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British National Antarctic Expedition Royal Society Great Britain
Physical observations with discussions by various authors 1908 Hardcover
2020. Hardcover. New. Lang: - eng Pages 262. Reprinted in 2020 with the help of original edition published long back 1908. This book is Printed in black & white Hardcover sewing binding for longer life with Matt laminated multi-Colour Dust Cover Printed on high quality Paper re-sized as per Current standards professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set then it is only single volume if you wish to order a specific or all the volumes you may contact us. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. Any type of Customisation is possible with extra charges. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1111005786465
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British National Antarctic Expedition Royal Society Great Britain
Physical observations 1908 Hardcover
2020. Hardcover. New. Lang: - eng Pages 262. Reprinted in 2020 with the help of original edition published long back 1908. This book is Printed in black & white Hardcover sewing binding for longer life with Matt laminated multi-Colour Dust Cover Printed on high quality Paper re-sized as per Current standards professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set then it is only single volume if you wish to order a specific or all the volumes you may contact us. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. Any type of Customisation is possible with extra charges. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1111005213562
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Brock Daniel George
TO THE DESERT WITH STURT A Diary of the 1844 Expedition
Adelaide: Royal Geographical Society of Australasia. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1975. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 0909112002 . With colour frontispiece maps on endpapers a fine copy in fine dustjacket. ; 220 x 140mm; xxi 5 222 pages . Royal Geographical Society of Australasia hardcover
Bookseller reference : 18043 ISBN : 0909112002 9780909112004
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Brontman L.
ON THE TOP OF THE WORLD: THE SOVIET EXPEDITION TO THE NORTH POLE 1937
London: Victor Gollancz. Good with no dust jacket; Left Book Club Edition. 1938. Hardback. 287 pages . Victor Gollancz hardcover
Bookseller reference : 70472
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Brontman, L.
ON THE TOP OF THE WORLD The Soviet Expedition to the North Pole 1937
Mild dampstaining to boards. Rough spots to endpapers ; Beautiful fold-out map on japon paper at rear; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 287 pages
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Brooks Phillips
Letters of Travel
E.P. Dutton & Co. 1893. First Edition. Very Good; Hardcover; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Phillips Brooks December 13 1835 � January 23 1893 was an American Episcopal clergyman and author serving most notably as the Rector of Boston's Trinity Church. Letters selected from correspondence during two journeys first in 1865-66 and then in 1882-83 and shorter summer trips. inc. Europe India and Japan. 386 pp. bound in burgundy cloth; gilt rules and lettering; top edge gilt. Same date of 1893 on title & verso indicating first editon. Clean bright cover; moderate wear & shallow splits in cloth at spine ends. Binding solid though hinges creaky. Brief gift notation. Pages very clean bright. . E.P. Dutton & Co. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 30300
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Brower Kenneth
Earth and the Great Weather: The Brooks Range
New York: McCall Publishing Company First edition in hardcover with dust jacket. Very minor scuffs to the corners bump to the top of the spine. The jacket is price clipped with age toning to the spine and edges of the panels. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. BW11-Top. McCall Publishing Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : 258501 ISBN : 0841501017 9780841501010
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Brown Gordon S.
To No Nameless End: A Memoir
Seattle: Self Published 2004. A clean tight copy showing light reader's use and handling. Inscribed by Gordon on title page. 252pp. Photos and illustrations. Inscribed and Signed By Author. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 4to - over 9" - 12" Tall. Self Published Paperback
Bookseller reference : 063691 ISBN : 0976188902 9780976188902
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Brown Gordon S.
To No Nameless End: A Memoir
Seattle: Self Published 2004. A clean tight copy showing light reader's use and handling. Inscribed by Gordon on title page. 252pp. Photos and illustrations. Inscribed and Signed By Author. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 4to - over 9" - 12" Tall. Self Published Paperback
Bookseller reference : 049437 ISBN : 0976188902 9780976188902
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Brown Malcolm editor
Lawrence of Arabia: Selected Letters
Little Books 2005. 1st printing of this edition. Crisp square and unmarked NF/NF. 590pp. Jacket in a new mylar cover. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. Little Books Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 062821 ISBN : 1904435432 9781904435433
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Brown RN. Rudmose JHH. Pirie And RC. Mossman R. N. J. H. R. C.
