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Murie
De plus loin que Tahiti - avec hommage de l'auteur
Le Semaphore 2000 140 pages 14x22x1cm. 2000. Broché. 140 pages.
Bookseller reference : 100064059
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Murphy Dervla
In Ethiopia with a Mule
John Murray 1968. 1st printing. Tight and unmarked. 281pp. Unclipped jacket is slightly rubbed and in a protective mylar cover. Author's fourth book. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. John Murray Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 060819 ISBN : 071951830x 9780719518300
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Murphy Dervla
The Waiting Land: A Spell in Nepal
John Murray 1967. 1st printing. Tight and unmarked. 216pp. Photos. Unclipped jacket is lightly rubbed and in a protective mylar cover. Author's third book. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. John Murray Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 062758
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Murphy Joseph E.
Adventure Beyond the Clouds: How We Climbed China's Highest Mountain--and Survived!
Minneapolis: Dillon Press 1986. WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Sky blue boards with white titles & decoration 136 pp incl. 32 pp color photos index. Author's business card laid in. Top corners bumped. DJ corners & spine ends slightly rubbed; in Brodart archival cover. Story of a 1982 expedition to climb Gongga Shan 24900 feet by the expedition's leader. Shipping weight 2 lbs. International 1 lb. 8 oz. First Edition. . Near Fine/Near Fine. 23 X 15 cm. Dillon Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : EXMT00010 ISBN : 0875183301 9780875183305
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Murphy Joseph E.
Adventure Beyond the Clouds: How We Climbed China's Highest Mountain--and Survived!
Minneapolis: Dillon Press 1986. WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Sky blue boards with white titles & decoration 136 pp incl. 32 pp color photos index. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Story of a 1982 expedition to climb Gongga Shan 24900 feet by the expedition's leader. Shipping weight 2 lbs. International 1 lb. 8 oz. First Edition. . Fine/Fine. 23 X 15 cm. Dillon Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : EXMT00005 ISBN : 0875183301 9780875183305
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Murphy Robert
The Haunted Journey: The Heroic Story of Vitus Bering's Discovery of Alaska
Garden City N. Y: Doubleday 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Type: Hard Back First Printing. Publisher's Review Copy with Publisher's Review Card laid in. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Very Good Condition. Clear archival protective jacket cover. On front endpapers map of Bering's route across Siberia and first explorations from Kamchatka; on rear ep Bering's Alaskan Expedition Route of the 'St. Peter' Bering and the 'St. Paul' Chirikof . Expedition in the first half of the 18th century. Book bound in yellow-green cloth black and green titles on spine very clean no marks no edgewear; top edge of text block has a few spots. Rough cut. Tight and solid binding square with endbands. Small former owner name label on paste down. On lower hinge area on endpapers and flyleafs front and back there is a triangular stain one and a half inches tall three quarters of an inch wide onto each page; it is pale tan; this does not extend onto text pages. Text pages very clean and unmarked no creases. Turquoise jacket with black print and illustration is clean no marks slight wear to corners and spine heel lightly chipped. The heroic story of Vitus Jonassen Bering's famous expeditions into the unknown in the first half of the 18the century. He was a Danish captain serving in the Russian Navy and was commissioned by Czar Peter the Great to explore the far reaches of the Russian Empire. His expedition took him 6000 miles overland to the Kamchatka peninsula the easternmost tip of Siberia. Then they had to build ships for the journey into uncharted seas. Bering became the first European to record sight of the west coast of America traveling eastward from the Asian Continent. A fascinating journey of heroism courage endurance against the worst odds. 212 pages. 8.5 x 5.75 inches. Doubleday Garden City N. Y. 1961. Doubleday hardcover
Bookseller reference : 022199
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Murray Hugh 1779 1846
Historical Account of Discoveries and Travels in Africa from the earliest ages to the present time; including the substance of the late Dr Leyden's work on that subject
2 volumes: xxiii557 pages with fold out frontispiece map and two additional maps one folding; vii550 pages with folding frontispiece map tables three maps and appendix. Octavo 8 3/4" x 5 3/4" recased with original leather boards and original spine laid on. Second edition corrected and enlarged. First published in 1817.<br /><br />Hugh Murray was a geographer. Hugh entered the Edinburgh excise office as a clerk but from the first devoted his leisure to literary pursuits publishing <i>The Swiss Emigrants</i> in 1804; two philosophical treatises <i>The Morality of Fiction</i> 1805 and <i>Enquiries respecting the Character of Nations</i> 1808; and another romance <i>Corasmin or the Minister</i> in 1814. In 1816 he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh to whose <i>Transactions</i> he contributed among other papers one in 1818 <i>On the Ancient Geography of Central and Eastern Asia with Illustrations derived from Recent Discoveries in the North of India</i>. In 1817 he enlarged and completed Dr. Leyden's <i>Historical Account of Discoveries and Travels in Africa</i>. Similar works by him on Asia and North America followed; the former being published in three volumes at Edinburgh in 1820 and the latter in London in 1829.<br /><br /><b>Condition:</b><br /><br />Recased with original leather spines and covers laid on and new end papers frontispiece map of volume one need of repair at some folds else a good to very good set. Archibald Constable & Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : BOOKS007390
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MURRAY Thomas Boyles Rev.
