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Soviet Antarctic Expedition
Soviet Antarctic Expedition: Information Bulletin: Volume 4 Issue 3
American Geophysical Union 1963. VG/no dust jacket. PaperbackNO highlighting or notespenciled name on cover has normal slight wear to edges and corners faintly rusty staples affix cover; otherwise a tight clean copy. American Geophysical Union, paperback
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Soviet Antarctic Expedition
Soviet Antarctic Expedition: Information Bulletin: Volume 4 Issue 6
American Geophysical Union 1963. VG/no dust jacket. PaperbackNO highlighting or notespenciled name on cover has normal slight wear to edges and corners faintly rusty staples affix cover; otherwise a tight clean copy. American Geophysical Union, paperback
Bookseller reference : 68003
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Soviet Antarctic Expedition
Soviet Antarctic Expedition: Information Bulletin: Volume 4 Issue 5
American Geophysical Union 1963. VG/no dust jacket. PaperbackNO highlighting or notespenciled name on cover has normal slight wear to edges and corners faintly rusty staples affix cover; otherwise a tight clean copy. American Geophysical Union, paperback
Bookseller reference : 68004
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Soviet Antarctic Expedition
Soviet Antarctic Expedition: Information Bulletin: Volume 5 Issue 5
American Geophysical Union 1963. VG/no dust jacket. PaperbackNO highlighting or notespenciled name on cover has normal slight wear to edges and corners faintly rusty staples affix cover; otherwise a tight clean copy. American Geophysical Union, paperback
Bookseller reference : 68013
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Soviet Antarctic Expedition
Soviet Antarctic Expedition: Information Bulletin: Volume 5 Issue 4
American Geophysical Union 1963. VG/no dust jacket. PaperbackNO highlighting or notespenciled name on cover has normal slight wear to edges and corners faintly rusty staples affix cover; otherwise a tight clean copy. American Geophysical Union, paperback
Bookseller reference : 68010
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Soviet Antarctic Expedition
Soviet Antarctic Expedition: Information Bulletin: Volume 4 Issue 2
American Geophysical Union 1963. VG/no dust jacket. PaperbackNO highlighting or notespenciled name on cover has normal slight wear to edges and corners faintly rusty staples affix cover; otherwise a tight clean copy. American Geophysical Union, paperback
Bookseller reference : 68007
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Soviet Antarctic Expedition
Soviet Antarctic Expedition: Information Bulletin: Volume 5 Issue 2
American Geophysical Union 1963. VG/no dust jacket. PaperbackNO highlighting or notespenciled name on cover has normal slight wear to edges and corners faintly rusty staples affix cover; otherwise a tight clean copy. American Geophysical Union, paperback
Bookseller reference : 68009
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Soviet Antarctic Expedition
Soviet Antarctic Expedition: Information Bulletin: Volume 5 Issue 3
American Geophysical Union 1963. VG/no dust jacket. PaperbackNO highlighting or notespenciled name on cover has normal slight wear to edges and corners faintly rusty staples affix cover; otherwise a tight clean copy. American Geophysical Union, paperback
Bookseller reference : 68011
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Soviet Antarctic Expedition
Soviet Antarctic Expedition: Information Bulletin: Volume 4 Issue 4
American Geophysical Union 1963. VG/no dust jacket. PaperbackNO highlighting or notespenciled name on cover has normal slight wear to edges and corners faintly rusty staples affix cover; otherwise a tight clean copy. American Geophysical Union, paperback
Bookseller reference : 68005
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Soviet Antarctic Expedition
Soviet Antarctic Expedition: Information Bulletin: Volume 5 Issue 1
American Geophysical Union 1963. VG/no dust jacket. PaperbackNO highlighting or notespenciled name on cover has normal slight wear to edges and corners faintly rusty staples affix cover; otherwise a tight clean copy. American Geophysical Union, paperback
Bookseller reference : 68012
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SPARRMAN (ANDRÉ).