The Voyage of the "Scotia". Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration in the Antarctic Seas
Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Limited. 1979 First McClelland & Stewart edition. Facsimile reprint of Blackwood edition of 1906. Hardcover 375 pp. Illustrations maps one fold-out. Hint of soiling to foredge. Jacket has two short tears rubbing. Near Fine/Very Good. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. BC8-3. McClelland & Stewart Limited. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 246488 ISBN : 0771016956 9780771016950
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Brown Robert Vancouver Island Exploring Expedition : BC. B. C.
Vancouver Island exploration 1864 1865 Leather Bound
2019. Leather Bound. New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden Leaf Printing on round Spine. Reprinted in 2019 with the help of original edition published long back 1865. This book is printed in black & white sewing binding for longer life Printed on high quality Paper re-sized as per Current standards professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set then it is only single volume if you wish to order a specific or all the volumes you may contact us. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. Lang: - eng Pages 43. EXTRA 10 DAYS APART FROM THE NORMAL SHIPPING PERIOD WILL BE REQUIRED FOR LEATHER BOUND BOOKS. FOLIO EDITION IS ALSO AVAILABLE. hardcover
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Brown Robert Vancouver Island Exploring Expedition : BC. B. C.
Vancouver Island : exploration 1864 1865 Leather Bound
2019. Leather Bound. New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden Leaf Printing on round Spine. Reprinted in 2019 with the help of original edition published long back 1865. This book is printed in black & white sewing binding for longer life Printed on high quality Paper re-sized as per Current standards professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set then it is only single volume if you wish to order a specific or all the volumes you may contact us. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. Lang: - eng Pages 39. EXTRA 10 DAYS APART FROM THE NORMAL SHIPPING PERIOD WILL BE REQUIRED FOR LEATHER BOUND BOOKS. FOLIO EDITION IS ALSO AVAILABLE. hardcover
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Brown Robert Vancouver Island Exploring Expedition : BC. B. C.
Vancouver Island : exploration 1864 1865 Hardcover
2020. Hardcover. New. Lang: - eng Pages 39. Reprinted in 2020 with the help of original edition published long back 1865. This book is Printed in black & white Hardcover sewing binding for longer life with Matt laminated multi-Colour Dust Cover Printed on high quality Paper re-sized as per Current standards professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set then it is only single volume if you wish to order a specific or all the volumes you may contact us. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. Any type of Customisation is possible with extra charges. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. hardcover
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Brown Robert Vancouver Island Exploring Expedition : BC. B. C.
Vancouver Island : exploration 1864 1865
2020. Paperback. New. Lang: - eng Pages 39. Reprinted in 2020 with the help of original edition published long back 1865. This book is Printed in black & white sewing binding for longer life with Matt laminated multi-Colour Soft Cover HARDCOVER EDITION IS ALSO AVAILABLE Printed on high quality Paper re-sized as per Current standards professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set then it is only single volume if you wish to order a specific or all the volumes you may contact us. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. Any type of Customisation is possible with extra charges. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. paperback
Bookseller reference : PB1111005698472
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Brown Robert Vancouver Island Exploring Expedition : BC. B. C.
Vancouver Island exploration 1864 1865
2020. Paperback. New. Lang: - eng Pages 43. Reprinted in 2020 with the help of original edition published long back 1865. This book is Printed in black & white sewing binding for longer life with Matt laminated multi-Colour Soft Cover HARDCOVER EDITION IS ALSO AVAILABLE Printed on high quality Paper re-sized as per Current standards professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set then it is only single volume if you wish to order a specific or all the volumes you may contact us. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. Any type of Customisation is possible with extra charges. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. paperback
Bookseller reference : PB1111005141345
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Brown Robert Vancouver Island Exploring Expedition : BC. B. C.
