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Bungay: C Brightley and T Kinnersley, 1804 First edition in 2 volumes comprehensively illustrated with high quality plates and maps. The Reverend Blomfield drew on a variety of sources, eg Oliver Goldsmith, Bruce to produce a work which covers a wide range of topics including 'animated nature', astronomy, geology and 'mathematical geography' as well as a tour of the world as it was known then. Blomfield clearly wanted to produce a work that was so comprehensive that it was the only work that anyone would need to read on those subjects. The plate listing only refers to around half the plates and maps. Both volumes retain the original marbled boards which are rubbed, and have new pigskin leather spines and corners and new endpapers. The spines do not have labels. Volume I, 827 pp, contains frontispiece, vignette title page, preface, text covering geology, nature, europe, and much else, and 9 full page engravings, 10 full page maps, 1 folding map and 1 folding chart. Volume II, dated…
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Report of the Cruise of the Revenue Cutter Bear and the Overland Expedition for the Relief of the Whalers in the Arctic Ocean from November 27, 1897 to September 13, 1898
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Washington , USA: Government Printing Office, 1899. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +. 144 pp. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Black and white photographs throughout, fold-out map at rear. Light wear to covers. Minor bumping to spine extremities and corners. Firm binding, clean, no marks. A bright and attractive copy offered for sale by Come By Chance Books- a small, family-run bookshop in beautiful Niagara on the Lake, Ontario.
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A General View of the World, Geographical, Historical, and Philosophical; on a Plan Entirely New. Complete in Two Volumes
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Across Africa
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This edition has been professionally rebound in tan calf leather. It is very distinctive copy of this exploration narrative. Many Illustrations. Octavo. 508 pages plus Harper selections catalog. A nice folded map enclosed in rear pocket. Decorated endpapers.
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Travels in The Countries between Alexandria and Paraetonium, The Lybian Desert, Siwa, Egypt, Palestine, and Syria, in 1821
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Narrative of the North Polar Expedition: US Ship Polaris
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Voyage to the North Pole, in the Frigate the Syrene: Including a Notice Relative to the Island of Iceland
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[Stonehenge] A journal of eight days journey from Portsmouth to Kingston upon Thames; through Southampton, Wiltshire, &c. with miscellaneous thoughts, Moral and Religious; In A Series Of Sixty-Four Letters: Addressed to two Ladies of the Partie. To which is added, An Essay On Tea, Considered as pernicious to Health, obstructing Industry, and impoverishing the Nation: With an Account of its Growth, and great Consumption in these Kingdoms. With Several Political Reflections; And Thoughts ON Public Love. In Twenty-Five Letters to the same Ladies. By a gentleman of the partie
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London: Printed by H. Woodfall, 1756. Quarter-bound Leather. Near Fine+. First Edition, "printed for presentation only and not sold." (DNB). The more common second edition, published in octavo, appeared the following year. 4to: [6],201,[5],203-361,[1]pp, with engraved frontispiece and engraved plate opposite the divisional title to the Essay on Tea, both by Thomas Major after Samuel Wale. Modern quarter-calf over plain paper-covered boards, flat spine in six compartments between decorative gilt bands, red morocco lettering piece gilt; all edges stained red, end papers renewed. Title page and preliminaries lightly foxed, but contents otherwise clean and bright, the binding tight and firm. A splendid, wide-margined copy. ESTC Citation No. T127188. Gibson's Library, p. 144. Goldsmiths'-Kress 9083. Cox I, p. 19. Hanway was both a widely traveled merchant, with connections to the Russia Company, and a philanthropist whose causes included foundlings, prostitutes, and the climbing apprentices of chimney…
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Travels in The Countries between Alexandria and Paraetonium, The Lybian Desert, Siwa, Egypt, Palestine, and Syria, in 1821
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First edition, 1822. Published by Sir Richard Phillips & Co. (London).120 pages. Contemporary binding; green cloth spine with gilt lettering.JWSC LLC is listing this property on behalf of a private collector's estate. Documentation on file indicates this book was purchased by the estate in the 1970s from (a UK dealer). Additional photos available.
