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NARRATIVE OF A VOYAGE TO HUDSON'S BAY : IN HIS MAJESTY'S SHIP ROSAMOND CONTAINING SOME ACCOUNT OF THE NORTH-EASTERN COAST OF AMERICA AND OF THE TRIBES INHABITING THAT REMOTE REGION by Chappell, Lieut. Edward; R. N - 1817

by Chappell, Lieut. Edward; R. N

NARRATIVE OF A VOYAGE TO HUDSON'S BAY : IN HIS MAJESTY'S SHIP ROSAMOND  CONTAINING SOME ACCOUNT OF THE NORTH-EASTERN COAST OF AMERICA AND OF THE  TRIBES INHABITING THAT REMOTE REGION by Chappell, Lieut. Edward; R. N - 1817

NARRATIVE OF A VOYAGE TO HUDSON'S BAY : IN HIS MAJESTY'S SHIP ROSAMOND CONTAINING SOME ACCOUNT OF THE NORTH-EASTERN COAST OF AMERICA AND OF THE TRIBES INHABITING THAT REMOTE REGION

by Chappell, Lieut. Edward; R. N

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London: J. Mawman. Good+. 1817. First Edition. Hardcover. Brown calf spine & corners over marbled boards with matching marbled endpapers. Gilt decoration & lettering. Illustrated with a double-page fold-out map fronticepiece, 9 woodcut engravings in text ( 2 vignettes & 4 plates with 7 engravings) and charts. [10, 279pp]. Interior hinges & text tight & intact. Graded G+ due to front exteral hinge starting 2" at top with cover firmly attached, edges & corners somewhat rubbed & light scattered foxing. Overall a good, crisp copy with the armorial bookplate of Edward Duke. (“Deo ducente”) . Contains a vocabulary of the language of the Cree´ or Knisteneaux Indians inhabiting the Western shores of Hudson's Bay pp 256 -279. Arctic/Polar, Canada, Eskimo, Native Americans, Royal Navy. ; Wood Engravings & map; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 279 pages .
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PALESTINE AND SYRIA Handbook for Travellers

PALESTINE AND SYRIA Handbook for Travellers

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Leipsic: Karl Baedeker. Good+. 1876. First Edition. Flexible cloth. Red flexible cloth has gilt titles on spine & front cover. Illustrated with 18 maps, 43 plans and 10 views. Text is tight and intact.. Spine ends and front corners are lightly rubbed. Front internal hinge has a paper tear with cover firmly attached. Prior owners signature and 1895 date. First two pages have a small chip from bottom front corner. Rare . Mid-East; Maps & Views; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 610 pages .
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JOHN W. GOULD PRIVATE JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE FROM NEW YORK TO RIO DE JANEIRO  TOGETHER WITH A BRIEF...
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JOHN W. GOULD PRIVATE JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE FROM NEW YORK TO RIO DE JANEIRO TOGETHER WITH A BRIEF SKETCH OF HIS LIFE & HIS OCCASIONAL WRITINGS

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New York: Privately Printed. Very Good+. 1838. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Clean aqua-blue cloth with an armorial crest on both covers. Bright gilt spine label. All edges gilt. Interior of text is tight clean & intact. Mostly light and some moderate foxing throughout. Prior owners signature and date on front endpaper. Illustrated with a large fold-out map of John W. Gould's Voyage. Outer folded map panel is age toned and has a mended edge tear. In 1833 Gould sailed abroad the Commerce for Canton via Cape Horn and Valparaiso. He departed the ship in Chile and returned to New York via Rio de Janeiro on the Falmouth. He later returned to Rio on board the Iwanowna. Printed for private circulation only. Nautical; Fold out map; Narrow 8vo 8" to 9" tall; 207 pages .
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THROUGH ASIA WITH NEARLY THREE HUNDRED ILLUSTRATIONS FROM SKETCHES &  PHOTOGRAPHS BY THE AUTHOR

