Search Results: Authors starting with B from David Spilman Fine Books, ABAA & IOBA

Philadelphia: E. L. Carey & A. Hart, 1836. First Edition. Very Good. American Edition. 8vo [10x6.5in]; [1], [4 advertisements], viii, 456, [1], pp., fold out map (Inset of London edition map), map and charts in text, appendices; Original Publisher's Light brown paper boards with dark blue half cloth spine with paper label, only top edge trimmed; Age wear to all surfaces, edges and corners, some stain spots on covers and spine, moderate foxing of text throughout, corners and edges worn and exposed, spine label worn with some loss of text, prior owner label with pencil notation "[M] S-VALENTINE Estate " and "Edward V Valentine, Richmond Va." in pencil on front end paper. [Wagner-Camp 58b:3, Arctic Biblio 853, Hill 43, Howgego II B3]. Sir George Back (1796 - 1878) was a British Naval Officer, Arctic Explorer and Artist. Back was part of John Franklin's first two overland expeditions (Coppermine 1819-22 and Mackenzie River 1824-26) to survey the North American Arctic. In 1932, John Ross's North-West… Read More

Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 2012. First Edition. Fine/Fine. SIGNED [10.25x7.25in]; xxi, 464 pp., 37 illustrations and images, 6 maps, bibliography and index; Dark mustard linen cloth covers with black ink lettering on spine, brick red end papers all edges trimmed; Pictorial dust jacket with 1925 color illustration, Pay Dirt, by Charles M. Russell, gold and white ink lettering on front and spine with advertising on back; Negligible shelf wear to book or dus jacket, signed by author on half title page, tipped in University of Oklahoma Press prospectus. Will Bagley (1950-2021) was an independent historian who has written about overland emigration, frontier violence, railroads, mining, and the Mormons. Bagley has published extensively over the years and is the author and editor of many books, articles, and reviews in professional journals. Bagley is the series editor of Arthur H. Clark Company's documentary history series, KINGDOM IN THE WEST: The Mormons and the American Frontier. Bagley… Read More

Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 2002. First Edition, 1st Printing. Fine/Near Fine. SIGNED [10.25x7.25in]; xxiv, 493 pp., 36 illustrations and images, 5 maps, appendix, bibliography and index; Brown speckled beige paper on boards with linen cloth back strip, embossed red ink lettering on front and spine, brick red end papers, all edges trimmed; Pictorial dust jacket with 1877 Sibley Redmond color lithograph illustration by Henry Steinegger, black, red and white lettering in front and spine with reviews on back; Minimal shelf wear with slight rubbing to top and bottom spine, minor wear to dust jacket with small closed tear at lower back corner, signed on half title by author, Will Bagley 28 July 2002", tipped in University of Oaklahoma prospectus, bookmark and card, and book signing advertisement. From the dust jacket, the massacre at Mountain Meadows on September 11, 1857 was the single most violent act to occur on the overland trails. This book is a riveting account of the attack on the… Read More

Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 2012. First Edition. Fine/Fine. SIGNED [10.25x7.25in]; xxi, 464 pp., 37 illustrations and images, 6 maps, bibliography and index; Dark mustard linen cloth covers with black ink lettering on spine, brick red end papers all edges trimmed; Pictorial dust jacket with 1925 color illustration, Pay Dirt, by Charles M. Russell, gold and white ink lettering on front and spine with advertising on back; Negligible shelf wear to book or dus jacket, signed by author on half title page, tipped in University of Oklahoma Press prospectus. Will Bagley (1950-2021) was an independent historian who has written about overland emigration, frontier violence, railroads, mining, and the Mormons. Bagley has published extensively over the years and is the author and editor of many books, articles, and reviews in professional journals. Bagley is the series editor of Arthur H. Clark Company's documentary history series, KINGDOM IN THE WEST: The Mormons and the American Frontier. Bagley… Read More

Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 2010. First Edition, 1st Printing. Fine/Fine. SIGNED [10.25x7.25]; xxii, 458 pp., 21 illustrations and images, 4 maps, bibliography and index; Dark mustard linen cloth covers with black ink lettering on spine, brick red end papers all edges trimmed; Pictorial dust jacket with 1898 color illustration, A Doubtful Visitor, by Charles M. Russell, gold and white ink lettering on front and spine with reviews on back; Negligible shelf wear to book or dust jacket, signed by author on half title page, tipped in University of Oaklahoma prospectus, book signing advertisement, and National Park Service map of Oregon Trail. Will Bagley (1950-2021) was an independent historian who has written about overland emigration, frontier violence, railroads, mining, and the Mormons. Bagley has published extensively over the years and is the author and editor of many books, articles, and reviews in professional journals. Bagley is the series editor of Arthur H. Clark Company's… Read More