Vancouver Island exploration 1864 1865 Hardcover
2020. Hardcover. New. Lang: - eng Pages 43. Reprinted in 2020 with the help of original edition published long back 1865. This book is Printed in black & white Hardcover sewing binding for longer life with Matt laminated multi-Colour Dust Cover Printed on high quality Paper re-sized as per Current standards professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set then it is only single volume if you wish to order a specific or all the volumes you may contact us. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. Any type of Customisation is possible with extra charges. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1111005141345
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Browne J. Ross Seelyy John Ed.
Etchings of a Whaling Cruise with Notes of a Sojourn on the Island of Zanzibar to Which is Appended a Brief History of the Whale Fishery Its Past and Present Condition
Cambridge Mass.: Belknap Press / Harvard 1968. Fine copy in price-clipped jacket with points of wear to extremities and lightly sunned spine. A facsimile of the first edition of 1846. Overweight volume will require extra postage. First Thus Facsimile . Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Belknap Press / Harvard Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 11238
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Bruce CG. Brig Gen and other members of the expedition C. G.
The Assault on Mount Everest 1922
London: Edward Arnold. 1923. Small Quarto Size approx 17.5cm x 24cm. Very Good condition - main flaw is rear hinge "started" - but still very solid. Spine a little faded but clear. Some light foxing to page edges. Burgundy boards with gilt to face and spine. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Two fold-out maps at rear. Previous owner's signature to front free endpaper and also another very faded gift inscription also to front free endpaper. Robust professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 339 pages. The 1922 British Mount Everest expedition was the first mountaineering expedition with the express aim of making the first ascent of Mount Everest. This was also the first expedition that attempted to climb Everest using bottled oxygen. The expedition would attempt to climb Everest from the northern side out of Tibet. At the time Everest could not be attempted from the south out of Nepal as the country was closed to Western foreigners. . 1st UK Edition. Hardback. Edward Arnold hardcover
Bookseller reference : BIB310535
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Bruce WS.; Scottish National Antarctic Expedition W. S.
Life in the Antarctic: Sixty Photographs By Members of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition
London: Gowans & Gray 1907. Soft Cover. Good. 4" x 5.5" Reprint. Gowan's Nature Books Series No. 10. Illustrated wraps. 5 6-67 p.p. plus 5 p.p. ads. 60 photographs incl. frontis showing seals pigeons penguins humpback whales and other fascinating arctic species in their own environments that were encountered by the staff of the Scottish National Expedition on the voyage of their ship "Scotia" between 1902-1904. Followed with Notes on Antarctic Mammals and Birds by W.S. Bruce. Covers browned with stain on front. Some chips to top right corner and spine ends with small loss to head. Inner covers browned foxed. Front inner hinge cracked. Otherwise a good copy. William Speirs Bruce 1867-1921 was a Scottish Naturalist and explorer who organized the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition from which these photos were taken. Gowans & Gray unknown
Bookseller reference : 000986
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Bruce Henderson
Fatal north: Adventure and survival aboard USS Polaris the first U.S. expedition to the North Pole
New American Library 2001. Early Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Size: Octavo standard book size. 306 pages. Text body is clean and free from previous owner annotation underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight covers and spine fully intact. Dust Jacket is in very good condition without tears or chips or other damage. All edges clean neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Exploration; Arctic & Antarctic. ISBN: 0451409353. ISBN/EAN: 9780451409355. Dewey Code: 919.804 21. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: RB15399. . 9780451409355 New American Library hardcover
Bookseller reference : RB15399 ISBN : 0451409353 9780451409355
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Bruce W. Halstead
Dangerous Marine Animals
Cambridge MD: Cornell Maritime Press 1959. Minimal wear at corners clean and unmarked. Jacket shows edgewear light soiling. "Dangerous Marine Animals: That Bite-Sting-are Non-edible". Written by an MD well illustrated. You'll need this on the desert island!. Blue Cloth. Very Good/Good. Cornell Maritime Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 008305
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Bruce, James (Hg.: Herbert Gussenbauer)
Zu den Quellen des Blauen Nils Die Erforschung Äthiopiens 1768 - 1773
Stuttgart : Thienemann (Edition Erdmann / Alte abenteuerliche Reiseberichte), 1987. 367 S. (21 cm) Leinen mit Umschlag / gebundene Ausgabe
Bookseller reference : 27590
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Brun, Samuel
Schiffarten in etlichen newe Lände und Insulen. Einleitung Walter Hirschberg. Reprint der Ausgabe Basel 1625.
