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Verne, Jules
Von der Erde zum Mond : direkte Fahrt in 97 Stunden und 20 Minuten + Reise um den Mond Übers. von William Matheson. Mit 2 Kt. u. 41 Ill. von de Montaut / Diogenes-Taschenbücher ; 64,3 + Übers. von Ute Haffmans. Mit 44 Ill. von Emil Bayard u. A. de Neuville / Diogenes-Taschenbücher ; 64,4
Zürich : Diogenes 1977/1980. 301 +S. : Ill. ; 18 cm Taschenbuch 0
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VICTOR, Paul-Emile.
Aventure Esquimau. Nouvelle édition en un volume à l'usage de la jeunesse de Boréal et Banquise. Illustré de nombreux croquis et cartes de l' auteur.
Paris, René Juillard, 1950 ; in-8°, broché, couverture illustrée en couleurs; 379pp., 2ff.Illustré de dessins et cartes en noir dans le texte et de photographies hors texte ( tirées en bleu).Très bon exemplaire.Envoi autographe signé de l' auteur.
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VICTOR Paul-Emile
BANQUISE
Paris Grasset 1953 in 8 (19x14) 1 volume broché, jaquette illustrée, 285 pages, avec de nombreux croquis et de cartes par l'auteur, dont hors-texte, et de 8 pages hors-texte en héliogravure. Paul-Emile Victor, dit PEV, Genève 1907 - Bora-Bora 1995, explorateur polaire, scientifique, et ethnologue français, fondateur des expéditions polaires françaises. Bon exemplaire
Bookseller reference : 054569
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VICTOR Paul-Emile
BANQUISE
Paris Grasset 1962 in 8 (19x14) 1 volume broché, couverture illustrée, 376 pages [2], avec de nombreux croquis et de cartes par l'auteur, dont hors-texte. Paul-Emile Victor, dit PEV, Genève 1907 - Bora-Bora 1995, explorateur polaire, scientifique, et ethnologue français, fondateur des expéditions polaires françaises. Signature manuscrite de Paul-Emile Victor sur la page de faux-titre, datée 1973 Bon exemplaire
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VICTOR Paul-Emile
BANQUISE. ( Boréal II ) Le jour sans ombre
Paris Bernard Grasset éditeur 1949 in 8 (19,5x15) 1 volume broché, couverture illustrée, 376 pages [3], avec 8 illustrations hors texte en héliogravure. Paul-Emile Victor, dit PEV, Genève 1907 - Bora-Bora 1995, explorateur polaire, scientifique, et ethnologue français, fondateur des expéditions polaires françaises. Signature manuscrite de Paul-Emile Victor sur la page de faux-titre. Bon exemplaire ( Photographies sur demande / We can send pictures of this book on simple request )
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VICTOR Paul-Emile
COUTUMES ET TECHNIQUES DE LA PISTE BLANCHE
Paris J. Susse 1948 in 12 (19x12) 1 volume broché, couverture illustrée, 202 pages [1], avec de nombreuses illustrations, dont hors-texte, et des croquis et de cartes par l'auteur. Paul-Emile Victor, dit PEV, Genève 1907 - Bora-Bora 1995, explorateur polaire, scientifique, et ethnologue français, fondateur des expéditions polaires françaises. Très bel exemplaire
Bookseller reference : 054581
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VICTOR, Paul-Emile.
Coutumes et techniques de la Piste Blanche.
Paris, J. Susse 1948, 185x115mm, frontispice, 202pages, broché. Bon état.
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Vicor Franco
Mon vélo l'amérique et moi
Amiot dumont 1952 in12. 1952. Broché.
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Victor Paul-Emile Victor Jean-Christophe
Planète Antarctique: Nouvelle terre des hommes
Hachette 1994 11x2 2x17 2cm. 1994. mass_market.
