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1880réf. 1309New York: Henry Holt and Company. Very Good. Hardcover. Some fraying to top and bottom spine. Front hinge weakening. Some fraying to rear map margin not effecting printed area. Previous owner's name to front pastedown; Rare. Numerous b&w illustrations and two maps; 8vo; 448 pages . 1880. Henry Holt and Company hardcover
1995réf. 146811Bundaberg: Corkwood Press 1995. Hardcover. Near fine. Bundaberg Corkwood Press 1995 facsimile edition/ 1897. Octavo two volumes iv 86 pages with a frontispiece plus 23 plates many reproduced from original negatives or prints and three of them are here reproduced the correct way round for the first time plus a folding chart 2 folding maps and a very large folding map 1210 × 1210 mm loosely housed in a matching cloth portfolio. Cloth; one corner tip slightly bumped; a near-fine set. Number 52 of only 300 sets the first 30 of which were bound in half leather. Winnecke was the leader of the expedition and in 'the natural order of things these journals and maps should have been published in connection with the scientific and other records of the Horn Expedition as both supplementary and complementary to them'; after a financial disagreement with W.A. Horn the organiser and backer of the venture this did not occur. The first edition appeared as South Australian Parliamentary Paper Number 19 of 1896; it was reissued in this octavo format the following year. McLaren 16969 the original edition - not noting the very large map. 2 items. Corkwood Press hardcover
2010réf. 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
1981réf. 73837Beijing: Science Publishing House 1981. First edition 10.25" x 7.5" pp. 4 xii 170; text in Chinese; 26 pages of plates 3 folding maps 2 of which are large and laid into a back pocket; original pictorial boards backed in green cloth; pen mark on upper board else fine. A report produced after the First Comprehensive Scientific Expedition to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Based on field investigations and laboratory studies the book records more than 500 hydrothermal areas and geothermal fields in Tibet systematically analyzes 169 geothermal fields and proposes an estimated total heat flow of 550000 kcal/s. It won first prize in the National Natural Science Awards in 1988 Baidu. Science Publishing House unknown
1995réf. 146579Bundaberg: Corkwood Press 1995. Hardcover. Near fine. Bundaberg Corkwood Press 1995 deluxe facsimile edition/ 1897. Octavo two volumes iv 86 pages with a frontispiece plus 23 plates many reproduced from original negatives or prints and three of them are here reproduced the correct way round for the first time plus a folding chart 2 folding maps and a very large folding map 1210 × 1210 mm loosely housed in a matching portfolio. Half calf and marbled papered boards; spines lightly sunned; a near-fine set. Number 15 of only 30 sets of the deluxe issue from a total edition of 300 out of print soon after publication. Winnecke was the leader of the expedition and in 'the natural order of things these journals and maps should have been published in connection with the scientific and other records of the Horn Expedition as both supplementary and complementary to them'; after a financial disagreement with W.A. Horn the organiser and backer of the venture this did not occur. The first edition appeared as South Australian Parliamentary Paper Number 19 of 1896; it was reissued in this octavo format the following year. 2 items. Corkwood Press hardcover
1994réf. 146592Bundaberg: Corkwood Press 1994. Hardcover. Very Good. Bundaberg Corkwood Press 1994 facsimile edition/ 1896. The facsimile was 'produced in conjunction with the Horn Expedition Commemorative Symposium held at Alice Springs to celebrate the centenary of the Horn expedition'; it was produced with financial support from the Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory. Quarto four volumes ii xviii 220 pages with illustrations and a map plus 11 pages of plates and a large folding map 650 × 615 mm; ii iv 432 pages with illustrations plus 28 pages of plates 1 folding 11 in colour and a corrigenda slip at page 1; vi 204 pages with illustrations plus 9 pages of plates 2 folding; and vi 200 pages with illustrations plus 20 pages of plates 6 folding 4 of them in colour. Half calf and marbled papered boards; spines lightly sunned; a few corners bumped; an excellent set. Number 15 of only 50 sets of the deluxe issue; not stated but we know the entire print run was limited to 500 sets. This copy is complete with the full complement of plates in Volume 4 ten of which are sometimes found excised from this edition 'at the request of Central Australian Aboriginal custodians as they illustrate things persons or events which according to their traditional customs may only be seen by initiated males' from the publisher's note present in these sets; it is our understanding that only sets sold at or through the Horn Expedition Commemorative Symposium held at Alice Springs in 1994 underwent this operation. The purpose of the original scientific expedition sponsored by mining magnate and philanthropist William Austin Horn and with Charles Winnecke as commander and surveyor was to examine the MacDonnell Ranges on the not unreasonable premise that 'when the rest of the Continent was submerged the elevated portions of the McDonnell sic Range existed as an island and that consequently older forms of life might be found in the more inaccessible parts'. This in fact proved not to be the case but the expedition of some fourteen weeks and 2000 miles by camel was an outstanding success. 