Graz, Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt, 1969. Oktav, Org.-Hardcover mit illustr. Org.-SU, XXXI (+ I), 6 Tafelbll., 4 unnumerierte Bll., 132 S., 2 unnumerierte Bll., mit diversen sw-Illustrationen nach alten Kupferstichen, der SU etwas gebräunt, mit wenigen Anstreichungen in Blei (radierbar), sonst sehr gutes Exemplar. [Frühe Reisen und Seefahrten].
Bookseller reference : 9040-0283
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Brunet Laurent
Terre aimée: Un voyage en Inde par la route
Mediapop Éditions 2016 136 pages 12x18x1cm. 2016. Broché. 136 pages.
Bookseller reference : 100056912
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Brunold, Georg
Nilfieber. Der Wettlauf zu den Quellen. Mit Beitr. von Alan Moorehead ... Ed. und eingeleitet von Georg Brunold. Dt. von Kurt Jürgen Huch u.a.. (1.-7. Tsd.).
Frankfurt a. M. Eichborn, 1993. 433 S. Mit 1 Faltkte. (= Die Andere Bibliothek, Bd. 107). 22 cm. OPp. (Bezug dunkelgrünes Reptilhautimitat) im offenen OSchuber.
Bookseller reference : 94557
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Bryan CDB. C. D.
THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY 100 YEARS OF ADVENTURE & DISCOVERY
NY: Harry N. Abrams. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1997. Hardbound. 0810936968 . 528 pages . Harry N. Abrams hardcover
Bookseller reference : 20013 ISBN : 0810936968 9780810936966
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Bryan E. H. Edwin Horace American Museum of Natural History. Department of Ornithology. Whitney South Sea Expeditions Collec
Chronological summary and guide to Whitney Expedition journals 1923 FULL LEATHER BOUND
2019. SUPER DELUXE EDITION. New. Antique look with Golden Leaf Printing and embossing with round Spine completely handmade bindingextra customization on request like Color Leather Colored book special gold leaf printing etc. Reprinted in 2019 with the help of original edition published long back 1923. This book is printed in black & white sewing binding for longer life Printed on high quality Paper re-sized as per Current standards professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set then it is only single volume if you wish to order a specific or all the volumes you may contact us. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure in old look so we brought it back to the shelves. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. Lang: - eng Pages 202. EXTRA 10 DAYS APART FROM THE NORMAL SHIPPING PERIOD WILL BE REQUIRED. Normal Hardbound Edition is also available on request. unknown
Bookseller reference : SD1111008409293
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Bryan E. H. Edwin Horace American Museum of Natural History. Department of Ornithology. Whitney South Sea Expeditions Collec
Chronological summary and guide to Whitney Expedition journals 1923 Leather Bound
2019. Leather Bound. New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden Leaf Printing on round Spine. Reprinted in 2019 with the help of original edition published long back 1923. This book is printed in black & white sewing binding for longer life Printed on high quality Paper re-sized as per Current standards professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set then it is only single volume if you wish to order a specific or all the volumes you may contact us. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. Lang: - eng Pages 202. EXTRA 10 DAYS APART FROM THE NORMAL SHIPPING PERIOD WILL BE REQUIRED FOR LEATHER BOUND BOOKS. FOLIO EDITION IS ALSO AVAILABLE. hardcover
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Bryan (C.D.B.).
LE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC. UN SIECLE D'AVENTURES ET DE DECOUVERTES.
Paris, Editions de la Martinière, 1997.Grand in-4 reliure cartonnée sous jaquette, 528 pages, très nb illustrations noir et couleurs.