PITCAIRN: The Island the People and the Pastor. To Which is Added a Short Notice of the Original Settlement and Present Conditions of Norfolk Island.
London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge no date 1860. 1860. 12th printing first was in 1853. 12mo original dark green cloth stamped in blind and gilt. 2 xiv 15-414 4 ads pp. Frontispiece portrait and 16 plates one folding inserted one illustration in text. Minor wear to spine tips; cracked in ner hinges neatly repaired; ink inscription to front free endpaper; a VG attractive copy. This edition adds a 10 page author preface dated 1860 and there are some textual additions since the first edition. Hardcover. Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, no date [1860].
Bookseller reference : 12281
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Murray WH. W. H.
The Story of Everest
London: Dent & Sons. Good. 1953. Hardbound. 0460035924 . 194 pages . Dent & Sons hardcover
Bookseller reference : 12936 ISBN : 0460035924 9780460035927
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Musical Expeditions
Trance 1: Sufi Dervish Rite Tibetan Overtone Chant Indian Druphad Musical Expeditions Mixed Media
Ellipsis Arts 1995-06-01. Har/Cas. Hardcover. Used:Good. Ellipsis Arts hardcover
Bookseller reference : DADAX1559612665 ISBN : 1559612665 9781559612661
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Musical Expeditions Various Artists
TRANCE 2 Naqshbandi Sufis Healing and Trance in Morocco Balinese Temple Festival Book and CD
Ellipsis Arts. Fine. 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. B0000059TT . Ellipsis Arts 1995 hardcover book & CD approx. 5.5" tall . ISBN: 1559612746. Excellent condition book is clean and unmarked. CD has a couple tiny scuffs but otherwise as new. Contains: Naqshbandi Sufis Healing and Trance in Moroccoand Balinese Temple Festival. "Delve deeply into authentic rituals from three spiritual cultures using music to open up into extraordinary realms of being." . Colour illustrations. 170os; The Musica Expeditions Series/Book and CD; 24mo 5" - 6" tall . Ellipsis Arts hardcover
Bookseller reference : 11933 ISBN : 1559612746 9781559612746
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Musical Expeditions
Trance with Book The Musical Expeditions
Ellipsis Arts 1995-03-01. Audio Cassette. Used:Good. Ellipsis Arts unknown
Bookseller reference : DADAX1559612681 ISBN : 1559612681 9781559612685
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Musil, Alois
Arabia Petraea. 3 Bände (in 4 Bänden, komplett). Erster Band: Moab. Topographischer Reisebericht. Mit1 Tafel und 190 Abbildungen im Text. Zweiter Band, 1. Teil: Edom. Topographischer Reisebericht. 1. Teil. Mit 1 Umgebungskarte von wadi Musa (Petra) und 170 Abbildungen im Texte. 2. Teil: Mit 1 Übersichtskarte des Dreiecknetzes und 152 Abbildungen im Text. Dritter Band: Ethnologischer Reisebericht. Mit 62 Abbildungen im Texte.