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Victor Tissot
Voyage au pays des milliards - 9e éd. revue et corrigée
E. Dentu Libraire-Éditeur 1875 in12. 1875. Relié.
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Victor Brillard de Nouvion (1810-1861)
Extraits des auteurs et voyageurs qui ont ecrit sur la guyane
xcii616 pages with bibliography. Octavo 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" bound in contemporary half calf with black spine label and gilt lettering. Publications de la Societe d'Etudes pour la colonisation de la Guyane francaise Number 4. The bibliographical catalogue occupies pages 579-616 and contains descriptions of 240 works on Guiana. Sabin 56097. First edition.<br /><br />French Guiana French: Guyane française officially Guyane is an overseas department French: département d'outre-mer or DOM of France located on the northern coast of South America. It has borders with two nations Brazil and Suriname. Like the other DOMs French Guiana is also an overseas region of France one of the 26 regions of France. Its currency is the euro. The prefecture is Cayenne. The addition of the adjective "French" comes from colonial times when three such colonies existed: British Guiana now Guyana Dutch Guiana now Suriname and French Guiana. The three are still often collectively referred to as the Guianas. French Guiana was originally inhabited by a number of indigenous American people. It was settled by the French during the 17th century. After the Treaty of Paris in 1763 Louis XV sent 12000 settlers to French Guiana to colonise the region. One and a half years later only a few hundred survived.2 Its infamous Île du Diable Devil's Island was the site of penal settlements from 1852 until 1951. More than 70000 French convicts were deported to French Guiana between 1852 and 1939.3 In 1809 a Portuguese-British naval squadron took French Guiana for the Portuguese Empire. With the signing of the Treaty of Paris in 1814 the region was handed back to the French though a Portuguese presence remained until 1817. A border dispute with Brazil arose in the late nineteenth century over a vast area of jungle leading to the short-lived pro-French independent state of Counani in the disputed territory and some fighting between settlers before the dispute was resolved largely in favor of Brazil by the arbitration of the Swiss government.<br /><br />Condition:<br /><br />Front inner hinge cracked rubbing to hinges and corners some internal foxing else a very good copy. Imprimerie de Bethune and Plon hardcover
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Victor Brillard de Nouvion 1810 1861
Extraits des auteurs et voyageurs qui ont ecrit sur la guyane
xcii616 pages with bibliography. Octavo 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" bound in contemporary half calf with black spine label and gilt lettering. Publications de la Societe d'Etudes pour la colonisation de la Guyane francaise Number 4. The bibliographical catalogue occupies pages 579-616 and contains descriptions of 240 works on Guiana. Sabin 56097. First edition.<br /><br />French Guiana French: Guyane française officially Guyane is an overseas department French: département d'outre-mer or DOM of France located on the northern coast of South America. It has borders with two nations Brazil and Suriname. Like the other DOMs French Guiana is also an overseas region of France one of the 26 regions of France. Its currency is the euro. The prefecture is Cayenne. The addition of the adjective "French" comes from colonial times when three such colonies existed: British Guiana now Guyana Dutch Guiana now Suriname and French Guiana. The three are still often collectively referred to as the Guianas. French Guiana was originally inhabited by a number of indigenous American people. It was settled by the French during the 17th century. After the Treaty of Paris in 1763 Louis XV sent 12000 settlers to French Guiana to colonise the region. One and a half years later only a few hundred survived.2 Its infamous Île du Diable Devil's Island was the site of penal settlements from 1852 until 1951. More than 70000 French convicts were deported to French Guiana between 1852 and 1939.3 In 1809 a Portuguese-British naval squadron took French Guiana for the Portuguese Empire. With the signing of the Treaty of Paris in 1814 the region was handed back to the French though a Portuguese presence remained until 1817. A border dispute with Brazil arose in the late nineteenth century over a vast area of jungle leading to the short-lived pro-French independent state of Counani in the disputed territory and some fighting between settlers before the dispute was resolved largely in favor of Brazil by the arbitration of the Swiss government.<br /><br />Condition:<br /><br />Front inner hinge cracked rubbing to hinges and corners some internal foxing else a very good copy. Imprimerie de Bethune and Plon hardcover books
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Victor, Paul-Émile
Groenland 1948 - 1949. 90 (sic!) photographies en noir et en couleurs de J.-J. Languepin, Marcel Ichac et Jaques Masson.
Paris et Grenoble, Arthaud, 1951. 47 pages texte, 70 photographies. Gr.-8°, brochure original avec couverture illustrée (usé et avec traces de pli).
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VIGIER (Henri)
Davout, maréchal d'Empire. duc d'Auerstaedt, prince d'Eckmühl (1770-1823). Précédé d'une introduction par F. Masson
Paris, Ollendorff, 1898 2 vol. in-8, XIX-296 pp. et 408 pp., portrait-frontispice à chaque volume, demi-basane acajou à coins, dos à faux-nerfs orné (reliure de l'époque). Dos passés. Petites usures, manque à la coiffe inférieure du tome 1.
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Villiers, Alan
Captain Cook, The Seamen's Seaman. A study of the great discoverer.
London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1969. Second impression. IX, 255 (1) SS., zahlreiche Illustrationen von Adrian Small. 8°, original Leinwand im illustr. original Schutzumschlag, letzterer mit kl. hinterlegten Randläsuren.
