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1938Best.-Nr. 1262London: Jonathan Cape. Very Good. First Edition. Hardcover. Front hinge weakening; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 415 pages . 1938. Jonathan Cape hardcover
1886Best.-Nr. 32946London : John Murray 1886 . First Edition . Fair . 8VO . Illustrated with attractive wood engravings many full page. Each volume has a striking ornithological hand-coloured engraved frontis. There are a number of maps mostly two colour some folding in each volume. Bound in half calf marble boards. All covers are detached as well as the spine on volume 2 ; the spine on volume 1 is half detached. The text blocks are in very good condition although the colour frontispieces are foxed. All plates and maps are present. John Murray hardcover
1914Best.-Nr. 33465Victoria : King's Printer 1914 . First Edition . Good . 8VO . Newcombe 1851-1924 physician natural historian and artifact collector was an important figure in the rush to collect Northwest Coast art and objects most of which were collected for foreign institutions although he collected for the Provincial Museum later in in his career and ulitmately his enormous personal collection was sold to the British Columbia Government and is now housed in the RBCM and the Provincial Archives. The memoir was written to vindicate the contention of Vancouver that his ships were the first to complete the navigation of the inner channels which separate Vancouver Island from the mainland. With 8 guarded maps including one fold-out and errata sheet. This is a non-circulating ex-library copy with a stamp on the title page library accession numbers on the first page of the covering letter and stamp and catalogue numbers on the last page. Rebound in stiff blue card library boards without the original covers which were identical to the title page. Strathern 399. King's Printer hardcover
1926Best.-Nr. 2222001First edition "October 1926". Octavo. Four page foreword by Bob Bartlett. Illustrated with 47 photographs and drawings by the Eskimo Kakutia; endpaper maps. Dust jacket unclipped; few nicks and creases. Very good. 167 pages. Signed and inscribed on verso of frontispiece by the publisher and father of the author: "From one who is merely. David's Dad! G. P. Putnam." G. P. Putnam's Sons hardcover
1926Best.-Nr. 2222001First edition "October 1926". Octavo. Four page foreword by Bob Bartlett. Illustrated with 47 photographs and drawings by the Eskimo Kakutia; endpaper maps. Dust jacket unclipped; few nicks and creases. Very good. 167 pages. Signed and inscribed on verso of frontispiece by the publisher and father of the author: "From one who is merely. David's Dad! G. P. Putnam." G. P. Putnam's Sons hardcover books
2003Best.-Nr. 23857Adelaide: The Friends of the State Library of South Australia. Fine. 2003. First thus. Hardcover. 1876154381 . Limited to 400 copies with 99 copies bound in leather and the remaining 301 copies bound in cloth this is a cloth bound copy. An as new copy. Foreword by John Ling and an introduction by Anthony J. Brown. With illustrations / plates foldout chart and a map in pocket at the rear of book. The first published translation into English from the French by Christine Cornell of chapters XXII to XXXIV of Peron's journey as part of the Baudin expedition as zoologist aboard the Geographe. ; 245 x 160mm; xxxviii 278 pages . The Friends of the State Library of South Australia hardcover
1821Best.-Nr. 46092(London, W.Bulmer and W. Nicol, 1821). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions"" 1821 - Part I. Pp. 164-190 a. 5 folded tables.
1821Best.-Nr. 46092London W.Bulmer and W. Nicol 1821. 4to. No wrappers as extracted from "Philosophical Transactions" 1821 - Part I. Pp. 164-190 a. 5 folded tables. First appearance of the paper in which Sabine relates his discoveries with the pendulum on his 2 voyages the first on John Ross' expedition in 1818 - relating observations from Island of Brassa Shetland Hare Island London - and from the second voyage with William Parry on the arctic expedition - relating observations from Melville Island. From these observations he estimated the figure of the earth."An artillery officer Sabine was a graduate of the Royal Military Academy Woolwich. While retaining his commission - Sabine eventually reached the rank of general - the started scientific work at the close of the Napoleonic Wars. On the recommendation of the Royal Society he accompanied John Ross on an expedition to seek the Northwest Passage in 1818 and was with William Edward Parry on his 1819-1820 Arctic expedition. From the latter voyage. he said came the idea of a great ship-borne expedition of “physical discovery” to the southern hemisphere."DSB. unknown
1976Best.-Nr. 74408Uten år. 1976 . Folio. I original mappe. Fortuen maskin- og håndskrevet tekst 12 originale fotografier samt to foldede kart i konvolutt bak i boken. Engelsk. unknown
1897Best.-Nr. 30005ABerlin, Reimer, 1897. 4°. (10) 388 Seiten. Mit 11 Vollbildern, 28 Textbildern und 1 Faltkarte. Original-Leinen mit marmoriertem Schnitt. (Einband berieben u. etwas fleckig, Name auf Titelblatt, Titelblatt und Frontispiz stark stockfleckig, im Weiteren vereinzelt mit Stockflecken, Faltkarte mit Einriß). [4 Warenabbildungen]
19168vo [20.5 x 14 cm]; ix, 320 pp, frontis with tissue guard, 36 plates from photos, color plates from paintings, 6 maps and cross-sections, including folding map of route, index. original blue pictorial gilt cloth, with gilt title lettering on front cover and spine, top edge gilted, fine and clean in the rare dust jacket (short tear, chipped at spine head with loss of few letters). A picture of this book is available upon request An important expedition by the staff of the US National Museum that describes the fish, birds, plants, geology, etc of Western Cuba, with much on the people and description of the countryside. Excellent illustrations, the colored plates being of birds and fish, the other plates are mainly scenery, portrait, etc. Wood 383.