Bookseller reference : 8342
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Bryson Bill
Notes from a Small Island
William Morrow and Company 1996. Crisp and unmarked Book Club hardcover in a jacket. 324pp. Dust jacket now in a new mylar cover. Book Club Edition BCE/BOMC. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. William Morrow and Company Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 056989 ISBN : 0688147259 9780688147259
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Brückner, Pola
Eine Frau ging in den Urwald. Schicksal einer Amazonas-Expedition.
Berlin, Verlag Ernst Steiniger, 1939. Pappband, Fadenheftung, 180 Seiten. Frakturschrift. Papier etwas vergilbt, Einband an den Kanten leicht berieben, Fremdwidmung auf Vorsatz. 1. Aufl.
Bookseller reference : 32710
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Buckland Frank
Log-Book of a Fisherman and Zoologist
London: Chapman & Hall 1888 Reprint in hardcover without a dust jacket as issued. 339 pp. plus Chapman & Hall catalogue. Illustations index. There is an embossed stamp from W.H. Smith and Sons Library and a pencil name on the front endpaper. Some soiling minor spotting to the edges text is tanned. Very Good. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. BW5-11. Chapman & Hall hardcover
Bookseller reference : 258620
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Bueler William M.
Mountains of the World: A Handbook for Climbers & Hikers
Rutland VT & Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle Company 1970. WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Limp green vinyl with beige titles blue endpapers 279 pp 43 maps index. Bookplate & gift inscription on front endpapers else fine. DJ spine slightly sunned bottom corner of front flap clipped but original price in dollars is on top corner; in Brodart archival cover. Describes the highest mountains in dozens of regions throughout the world giving in many cases local maps and showing the usual approach. The book is aimed at the hiker and casual mountaineer rather than the expert. Shipping weight 2 lbs. International 1 lb. 8 oz. First Edition. . Near Fine/Near Fine. 18 X 13� cm. Charles E. Tuttle Company Hardcover
Bookseller reference : EXMT00006
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Buffum Edward Gould
Six Months in the Gold Mines
Ann Arbor MI: University Microfilms Inc. Very Good; ex lib w/markings March of America Facsimile Series #86. 1966. Reprint. hardback. 172 pages . University Microfilms, Inc. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 3895
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Bull Colin
Innocents in the Arctic: The 1951 Spitsbergen Expedition
University of Alaska Press 2005. 1st printing. Crisp and unmarked F/VG. Full cloth binding. 254pp. Jacket very slightly rubbed now in a new mylar cover. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. University of Alaska Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 060679 ISBN : 1889963739 9781889963730
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Bulletin de la Société Française des Fouilles Archéologiques - Fonfée le 14 janvier 1904. Reconnue établissement d'utilité publique (Décret du 3 janvier 1910)
Bulletin de la Société Française des Fouilles Archéologiques Rapport sur les fouilles de Saint-Bertrand de Comminges, par M. R. Lizop - Rapport sur les fouilles faites aux Catacombes d'Hadrumète (mars 1912-novembre 1913), par M. le chanoine Leynaud - Les Fouilles du Vieil-Evreux (2e année), par M. le Commandant Espérandieu - Catalogue des Antiquités égyptiennes provenant de l'expédition de M. Raymond Weill (campagne de 1913) - Les Fouilles françaises en Phénicie, par M. le Dr Contenau - Second rapport sur les fouilles de Saint-Bernard de Comminges (année 1920), par M. R. Lizop - Les Fouilles du Théâtre romain de Vaison en 1919 et 1920, par M. l'abbé J. Sautel - Les Nouvelles fouilles du Théâtre antique de Vaison (Vaucluse). Appel du Comité de patronage - Extraits des procès-verbaux des séances du Comité central (1914-1921) - ...
1914-1922 - Tome quatrième - Musée Guimet, Place d'Iéna, Paris (16e) - In-8 broché - revue illustrée - plusieurs hors-texte - 322 pages
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Bullitt Orville H.
