The Quest for Africa; Two Thousand Years of Exploration
New York: G. P. Putnams Sons, 1957. 1st. Hardcover. Translated from the German by Diana Pyle. Dust jacket torn but complete. More
Travel & Exploration
Bering Bridge; The Soviet-American Expedition from Siberia to Alaska
Duluth: Pfeifer-Hamilton, 1989. 1st. Hardcover. Bound in the publisher's original blue cloth over boards, spine and cover stamped in white. Price clipped dust jacket is sunned at the spine. Signed presentation from the author on the ffep. More
Glaciers of the Canadian Rockies and Selkirksd (Smithsonian Expedition of 1904)
Washington, D. C. Smithsonian Institution, 1907. 1st. Hardcover. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs and line drawings. Bound in publisher's orginal green cloth with the spine stamped in gilt. Ex-library with the ususal markings. The front inner hinge is torn at the title page. Rear inner hinge is weak... More
Travels In Switzerland In 1817, 1818, And 1819
London: Sir Richard Phillips, 1822. Bound in plain grey wrappers. 128 pp. Pages trimmed, lacks plates. Minor foxing to title page, otherwise fine. More
Decorative Printed Maps of the 15th to 18th Centuries; A revised edition of Old Decorative Maps and Charts by A. L. Humphreys
London: Spring Books, [1965]. Hardcover. Histories of cartography in Europe. Eighty pages of text plus 84 illustrations, including 12 in color. Bound in publisher's original blue cloth with spine stamped in gilt. 11 1/4 x 8 3/4 inches. More
Travels in the Land of the Gods (1898-1907): The Japan Diaries of Richard Gordon Smith
New York: Prentice Hall, 1986. 1st. Hardcover. Edited by Victoria Manthorpe. Illustrated. Fine condition in a fine dust jacket. More
Colton's Traveler And Tourist's Guide-book Through The Western States And Territories, Containing Brief Descriptions Of Each, With The Routes And Distances On The Great Lines Of Travel. Accompanied By A Map, Exhibiting The Township Lines Of The U. S. Surveys, The Boundaries Of Counties, Position Of Cities, Villages And Settlements, Etc.
New York: J. H. Colton, 1856. Fold-out map in rear. Bound in the publisher's original brown cloth with the title and decoration stamped in gilt on the front cover and stamped in blind on the back cover. Head and heel chipped and rubbed. Corners worn through the cloth. Some splitting..... More
The Illustrated Longitude; The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time
New York: Walker, 1995. 1st. Hardcover. Bound in publisher's original green cloth with spine stamped in gilt. Frontispiece. Profusely illustrated. 9 x 10 inches. 216 pages. More
The Saga of Fridtjof Nansen; Scientist, artist, explorer, author, statesman, humantitarian, sportsman
New York: W. W. Norton, 1932. Hardcover. Bound in the publisher's original blue cloth over boards, spine stamped in blue and gilt. Cloth is mildly soiled and sunned at the spine. Frontis and 21 additional illustrations throughout. More
Mountaineering. Volume Xviii Of The Lonsdale Library Of Sports, Games And Pastimes.
Philadelphia, Lipincott, n.d. Fine condition. Spine and cover gilt-stamped. 130 photographic and line illustrations. More
Rambles In Germany, France, Italy, And Russia In Search Of Sport
London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1853. 1st. Hardcover. Bound in half red morrocco with marbled boards and marbled end papers. Includes four full page color lithographs. Text and illustrations are bright. Near fine condition. More
Over California
San Francisco: Collins, 1990. Hardcover. Bound in the publisher's original green cloth over boards, spine and cover stamped in gilt. Profusely illustrated throughout in full color. Dust jacket is chipped and worn at the extremities. More
My Life with the Eskimo.
New York: Macmillan, 1919. 1st. Hardcover. Illustrated with photographs in black and white. Bound in navy cloth with spine titled in gilt. Spine slightly faded. More
Victorious Mountaineer; a memoir of Harry Peirce Nichols 1850-1940
Louisville: The Cloister Press, 1943. 1st. Hardcover. Introduction by Frederick C. Grant. Drawings by Carleton M. Winslow. More
Illustrated Maps of Scotland; From Blaeu's Atlas Novus of the 17th Century
London: Studio Editions, 1991. 1st. Hardcover. Bound in the publisher's original green cloth over boards, spine stamped in gilt. With frontis and 46 full color plates and illustrations throughout. More
Travels in the two Sicilies in the Years 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780. Two Volumes
London: Printed for P. Elmsly, 1783, 1785. 1st. Hardcover. Quarto. Rebound in modern quarter brown morocco and brown cloth boards with six raised bands and spines stamped in gilt. Marbled end papers. Volume 1, xxxi, 423, vi. Volume 2, viii, 529, v. All maps and plates present and in very..... More
Ghost Train to the Eastern Star; On the Tracks of the Great Railway Bazaar
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2008. 1st. Hardcover. Bound in the publisher's original cloth over boards, spine stamped in gilt. More
The Happy Isles of Oceania; Paddling the Pacific
New York: Putnam Pub Group, 1992. 1st. Hardcover. 528 pp. More
Pageant of Adventure
New York: Wilfred Funk, Inc., 1940. 2nd. Hardcover. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper. Minor wear to the extremities. More
Pageant of Adventure
New York: Wilfred Funk, Inc., 1940. 1st. Hardcover. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper. Minor wear to the extremities. More
Cote D'or (criterion Miscellany - No. 2)
London: Faber & Faber, [1929]. 1st. Hardcover. One of 300 numbered copies signed by the author on the limitation page. Printed at the Chiswick Press on English hand-made paper. Bound in the publisher's original stiff cream colored boards with the front cover stamped in gilt. Minor chips to the extremities..... More
Cimes et Neige; 102 Sommets a Ski
Arthaud, 1971. Hardcover. Text in French. With 108 pages illustrees en heliogravure, 102 croquis. More
El-Khuds, The Holy; Glimpses in the Orient
Philadelphia: James Challen & Son, 1861. 1st. Hardcover. Bound in original full leather with spine and edges stamped in gilt. Spine and covers stamped in decorative blind. 10 tinted color lithographs. Frontispiece. Chipping to head of spine with wear to extremities. Inscription on front blank leaf. 6 1/4 x 9..... More
Before the Wind; The Memoir of an American Sea Captain, 1808-1833
New York: Viking, 1999. 1st. hardcover. Edited by Susan Fels. Preface by William T. LaMoy. Afterword by Thomas Philbridk., More