THROUGH ASIA WITH NEARLY THREE HUNDRED ILLUSTRATIONS FROM SKETCHES & PHOTOGRAPHS BY THE AUTHOR

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New York & London: Harper Brothers. Very Good. 1899. First Edition. Hardcover. Complete in 2 volumes. Original green cloth enhanced with gilt titles on spines and red green and gilt geometric designs on front covers. Interiors of texts are tight, clean & intact. Top edge gilt with deckle page edges. (i-xviii) 649pp. (i-xii) 605pp + index . Frontispiece portraits. Nearly 300 illustrations of photograph and drawings by the author. Large fold out color map at rear of each volume. Account of the Authors journeys through Asia during 1893-97. The Pamirs; Takla-Makan Desert; Mus-Tagh & its Glaciers. Map in volume 2 has a tear repaired with document tape. Lightly rubbed spine ends. Prior owners signature on endpaper. Asia; Maps, Photographs And; Drawings, Photography, Maps; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 1255 pages .
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TRAVELS IN GUIANA & ON THE ORINOCO DURING THE YEARS 1835 - 1839 ACCORDING  TO HIS REPORTS AND...
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TRAVELS IN GUIANA & ON THE ORINOCO DURING THE YEARS 1835 - 1839 ACCORDING TO HIS REPORTS AND COMMUNICATIONS TO THE GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON

by Schomburgk, Robert Herman; Walter E. Roth (translator) Roth and Humboldt

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British Guiana: Argosy. Very Good+. 1931. Second Edition. Hardcover. Clean olive green cloth has dark green titles on spine & front cover viii, 202pp. Interior of text is tight, clean & intact. Six full page b/w Illustrations and a large fold out map. First edition was published in 1841. Ink stamp "The Tourist Bureau Georgetown British Guiana". First edition was published in 1841. Ink stamp "The Tourist Bureau, Georgetown British Guiana". (New Guiana since 1966). South America; B/W Illustrations & Lg. Map; 202 pages .
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OUR VISIT TO HINDOSTAN, KASHMIR AND LADAKH
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OUR VISIT TO HINDOSTAN, KASHMIR AND LADAKH

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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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PALESTINE AND SYRIA Handbook for Travellers

PALESTINE AND SYRIA Handbook for Travellers

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Leipsic: Karl Baedeker. Good+. 1876. First Edition. Flexible cloth. Red flexible cloth has gilt titles on spine & front cover. Illustrated with 18 maps, 43 plans and 10 views. Text is tight and intact.. Spine ends and front corners are lightly rubbed. Front internal hinge has a paper tear with cover firmly attached. Prior owners signature and 1895 date. First two pages have a small chip from bottom front corner. Rare . Mid-East; Maps & Views; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 610 pages .
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JOHN W. GOULD PRIVATE JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE FROM NEW YORK TO RIO DE JANEIRO  TOGETHER WITH A BRIEF...
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JOHN W. GOULD PRIVATE JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE FROM NEW YORK TO RIO DE JANEIRO TOGETHER WITH A BRIEF SKETCH OF HIS LIFE & HIS OCCASIONAL WRITINGS

by Goulds, John W.

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New York: Privately Printed. Very Good+. 1838. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Clean aqua-blue cloth with an armorial crest on both covers. Bright gilt spine label. All edges gilt. Interior of text is tight clean & intact. Mostly light and some moderate foxing throughout. Prior owners signature and date on front endpaper. Illustrated with a large fold-out map of John W. Gould's Voyage. Outer folded map panel is age toned and has a mended edge tear. In 1833 Gould sailed abroad the Commerce for Canton via Cape Horn and Valparaiso. He departed the ship in Chile and returned to New York via Rio de Janeiro on the Falmouth. He later returned to Rio on board the Iwanowna. Printed for private circulation only. Nautical; Fold out map; Narrow 8vo 8" to 9" tall; 207 pages .
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(1) TWO LOUISIANAS...AMONG THE SAVAGE NATIONS (2) N-E OF SIBERIA (3) ST  PETERSBURGH TO GERMANY...
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(1) TWO LOUISIANAS...AMONG THE SAVAGE NATIONS (2) N-E OF SIBERIA (3) ST PETERSBURGH TO GERMANY (4) TRAVELS INTERIOR AMERICA...CAPTAINS LEWIS & CLARK (5) WESTERN COAST OF AFRICA (6) TOUR OF SHEERAZ (7) TRAVELS ITALY TO ENGLAND VOL VI in Series: a collection of modern and contemporary voyages and travels: containing, i. translations from foreign languages, of voyages never before translated. ii original voyages and travels never before published. iii. analyses of new voyages

by Phillips, Sir Richard, Ed. ; M (Francois Marie) Perrin Du Lac, Gawrila Sarytschew, G (Georg) Reinbeck, Merriweather Lewis, William Clark, F. (Francis) B. Spilsbury, Edward Scott Waring, Marquis De Salvo