Voyage au Cap de Bonne-Espérance et autour du monde avec le Capitaine Cook, et principalement dans le pays des Hottentots et des Caffres. Avec Cartes, Figures et Planches en taille douce. Traduit par M. Le Tourneur.
Paris, Buisson, 1787. 3 volumes in-8° (22x13cm) reliés plein veau époque, filets or sur les plats,dos lisse richement ornés avec titre et tomaison. Illustré de 15 planches dépliantes, 1 frontispice, une carte dépliante de la région du Cap. Coins usés, coiffes arasées. Édition in-8° paru la même année que celle in-4°. Il rejoignit Cook et s’occupa de recherches botaniques et d’histoire naturelle avec le Dr Forster.
Bookseller reference : P2-6B-11
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SPEKE JOHN HANNING
The Discovery Of The Source Of The Nile
White Star Publishers Vercelli: 2006. Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good condition. Since ancient times the Nile proved to be the most intriguing geographical enigma for explorers adventurers and cartographers. Only in the middle of the 19th century however was the mystery of the source of the Nile solved thanks to the efforts of a number of tenacious explorers among them John Hanning Speke 1827-1864 and James Augustus Grant 1827-1892. In their personal narrative of their expedition adventure ethnological description and geographical observations mix offering a complete picture of one of the most famous expeditions to the challenging and dangerous interior of the African continent. ISBN: 8854401773. White Star Publishers, Vercelli: 2006 hardcover
Bookseller reference : 75313X1 ISBN : 8854401773 9788854401778
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SPEKE Capitaine
Les sources du Nil.
Journal d’un voyage de découvertes par le capitaine SPEKE) Nouveau journal de voyages de CHARTON. Hachette éditeur. 1863. Volume IX livraisons 226-227-228-229-230-231-232-233-234 Pages 273 à 384/ traduction de ED FORGUES Gravures, cartes. Avec la couverture de livraison n°226 papier bleu imprimé. Complet en livraisons, non sorties de reliure. Edition pré-originale. Peu courant.
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Speke, John Hanning und Walter Rusch (Hrsg.)
Die Entdeckung der Nilquellen : Reisetagebuch. Cognoscere ; Bd. 3 NAchdruck der AUsgabe Leipzig, Brockhaus, 1864 . Hrsg. und eingeleitet von Walter Rusch
Berlin : Edition Ost, 1995. 351 Seiten.. Mit zahlreichen Schwarz-Weiß- Abbildungen. 22 cm Originalpappband.
Bookseller reference : 270312
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SPEKE, John Hanning:
What led to the discovery of the source of the Nile.
Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1864, lg. in-8vo, engraved frontispiece + X + 1 ll. (2 p.: half-title : Journal...Somali Land) + 372 p., + 1 double-page + 1 folding map, a very clean copy, engraved ex-libris: James Early Smith + one small legacy stamp on first fly: C.A.W. Guggisberg, contemporary h.-leather, spine richly gilt. Fine copy.
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SPeter Dance S. Pe
Seashells
London: Hamlyn 1971. Part of the Hamlyn all-colour paperbacks series Peter is one of Britain's top writers on shell books well travelled with over twenty years experience of the Mollusca Nine years spent in the British Musuem's Mollusca section of the Zoology Department . An author therefore well qualified to write on this subject.160pp.inc index e-mail for further details. Not Signed. This is the FIRST EDITION. Laminated Paper. Very Good AVERAGE/No Jacket. Illus. by Illustrated by James Nicholls. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" Thin. High Gloss Paperback. Hamlyn paperback
Bookseller reference : 002968 ISBN : 0600379086 9780600379089
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SPITSBERGEN THE FIRST OXFORD UNIVERSITY EXPEDITION TO SPITSBERGEN 1921.
Spitsbergen Papers. Scientific Results of the First Oxford University Expedition to Spitsbergen 1921. 2 Vols.
London Oxford University Press 1925-29. Royal8vo. 2 orig. full cloth. Gilt lettering on spines. Containing 33 25 original offprints published in various periodicals in various sizes published between 1921-29 some with plates and textillustrations in the fields of geology zoology geography hydrography glaciology etc. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 53796
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SPITSBERGEN - THE FIRST OXFORD UNIVERSITY EXPEDITION TO SPITSBERGEN 1921.