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Vincenti Serge Guéguéniat Jean-Yves Lamouche Hervé
Caravane des Andes
Albin michel 1993 225 pages in8. 1993. Broché. 225 pages.
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Volkens, Georg
Der Kilimandscharo. Darstellung der allgemeinen Ergebnisse eines fünfzehnmonatigen Aufenthaltes in Dschaggalande.
Berlin, Reimer, 1897. 4°. (10) 388 Seiten. Mit 11 Vollbildern, 28 Textbildern und 1 Faltkarte. Original-Leinen mit marmoriertem Schnitt. (Einband berieben u. etwas fleckig, Name auf Titelblatt, Titelblatt und Frontispiz stark stockfleckig, im Weiteren vereinzelt mit Stockflecken, Faltkarte mit Einriß). [4 Warenabbildungen]
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Volunteer upon that Expedition (Thompson, James)
A short authentic Account of the Expedition against Quebec in the year 1759 under command of Major-General James Wolfe
Québec: The « Gazette » 1872 "By a volunteer upon that Expedition". Transcribed and edited from the "volunteer's" manuscript notes but never before published. Light foxing on last pages. Soft cover. Fine. The « Gazette » paperback
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Volz, Bernhard
Henry M. Stanleys Reise durch den dunklen Weltteil. Nach Stanleys Berichten für weitere Kreise bearbeitet. Mit 54 Abbildungen und 1 Karte. 5.Auflage
Leipzig, Brockhaus, 1890. XVI, 369 S., Mit 54 Abbildungen und 1 Karte, 8° OLeinen, mit goldgeprägten Deckelbild und goldgeprägten Rückentitel, Frakturschrift,
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Von Hinterindien bis Surabaja. Forscher und Abenteurer in Südostasien
Neu herausgegeben von Georg Adolf Narciß
Horst Erdmann, Tübingen 1977. Hardcover Wie neu
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Wagner, Pat: Editor
Old West Magazine - Winter 1970
96 pages. Features: The Ordeals of Old Smith - Jedediah Smith ; "Riding to the Hounds" Prairie Style; The Frenchmen's Colorado Gold; 'A Tip of the Hat to Sam Davis - Samuel Post Davis; Black Hills Stockade - Collins-Russell Expedition; Many Trails Led to Gordon (Nebraska); The Mysterious Ramming of the Pacific - S.S. Pacific, Neil Henley (O'Henly); Bonanza in the Santa Ritas - Helvetia and Total Wreck, Arizona; A Rusty Can's Message - Gideon Gaines; Go Bring Him In - Preferably Dead. Average wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Magazine
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WARDROP, A.E.:
Days and nights with Indian Big Game. With chapters by C. W. G. Morris.
London, Macmillan & Co, 1923, in-8vo, 212 p., + ill. with photographs & sketches by J. H. Norton, small legacy-stamp Dr. Guggisberg, orig. cloth, ill. gilt on front cover, upper & bottom spine a bit faded, very good copy.
Bookseller reference : 59870aaf
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Ward, Herbert
Fünf Jahre unter den Stämmen des Kongo-Staates
Leipzig, Amelang, 1891. Kaliko, mit Goldschrift und farbiger Deckelillustration, etwas gr. DinA 5, XIX+211 Seiten, mit vielen sw-Illustrationen nach Zeichnungen von H. Ward, V. Perard und W.B. Davis, Einband mit Gebrauchsspuren, beschabt, berieben und bestoßen, Rücken oben an den Ecken minimal aufgeschabt, Schnitt und Seiten papierbedingt gebräunt, Bindungsklammern rostig, wenige Seiten gering fleckig, gemusterte Einbandinnenseiten/Vorsatzblatt, trotz der Gebrauchs- und/oder Altersspuren SEHR ordentlicher Zustand [5 Warenabbildungen]
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Wasser, Hartmut [Hrsg.]
Der weite Weg nach Westen. Die Tagebücher der Lewis-&-Clark-Expedition 1804 - 1806.
Lenningen, Edition Erdmann, 2007. 21 cm, 365 Seiten, mit 10 zeitgenössischen Abbildungen und 1 Karte, orangefarbenes Leinen, geprägter Rückentitel, blindgeprägte Deckelvignette, Lesebändchen, Karten auf den Vorsätzen, Original-Schutzumschlag. 1. Auflage Schutzumschlag mit Randläsuren, Buch sehr gut erhalten. Alte abenteuerliche Reiseberichte.