'It was not the intention . to explore a new region . But in the pursuit of natural history the expedition split into independent groups and explored undiscovered areas thus filling in more of the blank spaces in this vast region' Feeken Feeken and Spate. 'These volumes constitute one of the most substantial contributions in nineteenth-century Australian exploration but perhaps more importantly the expedition is a landmark in anthropological history because it resulted in Baldwin Spencer meeting Frank Gillen' Mulvaney. McLaren 15098 the original edition. 4 items. Corkwood Press hardcover
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réf. DADAX117962176XNabu Press 2011-09-05. paperback. New. 7.44x0.96x9.69. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Nabu Press paperback
1935réf. 145162Cambridge: At the University Press 1935. First Edition. Very Good. Cambridge At the University Press 1935 first edition. Quarto xvi 422 pages with 10 maps and 52 illustrations plus 11 pages of plates from photographs. Grey buckram lettered in gilt on the spine; buckram lightly spotted possibly a minor issue with the binding material itself; edges lightly foxed or marked; minimal signs of age and handling; an excellent copy. The reports of this important expedition 1898-1899 were published in six volumes between 1901 and 1935 this being the last to appear. It includes studies of the material culture social organisation religious beliefs languages and folk tales of the peoples of the Torres Strait Islands and southern New Guinea. At the University Press unknown
1963réf. 71837Osaka: Hoikusha Publishing Co. Ltd 1963. First edition large 8vo pp. 4 169 3; text in Japanese and English; text illustrations throughout many in color; original full blue cloth; previous owner's bookplate once tipped on the title page but now loose; very good sound and clean. From the preface: "The Indo-Japanese Botanical Expedition was sent to West Sikkim and the Darjeeling and Kalimpong districts in spring of 1960. It has been known that the flora of this region is very rich and is similar to that of Japan. So the main object of our expedition is to make more clear the botanical relationship between the region and Japan. The photographs compiled in this book were taken during the Expedition by the Japanese members under various difficult conditions excepting a few ones taken by Hara in March of 1963. Hoikusha Publishing Co., Ltd unknown
1872réf. 373132New York: Jules Bien 1872. First edition. Limited to 100 copies. 65 lithographed plates many folding preceded by 4pp. text. 4to. Original green cloth boards upper cover lettered in gilt rebacked endpapers renewed. Dampstaining. First edition. Limited to 100 copies. 65 lithographed plates many folding preceded by 4pp. text. 4to. This book was prepared to illustrate the work of the Hayden survey. It contains numerous panoramic illustrations many on folding sheets depicting sites in Wyoming Utah Colorado and Montana. This report contains the bulk of Henry Wood Elliott's art work for the Hayden Survey see preceding entry most of which was published nowhere else. These images are important because of their scientific contribution to several fields historical significance documentation of the Hayden expedition and their beauty and attention to detail. Elliott's illustrations were among the early images of many locations in the new territories of the West. From an edition of 100 copies issued in advance of the text. The Prefatory Note states p. 3: "A small edition of one hundred copies of the Profiles and Sections are issued in advance of the text for the purpose of placing them in the hands of the principal geologists in this country and in Europe. The first issue of two thousand copies in colors will be published with descriptions in about one year." We find no evidence that a subsequent edition in color was ever printed and it is stated of the present work in the Checklist of United States Public Documents 1789-1909 Washington: Government Printing Office 1909: "Originally intended to illustrate v. 4 of quarto series of reports but never thus used." The Hayden Survey was the most important of the four major government surveys of the American West undertaken after the Civil War the others being Powell King and Wheeler. Collectively these surveys filled in the map of the United States using accurate scientific methods to chart the land and investigate not only its geology but natural resources wildlife and plants as well. Schmeckebier Catalogue and Index of the Publications of the Hayden King Powell and Wheeler Surveys p. 32 #3 Jules Bien unknown
