Mr. Stanley, I Presume?:; The Life and Explorations of Henry Morton Stanley
Gloucestershire, UK: Sutton Publishing, [2004]. 1st. Hardcover. 374 pp. Bound in publisher's original black cloth with the spine stamped in gilt. More
Travel & Exploration
The Great Polar Fraud; Cook, Peary, and Byrd - How Three American Heroes Duped the World into Thinking They Had Reached the North Pole
New York: Skyhorse, 2014. 1st. Hardcover. Bound in the publisher's original cloth covered boards, spine stamped in gilt. More
New Lands, New Men: America And The Second Great Age Of Discovery
New York: Viking Press, [1986]. 1st. Hardcover. Bound in the publisher's original quarter cloth and paper covered boards with the spine stamped in gilt. The dust jacket has minor chips and closed tears, otherwise a fine book in a very good dust jacket. More
An Egyptian Journal
London: Faber and Fabewr, 1985. 1st. Hardcover. Former owner's notes in ink facing the title page. More
The Road To Lamaland; Impressions Of A Journey To Western Thibet.
New York: George H. Doran, n.d. ca 1916. 1st. Hardcover. 1st edition. Cloth, x, 246 pp., numerous photo-illustrations. Fine. More
Discovery of the Nile
Edison, New Jersey: Chartwell, 2002. Hardcover. More
The Discovery of A New World {Mundus Alter et Idem}
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1937. Hardcover. First printing of this edition. Translated circa 1609 by John Healey from the original Latin edition of circa 1605. This edition edited by Huntington Brown and acquired from him. Foreward by Richard E. Byrd, Rear Admiral, USN Ret. Bound in publisher's original red..... More
A New Account Of The East Indies By Alexander Hamilton. Two volumes.
London: Argonaut, 1930. Hardcover. Edited by Sir William Foster. London, Argonaut Press, 1930. One of 975 copies. Cloth spines and cloth over boards. Uncut. xxxvii, 259; vi, 225, [1] pp., numerous illustrations and maps some folding. Interiors are clean and bright, one corner bumped, the cover cloth of volume 1..... More
Whaling. Wherein Are Discussed The First Whalesmen Of Whom
Hawes, Charles Boardman. WHALING. WHEREIN ARE DISCUSSED THE FIRST WHALESMEN OF WHOM WE HAVE RECORD..AND IN CONCLUSION, THE PRESENT STATE OF THE ONCE FLOURISHING AND LUCRATIVE INDUSTRY. Garden City, Doubleday, Page, 1924. 1st edition. Cloth, t.e.g. 358 pp. Lacks dust jacket. Very good condition. More
Atlas of Ancient Archeology
New York: McGraw Hill, 1975. 1st. Hardcover. Bound in the publisher's original cloth covered boards, Lighlty rubbed edges and extremities of dust jacket. More
A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay to the Northern Ocean. Bibliotheca Australiana #25.
N. Israel: Amsterdam, 1968. 1st. Hardcover. Reprint of the 1795 edition. Includes folding maps and illustrations. More
Vers La Ville Interdite.
Paris: Felix Juven, 1900. Hardcover. Pictorial cloth lettered stamped and lettered in gilt on the cover and spine, a.e.g., viii,404 pp., numerous full-page photo-plates. Marginal browning, cloth worn through at the head and heel, otherwise very good condition. This work provides a detailed textual and photographic account of the author's..... More
Condemned as a Nihilist; A Story of Escape from Siberia
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1892. 1st. Hardcover. First American edition bound in the publisher's original cloth covered boards, spine and cover stamped and decorated in black and gilt. Rubbed at the edges and extremities, beginning to fray at head. Binding is loose but holding. More
Nanga Parbat; Incorporating the Official Report of the Expedition of 1953
London: Elek Books, 1954. 1st. Hardcover. Translated and additional material supplied by Eleanor Brockett and Anton Ehrenzweig. Foreword by Brig. Sir John Hunt. Bound in publisher's original turquoise cloth with spine stamped in gilt. Newspaper clipping laid in. Illustrated. 5 5/8 x 8 5/8 inches. 254 pages. More
The RA Expedictions.
