Carteret's Voyage Round The World 1766-1769. 2 Volumes.
Cambridge: Hakluyt Society at the University Press, 1965. Hardcover. Edited by Helen Wallis. Hakluyt Society econd Series No. CXXIV. Former owner's name stamped on front end paper. More
Travel & Exploration
My Apingi Kingdom: With Life in the Great Sahara, and Sketches of the Chase of the Ostrich, Hyena, &c.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1871. Hardcover. Ignatius L. Donnelly's copy with his name and date in ink on the first blank leaf. Illustrated throughout in black-and-white. Bound in publisher's original cloth with the front cover and spine stamped in gilt. Covers are rubbed and faded with chips to the..... More
Tourist Third Cabin:; Steamship Travel in the Interwar Years
New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003. 1st. Hardcover. Bound in black cloth. More
Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to Ascertain the Most Practicable and Economical Route for a Rairoad from the Mississippi River to thye Pacific Ocean. Made Under the Direction of the Secretary of War, in 1853-54. Twelve volumes bound in thirteen complete.
Washington, D. C. A.O.P. Nicholson, 1855 - 1860. 1st. Hardcover. Rebound in quarter black cloth and marbled paper boards, brown paper label on spine printed in black and white. Volumes 1, 2, 11 (map volume), and 12 part I are Senate issues; the rest are House of Representative issues.Observations on..... More
Report of the Exploration of the Country Between Lake Superior and the Red River Settlement, and Between the Latter Place and the Assiniboine and Saskatchewan
Toronto: John Lovell, 1859. Hardcover. Printed by Order of the Legislative Assembly. Bound (rebacked) in half black morocco and red cloth with a white paper label stamped in black pasted onto the front cover and the spine is stamped in gilt. Folding map of North America, folding profile of the..... More
A Voyage To The Eastern Part Of Terra Firma, Or The Spanish Main, In South-America, During The Years 1801, 1802, 1803, And 1804. Translated By An American Gentleman. 3 Volumes.
New York: I. Riley, 1806. 1st. Hardcover. 1st American edition. Contemporary full-calf with leather spine labels lettered in gilt, xxxii, 248, [8]; 363, [8]; 288, [8] pp., one folding map. This study compiled by Francois Depons, an agent of the French government at Caraccas, provides detailed information and descriptions of..... More
The Voyage Of Semen Dezhnev In 1648; Bering's Precursur
London: Hakluyt Society, 1981. Hardcover. With selected documents by Raymond H. Fisher. Hakluyt Society Second Series, volume 159. Former owner's bookplate. More
Columbus and the Age of Discovery.
New York: William Morrow, 1991. 1st. Hardcover. Written with William G. Scheller. Illustrated in color. Includes bibliography and index. More
Travels in Arabia Desert
New York: Random House. Hardcover. Bound in the publisher's original cloth covered boards, cover and spine stamped in blue and gilt. Lightly rubbed edges and extremities. Illustrations, charts, and graphs throughout. Folding map in back pocket. More
Travels Through Different Cities of Germany, Italy, Greece, and Several Parts of Asia, as far as the Banks of the Euphrates: In a Series of Letters. Containing, An Account of what is mast remarkable in their Present State, As well as in their Monuments of Antiquity.
London: W. Strahan, 1754. 1st. Hardcover. Thirty-four plates complete. Includes the maps of Cyprus and Syria. Bound in full contemporary leather somewhat scuffed and gouged with a rough suede-like finish. Rebacked with red label on the spine stamped in gilt. Corners and edges worn but the text is sturdy, intact..... More
The Flowers and Gardens of Japan.
London: Adam and Charles Black, 1908. 1st. Hardcover. With 50 illustrations painted by Ella Du Cane and Dexcribed by Florence Du Cane. More
A Journey To Ashango-land; And Further Penetration Into Equatorial Africa.
