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1844rif. 018458J. Winchester, New World Press, New York, ohne Erscheinungsjahr, ca. 1844. 1st American Edition Leinen Solide, Gut
1976rif. 2090602128804824Meiji shoin 1976. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 book Meiji shoin paperback
1972rif. 002879Hong Kong: Self-published 1972. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. FIRST EDITION 1972. Original staple-bound textured gray wrappers black lettering front black image of mountain on front. Minor bump lower outside front corner tip otherwise like new with clean covers no previous owner marks or writing on any pages no foxing never used acquired new directly in-person from Jack Baines in the early 1980s during a UK book-scouting trip. The book measures 258mm tall x 187mm and has 28 pages 43 b/w photos 2 maps. Account of the third ascent of Carstenz Pyramid by a new direct route up the N. Face first ascent of N. Face of Sunday Peak ascent of Ngga Poloe ascent of Middenspitze scramble up Pk 14100 ft ascent of the 5 summits along the ridge south of Ngga Poloe. Very uncommon. PHOTOS ARE OF ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED. Self-published hardcover
20001st UK edition. Very good condition hardback in a very good condition dust jacket. 402 pages, illustrated. ISBN 0333779606. 41586. eng
2011rif. 76957Bluntisham Books / Erskine Press 2011. 2011 First Edition. hardcover. 414pp highly decorative red boards hardback New no dustwrapper. Not all publisher's copies were supplied with dustwrapper due to a supply issue. The Japanese Antarctic Expedition 1910-12 under the leadership of army lieutenant Nobu Shirase was the first exploration of Antarctic territory by Japan. After initial scepticism about the expedition they sailed from Tokyo on 29 November 1910 in Kainan-maru a vessel only 100 feet in length. They arrived in Wellington on 8 February 1911 and three days later departed for the Antarctic. The entire trip south was dogged by poor weather and when the coast of Victoria Land was finally sighted conditions were so bad that a landing was impossible. They sailed on through the Ross Sea only to find even worse ice and soon it was impossible to go any further. Shirase ordered the crew to turn the ship northward for Australia. They arrived in Sydney on 1 May 1911 and were initially greeted with suspicion and hostility. Captain Nomura went back to Japan with the secretary to the expedition returning some five months later with provisions ships' parts and other equipment. During the following season a second attempt was made to reach an Antarctic landfall with the specific objective of exploring King Edward VII Land. At the Great Ice Barrier they met Roald Amundsen's ship From which was waiting in the Bay of Whales for the return of Amundsen's South Pole party. Seven men were landed on the Barrier and a 'Dash Patrol' journeyed southward to 80°05'S at which point adverse weather and lack of food and time forced their return. Meanwhile the ship landed another party on the coast of King Edward VII Land where an exploration of the lower slopes of the Alexandra Range was carried out. In mid-February Kainan-maru returned to Japan reaching Yokohama on 20 June 1912. The expedition had sailed some 27000 miles since leaving Japan and despite not reaching the Pole they had achieved many of their other goals. There was a tremendous reception upon their return to Tokyo. Nobu Shirase died in 1946. Glacier Books are experienced and professional booksellers. We take pride in offering carefully described books and excellent customer service. Bluntisham Books / Erskine Press hardcover
2011rif. 76956Bluntisham Books / Erskine Press 2011. 2011 First Edition. hardcover. 414pp highly decorative red boards hardback New no dustwrapper. Not all publisher's copies were supplied with dustwrapper due to a supply issue. The Japanese Antarctic Expedition 1910-12 under the leadership of army lieutenant Nobu Shirase was the first exploration of Antarctic territory by Japan. After initial scepticism about the expedition they sailed from Tokyo on 29 November 1910 in Kainan-maru a vessel only 100 feet in length. They arrived in Wellington on 8 February 1911 and three days later departed for the Antarctic. The entire trip south was dogged by poor weather and when the coast of Victoria Land was finally sighted conditions were so bad that a landing was impossible. They sailed on through the Ross Sea only to find even worse ice and soon it was impossible to go any further. Shirase ordered the crew to turn the ship northward for Australia. They arrived in Sydney on 1 May 1911 and were initially greeted with suspicion and hostility. Captain Nomura went back to Japan with the secretary to the expedition returning some five months later with provisions ships' parts and other equipment. During the following season a second attempt was made to reach an Antarctic landfall with the specific objective of exploring King Edward VII Land. At the Great Ice Barrier they met Roald Amundsen's ship From which was waiting in the Bay of Whales for the