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187832p. 8vo. Original printed wraps. Excellent copy. Includes: REAL ESTATE AUCTION; STOCK AUCTION; PHILADELPHIA EXCHANGE; SHARES; SCHUYLKILL NAVIGATION COMPANY; PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD; KENSINGTON NATIONAL BANK; JAY COOKE DEPOSIT; MANSIONS; DWELLINGS; COTTAGES; STORES; WAREHOUSE; LOTS. Scarce. PA PAMPH 19_15 BX1
1875pp. xviii, 556 + 8 Chromoxylographic plates, a folding map and numerous woodcuts. XLib bookplate. Gift of Aaron Rabinowitz. Large 8vo. Original full orange cloth binding. Front board decorated in black with a drawing of mountains, bridge, river and town with a rainbow in gold. Spine decorated and lettered in gold. Beveled edges. Head of spine torn with some loss. Extremities slightly bumped and worn. Binding slightly soiled. Hardbound. Very good. Includes interesting material on: flying machines; balloons; pleasures and perils of aerial navigation; the Great Nassau Balloon; Scientific aerial voyages; the Balloon in War; weather; etc. JUN5 BOX 4. DC/14
1855Two Volumes. Frontis in both volumes. Age stained and foxed. Mildly XLib. 8vo. Original full publisher's cloth bindings, embossed in blind with publisher's name on front boards. Spines have small loss at head and tails. Extremities worn. Hardbound set. LATIN AMERICA BOX 1
1907pp. 186; 958. Slight damp staining at top margins. Rear hinge cracked. Thick 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Stamped "Compliments of Wm. F. Beck, House of Reps., PA." on front paste down. Important record of companies running: Steam Railroads; Street Railways and Trolleys; Canals; Telegraphs; and Telephones. PA 55
1965pp. ix, 309 + Plus photographs. Map endpapers. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket. Nice copy. Fascinating history of the ship the "Bear" which spent most of her time in the service of the Coast Guard and set an unequalled record of achievements, including Arctic and Antarctic service. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! POLAR 3
1911pp. xvi, 317 + Plus portrait frontis, photographs and folding map of Greenland. Stamped ownership of Theo. J. Lewis. 8vo. Original full blue cloth binding, lettered in gold and black. On front cover is a vignette of a polar bear chasing the tenderfoot. Binding slightly soiled and worn. First Edition. The 1909 expedition to the Pole, aboard the steam yacht Roosevelt, with Donald Macmillan and Bob Bartlett. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! POLAR 2
1931pp. xiv, 359 + Plus frontis + photographs. Uncut. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket, worn at edges. Eleventh impression. Very scarce with the original dust jacket. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! POLAR 1
1930pp. xi, 339 + Plus frontis and photographs. Map endpapers. 8vo. Original full blue cloth binding, decorated in blue. Original dust jacket, torn with loss. First Edition. "A narrative of gallant men and bold exploits in Antarctica" - Spence 579. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! POLAR 1
1937pp. xv, 502 + Plus portrait frontis, folding maps, photographs and diagrams. Numerous text illustrations. Tall 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket. Second printing. A very nice example. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! POLAR 2 **
1931pp. xviii, 248 + Plus frontis and full page photographs. Map. Pictorial endpapers. Tall 8vo. Original full green cloth binding, gold stamped. Second printing. "The author and his wife spent months on this southern Atlantic island, alone with five millions penguins. A readable and interesting account by this well known naturalist and pioneer nature photographer." POLAR 1 **
1893pp. vii, 524 + Plus frontis and folding map of Greenland. Profusely illustrated with photographs and drawings. Inked Christmas gift inscription. Stamped ownership of Robert Hoffsommer. Large 8vo. Original full red cloth binding, gold lettered. Front cover silver vignette of ship in the polar seas. Beveled edges. Top rear hinge repaired. Binding slightly soiled. "The expedition of 1891-1892, sponsored by the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, was under command of Peary until he left the ship, and then under Prof. A. Heilprin. The personnel included zoologists and botanists" - Arctic Bibliography 8484. FIRST EDITION. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! POLAR 2.
