New York; (1964): Las Americas Publ. Co. First Edition. Octavo. Spanish text, 362pp. This work is considered tha author's best. He limits himself to showing us the events as in a vast rear-view mirror along the Amazon basin, on Margarita Island and finally on the Venezuelan heights of Barquisimeto, where..... More
New York: Macmillan, 1920. First Edition. Octavo. vi, 380 pages, color frontispiece; 88 plates, maps (one folded). One of the greatest epics in the field of Antarctic Travel and Exploration. A.W. Greely in his four page review of the book in 1921 noted not only was this the most comprehensive..... More
Philadelphia, (1857): Charles C. Rhodes. Octavo. 176 pages. woodcut illustrations "Containing the history of all previous explorations of the Arctic Ocean, from the year 1618 down to the present time; showing how far they advanced northward, what discoveries they made and their scientific observations. The present whereabouts of Sir John..... More
Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1960. Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. . 285pp. index. Edited by Adolfo Cabral. Picture of Southey on frontispiece. Remainder marks on bottom edge of pages.very good. More
London: Sampson Low, Marston,, Searle and Rivington, 1890. First Edition. Octavo. In two volumes. 529pp. and 472pp.(2)pp. ads. Large folding route map of Emin relief expedition in volume I. Volume II: contains a large folding map of the routes of the Emin Pasha relief expedition from the River Congo to..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1878. First American Edition. Octavo. 2 volume set.522 and 566pp., with all ten maps present which includie the two large maps in pockets. and 150 wood cuts all in fine condition with the full page illustrations with tissue guards. Perhaps best known as the intrepid..... More
Spokane, Washington, U.S.A. Arthur H Clark, 1988. First Edition. Octavo. Limited to 750 copies. Frontispiece. 300 pp. with maps and illustrations. Milligan was not an important person but he led a very adventurous life. Among all his adventures and the most important was when he became a part of Fremont'..... More
Edinburgh: For Robert Cadell, 1833. Octavo. Second edition, revised. In two volumes. 525pp. and 544pp. large folding map with a closed tear repair to margin near gutter (though the repair did not hold and is still split). After being acquitted of murder during a duell in which he shot his..... More
Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1898. First Edition. Octavo. xii, 362 pages, [32 leaves of plates] with the folded map. Ella Sykes accompanied her brother Captain Molesworth Sykes who had been asked by the Foreign Office to found a consulate in Kerman and Baluchistan. She writes in the preface: "As I believe that..... More
New York: Nelson and Phillips, 1878. First Edition. 318p. Original cloth. Rev. William Taylor lived and wrote about the Gold Rush while preaching in San Francisco, became a missonary to Africa, South America and Taylor University is named after him. More
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co., 1871. First Edition. Soft Cover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Back cover detached, small chips from front cover and a closed tear.1 1/2" peice missing from paper spine. Crimp stamp. Book sound and tight. Cover is very fragile. 373 p. More
London: T. Nelson and Sons, 1881. Octavo. Frontispiece, 718pp., illustrated with tissue guards present. This edition was designed for the British readers which takes us over a part of Southern Syria and over Palestine, but in a direction opposite to that pursued by most travelers. Most often, travelers enter from..... More
London: T. Nelson and Sons, 1905. Octavo. . Frontispiece, 718pp., illustrated with tissue guards present. This edition was designed for the British readers which takes us over a part of Southern Syria and over Palestine, but in a direction opposite to that pursued by most travelers. Most often, travelers enter..... More
San Fancisco: John Howell, 1926. First Edition. Thick Quarto. x, 543 pages, illustrations, portraits, maps (some folded). "to the Missouri Historical Society, Compliments of H.R. Wagner." Ex-Library Label. Henry R. Wagner's volume is the results of massive and minute research. His knowledge of the Spanish sources are important and here..... More
London: Martin Hopkinson, 1928. Limited Edition. Large Octavo. Limited to only 1500 copies. 402 pages, index. with folding map after the index. When Anson's book appeared in the 18th century, it became a bestseller. The disasters Anson faced were disclosed and led to major reforms in the British Navy. The..... More
Edinburgh: for Archibald Constable and Co., 1819. First Edition. Octavo. In three volumes, lxiv, 552pp. (colophon dated 1818) containing two large folding maps(Washington in black and white and Eastern US hand-colored), Vol. 2; xii, 517pp., and vol. 3; xii, 588pp., The author's object was to exhibit one of the most..... More
Minneapolis: Press of Hahn and Harmon Company, 1914. First Edition. Large Octavo. 184 pages, illustrated with tissue guards present, printed on beautiful handmade paper from Italy (with the watermarks visible). After receiving his degree from Genesee University (later Syracuse University), he became an expert on woods and was devoted to..... More
New York; (1960): Henry Holt, First Edition. Octavo. 240 pp. Inscribed by the author "For Ramona with warmest regards which I hope will more than make up for this coldest of subjects. Eddie Weems." The story of two men who believed they were the first to discover the Pole. Robert..... More
Haburg - Leipzig: Hoffmann U. Campe, 1936. First Edition. 8vo. Pictorial Cover. 127 pp. Modern typeface. Colorful yellow, red and blue-green cover drawing of battlecruiser. Light soiling. Historical look through Hegelian lens at the wars for domination of the Meidterranean, concluding that the struggle between England and Italy for world..... More
New York; (1881 and 1883): D. Appleton and Co. First American Edition. Folio. In two volumes. engraved frontispieces, engraved vignette title page and regular title page printed in red and black, 480 and 476pp., color map of Palestine, with numerous engravings on steel and wood from original drawings by Harry..... More