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Wattenberg, Hermann
Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Atlantischen Mission auf dem Forschungs- und Vermessungsschiff Meteor 1925-1927. Band IX. Atlas zu: Die Verteilung des Sauerstoffs im Atlantischen Ozean. 72, meist mehrfarbige Beilagen (eine FEHLT). ERSTAUSGABE.
Berlin, Gruyter, 1939. VII Seiten, 2 Blätter, Tafeln II-LXXII (NUR Tafel I FEHLT von 72 Tafeln ). 28 cm. Originalleinenband.
Bookseller reference : 220507
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Wauters, Al[phonse] J[ules]
Stanley au secours d'Émin-Pacha. Carte de l'itinéraire suivi par Stanley et nombreuses vignettes d'après nature. [Henry Morton Stanley, Eduard Schnitzer.]
Paris, Quantin, 1890. kl.-8°, 424 S., mit zahlr., ganzseit. Abb. u. 1 gefalt. Karte, diese mit einigen kl. Einrissen, späterer Leinenband m. goldgepr. Rückentitel, guter Zustand.
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Weathers, Beck (Verfasser)
Für tot erklärt : meine Rückkehr vom Mount Everest.
München : Dt. Taschenbuch-Verl., 2003. 254 S. : Ill. kart., Broschiert.
Bookseller reference : 169470
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Wegener, Else (Hg.)
Alfred Wegeners letzte Grönlandfahrt. Die Erlebnisse der deutschen Grönlandexpedition 1930/1931 geschildet von seinen Reisegefährten und nach Tagebüchern des Forschers. Unter Mitwirkung von Fritz Loewe. Mit einem Vorwort von Kurt Wegener. 14. Aufl.
Leipzig, F. A. Brockhaus, 1943. Gr.-8°. Mit 3 Rundbildern, 122 Abbildungen in Kunst- und Kupfertiefdruck, 11 Karten, Grundrissen und Übersichten. 303 S. Orig.-Pappband. Titelei mehrfach gestempelt. Sonst schönes und sauberes Exemplar.
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Wegener, Else und Kurt Wegener
Alfred Wegeners letzte Grönlandfahrt. Die Erlebnisse der deutschen Grönlandexpedition 1930/1931 geschildert von seinen Reisegefährten u. nach Tagebüchern d. Forschers. Unter Mitw. von Dr. Fritz Loewe. Vorw. von Kurt Wegener. 8. Aufl.
Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus 1937. 303 (1) S. Mit 5 Kunstbildern, 122 Abb. in Kunst- u. Kupfertiefdruck, 11 Kart., Grundrissen u. Übersichten. OLeinen 23x16 cm.
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Wehrle, Lothar
Die Tränen des Mondes : Erlebtes aus Peru, Ecuador u. Kolumbien / Fotos von Pal Solti...
München : Meyster, 1980. 207, [32] S. : Ill. (farb.) Gr. 8°. 1. Aufl. OPpbd. (Leinenstruktur) mit SU.
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WELLS H.G.
Les premiers hommes dans la lune
in 8 reliure éditeur pleine toile avec titre au dos, en long et sur le premier plat. Faux-titre, titre illustré, 126 pages, sur papier couché. texte sur 2 colonnes, 1 page de catalogue, illustrations de Claude SHEPPERSON Paris Calmann Levy, sans date. Deux plats de couverture conservés
Bookseller reference : 11341
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WERNER, Arthur
Zum Gipfel des Nanga Parbat.
Köln, Michael Winkler (1956). 71 S., mit einigen Abb. im Text von Karl Stenzl. Ill. OKart. Korrekturexemplar des Verfassers, der diese Ausgabe mit einigen hs. Kürzen u. Korrekturen für eine Neuausgabe eingerichtet hatte. Dierse erschien 1959 bei Jugend u. Volk in der populären Reihe "Das großé Abenteuer" als Band 63.
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Werther, C. Waldemar
Zum Victoria Nyanza. Eine Antisklaverei-Expedition und Forschungsreise. 2. Auflage. ( Anhang: Das Kisukuma. Grammatische Skizze und Vokabular).
Berlin, Paetel, (1896). Porträt als Frontispiz, 4 Bll., 303 SS., 1 Bl., 18 SS. Anhang, 1 mehrfach gefaltete farbige Karte in der Deckellasche. Mit 70 Text-Illustrationen und 16 (fälschlich angegeben 6) Lichtdruckbildern nach Photographien und Skizzen (inkl. das Frontispiz). Gr.-8°. - 23,5:16 cm. Farbig illustr. orig. Leinenband.