return of Amundsen's South Pole party. Seven men were landed on the Barrier and a 'Dash Patrol' journeyed southward to 80°05'S at which point adverse weather and lack of food and time forced their return. Meanwhile the ship landed another party on the coast of King Edward VII Land where an exploration of the lower slopes of the Alexandra Range was carried out. In mid-February Kainan-maru returned to Japan reaching Yokohama on 20 June 1912. The expedition had sailed some 27000 miles since leaving Japan and despite not reaching the Pole they had achieved many of their other goals. There was a tremendous reception upon their return to Tokyo. Nobu Shirase died in 1946. Glacier Books are experienced and professional booksellers. We take pride in offering carefully described books and excellent customer service. Bluntisham Books / Erskine Press hardcover
2011rif. 76954Bluntisham Books / Erskine Press 2011. 2011 First Edition. hardcover. 414pp highly decorative red boards hardback New no dustwrapper. Not all publisher's copies were supplied with dustwrapper due to a supply issue. The Japanese Antarctic Expedition 1910-12 under the leadership of army lieutenant Nobu Shirase was the first exploration of Antarctic territory by Japan. After initial scepticism about the expedition they sailed from Tokyo on 29 November 1910 in Kainan-maru a vessel only 100 feet in length. They arrived in Wellington on 8 February 1911 and three days later departed for the Antarctic. The entire trip south was dogged by poor weather and when the coast of Victoria Land was finally sighted conditions were so bad that a landing was impossible. They sailed on through the Ross Sea only to find even worse ice and soon it was impossible to go any further. Shirase ordered the crew to turn the ship northward for Australia. They arrived in Sydney on 1 May 1911 and were initially greeted with suspicion and hostility. Captain Nomura went back to Japan with the secretary to the expedition returning some five months later with provisions ships' parts and other equipment. During the following season a second attempt was made to reach an Antarctic landfall with the specific objective of exploring King Edward VII Land. At the Great Ice Barrier they met Roald Amundsen's ship From which was waiting in the Bay of Whales for the return of Amundsen's South Pole party. Seven men were landed on the Barrier and a 'Dash Patrol' journeyed southward to 80°05'S at which point adverse weather and lack of food and time forced their return. Meanwhile the ship landed another party on the coast of King Edward VII Land where an exploration of the lower slopes of the Alexandra Range was carried out. In mid-February Kainan-maru returned to Japan reaching Yokohama on 20 June 1912. The expedition had sailed some 27000 miles since leaving Japan and despite not reaching the Pole they had achieved many of their other goals. There was a tremendous reception upon their return to Tokyo. Nobu Shirase died in 1946. Glacier Books are experienced and professional booksellers. We take pride in offering carefully described books and excellent customer service. Bluntisham Books / Erskine Press hardcover
2011rif. 76705Bluntisham Books / Erskine Press 2011. 2011 First Edition. hardcover. 414pp highly decorative red boards hardback corners bumped bump to base of front board VG no dustwrapper. Not all publisher's copies were supplied with dustwrapper due to a supply issue. The Japanese Antarctic Expedition 1910-12 under the leadership of army lieutenant Nobu Shirase was the first exploration of Antarctic territory by Japan. After initial scepticism about the expedition they sailed from Tokyo on 29 November 1910 in Kainan-maru a vessel only 100 feet in length. They arrived in Wellington on 8 February 1911 and three days later departed for the Antarctic. The entire trip south was dogged by poor weather and when the coast of Victoria Land was finally sighted conditions were so bad that a landing was impossible. They sailed on through the Ross Sea only to find even worse ice and soon it was impossible to go any further. Shirase ordered the crew to turn the ship northward for Australia. They arrived in Sydney on 1 May 1911 and were initially greeted with suspicion and hostility. Captain Nomura went back to Japan with the secretary to the expedition returning some five months later with provisions ships' parts and other equipment. During the following season a second attempt was made to reach an Antarctic landfall with the specific objective of exploring King Edward VII Land. At the Great Ice Barrier they met Roald Amundsen's ship From which was waiting in the Bay of Whales for the return of Amundsen's South Pole party. Seven men were landed on the Barrier and a 'Dash Patrol' journeyed southward to 80°05'S at which point adverse weather and lack of food and time forced their return. Meanwhile the ship landed another party on the coast of King Edward VII Land where an exploration of the lower slopes of the Alexandra Range was carried out. In mid-February Kainan-maru returned to Japan reaching Yokohama on 20 June 1912. The expedition had sailed some 27000 miles since leaving Japan and despite not reaching the Pole they had achieved many of their other goals. There was a tremendous reception upon their return to Tokyo. Nobu Shirase died in 1946. Glacier Books are experienced and professional booksellers. We take pride in offering carefully described books and excellent customer service. Bluntisham Books / Erskine Press hardcover
