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Livingstone, David; Stanley, Henry M.
LIVINGSTONE'S AFRICA. PERILOUS ADVENTURES AND EXTENSIVE DISCOVERIES IN THE INTERIOR OF AFRICA, FROM THE PERSONAL NARRATIVE OF DAVID LIVINGSTONE, LL.D., D.C.D., TOGETHER WITH THE REMARKABLE SUCCESS AND IMPORTANT RESULTS OF THE HERALD-STANLEY EXPEDITION, AS
pp. xvi, 615, (2)[Publisher's catalogue] + Plus two portrait frontis. Illustrated with numerous full page woodcuts. Very slight age stained. 8vo. Original full black embossed cloth binding, gold lettered. Nice copy. AFRICA/2
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Moorehead, Alan.
THE BLUE NILE.
385p. + Plus photographs. Chapter heading drawings. Decorative endpapers. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket, very slight tear. Book Club edition. AFRICA/3
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Moorehead, Alan.
THE WHITE NILE.
385p. + Plus photographs. Chapter heading drawings. Inked ownership of Emilie Latimer. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket, slight tear without loss. AFRICA/3 + AFRICA/2 Lacks DJ
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Packard, J. F.
STANLEY IN THE WILDS OF AFRICA. A Complete Record of the Great Explorations In the Heart of the Dark Continent, By Henry M. Stanley, Embracing How He Found Livingstone. Also a Full Description of His Perilous and Thrilling Adventure of 2,500 Miles to th
pp. iv, 714 + Plus portrait frontis. Numerous full page wood engravings. Foxed. Some signatures loose. Penciled ownership of Percy Schock. 8vo. Original full green cloth binding, embossed in gold and black. Binding somewhat worn and spotted. SCARCE. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! AFRICA/5
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Wassermann, Jacob.
BULA MATARI. STANLEY CONQUEROR OF A CONTINENT. Translated from the German by Eden and Cedar Paul.
pp. xvi, 351 + Plus portrait frontis and full page photographs. Title page printed in red and black. Map endpapers. Large 8vo. Original full brown cloth binding, embossed vignette portrait of Stanley on front cover. Spine slightly worn and faded. AFRICA/3
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Jameson, Professor; Wilson, James; Murray, Hugh.
NARRATIVE OF DISCOVERY AND ADVENTURE IN AFRICA, From the Earliest Ages To the Present Time: With Illustrations Of the Geology, Mineralogy, and Zoology. With a Map; Plans of the Routes of Park, and of Denham and Clapperton; and Several Engravings.
359p. + Plus wood engraved half title, full page engravings and a folding map, on light paper. an old repair. Foxed. 16mo. 160 mm. Original Harper's printed cloth binding (with the date 1834 on the front cover), stained and worn, with old spine repairs. Good. AFRICA/6.
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(Irving, Washington) [1783-1859].
VOYAGES AND DISCOVERIES OF THE COMPANIONS OF COLUMBUS.
pp. 350, (1) [Publisher's catalogue]. Marbled edges. Foxed. Some signatures very browned. XLib stamp of Lancaster Mechanics' Society on title page and elsewhere. Last few leaves loose. 8vo. 210 mm. Original full leather binding; boards detached; spine worn. Hardbound. Text Good. Based on Navarrete's research in the collection of Obadiah Rich. BAL 10133; Sabin 35205; S&S/AI 7690. PAIMP 22
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Patent Reports.
REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF PATENTS FOR THE YEAR 1854. Arts and Manufactures. In two volumes.
Two volumes. pp. vii, 776; xxxii, 332. Includes a great many technical drawings. 8vo. 240 mm. Original cloth bindings, decorated in blind and lettered in gilt. Non-uniform. Hardbound. Very Good. NOTE: Early embossed ownership of Montgomery Cunningham Meigs (1816-1892) a career U.S. Army officer and civil engineer, who served as Quartermaster General of the Union Army during and after the American Civil War. Despite his Southern birth, Meigs strongly opposed secession and remained loyal to the Union; his record as Quartermaster General was regarded as outstanding, both in effectiveness and in ethical probity, and Secretary of State William H. Seward viewed it as a key factor in the Union victory. The ownership stamp highlights his favorite pre-war engineering project - the Washington Aqueduct (1852-1860). He supervised the construction of the monumental Union Arch Bridge across Cabin John Creek, designed by Alfred Rives, which for 50 years remained the longest single-span masonry arch in the world. It also mentions his service (1853-1859) supervising the building of the wings and dome of the United States Capitol. A remarkable record of 19th Century American invention and ingenuity, in an example associated with one of the most important figures of the Civil War era. BOX 66 Basement
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Hudson; Henry.
