Exploration Books

A.S. Barnes & Co., 1960. "A thrilling account of brave men who dared to challenge one of the great unclimbed mountains of the world," photos, hardcover, book is in excellent condition with minor rubbing at the corners, dustjacket has shallow chipping at top spine and back corners, the original price is present. 1st U.S. Ed.. Hard Cover. NF/VG. (more information)

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Viking, 1985. A history of the discovery and exploration of Southern Africa, illustrated, hardcover first printing, book and dustjacket are in excellent condition. 1st ed.. Hard Cover. NF/NF. GENERAL HISTORY TRAVEL. (more information)

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Stein & Day, 1977. Hardcover with dustjacket, first American printing, "...the dramatic story of what Sir Edmund Hillary calls the most outstanding solo journey ever recorded in Antarctic history," illustrated with photos and an end-paper map, has a small remainder dot on the bottom page-edge, else excellent condition, the dustjacket has a 2-inch closed edge-tear at top of spine, the original price is present and a professional (removable) mylar cover is included. ISBN: 0812821771. 1st U.S. Ed.. Hard Cover. NF/VG. Polar. (more information)

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McGraw-Hill, 1970. 32 color plates, 48 monochrome, includes some of the journal's most interesting sections, biographical information, and a background of the period, hardcover, book and dustjacket are in excellent condition. Hard Cover. Fine/NF. (more information)

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Putnam's, 1935. Hardcover first printing, well-illustrated with photographs and maps, light spotting on spine, gift inscription on half-title page, dustjacket has wear but is intact and presentable. 1st ed.. Hard Cover. VG/VG-. TRAVEL TRANSPORTATION AVIATION POLAR. (more information)

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Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 1999. Hardcover first printing, book and dustjacket are in excellent condition, nice gift copy, a collection of essays that shows "What actually happened as Europeans and peoples of the Pacific discovered each other," . ISBN: 0824820398. 1st ed.. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Anthropology. (more information)

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Columbia University Press, 1979. ".the story of the last American frontier town- a tiny community perched on the edge of the vast wasteland of Antarctica," illustrated, first printing and a review copy with the review slip taped to front end-paper, hardcover with dustjacket. ISBN: 0231046820. 1st ed.. Hard Cover. VG+/VG. (more information)

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Atlanta, GA: Judson Press, 1973. Hardcover first printing with dustjacket, clean/attractive copy inside & out with no remarkable flaws, the original price is present on the dustjacket & a professional (removable) mylar cover is included, also included is the publisher's promotional material for the book, illustrated with photos, diagrams & maps, solves the mystery of how Columbus, "without having been there," gained the knowledge to take advantage of the trade winds on his voyage to America, gleaned from early manuscripts the author also found "the first written reports of an iceberg encounter, a submarine volcano eruption, a coral sea, grapefruit, sea grapes, & the island groups of the Faeroes, the Azores, the Antilles in the Caribbean, & the Bahamas". ISBN: 0914032011. 1st ed.. Hard Cover. NF/NF. General History Maritime. (more information)

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University of Nebraska Press, 2002. Large paperback, slight upward curl to the front cover, text is fine, 351 pages. ISBN: 0803264194. Trade Paperback. NF. Biography. (more information)

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Rand McNally & Co., 1966. Antarctic exploration, a pictorial chronicle of the U.S. Navy's "Operation Deep Freeze," small soiled area on last page, spine sunned, dustjacket has a good amount of overall wear but is intact and protected in mylar. Hard Cover. VG+/Good+. POLAR TRAVEL. (more information)

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Princeton University Library, 1992. Oblong paperback, excellent condition with a tiny amount of faint soiling on the rear cover and no other flaws, 113 pages, illustrated throughout, catalog of an exhibition held January 17 - April 12, 1992. ISBN: 0878110356. 1st ed.. Trade Paperback. NF. Cartography. (more information)

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Yale University Press, 1926. Hardcover, no dustjacket, subtitled "A Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition Down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land and in the Years 1871 and 1872," the only detailed record of an expedition which completed the exploration & survey of the Grand Canyon region & executed the first maps of it, numerous illustrations including a color frontis plate, cover has minor scuffing, page 177 has a tear in the margin that does not affect the text, the former owner attached a card pocket to the inside rear cover of the book but please note that this is NOT a library discard & there are no other markings or attachments. Hard Cover. VG. (more information)

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Putnam's, 1973. Nicely-illustrated history of these intrepid explorers, 32 pages in full color and 160 black & white illustrations, a beautiful copy, hardcover with dustjacket. 1st U.S. Ed.. Hard Cover. NF/NF. GENERAL HISTORY. (more information)

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Barnes and Noble, 1970. Hardcover, a clean, attractive copy with no significant flaws to the book or dustjacket, biography of this explorer who made several journeys "across the enormous, searing distances of Central and Western Australia," includes illustrations and maps, nice gift copy. ISBN: 389039748. 1st U.S. Ed.. Hard Cover. NF/Fine. (more information)