1997rif. 28674Missoula:: Mountain Press Publishing Company 1997. Second Printing of the First Edition. A Near Fine copy with remainder mark to top edge in a Fine dust jacket. Sergeant Patrick Gass was one of the few members of the Lewis and Clark expedition to keep a continuous log of the entire epic journey. His simple and direct wrIting style along with his emphasis on the daily activities of the trip made Gass's journal more accessible to the general reader than other firsthand accounts and revealed the optimistic spirit of the expedition. In this new edition Carol MacGregor's thorough annotation of the journal and the inclusion of Gass's recently discovered personal account ledger lend new insight into the life and work of PatrIck Gass. The Journals of Patrick Gass represents a significant contribution to the study of the Lewis and Clark expedition essential for everyone interested in the history of Western expansion. Mountain Press Publishing Company, unknown
1988rif. E01402 volumes: xiv318 pages with frontispiece 4 maps and illustrations;vi319-584 pages with foldout map illustrations appendices bibliography and index. Octavo 8 3/4" x 5 3/4" issued in original publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and pictorial representation of the ship Victoria embossed in gilt on front cover with cover edges blind ruled in original jackets. Edited by John Bockstoce. Works issued by the Hakluyt Society second series volume 169 and 170. First edition. In 1845 Sir John Franklin's expedition left England search for a northwest passage and vanished into the Arctic forever. three years later HMS Plover's was the first departure in twenty one expeditions searching for Franklin. Although most of the analyses of the Franklin search have focused on the large expeditions in the eastern Arctic the smaller western expeditions also produced significant geographical and ethnographic information. The Plover's voyage of 1848 to 1854 was the first constant presence of Europeans in the western Arctic and Rochfort Maguire's journal is the earliest account of a sustained foreign association with the Eskimos of northern Alaska. Maguire's journal is far more than an important historical document; it is a fascinating account of Europeans and Eskimos learning to cope with one another. Maguire's narrative is introduced by a detailed discussion of the history strategy and logistics of the Franklin Search in the western Arctic. Condition: A fine copy in like jacket. Hakluyt Society hardcover
2002rif. 4600Adelaide: The Friends of the Library of South Australia. As New. 2002. First Edition Thus. Hard Cover. Edited by Valmai Hankel & Mark Gilbert Introduction by Valmai Hankel The text has been edited from versions published in the "Journal of the Royal Geographical Society Vol 31 1861" and in "Explorations in Australia. The journals of John McDouall Stuart during the years 1858.1862" edited by William Hardman London 1864.xxviii 64pages last blank fold out map frontispiece. Olive green buckram boards with blind embossing on front & rear boards title in gilt on spine. A New Copy.; 225 x 150mm . The Friends of the Library of South Australia hardcover
1969rif. 21979The Egypt Exploration Society 1969. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Size: A4 300 x 210mm approx. Single volume only of set or series. Text body is clean and free from previous owner annotation underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight covers and spine fully intact bar chips to top and/or bottom section of spine. No foxing in this copy. Edges slightly foxed. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Archaeology; Egypt; Ancient BC; Exploration. All our pictures shown here are of the actual item not stock photos. Inventory No: 21979. . The Egypt Exploration Society paperback
1968rif. 21977The Egypt Exploration Society 1968. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Size: A4 300 x 210mm approx. Single volume only of set or series. Text body is clean and free from previous owner annotation underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight covers and spine fully intact bar chips to top and/or bottom section of spine. No foxing in this copy. Edges slightly foxed. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Archaeology; Egypt; Ancient BC; Exploration. All our pictures shown here are of the actual item not stock photos. Inventory No: 21977. . The Egypt Exploration Society paperback