Wien, In Kommission bei Alfred Hölder, 1907-1908. Groß-8°. 24,5 cm. XXIII, 443, XII, 343, X, 299 und XV, 550 Seiten. Schwarze und dunkelbraune Halblederbände mit goldgeprägten Rückentiteln.
Bookseller reference : 55717BB
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Musters George Chaworth
At Home with the Patagonians: A Year's Wandering over Untrodden Ground from the Straits of Magellan to the Rio Negro
New York: Greenwood Press 1969. Full brown cloth binding with slight rub to upper rear corner. Clean crisp and unmarked. xx 322 pp. Illustrations. Fold-out map. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. Greenwood Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 021836 ISBN : 0837113091 9780837113098
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Mytinger Caroline
HEADHUNTING IN THE SOLOMON ISLANDS AROUND THE CORAL SEA
New York: MacMillan 1942. In this wonderful documentary exploration hard cover book author looks deep into the interiors of the Solomon Islands and the native societies there. 416 pages. Front innerboards are black and white map of the islands within the Coral Sea. Filled with wonderful full page b&w illustrations of the people and places mentioned above. Slight edge wear on cover. Minor stain on page edges right bottom. Maroon cloth cover with black line drawing of Native mask. Gilt lettering on spine. Tight bright and solid. First Edition. Hard Cover. Collectible-Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Yes. MacMillan Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 112659
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Möllhausen, Balduin
Reisen in die Felsengebirge Nord-Amerikas bis zum Hoch-Plateau von Neu-Mexico, unternommen als Mitglied der im Auftrage der Regierung der Vereinigten Staaten ausgesandten Colorado-Expedition. Nur Band 2 (von 2).
Leipzig, Purfürst, [1860]. Gr. 8°, X, 406 Seiten (unbeschnitten). mit 2 handkolorierten, lithographischen Titelbildern, 4 getönten Lithographien und 1 gefalteten Karte. Neuer Lederband mit Goldprägung.
Bookseller reference : 13533
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Müller, Bodo
Gold und Galeonen. Segelabenteuer zu den Schatzinseln der Piraten. 1. Auflage.
Hamburg, Edition Maritim, 1996.
Bookseller reference : 80694
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Münch, Hans
Mein Arktischer Sommer. Ein Zoologe auf Spitzbergeb-Expedition
Rudolstadt, Greifenverlag, 1976. 3. Auflage 327 Seiten , 22 cm, Leinen
Bookseller reference : 50505
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NAGA Expedition
NAGA Report Volume 1. Scientific results of marine investigations of the South China Sea and the Gulf of Thailand 1959-1961
University of California 1/1/1974. Paperback. Very Good. SCARCE LARGE SOFTCOVER BOOK. NO WRITING OR MARKINGS IN TEXT. LIGHT WEAR/TEAR TO COVER. A SOLID BOOK. University of California paperback
Bookseller reference : SKU-73900
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NAGA Expedition
NAGA Report Volume 1. Scientific results of marine investigations of the South China Sea and the Gulf of Thailand 1959-1961
University of California 1974. Price HAS BEEN REDUCED by 10% until Monday June 29 sale item 177 pp. Paperback minor library markings else good University of California paperback
Bookseller reference : ZB618145
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NAGA Expedition
NAGA Report. Volume 4 Parts 1-4. Scientific results of marine investigations of the South China Sea and the Gulf of Thailand 1959-1961
1967. Price HAS BEEN REDUCED by 10% until Monday June 29 sale item vol. 4 parts 1-4 167 197 279 187 pp. softcovers minor library markings text clean & binding tight paperback
Bookseller reference : ZB617686
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Nansen Fridtjof
FARTHEST NORTH
London: Tandem Books 1975. 320 pp. Trade paperback format. Edge and corner wear with a flat uncreased spine and some minor rubbing on the front cover; store stamped. Illustrated with maps diagrams and black and white plates. A journal a voyage of exploration the Contents are: Introduction; Preparation and Equipment; The Start; Farewell to Norway; Voyage Through the Kara Sea; The Winter Night; The Spring and Summer of 1894; and Second Autumn in the Ice. . First Printing - First Thus. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Tandem Books Paperback
Bookseller reference : 218112 ISBN : 0426124901 9780426124900
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NANSEN Fridtjof
FARTHEST NORTH. Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship Fram 1893-96 and of a Fifteen Months' Sleigh Journey by Dr. Nansen and Lieut. Johansen. With an Appendix by Otto Sverdrup Captain of the Fram.