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WEULE, Karl:
Negerleben in Ostafrika. Ergebnisse einer ethnologischen Forschungsreise. Mit 196 Abb., darunter 4 bunte Vollbilder und einer Karte.
Leiozig, Brockhaus, 1908, gr. in-8vo, Frontispiz (Autor) + XII + 524 S. ill. + 24 S. s/w Vollbilder + 4 S. bunter Vollbilder + 1 aufklappbare geographische Karte (portugiesisches Ostafrika), kl. Legat Stempel ‘Guggisberg’, ill. Leinen, Scharniere und Kapitale leicht abgenutzt.
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Whalley, George
The Legend of John Hornby
London: John Murray. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Boards show light shelf wear DJ shows slightly heavier wear with light chipping price-clipped. Previous owner's name on FFEP.; A bright solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. B&W photos throughout. 2 foldout maps in pristine condition at back of book. Wraparound artwork on DJ.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 367 pages; "John Hornby 1880–1927 was an English explorer best known for his expeditions in the Arctic region of northern Canada notably in the "Barren Lands" in the Northwest Territories of Canada." He would refuse to take provisions and live off the land became famous for his daring exploits. "In 1926 Hornby tried to spend a year in a spot by the Thelon River with his 18-year-old cousin Edgar Christian and another young man Harold Adlard. Unfortunately the trio missed the caribou migration southward and therefore lacked sufficient food to survive the winter. Hornby died of starvation along with his companions in 1927. The graves of the three men can be found by the Thelon River near Hornby Point.Hornby recommended in a report following his expedition with Critchell Bullock that the areas near the Thelon and Hanbury Rivers be created as a wildlife sanctuary. The Thelon Game Sanctuary was established in 1927 and renamed Thelon Wildlife Sanctuary in 1956." Wikipedia . John Murray hardcover
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Wheat Carl Irving 1892 1966
Mapping the Transmississippi West 1540–1861
<b>From the Spanish discovery to the opening of the Civil War</b><br /><br />5 volumes in 6. Volume One: The Spanish Entrada to the Louisiana Purchase 1540-1804 xiv264 pages with color frontispiece map and 275 maps many folding and index; Volume Two: From Lewis and Clark to Fremont 1804-1845 xiii281 pages with colored frontispiece map 143 additional maps some folding and index. Volume Three: From the Mexican War to the Boundary Surveys 1846-1854 xiii349 pages with colored frontispiece map 322 additional maps and index; Volume Four: From the Pacific Railroad Surveys to the Onset of the Civil War 1855-1860 xiii260 pages with color frontispiece map an additional 127 maps some folding and index; Volume Five From the Civil War to the Geological Survey Part One: xviii222 pages with color frontispiece map and an additional 152 maps; Volume Five From the Civil War to the Geological Survey Part Two: 223-487 pages with 124 maps and index. Folio 14 1/2" x 10 1/2" bound in quarter green leather with gilt lettering to spines. volume I printed by the Grabhorn Press; volumes II-V printed by Taylor & Taylor and James Printing based on the designs of Edwin and Robert Grabhorn. First edition limited to 1000 copies.<br /><br />Carl Wheat's Mapping of the Trans-Mississippi West is a comprehensive and readable cartographic history of the American West. The first three volumes of the work are by necessity bulky and out sized to accommodate the many maps contained with their covers. These beautifully printed books present a truly graphic picture of the exploration and peopling of the vast unknown land west of the Mississippi. The author does not merely present a catalog of significant maps of each era but tells the exciting story of many facets of history that resulted in their making-of the hard journeys the hazardous exploits the motivation the mysticism the misunderstandings and the strange blend of fact imagination false geographic concept and political necessity which were consummated in the engraver's work. These volumes will provide exciting text for the casual reader and have become eminent source book for the student and scholar.<br /><br />Condition:<br /><br />A near fine set. Institute of Historical Cartography hardcover books
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Wheeler, Daniel
Extracts from the Letters and Journal of Daniel Wheeler Now Engaged in a Religious Visit to the Inhabitants of Some of the Islands of the Pacific Ocean Van Diemen's Land and New South Wales Accompanied By His Son Charles Wheeler. Parts 1234
Harvey and Darton London 1839. 8vo 300pp black cloth -- Spine gone and replaced with black tape some spotting to front cover Internally very good -- Good only A candidate for the bookbinder #2639 Quantity Available: 1 Category: Exploration; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request Inventory No: 002049. Harvey, and Darton, London, 1839 hardcover
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WHITE BAKER Sir Samuel
ISMAILIA récit d’une expédition dans l’Afrique centrale pour l’abolition de la traite des noirs.Ouvrage traduit de l’anglais avec l’autorisation de l’auteur par Hippolyte VATTEMARE
in 8 demi-chagrin vert à nerfs titre et caissons dorés plats percaline verte quadruple filet à froid en encadrement. Faux-titre,titre,III,carte en couleurs du bassin du Nil.Nombreuses gravures sur bois hors-texte Hachette & Cie 1875 Sans la carte dépliante en fin de volume.rousseurs éparses habituelles
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White, Captain S A
BUNYA or Mystery Mountains. To Robe Via the Coorong. A Camp Out in New South Wales. Ornithologists in the West.