1930383p. + Plus color frontis of the airplane "Floyd Bennett". Numerous illustrations. Map endpapers. 8vo. Original full blue cloth binding, lettered in silver and black. Front cover color vignette, mirrors frontis drawing and dust jacket. Original dust jacket, very slightly chipped and worn with a small tear on bottom rear edge. Beautiful copy well preserved by dust jacket that is often missing. First edition. Examples with DJ are quite scarce. POLAR 4
1931192p. + Plus photographs. Decorated title page. Decorated endpapers. Bookplate of Robert D. Hoffsommer, Civil War author. Tall 8vo. Original full blue cloth binding, silver lettered. Very slight soiling to binding. Nice copy. First edition. POLAR 4
1930239p. + Plus portrait frontis and photographs. 8vo. Original full blue cloth binding, very slightly worn. First printing. The story of an ill-fated 1897 attempt to find the North Pole by means of balloon travel. POLAR 3
1859406p. (20)[Publisher's catalogue] + Plus engraved portrait frontis. Slightly foxed. Early ownership stamp of Eliza McWilliams. 8vo. Original full brown cloth binding, embossed in blind. Gilt lettered spine. Usually found only in poor condition, this is quite a nice example. Includes biographies of: John Charles Fremont; Elisha Kent Kane; John Ledyard, Matthew C. Perry; Charles Wilkes; et. al. Covers explorations in: Africa; Arctic; Japan; New Zealand; North Pole; Peru; Siberia; South America; Tahiti; and the American West. Samuel Mosheim Schmucker or Smucker (1823-1863) was an American historical writer, Lutheran pastor, educator, and popular biographer. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! POLAR 1
1967pp. ix, 362 + Plus photographs. Map endpapers. Tall 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket, very slightly worn. Nice copy. POLAR 3
1943pp. xii, 1145 + Plus Index, frontis and color plates of flags. Numerous illustrations. Inked ownership of Ralph C. Gemmill A.S., Co. 366 E-11, U.S.N.T.S., Sampson, NY. Paper beginning to brown but not brittle. 8vo. Original full cloth binding, faded. WWII 3
1961pp. 61-80. Illustrated with numerous photographs, designs and drawings. 4to. Original full printed wraps, very slightly worn. Nice copy. NAVAL/1
195992p. + Frontis. Numerous illustrations. 8vo. Original printed wraps, slightly spotted at edges. Nice copy. NAVAL/1
1947pp. xvi, 239. 8vo. Original full green cloth binding, gold lettered spine. Original dust jacket, slightly torn without loss. Hardbound. First Edition. Nice copy. Captain William Kidd (16451723) was a notorious Scottish sailor who was tried and executed for piracy after returning from a voyage to the Indian Ocean. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! NAVAL/2
196517p. Illustrated. 8vo. Original printed wraps, soiled and foxed at the edges. NAVAL/1
1852400p. + Plus frontis and numerous engraved plates of sailing ships, tools, blocks, rigging, and knots, etc. Numerous text woodcuts. Foxed. Some damp stain. Perforated XLib stamp on title page. 8vo. Modern cloth back over the original cloth boards. Modern spine gold lettered. Hardbound. Very good. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! NAVAL/2
1964272p. Profusely illustrated. Folio. Original full cloth binding, gold lettered. Binding slightly worn. Original dust jacket, slightly soiled and worn. First Edition. Nice copy. NAVAL/1
1830367p. + Four folding drawings. Numerous text charts and graphs. Damp stained. Foxed. Paper very browned but not brittle. Contemporary book review pasted on front paste down. Small 4to. Original full leather binding, very worn. Spine taped. Hardbound. Scarce and important. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! NAVAL/1
1912pp. 38. Illustrations in color and monochrome. A couple of small defects in the margins of a few pages. Thin 8vo. Stiff wraps. An attractive, and surprisingly detailed little study of the German Navy at near the outbreak of World War One. NAVAL/2