Spitsbergen Papers. Scientific Results of the First Oxford University Expedition to Spitsbergen (1921). 2 Vols.
London, Oxford University Press, 1925-29. Royal8vo. 2 orig. full cloth. Gilt lettering on spines. Containing 33 + 25 original offprints published in various periodicals in various sizes, published between 1921-29, some with plates and textillustrations, in the fields of geology, zoology, geography, hydrography, glaciology etc.
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Spix, Johann Baptist von
Reise in Brasilien in den Jahren 1817 - 1820. Band 4: Tafelband ("Atlas"). . Neudruck [...], herausgegeben und um ein Lebensbild des Botanikers von Martius sowie mit einem Register erweitert von Karl Mägdefrau. Mit Martius' Erläuterungen, vom Herausgeber neueren Forschungsergebnissen angepaßt, und mit kurzen Auszügen aus entsprechenden Ausführungen in den Textbänden. Mit portugiesischer Übersetzung.
Stuttgart, Brockhaus Verlag, 1967. Nur Tafelband ("Atlas")! Nur Tafelband ("Atlas")! Ausgabe Brockhaus Verlag (1967). Keine Seitenangabe. Der Band enthält insgesamt 57 Karten und Tafeln. Mit Titelprägung versehener Original-Ganzleinenband mit titelbedrucktem, illustriertem Original-Umschlag. Band in sehr gutem Zus ('Quellen und Forschungen zur Geschichte der Geographie und der Reisen', Band 3,4).
Bookseller reference : 33406BB ISBN : 0
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Sprenger, Balthasar
Die erste Handelsreise der Welser und Fugger nach Indien 1505/06.
Bremen, maritime press, 2012. 150 S. (21 cm) Broschierte Ausgabe
Bookseller reference : 53349
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SPRY WJJ. W. J.
THE CRUISE OF HER MAJESTY'S SHIP "CHALLENGER."
Toronto: Belford Brothers 1877. Octavo original mauve pictorial bevel-edged cloth stamped in black and gilt. pp 2 xviii 387 1 26 Belford catalogue frontispiece with tissue guard and 8 plates and one folding map; other illustrations in text. Spine sunned to tan as usual with frayed tips partial vertical cloth crack neatly repaired; covers have some fading and spotting; moderate wear to outer corners; cracked rear inner hinge neatly repaired; text paper toned as always; else a good tight copy text quite clean and unworn no owner names of this important early oceanography book.Canary Islands St. Thomas and Bermuda Halifax NS. islands of the Atlantic Cape of Good Hope Antarctica Melbourne Sydney Wellington N.Z. Fiji New Hebrides Cape York Peninsula East Indies Philippines Hong Kong New Guinea Admiralty Islands Yokohama Hawaii South America Cape Verde and more. Much on Australia 1.5 kg parcel. First Canadian edition. Hardcover. Belford Brothers
Bookseller reference : 32277
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ST GRNLAND CARLSBERGFONDETS EXPEDITION 1898 1900
Ekspeditionens leder G. Amdrup beretter om hele ekspeditionen og giver selvst�ndige beretninger om Skibsekspeditionen og Kystekspeditionen ligesom N. Hartz beretter om denne. J.P. Koch beskriver det geografiske opm�lingsarbejde. Geologiske bidrag af Otto Nordenski�ld O.B. B�ggild og zoologiske bidrag af S�ren Jensen Th. Mortensen J.P.J. Ravn Victor Madsen pal�ontologi A.S. Jensen H.J. Hansen Will. Lundbeck. De botaniske af E. Rostrup Chr. Kruse C. Jensen N. Hartz m.fl. De ark�ologiske og etnografiske bidrag er af G. Amdrup The former Eskimo settlements on the East Coast of Greenland between Scoresby Sund and the Angmagsalik District W. Thalbitzer Ethnological Description of the Amdrup Collection from East Greenland. 4 Bd. i 7 Afdelinger.