London: Macmillan 1897. First of the Colonial Library edition the paper issue. Two volumes pp 8 351 ; viii 472. Indexed. Free endpapers and pastedowns in both volumes paged 3-7 used for a list of the series dated 20.2.97. Books a little leaned; spines darkened with lettering faint and with small chips at ends and vertical cracks now neatly repaired; ink owner name in top margin of each front cover; covers have short shallow chips to fore edges and corner creases; page edges tanned; generally VG otherwise now tight in the bindings text clean and unworn. Macmillan's Colonial Library # 317 & 318. This paper issue of the Colonial Library edition drops the plates and maps found in the larger Constable and Harper editions of 1897 though at least some of the more common hardcover issue came with a folding map. A classic of Arctic exploration. "Narrative of the First Fram Expedition 1893-1896 led by Nansen with the object of investigating the polar basin north of Eurasia by drifting in the ice with the currents northwest from the New Siberian Islands across or near the Pole." - AB 11983. Printing and the Mind of Man 384 Norwegian edition Fram over Polhavet. In the Spring of 1895 Nansen one companion and his dogs reached 86 degrees 14 minutes north the closest to the pole that anyone had been to that time the dogs were too worn out to go all the way. 1.5 kg parcel. First of this edition. Softcover. Octavo. Macmillan Paperback
Bookseller reference : 47711
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Nansen Fridtjof
Fram Over Polhavet. Den Norske Polarfaerd 1893-1896. Med et Till�g af Otto Sverdrup
Kristiania H. Aschehoug & co 1897. Frst Norwegian Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Royal 8vo. 526 553 3/4 cloth & marbled boards 2 v. fronts. illus. plates part col. ports. 3 color folding maps folding diagram > Rids af Fram. "Fridtjof Wedel-Jarlsberg Nansen 10 October 1861 - 13 May 1930 was a Norwegian explorer scientist diplomat humanitarian and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. In his youth he was a champion skier and ice skater. He led the team that made the first crossing of the Greenland interior in 1888 traversing the island on cross-country skis. He won international fame after reaching a record northern latitude of 86�14 during his Fram expedition of 1893-1896. Although he retired from exploration after his return to Norway his techniques of polar travel and his innovations in equipment and clothing influenced a generation of subsequent Arctic and Antarctic expeditions."wikipedia. Kristiania, H. Aschehoug & co hardcover
Bookseller reference : 9761
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NANSEN FRIDTJOF EDITOR
The Norwegian North Polar Expedition 1893-1896. 6 Volumes
Greenwood Press New York: 1969. Hardcover no dustjacket. Poor condition. Some water staining and warping. With plates and maps describing Fridtjof Nansen's expedition these six volumes describe his trek to the upper reaches of Norway. Greenwood Press, New York: 1969 hardcover
Bookseller reference : 29489X1
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NANSEN (Fridtjof).
A travers le Grönland. Ouvrage traduit du norvégien par Charles Rabot et contenant 170 gravures et 1 carte en couleurs.
P., Hachette, 1893 ; in-4. 2 ff.-IV-395 pp.-(1)-1 carte dépliante en couleurs. Demi-maroquin brun à coins, dos à nerfs, titre et fleurons dorés, filets dorés sur les mors et les coins, tête dorés. Bel exemplaire.
Bookseller reference : 13967
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Nansen - Brögger, W. C. / Rolfsen, N
Prachtausgabe - Fridtjof Nansen 1861-1896. Deutsch v. Eugen von Enzberg. 2. Aufl.