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1987réf. 69219Beijing: Science Press 1987. 8vo pp. 4 vi 510; printed from typescript; graphs maps tables illustrations throughout; previous owner's bookplate otherwise near fine in original blue cloth stamped in gilt on spine. "From May to September 1981 the Sino-W. German Joint Expedition to the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau made multi-disciplinary investigations of glaciology permafrost climatic geomorphology geology surveying and remote sensing in the Anyêmaqên Mountains Qilian Mountains and a part of the Kunlun Mountains. A symposium on the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau was held at Braunschweig in April 1982 . and scientists from West Germany China Switzerland and Austria took part in it. The following five topics relating to the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau were discussed: 1. Glaciers and glacier oscillations; 2. Ice and frost regions; 3. Geomorphological types; 4. Vegetations weather and climate; 5. Recent and ancient alpine climate in Asia" Preface. Science Press unknown
1854réf. 369733Palmas Panama 1854. 2pp. single 4to sheet. With: Carte-de-visite photograph of Mayo signed and inscribed to his sister on verso. Folds minor separations. 2pp. single 4to sheet. With: Carte-de-visite photograph of Mayo signed and inscribed to his sister on verso. Seeking a low-level train or canal route to bridge the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans in late 1853 President Franklin Pierce ordered a U.S. Naval exploring expedition to participate in an international attempt affiliated with a venture by the Atlantic and Pacific Junction Company. Although ships from Great Britain New Grenada and the United States were involved the principle overland portion of the expedition through 40 miles of dense jungle would be led by Lieutenant Isaac G. Strain who had previously led exploring expeditions in Brazil Baja California and Chile. With a party of 27 officers and men and including the author of the present letter they entered the jungle on January 20 1854. Problems began almost immediately. While puting ashore a boat was swamped and a portion of the party's provisions lost. Next the route Strain had been tasked with following contained no gap in the cordillera as had been previously believed. Led through the jungle by several groups of indigenous people the promise of a few days hike turned into months of wandering in the jungle before being abandoned by the guides. Subsisting on plantains and bananas and drinking river water Stain divided his men with an advance party striking out to seek rescue. On March 9 forty-nine days after starting from Caledonia Bay Strain and his advance party reached Yavisa; it would be another nearly three weeks before the main body was rescued but not before at least five had died of starvation or disease. Sometimes compared with the trials of the crew of the Essex or the members of the Donner Party the men on the Darien expedition endured extreme harship and resorted to unspeakable things. This remarkable letter was written by one of the expedition's survivors shortly after his rescue and return to civilization. George Upshur Mayo 1834-1896 was born into a prominent family in Norfolk VA. He attended the Virginia Military Institute served as an assistant engineer on the Strain Expedition was involved in the United States Geodetic Survey and was later a major in the Confederate Army. Here he writes: "My dear father From this filthy native village where our party are brought by the officers of the war steamer Virago English whose officers rescued us from a most deplorable condition starvation misery & want for about 70 days without bread or meat living on roots & nuts from the trees. May the rescue be never forgotten & I thank & give praises to God for his goodness. We abandoned & buried 4 or 5 in the woods as unable to keep up. I suffered from the cusano a worm that gets in the flesh also from a very bad knee. Almost unable to travel 3 miles a day. Unfavorable reports reached the U.S. concerning us. We are safe & go to Panama when we get well. My mind is out of sorts by medicine & sickness & my hand too weak to write more legibly. Will write from Panama or Aspinwall a respectable letter there. We are 100 miles from Panama. Had the party 8 days provisions only in the woods yet nothing to shield us from wind & storm & no change of garments. The suffering was intense & the rescue came at the most dreadful & important for our safety. I with 3 others on the river bank washing at sundown when the canoes came in sight. Captain Strain had no pants or underdraws to protect him from the briars & vermin. God be praised for rescue. Love to Annie. . . . In all probability will meet the Cyane at Aspinwall." A remarkable first-hand account of a desperate struggle for survival. unknown