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Narrative of the North Polar Expedition: US Ship Polaris
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Second edition, 1876. Published by Government Printing Office, U.S. (Washington, D.C.).696 pages. Original green cloth; gilt ornamentation. Pictoral frontispiece; tissue-protected engraved illustrations and maps. Spine detached.JWSC LLC is listing this property on behalf of a private collector's estate. Documentation on file indicates this book was purchased by the estate in the 1970s. Additional photos available.
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Voyage to the North Pole, in the Frigate the Syrene: Including a Notice Relative to the Island of Iceland
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Panama: And The Canal In Pictures and Prose
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This book is an antique but it is in poor condition. The binding is loose and peeling off the spine of this book. The cover is worn substantially on the edged, corners and all over. The previous owners name is written on the inside front board and the front end page. The inside pages are yellowed and tanned and the page is torn. "A complete story of Panama, as well as the history, purpose and promise of its world famous canal - the most gigantic engineering undertaking since the dawn of time. Approved by leading officials connected with the great enterprise. Profusely illustrated by over 600 unique and attractive photographs taken expressly for this book by our special staff." - Panama
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The call of the wild, The cruise of the Dazzler, and other stories of adventure, with the author's special report: Gold hunters of the North.
by London, Jack
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New York: Platt & Munk. 1960. Hard cover. Very good. No dust jacket. Signed by previous owner.. 528 p. 21 cm. Platt & Munk great writers collection.. . previous owner's name. Clean, tight pages. No bent corners. No remainder mark. .
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The Call of the Wild, The Cruise of the Dazzler, and Other Stories of Adventure: With the author's special report, Gold Hunters of the North (Platt & Munk Great Writers Collection)
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16th Cruise of the R/V Akademik Boris Petrov (Leg 1) (October 5 - November 15, 1990). Soviet - U. S. Collaborative Geological and Geophysical Survey of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge Between 30 deg N and 34 deg N (United States Geological Survey Open-File Report 91-120).
by Silantiev, Sergei, Kim D. Klitgord, John F. Casey, Susan M. Agar and William B. Bryan
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United States Geological Survey (USGS, U.S.G.S.), 1991. Book. Very Good. No Binding. Open File Report; no covers; stapled report; owner's stamp; light creasing of lower corner of several leaves; o/w in very good condition. .
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Preliminary Report of The Hakuho Maru Cruise KH-69-2 April 26- June 19, 1969 Japan Trench and Sea of Japan
by The Scientific Members of the Expedition
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The call of the wild, The cruise of the Dazzler, and other stories of adventure, with the author's special report: Gold hunters of the North
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New York: Platt & Munk, 1960. Hard cover. Good. No dust jacket. Very Good Condition. No jacket. Jack London lived only forty years but he experienced in those years all the color and excitement that he put into his stories--he joined the Alaska Gold Rush, went to sea on a sealing schooner,... 528 p. 21 cm. Platt & Munk great writers collection.. Very Good Condition. No jacket. Jack London lived only forty years but he experienced in those years all the color and excitement that he put into his stories--he joined the Alaska Gold Rush, went to sea on a sealing schooner, bummed his way around the country, and traveled all over the world. Bound in green and gray cloth w/ gilt titles, illustration of snowshoes on spine and on front,
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Report of the Cruise of the U.S. Revenue-steamer Corwin in the Arctic Ocean 1881
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Facsimile Publisher , pp. 97 . Hardback. New.
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Jack London Stories (The Call of the Wild; The Cruise of the Dazzler with author's special report Gold Hunters of the North)
by London, Jack
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NY: Platt & Munk. VG in G DJ. (1960). DJ chipped, owner notation title page, spots ft DJ flap at bottom. .
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The call of the wild, The cruise of the Dazzler, and other stories of adventure, with the author's special report: Gold hunters of the North.