SEARCH FOR SYBARIS - The Story of the Archaeologists' Eight-Year Search for the Ancient City of the Sybarites
London: J. M. Dent and Sons 1971. xiv 238 pp. Dark orange cloth with a brown pictorial on the front panel; lettered in brown on the spine; endpaper maps; illustrated with black and white photographs maps and charts. Light wear on the corners of the dustjacket with some rubbing on the front panel; price intact; no interior markings. The Chapters are: Sybaris 720 - 510 B.C.; Development of Greece; Sybaris; Off to Sybaris; Early Days of Sybaris; Sybaris in 600 B.C.; The Ancient Accounts; Colonies of Sybaris; Croton; Prior Expeditions; The Search; The Instruments; Thurii; The Expedition; Sybaris 1963; Archaic Buildings Found at Last 1964; We Have Found Sybaris 1965; Anticlimax 1966; and Finale; followed by Reference Notes; Bibliography; Ancient Authors; and an index. First UK Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. J. M. Dent and Sons Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 207034 ISBN : 0460039792 9780460039796
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Bulwer Edward Lord Lytton
The Last Days Of Pompeii. Book Four
Leipzig: Bernard Tauchnitz. Very Good;. 1879. Hardcover. 12mo; Full vellum pps. 245-444 10 mounted photographs. The Tauchnitz edition has been extended to four volumes of which this is the fourth of the four with photographic illustrations. The full vellum binding bears the label of Giulio Giannini Parchment Works Florence and the bookplate of Harold Hugo of the Stinehour Press. The frontcover has an ornate dragon outlined in gilt with the surrounding are painted in red and maroon. The rear cover has an ornamental design using the same colors as does the spine. A scan is available. . Bernard Tauchnitz hardcover
Bookseller reference : 44159
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BUNBURY Charles JF. J. F.
JOURNAL OF A RESIDENCE AT THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE; with Excursions into the Interior and Notes on the Natural History and the Native Tribes
London: John Murray 1848. Original green cloth. pp xii 297 3 ads wood-engraved frontispiece and four other plates. From the library of the Writers to Her Majesty�s Signet so designated on front cover by hand in ink "Signet Library" and also on front pastedown with shelf label. Spine a bit worn at ends with cloth split to rear joint neatly repaired and two small chips to joints just below centre; wear to one outer corner neatly repaired; neat internal repairs to separations in text; occasional mild text soiling; a little leaned; in all a good copy now tight in the binding text unworn and looking better than it sounds. An important work on South Africa with extensive observations on the botany of the region and an account of the Great Trek of the Boers then underway. The Society of Writers to Her Majesty�s Signet is a private society of Scottish solicitors dating back to 1594 and part of the College of Justice. Writers to the Signet originally had special privileges in relation to the drawing up of documents which required to be signeted but these have since disappeared and the Society is now an independent non-regulatory association of solicitors. The Society maintains the Category A listed Signet Library part of the Parliament House complex in Edinburgh and members of the Society are entitled to the postnominal letters WS." - Wiklipedia. "Sir Charles James Fox Bunbury 8th Baronet FRS 4 February 1809 -18 June 1886 was an English naturalist.He was a keen botanist and geologist with a particular interest in paleobotany. He collected plant specimens on expeditions to South America in 1833 and South Africa in 1838. He also accompanied his great friend Sir Charles Lyell the geologist on an expedition to Madeira. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1851." - Wikipedia. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. John Murray
Bookseller reference : 50676
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Burakowska, Elzbieta
Die Höhle des Königs Ellenlang
Krajowa Agencja Wydawnicza, 1979. o.A. 38 Seiten , 19 cm, geb. Pappeinband
Bookseller reference : 11642
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Burckhardt John Lewis
Travels in Arabia Comprehending an Account of Those Territories in Hedjaz Which the Mohammedans Regard as Sacred