Berlin, Fussingers Buchhandlung, 1896. 8°. Mit zahlreichen Zeichnungen von Chr. Krohg, Otto Sinding, E. Werenskiold und photogr. Aufnahmen in Grönland von Dr. Erich von Drygalski sowie 1 geogr. Faltkarte am Ende. Überaus dekorativer Orig.-Ganzleinenband mit farb. und goldgepr. Deckel- und Rückenillustration, roter Rudum-Schnitt. - Die Biographie des norwegischen Polarforschers und Trägers des Friedensnobelpreises, Fridtjof Nansen (1861-1930) behandelt u.a: Familie und Kinderjahre; Auf dem Eismeer; In Bergen; In Neapel; Nansen als Biolog; Grönland; Nansens Vorbereitungen zur Reise nach Grönland; Die wissenschatliche Bedeutung der Grönlandexpedition; Eva Nansen; Die Nordpolfahrten der versch. Forscher in früheren Zeiten; Die Entdeckungsreisen norwegischer Seefahrer im Eismeere; Baron E. von Toll und ansens Nordpolexpedition; Der Nordpol und die neusibirischen Inseln; An Bord des "Fram". - Im Anhang: Grönland und der Nordpol; Deutschlands Antheil an der Polarforschung; Ergebnisse der Nordpol-Expedition 1893-1896. Einbandrücken am obren Kapital berieben. Innen papierbedingt etwas gebräunt. Insgesamt sehr gutes Exemplar.
Bookseller reference : 15195
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NANSEN Fridtjof
VERS LE POLE. Traduit et abrégé par Charles Rabot.
Paris Flammarion sans date vers 1900. In-12 VIII 466pp. Cartonnage éditeur percaline rouge ornée, tranches dorées. Orné de 100 illustrations ou cartes, la plupart dans le texte, d'après les photographies de l'auteur. Bel exemplaire bien complet.
Bookseller reference : GITe454
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NANSEN Fridtjof
VERS LE PÔLE. traduit et abrégé par Ch. Rabot enrichi de 100 illustrations d'après les photographies et les dessins de Nansen
1897 reliure demi-chagrin violet in-douze (binding half shagreen duodecimo)(12 x 18,2 cm), dos 5 nerfs (spine with raised bands) décoration or (gilt decoration) et à filets à froid (blind-stamping decoration) - entre-nerfs à fleuron (floweret) - titre frappé or (gilt title), filets à froid en place des nerfs (blind-stamping lines on the place of raised bands), titré "lycée de Nevers" doré en pied, papier marbré aux plats (cover with marbled paper), toutes tranches lisses (all edges smooth), un cahier légèrement déboité, orné de 100 illustrations d'après les photographies et les dessins de Nansen, VIII + 466 pages, sans date (no date) (vers 1897). à Paris Ernest Flammarion Editeur,
Bookseller reference : 17376
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NANSEN Fridtjof
VERS LE PÔLE. Traduit Et Abrégé Par Charles Rabot.
Paris E. Flammarion 1897 -in-8 demi-chagrin à coins un volume, reliure demi-chagrin violet à écailles in-octavo à coins cartonnage Editeur (binding half shagreen in-octavo Editor with corners)(23 x 16 cm), dos long (spine without raised bands), décoré or (gilt decoration) dos titré "or"d'une plaque spéciale Editeur, premier plat titré "or" et orné d'un personnage doré dans la banquise (plaque spéciale Editeur), roulette chainette "or" aux mors et aux coins, tête lisse dorée, gouttière et tranche de queue non-rognées, orné de 200 illustrations in et hors-texte en noir, 424 pages, sans date (1897) Paris E. Flammarion Editeur,
Bookseller reference : 22503
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Nansen, Fridtjof
Auf Schneeschuhen durch Grönland (Groenland). 2 Volumes
Verlagsanstalt und Druckert Actien Gesellschaft Grand in-8 Couverture rigide illustrée Hamburg 1897
Bookseller reference : 18163
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Nansen, Fridtjof
Auf Schneeschuhen durch Grönland, 2. Band, aus dem Norwegischen von M. Mann,
Hamburg, Verlagsanstalt u. Druckerei Actien-Gesellschaft, 1898. gr.8°, 455 S. mit 159 s/w-Abbildungen und 4 Faltkarten, original Leineneinband (Hardcover), illustratierter Vorderdeckel mit schwarzem Zierrahmen, goldener Deckel- und Rückenbeschriftung, Rückdeckel mit blindgeprägtem Verlagsemblem und blindgeprägtem Zierrahmen, Buchrücken mit Zierbünden im Stil der Zeit, Marmorschnitt und Musterpapiervorsätze, 2. Ausgabe Einbandkanten zum Teil minimal berieben, Musterpapiervorsätze am inneren Gelenk zwischen Vorderdeckelinnenseite und Vorsatzseite stellenweise minimal angeplatzt, Musterpapiervorsätze an oberer Kante der hinteren Vorsatzseite und der Rückdeckelinnenseite
Bookseller reference : 17878CB
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Nansen, Fridtjof
Eskimoleben. Illustrierte Ausgabe. [Übertragen M.Langfeldt].
