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1893rif. 111758Leipzig: Verlag von Duncker & Humblot, 1893. 25,5 cm ; Leinen
1985rif. 004553Brazil: EdITora Universidade De Brasilia 1985. These are the two volumes published by the university of Brazil in Portugese by the world's leading authority on the birds of Brazil. VERY RARE! Very Nice. Sighed Neatly By a Previous Owner. This is the SECOND Brazilian Edition . Brown Cloth. Very Good/Very Good Not Price Clipped. Illus. by Numerous Illustrations By Paul Barruel . 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Near Folio. Hard Back. EdITora Universidade De Brasilia hardcover
1894rif. 013931St. Louis: N.D. Thompson Publishing Co 1894. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Half morocco burgundy cloth over board. Marbled endpapers and edges. 2 pp. 80 ff. half-tone portraits. Recently professionally rebacked new leather spine and spine label. Light wear to original leather corners. Spots of scuffing and staining to cloth. Gold paint to ffep. Damp stain to lower corner of text block. Several short marginal tears mostly at tail edges. Else a nice copy of a fascinating collection of portraits from various ethnic backgrounds including American and Mexican cowboys Egyptian cowherds German military leaders several Javaneese people and French peasant women. N.D. Thompson Publishing Co hardcover
1979rif. 13167BBKönigsstein, im Selbstverlag der Ikarus Expeditionen, um 1979. gr.8°, blauer Kunstleder-Ringbuch-Ordner mit weisser Deckelbeschriftung, (nur) Checkliste und Anschreiben (Beilage) mit Anstreichungen, sonst ein sehr gutes, sauberes Exemplar mit beiligenden original Reiseplan plus Vitienkärtchen von Reiseleiter Andreas Bender.
1984rif. 2111902154609101Meeting to bear the Shirase Antarctic Expedition 1984. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Meeting to bear the Shirase Antarctic Expedition paperback
rif. 226546Paris, Imprimerie de Constant-Chantpie, 1823 in-8, 16 pp., en feuilles.
LONDON, Chatto & Windus - 1975 - In-8 - Cartonnage éditeur sous jaquette illustrée - Planches de photographies NB HT - X & 373 pages - Bon exemplaire
rif. 11418LONDON, Chatto & Windus - 1975 - In-8 - Cartonnage éditeur sous jaquette illustrée - Planches de photographies NB HT - X & 373 pages - Bon exemplaire
19658vo [22 x 15 cm]; 272 pp, 31 plates from photos, numerous illustrations from drawings, bibliography, appendix. original cloth, spine title lettering, fine and clean in good dust jacket (price clipped, a little used). A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The author describes his discoveries in the Amazon region in search for lost cities of sun worshippers, facing death and dangers, covering much of same ground as the legendary Colonel Fawcett. He links ancient civilizations in Brazil and Peru with those of Egypt and the middle east in a fascinating and well-illustrated account.
1938Mild dampstaining to boards. Rough spots to endpapers ; Beautiful fold-out map on japon paper at rear; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 287 pages
1857rif. 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 books
1857rif. 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
rif. 101555Austin, Texas, Eakin Press 1983, 220x145mm, frontispiece, XI - 202pages, editor's binding with jacket. Book in good condition.
197096 pages. Features: The Ordeals of Old Smith - Jedediah Smith ; "Riding to the Hounds" Prairie Style; The Frenchmen's Colorado Gold; 'A Tip of the Hat to Sam Davis - Samuel Post Davis; Black Hills Stockade - Collins-Russell Expedition; Many Trails Led to Gordon (Nebraska); The Mysterious Ramming of the Pacific - S.S. Pacific, Neil Henley (O'Henly); Bonanza in the Santa Ritas - Helvetia and Total Wreck, Arizona; A Rusty Can's Message - Gideon Gaines; Go Bring Him In - Preferably Dead. Average wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Magazine
1972Features: The agony of a Morman Polygamist - Thomas Schofield faced renunciation of loved ones or imprisonment for conscience sake; The disastrous Arthur Dietz Expedition - 'Klondike madness pushed the little party of greehnorns beyond all hope of survival; Livestock Commission man; Ocosta broke the speculators' hearts!; Bushwhacked on the trail; Gold and where to find it; My dog was better known than I was! - Seymour was well known in Arkansas; La Tuileries Gardens - A Cattleman's Folly - Gillpatrick's amusement park, Colorado; Miracle at Stillwater, Oklahoma; I don't want none of your weevily wheat - Perry Hutchinson/Excelsior Mills, Marysville, Kansas; Bloody night on the Gila, Arizona; Captives among the Comanches - the true story of Jane Adeline Wilson; The great opportunist - Chicken Bill of Leadville, Colorado; and more. Clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Magazine
1886rif. 1962Helsingfors, 1886/87. 4°, 13 Seiten Text, 172 Seiten Tabellen, 2 farbige Karten und 4 Tafeln; 42 Seiten Text, 195 Seiten Tabellen, 1 Phototafel und 2 Tafeln. Private Pappbände mit Goldprägung.
rif. 115716London Harrison & Sons 1921. . First edition; 4to; four figures in text; publisher's original paper wrapper; a fine copy; viii 46pp. An official report into the auroral observations made at Cape Evans and Cape Adare during Captain Scott's 'Terra Nova' expedition. Rosove 293-5. A1. London, Harrison & Sons, 1921. unknown
rif. 1019200723.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
rif. thl89London: Trübner & Co. 1886. First Edition. Meteorological and magnetic observations made at Fort Rae a Hudson’s Bay Company post on the north shore of Great Slave Lake from Sept. 1 1882 to August 31 1883. Fort Rae formed one of a series of circumpolar positions occupied in accordance with the scheme proposed by Lieut. Weyprecht for concerted physical observations to be carried on for at least a full year at different stations situated around the Poles. The four-man expedition under the command of Captain Henry P.Dawson was organized by the Royal Society of London and financed by the Government of Canada and Great Britain. Arctic Bib. 7748. folio. pp. xiv 326. 32 folding charts. 3 plans in text. A very good copy in original blind-stamped cloth title & verso of last chart browned. thl89 London: Trübner & Co., 1886 hardcover
rif. 0332186709.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
rif. 1334034109.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
in-16, 215 pp., ill. h.t. coul., broche, couverture illustree plast. Tres bel exemplaire. [PP-1]
in-8°, 372 pp., photographies en noir, broche, couverture illustree à rabats Bel exemplaire. [109B-11]
in-12 (14x20), 240 pages, illustrations n&b, carte en frontispice, broche, couverture, jaquette illustree.— Première edition. Bon etat. [NV-12]
1871rif. 56561Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas 1871. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Solid Copy Clean No External Markings Hand Stamp Of Clinton Hall Merchantile Library 1855-1932 formerly The Aster Place Opera House 13 Astor Place New York City Small Loss At Fore Corners Of Front Cover Hinges Reinforced Fore Edge Chipping To Page Edges. Octavo Green Blind Stamped Pebbled Cloth. Tissue Guarded Color Frontis Folding Color Map Chart Of Patagonia Twenty Total Plate Engravings Several Colorized. Dedication To Joseph Dalton Hooker Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas hardcover