Adelaide. Near Fine. Printed Wrapper. No date stated reprinted from The Register by W. K. Thomas & Co. Adelaide. Contains four separate articles as the Title suggests 136 pp last 2 blank title page reproduced on front wrapper original grey wrappers staples starting to rust else a fine copy of this scarce little booklet.; 150 x 120mm . unknown
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Wibberley Leonard
Vers une île lointaine
Denoël 1967 in8. 1967. Cartonné jaquette.
Bookseller reference : 100078845
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WIET Gaston.- SANGLÉ-FERRIÈRE (F.-E.).
Deux mémores inédits sur L' Expédition d'Égypte. Préfacés et annotés par Gaston Wiet. SANGLÉ-FERRIÈRE (François-Étienne). Souvenirs de l'expédition d'Égypte. Publiés par Léon Mirot.
Éditions de La Revue du Caire, et Paris E. Paul, 1913. 1913-1941. In-8 (16 x 23 cm), 207 pp. et 48 pp (n.p) pour le 2 ème texte. Les deux textes sont reliés ensemble. Demi-chagrin, dos à nerfs, couvertures conservées pour le texte de Wiet. Grande carte rempliée en fin d'ouvrage sur l'expédition de Bonaparte en Égypte.
Bookseller reference : 31959
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Wiese, Bernd
WeltAnsichten. Illustrationen von Forschungsreisen deutscher Geographen im 19. und frühen 20. Jahrhundert. Graphik, Malerei, Photographie. Die Wirklichkeit der Illustration?
Köln, Universitäts- und Stadtbibliothek Köln, 2011. 8°. 22 x 30 cm. 292 Seiten. Gebundener Original-Pappband. (= Schriften der Universitäts- und Stadtbibliothek Köln, Band 21).
Bookseller reference : 61525BB
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WILSON, H. A.:
A British Borderland. Service and sport in Equatoria. With an introduction by J. Cathcart Wason, M.P.
London, John Murray, 1913, gr. in-8vo, XXI + 347 p. with 18 illustrations and a map, publisher’s pictorial clothbound
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WILSON, Edward.
Diary of the ‘Terra Nova’ Expedition to the Antarctic, 1910 - 1912. An account of Scott’s last expedition edited from the original mss. in the Scott Polar Reaserch Institute and British Museum by J. G. R. King.
London, Blandford Press 1972, 245x190mm, XXIII - 279pages, editor's binding with jacket. Small tears on borders of jacket, otherwise book in good condition, inside clean.
Bookseller reference : 101720
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Willis William
Le chant du pacifique : 6700 milles seul en radeau du pérou aux îles samoa
Le livre contemporain 1959 in8. 1959. Broché.
Bookseller reference : 100111077
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Wilhelms, Don E
TO A ROCKY MOON : A Geologist's History of Lunar Exploration
University of Arizona Press 1993. 477pp. Navy blue cloth hardback with small slight waterstain on lower back spine edge DJ VG with slight waterstain on backside near lower spine edge index appendices bibliography b&w photos A geologist's history of Lunar exploration relates the site selection process where on the Moon the fieldwork should be conducted and what samples should be collected . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. University of Arizona Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : w160121301 ISBN : 0816510652 9780816510658
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Wilkes Expedition: Robinson HR. publisher H. R.