Kj�benhavn Reitzel 1904-11. Ubesk�rede og delvist uopsk�ret i originale bogtrykte omslag bagomslaget til f�rste bind mangler. 12372;446;463;XIII431 pp. talrige tekstillustrationer 7 litograferde foldekort 32 plancher heraf flere i farvelitografi. � Ekspeditionens resultater var meget omfattende b�de de geografiske opm�linger de zoologiske og botaniske men s�rligt m� n�vnes de betydningsfulde etnografiske samlinger som hjembragtes og som er beskrevet her Thalbitzer og Amdrup. - Meddelelser om Gr�nland Bd. 27-30. unknown
Bookseller reference : 31978
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Staff of International Expeditions.
Costa Rica: Wildlife Sanctuary of the Americas" Booklet.
Birmingham AL:: International Expeditions 1988. Paperback. Very Good. 78 pp. 4to. Comb bound softcover. Sunning to joints and upper edges. Scuffed. Slighlty edgeworn. Light crease to rear fore edge. Interior clean. International Expeditions, paperback
Bookseller reference : 144817
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Staff of International Expeditions Inc
Galapagos: Darwin's Enchanted Islands Destination Handbook
International Expeditions Inc 9999-01-01. Spiral-bound. Very Good. Softcover. A very nice copy with a spiral binding. No names no marks no stickers. Text is clean and bright. Front and back cover are very good. Careful packaging and fast shipping. We recommend EXPEDITED MAIL for even faster delivery. International Expeditions, Inc unknown
Bookseller reference : 02499
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Stamp Tom & Cordelia Stamp
James Cook Maritime Scientist
Yorkshire England: Caedmon of Whitby. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. 0905355040 . DJ and boards show some shelf wear small 1/2" tear to top back of DJ. Gift inscriptions on FFEP. ; A tight solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector unclipped. ; 8.58 X 5.43 X 0.47 inches; 159 pages . Caedmon of Whitby hardcover
Bookseller reference : 18006 ISBN : 0905355040 9780905355047
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Stamp Tom And Cordelia
William Scoresby. Arctic Scientist
North Yorkshire: Caedmon of Whitby 1975 First edition in hardcover with dust jacket. 253 pp. Illustrations appendix bibliography index. Fine/Fine. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. LR1-2. Caedmon of Whitby hardcover
Bookseller reference : 250405
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Stanek, Bruno
Der Weg ins All.
Spreitenbach, Schweiz : Gloria-Verl., 1969. 125 S. : zahlr. Ill. (meist montierte, farb. Klebebilder) Gr. 8°. Ill. OPpbd.
Bookseller reference : 12040
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Stanley
Dans les ténèbres de l'Afrique - recherche délivrance et retraite d'Emin Pacha - TOME SECOND - 2e éd
Hachette et cie 1890 in4. 1890. Relié.
Bookseller reference : 100132486
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Stanley
Dans les ténèbres de l'Afrique - TOME II: La délivrance d'Emin Pacha --- Digestes Congolais n°7
Grands lacs 1970 in12. 1970. Broché.
Bookseller reference : 100133341
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STANLEY HENRY MORTON
How I Found Livingstone
White Star Vercelli: 2006. Hardcover no dustjacket. Very good condition. An extraordinary adventure that has become the stuff of legend: in 1870 the New York Herald gave Henry Stanley 1841-1904 a journalist of Welsh birth raised in the United States the job of tracking down David Livingstone the selfless missionary-explorer who had disappeared into the heart of Central Africa. It was a superhuman undertaking which Stanley completed successfully. A genius of publicity Stanley immortalized his historic meeting with the words: "Dr. Livingstone I presume! ISBN: 885440120X. White Star, Vercelli: 2006 hardcover
Bookseller reference : 75425X1 ISBN : 885440120X 9788854401204
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Stanley Henri M.
Comment j'ai retrouvé Livingston. Voyages, avenures et découvertes dans le centre de l'Afrique.