Berlin, Globus, o.J.[1891]. Illustrierter Leinenband, 8°,VIII, 304 S., 2 Bl; -Einband etwas berieben und gebräunt, gutes Exemplar.
Bookseller reference : 19866
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Nansen, Fridtjof
Freiluftleben.
Leipzig, Brockhaus 1920. 215 S., OPp. m. ill. (leicht läd.) OU., papierbedingt gebräunt.
Bookseller reference : REIS1055
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Nansen, Fridtjof
Im Eise begraben. Aus dem Reisewerk des kühnen Nordpolfahrers "In Nacht und Eis".
Langensalza, Beltz, 1911. (Neue deutsche Jugendbücher), 83 Seiten, 5 Abb., 18,5 x 13,5 cm, OHalbleinen. - Vord. Einband lichtrandig, hint. Einband leicht fleckig, sonst guter Zustand. fest gebunden/ hardcover
Bookseller reference : GPO810
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Nansen, Fridtjof
In Nacht und Eis. Die Norwegische Polarexpedition 1893-1896. Mit einem Beitrag von Kapitän Sverdrup. Supplementband: Nordahl, Bernhard. Wir Framleute. Johansen, Hjalmar. Nansen und ich auf 86°14'. 3 Bände.
Leipzig, Brockhaus, 1897-98. Gr. 8°, X, 527 Seiten; VIII, 507 Seiten mit zusammen 207 Abbildungen, 8 Chromotafeln und 4 Karten; VIII, 519 Seiten mit 86 Abbildungen und 4 Chromotafeln. Orig.Leinenbände mit montierter Abbildung.
Bookseller reference : 13650
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Nansen, Fridtjof
In Nacht und Eis. Die Norwegische Polarexpedition 1893-1896. Mit einem Beitrag von Kapitän Svederup. 2 Bde. + 1 Erg. Band.
Leipzig, Brockhaus 1897/98. gr.-8°, X, 527; VIII, 539; mit 211 Abb., 8 Chromotaf., 4 Karten; VIII, 519 S.; mit 86 Abb. u. 4 Chromotaf.; OLn. m. aufkasch. Deckelbildchen; berieb., bestoß., leicht angeschmutzt, Rückennähte tlw. etw. rissig. Ergänzungsband: Nordahl, Bernhard. Wir Framleute. Johansen, Hjalmar. Nansen und ich auf 86°14'.
Bookseller reference : REIS0414
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Nansen, Fridtjof
in Nacht und Eis. Die Norwegische Polarexpedition 1893 - 1896. Autorisierte Ausgabe. Band I und II.
Leipzig, Brockhaus, 1897. Mit einem Beitrag von Kapitän Sverdrup, 207 Abbildungen, 8 Chromotafeln und 4 Karten. Frontispiz, X, 527 SS; Frontispiz, VIII, 507 SS. Alle 4 Karten vorhanden. Gr.-8°, illustr. orig.-Verlagseinband. Die Bände angegraut und leicht gebrauchsspurig.
Bookseller reference : 22615
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Nansen, Fridtjof
In Nacht und Eis. Die norwegische Polarexpedition 1893-1896. Mit einem Beitrag von Kapitän Sverdrup. 2 Bände.
Leipzig, F.A.Brockhaus, 1897. Geprägte Leineneinbände, montierte Titelfotografie, gr-8°, X, 527/ VIII, 507 S., 207 Abbildungen, 8 Chromotafeln, 4 Karten; -Einbände berieben und etwas fleckig, Papier gebräunt, Gelenke etwas lose.
Bookseller reference : 11396
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Nansen, Fridtjof
In Nacht und Eis. Die Norwegische Polarexpedition 1893 - 1896. Band I. und Band II.. Mit einem Beitrag von Kapitän Soederdrup, 207 Abbildungen, 8 Chromtafeln und 4 Karten.
