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1808ref. E0058ix366 pages. Small octavo 7 1/4" x 4 1/4" in the original leather binding with black label in gilt to spine. Howes:354 First printed in 1806 in London in three volumes. Second printing. Thomas Ashe 1770-1835 was born in Dublin Ireland and was a soldier and memoirist. Much of his life was checkered with intrigue and fraud. His Memoirs and Confessions 1815 is an autobiographical account of 'criminal and delinquent' escapades beginning with the seduction of a girl in France. In America he edited the National Intelligencer and was arrested when attempting to steal treasures from churches in Latin America. His Travels in America first appeared in 1806. The narrative chronicles Ashe's travels by flatboat down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers in 1806 and is one of the first travelogues written by a foreigner to comment specifically on the American inhabitants of the region. A unrestrained hatred of Americans can be found throughout the work. While the account is interesting and highly readable it was to create quite a stir and added to the wave of anti-British sentiment that would ultimately lead to the War of 1812. Printed Newburyport [Mass.] Reprinted for W. Sawyer and Co. by E.M. Blunt hardcover
1857ref. 002686Philadelphia: Childs and Peterson 1857. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. Two volumes. "Arctic Explorations: The Second Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin 1853 '54 '55." These volumes are quite worn in blue/gray decorative bindings that show a ship in the ice. Sound condition no loose pages but many pages show light foxing and evidence of use such as fingerprints/smudges a few pencil notations and minor soiling. Dark brown endpapers hundreds of steel engravings and a fold out map. Original selling dealer's sticker inside front cover Raynor Howe & Ferry 76 Bowery N.Y. . Great reading or research copy. Childs and Peterson hardcover
1979ref. KOS02900018Kodansha 1979. Soft Cover. Fine. KOS02900018 Kodansha paperback
ref. 38391. First and only edition 8vo 4 43 1pp. with half-title upper corner from E2 torn away just touching page numeral disbound. Relating to the British raid on Rochefort in 1757. unknown
ref. 38392London: Printed for A. Millar 1758. First edition 8vo 61 64-116pp. pp. 62-63 omitted in paging; despite pagination text is continuous disbound. Relating to the British raid on Rochefort in 1757. London: Printed for A. Millar, 1758 unknown
ref. Hansen, Johannes; HutchinIn Pristine Condition. unknown
1902ref. BB77515Düsseldorf: August Bagel 1902. hardcover. gebraucht akzeptabel Original-Leinen-Band mit privatem Klarsicht-Schutzumschlag Buchrücken beschädigt einige Seiten lose beiliegend Papier altersbedingt etwas gebräunt akzeptables Exemplar. 32 x 25 cm. Das Werk behandelt den Boxeraufstand und den deutschen Chinaeinsatz 1900/01 und ist außerordentlich reich illustriert. Die Originalausgabe umfasst rund 445/446 Seiten zahlreiche Textabbildungen 13 farbige Tafeln und 5 Karten. Für Ihre Zufriedenheit versenden wir mit DHL und ausschließlich mit Trackingcode für eine sichere Sendungsverfolgung! Weitere Angebote unter antiquariat-kastanienhof August Bagel hardcover
1938ref. TRAF00004New York: The Macmillan Company 1938 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full red cloth reverse foil titles on spine xi 265 pp 4 maps 20 ff b & w photo plates. Half of plate 17 missing large chip to margin of pp 135-6 tears to margins of plate 16 pp 127-8 otherwise very good cloth sunned on spine & near top & fore-edges partially removed bookplate on fpd. Memoir of the author's fourteen years in Africa during which time he farmed land awarded to war veterans in British East Africa later Kenya climbed mountains Kenya Mountain Ruwenzori and Kilimanjaro prospected for gold and finally began his return to England by bicycling most of the way across the continent from Uganda to Cameroon. In the same year this book was published Tilman led an attempt to climb Mt. Everest having previously taken part in a 1935 reconaissance expedition. Bad weather forced the abandonment of the 1938 attempt. 95 pages and 16 of the 20 plates are devoted to mountaineering. Shipping weight 2 lbs. First US Edition. . Fair/No dj. 22 X 15 cm. The Macmillan Company Hardcover