Librairie de L. Hachette et Cie. Paris, 1874, petit in-4 demi-chagrin rouge, dos à quatre nerfs, dos richement orné, toutes tranches dorées. Reliure de l'éditeur. 60 gravures en noir et 6 cartes. 3ff.-600pp. Ouvrage traduit de l'anglais avec l'autorisation de l'auteur par Mme. H Loreau. Des rousseurs sinon bon exemplaire.
Bookseller reference : 16801
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Stanley, Henry M
Wie ich Livingstone fand. 1871.
Lizenzausgabe für einen Buchclub, Gütersloh. 366 S., geprägter OLn m. OU. Mit 44 Abbildungen. Ordentliches Exemplar. Buchschnitt etwas verschmutzt. Minimale Läsuren am Umschlag. Good copy.
Bookseller reference : 6480
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Stanley, (Henry Morton)
Briefe über Emin Pascha's Befreiung. Hrsg. von J(ohn) Scott Keltie.
Leipzig, Brockhaus, 1890. 10. Aufl. 137 S. 1 mehrfach gefalt. Karte. 8°. OKart. (gebräunt, fleckig, Rücken lädiert).
Bookseller reference : 10955
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STANLEY, H.M
Im dunkelsten Afrika. Aufsuchung, Rettung und Rückzug Emin Pascha's, Gouverneurs der Aequatorialprovinz. Autorisirte deutsche Ausgabe. Aus dem Englischen von H. von Wobeser. 2. Aufl. 2 Bde.
Leipzig, Brockhaus, 1890. Gr.-8vo. 10 (v. 12), 515, (1) S. u 8, 480 S., 4 Bl. m. 150 Abb. im Text u. auf 38 xylograph. Taf., 1 Profilskizze, 1 sechsseitiges Faks., 3 separate farbige Faltkarten. Hldrbde (stellenweise beschabt, Außengelenk oben bei Bd 1 hinten, bei Bd 2 vorn m. winzigem Einriß; Bd 1: Bindung etwas gelockert, Hinterdeckel feuchtspurig, Vortitel fehlt, innen vereinzelt gering fingerfleckig).
Bookseller reference : 1205961
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Stanley, Henri M
Comment j ai retrouvé Livingstone. Voyages Aventures et découvertes dans le centre de l Afrique. Ouvrage traduit de l Anglais avec l autorisation de l'auteur par Mme H. Loreau.
Paris, Hachette, 1874. Gr.-8° (22,5-25 cm). 600 S. OLeinwand mit vergoldetem Rückentitel, geprägter Deckelverzierung und Ganzkopfgoldschnitt
Bookseller reference : 12073
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STANLEY, Henri M.
Comment j'ai retrouvé Livingstone. Voyages, aventures et découvertes dans le centre de l'Afrique. Ouvrage traduit de l'anglais avec l’autorisation de l’auteur par Mme H. Loreau, contenant 60 gravures et 6 cartes.
Paris, Librairie Hachette et Cie. 1874, 240x160mm, frontispice, 600pages, reliure demi-chagrin avec titre, auteur, filets et ornementations dorés au dos à faux-nerfs. Plats percaline. Toutes tranches dorées. Garde en soie. Bords des plats frottés et coins émoussés. Rousseurs éparses.
Bookseller reference : 101567
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Stanley, Henry M
Im dunkelsten Afrika. Aufsuchung, Rettung und Rückzug Emin Pascha's, Gouverneurs der Aequatorialprovinz. Aus dem Englischen von H.von Wobeser.
Leipzig, Brockhaus, 1908. XII, 515, VIII, 480 Seiten mit 150 Abbildungen. Dunkelrote Original-Leinenbände mit Rückentitel- und Vorderdeckelvergoldung. 2 Bände. Sechste Auflage. Rücken aufgehellt, Leichte Randläsuren.
Bookseller reference : 6628BB
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Stanley, Henry M
Im dunkelsten Afrika. Aufsuchung,Rettung und Rückzug Emin Pascha's Gouverneur der Aequatorialgegend
Leipzig, F. A. Brockhaus, 1891 / 1890. Gr.-8°. Mit 150 Abb. u. 3 Kte. O.Pp.