London: Henry Colburn 1829. 478pp/maps. Engraved folding map frontis of Arabia. BM- notes two editions of this work in 1829; single volume quarto and a two volume octavo. This is the rare single volume edition. John Lewis Burckhardt 1784 - 1817 the son of a Swiss Colonel undertook the journey to Mekkah in 1814 disguised as an Arab; he had long since used the name Sheikh Ibrahim in his travels which he began in 1809 under the sponsorship of Sir Joseph Banks and the African Association. Burckhardt's description of the Hedjaz was the first accurate one to reach Europe. Burckhardt transmitted to the Association the most accurate and complete account of the Hedjaz including the cities of Mekka and Medina which has ever been received in Europe." The folding plans include Mekkah Medina Wady Muna and Arafat. Some light foxing to maps. Minimal library markings. Beautiful tight complete scarce book with great maps. First Edition. Library Binding. Very Good/No Jacket Issued. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Ex-Library. Henry Colburn
Bookseller reference : 005638
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Burdo Adolphe
Les Belges dans l'Afrique Centrale - Voyages Aventures et découvertes --- 3 volumes: De Zanzibar au Lac Tanganika + Le Congo et ses affluents (en 2 tomes)
P. Maes 1886 in4. 1886. Relié. 3 volume(s). iconographie en noir et blanc + qques-une en couleurs
Bookseller reference : 100095616
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Burgess Al And Jim Palmer
Everest Canada. the Ultimate Challenge
Toronto: Stoddart. 1983 First edition in hardcover with dust jacket. 214 pp. Photographs. Tiny remainder dot on bottom edge name and erasure mark on front endpaper very slight spine lean. Jacket has some tiny tears edge creasing short scrape on rear panel. Very Good/Very Good. Book. Toronto: Stoddart. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 42468 ISBN : 077372009X 9780773720091
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Burgess, Eric.
SATELLITES AND SPACEFLIGHT.
pp. vii, 159 + Frontis and photographs. Text drawings. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket, torn top of spine and price clipped. Hardbound. First Printing. SPACE/6 / 3
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BURKE & WILLS EXPEDITION. CLUNE Frank.
Dig. A drama of central Australia.
Sydney: Angus and Robertson 1951. 8vo. xiv 240 pp. Frontisp. numerous photos plates map maps on endpapers. Tan cloth brown lettering minor rubbing to fore-edges w/ d.j. cover art of the famous DIG tree minor edgewear creasing to upper fore-edge shelfwear NF/VG- copy. Early printing of this noted account of the tragic expedition from 1860-1861 to explore central Australia by Burke & Wills named for the tree that Burke died under. Angus and Robertson, hardcover
Bookseller reference : 48679
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Burke and Wills Expedition MC. Catherine MARTIN M. C.
The Explorers and other Poems by M.C.
Melbourne: George Robertson 1874. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Melbourne George Robertson 1874. Small octavo viii 270 pages plus a tipped-in errata slip. Original blue cloth; spine lettered and ruled in gilt; sides stamped in blind; covers slightly worn; spine sunned; early pencilled ownership signature 'D.B. Bridgwood'; a very good copy. The only published book of poetry by this important South Australian novelist; the title work of 130 pages is subtitled 'A Chronicle of the Burke and Wills Expedition'. George Robertson hardcover
Bookseller reference : 113533
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Burke Omar-Michael
Rencontres en chemin - recit de mes voyages en asie et en afrique
Courrier du Livre 1999 304 pages in-8. 1999. Relié. 304 pages.
Bookseller reference : 100105325
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Burpee Lawrence J.
The Search for the Western Sea: The Story of the Exploration of North-Western America Volume II
Toronto: The Macmillan Company of Canada 1935. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Cloth in DJ; 304pp; DJ chipped age-toned & protected by mylar sleeve bookplate to front pastedown text unmarked binding is sound VG/Good condition. Second of two volumes containing history of the exploration of the Northwest of America. With illustrations and maps including foldout maps. The Macmillan Company of Canada hardcover
Bookseller reference : 011040
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Burr Expedition Safford William H.
The Life of Harman Blennerhassett. Comprising an Authentic Narrative of the Burr Expedition: and containing Many Additional Facts not heretofore Published
Chillicothe Ohio: Ely Allen & Looker 1850. First edition. Frontispiece. 1 vols. 8vo. Original brown cloth stamped in gilt and blind. Some wear to spine and corners light marginal browning and soiling of text else a very good copy. First edition. Frontispiece. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed. Inscribed by Peter Force the historian on the endpapers "E. A. Force from P. Force Aug. 23 1864". Howes S12 <br/><br/> Ely, Allen & Looker hardcover
Bookseller reference : 26281
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