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A. L. Burt, 1930. A very clean and bright hardcover copy, illustrated with photographs and a double-page map, only notable flaw is a gift inscription on front end-paper, no dustjacket. Hard Cover. VG+. (more information)

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Putnam's, 1928. Biography for young adults, illustrated with photographs, red cloth binding is clean and bright, light foxing to the edges of some pages, no dustjacket. 1st ed.. Hard Cover. VG. POLAR exploration BIOGRAPHY. (more information)

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G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2000. Hardcover first printing, book and dustjacket are in excellent condition, small remainder mark on the bottom edge is the only flaw, illustrated with photos and an end-paper map, "...an extraordinary, true Arctic drama of man against nature - and man against man". ISBN: 0399145893. 1st ed.. Hard Cover. NF/Fine. (more information)

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Harcourt, Brace & World, 1970. Biography of this intrepid sixteenth-century explorer who navigated the Arctic seas with inadequate ships, faulty charts, and primitive instruments, illustrated, slight bow to front cover, dustjacket is price-clipped, first American printing. 1st U.S. Ed.. Hard Cover. VG+/VG. MARITIME NAUTICAL POLAR GENERAL HISTORY BIOGRAPHY TRANSPORTATION. (more information)

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New American Library, 2001. First printing, illustrated with photos, clean tight copy, hardcover with dustjacket. ISBN: 0451409353. 1st ed.. Hard Cover. NF/Fine. ARCTIC BIOGRAPHY. (more information)

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Atheneum, 1989. Illustrated with photos, maps and diagrams, this is a first hardcover printing, book and dustjacket are flawless. ISBN: 0689120346. 1st ed.. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. (more information)

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Atheneum, 1986. Hardcover, first American printing, no significant flaws to book or dustjacket, nice gift copy, 774 pages, illustrated with photos and an end-paper map, "...both a masterpiece of scholarly research and an extraordinarily rich reading experience". ISBN: 068911429x. 1st U.S. Ed.. Hardcover. NF/NF. Nautical Polar. (more information)

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HarperCollins, 2000. Hardcover first printing (with the publisher's "1" present on the copyright page), book and dustjacket are in excellent condition, a remainder mark on the bottom outer page-edge is the only flaw, "This compact volume of their journals, compiled by American Book Award nominee Landon Y. Jones, includes all of the most riveting tales of their adventure, in their own words," 203 pages, illustrated with an end-paper map. ISBN: 0060196009. 1st ed.. Hard Cover. NF/Fine. (more information)

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Holiday House Inc., 1994. A pictorial history of this famous expedition written for young adults, illustrated in color by Richard Williams, oblong hardcover, 32 pages, this is an as new copy, hardcover first printing with dustjacket. ISBN: 082341034X. 1st ed.. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. JUVENILE WEST. (more information)

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Philosophical Library, 1959. Hardcover first printing with dustjacket, an alphabetically-arranged reference covering numerous major and minor geographical discoveries, book is clean inside and out with no significant flaws, dustjacket has a long tear on the front panel along with some edge-wear. 1st ed.. Hard Cover. VG+/VG-. Reference. (more information)

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London: Allen & Unwin, 1946. History of Pacific explorers who preceded Captain Cook, illustrated with old charts & maps, review copy with slip laid in, dustjacket generously price-clipped with a bit of tanning, overall an attractive copy that has withstood the test of time, first printing. 1st ed.. Hard Cover. VG+/VG. TRAVEL MARITIME GENERAL HISTORY. (more information)

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Knopf, 1971. Biography of the first Arctic explorer who actually lived with the Eskimos as they lived, illustrated, this is a hardcover stated first edition, book has a small bruise on top edge, dustjacket has some foxing but is confined to the underside only, a removable protective mylar dustjacket cover is included. ISBN: 0394451317. 1st ed.. Hard Cover. VG+/VG+. BIOGRAPHY. (more information)

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W.W. Norton, 1998. Hardcover, book and dustjacket are flawless, nice gift copy, the first book to detail fully Burton's relationship with Isabel, his intelligent, striking, and unconventional wife. ISBN: 0393046729. 3rd Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Biography. (more information)

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Simon & Schuster, 1969. Story of this ill-fated African expedition, illustrated with maps, clean, tight, attractive copy, hardcover with dustjacket, no remarkable flaws, first American printing . 1st U.S. Ed.. Hard Cover. NF/VG+. GENERAL HISTORY TRAVEL AFRICA. (more information)

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Dodd, Mead, 1979. Rather than the men, this book tells the story of the Manchurian ponies that were taken on expeditions to the South Pole, illustrated with photos and maps, dustjacket has some scuffing on the rear panel, removable professional mylar cover included, first printing, hardcover. 1st ed.. Hard Cover. VG+/VG. ANTARCTICA. (more information)

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A.S. Barnes & Co., 1961. Mountaineering, an account of the author's ascent of the region to the south of Mount McKinley, illustrated, no major dustjacket flaws but it does show a good amount of overall wear. 1st ed.. Hard Cover. VG/Good. EXPLORATION. (more information)

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