AN EXPLORING EXPEDITION ON THE CANAL STREET PLAN. THE EXPLORING EXPEDITION AT THE SOUTH POLE WAITING FOR STORES
New York: H.R. Robinson 1838. Lithograph 12 1/2 x 20 inches. Light foxing and soiling. Two short closed tears in the right edge and left edge of the sheet. Very good. A very rare print satirizing the recently undertaken United States Exploring Expedition commanded by Charles Wilkes. The Expedition departed in August 1838 and Robinson's eagerness to satirize it and the politicians who supported it is ample evidence that the endeavor was not universally popular. The print is made up of three humorous vignettes. "The upper left is Charles Wilkes in a rowboat with an oarsman and two members of the scientific corps who make observations with a transit or telescope and draw fauna. The upper right image depicts a group of sailors and Charles Wilkes huddled together on the snow surrounded by a ring of polar bears and an upturned rowboat foxes penguins and a campfire. They are flying an inverted U.S. flag to signal distress. At the bottom between the two titles is an inset of the three Navy Commissioners Isaac Chaucey Charles Morris and Alexander S. Wadsworth at sea in a bowl. They are framed by a shield surmounted by a jester and flanked on the left by a man in naval uniform James Kirke Paulding Secretary of the Navy and a sailor with a sad expression on the right" - Harry T. Peters Collection at the Smithsonian Institution online catalogue. The print is "Respectfully inscribed to the Secretaries of the Navy and Army and the Board of Navy Commissioners by their humble servant Robinson Crusoe." <br> <br> Not in Reilly's catalogue of American political prints in the Library of Congress though OCLC does locate a copy at the Library of Congress. That is one of two copies listed on OCLC the other copy is at the American Antiquarian Society. There are also copies in the Peters collection at the Smithsonian and at the Australian National Maritime Museum. OCLC 299947747 752795742. Herman J. Viola ed. MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS THE U.S. EXPLORING EXPEDITION 1838-1842 Washington 1985 p.13. H.R. Robinson unknown books
Bookseller reference : WRCAM55549
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Wilkes, Charles, USN, Commander of the Expedition U S N
Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition During the Years 1838 1839 1840 1841 1842. Complete in 2 Volumes
London: Ingram Cooke. Complete in two volumes. xi 318 pp.; xii 326 pp. Quarter leather and marbled boards. Raised bands attractive spine slips elegant gilt designs in the compartments. Half titles present. All plates and illustrations called for are present. A very small chip on the name plate of both Volume 1 and Volume 2 the first not affecting text the second deleting the small "II" representing Volume II. Covers rubbed edge wear Very Good. A nice set. Six ships with artists scientists and surveyors explored the coasts of North America South America Antarctica and the Pacific Islands. Provenance: Contains the bookplates of J. B. Torry Esq. of Shrub's Hill Sunningdale in Surrey England. . Very Good. Hard Bound. First Edition Thus. 1852. Ingram, Cooke unknown
Bookseller reference : 019721
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Willemoes-Suhm, Rudolph von ( Challenger - Expedition) :
Wichtiges bislang unpubliziertes Tagebuch des deutschen Biologen Willemoes-Suhm von der Reise der HMS Challenger um die Erde 1872-1875. 2 B‰nde.
an Bord der HMS Challenger 1872-1875. 4to. Band 1: 378 S. Band 2: 98 S. Mit zahlreichen Skizzen und Pl‰nen im Text. Halblederb‰nde der Zeit in neuer Lederbox. Sehr gut leserliche Handschrift meist in deutscher Sprache. Original-Tagebuch des deutschen Biologen von der Reise der HMS Challenger. Gestorben auf Tahiti. Die letzten Eintragungen des Biologen stammen vom 2.September 1875 auf Hilo Hawaii. Die Reise f¸hrte weiter Richtung Tahiti unterwegs am 13.September 1875 starb Willemoes-Suhm. Sein Tagebuch ist eine Fundgrube an Reisenotizen und wissenschaftlichen sowohl zoologischen als auch botanischen Eintragungen. Unterteilt ist sein Tagebuch nach den Stationen u.a. Azoren St. Paul Tristan-Inseln Pince Edwards Islands Crozet-Insel Kerguelen Antarktis Australien Neuseeland Tonga Fiji Ovalau Api Neue Hebriden Arafui Ari Ke¥Dulan Ternate Lamboanga Manilla Cebri Humboldt-Bai - Neu-Guinea Yeddo Yokohama Hiogo. Yokohama - Sandwich-Inseln Honolulu Hilo. 1872-1875. Important manuscript by one of the leading naturalists on the voyage. Original scientific travel journal titled "Challenger" Rudolph von Willemoes Suhm "Journal No." "I & II." Scientific Travel Journal of the German Explorer and Zoologists aboard HMS Challenger. Text in German but occasionally in English. 2 Vols. 21 Dec. 1872-6. Sept. 1875. 