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Mount Omi and Beyond. A Record of Travel on the Thibetan Border [Mountaineering. Tibet]
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"Outstanding work, Superb Primary Resource" Omi-shan is a Sacred Mountain in north-west Szechuan. The description of Omi a high peak within sight of the snowy ranges of Thibet is particularly interesting for its account of life in the mountain monasteries. [TDN]
Light blue cloth, sun faded with gilt titles and front decoration. Bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear with bumped upper corners. Erased inscription on front free end page lightly showing; gift inscription on the half-title page. Tissue guard of the frontispiece has age-toned. 8vo; 9 inches tall. vi, 272 pages with an index contains a Sketch Map of Northern and Central Szechuan and fifteen black and white photographs.. This very lengthy tour of 1899 includes commentaries on the various Christian Missions, the land, people, flora, fauna, rivers, mountains, opium, customs, native peoples, tradition and a wealth of valuable commentaries. This well illustrated volume describes the author's tour and sojourn in a part of China far removed from Western influence a region which is covered by range upon range of precipitous mountains.
Little aimed simply to provide a 'picture of China as it exists far removed from Western influence'. He believed that this was a world nearing its end, as Western influences were reaching the Chinese ports through trade and desired to document. Little compares this part of China with Europe in the middle ages - in the colorful dress of the people, the absence of technology, and lack of communication with the outside world.
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"Outstanding work, Superb Primary Resource" Omi-shan is a Sacred Mountain in north-west Szechuan. The description of Omi a high peak within sight of the snowy ranges of Thibet is particularly interesting for its account of life in the mountain monasteries. [TDN]
Light blue cloth, sun faded with gilt titles and front decoration. Bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear with bumped upper corners. Erased inscription on front free end page lightly showing; gift inscription on the half-title page. Tissue guard of the frontispiece has age-toned. 8vo; 9 inches tall. vi, 272 pages with an index contains a Sketch Map of Northern and Central Szechuan and fifteen black and white photographs.. This very lengthy tour of 1899 includes commentaries on the various Christian Missions, the land, people, flora, fauna, rivers, mountains, opium, customs, native peoples, tradition and a wealth of valuable commentaries. This well illustrated volume describes the author's tour and sojourn in a part of China far removed from Western influence a region which is covered by range upon range of precipitous mountains.
Little aimed simply to provide a 'picture of China as it exists far removed from Western influence'. He believed that this was a world nearing its end, as Western influences were reaching the Chinese ports through trade and desired to document. Little compares this part of China with Europe in the middle ages - in the colorful dress of the people, the absence of technology, and lack of communication with the outside world.
Ref: Neate, L43; CLC; The Daily News, Advert 1901; Badenoch p203
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London: Akfred W. Bennett, 1866. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Ernest Edwards. FIRST EDITION 1866. Original blue pebbled cloth, AEG, gilt lettering front cover & spine, gilt decoration of box camera and ice-axe on front cover, gilt title frame front, gilt rules spine ends, debossed triple borders front & rear covers. Diffuse grubbiness covers, rubbed spine ends and corners, no owner writing or marks on any pages, solid binding, paper cracked inside hinges but hinges strong and not broken (mess is solid and tight), some foxing in places but considerably less than what is frequently found for this book. The book measures 275mm tall x 215mm, and has 243 pages, 28 b/w photos, map. This is probably the earliest mountaineering book to use photographs as illustrations. Account of the author's excursion to Bernese Oberland with the purpose of photographing the mountains and the climbing. The group was comprised of 5 men and 4 women, plus the famous guide Christian Almer,…
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Practical sailing directions and coasting Guide : from the Sand Heads to Rangoon, Maulmain, Akyab, and vice versa
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NARRATIVE OF A SECOND VOYAGE IN SEARCH OF A NORTH-WEST PASSAGE, and of a Residence in the Arctic Regions During the Years 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832, 1833. Including the Reports of Commander, now Captain James Clark Ross..............
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A.W. Webster, 1835. First Edition. Hardcover (rebound in cloth). Good/No Dust Jacket. NARRATIVE OF A SECOND VOYAGE IN SEARCH OF A NORTH-WEST PASSAGE, and of a Residence in the Arctic Regions During the Years 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832, 1833. Including the Reports of Commander, now Captain James Clark Ross and The Discovery of the Northern Magnetic Pole. 1st Edition. xxxiii, (1), 740pp, iilustrated with 31 plates, including 6 maps and charts, some outlined in colour and 2 folding, 24 views, some hand coloured. Rebound in blue cloth with gilt titling to spine. After the embarrassment of Ross's first voyage in which he claimed to see the mountains in Lancaster Sound, it took him a decade to source private backing (he had lost the confidence of the British Admiralty) for a second trip. Ross travelled through Lancaster Sound into Prince Regent inlet and onto Boothia Peninsula, while on the way finding remnants of Parry's ship "Fury" which had been wecked on North Somerset Island. For…
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Mount Omi and Beyond a Record of Travel on the Thibetan Border
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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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BRNSTN BRS GO TO CAMP (First Time Books)
by Berenstain, Stan and Jan
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Berenstain, Stan and Jan: The Berenstain Bears Go To Camp ( A First Time Book) Random House 1982 First Edition. Number line starts with 1. Ex-lib hardcover library-bound edition Brown cloth boards. Good Condition/ No dust jacket included. A nice find for Berenstain Bears fans.
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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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547 pages. Black cloth boards; gilt lettering on spine. Spine detatched on one side. 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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TRAVELS IN EGYPT AND THE HOLY LAND
by WILSON, WILLIAM RAE
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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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A Naturalist in the Guianas
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London: Smith, Elder & Co, 1904. First English edition thus. Octavo, pp xii, 310, illustrated (including two chromolithographs by Keulemans), a rather poor copy, lacking the folding map, an ex-Boots library copy in red library cloth, a bit used and weak internally with cracked hinges (through front and rear hinges tight and strong), some plates a little frayed, a small stamp on the front endpaper and a library label on the rear, the cloth rather worn, marked on the upper cover, the spine torn. A useful working copy. [Andre was an explorer and collector of natural history specimens . He wrote a glossary of common and scientific names of plants and animals and put together a collection of 1800 bird skins which are held at Tring. He was a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and a Fellow of the Zoological Society. He travelled largely in Venezuala and Columbia and introduced the Anthurium plant to Trinidad & Tobago, 1915.]. Signed by Author. First English edition. Cloth. Fair.
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The Giant Anthology of Science Fiction
by Margulies, Leo
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LEO MARGULIES, EDITOR. The Giant Anthology of Science Fiction (1954, Merlin Press 1st Ed. w/dj)Please see our stock cover photo. Edited by Leo Margulies and Oscar J. Friend. Used. VG/G- original unclipped $3.95 DJ. 1954, Merlin Press, Inc. 580 pages. ANTHOLOGY.. 10 stories included in this volume are: Enchantress of Venus by Leigh Brackett; Gateway to darkness by Fredric Brown; The girl in the golden atom by Ray Cummings; Forgotten world by Edmond Hamilton; By his bootstraps by Robert A. Heinlein; Sword of tomorrow by Henry Kuttner; Things pass by, by Murray Leinster; Rogue Ship by A. E. Van Vogt; Island in the sky by Manly Wade Wellman; The Sun Maker by Jack Williamson.
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