SAILING DIRECTIONS OF HENRY HUDSON, PREPARED FOR HIS USE IN 1608, FROM THE OLD DANISH OF IVAR BARDSEN. With an Introduction and Notes: Also, A Dissertation on the Discovery of the hudson River by the Rev. B.F. DeCosta.
102 p. Nice decorative initials. Mildly XLib. Original full cloth binding. Very Good. Henry Hudson (ca. 1565-1611) was an early 17th century English sea explorer and navigator, best known for his explorations of present-day Canada and parts of the northeastern United States. In 1607 and 1608, Hudson made two attempts on behalf of English merchants to find a rumored Northeast Passage to Cathay (China) via a route above the Arctic Circle. In 1609 he landed in North America and explored the region around the modern New York metropolitan area, looking for a Northwest Passage to Asia on behalf of the Dutch East India Company. He sailed up the Hudson River, which was later named for him, and thereby laid the foundation for Dutch colonization of the region. Hudson discovered the Hudson Strait and the immense Hudson Bay on his final expedition, while still searching for the Northwest Passage. In 1611, after wintering on the shore of James Bay, Hudson wanted to press on to the west, but most of his crew mutinied. The mutineers cast Hudson, his son, and seven others adrift; the Hudsons and their companions were never seen again. - Wiki. This scarce book details the background of Hudson's exploits. NW22
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LEROI-GOURHAN, André - Dessin en couleurs inédit de Fernand Léger
Les explorateurs célèbres
Ed. Lucien Mazenod - 1947 - Coll. "La Galerie des Hommes Célèbres" - Fort in-4 - Broché - Couverture rempliée - , composé pour cet ouvrage en frontispice - Nombreuses illustrations NB et en couleurs HT, certaines doubles pages - Cartes et index - 367 pages
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ALEXANDRE, Paul (Sàus la direction de) - André MAUROIS, Tibor MENDE, Raymond ARON, Claude LEVI-STRAUSS, Jean PIAGET, Pierre AUGER, louis ARMAND
L'Aventure Humaine - Encyclopédie des sciences de l'Homme T. I) L'héritage de l'homme - T. II) L'organisation de la planète - T.)III) Les sociétés modernes - T. IV) L'homme et les autres - T. V) L'homme à la découverte de la planète - T. VI) L'aventure de demain
PARIS, Ed. de la Grange Batelière - 1967 - 6 forts volumes In-4 - Reliure skivertex de l'éditeur - Gardes illustrées -1 Plat orné - Frontispice dans chaque volume, dont Picasso au T. I - Nombreuses illustrations NB ou couleurs, certaines PP HT - 220, 238, 200, 217, 219 & 219 pages - Très frais - bon exemplaire
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BRYAN, C.D.B.
National Géographic - 100 ans d'aventures et de découvertes
PARIS, Nathan Image - 1988 - In-4 - Reliure toile éditeur sous jaquette illustrée en couleurs - Gardes illustrées - Très nombreuses illustrations NB et en couleurs, dans le texte et HT, certaines PP et double page - Bibliographie, index - 483 pages - Très bel exemplaire, comme neuf
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PARKMAN, Francis
Pionners of France in the new world - Huguenots in Florida - Samuel de Champlain
BOSTON, Little, Brown and company - 1907 - In-12 - Reliure éditeur légèrement frottée, illustrée au 1er plat - Frontispice, carte, index - Texte en anglais - 491 pages - Très propre
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TRUDEL, Marcel (Textes choisis et présentés par)
Jacques CARTIER
MONTREAL, FIDES - 1968 - Coll. "Classiques canadiens" - In-12 - Broché - Illustrations NB - 95 pages - Bon exemplaire
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Holland, Clive (editor)
Farthest North : A History of North Polar Exploration in Eye-Witness Accounts
No inscriptions or marks. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or torn with traces of handling. 311pp. This book tells the stories of some of the explorers who vied with each other to be the first to reach the North Pole, sometimes losing their lives and for whom it was the most important thing of all. To quote Robert Edwin Peary - 'a few toes aren't much to give to achieve the Pole'. Plates and maps.