San Francisco: David Magee, 1967. First Edition. Near Fine. Robert Grabhorn and Andrew Hoyem. limited to 475 [14x10.5in]; [1], 171 pp., [1] limitation page, introduction, notes, 343 entries, 60 plates of letter sheet illustrations, with folding sheet in rear pocket, bibliography and indices; Cream paper with red patterned covers, red leather backstrip with gilt lettering, fore edge untrimmed; Minimal shelf wear to edges and surfaces, spine faded with rubbing on joints, shadows at hinged on end papers . [Grabhorn-Hoyem 6]. From the Grabhorn Press 1920-1965 and Beyond, "The letter-sheet is a form of stationary, a type of writing paper featuring pre-printed illustrations at the top. In California, letter-sheets printed from 1849 onwards feature wood-engravings or lithographs that give us "the best single visual cross-section of Gold Rush and early Silver Age California we have." As the plates in this catalogue show, scenes depicted on these ephemeral sheets could range from river mining in progress to… Read More

San Francisco: Bacon & Company, Book and Job Printers, 1879. First Edition. Very good. 12mo [7.5x5in]; 159 pp.; Dark green cloth covers with stamped gilt lettering and floral design on front, blind stamped rules and floral design on front and back, dark brown clay end papers, all edges trimmed; Minor shelf wear and rubbing to edges, corners and covers, minor frayed edges to top and bottom of spine, closed tear with few white spots on front free end paper, minimal age toning to text, some tarnishing to gilt on front.

London: The Hakluyt Society - Cambridge University Press, 1994. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. [8.5x5.75in]; Vol. I, 1994 - xii, 333 pp., 11 plates including frontispiece, seven maps and charts, three illustrations, bibliography and index; Vol. II, 1995 - xv, 393 pp., 20 plates with frontispiece, 13 maps, charts and views, 6 illustrations, appendices, bibliography and index; light blue cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine and gilt devise on front, all edges trimmed; Dark blue dust jacket with dark blue and white lettering in white bordered pale green field on front and spine, advertisement on back; Negligible shelf wear to book, dust jacket spine faded with minor wear to surfaces. The Hakluyt Society was founded in 1846 in London for the publication of primary sources of exploration and discovery expeditions. They were named after Richard Hakluyt (1552-1616) a collector and editor of narratives of voyages and travels. The publications are primarily from English expeditions related to… Read More

London: The Hakluyt Society - Cambridge University Press, 1994. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. [8.5x5.75in]; Vol. I, 1994 - xii, 333 pp., 11 plates including frontispiece, seven maps and charts, three illustrations, bibliography and index; Vol. II, 1995 - xv, 393 pp., 20 plates with frontispiece, 13 maps, charts and views, 6 illustrations, appendices, bibliography and index; light blue cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine and gilt devise on front, all edges trimmed; Dark blue dust jacket with dark blue and white lettering in white bordered pale green field on front and spine, advertisement on back; Negligible shelf wear to book, dust jacket spine faded with some rubbing and scratches to surfaces. The Hakluyt Society was founded in 1846 in London for the publication of primary sources of exploration and discovery expeditions. They were named after Richard Hakluyt (1552-1616) a collector and editor of narratives of voyages and travels. The publications are primarily from English expeditions… Read More

London: John Murray, 1818. First Edition. Very Good. 8vo [8.5x5.5in, 22x14cm], [5], 379 pp., 48 pp. [appendices], frontispiece fold out map of Northern hemisphere [11in, 29.5cm dia.] dated October 20, 1818, 3 illustrations; Early rebacked full calf with original spine preserved,five ribbed with gilt lettering and designs, gilt design on edges and dentelle, all edges trimmed; Minor shelf wear to corners, edges and covers, corners bumped and worn though, wear to surface edges and joints, small dark spot on lower front, several chips to spine, ink signature of G.D. Ryder January 1819 on title page, faint pencil navigation notations on map, some offset shadows from map, minimal foxing and age-toning throughout. A very nice copy [Hill 67, Lada-Mocarski 76, Wickersham 6536, Tourville 409, Lande 940] CS. Sir John Barrow (1764-1848) was a promoter of exploration, member and President of the Royal Society and the Royal Geographical Society and appointed in 1804 as the second Admiralty Secretary. He developed… Read More