1998Articles: The Master's Measure - Remunerative Patterns for Hudson's Bay Company Captains, 1726-1736; Politics, Technology and Policy-Making, 1859-1865 - Palmerston, Gladstone and the Management of the Ironclad Naval Race; This Sad and Melancholy Catastrophe - Port Maitland, Ontario and the Wreck of the Troopship 'Commerce', 6 May 1850; A Dundee Ship in Canada's Arctic - SS Diana and William Wakeham's Expedition of 1897; The Historical Experience of Scaled-Down Nineteenth Century Drydock Technology; plus several book reviews. Clean and unmarked with very light wear. Excellent copy. Book
Best.-Nr. 160839Paris, Vve Demoraine et Boucquin, s.d. (v. 1825) in-16, 108 pp., avec un portrait-frontispice naïf, demi-percaline cerise, tranches mouchetées (rel. de la fin du XIXe). Bon exemplaire.
1904Best.-Nr. 760631904 Paris, Perrin, 1904, in 8° broché, 430 pages ; non coupé ; portrait en frontispice et carte dépliante.
Best.-Nr. 222587Paris, Lerouge, Petit, 1814 in-8, 86-[4] pp., broché, couv. papier rose de l'époque.
Best.-Nr. 213665Paris, Charles Delagrave, 1891 in-12, [4]-XLIV-495 pp., demi-chagrin rouge, dos à nerfs orné (reliure de l'époque).
Best.-Nr. 245768Paris, Charles Delagrave, 1891 in-12, [4]-XLIV-495 pp., demi-chagrin rouge, dos à nerfs (reliure de l'époque).
Best.-Nr. c3589Paris, Yacht Club de France, Noel 1936 (Imprimerie Guillemot et Lamothe, janvier 1937) ; in-4°, broché, couverture beige illustrée du médaillon de Charcot au 1er plat, titre en noir et rouge; 332pp.,1f.nch. Couverture légèrement passée, dos un peu jauni, rares piqûres.Nombreuses illustrations photographiques dans le texte et à pleine page.Tirage total à 900 exemplaires numérotés, celui-ci n°446.
1903Best.-Nr. 3013FBKempten, Kösel Verlag, 1903. Groß-8°. 23 x 15,5 cm. XXIV, 419 Seiten. Frontispiz und zahlreiche Tafeln. Roter Original-Leinenband mit montierter Deckelabbildung, weiß- und goldgeprägten Titeln und Buchschmuck, marmoriertem Schnitt und illustrierten Vorsätzen. [2 Warenabbildungen]
1878Best.-Nr. 3926DBStuttgart, E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagshandlung (E. Koch), 1878. Groß-8°. 23 cm. X, 497, X, 540 Seiten. Halbleinenbände mit goldgeprägtem Rückentitel. (= Ch. Darwin's gesammelte Werke. Autorisirte deutsche Ausgabe. Band 3 und 4).
1877Best.-Nr. 3932DBStuttgart, E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagshandlung (E. Koch), 1877. Groß-8°. 23 cm. VIII, 459 Seiten. Einfacher Halbleinenband der Zeit mit goldgeprägtem Rückentitel. (= Ch. Darwin's gesammelte Werke. Autorisirte deutsche Ausgabe. Band 10).
1930Best.-Nr. 108098Ernst Hofmann, Berlin Halensee, ohne Jahr (um 1930?). 28,5 : 21,5 cm. Schmuckloser schwarzer Halbleinenband, etwas fleckig und berieben. Block geklammert. Adressstempel des Autors auf dem Innendeckel sowie eigenhändiger Zusatz in Tinte "Alle Rechte vorbehalten: Ernst Hofmann." Maschinegeschriebener Durchschlag des Original-Manuskripts. 4 Blätter Titelei, 264 Blätter einseitig beschrieben. Mit wenigen handschriftlichen Ergänzungen / Änderungen in Bleistift vom Autor. In gutem Zustand. [7 Warenabbildungen]
Best.-Nr. 12693In 8 percaline éditeur rouge à décor passe partout. Titre dans cartouche. Plats biseautés. Faux-titre, titre avec vignette, 510 pages, 1 page de table des chapitres, 17 planches hors-texte et nombreuses vignettes dans le texte, de D. SEMEGHINI, tranches dorées. Paris Garnier frères libraires éditeurs, sans date. Bon exemplaire.
Best.-Nr. 211123Paris, Plon, 1910 in-8, XI-385 pp., 2 portraits et un fac-similé, index, broché. Quelques rousseurs sur la couverture.
1898Best.-Nr. 17878CBHamburg, Verlagsanstalt u. Druckerei Actien-Gesellschaft, 1898. gr.8°, 455 S. mit 159 s/w-Abbildungen und 4 Faltkarten, original Leineneinband (Hardcover), illustratierter Vorderdeckel mit schwarzem Zierrahmen, goldener Deckel- und Rückenbeschriftung, Rückdeckel mit blindgeprägtem Verlagsemblem und blindgeprägtem Zierrahmen, Buchrücken mit Zierbünden im Stil der Zeit, Marmorschnitt und Musterpapiervorsätze, 2. Ausgabe Einbandkanten zum Teil minimal berieben, Musterpapiervorsätze am inneren Gelenk zwischen Vorderdeckelinnenseite und Vorsatzseite stellenweise minimal angeplatzt, Musterpapiervorsätze an oberer Kante der hinteren Vorsatzseite und der Rückdeckelinnenseite
