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1905ref. 17219Portland Oregon: Published by Fisher Music Co. Lithographed by Anderson & Duniway Co. 1905 First edition of this sheet music as printed for the Lewis and Clark Exposition second edition overall. The sheet music was originally printed in 1902 but is here printed to promote the Lewis and Clark Exposition. The song honors the Bailey Gatzert the most famous Columbia River steamship. Benjamin A. Gifford 1859 – 1936 is considered perhaps Oregon's most famous photographer and his images include the cover photo of the steamship and Multnomah Falls. Original color-printed paper wrappers illustrated with an elaborate border around a color-tinted photo reproduction of the Bailey Gatzert steamship heading up the Columbia River by Benjamin A. Gifford. 10 x 14 in. . . With six text photo reproductions. Some chipping to edges. With the ink ownership stamp of the Portland area piano teacher Lillian R. Bickner 1884 – 1962. A very good copy. "Portland staged its first and only world's fair from June 1 through October 15 1905. During those four and a half months 1588000 paying visitors passed through the gates to the 400-acre fairgrounds on the northwest edge of town…The Lewis and Clark Exposition was conceived so Portland could demonstrate that it could mount a major civic enterprise. The city had had a solid record of economic growth since its founding in 1845 but at the turn of the twentieth century it was competing for investment and immigration with dozens of other cities throughout the American West" Carl Abbott on the Oregon Encyclopedia website. Published by Fisher Music Co., Lithographed by Anderson & Duniway Co., books
1938ref. MAIN028134INY: American Museum of Natural. VG EX LIB with library label down end paper pocket rear e. p. 1938. 1st EX LIB. hardcover. 4to . 1350p in 2 vol . Ex Smith College Library properly stamped withdrawn. The Roy Chapman Andrews expedition. Part 2 is 1940. Nice tho EX LIB. Scans on request. NO INTERNATIONAL OR PRIORITY. . American Museum of Natural hardcover
ref. 71876Washington DC: J. F. Jarvis. Photograph. Very Good. Albumen stereoview 11 cm x 15 cm on a yellow mount 11 cm x 17.5 cm with a printed paper label on the reverse No. 181. U. S. Topographical and Geological Survey of the Colorado River of the West. Corner wear and a bit of edge wear as well. J. F. Jarvis label on the reverse. Jack Hillers 1840-1882 was working as a teamster when he made the acquaintance of John Wesley Powell. The following year 1871 Powell hired him as a boatman for his second expedition down the Colorado River and through the Grand Canyon. Over time he replaced Clements Powell John's cousin as the assistant to the photographer first succeeding E. O. Beaman then James Fennemore. Hillers was a hard worker highly regarded by his peers and a fast learner when it came to the art of photography. After serving as the main photographer on Powell's trips Hillers would go on to work for the Bureau of American Ethnology for many years. J. F. Jarvis unknown
ref. 71876Washington DC: J. F. Jarvis. Photograph. Very Good. Albumen stereoview 11 cm x 15 cm on a yellow mount 11 cm x 17.5 cm with a printed paper label on the reverse No. 181. U. S. Topographical and Geological Survey of the Colorado River of the West. Corner wear and a bit of edge wear as well. J. F. Jarvis label on the reverse. Jack Hillers 1840-1882 was working as a teamster when he made the acquaintance of John Wesley Powell. The following year 1871 Powell hired him as a boatman for his second expedition down the Colorado River and through the Grand Canyon. Over time he replaced Clements Powell John's cousin as the assistant to the photographer first succeeding E. O. Beaman then James Fennemore. Hillers was a hard worker highly regarded by his peers and a fast learner when it came to the art of photography. After serving as the main photographer on Powell's trips Hillers would go on to work for the Bureau of American Ethnology for many years. J. F. Jarvis unknown books
1876ref. 895260551Excellent condition but missing the original map that was originally included. 11 fine chromolithographic and 11 lithographic plates. Publication of this report was originally intended for 1861 but the Civil War intervened and prevented publication for another fifteen years. The expedition under Macomb went west from Santa Fe across northern New Mexico and Arizona to the Colorado. The whole drainage of the San Juan had been traced and the relationship of that river with the Colorado clearly established. More important they had also established that the Green River united with the Grand to form the Colorado. The entire maze of intricate canyon country had been threaded and its geography revealed for the first time. In addition Newberry was able to establish numerous stratigraphic columns and to trace the Triassic Jurassic and Carboniferous strata far out across the Colorado River. Newberry.introduced a new level of sophistication into the study of western geology. Government printing office hardcover
