jackson|by Prof. Angelo Heilprin| (Drawn by J. Ross)|The Geographical Society of Philadelphia|1897." This map is in good…
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THE POSSIBILITY OF REACHING THE NORTH POLE ASSERTED . A NEW EDITION WITH AN APPENDIX CONTAINING PAPERS ON THE SAME SUBJECT, AND ON A NORTHWEST PASSAGE BY COLONEL BEAUFOY
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New York: Eastburn & Co. Good+. 1818. New Edition. Hardcover. First printed in 1775 and 1776 as Probability of Reaching the North Pole Discussed, this edition of Daines Barringtons work includes the Appendix by physicist Mark Beaufoy. Later nineteeth century 3/4 leather over speckled paper cover boards. Spine with raised bands and gilt . (xiii) 14 to 187pp. Top edge gilt. Interior of text is tight and intact. Light to moderate foxing. Last 4 pages have a damp stain on bottom corner. Illustrated with map of the North Pole frontispiece and pictorial title page. Polar, Arctic; Fold out Map; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 187 pages .
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Observations on the epidemical diseases in Minorca. From the Year 1744, to 1749. To which is prefixed, a Short Account of the Climate, Productions, Inhabitants, and Endemial Distempers, of the Island.
by Cleghorn, George
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Fourth edition. Printed for T. Cadell and G. Robinson. London. 1779. Octavo. Lacking half-title, xxiv, 311pp. Full calf, spine renewed, original boards showing small areas of surface wear. Spine in six compartments with raised bands, gilt lettering, blind tooling and leather label. Hinges reinforced. Spotting to title and prelims, and occasionally elsewhere. Circular Medical Society of London stamp to title; Unobtrusive 'Withdrawn By The Wellcome Library' to verso of title page. Neat lettering to upper margin of title page, and to verso of ffep. Cleghorn, George (1716–1789), physician. Stationed in Minorca 1736-1749. The comprehensive introduction which covers the Minorquines, festivals, witchcraft and evil, climate, agriculture, wine, minerals, the natural history of the island, lists of plants and animals, together with the native names of several species, is followed by seven chapters on epidemical diseases, plus weather and Meteorological tables.
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AN INTERESTING NARRATIVE OF THE TRAVELS OF JAMES BRUCE, Esq. Into Abyssinia, to discover the source of the Nile. Abridged from the original work.
by SHAW. SAMUEL. Esq
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London. Printed for the Editor, and sold by all the booksellers in town and country. 1790. SECOND EDITION. 12mo. (7.3 x 4.5 inches). ix, 373pp. Bound without the half tile. Some minor browning but overall a very good copy in recent half brown calf binding. Spine with five raised bands, gilt. Red title label, Gilt. Marbled paper on boards.
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Energy & Conflict: The Life and Times of Edward Teller,
by [Edward Teller] Blumberg, Stanley A. and Gwinn Owens.
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[Edward Teller] Blumberg, Stanley A. and Gwinn Owens. Energy & Conflict: The Life and Times of Edward Teller, New York: Putnams, 1976. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Fine tight copy in a Near Fine price-clipped dust jacket with light edge wear to the spine edges. This copy is inscribed by Edward Teller on the front flyleaf and also laid-in is a small photograph of Teller that he has signed. In this 1976 biography of Edward Teller, father of the hydrogen bomb, the authors present exclusive interviews, memorabilia, and photos provided by Teller. and delves into each stage of his life and career. The controversial Teller spearheaded America's effort to build the hydrogen bomb, and then testified against Robert Oppenheimer in his security clearance trial. The book explains his early persecution by the Hungarian communists, then the Nazis in Germany. His role in the Manhattan Project is described in detail. Also portrayed is the development of the H-bomb, including descriptions of its evolving…
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Memoirs of the life and travels of John Ledyard from his journals and correspondence.
by Sparks, Jared (Ledyard, John)
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First English edition. Henry Colburn. London. 1828. 8vo. Title, xii, 428pp. Full marbled paper covered boards, 19th Century pseudo tree calf papier croisé pattern. Red spine label with gilt lettering and edge rules. Blue endpapers. Title page slightly toned. Lacking half-title. Rubbing to spine edges. A crisp copy of the rarer London first edition.In making a Papier Croisé, the final step required that the paper be lifted up and carefully moved while still wet. This caused the characteristic knotting in the design.
John Ledyard (1751-1789) American explorer and adventurer. Ledyard accompanied Cook on the third and final voyage 1776-1780. Visiting the Sandwich Islands, Cape of Good Hope, the Prince Edward Islands off South Africa, the Kerguelen Islands, Tasmania, New Zealand, the Cook Islands, Tonga, Tahiti, and then Hawaii. It continued to the northwest coast of North America, making Ledyard perhaps the first U.S. citizen to touch its western coast, along the Aleutian islands and Alaska into the… Read More
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OUR VISIT TO HINDOSTAN, KASHMIR AND LADAKH
by Aynsley, Mrs. J. C. Murray
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London: H. Allen & Co.. Good+. 1879. First Edition. Hardcover. Rebound in clean maroon cloth over 1/2 leather. Spine with raised bands and gilt title label. Decorated endpaper. (x) 326pp + 40 pages of publishers advertisements. First few pages have a damp stain & approx 1' dampstain on lower corner of last half of book. Preliminary pages (iii) & (v) have a professional page mend. Travel: Bombay, Agra, Delhi, Lahore, Kashmir, Ladakh, Leh, Belgaum, Benares, Allahabad, Meerut and Kashmir. Asia, India, Travel ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 326 pages .
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1830 Lot 5 Books Voyage du Jeune Anacharsis en Gréce Barthelemy
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Lot of 5 books Voyage du jeune Anacharsis en Gréce By Jean Jacques Barthelemy (Voyage of the young Anacharsis in Greece) – In French language. Vol. 1, 2, 3, 4 5. Complete work.***
Jean Jacques Barthelemy's famous "Voyage du jeu Anacharsis en Gréce". He had begun it in 1757 and had been working on it for thirty years. The hero, a young Scythian descended from the famous philosopher Anacharsis, is supposed to travel to Greece for instruction in his early youth, and after making the tour of her republics, colonies and islands, to return to his native country and write this book in his old age, after the Macedonian hero had overturned the Persian Empire. In the manner of modern travellers, he gives an account of the customs, government, and antiquities of the country he is supposed to have visited.
Pp. (1): 476Pp. (2): 486Pp. (3): 502 + /2/ of indexPp. (4): 509 + /1/ of index – atlas missing Pp. (5): 470 + /2/ of index
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Land Benighted - A Story of Liberia by Barbara Greene
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205pp. Decorative endpapers. Very Good condition with light foxing to the closed page edges, and corner 'crumple' to lower margin/corners of pages 137-144.In near Very Good original price-clipped dustwrapper with some edge tears and toning.Rare memoir by Barbara Greene of the 350-mile, 4-week walk through the unmapped interior of Liberia undertaken in 1935 with her cousin, Graham Greene (republished in 1981 as 'Too Late to Turn Back'). Graham Greene's own account of the journey "Journey Without Maps" had been published in 1936.
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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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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 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,…
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The Silence Of The North
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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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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 annotated by Professor G. Schweinfurth, Professor F. Ratzel, Dr. R.W. Felkin, and Dr. G. Hartlaub.
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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
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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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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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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…
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Russian Embassies to the Georgian Kings (1589-1605)
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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…
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