Search Results: Exploration from Masons' Books

Alaska and the Klondike Gold Fields. Containing a Full Account of the Discovery of Gold; Enormous Deposits of the Precious Metal; Routes Traversed by Miners; How To Find Gold; Camp Life at Klondike; Practical Instructions for Fortune Seekers, Etc. Etc. A very good hardcover. Decorative glossy, leather bound. Except for a small chip at the top of the spine, an excellent copy. Embellished with many engravings representing mining and other scenes in Alaska. There are maps and illustrations throughout and 2 fold-out maps. The binding is excellent and the pages are clean. No foxing. No dust jacket as published. First edition. A heavy book that weighs about 1.2kg or 2.75 pounds. I will cover the extra shipping to Canada and the Continental United States for regular mail.

Not a blemish. Gift condition. Beautifully illustrated. All pages glossy with glossy dust jacket. There are 192 pages including index.

1st American edition. (Hardcover) Very good in very good dust jacket. There are 217pp. In addition there are16 pages of glossy B & W plates. A book about Thomas Fraser. Cover art by Bruce Thomas.

This book is like new. Gift condition. There are 115 pages including bibliography. Illustrated throughout.

This book is in gift condition. Signed by the author. There are 150 pages followed by a few pages containing suggested readings.

This is a clean, tight copy. Illustrated throughout. A very attractive book. A great book for anyone interested in Newfoundland's rugged past. There are 239 pages plus pages of residents of Bay of Islands and References. A great book for those interested in genealogy.

A clean, tight copy. The jacket has a bit of chipping at the corners. There are 286 pages including index. "...This is absolutely a first-rate piece of work."

A very good hardcover in a very good dust jacket with a couple of tiny closed tears at the edges. No protected in mylar. A clean, tight copy with 208 pages.

A clean, tight copy. Gift condition. There are 293 pages including index. A compelling argument that connects the lost treasure of the Knights Templar to the mysterious money pit on Oak Island, Nova Scotia, that has baffled treasure hunters for two centuries.

A very good hardcover in a fair dust jacket that has some tears and a small chunk missing at the top of the spine. A thick dense book. 1st Edition stated. The binding is tight and the pages are clean. The Book Is Bound In Reddish Buckram Cloth With Gilt Lettering. The top edges are red.

A clean, tight copy. Gift condition. There are 221 pages. Illustrated throughout.

This book is in excellent condition. "Being a diary kept during a journey from The Atlantic to the Pacific With the Expedition of the Engineer-in-Chief of the Canadian and Intercolonial Railways."There are 60 illustrations and 371 pages.

This book is like new. The story of the rich heritage of the village Tangier and the gold mine that made the area famous. 1st edition. Illustrated with B & W pictures.

A very good hardcover. No edition stated. Dated 1883. The pages are clean and the binding is tight. Frontispiece portrait of the author with protective sheet. There are 2 coloured maps and 186 exceptional woodcuts, including group portrait of the crew, Christmas Eve on the Vega, exterior scenes from the voyage, plant and animal life, fish, as well as many portraits of Eskimos and the Chukchi people. There are 413 pages followed by 32 pages of publisher's ads.

This book is like new. Beautifully illustrated. There are 192 pages including index. A coffee table book.

A very attractive book. Clean pages and tight binding. There are 384 pages including a chronology of explorations. Facsimile autographs of three great explorers.

This book is clean and the binding is excellent. Illustrated in B & W throughout. There are 183 pages.

A very nice copy. Small crease at the bottom right cover. Illustrated with glossy B & W pictures. the story of the author's 3000 km sea kayaking adventure up the inside Passage to Alaska and beyond. There are 205 pages. Signed by the author.