1971rif. 21976The Egypt Exploration Society 1971. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Size: A4 300 x 210mm approx. Single volume only of set or series. Text body is clean and free from previous owner annotation underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight covers and spine fully intact bar chips to top and/or bottom section of spine. Slight foxing front/rear pages but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. Edges very slightly spotted or marked. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Archaeology; Egypt; Ancient BC; Exploration. All our pictures shown here are of the actual item not stock photos. Inventory No: 21976. . The Egypt Exploration Society paperback
1967rif. 21980The Egypt Exploration Society 1967. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Size: A4 300 x 210mm approx. Single volume only of set or series. Text body is clean and free from previous owner annotation underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight covers and spine fully intact bar chips to top and/or bottom section of spine. Slight foxing front/rear pages but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. Edges slightly foxed. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Archaeology; Egypt; Ancient BC; Exploration. All our pictures shown here are of the actual item not stock photos. Inventory No: 21980. . The Egypt Exploration Society paperback
1966rif. 21978The Egypt Exploration Society 1966. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Size: A4 300 x 210mm approx. Single volume only of set or series. Text body is clean and free from previous owner annotation underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight covers and spine fully intact bar chips to top and/or bottom section of spine. No foxing in this copy. Edges slightly foxed. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Archaeology; Egypt; Ancient BC; Exploration. All our pictures shown here are of the actual item not stock photos. Inventory No: 21978. . The Egypt Exploration Society paperback
2012rif. 18050120Atlantic Books London 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Hardcover. 548 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Atlantic Books London 2012. First Edition. This is the first UK edition. CONDITION: The book itself is in fine condition and comes in fine dust jacket. More specifically: Boards have no wear rubbing or soiling. Dust jacket is in excellent condtion. Dust jacket is unclipped. Dust jacket is protected in clear plastic sleeve. Pages are clean and unmarked and in excellent condition. ABOUT THIS BOOK: In 1498 a young captain sailed from Portugal circumnavigated Africa crossed the Indian Ocean and discovered the sea route to the Indies opening up access to the fabled wealth of the East. It was the longest voyage known to history; the ships were pushed to their limits their crews were racked by storms and devastated by disease. However the greatest enemy was neither nature nor the fear of venturing into unknown worlds. With blood-red Crusader crosses emblazoned on their sails the explorers arrived in the heart of the Muslim East at a time when the old hostilities between Christianity and Islam had intensified. In two voyages that spanned six years Vasco da Gama would fight a running sea battle that would ultimately change the fate of three continents. The Last Crusade is an epic tale of spies intrigue and treachery; of bravado brinkmanship and confused - often comical collisions - between cultures encountering one another for the first time. With the world once again tipping back East The Last Crusade offers a key to understanding age-old religious and cultural rivalries resurgent today. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Exploration; History. ISBN/EAN: 9781848870178. Inventory No: 18050120. 9781848870178 Atlantic Books hardcover
1932331p., illus. The Carnegie, the world's only sea-going non-magnetic observatory, was destroyed in a 1929 explosion in Samoa. Hardcover Good condition
1855rif. E05582 volumes. xx383 pages with hand colored frontispiece 3 maps in pockets plates many colored; vii41923 ad pages with color frontispiece and plates some colored. Small quarto 10 1/2" x 6 3/4" bound in original publisher's pictorial brown cloth with blind-stamped cover with gilt pictorial in gilt. Notes on the Natural History by John Richardson. Abbey Travel 645; Arctic Bibliography 1241; Books on Ice 5.8a; Hill 106; Sabin 4389; TPL 3409 First edition. Belcher's five-ship 1852-54 expedition in search of Franklin would be the last official British attempt. On the HMS Assistance Belcher successfully navigated through the Wellington Channel but beset by ice was unable to return to Lancaster Sound and was forced to abandon the ship. This account of the expedition also includes several essays on the natural history of the region by Richardson Owen Bell Salter and Reeve. Condition: Minor wear re-backed with parts of original back-strips laid down; minor foxing short separations at folds to the largest map; inked stamps on title pages Edinger bookplates else a good set internally very good. Lovell Reeve hardcover