2010ref. 147489Adelaide: Friends of the State Library of South Australia in association with the Friends of Mawson at the South Australian Museum 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Adelaide Friends of the State Library of South Australia in association with the Friends of Mawson at the South Australian Museum 2010 first edition. Folio xxvi pages with maps and illustrations plus a facsimile reproduction of the original typescript of the five issues in all 216 pages with a few illustrations plus a colour plate for each issue and an introductory title page new to this edition. Gilt-lettered and silver-decorated half calf and gilt-pictorial blue cloth; a fine copy. Number 76 of only 199 copies of the deluxe issue in a total edition of 999 copies: 450 copies in cloth 300 in card covers and 50 sets of unbound sheets. One copy only of each of the five issues of 'The Adelie Blizzard' was produced during Mawson's Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1911-1914 in April May June August and October 1913. The original - and hitherto unpublished - typescript is reproduced here complete with numerous contemporary editorial annotations. This edition has a preface by Emma McEwin great-granddaughter of Sir Douglas Mawson and an 11-page introduction by Elizabeth Leane and Mark Pharaoh. Friends of the State Library of South Australia in association with the Friends of Mawson at the South Australian Museum hardcover
1970ref. 003901The Expedition 1970 Original pictorial postcard with Pakistan Stamps 50 paisa postmarked Gilgit 9 May 1970 with expedition cachet minutest rubbing to tips of two corners. otherwise unblemished; Signed by 16 team members including leader Karl Herrligkoffer summiteers Reinhold Messner Gunther Messner and Felix Kuen as well as Michl Anderl Gerhard Baur Wolf-Dietrich Bitterling Werner Haim Gunther Kroh Hermann Kuhn Gerd Mandl Elmer Raab Hans Saler Peter Vogler Jurgen Winkler Alice Von Hobe and a sherpa thumbprint. A fine copy carrying the rare Gunther Messner signature. The success of the German 1970 Rupal Face expedition to Nanga Parbat was marred by the death of Gunther Messner in an avalanche after descending the unknown slopes of the Diamir Face. Signed by the Expedition Team. First Edition. Soft Cover. F. The Expedition paperback
1854ref. 218390Japan. Circa1854. Black and white woodblock print 18 x 24cm a little light soiling very good. In this kawaraban two humorous and satirical poems concerning foreign arrivals are featured accompanied by illustrations. Both poems relate to foreigners and foreign ships clearly demonstrating that ordinary people were deeply interested in the arrival of foreign vessels and expressed their curiosity in various ways . unknown
1854ref. 218389Japan. Circa1854. Black and white woodblock kawaraban 18 x 24cm. Small break in the border line along upper edge as issued. Small stain lower margin not affecting the imageotherwise good. This kawaraban features eight types of headgear worn by American crew members when they arrived in Japan including both ceremonial items and an interpreter's hat. It also illustrates a sword with its sheath alongside a bayonet and a hand-gun. Each item is depicted in meticulous detail reflecting a high level of curiosity about the foreign visitors. . unknown
1954ref. 034520New York: E.P.Dutton 1954 VG/VG. 4to. original blue boards gilt a trifle rubbed & marked a little spotting & toning else internally clean in dustwrapper spine sunned edges rubbed & a little nicked closed tear at headcap tape repaired on reverse a few marks remains of small price label to foot of upper flap; pp. unpaginated with numerous colour photos. A very good copy. Neate G62. Flatsigned on title page by the author 'Alfred Gregory' first ascensionist 'Ed Hillary' and his son 'Peter Hillary' also a notable mountaineer. Alf Gregory Greg1913-2010 was an accomplished mountaineer and keen amateur photographer who took on the role of stills camera as part of his climbing duties on the successful 1953 Everest expedition. This resulting work was allegedly the first all colour photographic book published in Britain at that time and contains the earliest appearance of many of his fine images. He moved to Australia in the 1990s spending the latter part of his life living in the Dandenongs. Signed by Two Team Members. First US. Hard Cover. VG/VG. E.P.Dutton hardcover
ref. DADAX0691004234New unknown
ref. Sonne, BirgitteNot in perfect condition. unknown
1807ref. 83011807. MIRANDA EXPEDITION. The Trials of William S. Smith and Samuel G. Ogden for Misdemeanours had in the Circuit Court of the United States for the New-York District in July 1806 . By Thomas Lloyd Stenographer. New York: I. Riley and Co. 1807. xxxiii 3 287 p. Contemporary mottled sheep very skillfully rebacked in period style retaining original spine label. Occasional light browning else a fine copy. The trial of Smith and Ogden for organizing and underwriting the expedition of Francisco de Miranda from New York to South America to overthrow the Spanish government there and to separate the Spanish colonies from the mother country. unknown books
ref. DADAX0618619429New unknown
1907302 pages. Author commanded the Zeigler-Fiala Polar Expedition. Profusely illustrated with photographs by the author plus eight, from paintings, in colour. Tissue-protected colour frontis. Map of Franz Josef Archipelago affixed at back bears four openings. Handsome gilt decoration and letting upon front board. Colour decoration upon backstrip. Narrow opening to binding after half-title. Back hinge open. Unmarked. Heavy external wear. Despite these shortcoming, a worthy reading copy of this extensively documented work. Book
1830ref. P1-11-22Bruxelles, De Mat, 1830. Grand in-8 (230x150) relié demi-veau à coins, dos lisse, manque au dos, XII-422pp-errata, belle lithographie en frontispice et carte dépliante en couleurs. Dédicace. Reliure usagée, mouillures claires.