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New York: Platt & Munk. 1960. Hard cover. Very good in good dust jacket. Price clipped.. 528 p. 21 cm. Platt & Munk great writers collection.. . No previous owner's name. Clean, tight inside pages. No bent corners. No remainder mark. dj has edgewear tears. .
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Report of the Cruise of the U.S. Revenue Steamer Thomas Corwin in the Arctic Ocean 1881
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Government Printing Office, 1884. Hardcover. Acceptable. . Boards detached, otherwise in good condition! Quarter bound in leather. Lots of scratches on back board. Pages very clean, NO foxing or markings. Binding could be repaired by an expert.
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1940 E. W. Scripps Cruise to the Gulf of California. Part I. Geology of Islands and Neighboring Land Areas. II. Megascopic Paleontology and Marine Stratigraphy. III. Submarine Topography of the Gulf of California. Part IV. Report on the Pleistocene and Pliocene Foraminiera. Part V. Sedimentation and Oceanography : Survey of Field Observations (The Geological Society of America Memoir 43).
by Charles A. Anderson; J. Wyatt Durham ; Francis P. Shephard ; M. L. Natland; Roger Revelle
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The Geological Society of America, 1950. Book. Good. Hardcover. ORIGINAL 1950 PUBLICATION. HARDCOVER; includes 11 large folded plates in rear pocket (COMPLETE for this publication); ex-library; minor edgewear; foxing spots on inside covers along gutters; light creasing of upper corner of several leaves; otherwise contents are in very good condition. .
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South American Journals 1858-1859
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Salem, Massachusetts: Peabody Museum, 1937. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 209pp. Marbled boards, black spine, gilt spine lettering, top edge gilt, slipcase. Corners lightly rubbed, spine lettering mildly sunned, contents are clean and some pages still unopened. Slipcase is lightly edge-chipped. One of 481 copies printed on Hazelbourn paper by The Southworth-Anthoensen Press.
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A Holiday in Italy
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Walter Scott, London, 1889 revised edition, Very Good Hardcover / no dustjacket, 79 pages, 5" x 7.5", waterstain on front board, otherwise clean and tight, inscribed by author on ffep.
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Panama: And The Canal In Pictures and Prose
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This book is an antique but it is in poor condition. The binding is loose and peeling off the spine of this book. The cover is worn substantially on the edged, corners and all over. The previous owners name is written on the inside front board and the front end page. The inside pages are yellowed and tanned and the page is torn. "A complete story of Panama, as well as the history, purpose and promise of its world famous canal - the most gigantic engineering undertaking since the dawn of time. Approved by leading officials connected with the great enterprise. Profusely illustrated by over 600 unique and attractive photographs taken expressly for this book by our special staff." - Panama
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The Journal and Letters of Captain Charles Bishop on the North-west Coast of America, in the Pacific and in New South Wal
by Bishop, Charles (1765?-1810), edited by Michael Roe
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lvi+342 pages with frontispiece, 6 maps including two folding maps, bibliography and index. Octavo (8 3/4" x 6") bound in original publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and pictorial representation of the ship Victoria embossed on front cover with cover and blind stamped ruled edges with original jacket. Edited by Michael Roe. Works issued by the Hakluyt Society, second series, volume 131. First edition.In 1794, Charles Bishop sailed from Bristol as master of the Ruby, a trading ship bound for north-west America. He had instructions to procure otter furs fro the Indians and then to proceed to Canton via japan and sell the cargo. During the years 1794-1802, he rounded South America to reach the Pacific coast, then visited the Pacific islands and the coasts of Asia and Australia. In the Moluccas, he sold the Ruby and purchased the Nautilus; correspondingly, the test is divided into two sections. This narrative is Bishop's journal of his voyages and relates a minor epic of adventure,…
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Emin Pasha in Central Africa, being a collection of his letters and journals. Edited and annotated by Professor G. Schweinfurth, Professor F. Ratzel, Dr. R.W. Felkin, and Dr. G. Hartlaub.