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Hanbury-Tenison, Robin
The Oxford Book of Exploration
Book in mint condition. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with tiny crease to spine foot and minor traces of storage. 530pp. A comprehensive anthology of the writings of explorers through the ages.
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Cartwright, A. P.
The Gold Miners
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very minor foxing to page edges and no bumping to corners. Clear gilt lettering and embossing to front and spine. 340pp. Detailed study of the story of the South African gold fields. Illustrated.
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Martin Davies
Columbus in Italy: An Italian Versification of the Letter on the Discovery of the New World
Appears unread. Initials/date to front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 56pp. The letter which Christopher Columbus advertised his successful disovery of the New World on his return to Spain in 1493 was made available in many languages as it excitedly travelled around Europe. The Italian version is presented here, along with its English translation.
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Vining Edward P.
An Inglorious Columbus; or Evidence That Hwui Shan an a Party of Buddhist Monks from Afghanistan Discovered America in the Fifth Century, A. D.
8vo. original decorated cloth pp. 788 many illustrations and map ex library cover rubbed but ow excellent tight copy of a scarce and fascinating item.
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CASSOU, Jean.
Les Conquistadors.
in-8°, 244 pages, ill. h.t. n., carte, broche, couverture illustree Exemplaire en gde partie non coupe. [HI-6]
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BURKE, James.
Ce jour-là l’univers changea. Les grandes decouvertes qui ont revolutionne l’Occident.
in-8°, 352 pages, broche, couverture illustree. Bel exemplaire. [CA28-5]
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KERDELAND, J. de.
L’Antique Histoire de quelques inventions modernes.
in-8°, 315 pages, ill. in-t. n., broche, couverture illustree plast. Bel exemplaire. [CA28-4]
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BAVINK, Bernhard.
Conquêtes et problèmes de la Science contemporaine. Traduction, preface et notes de Rene SUDRE.
2 volumes in-8°, 440-560 pages, figures en n/b, tabl., -, index, broche, couv. à rabats. Tres bel ensemble. [HA-109/9]
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MADDOX, John.
Ce qu’il reste à decouvrir.
in-8°, 505 pages, fig. in-texte, notes, index, broche, couverture illustree pelliculee. Rares ann. sinon très bel exemplaire. Bel exemplaire. [CA31-4] Un exposé sur les enjeux scientifiques qui se posent en ce troisième millénaire.
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COLLECTIF.
CHINE CIEL ET TERRE. 5000 ans d'Inventions et de Decouvertes. Catalogue d'exposition.
in-4°, 437 pages, abdt ill.en n&b et en couleurs, carte, bibliographie, broche, couverture carton souple illustree. Bel exemplaire. [PLC-3][PLC-8]
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MAHN-LOT, Marianne.
La Decouverte de l'Amerique.
in-16, 142 pages, -, index, broche, couverture illustree. Tres bel exemplaire. [LP*]
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CADDEO, R. (publ. par).
Journal de bord de Christophe Colomb (1492-1493).
in-8°, 302 pages, portr., 1 carte h.t. depl., broche, couverture illustree Bel exemplaire. [HI-5/2][NAN-4]
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BOORSTIN, Daniel.
LES DECOUVREURS - D'Herodote a Copernic, de Christophe Colomb a Einstein, l'aventure de ces hommes qui inventerent le monde.
in-8°, 761 pp., index, broche, couverture illustree. Bel exemplaire (papier jauni). [TX-2][FL-2-88][FL-2-95]
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TAILLEMITE, Etienne.
Marins français a la decouverte du monde - De Jacques Cartier a Dumont d"Urville.
fort in-8°, 725 pp., cartes, index, broche, couverture illustree. Bon etat. [MI-16]
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TINBERGEN, Niko.
Carnets d"un Naturaliste.
Hardcover in-8, 296 pages, nombreuses illustrations en noir/blanc, nombreux croquis, reliure pleine toile verte illustree d"edition. Bon etat. [NV-37]
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GRANIER, Hubert.
