Search Results: Exploration from Black Sheep Books

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1932. First Edition. . A Hard Cover. Jordan, Charlotte Brewster. An unusual travel book: the story of an American boy accompanying his uncle traveling on business through Spain, tracing Christopher Columbus, exploring the ancient places, seeing documents and relics, watching Columbus coming alive. Grey cloth with black titling and coat of arms on front, black titling on spine, illustrated endpapers, colour frontispiece, numerous black and white photographs, 201 pages. Spine sunned, back left corner lightly bumped, interior is clean and tight. Dust jacket is price clipped, some age darkening, edge wear with closed tears and chipping, shelf wear, a one-inch open tear at bottom of back, a one-inch rubbed spot near base of spine. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us… Read More

Wheeler, Oregon: Ekahni Publishing, 2008. Advance Reading Copy. . Pictorial Cover. Very Good-. First U.S. Edition: 150 copies: 50 hard cover and 100 soft cover. Book is an Advance Reading Copy; Advance Reading Copy label has been affixed to the copyright page. Colourfully illustrated glossy hard cover with white titling on front, black titling on white spine, black and white illustrations and maps throughout, 238 pages. Cover has light shelf wear, lower front corner bumped, previous owner's name on end paper. Book is in nice condition - clean and tight. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

Oslo, Norway: Gyldendal, 1959. Hardcover. Good+ to Very Good-/-. Book is written in Norwegian by Helge Ingstad, noted Norwegian explorer. Brown and tan decorated boards, red cloth spine with gilt titling, illustrated with black and white drawings, plates, maps, and a fold-out two-colour map at back, 592 pages. Wear to edges and corners of boards, spine is sunned and has a few pale spots of discolouration, text block edge has a few pale spots of discolouration, upper edge is darkened, text is clean and tight. This is a handsome book. Book is overweight. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols Publishers, 2001. Hardcover. Very Good/-. Repertorium Columbianum, Volume XI, Las Casas on Columbus: The Third Voyage. The Repertorium Columbianum is a collection of contemporary sources relationg to Columbus's four voyages. This edition covers Columbus's third voyage in 1498-1500, to Trinidad and the Gulf of Paria, then on to Hispaniola. The writer Bartholome de Las Casas (1484-1566 or 1576) "presents the fullest picture we have of Columus". Red cloth, gilt titling to spine, yellow endpapers, 333 pages. Minor edge wear. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

London: Andre Deutsch Ltd., 1982. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good-. Charles Allen traces back a legend about a great mountain at the centre of the worldwhere four rivers take their source. He tells the extraordinary story of how a remarkable succession of men took up the challenge to penetrate the hostile, frozen wastelands beyond the Western Himalayas. Black cloth, gilt titling to spine, black and white illustrations throughout, 255 pages. Dust jacket has light edge wear and is price clipped. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Salt Spring Island, B.C.: Sir Francis Drake Publications, 2001. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Drawing on newly uncovered evidence, geographer and maritime historian Samuel Bawlf masterfully reconstructs Francis Drakes historic round-the-world expedition, exploring the drama surrounding the voyage and offering intriguing insights into life at sea in the sixteenth century. Red hard cover with gilt titling on spine, black and white frontispiece, black and white illustrations and maps, seven pages of colour plates, one of which folds out, 149 pages. First free end paper has tiny dark mark near bottom edge. Dust jacket has light shelf wear. This is a handsome book - clean, bright and tight. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 4to - over… Read More

Bremen: H.M. Hauschild GmbH, 1999. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Written in German. Subtitled: Bearbeitung, Kommentierung, begleitende Texte und Fotoauswahl von Anne E. Dunzelmann, mit Beitragen von Viola Konig und Andreas Luderwaldt. Blue boards with silver titling on spine, black and white frontispiece, illustrated throughout with black and white plates. 368 pages. Very light edge wear, previous owner's name in pencil to ffep. Dust jacket show light shelf wear, it is now protected in a Brodart cover. This is a very handsome book. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall