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1932pp. 36, (4)[List of publications of the Old Dartmouth Historical Society]. Illustrated with full page drawings of ship models. Title page and text illustrated with small drawings. 8vo. Original full printed wraps, very slight browning at edges. Nice copy. NAVAL/1
1854131p. XLib stamp on title page. 8vo. Original full leather binding, gold lettered. Edges of boards ruled in gold. Front board detached. Spine worn. Hardbound. Scarce. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! NAVAL/2
1978pp. xvii, 446. Numerous portrait drawings and photographs. Small 4to. Original full blue cloth binding, gold lettered. Original dust jacket, price clipped. Hardbound. Nice copy. Two hundred and fifteen biographies of American Naval officers with their complete service records and the ships they served on. NAVAL/1
1930236p. Profusely illustrated with drawings and photographs, some in color. Numerous advertisements. 4to. Original full pictorial color wraps, small loss at head and tail of spine. Nice issue. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! NAVAL/1
1907210p. + frontis and full page plates with tissue guards. Uncut and unopened. Top edge gold. Foxed. Floral endpapers. Small 4to. Original full blue cloth binding, gold lettered. Binding worn at extremities. Hardbound. Limited edition of 11,000 copies. 7,000 for the use of the House of Representatives, 3,000 for the use of the Senate, and 1,000 for distribution by the Secretary of the Navy. Nice copy. Much detail available nowhere else. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! NAVAL/1
196458p. Numerous color illustrations. Inked inscription. 8vo. Original color pictorial glossy binding, slightly worn. Nice copy. SPACE/2
1956pp. 399 + 16 pages of photographs. Small 8vo. 215 mm. Original full cloth binding. Hardback. Original dust jacket, slightly worn at extremities. Fleming was known as "The Flying Bishop" and the "First Bishop of the Arctic." "The adventurous life story of the famous Scot who dared the desolate wastesof Baffin Land and beyond, where no white man had ever been, to bring Christianity to the Eskimo. Map endpapers. POLAR 3
1832pp. 373, (2) + Folding map, and woodcut engravings. Foxed. Small 12 mo. 160mm. Original Harper's printed cloth binding (with the date 1834 on the front cover), stained and worn, with old spine repairs. Good. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! POLAR 1
1967302 p. Including about 80 pages of contemporary drawings, photos, maps, etc. - many in color. Folio. 315 mm. Original full cloth binding. Dust Jacket. Original light slip case. A lovely example of this classic illustrated survey of polar exploration. Fine First Edition. Hardbound. Very Good+ POLAR 1
196038p. Double column. 4to. Original printed wraps. Very good copy. SCIENCE BOX 3
1857Two volumes. pp. 464, (4) [Favorable reviews of the book from prominent men and newspapers - the reviews continue in Vol. II]; 467. Frontis, half titles and numerous steel engravings. Profusely illustrated with text wood engravings. Foxed. 8vo. 231 mm. Original full brown cloth binding, worn. Manuscript ownerships of Bean & Owen, March 31, 1859. "Aside from its importance as a key in the literature of the of the disappearance of Sir John Franklin, Kane's narrative, with its valuable geographic and scientific information, is one of the great books of Arctic exploration and the search for the Northwest Passage. It contains much information about the Eskimos. Kane, was a U.S. Navy physician who organized the voyage, discovered the ice-free Kennedy Channel and laid the foundation for scientific study of the Arctic. Arctic Bibliography 8373; Sabin 37001; Hoyer 'Groenlandica' 213. Rarely found in such decent condition. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! POLAR 4
1858pp. 416, (4)[Publisher's advertisements] + Plates. 8vo. Kane (1820-1857) was a celebrated naval officer and physician, He was stationed at various posts in the Orient, Africa, and Europe. In the Arctic he served as medical officer and naturalist with the Grinnell expedition in search of John Franklin, who had been missing since 1845. He then commanded the Second Grinnell expedition in 1853, which also failed to discover information regarding Franklin, but gleaned important data concerning Eskimos, the Arctic, and possible routes to the North Pole. Issued just after his death, this biography was widely read. Sabin 22094; Hill p. 412; DAB X, pp. 256/7. POLAR 3
1939pp. M-1 to M-48; C-1 to C-118. Illustrated with photographs and drawings. Pictorial endpapers. Ownership label of Elizabeth Tunis, Reisterstown, Md. 4to. Original full cloth backed pictorial paper binding with rope design. Extremities worn. Small loss bottom front cover. Hardbound. Very Good+ **PRICE JUST REDUCED! NAVAL/1
1796pp. 159, (1) [Publisher's catalogue]. Loss at bottom margin corner of title page. Title page damp stained and browned. Last leaf very stained and browned. Lacks fly leaves. 8vo. 180 mm. Disbound. Title continues: "Consisting of XXXII Points; Of Pleasant Observations, Profitable Applications, and Serious Reflections, All Concluded With So Many Spiritual Poems." John Flavel (ca. 1630-1691) was an English Presbyterian clergyman, puritan, and a prolific and popular author. Evans 30428; Sabin 24580. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! AI BX 7
in-8°, 231 pages, ill. h.t. coul., carte, broche, couverture illustree plast. à rabats. Bel exemplaire. [GE-1] Quatre hommes, un radeau, six mois…
in-8°, 428 pages, dessins in-t., tabl., note de bas de p., index, broche, couverture illustree plast. Bel exemplaire. [AB2-SF]
in-8°, 284 pages, ill. hors texte N&B, broche, couv., jaq. ill. Qq. men. def. Bel exemplaire. [HI-3]
in-8°, 314 pages, ill. hors texte N&B, tabl. en annexes, broche, couv., jaq. ill. Bel exemplaire. [HI-3]
in-8°, 313 pages, ill. hors texte N&B, tabl. en annexes, broche, couv., jaq. ill. Tres bel exemplaire. [HI-3]
in-8°, 265 pages, ill. hors texte N&B, broche, couv., jaq. ill. Bel exemplaire. [HI-3]
in-12, 225 pages, broche, couv.- Parution la même annee que l'Edition originale (mention de 9e edition). Bel exemplaire, non coupé. [P-51] Traduction de G. JEAN-AUBRY avec une introduction et des notes.
in-8°, 199 pages, Bl./Wh. illustr., maps, index, bind. in boards, plast. dustjacket. Very good copy with a Good DJ. [EN-1]
grand in-8°, 79 pages, abdt ill. in-t. en noir et en couleurs, figures et carte, broche, couverture illustree Bel exemplaire. [CA26/3]
in-12, 317 pages, ill. hors texte N&B, broche, jaq. ill. Bel exemplaire [HI-3] L’odyssée de Shackleton et de ses compagnons est l’une des plus sensationnelles de l’histoire de la mer.
in-8°, 218 pages, ill. in-t., biblio, index, broche, couverture illustree plast. à rabats. Bel exemplaire. Epuise chez l'editeur [CA29-5]