Yesterday and Today: The Holy Land and Egypt by Roberts, David - 2007

Washington: Washington: House of Representatives 33d Congress 1st Session Ex. Doc. No 121, 1855, 1855 Leather/ Paper. Very Good. First Edition. Travel Geography. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. slight rubbed, minor foxing, complete 556 pgs, index, all foldout maps, panoramic view, charts, colored illustrations, marbled feps, boards. scarce Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. First Edition.. Leather/ Paper. Very Good.

New York: Dia Center For The Arts, 1995. Signed by Ann Hamilton on the half-title page. First edition / First printing. Red and ochre cloth. Very fine without dust jacket, as issued. Most uncommon signed. Archival clear mylar jacket is supplied.

London: George Newnes, Ltd. 1898. (Hardcover set) xv, 480, viii, 456pp. Very good. Dark green cloth with beveled edges, each volume with elaborate illustrations in gilt and silver on the cover and spine. All edges gilt, color plate, photographs, illustrations, folding color map, index. Some wear at the edges and corners, and the map repaired with archival tissue. In mylar wrappers, the set is bright and the folding map clean. Locale:. (Arctic/Polar, Expeditions--Polar, Exploration--Arctic, Norwegian Polar Expedition 1893-1896).

First House edition of this famous report. 1845. Complete in original binding except for the gigantic map which is available in full size color thick glossy paper professional reproduction ($25 extra if desired). Pagination: 583 pages, 22 plates, 4 maps, all blanks present. Includes fascinating pencil diagram of oil rig on back of map. Oil rig drawing titled "Sheffield Oil Company. Warren(?), Co., Pa." That pencil drawing is the only interior writing or ownership marking anywhere in the book. Condition is a mixed bag. Original half leather marbled boards show heavy wear and looks like they were professionally rehinged in the distant past. Binding is sound. Pages show moderate to heavy toning and foxing. Some plates have weird 'dot' foxing I have never seen elsewhere (see scan). Marbled endpapers. A nice well maintained copy suitable for reading and research with a cool drawing. Howes F372; Wagner-Camp 115:2; Graff 1436. House Doc. No. 166. Feel free to inquire. Please see scans of the book you will… Read More

New York: Harry N. Abrams [0-8109-3202-4] 1990. (4to) 352pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. More than 1000 illustrations, including 170 plates in full color. Bibliography, index. "...renowned for metalwork and lacquer". Art of Jean Dunand. (Art, Art Deco--France).

Fine. London: Travellers' Bookshop, 2001. Edition limited to 500 copies, 4to., [x], 197pp., approx. 160 colour illustrations, publisherÕs black cloth with gilt spine titles, dust-wrapper. A Fine copy in Fine dustjacket - As New and signed by Julian Mackenzie on the main title page.A pictorial bibliography of one of the finest collections of Antarctica in private hands. The collection is limited to first-hand accounts, and was assembled with a view to condition. It contains many outstanding copies, some with rare dust-wrappers. The Taurus Collection was formed with two objectives in mind: First was to obtain the finest possible copies of books on the Antarctic; second was to focus on the people and expeditions who went to the Continent when heroism was most important, ie: before the age of mechanization. - from the introduction.The Taurus Collection publication should prove to be a valuable resource for both written and visual documentation for key books important to documentation of exploration of… Read More

Harper & Brothers. New York. 1885. 8vo. xix, (1), 536, 4pp adverts. Coloured frontispiece of Mrs Forbes Honey Eater with tissue guard, 14 plates, numerous text illustrations including 1 map, 3 coloured folding maps, I coloured map, 1 monochrome map. Original pictorial cloth, gilt and black, slight wear to head of spine. Uniformly toned, a tight crisp copy. Orientalia booksellers plate, New York to rep. A nice copy.
Henry O Forbes (1851-1932) Scottish explorer, zoologist and botanist. Travels and observations in The Cocos-Keeling Islands, Java, Sumatra, Moluccas and Timor-Laut, Buru, Timor etc

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 Barrington’s 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 .

First edition. George Philip and Son; Philip, Son and Nephew. London & Liverpool. 1903. Small quarto. xix, 344, (4)pp. Tissue guarded photo frontispiece portrait tipped in, Folding coloured map, 3 further maps, numerous photo plates and text illustrations. Contemporary half calf, spine in six compartments with raised bands, gilt tooling and leather label. Beautifully gilded floral endpapers. All edges gilt. Slight rubbing. A handsome volume.Albert Frederick Calvert (1872-1946) FRGS Mineralogist, Traveller, Author, Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Order of Isabel, and Commander of the Royal Order of Alfonso XII. "His substantial contribution to Hispanism is awaiting reassessment" ODNB.

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