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London: Richard Phillips. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1807. First English Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Contemporary 3/4 leather over scuffed marbled boards. Bright gilt lettering on spine. Text tight. Early owner's ink stamp on title page. Condition of individual books as noted after each title. Each book was issued separately throughout the year. Binding Instruction including insertion of plates is at the end of the volume although they were sometimes bound individually. These books were of considerable interest because, at the time, they were one of the only sources of information as to current conditions in foreign countries. Most travel & exploration books were of a more historical nature. There were 10 or more volumes published in this series. Full Titles: (1) "TRAVELS THROUGH THE TWO LOUISIANAS AND AMONG THE SAVAGE NATIONS OF THE MISSOURI; ALSO, IN THE UNITED STATES, ALONG THE OHIO, AND THE ADJACENT PROVINCES IN 1801, 1802 & 1803" by M. Perrin Du Lac,… Read More
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TRAVELS IN GUIANA & ON THE ORINOCO DURING THE YEARS 1835 - 1839 ACCORDING  TO HIS REPORTS AND...
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TRAVELS IN GUIANA & ON THE ORINOCO DURING THE YEARS 1835 - 1839 ACCORDING TO HIS REPORTS AND COMMUNICATIONS TO THE GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON

by Schomburgk, Robert Herman; Walter E. Roth (translator) Roth and Humboldt

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British Guiana: Argosy. Very Good+. 1931. Second Edition. Hardcover. Clean olive green cloth has dark green titles on spine & front cover viii, 202pp. Interior of text is tight, clean & intact. Six full page b/w Illustrations and a large fold out map. First edition was published in 1841. Ink stamp "The Tourist Bureau Georgetown British Guiana". First edition was published in 1841. Ink stamp "The Tourist Bureau, Georgetown British Guiana". (New Guiana since 1966). South America; B/W Illustrations & Lg. Map; 202 pages .
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OUR VISIT TO HINDOSTAN, KASHMIR AND LADAKH
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OUR VISIT TO HINDOSTAN, KASHMIR AND LADAKH

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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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Narrative of a Voyage to Hudson's Bay in His Majesty's Ship Rosamond - 1817

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Narrative of a Voyage to Hudson's Bay in His Majesty's Ship Rosamond Containing Some Account of the North-Eastern Coast of America and of the Tribes Inhabiting That Remote Region.

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Toronto: Coles Publishing Company 1970, facsimile edition. (Mass market paperback) 279+. Very good. 8vo. A facsimile edition of the original, which was published in 1817. Includes fold-out map at front. There is a tear to the front cover, top edge, and which also includes the map; else is clean and solid with B / W illustrations. Coles Canadiana Collection..
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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

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This book is an antique but it is in poor condition. The binding is loose and peeling off the spine of this book. The cover is worn substantially on the edged, corners and all over. The previous owners name is written on the inside front board and the front end page. The inside pages are yellowed and tanned and the page is torn. "A complete story of Panama, as well as the history, purpose and promise of its world famous canal - the most gigantic engineering undertaking since the dawn of time. Approved by leading officials connected with the great enterprise. Profusely illustrated by over 600 unique and attractive photographs taken expressly for this book by our special staff." - Panama
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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

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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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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.

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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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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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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… 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.

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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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Touraine and Its Chateaux

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London: The Medici Society, 1928. Gilt titles on quarter calf with leather labels to spine, four raised bands and five compartments with small gilt designs on brown calf leather with marbled paper sides. There is just a little light wear to spine and to board edges and a small mark to back. Internally there are marbled endpapers and pages are very clean, tight and unmarked with age darkening to map bound in at rear. Bellegarde printing in France. First published in France in 1926, this luxury edition is the first English one rather than the more common cloth bound. 156 pages and map with coloured extra title page. Illustrated throughout with beautiful sepia tint photographs. Uniform with 'The Picture Guides' series. 3. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good TEG/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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