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1994réf. 139514Bundaberg: Corkwood Press 1994. Hardcover. Near fine. Bundaberg Corkwood Press 1994 facsimile edition/ 1896. Quarto four volumes ii xviii 220; ii iv 432; vi 204; and vi 200 pages with numerous illustrations plus 66 pages of plates several folding 13 in colour and a large folding map. Cloth lightly scuffed; a near-fine set. The purpose of this scientific expedition sponsored by mining magnate and philanthropist William Austin Horn and with Charles Winnecke as commander and surveyor was to examine the MacDonnell Ranges on the not unreasonable premise that 'when the rest of the Continent was submerged the elevated portions of the McDonnell sic Range existed as an island and that consequently older forms of life might be found in the more inaccessible parts'. This in fact proved not to be the case but the expedition of some fourteen weeks and 2000 miles by camel was an outstanding success. 'It was not the intention . to explore a new region . But in the pursuit of natural history the expedition split into independent groups and explored undiscovered areas thus filling in more of the blank spaces in this vast region' Feeken Feeken and Spate. 'These volumes constitute one of the most substantial contributions in nineteenth-century Australian exploration but perhaps more importantly the expedition is a landmark in anthropological history because it resulted in Baldwin Spencer meeting Frank Gillen' Mulvaney. Limited to only 500 sets and sold out on publication. 4 items. Corkwood Press hardcover
1857réf. 324349New Haven 1857. Separately-issued offprint from the American Journal of Science and Arts 2nd series Vol. xxiv July 1857. 21-38 pp. plus folding map. 8vo. Period plain green wrappers stitched. Separately-issued offprint from the American Journal of Science and Arts 2nd series Vol. xxiv July 1857. 21-38 pp. plus folding map. 8vo. "Redfield's last contribution to meteorological science was a memoir upon the cyclones or typhoons of the north Pacific Ocean prepared at the request of Commodore Perry to accompany his Narrative of the United States Expedition to Japan; and was printed in the second volume of that work . He showed that the hurricanes of the Pacific followed the same general laws as those of the Atlantic and traced the paths of several remarkable storms among which was one of great force encountered by the steamer 'Mississippi' one of the vessels of Commodore Perry's squadron on route from Simoda to the Sandwich Islands in October 1854" Recollections of John Howard Redfield p. 302. Page 37 includes a description of the Kona or southerly winds of Hawaii as well as the effects of cyclones on the Hawaiian islands. Following its publication within Perry's Narrative in 1856 the work was issued in a slightly more condensed form within the July 1857 issue of the American Journal of Science and Arts. The present separately-issued offprint from the AJSA is the only separately-issued edition of the work. Scarce. Sabin 68512. Not in Forbes unknown
1902réf. 125441Perth: Wm. Alfred Watson Government Printer 1902. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Perth Wm. Alfred Watson Government Printer 1902. Foolscap folio 62 pages with 4 illustrations plus a very large folding map 625 × 865 mm. Stapled as issued without wrappers; minimal reinforcement to the map near the rusty staples; trifling signs of handling; an excellent copy. Western Australian Parliamentary Paper Number 46 of 1902; only 1200 copies were printed. The 'expedition was fitted out to explore the remaining unknown regions of Australia on similar lines to the Elder expedition'. Lawrence Allen Wells third in command on the ill-fated Elder expedition of 1891-92 was leader. The party set out from Mullewa east of Geraldton on 13 June 1896; lack of water and the gruelling conditions brought the official expedition to an end on 6 November at Noonkanbah Station on the Fitzroy River with two men unaccounted for. It was not until late May of the following year that Wells located the bodies of the missing men his cousin Charles Wells and George Lindsay Jones nephew of the explorer David Lindsay. The detailed accounts of the three search expeditions undertaken by Wells accompanied by Nat Buchanan George Keartland and Sub-Inspector Ord respectively are included. Not least strong on contemporary race relations. McLaren 16633. Wm. Alfred Watson, Government Printer paperback
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