1982ref. 28467London:: Hakluyt Society 1982. First Printing of the First UK Edition. A Fine set in Very Good plus dust jackets with gentle wear to the extremities. This four-volume set presents the previously unpublished journal of the principal naturalist on Cook's second voyage. Overshadowed for nearly two hundred years in European scholarship by the achievements and reputation of his eldest son George Forster J. R. Forster - principal naturalist on James Cook's second voyage - was nevertheless recognised by many contemporaries as one of the ‘universal geniuses’ of the late 18th century. His journal of the voyage offers many new insights expressed at times in quite unrestrained language into the day-to-day relationships life and thinking and theory-testing on the second and the most scientific and the most epic of Cook's voyages. However the circumstances of Forster's career and personality were such that his work was dogged by debilitating disputes and vendettas. Consequently important works such as this journal which would have established him as the leading comparative anthropologist linguist geographer and zoologist of the Pacific have thus far remained obscure and seldom-used manuscripts. Hakluyt Society, unknown
1960ref. 15833Paris: Collection de la Societe de Geographie 1960. Very good overall. An image taken by Frank Hurley on the Mawson 1911-14 Australian Antarctic Expedition. One might draw the conclusion that the original image was in the collection of the French geographical society and is reprinted here in a very large format in blue ink the photo of seals and penguins lying on the pack ice. We once thought that it might have been from one of the French expeditions to the Antarctic perhaps Charcot's 4th Antarctic expedition. However Mark Pharaoh manager of the Mawson Centre at the South Australian Museum has confirmed that it is a Hurley image taken on Mawson's 1911-14 expedition. The title "La Banquise" below the image; "Cliche de la Collection de la Societe Geographie / Collection Jean-Pierre Geographie Pittoresque" lower left; lower right "Fernand Nathan Editeur Paris - Tous Droits Reserves". and with one very small thumb tack puncture below the title. 30 1/2 x 20 1/2" Collection de la Societe de Geographie unknown
1949ref. 20542New York: E. P. Dutton & Company. Very Good. Hardcover. Boards with light rubbing to extremities. A handsome and tight copy.; The island of Tierra del Fuego was once inhabited by nomadic hunting tribes. Author Lucas born on the island in 1874 spent most of his life there and thus was in a position to tell the tale of a now vanished way of life. Stated "special edition 1949". Including numerous half-tone printings. Bookseller sticker on front free endpaper from the Old Corner Bookstore in Boston which used to be a landmark right on the Freedom Trail.; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; xxi 558 pages . 1949. E. P. Dutton & Company hardcover
1910ref. 5597London: British Museum 1910. Hardcover. Very good condition. Volume 5 of the account of the Discovery Expedition of 1901-04 led by Capt. Robert F Scott known officially as the British National Antarctic Expedition. Numerous lithographic plates including seals tunicata isopoda nemertinea coelentera and lichen. Large 4to xxii 21pp article 2 plts on seal embryos; 26 pp 7 plts on tunicata; 77pp & 10 plts on isopoda; 15pp & 1 plt on nemertinea; 62pp & 7 plts on coelentera; 12 pp & 1 plt on lichens. Original red gilt buckram ex-lib copy w/ sml. cancelled stamp on verso of plates very good condition. Vol 1. of the 6 natural history volumes is listed as Spence 837. British Museum hardcover