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TRAVELS IN EGYPT AND THE HOLY LAND
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London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, 1823. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. pp: [viii]ix-xii [1]2-544. FIRST EDITION. Bound in brown half-leather over marbled boards, title in gilt within a red title piece. The first edition of the author's first book. William Wilson (1772-1849) inherited a substantial sum from an uncle, and decided to indulge his passion for travel. He travelled throughout Europe and The Middle East and wrote a series of books. This was his first, and it was the most popular, going through several editions. This is a good copy as all plates, including the frontispiece, have been excised. The boards show moderate wear, heavier at the spine ends. The front hinge is cracked. The text block is mainly clean with a few marks of unknown origin.
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The Silence Of The North
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By Olive A. Frederickson with Ben East. AUTOBIOGRAPHY. RARE. 1972 Crown Publishers Inc., NY. The Silence Of The North, The Incredible story of a woman's fight for survival in a merciless winter of the Canadian Wilderness during the 1940's. Adapted as a film in 1981 and directed by Allan King. VG/GOOD $5.95 unclipped dust jacket. USED. 5 ¾ X 8 ½. 209 pages. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
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Russian Embassies to the Georgian Kings (1589-1605)
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2 Volumes: xxxii+368 pages with frontispiece, five folding maps and ten plates; ix+[369]-640 pages with frontispiece, two folding maps, six plates, bibliography and index. Octavo (8 3/4" x 5 1/2") issued in blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and gilt sailing ship to front cover. Translated by Anthony Mango. Second Series, volumes 138 and 139. First edition.By the early sixteenth century the loosely knit kingdom of Georgia had disintegrated from the strong monarch of the middle ages to a number of small states and principalities. This internal disunity made the Georgians easy victims of the power politics of the neighboring Ottoman and Safavid empires, and by the end of the century the southward drive of the Russians intensified the struggle for military and diplomatic control over the whole of the Caucasian isthmus. As a result of this struggle seventeen embassies were exchanged between the Russian tsars and the Georgian kins ruling in Kakheti during the years 1564-1605. W E D Allen and Anthony…
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Voyages in Search of the North-West Passage, 1741-1747: Volumes I & II: The Voyage of Christopher Middleton, 1741-1742; The Voyage of William Moor and Francis Smith, 1746-1747.
by Barr, William (1950- ) and Glyndwr Williams (editors)
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2 Volumes: Volume 1 subtitled: The Voyage of Christopher Middleton 1741-1742 xii+333 with 8 maps, 3 illustrations including frontispiece, bibliography and index; Volume 2 subtitled: The Voyage of William Moor and Francis Smith 1746 1747 xv+393 pages with frontispiece, 13 maps, 6 illustrations, bibliography and index. Octavo (8 3/4" x 5 1/2") issued in blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and gilt sailing ship to front cover. Translated by Anthony Mango. Second Series, volumes 177 and 181. First edition.The eighteenth century saw a resurgence of hope that a Northwest Passage - that elusive target of European seamen over the centuries - might yet be found. Prompted by the Irish MP Arthur Dobbs, the Admiralty sent the Furnace and Discovery to Hudson Bay in 1741 in search of navigable passage to the Pacific. The expedition was commanded by Christopher Middleton, until his resignation in March 1741 a sea-captain in the service of the Hudson Bay Company. With his actions closely scrutinized by his former…
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Touraine and Its Chateaux
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London: The Medici Society, 1928. Gilt titles on quarter calf with leather labels to spine, four raised bands and five compartments with small gilt designs on brown calf leather with marbled paper sides. There is just a little light wear to spine and to board edges and a small mark to back. Internally there are marbled endpapers and pages are very clean, tight and unmarked with age darkening to map bound in at rear. Bellegarde printing in France. First published in France in 1926, this luxury edition is the first English one rather than the more common cloth bound. 156 pages and map with coloured extra title page. Illustrated throughout with beautiful sepia tint photographs. Uniform with 'The Picture Guides' series. 3. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good TEG/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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$19.21