New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1854. First Edition. Very Good. In two volumes, 8vo [8.75x5.75in]; Vol. I - xxii, fold out map [General Map | Showing the Countries Explored & Surveyed | by the United States & Mexican | Boundary Commission | in the years 1850, 51, 52, & 53 | Under the direction of | John R. Bartlett | U.S. Commissioner], 506 pp., fold out lithograph Frontispiece of Fort Yuma, 29 woodcuts in text and 3 on plates and 6 plates tinted lithograph illustrations, Vol. II, xvii, 624 pp., fold out Lithograph Frontispiece of Ruins at Casas Grandes, 33 woodcuts in text and 26 on plates and 10 plates tinted lithograph illustrations [includes Tucson plate not listed] , appendices and index; Later binding of tan half calf-backed marbled covers with raised ribbed gilt lettered and decorative spine, marbled end papers [appears to have been rebound in early 1900's by the Rose Bindery, Boston], [also appears to have a second rebinding with replaced marbled covers, end papers, and possible text block… Read More

New York: Riverhead Books, 2009. First Edition, 1st Printing. Fine/Fine. Double SIGNED [8.5x6in]; 274 pp., notes; Burnt orange paper covers with maroon paper back, gilt lettering on spine and front with gilt design; Pictorial dust jacket with white and yellow lettering on front and spine, reviews for book on back; Negligible shelf wear to book or dust jacket. A fine copy of the tracking down of an unrepentant book thief, John Charles Gilkey.

London: John Murray, 1863. First Edition, 1st Printing. Very Good. Josiah Wood Whymper and others. In Two Volumes, [7.75x5.25in, 19.5x13cm]; Vol. I- [iii], viii, [1], list of illustrations, 351 pp., five plates of illustrations including frontispiece illustration of Bates in forest, 13 illustrations in text, fold out map at rear [The Amazons from its mouth to the frontier of Peru], Vol. II- [iii], vi, pp. 423, four plates of illustrations including frontispiece, 20 illustrations in text, index; Three-quarter contemporary dark green calf binding on marbled boards, raised spine with gilt lettering on black and red labels, rules and designs, marbled end papers, marbled ink on all edges; Some shelf wear to cover surfaces, edges and corners with chipping along edges, rubbing to marbled papers and leather, all edges rubbed, last leave and end paper in Vol. II loose, but attached, minor age toning to text without any foxing, lacking publisher advertising. [Howgego II B14] DK. Henry Walter Bates (1825-1892)… Read More

Cambridge: The Hakluyt Society - University Press, 1974. First Edition, 1st Printing. Near Fine/Near Fine. [9.5x6.5in]; Vol. IV - xi, 760 pp., 51 illustrations including color frontispiece portrait of Cook by Nathaniel Dance and four others, five maps with one fold out, bibliography and index; Dark blue cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine and stamped gilt portrait of Cook on front, top edged dyed light blue, all edges trimmed; Cream dust jacket with black lettering on front; Minimal shelf wear to covers, edges and corners, all maps, and illustrations fine, dust jacket slightly darken. [Hill 367, Beddie/Mitchell 4762]. Captain James Cook (1728-1779), British explorer, navigator and cartographer, substantially contributed to the knowledge of the Pacific Islands and the coast of North America and Siberia in the three voyages spanning twelve years from 1768 to 1780. There have been many editions of the journals over the years, the Hakluyt Society's 1955-1968 publication edited by J. C. Beaglehole… Read More

Cambridge: The Hakluyt Society - University Press, 1955. First Edition, 1st Printing. Near Fine/Very Good. [Four volumes published and issued from 1955 to 1974] [9.5x6.5in] Vol. I (1955) - cclxxxiv [introduction], 684 pp., frontispiece color portrait of Cook, 45 illustrations and maps, with several in color and fold out, bibliographic references, appendices and index; Vol. II (1961) - clxx [introduction], 1021 pp., frontispiece color illustration of Resolution, 82 illustrations and maps, appendices, index, with separate Volume II addenda/corrigenda (1969, pp. 1-6 [1]), tipped in card "With the complements of the National Geographical Society; Vol. III, Part One (1967) - ccxxiv [introduction], 718 pp., frontispiece color portrait of Cook, 68 maps and illustrations, 13 sketch maps in text, bibliographic references, with separate Royal Society article 'Cook the Navigator' from a 1969 lecture by Beaglehole, Part Two (1967) - viii, 724-1647 pp., frontispiece illustration of David Samwell, 10… Read More

Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1974. First Edition, 1st Printing. Near Fine/Near Fine. American edition, [9.5x6.5in]; xi, 760 pp., 44 illustrations including frontispiece color portrait of Cook, five maps with one fold out, bibliography and index; Royal blue cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine, all edges trimmed, Light blue ink stain to top edge, gray end papers; Dark green dust jacket with pale yellow lettering on front and spine, color illustration of ship on spine and profile of Cook on front; Minimal shelf wear to book or dust jacket, price clipped. John Cawte Beaglehole (1901-1971) was a New Zealand historian with Victoria University. He is mainly known for his comprehensive work editing the Journals of Captain James Cook and writing this biography in his last years. From 1955 to 1968, the edited Journals were published by the Hakluyt Society and quickly became a definitive resource and reference work for scholars on the Cook voyages. This book was also published in London by… Read More

Portland: Binfords & Mort, 1958. First Edition, 2nd Printing. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo [10.5x7in]; [2], 126 pp., Aqua blue cloth covers with black lettering on front and spine, illustration of river steamboat on front, illustrations and maps on end papers, all edges trimmed; light blue dust jacket with dark blue lettering on front and spine, multi color illustration of dog teams and sledges; Minor shelf wear to cover edges with slight fading along top edges, text block age toned, back hinge cracked, repair to cover attachment; Some shelf wear to dust jacket with soiling, chips to top front edge and bottom edge and spins, rubbing to surfaces and edges, spine slightly darken. Eric A. Hegg (1867 - 1947) was a Swedish-American photographer famous for his portrayals of the life and people in Skagway, Bennett and Dawson during the Klondike Gold Rush 1897-1901. Hegg himself participated in prospecting expeditions with his brother and fellow Swedes while documenting the daily life and hardships of the gold… Read More

Washington DC: Selmar Siebert's Engraving and Printing Establishment, 1855. First Edition. Very Good. [20.875x18.125in on 22.5x20in sheet]; Title and date in upper left corner, relief shown by hachures and spot heights with drainage, trails and roads, railroad survey lines, trails, Native American territories, communities, magnetic variations, and historic events; Laid flat on archival board; Some age toning along fold crease lines with small chip in center, all neat lines present, prior owner tape repairs to crease lines. [Wagner-Camp 262a:1, Wheat Trans-Miss Maps 823]. From Wagner-Camp, this map was from the Pacific Railroad Reports issued in 1855 Volume II designated by 33d Congress: 2d Session, Senate Document 78. Serial 759 and House Document 91. Serial 792. Volume II consisted of seven reports and Edward Griffin Beckwith (1818-1881) wrote the Section 2 report of the survey along the line of the 41st parallel. In 1853, Beckwith was part of a survey party led by Capt. Gunnison to explore the 38… Read More

London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1831. Second Edition. Very Good. 8vo [9x6in] Vol. I- xxii, 472 pp., frontispiece fold out map of voyage tracks,13 illustrations, two maps (double page and fold out), Vol. II- iv, 452 pp.,10 illustrations and views (four double page), tables, lacking advertisements; Rebound in modern three-quarter calf and marbled boards, gilt lettering on spine on dark brown label with rule and designs, new end papers, all edges untrimmed; Minimal shelf wear to covers, edges and corners, top edge of text darken, light foxing spots and offsets to all maps and illustrations in both volumes, Vol. I - several closed tears at creases and top of hinge (repaired) on frontispiece map, closed tear at top hinge of fold out map, two leaves of table of contents ([xix]- xxii) misbound in front of dedication and introduction. [Hill 93, Howes B309, Wickersham 6541, Lada-Morcarski 95 (Quarto) , Smith 704, Zamorano80 4, Arctic Biblio 1228, Books of the West 57]. Frederick William Beechey… Read More

London: Mills & Boon, Ltd, 1922. First Edition. Very Good. 8vo, [7.75x5.25in]; [vi], 11-89 pp., [1], 1-16 pp., advertisements; Light Blue cloth covers with dark blue ink lettering on front and spine, bottom edge untrimmed; Some shelf wear to covers, edges and corners, minor soiling and spots on covers, spine faded with rubbing, front bottom edge worn, corners slightly bumped , some age toning of text with foxing spots on edges. A scarce book rarely forund with a dust jacket [Rosove 30.A1, Spence 114]. From the title page, "... "In the darkening twilight I saw a lone star hover gem-like above the bay." - Shackleton's last entry in his Diary". Harold Begbie (1871-1929) was a well known English author and journalist. From Rosove, he "... met Shackleton between the "Endurance" and "Quest" expeditions and based his book on conversations and interviews with Shackleton as well as recollections of others who knew the explorer." Shackleton died on January 5, 1922 aboard the "Quest" while anchored off of… Read More