ref. 8522Copenhagen: Munksgaard 1967-69 London: Curzon Press 1988. First edition. Some light wear to the paper-covered boards of volumes I-III volume IV as new; a bright and clean set in very good condition. Pp. vol. I: pp. 129 33 black-and-white photo-plates; vol. 2: pp. 164 140 full page plates black-and-white photos and line-drawings 2 plates are double foldouts of the excavation in progress 4 maps or excavation plan views in pocket at rear; vol. III: pp. 53 24 black-and-white photo-plates of human skeletal remains; vol. IV: pp. xii 150 6 38 photo-plates of cave interior and kettle-drums numerous text-figures. vols. I-III: one-quarter green cloth lettered in white on the spine over orange and white pictorial boards lettered in white and black vol. IV: white pictorial boards lettered in black 4to all volume hardback. The contents of each volume are: Volume I: Sai-Yok Stone-Age Settlements in the Kanchanaburi province; Volume II: Ban-Kao Neolithic Settlements with Cemeteries in the Kanchanaburi province Part 1 - Archaeological Materials from the Burials; Volume III: Ban-Kao Neolithic Settlements with Cemeteries in the Kanchanaburi province Part 2 - The Prehistoric Thai skeletons and Volume IV: Surface Finds and Minor Excavations. Archaeological Excavations in Thailand is a voluminous record of the finds of the Thai-Danish Prehistoric Expedition 1960-1962. The first three volumes were published in Copenhagen in 1967-1969. The fourth volume appeared as Occasional Paper no. 1 of the Scandinavian Institute of Asian Studies in 1988. No ownership marks and few signs of use. Copenhagen: Munksgaard, 1967-69 + London: Curzon Press, 1988. First edition. hardcover
1912ref. 32967London : Seeley Servive & Co 1912 . Second Edition . Very Good . 8VO . The second edition published in the same year as the first and identical to it with the addition of a new Preface. With 38 black and white photos and a small folding map of Nigeria at rear. A little bit of shelfwear and wear to the corners and light wear to the spine tips some very mild foxing on some of the early pages. A bright solid and very attractive copy bound in the original blind and gilt stamped terra cotta cloth. A handsome book. Seeley, Servive & Co hardcover
1898ref. 20487Adelaide: RSSA 1898. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Adelaide RSSA 1898. Octavo pages 125-192 plus a tipped-in errata slip with several minor references to this article. Wrappers slightly and uniformly tanned acidic paper; a fine copy uncirculated. Keartland's field notes make this far more interesting than the 'List of Birds' title suggests. For example he concludes his account of the Nankeen kestrel thus: 'I took four eggs from a tree near our camp and was surprised to find the nest lined with pellets of camel dung. This is probably the first time this material has been used for nest-lining'. Indeed. Other articles of more-or-less general interest include KOCH Max: A List of Plants collected on Mount Lyndhurst Run 18 pages; BROWNE J. Harris: Use of the Wedge by the Natives of the Great Barrier Plain 1 page; and the address by the president W.L. Cleland 7 pages essentially on the anthropology of Australia. RSSA paperback
1970ref. 0040731970 A complete set including Official Expedition Cover 'Manchester Nepalese Expedition to Climb Nampa 22162ft.' with post-marked Nepalese stamp and cachet 'Manchester Nepalese Expedition Base Camp 14000 ft' a bit of rubbing to extremities & a few marks to reverse; original pictorial postcard of Nampa with identical cachet signed by the entire expedition team John Allen Leader Bill Rowntree Arthur Clarke Yvonne Clarke Brian Cosby and Rob Beighton; perforated sheet with special expedition stamp and a double-side folding sheet with route map and explanatory notes. A near fine set. Signed by the Expedition Team. First Edition. unknown
1960ref. 0042851960 Original pictorial postcard with Nepali Stamps. Signed by 6 team members Max Eiselin Kurt Diemberger Albin Schelbert Ernst Forrer Peter Diener and Jerzy Hajdukiewicz and two sherpas. A near fine copy. The first ascent of Dhaulagiri then the highest unclimbed peak by a Swiss team lead by Max Eiselin in 1960. See Max Eiselin 'The Ascent of Dhaulagiri' and Kurt Diemberger's 'Summits and Secrets' both of which can be purchased from us. Signed by the Team Members. unknown