4to 378; 98 pp. illustrated with sketches and 1 photograph original half calf fitted half morocco case. Autograph journal kept by the German naturalist Rudolf v. Willemoes-Suhm during his 3-year journey with the Challenger. Suhm was mainly concerned with Crustaceans and several new species were named by him. His journal covers the entire voyage until his tragic death from erysipelas on 13th September1875 while the ship was at Tahiti in the Pacific. His travel report remains unpublished and is a leading yet apparently untapped source on the history of the Challenger Expedition as well as research and discovery of the sea. Suhm born on 11. September 1847 in Glu®ckstadt on the Elbe River studied in Bonn Munich and Go®ttingen already at the age of 24 years he was a Professor of Zoology at the University of Munich. in 1872 he was appointed by Sir Charles Wyville Thomson the Scientific Director of the Challenger Expedition as the only German on the staff of the research carried out on behalf of the Royal Society. The posthumous journal covers the entire period from Suhms trip to a few days before his death in which his illness forced him to stop writing. It contains a wealth of information particularly the geographical and zoological research of the "Challenger". Suhm illustrated his records with small designs including many maps and some small Zoological representations. Die britische Challenger-Expedition 1872-1876 war die erste rein wissenschaftliche Forschungsreise. Das Expeditionsschiff HMS Challenger legte bei Ihrer Reise ca. 130.000 km zur¸ck und durchzog damit beinahe das gesamte Weltmeer. Mit dieser Expedition wurde der Grundstein f¸r die Ozeanographie gelegt. Wichtige Forschungsstationen waren die Bahamas die Marion-Inseln im s¸dlichen Eismeer Neuseeland die Auckland-Inseln und Neu-Guinea. Die Ergebnisse wurden in 50 B‰nden verˆffentlicht. unknown
Bookseller reference : H714
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William Bartram (1739-1823)
Voyage dans les parties sud de l'Amerique Septentrionale; Savoir: les Carolines septentrionale et méridionale la Georgie les Florides orientale et occidentale le pays des Cherokées le vaste territoire des Muscogulges ou de la confédération Creek et le pays des Chactaws
<p><strong>First French edition of Bartram's</strong><strong> Travels which chronicled his explorations of the southern British colonies in North America from 1773–1777</strong><br /><br />2 volumes. 457 pages with frontispiece engraved portrait by Bovinet Mico Chlucco Grana King of the Seminoles and one folding plate; 436 pages without title with large folding map by J.B. Poirson engraved by Alexandre Blondeau and folding plate. Octavo 8 1/4" x 5 1/4" bound in half leather with six spine compartments with red and black labels in gilt over original marbled boards. Translated by Pierre Vincent Benoist. Sabin 3871; Palau 251346; Howes B223; Field 94 First French edition.<br /><br />William Bartram was an American naturalist. The son of the naturalist John Bartram. As a boy he accompanied his father on many of his travels to the Catskill Mountains the New Jersey Pine Barrens New England and Florida. In 1773 he embarked upon a four-year journey through eight southern colonies. Bartram made many drawings and took notes on the native flora and fauna and the native American Indians. In 1774 he explored the St. Johns River where he had memorable encounters with aggressive alligators and also visited a principal Seminole village at Cuscowilla where his arrival was celebrated with a great feast. He met Ahaya the Cowkeeper chief of the Alachua band of the Seminole tribe. When Bartram explained to the Cowkeeper that he was interested in studying the local plants and animals the chief was amused and began calling him Puc Puggy the flower hunter. Bartram continued his explorations of the Alachua Savannah or what is today Paynes Prairie. William Bartram wrote of his experiences exploring the Southeast in his book Travels through North & South Carolina East & West Florida the Cherokee Country the Extensive Territories of the Muscogulges or Creek Confederacy and the Country of the Chactaws Containing an Account of the Soil and Natural Productions of Those Regions Together with Observations on the Manners of the Indians published in 1791 and which is today simply known as Bartram's Travels. It was considered at the time one of the foremost books on American natural history. Many of Bartram's accounts of historical sites were the earliest records including the Georgia mound site of Ocmulgee. In addition to its contributions to scientific knowledge Travels is noted for its original descriptions of the American countryside. Bartram's writing influenced many of the Romantic writers of the day. William Wordsworth Samuel Taylor Coleridge and François René de Chateaubriand are known to have read the book and its influence can be seen in many of their works. Ephraim George Squier and Edwin Hamilton Davis in their book <em>Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley</em> name Bartram as "the first naturalist who penetrated the dense tropical forests of Florida."<br /><br /><strong>Condition:</strong><br /><br />Some rubbing to original boards page 143 of volume one has small burn mark affecting text half title bound upside down in back old water stain to plate of volume two. Fold-out map has repair to first fold internally pages are clean and free of toning and foxing else a very good copy.</p> Chez Carteret et Brosson and Dogour Duran hardcover
Bookseller reference : biblio160
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