1855rif. E05582 volumes. xx383 pages with hand colored frontispiece 3 maps in pockets plates many colored; vii41923 ad pages with color frontispiece and plates some colored. Small quarto 10 1/2" x 6 3/4" bound in original publisher's pictorial brown cloth with blind-stamped cover with gilt pictorial in gilt. Notes on the Natural History by John Richardson. Abbey Travel 645; Arctic Bibliography 1241; Books on Ice 5.8a; Hill 106; Sabin 4389; TPL 3409 First edition. Belcher's five-ship 1852-54 expedition in search of Franklin would be the last official British attempt. On the HMS Assistance Belcher successfully navigated through the Wellington Channel but beset by ice was unable to return to Lancaster Sound and was forced to abandon the ship. This account of the expedition also includes several essays on the natural history of the region by Richardson Owen Bell Salter and Reeve. Condition: Minor wear re-backed with parts of original back-strips laid down; minor foxing short separations at folds to the largest map; inked stamps on title pages Edinger bookplates else a good set internally very good. Lovell Reeve hardcover books
1962rif. 22763London: John Murray. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Boards show light shelf wear DJ shows slightly heavier wear with light chipping price-clipped. Previous owner's name on FFEP.; A bright solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. B&W photos throughout. 2 foldout maps in pristine condition at back of book. Wraparound artwork on DJ.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 367 pages; "John Hornby 1880–1927 was an English explorer best known for his expeditions in the Arctic region of northern Canada notably in the "Barren Lands" in the Northwest Territories of Canada." He would refuse to take provisions and live off the land became famous for his daring exploits. "In 1926 Hornby tried to spend a year in a spot by the Thelon River with his 18-year-old cousin Edgar Christian and another young man Harold Adlard. Unfortunately the trio missed the caribou migration southward and therefore lacked sufficient food to survive the winter. Hornby died of starvation along with his companions in 1927. The graves of the three men can be found by the Thelon River near Hornby Point.Hornby recommended in a report following his expedition with Critchell Bullock that the areas near the Thelon and Hanbury Rivers be created as a wildlife sanctuary. The Thelon Game Sanctuary was established in 1927 and renamed Thelon Wildlife Sanctuary in 1956." Wikipedia . John Murray hardcover
2018rif. 28379Lincoln:: University of Nebraska Press 2018. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Fine unread copy in a Fine dust jacket. In May 1804 Meriwether Lewis William Clark and their Corps of Discovery set out on a journey of a lifetime to explore and interpret the American West. The Lewis and Clark Expedition Day by Day follows this exploration with a daily narrative of their journey from its starting point in Illinois in 1804 to its successful return to St. Louis in September 1806. This accessible chronicle presented by Lewis and Clark historian Gary E. Moulton depicts each riveting day of the Corps of Discovery’s journey. Drawn from the journals of the two captains and four enlisted men this volume recounts personal stories scientific pursuits and geographic challenges along with vivid descriptions of encounters with Native peoples and unknown lands and discoveries of new species of flora and fauna. University of Nebraska Press, unknown
2003rif. 28518Lincoln:: University of Nebraska Press 2003. First Printing of the First Edition. A Fine tight copy in a Fine bright unclipped dust jacket. Moulton has edited the expedition journals into a riveting account that blends the narrative highlights if this definitive Nebraska edition. "For the first time the voices of the enlisted men and of the Native Americans are heard alongside the word of the captains." Contains new maps and illustrations. 413 pages with an index. University of Nebraska Press, unknown
1903rif. EXNW00003New York: New Amsterdam Book Company 1903 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Ribbed maroon cloth gilt titles on front board & spine top edge gilt maroon endpapers frontis. 368 2 pp footnotes index. A bit of rubbing to extremities and faint spotting to rear board else fine. Scholarly biography of Amerigo Vespucci which collects in English translalion many of the documents relating to his life & voyages. This is a rather attractive little reprint in a size convenient to carry around. Shipping weight 2 lbs. Reprint. . VG/No dj. 18 X 11½ cm. New Amsterdam Book Company Hardcover
2000rif. 28338Mansfield Centre:: Lone Wolf Press 2000. Facsimile Reprint Edition. A Fine tight copy of this Facsimile Edition of Jacob's 1859 volume in green cloth binding without dust jacket as issued. Gass is best remembered for his participation in the Lewis and Clark expedition. He was the expedition's last surviving member when he died at the age of 99 in 1870. He was important to the expedition because of his service as a carpenter and he published the first journal of the expedition in 1807 seven years before the first publication based on Lewis and Clark's journals. Lone Wolf Press, hardcover