1960ref. 0037021960 Original pictorial postcard with Nepali Stamps P 28. Signed by 6 team members Max Eiselin Kurt Diemberger Albin Schelbert Ernst Forrer Peter Diener and Jerzy Hajdukiewicz and two sherpas. A near fine copy. The first ascent of Dhaulagiri then the highest unclimbed peak by a Swiss team lead by Max Eiselin in 1960. See Max Eiselin 'The Ascent of Dhaulagiri' and Kurt Diemberger's 'Summits and Secrets' both of which can be purchased from us. Signed by the Team Members. unknown
1967ref. 003886The Expedition 1967 Original pictorial postcard with two Argentine stamps 26 & 6 pesos postmarked Buenos Aires 15 Dec 1967 and cachet 'British Cerro Torre Expedition 1967/68. Base Camp Laguna Torre 15 Dec 1967'. A very good copy. Signed by the team Martin Boysen Mick Burke Pete Crew Dougal Haston. Signed by the Team Members. First Edition. Soft Cover. VG. The Expedition paperback
1971ref. 142618Royal Marines Staff 1971. 63024 pp. Quarto. Stiff illustrated card covers staple-bound as issued. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs within the text. Signed by the leader of the expedition M. K. Burley on the front wrapper. Two illustrated envelopes from the expedition with canceled stamps loosely inserted. Several maps including one on the inside of the front wrapper. Some rust from the staples in the latter part of the book. A very good to near fine copy. Official report of the expedition which explored the islands of the Elephant Islands Group in the Antarctic summer of 1970-71. Seems very scarce. 1971 Royal Marines Staff unknown
1977ref. 106929No Place: Printed by the Drawings and Publications Department of H.M.S. Collingwood nd c1977. Softcover. very good. 1st Edition. vi71pp. Quarto in original stiff illustrated card covers stapled with illustration on cover from painting by Keith Shackleton and plates from photos and maps and tables. Inscribed and signed by leader Chris Furse. Official report of the expedition which explored the islands of the Elephant Islands Group in the Antarctic summer of 1976-77. Travelling mainly by canoe between the islands the expedition divided into two main groups to perform scientific observations the Gibbs Island Party and the Clarence Island Party. 1977 Printed by the Drawings and Publications Department of H.M.S. Collingwood paperback
1907ref. 142830NP: Nimrod Expedition 1907. Small piece of vellum 10 X 7 cm. Printed on one side are six words which were intended to have observations recorded adjacent. Other than a bit of shrinkage to the vellum the item is in nice condition. This interesting expedition registration slip seems to have been intended for oceanographic recording. The six areas for recording are titled as follows: No.; Date; Lat.; Long; Depth; and Temp. The provenance for the slip is from the Goldberg collection as the other items in the catalogue. Other than being recorded in the Goldberg personal catalogue as from the Nimrod Expedition there is nothing else to tie it to the expedition. Still an interesting artifact. 1907 Nimrod Expedition hardcover
ref. 96147501London 1921 Geographical Journal. New black clothvery good extracted article pages 371-377 map 7 b.w. photos. A vivid account of reconnaissance of Mt. Everest by Mallory Bullock & Wheeler in September 1921. A marvelous first ac- count of the climb and search for the easiest route to the top of Everest. With fabulous first photos of the Valley of the Kama Chu Mt. Everest from 19600 ft. N-53 & Makalu from 20500 ft. at the head of Kharta Valley view of the pe peak 20500 ft. at head of Kharta valley line approach by col left of AA North Peak & Northern branch of N.E. Arete. Several other fantastic early views of Everest.Great work! The appearance of articles in the Geographical Journal pre- ceede any published book. Thus these articles are likely the 'first' & earliest publication of photos & Everest notes done. unknown
1912ref. 31945Copenhagen Reitzel 1912. Uncut in orig. printed wrappers. Wrappers with soiling. XI426 pp. and 19 plates incl. geological maps textillustrations. First edition of the main and first geological survey of Southern Greenland. At the end Ussing gives a general account of the expedition in Danish. - Meddelelser om Grønland Bd. 38. unknown
ref. SONG3895008907Used: Good unknown
