Search Results: Exploration from Twin City Antiquarian Books

Boston: The Atlantic Monthly Press - Little, Brown and Company, 1942 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Rust cloth with grey & gold decoration stamped on front board, top edge dyed grey, maps on endpapers, xx, 680 pp, 50 maps & illustrations including frontispiece and 4 fold-out charts, index. A few water spots on top- and fore-edges, slight edge wear, preliminary blank separated from half-title, bookplate on half-title, fold-out charts VG or better (no tears nor appreciable wear). DJ soiled and worn at spine and near fore-edge, corners trimmed, with general wear and chipping, and 1" tears at top of spine and bottom of front panel; in Brodart archival cover. Morison, not content with library research, helped organize the Harvard Columbus Expedition to retrace Columbus's voyages. This popular edition of his biography concentrates on what Columbus did, rather than on his early life, and includes many new charts drawn from Columbus's… Read More

Minneapolis: Dillon Press, 1986 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Sky blue boards with white titles & decoration, 136 pp incl. 32 pp color photos, index. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Story of a 1982 expedition to climb Gongga Shan (24,900 feet) by the expedition's leader. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . Fine/Fine. 23 X 15 cm.

Minneapolis: Dillon Press, 1986 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Sky blue boards with white titles & decoration, 136 pp incl. 32 pp color photos, index. Author's business card laid in. Top corners bumped. DJ corners & spine ends slightly rubbed; in Brodart archival cover. Story of a 1982 expedition to climb Gongga Shan (24,900 feet) by the expedition's leader. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . Near Fine/Near Fine. 23 X 15 cm.

Philadelphia & New York: Chilton Company - Book Division, 1966 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Ex-Organizational Library. Full blue cloth with black titles, xiii, 210 pp including many photographs, maps & other illustrations, fold-out map of Antarctica, bibliography, index. Many ownership & accession stamps for a defunct organizational library, else fine. Book & DJ are protected by a thick clear plastic cover. Brief history of Antarctic exploration with many photos showing current (as of 1962) outposts and techniques. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. 2nd ptg. . VG/VG. 24 X 16 cm.

New York: Liveright, Inc., 1933 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Translated from the German by Eden & Cedar Paul. Full brown cloth, gold ink titles & dec. on spine, blind dec. on front board, top edge dyed brown, endpaper maps, xvi, 351 pp, 8 ff b & w plates including frontispiece, bibliography, index. Spine ends frayed, surface chips at top and bottom edges of rear paste-down, spine & top edges sunned, gold ink on spine is dull. Biography of Henry M. Stanley, whose first two expeditions across Africa were undertaken not as a soldier, but as a newspaper correspondent. In this role he became the first European to travel the length of the Congo river, and to traverse the width of equatorial Africa. Later, he founded Congo Free State, led an expedition to relieve Emin Pasha, and joined efforts to suppress the slave trade. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First US Edition. . Good/No dj. 22½ X 15 cm.

San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, 1987 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Blue boards, pale grey cloth spine with red titles, xiii, 322 pp, 4 ff b & w photo plates, 10 maps, index. Slightly faded at top & bottom edges, else fine. DJ slightly worn at head of spine & top corners, small puncture to rear joint; in Demco jacket cover. From the DJ: "Just before sunset on August 4, 1986, Julie Tullis reached the summit of K2, now believed to be the highest mountain in the world as well as the most difficult to climb. It was an exhilarating achievement; at age forty-seven, she became the second Briton to conquer K2...." Julie died two days later during the descent. She had completed this autobiography just before beginning her last expedition. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . Near Fine/VG+. 24 X 16 cm.

Hopkins, MN: The Heinz Kornfuehrer Company, 1955 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Translated by Dr. Heinz Kornfuehrer. Natural linen, maps on endpapers, 50 pp, notes. Contains a facsimile of a 1493 or 1494 Latin edition of the letter printed in Basel by Johann Bergmann von Olpe, followed by Kornfuehrer's English translation of the first German translation, prepared in Ulm but printed in Strassburg by Bartholomaeus Kistler in 1497. Dr. Kornfuehrer adds a preface and a brief biography of Columbus. The English-language portions of this edition appear to be printed directly from hand-set type, as deduced from the upside-down J on page 46. Shipping weight 1 lb.. First Thus. . Fine/No dj. 18 X 14 cm.