Leipzig : F. A. Brockhaus, 1897. X.; 527 S.; VIII.; Leinen, Frakturschrift, gemusterte Vorsätze
Bookseller reference : 154644
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Nansen, Fridtjof
In Nacht und Eis. Neue rvidirte Ausgabe
Leipzig, F. A. Brockhaus, 1898. Gr.-8° Groß-Oktav, Leinen
Bookseller reference : 102860
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Nansen, Fridtjof
Sibirien, ein Zukunftsland
Leipzig: Verlag F. A. Brockhaus, 1914. X, 383 S. ; Pp. ;
Bookseller reference : 119943
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Nansen, Fridtjof
Spitzbergen.
Leipzig, F.A.Brockhaus, 1922, 2. Auflage. Illustrierter Pappband, gr-8°, 327 S., 2 Bl, 180 Zeichnungen, Karten und Diagramme des Verfassers; -Einband etwas berieben und gebräunt, Kapital mit kleinem Einriss, gutes Exemplar.
Bookseller reference : 19865
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Nansen, Fridtjof
Vers le Pôle. Traduit et abrégé par Charles Rabot
Paris, Ernest Flammarion, sans date (1897). 424 pages. Demi-reliure. 15,5x22,4 cm. Frottis en coiffe et coins. 200 illustrations d'après les photographies et les dessins de l'explorateur
Bookseller reference : K093
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NAPOLÉON IER
Commentaires.
Paris, Imprimerie Impériale, 1867 6 vol. in-4, nbx plans et cartes en couleurs, demi-chagrin rouge, dos à nerfs (reliure de l'époque). Dos passé.
Bookseller reference : 220056
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NAPOLÉON IER
Commentaires.
Paris, Imprimerie Impériale, 1867 6 vol. in-4, nbx plans et cartes en couleurs, demi-chagrin rouge à coins, dos à nerfs, tête dorée (reliure de l'époque). Dos un peu passé avec de petites traces noires, qqs épid. sans gravité.
Bookseller reference : 222758
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NAPOLÉON IER
Correspondance inédite officielle et confidentielle avec les cours étrangères, les princes, les ministres et les généraux français et étrangers. en Italie, en Allemagne et en Égypte
Paris, Panckoucke, 1819-1820 7 vol. in-8, veau fauve, dos lisse orné, tranches mouchetées (reliure de l'époque). Dos un peu frotté mais bon exemplaire.
Bookseller reference : 234305
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NAPOLÉON IER
Correspondance inédite officielle et confidentielle avec les cours étrangères, les princes, les ministres et les généraux français et étrangers. en Italie, en Allemagne et en Égypte
Paris, Panckoucke, 1819-1820 7 vol. in-8, demi-chevrette à coins, dos lisse orné, tranches citron (reliure de l'époque). Petites usures aux coins.
Bookseller reference : 235132
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Narbrough John 1637 1688
An Account of Several Late Voyages and Discoveries: I. Sir John Narbrough's Voyage to the South-Sea.II. Captain J Tasman's Discoveries on the Coast of the South Terra ncognita. III. Captain J Wood's Attempt to Discover a North-East Passage to
iixxixvii1911blank 223 pages with 1 of 3 large fold out maps and 15 of 19 engraved fold out plates. Octavo 8" x 5" bound three quarter leather with raised spine bands and gilt lettering to spine over marbled boards. Edited by Sir Tancred Robinson. Second edition preferred over the first edition "because it has the chart of the western and southern oceans." Hill In 1699.<br /><br />First published in 1694 which contained only two maps The book is important because it contains one of the earliest English accounts of Abel Janszoon Tasman's famous voyage of 1642 from Batavia during which he discovered Tasmania and New Zealand and visited Tonga and Fiji Hill 1475.<br /><br />Rear Admiral Sir John Narborough RN was an English naval commander of the 17th century who served with distinction during the Anglo-Dutch Wars and against the Barbary Coast pirates. He was descended from an old Norfolk family. He received his commission in 1664 and in 1666 was promoted lieutenant for gallantry in the action with the Dutch fleet off the Downs in June of that year. After the peace he was chosen to conduct a voyage of exploration in the South Seas. He set sail from Deptford on November 26 1669 and entered the Straits of Magellan in October of the following year. In 1670 he visited Port Desire in Argentina and claimed the territory for the Kingdom of Great Britain but returned home in June 1671 without accomplishing his original purpose. A narrative of the expedition was published at London in 1694 under