New York: Fordham University Press, (1940). Being the Original Documents first published at the Vatican Polyglot Press now done into English and presented for the Edification of the Faithful. First edition. 4to. 10-3/4" x 7-7/8".Brick colored cloth covered boards stamped in gold. Hand drawn decorative map endpapers. 468 pp including..... More
Boston: Little Brown & Co., 1914. With drawings by Lester G. Hornby. First Edition. Large 8vo. 9-5/8" x 6-1/2". Blue cloth covered boards stamped in gold with pictorial medallion drawing. 205 pp. Illustrations: The Underground Passage Between old Province Court and Harvard Place; The Old South Church; The Frigate Constitution..... More
London: Macmillan Co., 1867. With maps, engraved illustrations and portraits. 24 illustrations in Vol. I including two hand-colored maps, one a large fold-out. 12 illustrations in Vol. II. Two volumes. 8vo. Green cloth stamped in gold 371 pp and 372 pp. including index. More
New York: Huntington Press, (1933). Twelve photo illustrations plus a vivid full color fold out chart of the Approximate track and noon positions of the ship "British Isles" of Liverpool - James P. Barker, Master on a Voyage to Pisagua, Chile from Port Talbot, Wales, A.D. 1905. Stated First Edition..... More
Mexico: Ediciones Euroamericanas, Euram, (1979). Illustrated with many black and white photos and some. 9684140002. First edition. 8vo, 9-5/16" x 6-1/2" This study is a preparation to incorporate into scientific knowledge part of that unknown and mysterious land which now shows us only its highest peaks - Clairvoyance, Telepathy, E.S.P...... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, n.d. With Maps and an Appendix, Containing, Among Other Information, A Series of March-Routes, Compiled from a Russian Work. Small 8vo. 7-1/2" x 5-3/8". Pictorial brown cloth covered boards stamped in black and gold. 403 pp. plus 4 pp. publisher's ads. Hand-colored 29" x 17-3/8"..... More
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1896. Illustrated with 67 photos and half-tone illustrations and one map. First edition. 8vo. 7-7/16" x 5". Pictorial beige cloth covered boards stamped in green silver and gold. Accompanied by Henry Somers Somerset and his servant Charlwood and Lloyd Griscom, the author boarded the steamer..... More
New York: Fleming H. Revell Company, 1899. With Introduction by The Right Hon Lord Overtoun. Illustrated with 14 photographs. Crisp color 19" x 14" fold out map of central Africa. First Edition. 8vo. Pictorial mustard colored cloth covered boards stamped in black and gold. "Dr. Elmslie, who with his devoted..... More
Boston and Cambridge: James Munroe and Company, 1851. First Edition. 12mo. Dark Green cloth covered boards with dark green pebbled leather spine stamped in gold. Decorative gold rules. Red glossy marbled endpapers. 219 pp. Red and white headbands. Tooled raised bands. Panels decorated with single gold flower. More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1898. Twentieth Edition, Revised. 8vo. 8-3/4" x 5-1/2". Green pebbled cloth covered boards stamped in gold and black. 327 pp. More
London: Cassell, (1958). Illustrated with ninety-three black and white and some color photos. On 24 November, 1957, twelve men set out from Shackleton Base equipped with eight vehicles, sledges and two dog teams to cross more than two thousand miles of unexplored snow and ice. In front of them lay..... More
Philadelphia: Thomas, Cowperthwait and Co., 1848. Revised Edition. Blind stamped green cloth covered boards. Spine stamped in gold. 16mo. 4-5/8" x 5-11/16." 137 pp. Twenty-one chapters of adventure from witnessing the eruption of Mt. Etna to adventure on the high seas and travels through Africa. More
Meador Publishing Company: Boston, 1940. 8vo. 7-7/8" x 5-3/4". Green cloth covered boards stamped in gold. 215 pp. No index. More
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1872. With forty engraved illustrations. Small 8vo. Brick colored cloth stamped in gold and black. 357 pp. "A record of a visit to Greenland, made in the summer of 1869, with a small party of friends, in the steam-yacht of Mr. William Bradford, whose widely-celebrated..... More
New York: Duell, Sloan & Pearce. Illustrated with many photographs of Scandinavian artifacts found in Minnesota and Michigan. Stated First edition. 8vo. Green cloth covered boards stamped in silver. 354 pp. including index. More
Toronto: Clarke, Irwin & Co., 1950. Illustrated by Richard Bennett. First Edition. 8vo. Grey cloth covered boards. Spine stamped in blue and gold. 368 pp. including index. The Fraser's story is that of British Columbia and its peole, and Mr. Hutchison shows that it provides some of the richest yet..... More
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1864. Illustrated. First Edition. Brown Cloth. More
Boston: Little Brown & Co., 1952. With drawings by Samuel Bryant. Stated First Edition. Green cloth, spine stamped in gold. Map endpapers. 344 pp. Mr. Mowat tells the story of the People, the Ihalmiut, with pathos, humor and a consuming passion for his subject. In superb, lyrical prose he writes..... More
New York: Nelson and Phillips, (1875). Four Illustrations. 12mo. Brown cloth stamped in black and gold. Yellow endpapers. "In the orthography of words belonging to the extreme northern regions we have used the simplest form, supported by good literary authority, following mainly that of Professor Dall, of the Smithsonian Institution..... More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, no date. Illustrated with 15 photos by Robert Niles, Jr. Edition issued under the arrangement with the Publishers G.P. Putnam's Sons, originally published in 1926. 8vo. Green cloth covered boards with blind stamped rules. Spine stamped in black. 325 pp. "High up on the precipitous..... More
New York: Redfield, 1854. Embellished with lovely little wood-engraved headpieces. From the Third London Edition. Small 8vo. 7-1/2" x 5-3/16". 266 pp. Green textured cloth. Spine stamped in gold. 10 pp. publisher's ads. Frontispiece fold out map of Russia. More
Cincinnati: The Western Book Concern, 1859. Illustrated with four engravings. 8vo. Decorative blind stamped black cloth covered boards.431 pp. Written for the ministers and members of the Methodist Episcopal Church: "The life of a missionary, in a wild and uncultivated field, is far from being monotonous. He is constantly brought..... More
New York and London: Century Company, (1925). With Man Illustrations from Photographs by Rexford W. Barton and the Author. 8vo. 8-1/16" x 5-5/8". Green cloth covered boards stamped in black and gold and beige. 355 pp. including index. With two colored fold-out map, both in fine condition. With wonderful photographs..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1923. With Biographical Introduction by Sir J.M. Barrie and a Preface by Sir Clements R. Markham. With 19 gravure photo illustrations by Herbert G. Pointing and others. 8vo. 8" x 5-3/8". Blue pictorial cloth cover. 519 pp. Map endpapers of the British Antarctic Expedition..... More
New York: Harper and Brothers, (1878). Total of 34 full page and 115 smaller woodcuts. 8 fold-out maps included in text block and 2 large folding maps, enveloped in back map pockets. 2 volumes. Thick 8vo. 9" x 6-1/4" Green pictorial cloth covered boards. Vol. I has 522 pp. including..... More