New York: Appleton, 1867. 1st. Hardcover. 1st edition. Publisher's pebbled cloth with a gilt vignette stamped on the front cover and gilt letters on the spine, xxiv, 501, [2] pp., 22 full-page plates. Lacks half-title, front free endpaper, and map, one plate is loose and is frayed along the edges..... More
Four Thousand Miles On The "Sibiryakov"
Leningrad: Writers Publishing House, [1934]. L. Kantorovich. 1st. Hardcover. One of 2850 copies. Illustrated with black and white lithographs by L. Kantorovich. Bound in the publisher's original grey cloth with the title stamped in silver on the spine. Illustrated end papers. Text is in Russian. Corners bumped and wear at..... More
Chronicles Of An African Trip.
Eastman, George. CHRONICLES OF AN AFRICAN TRIP. Illustrated with photographs. [Rochester], n.p., [1927]. Cloth spine and paper boards with a paper spine label. Map endpapers. Privately printed chronicle of an African hunting trip made by Eastman and two companions in 1926. Cover slightly soiled, otherwise near fine. More
John Williams; The Martyr Missionary Of Polynesia
New York: Fleming H. Revell, 1889. Hardcover. Illustrations in black and white. Near fine condition. More
Farthest West; Life and Travel in the United States.
New York: D. Appleton, 1910. 1st. Hardcover. Bound in the publisher's original blue cloth, spine stamped in gilt. Top edge gilt. Front and rear hinges tender but holding. Frontispiece and thirty-one additional illustrations throughout. Full color map tipped in with a 3 inch split at one of the folds, else..... More
The Pageant Of The Packets; A Book Of American Steamboating.
Eskew, Garnett Laidlaw. THE PAGEANT OF THE PACKETS; A BOOK OF AMERICAN STEAMBOATING. Decorations by Nancy Beatty Eskew. New York, Henry Holt, [1929]. 1st edition. Dust jacket. Very good condition. More
From Egypt To Japan.
Field, Henry. FROM EGYPT TO JAPAN. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, [1877]. 3rd edition. Cloth. Worn at the head and heel, otherwise very good condition. More
To The Ends Of The Earth: The Transglobe Expedition, The First Pole-to-pole Circumnavigation Of The Globe.; Foreword by H. R. H. Prince Charles
New York: Arbor House, [1983]. 1st. Hardcover. Bound in the publisher's original quarter red and blue cloth with the spine stamped in gilt. The dust jacket has minor chips and closed tears to the extremities. More
Minutes Of Council Northern Department Of Rupert Land, 1821-1831.; Introduction by H.A. Innis. Volume III of the Hudson's Bay Company Series
Toronto: Champlain Society, 1940. One of 550 numbered copies. Bound in the publisher's original red cloth with the title and the society emblem stamped in gilt on the spine, t.e.g. Uncut. Previous owner's bookplate on the front pastedown endpaper. More
Resolution Journal Of Johann Reihold Forster, 1772-1775. 4 Volumes.
London: Hakluyt Society, 1982. Hardcover. 831 pp. Edited by Michael E. Hoare. Hakluyt Society Second Series Volumes 152-155. More
Rear Admiral Byrd And The Polar Expeditions.
Foster, Coram. REAR ADMIRAL BYRD AND THE POLAR EXPEDITIONS. New York, A.L. Burt Co., [1930]. Illustrated with 16 black & white photographs. Bound in full cloth. Dust jacket slightly chipped, book very good. More
Explorers of Arabia from the Renaissance to the Victorian Era
New York: Holmes and Meier, 1978. 1st. Hardcover. Bound in the publisher's original cloth covered boards, spine stamped in gilt. Dust jacket lightly rubbed at the edges and extremities. More
Around The World On The Cleveland
N. p. Published by the authors, N. d. [ca. 1910]. 1st. Presentation signed and dated by Frizell on the front free endpaper. Illustrated throughout with black-and-white photographs taken by the Members of the Party. Black-and-white photographic frontispiece of the three travelers tipped in. One fold-out map. Bound in the publisher's..... More
The Crossing Of Antarctica; The Commonwealth Trans-antarctic Expedition 1955-1958
Boston: Little Brown, 1958. 1st. Hardcover. First American edition. Dust jacket slightly chipped at extremities, otherwise book and dust jacket in very good condition. More