New York et al.: Viking, 2011 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Pale green boards with gilt monogram & device, dark green spine with gilt titles, xix, 423, [1] pp, 8 ff color plates, 16 ff b & w plates, 7 maps, notes, bibliography, index. DJ in Brodart archival cover. From the DJ: "Laurence Bergreen's energetic and bracing new biography of Christopher Columbus--startlingly, the first complete portrait in over half a century--takes the full measure of the explorer's remarkable career. ... Drawing on eyewitness reports, Columbus's personal logbooks, and the passionate letters he sent to his Spanish patrons Ferdinand and Isabella, Bergreen digs deep into Columbus's overwrought psyche to explain both his great achievements and his devastating failures." Shipping weight 3 lbs.. First Edition. . Fine/Fine. 24 X 16 cm.

New York: Coward-McCann, Inc., 1962 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Green cloth, black titles, 256 pp, 8 ff b & w photo plates, glossary, bibliography, index. DJ rubbed at extremities; in thick mylar cover. Foreword by Ivan T. Sanderson. Contents: caves & their history (the lure of caves; geology; physics; fauna; archaeology; paleontology; cave art; famous American caves; famous exotic caves); exploration of caves (clothing & equipent; ropework; caution for cavers; a note on the psychology of caving; cave diving; photography underground). Appendices: the National Speleological Society; speleological survey maps & engineering. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. 2nd ptg. . Fine/VG+. 21½ X 14½ cm.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1954 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Translated by Michael Bullock. Red cloth, blue cloth spine with gold & black titles on spine, black device on front board, xxiii, 455 pp, 16 ff b & w photo plates, 31 maps & 60 illustrations in text, index. First edition stated, but this is actually a book club edition. Bottom corners bumped, spine faded. Herrmann writes about exploration and discovery from the stone age to around 1500. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. BCE. . VG/No dj. 24½ X 16 cm.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1954 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Translated by Michael Bullock. Red cloth, blue cloth spine with gold & black titles on spine, black device on front board, xxiii, 455 pp, 16 ff b & w photo plates, 31 maps & 60 illustrations in text, index. Spine ends faded, bottom corners bumped. DJ extremities rubbed, spine ends chipped; in Brodart archival cover. Herrmann writes about exploration and discovery from the stone age to around 1500. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. First US Edition. . VG/VG. 24 X 16½ cm.

New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1960 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full sky-blue cloth, foil titles on front board & spine, endpaper maps, 272 pp, color and b & w illustrations and maps throughout, bibliography, index. Gift inscription on half-title, one corner bumped. Overview of exploration and discovery from the old stone age to the 20th century. Shipping weight 4 lbs.. First US Edition. . Near Fine/No dj. 28½ X 21½ cm.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1971 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Tan cloth with navy blue cloth spine, blue titles on front board & gilt titles on spine, color frontispiece, xviii, 712 pp, chapter notes, chapter bibliographies, many b & w illustrations in text, index. Corners bumped. DJ rubbed, 2-cm chip to top of rear panel; in Brodart archival cover. In addition to being trained as an historian, Morison was a sailor and served in the U. S. Navy during World War 2. He brings a sailor's knowledge and experience to all his books on voyages and discovery, "has made transatlantic voyages under sail, and coasted the eastern shores of the United States and Canada; and in preparation for this book, he flew at low altitude in a small plane from Maine to Labrador, around the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and along the North Carolina Outer Banks. These personal investigations have allowed him to identify almost every place mentioned by the… Read More