Garden City: Doubleday, 1971. 1st. Hardcover. Translated by Patricia Crampton. With111 color photographs. Signed bythe author. Dust jacket chipped at the edges. More
Explorations
New York: Oxford University Press, 1971. First Edition. Uncorrected proof. Bound in publisher's plain mustard wrappers with a white label on the front. Crease to back cover, minor soiling, otherwise fine. More
North-west Territory. Reports Of Progress; Together With A Preliminary And General Report Of The Assiniboine And Saskatchewan Exploring Expedition Made Under Instructions From The Provincial Secretary, Canada.
Toronto: John Lovell, 1859. 1st. 1st and only edition. Illustrated with a very large folding map of part of Rupert's Land in four sections loosely inserted, a folding colored geological map, 3 sectional plans (2 colored in outline), 3 plates (including a woodcut not called for in the list of..... More
Our Hundred Days In Europe.
Holmes, Oliver Wendell. OUR HUNDRED DAYS IN EUROPE. London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1887. 1st British edition. Bound in original publisher's cloth. Spine sun-faded, some wear to head and heel of spine, otherwise very good condition. Currier & Tilton, p.214. More
Travels In Tartary, Thibet, And China During The Years 1844-5-6. 2 Vol
London: Office of the National Illustrated Library, 1852. 2nd. Hardcover. Translated by W. Hazlitt. 2 Volumes. 2nd edition. Very good condition. Cloth stamped in gilt and blind. [8], frontis, viii, [9]-292, [4] pp., folding map; frontis, x, [11]-304 pp. 50 wood engravings. Occasional light foxing in both volumes, light wear..... More
The Conquest of Everest
New York: E. P. Dutton, 1954. 1st. Hardcover. Bound in the publisher's original quarter cloth and illustrated blue cloth over boards, spine stamped in blue. Spine is slightly cocked and cloth is worn at the extremities. Dust jacket is chipped and torn at the extremities and faded at the spine..... More
Arctic Passage: The Turbulent History of the Land and People of the Bering Sea, 1697-1975
New York: Scribner, 1975. 1st. Hardcover. Includes bibliography and index. Illustrated with photographs in black & white. Fine condition in a fine dust jacket. More
South with Endurance; Shackleton's Antarctic Expedition 1914-1917; The Photographs of Frank Hurley
New York: BCL Press, 2001. Hardcover. Bound in publisher's original blue cloth with spine stamped in white. Profusely illustrated. 12 x 11/12 inches. 320 pages. More
The Black Heart; A Voyage into Central Africa
New York: Henry Holt, 1988. 1st. Hardcover. Bound in the publisher's original black quarter cloth over boards, spine stamped in gilt. Edges and extremities of boards and dust jacket are rubbed. More
Voyage Of The U.S. Exploring Squadron, Commanded By Captain Charles Wilkes Of The United States Navy, In 1838, 1840, 1841, And 1842: Together With Explorations And Discoveries Made By Admiral D'urville, Captain Ross And Other Navigators And Travellers...
Auburn: Alden, Beardsley, 1852. Later edition. Contemporary calf with leather spine label lettered in gilt, xxii, [23]-517, [10] pp., numerous illustrations. Foxing, front board detached, rubbed and chipped at the head, heel and extremities. More
Modern Athens! Displayed In A Series Of Views With Engravings Of Edinburgh In The Nineteenth Century; Exhibiting The Whole Of The New Buildings, Modern Improvements, Antiquities, And Picturesque Scenery, Of The Scottish Metropolis And Its Environs. Engrav
London: Jones, 1829. Hardcover. Rebound in maroon cloth, with black paper spine labels stamped in gilt. Fine condition. Minor foxing, otherwise fine condition. 70 pages of text and 38 pages of steel engravings, two illustrations per page in the first title. 52 pages of descriptive text and 40 pages of..... More