the title <i>An Account of several late Voyages and Discoveries to the South and North</i>. During the Third Anglo-Dutch War Narborough was second captain of the Lord High Admiral's ship the Prince and conducted himself with such conspicuous valor at the battle of Solebay Southwold Bay in May 1672 that he won special approbation and shortly afterwards was made rear-admiral and knighted. In 1675 he was sent to suppress the Tripoline piracies and by the bold expedient of dispatching gun-boats into the harbor of Tripoli at midnight and burning the ships he induced the them to agree to a treaty. Shortly after his return he undertook a similar expedition against the Algerians. In 1680 he was appointed commissioner of the Navy an office he held till his death. He was buried at Knowlton church Kent where a monument has been erected to his memory. The island of Fernadina the youngest and westernmost island of the Galapagos Archipelago was originally named 'Narborough Island' in his honor by the 17th century buccaneer William Ambrosia Cowley.<br /><br /><b>Condition:</b><br /><br />Marginal foxing soiling and damp staining through out paper fault across second C2 affecting one letter some rubbing hinges and corners else a better than good copy. Printed for D Brown hardcover
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Narbrough John 1637 1688
An Account of Several Late Voyages and Discoveries: I. Sir John Narbrough's Voyage to the South-Sea.II. Captain J Tasman's Discoveries on the Coast of the South Terra ncognita. III. Captain J Wood's Attempt to Discover a North-East Passage to
iixxixvii1911blank 223 pages with 1 of 3 large fold out maps and 15 of 19 engraved fold out plates. Octavo 8" x 5" bound three quarter leather with raised spine bands and gilt lettering to spine over marbled boards. Edited by Sir Tancred Robinson. Second edition preferred over the first edition "because it has the chart of the western and southern oceans." Hill In 1699.<br /><br />First published in 1694 which contained only two maps The book is important because it contains one of the earliest English accounts of Abel Janszoon Tasman's famous voyage of 1642 from Batavia during which he discovered Tasmania and New Zealand and visited Tonga and Fiji Hill 1475.<br /><br />Rear Admiral Sir John Narborough RN was an English naval commander of the 17th century who served with distinction during the Anglo-Dutch Wars and against the Barbary Coast pirates. He was descended from an old Norfolk family. He received his commission in 1664 and in 1666 was promoted lieutenant for gallantry in the action with the Dutch fleet off the Downs in June of that year. After the peace he was chosen to conduct a voyage of exploration in the South Seas. He set sail from Deptford on November 26 1669 and entered the Straits of Magellan in October of the following year. In 1670 he visited Port Desire in Argentina and claimed the territory for the Kingdom of Great Britain but returned home in June 1671 without accomplishing his original purpose. A narrative of the expedition was published at London in 1694 under the title <i>An Account of several late Voyages and Discoveries to the South and North</i>. During the Third Anglo-Dutch War Narborough was second captain of the Lord High Admiral's ship the Prince and conducted himself with such conspicuous valor at the battle of Solebay Southwold Bay in May 1672 that he won special approbation and shortly afterwards was made rear-admiral and knighted. In 1675 he was sent to suppress the Tripoline piracies and by the bold expedient of dispatching gun-boats into the harbor of Tripoli at midnight and burning the ships he induced the them to agree to a treaty. Shortly after his return he undertook a similar expedition against the Algerians. In 1680 he was appointed commissioner of the Navy an office he held till his death. He was buried at Knowlton church Kent where a monument has been erected to his memory. The island of Fernadina the youngest and westernmost island of the Galapagos Archipelago was originally named 'Narborough Island' in his honor by the 17th century buccaneer William Ambrosia Cowley.<br /><br /><b>Condition:</b><br /><br />Marginal foxing soiling and damp staining through out paper fault across second C2 affecting one letter some rubbing hinges and corners else a better than good copy. Printed for D Brown hardcover books
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