Marins de France, conquérants d'Empires XIXe - XXe siècle.
grand in-8, 364 pp., illustrations en noir, cartes, broché, couverture illustrée a rabats.- 9782737308604 Bel exemplaire. [109B-6]
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MAIGNE, W.
Dictionnaire classique des origines. Inventions & Découvertes dans les arts, les sciences et les lettres présentant une exposition sommaire des grandes conquêtes du Génie de l'Homme.
petit in-8°, VII-647 pp., texte sur 2 colonnes, cartonnage de l'éditeur. Mors du cartonnage fendu, rousseurs. [PU-1]
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FRANCOTTE, P.
Explorations d'un jeune naturaliste, ou : Etude élémentaire de la nature par l'observation directe.
grand in-8, 80 pp., 4 planches, broche. Bon état (rousseurs). [SO-8]
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JASPERS, P.A.TH.M.
J.P. Minckelers, 1748-1824.
in-8 carré (22 cm), 108 pages, abondante iconographie, broché. Excellent etat - VG+++ [SO-9]
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Multiple Contributors
The Best Things - Child's Pre-Reading Books Series
20 page board book. Average soiling and wear to outer boards. No markings. Five inch crease to top right corner of front board. Contents clean and bright. A picture story book with no words providing discovery, surprise and fun for pre-reading children from 3-6 years. Book
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Author Not Stated
Shopping Day - Child's Pre-Reading Books Series
20 page board book. Copyright date 1974. Average soiling and wear to outer boards. No markings. Contents clean and bright. A picture story book with no words providing discovery, surprise and fun for pre-reading children from 3-6 years. Book
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Dillon, Gordon W.: Editor
American Orchid Society Bulletin Vol. 40 March, 1971 No. 3
Features include: Fifty years of cymibidium culture in america - Master Grower's Series; A short history of the World Orchid Conferences; Orchids and the discovery of auxin; Registration of Phalaenopsis hybrids; Bulbophyllum maculosum (or B. guttulatum?) and Cirrhopetalum umbellatum - Collector's item; A second look at the "Revision of the Genus Phalaenopsis"; Close-up photography of flowers with flash; Orchid genera illustrated XX Book
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Gruending, Dennis: Editor
The Middle of Nowhere : Rediscovering Saskatchewan
228 pages. Take a journey of discovery in search of the essence of Saskatchewan. Collected here, as recorded by those who have lived in the landscape and by obervant visitors who have passed through it, are the vivid recollections of aboriginal people,excerpts from fur-trade diaries, accounts of Mounties, explorers, and settlers, stories of protest politics, booze, dust, the Depression, war, and the environment. Captures the heart and soul, the people and places of Saskatchewan. Only the faintest traces of wear. Unmarked. Glossy illustrated covers. Book
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Takaki, Ronald T.
Strangers from a Different Shore : A History of Asian Americans
570 pages including index and numerous archival black and white photographic plates. Author's signature and inscription inside front cover. An extraordinary blend of narrative history, personal recollections, and oral testimony. Presents a panoramic history of Asian Americans. "...Effortlessly weaves the stories of thousands of Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Filipino, Indian, Vietnamese, Cambodian, and Laotian Americans into a single tale of discovery, endurance, and courage." - San Francisco Chronicle. Average wear. Contents unmarked. Light yellowing at edges. Price sticker remnants upon back cover. Book
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Stone, Robert S.
The Secret Life of Your Cells
192 pages. Explores the latest research of Cleve Backster, who by attaching a lie-detector to the leaf of a plant discovered that it had feelings and the ability to read our thoughts. Now this ability - primary perception - has been traced even to disconnected cells of our own bodies. The implications and possibilities of that discovery, and the difficult struggle it has had in finding acceptance in the tradition-bound scientific community makes exciting, challenging, mind-expanding reading. Unmarked. Crease to one page. Small bookseller's label inside front cover. Very light wear. Glossy illustrated covers. Nice copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
Discovery - Vancouver Natural History Society: 7 Issues
Includes the following issues: March 1994, December 1993, June 1993, December 1989, March 1989, Winter 1988, June-August 1982. Each issue contains fascinating illustrated stories about local topics. All volumes in very good condition or better. Book
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Sciama, Dennis W.
