Search Results: Exploration & Discovery from Bookmarc's

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1969. S6 - DJ is mylar protected. DJ and book have library markings (labels, stamping, cardholder, etc.), wrinkling, chipping, rubbing, discoloration, and shelf wear.. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

Santa Monica, California, USA: Rand Corporation, 1979. CB1 - A library rebound stappled spine trade paperback, in color illustrated black & white wraps sewn into library gray stiff boards with a paper title label pasted on front, some very, very light edge wear around the covering boards' outside edges, a patch of light surface chipping on the front board from a library label plus there is creasing of the original front and back covers towards their bottom edges, usual library labels and stamps on the front board cover, front and inside surface of the front original cover, back cover, and preface page. . Stappled Spine Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8.5"x11". Ex-Library.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Roy Publishers, Inc., 1968. CE2 - DJ is mylar protected. A hard cover 2nd printing book in very good+ condition with a dust jacket in good+ to very good- condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in red textured paper covered boards with black lettering and graphics on the spine with very minor overall shelf wear with some light label staining on the front fixed endpaper plus there is some very, very light yellowing of the outside paper edges. The dust jacket shows minor overall shelf wear with some very, very light edge wear along the top and bottom edges which is heavier with some very, very light chipping along the top and bototm spine edges and the right corners plus some very light scattered overall rubbing and soiling. plus there is a small closed tear (about 0.25") on the top spine edge. A book that is a collection of retellings of the experiences of European explorers and travelers form the 13th century to the 19th century. The events depicted rane from the court… Read More

New York, New York, USA: Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2001. CE5 - A first edition advance readig copy (ARC)/uncorrected proof book in very good+ condition with no dust jacket as issued (trade paperback). An unread, tight, clean, sound coy in tan wraps with only very, very minor overall shelf wear. A book about the quests to explore the arctic often in the form of misguided voyagers who were pushed beyond the limits of their knowledge, technology, and stamina. It is also about the eventual race for the North Pole. References, 209p.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Advance Reading Copy (ARC).

Baton Rouge, Louisana: Louisiana State University Press, 2006. Y5 - A first printing hardcover book in very good condition in very good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket has old price label adhered on the back, some wrinkling and crease on the edges and corners, book has green patch stain on the upper sides opposite the spine on the free endpapers that bled to some first pages and last pages, dust jacket and book have some bumped corners, light discoloration and shelf wear. 9.5"x6.5", 248 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. At the same time that he charged Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to explore the great Northwest, President Thomas Jefferson commissioned William Dunbar and George Hunter to make a parallel journey through the southern unmapped regions of the Louisiana Purchase. From October 16, 1804, to January 26, 1805, Dunbar and Hunter, both renowned scientists, made their way through what is now northern Louisiana and southern Arkansas, ascending the Ouachita River and… Read More

New York: Praeger Publishers, 1991. AM2 - DJ is mylar protected. DJ has couple of labels on the lower spine, wrinkling on some edges and corners, inside flaps adhered to the fixed endpapers, light discoloration and shelf wear otherwise very good. Book has library stamping on the top, front loose endpaper, and copyright page with label, couple of labels on the back loose endpaper, light discoloration and shelf wear otherwise very good. Praeger Series in Political Communication.. First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

Washington, D.C.: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1962. E5 - Book has some wear, small tear and water spot on the bottom spine, wrinkling on the spine, some light crease, tanning on the spine, back, and front left side, crease on the foreword page, discoloration, and light shelf wear otherwise very good. "This document presents the results of the first United States manned orbital space flight conducted on February 20, 1962.". Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap A6 - A hard cover book in very good condition in a good condition dust jacket. Dust jacket is mylar protected., it has wrinkling, chipping, creases, tears and open tears on the top and bottom spine, and corners, some small tears with wrinkling and creases on some edges, less than an inch tear on the back top, corners of the inside flaps clipped, creases on the sides, discoloration, and light shelf wear. Book has wear on the edges, wrinkling on the spine edges, moderate discoloration, and shelf wear. Step by step, the incredible wonders that he related have been proven to be fact and now Marco Polo emerges in history not only as the first modern explorer, but as a writer whose flashes of vision have thrilled centuries of readers. 8.5"x 5.75". 340 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Greenwood Press, 1989. BR3 - Book has label on the front, taped label on the spine, library stamping on the page edges, title page, last page, and front loose endpaper with label, light discoloration and shelf wear otherwise very good.. First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.