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Stanley, Henry Morton
( 2 BÄNDE ) Durch den dunklen Welttheil oder die Quellen des Nils, Reisen um die großen Seen des äquatorialen Afrika und den Livingstone-Fluß abwärts nach dem Atlantischen Ocean. ... Autorisierte deutsche Ausgabe. Aus d. Englischen von Prof. Dr. C. Böttger. Erster Band und Zweiter Band. Dritte Auflage.
Leipzig; F. A. Brockhaus, 1891. XVI; 470 S.; zahlr. Illustr. / Ktn. und X; 518 S.; zahlr. Illustr. / Ktn.; 23,5 cm. 2 fadengeh. Orig.-Pappbände.
Bookseller reference : 1179838
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Stansbury Howard
Exploration of the Valley of the Great Salt Lake. with an Introduction by Don D. Fowler
Washington: Smithsonian Institution Pr. VG. 1988. Reprint. Softcover. ISBN: 0874748895. initials embossed on t.p. spine sun-faded.; Reprinted in the series "Exploring the American West." Originally published in 1852 as "Explorationand Survey of the Valley of the Great Salt Lake of Utah including a Reconnoissance of a New Route through the Rocky Mountains"; 8vo; 421 pp. Catalogs: Exploration. Keywords: Utah History Exploration Surveys American West. Smithsonian Institution Pr paperback
Bookseller reference : 1753 ISBN : 0874748895 9780874748895
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STARK Freya
BEYOND EUPHRATES: autobiography 1928-1933
London: John Murray 1951. Green cloth. pp xvi 341 two page map on green paper photo plates. Index. Rear free endpaper creased page edges yellowed book leaned; covers very lightly spotted else a VG clean and unworn jacketless copy. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. John Murray
Bookseller reference : 51764
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STARK Freya
DUST IN THE LION'S PAW: autobiography 1939-1946
London: John Murray 1962. Green cloth. pp xii 297 3 plates. Bit of yellowing to page edges else fine. Green top page edges faded other page edges yellowed; small ink name at front; small margin chips and tears to a few leaves from careless opening; else fine. Yellow price-clipped jacket has nicks to spine ends VG otherwise. The famed traveler and Middle East expert's fourth and last volume of autobiography. During the war Stark focused her energies on bringing the Arabs onto the Allied side or to at least remain neutral. . Hardcover. Octavo. John Murray
Bookseller reference : 51615
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STARK Freya
THE COAST OF INCENSE: autobiography 1933-1939.
London: John Murray 1953. First issue binding of green cloth gilt lettered. pp xvi 287 map on green card stock and 11 double-sided photo plates inserted. Index. Green wood-engraved vignette to title page and small tail piece ornament by Reynolds Stone. Yellowing to page edges vertical creases to fore margin of front free endpaper narrow bands of sunning to spine ends and lower margin of front cover else fine. Price-clipped dust just jacket has a large chip to foot spine and lower inner corner of front panel smaller chip across head of spine rear panel yellowed and a little soiled crease to front flap fair but now in plastic and looking better. Third volume of the author's autobiography. "These middle years include the adventure of travel; Egypt the Persian Gulf the Middle East her introduction to South Arabia two journeys to the Valley of the Hadhramaut the quest of Shabwa and the all but fatal illness in the isolation of the Shibam.". First printing. Hardcover. Octavo. John Murray
Bookseller reference : 51758
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STARK Freya
TRAVELLER'S PRELUDE
London: Murray 1951. Second printing. Green cloth. pp xiv 346 double-page map on green paper at front and photo plates. Index. Page edges lightly yellowed else fine. Price-clipped jacket has small chips and tears rear spine fold quite rubbed; good. Autobiographical writing about her early life written mostly in Cyprus during leave from war-work in the Middle East. . Hardcover. Octavo. Murray
Bookseller reference : 51708
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Stark, Freya
Das Tal der Mörder. Persische Reisen. OT: The Valleys of the Assassins.