New York: Oxford University Press WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Both volumes: tan cloth with navy blue cloth spine, blue titles on front board & gilt titles on spine, color frontispiece, chapter bibliographies, many b & w illustrations in text, index, DJs in Brodart archival covers. Northern Voyages: 1971, BOMC edition, xviii, 712 pp, chapter notes; shaken front hinge repaired, previous owner's address label on fpd, else fine; DJ very good, extremities rubbed; in Brodart archival cover. Southern Voyages: 1974, ISBN 0-19-501823-0, xvii, 758 pp, footnotes; Fine/Near Fine; DJ extremities lightly rubbed. In addition to being trained as an historian, Morison was a sailor and served in the U. S. Navy during World War 2. He brings a sailor's knowledge and experience to all his books on voyages and discovery, "has made transatlantic voyages under sail, and coasted the eastern shores of the United States and Canada; and in preparation… Read More

Washington, D. C: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1968 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Blue cloth, gilt titles spine, gilt titles & device on front board, pictorial endpapers, x, 214 pp, hundreds of photos, index. Spine and a narrow strip of rear board sunned. This collection contains photographs of the Earth, Moon, and four fuzzy close-ups of Mars, with mostly black & white photos taken by various unmanned spacecraft (including early weather satellites), and color photographs (mostly of Earth, a few of spacecraft) taken by Mercury & Gemini astronauts. Shipping weight 4 lbs.. First Edition. VG+/No dj. 29½ X 24 cm.

New York: BlueBridge (United Tribes Media, Inc.), 2006 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. White boards, gilt titles on spine, xii, 244 pp, 3 maps, 15 illustrations (mostly from old wood engravings), notes, bibliography, index. DJ in Brodart archival cover. If you know nothing about polar exploration, this book is a good place to start. It opens with a brief history of polar exploration, then presents excerpts from explorers' diaries, letters, and published accounts with connecting narrative and explanations by Moss, followed by a survey of polar exploration in literature. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . Fine/Fine. 22 X 14½ cm.

Seattle: The Mountaineers, 1999 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Remainder. Blue boards, foil titles on spine, xvi, 264 pp, 10 ff b & w photo plates, 28 full-page pencil sketches (mostly used as chapter headpieces), bibliography, index. Remainder mark on bottom edge, else fine. DJ shows very slight wear at corners & rear joint; protected by a Brodart cover. Biography of the British mountain climber, Sir Chris Bonington. The author accompanied Bonington on four of his Himalayan expeditions. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First US Edition. . Near Fine/Near Fine. 24 X 16 cm.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1962 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Pale grey boards, foil-on-blue titles on spine, endpaper maps, ix, 254 pp, many color and b & w photos. Tape marks on endpapers & covers, rubbed, one corner heavily bumped. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. . Good/No dj. 24 X 16 cm.

New York: Donald I. Fine, Inc., 1990 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Signed by Author on half-title. Remainder. Blue boards, pale blue-grey cloth spine with foil titles, xii, 291 pp, endpaper maps, 4 ff color photo plates, many b & w photos in text, glossary. Parker Antin's signature is dated in 1991. Remainder mark on bottom edge, else fine. DJ in Brodart cover. Antin crossed the physically and politically difficult terrain of Nepal. According to the DJ, Antin "set out in February, 1984, with one American companion, a Nepalese guide and several Sherpa porters. Antin and his companions often trekked at night to avoid police and military checkpoints. Encounters with fierce Tibetan nomads, brushes with death in freezing rivers and on crumbling trails, took their physical and mental toll on the group." Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . Near Fine/Fine. 23½ X 15½ cm.

Northbrook, IL: Domus Books, 1976 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Cream cloth-textured pictorial boards with dark brown titles, endpaper maps, 160 pp including 8 ff color plates, numerous b & w photos and other illustrations, brief bibliography, index. Slight edge wear, paper browning. DJ has a long (12 cm) tear to front panel, taped on reverse and entire DJ covered with adhesive plastic. Obviously, by African exploration Mountfield means exploration by Europeans, and especially by British explorers. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. First US Edition. . Near Fine/VG-. 30½ X 22½ cm.