1756ref. P1-26-4HISTOIRE GÉNÉRALE DES VOYAGES, OU NOUVELLE COLLECTION DE TOUTES LES RELATIONS DE VOYAGES PAR MER ET PAR TERRE, QUI ONT ÉTÉ PUBLIÉES JUSQU'À PRÉSENT DANS LES DIFFÉRENTES LANGUES DE TOUTES LES NATIONS CONNUES [.]. TOME 14 (…). La Haye, Pierre de Hondt, 1756. In-4° (265x205mm), relié plein veau, pièce de titre, dos richement orné, page de titre imprimée en rouge et noir, tranches marbrées. Plats frottés, intérieur en très bon état. 4 ff. (page de titre – Avertissements – catalogue), 500pp., 2ff. (table). Cet ouvrage est illustré de 18 planches hors-texte. Le tome 14 contient : - Suite du livre troisième, Voyages dans la presqu’isle en deça du Gange. - Livre quatrième, Voyages aux Indes orientales par le Sud-ouest. Bon exemplaire.
1831ref. PHO-2158Paris, Denain, 1831, 3 volumes in-8 (23x14cm), 2ff.-525pp., 2ff.-502pp., 2ff.-504pp., demi chagrin époque, dos à nerfs avec titre et tomaison, Illustré de 3 gravures dépliantes en frontispice. Frottements aux plats, coupes usées, coins émoussés, rousseurs.
1909ref. 10580Leipzig, Brockhaus, 1909. XII, 471 S. Gr.-8°. Farbig illustr. Original Leinwand (Rücken etwas fleckig).
1872ref. 10062DBJena, Hermann Costenoble, 1872. 8°. 21,5 cm. XXIII, 420 Seiten, [6] Blatt Illustrationen. Schwarzer Halblederband der Zeit mit goldgeprägtem Rückentitel. (= Bibliothek geographischer Reisen und Entdeckungen älterer und neuerer Zeit. Band 9).
ref. 214124Paris, Ollendorff, 1898 2 vol. in-8, XIX-296 pp. et 408 pp., portrait-frontispice à chaque volume, demi-basane acajou à coins, dos à faux-nerfs orné (reliure de l'époque). Dos passés. Petites usures, manque à la coiffe inférieure du tome 1.
1939ref. 7135London 1939. Photography & Ephemera. Three portraits of the "Westward" a beautiful four-mastered ship on board the "Westward" each with BAE 1937-9 stamped on the verso; and nine small snapshots of the same with the expedition on verso. The small photographs are snapshots with manuscript text on the verso- "Photo by Mr. Bishop July 1937"; "REP in Lookout on Westward June 1938" & "Southend Pier taken from rigging of Westward June 1939". "At work on board the 'Westward'". Published Daily Telegraph July 1939". The rest of the photographs are unidentified. Also an advertising memento of the expedition a paper wrapper for Horlick's Malted Milk printed on both sides with "British Antarctic Expedition 1937. Horlick's" with other Horlick's information. After three years of fund raising efforts WWII finally put an end to Ernest Walker's expedition. Photographs range from 8x6" to 3 1/2 x 2 1/2". The large ones are stamped "Associated Press" on the verso along with the "British Antarctic Expedition 1937-9". The two photos of the ship are have some small creases. One image has a person's faced excised. The Horlicks wrapper measures 13 x 3 1/2". browned & spotted. Overall vg -. unknown
1898ref. 901London: Methuen. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1898. First English Edition; First Printing. Hardcover pictorial boards. Two volumes. Profusely illustrated with 83 photos 49 drawings 4 colour drawings and coloured fold out map to first volume; 81 drawings 28 photos 2 colour drawings and coloured fold out map to the second volume. Both volumes in original dark green pictorial cloth bindings. From the library of Christ's Hospital school. Both volumes have new endpapers some unobtrusive library stamps and have some shelf wear otherwise very good sound presentable copies. ; Colour Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Vol I 663 Vol II 614 pages . Methuen hardcover
1885ref. 10582Leipzig, Brockhaus, 1885. XIX 526 S. Original Leinwand mit Goldprägung u. Deckelillustration (etwas berieben).
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