Hamburg u.a, Rowohlt, 1949. 381 S, OLn, 3 ausklappbare Faltkarten, 3 Kartenskizzen, 1.-6.Tsd, priv. Wdmg aV. DEA. Papier zeitbedingt vergilbt. Gutes Exemplar. Good copy.
Bookseller reference : 1688
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STARR, Frederick
In Indian Mexico; A Narrative of Travel and Labor
thick 8vo [24.5 x 16 cm]; xi, 425 pp, numerous plates and frontis from photos by author, some plates with two photos, itinerary, index. original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, spine edge a little rubbed, endpaper name, internal hinge repair, interior is clean and fine in very good+ cover. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Hand S480. The anthropologist author's earlier work, Indians of Southern Mexico, produced in only a limited edition was highly regarded but consists of mostly photos (but excellent ones), although he published a number of other papers, mostly short, on the subject. This work provides a detailed travel narrative through Oaxaca, Chiapis, parts of Guatemala, Dos Rios to photograph the Otamis of Huixquilucan, to Patzcuaro to study the Tarascans, to Uruapan, Tlaxcala, Cuauhtlantzinco, Zamora, states of Puebla, Hidalgo and many others, travelling by railroad where possible, or steamer, horseback, etc. Based on several expeditions from 1896 to 1901, the author was able to greatly expand his earlier works and produce this important book that preserves much information which is not available elsewhere and of towns and regions that have greatly changed in the last 100 years. 'A first hand, reliable picture. . . an outstanding work' (Emory Bogardus).
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Stedman J. G.
Narrative of a Five Years Expedition Against The Revolted Negroes of Surinam In Guiana on the Wild Coast of South America
Barre MA: The Imprint Society. Fine in Fine dust jacket; IN SLIPCASE 2 volume set LIMITED #57 of 1950 . copies 2 volume set. 1971. 1st thus. hardback. reproduced in facsimile with intro. by Whitfield J. Bell Jr. . The Imprint Society hardcover
Bookseller reference : 4119
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Steele Peter
The Man Who Mapped the Arctic The Intrepid Life of George Back Franklin's Lieutenant
Vancouver BC: Raincoast Books. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. 1551926482 . As new; A bright solid book dustjacket in Mylar map endpapers.; B&W Illustrations; 9.1 X 6.3 X 1.3 inches; 307 pages; In the mid-1800s George Back went on three Arctic expeditions with Sir John Franklin across the barren lands of the Canadian north. But unlike Franklin Back lived to tell his tales in journals drawings watercolors and maps. Noted writer Peter Steele drew on these sources along with contemporary accounts to craft this gripping tale of resilience in the face of incredible odds. The book thrillingly recounts the near-impossible circumstances of these expeditions � the fights with the Hudson Bay Company rations that failed to get through even cannibalism. Back survived these horrors to lead an exploration of the Great Fish River now named Back River in his honor. His return upstream hauling his handmade boat up 83 sets of rapids is one of the greatest-ever feats of heroism and endurance. A gifted artist and mapmaker Back was a brave explorer forgotten by history. Steele does him b . Raincoast Books hardcover
Bookseller reference : 19161 ISBN : 1551926482 9781551926483
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Steele Peter
The Man Who Mapped the Arctic. the Intrepid Life of George Back Franklin's Lieutenant
Vancouver: Raincoast Books. 2003 First printing of the trade paperback edition. 307 pp. Maps illustrations bibliography index. Fine. Trade Paperback. Fine. Raincoast Books. paperback
Bookseller reference : 243407 ISBN : 1551927136 9781551927138
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Stefansson Vilhjalmur
GREAT ADVENTURES AND EXPLORATIONS From Earliest Times to the Present As Told by the Explorers Themselves
New York: Dial Press. Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket. 1952. Revised Edition. Hardcover. DJ spine sunned and with several small chips and two tiny holes. DJ PC. A nice and tight copy; 8vo; 788 pages . Dial Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 17517
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