Modern Cosmology (Cambridge Science Classics)
214 pages including index. Describes the major components of the universe as they are know today: the stars, galaxies, radio-galaxies and quasi-stellar objects. Discusses in detail the red shift of the lines in their optical spectra, which leads to the idea that the universe is expanding. Second half of book discusses the discovery and significance of the 3 K microwave radiation, its relation to the hot big bang and the helium problem, to cosmic high energy processes and to questions of isotropy. Moderate wear and leaning to spine. Highlighting and some markings to text. Dust jacket with average wear/small tears at edges and larger tearing at bottom edge of back panel. Book
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Guttridge, Leonard F.
Ghosts of Cape Sabine : The Harrowing True Story of the Greely Expedition
354 pages including index. An extraordinary, true Arctic drama of man against nature - and man against man. A work of non-fiction narrative that reads like a novel - a raw, vivid, harrowing adventure, brilliantly told. Excellent giftable copy. Book
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Best, Charles H.
Selected Papers of Charles H. Best
723 pages including bibliography. Records the achievements of forty years of medical research, giving direct and easy access to over sixty of Dr. Best's original important research papers in the fields particularly of insulin, heparin, and choline. Opens with the early papers describing the discovery of insulin, and continues with those dealing with its preparation, extraction, physiologic effects and first clinical applications. Dr. Best has also looked back over the record as given in these papers and provided informative and informal bridges between them which place them in historical perspective. Contents clean, bright and unmarked. Negligible wear to book. Contains several colour plates and black and white illustrations. Price-clipped dust jacket now preserved in glossy new Brodart cover and shows light wear. A quality copy. Book
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MacGregor, James G.
The Land of Twelve-Foot Davis - a History of the Peace River Country
395 pages including index and black and white illustrations. An authentic recording of the history of the Peace River Country. Chapters include: Discovery by the Fur Traders; Alexander Mackenzie; The Tramp of Armed Men; The Forks and Peace River Town; Dunvegan; Fort St. John; Missionaries; Steamboats; The Athabasca Trail; Klondikers; Lesser Slave Lake; Grand Prairie and the Edson Trail; and more. Gift Greetings, Easter Seal and small bookseller's sticker upon front endpaper, else unmarked. Average soiling and wear. Binding intact. Decent copy. Book
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Wright, Allen A.
Prelude to Bonanza - The Discovery and Exploration of the Yukon
321 pages including bibliography and index. The history of the pre-Klonkike era, as recorded in the journals, letters, reports, and books of the first Europeans to penetrate the American northwest. Dabs of liquid paper upon title page. Sticker scar on front cover. Average wear. Book
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Drosnin, Michael
The Bible Code
264 pages including index. The first full account of a scientific discovery that may change the world, told by a skeptical secular reporter who became part of the story. Clean, bright and unmarked with virtually zero wear. Gift quality. Excellent copy. Book
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Wylie, Brad
Qualicum Beach : A History of Vancouver Island's Best Kept Secrets
219 pages including bibliography and black and white illustrations. "Rich in information about our past, from European discovery to settlement, the creation of the townsite, incorporation, and the development of the modern town, while preserving its village character." - Jack Collins, Mayor, Qualicum Beach. Clean and unmarked. Very light wear. Excellent copy. Book
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Savelle, Max
Empires to Nations : Expansion in America, 1713-1824 (Europe and the World in the Age of Expansion Series, Volume 5)
335 pages including index and some illustrations. Traces the growth of the Euroamerican societies in the Western Hemisphere during the eighteenth-century perioed of European expansion. Light wear. Minimal markings. Tight and square. Solid copy. Book
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Armstrong, Joe C.W.
From Sea Unto Sea: Art & Discovery Maps of Canada
Approximately 75 pages. "Brings together for the first time thirty-eight stunning, original Canadian maps - many of them national treasures - and the fascinating stories of the explorers and cartographers who made them. From Gastaldi's woodcut map of 1556 in which monsters roam the sea, through Champlain's 1612 collage map of Canada's bounty, to Sanson's foundation map of 1656 - the first to show all five Great Lakes - this superb 'atlas' takes the modern navigator on a voyage of rediscovery to Canada's beginnings, beginnings not only in strength and adventure but also in humanity and art. Charts a compelling route to the nation's past." - from dust jacket. Book clean and unmarked with light wear to navy cloth boards. Price clipped dust jacket bears two closed tears and average wear. Overall a nice copy of this spectacular work. Book
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