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1. JOUTEL'S JOURNAL OF LA SALLE'S LAST VOYAGE: A
REPRINT (PAGE FOR PAGE AND LINE FOR LINE) OF THE FIRST ENGLISH TRANLSLATION,
LONDON, 1714; WITH THE MAP OF THE ORIGINAL FRENCH EDITION PARIS, 1713, IN
FACSIMILE; AND NOTES BY MELVILLE B. ANDERSON. New
york, Burt Franklin: 1896. 229 pages. Facsimile edition. Hardback. $35.00
2. Bakeless, Katherine and John. EXPLORERS
OF THE NEW WORLD. London, G. Bell & Sons:
1957. Slight Shelf wear, else VG in slightly edge-worn dust jacket. $25.00
3. Beston, Henry . THE
BOOK OF GALLANT VAGABONDS. New York, George H.
Doran: 1925. Shelf wear, else near VG in dust jacket with chips & tears to
edges. $35.00
4. Bonar, Horatius. THE
LAND OF PROMISE: NOTES OF A SPRING-JOURNEY FROM BEERSHEBA TO SIDON. London,
James Nisbet & Company: 1858. 568 pages. Shelf wear to binding and rubbing
to spine and corners. Corners slightly bumped. some scuffed spots to binding.
Cloth and back cover is buckled a bit. Binding tight. With illustrations.
$175.00
5. Borup, George. A
TENDERFOOT WITH PEARY. New York, Frederick A.
Stokes: 1911. . Shelf wear and some soiling. Extremities quite shelf-worn.
$20.00
6. Busoni, Rafaello. STANLEY'S
AFRICA. New York, Viking: 1944. Shelf wear, else
VG in dust jacket with slight chipping to edges. $10.00
7. Carse, Robert. THE
TWILIGHT OF SAILING SHIPS. New York, Galahad
Books: 1965. Shelf wear, else VG in edge-worn d. J. With soiling. $10.00
8. Colton, Olive A. RAMBLES
ABROAD. Toledo, Ohio, Franklin: 1904. Some wear
and rubbing to spine and corners. $6.00
9. Davis, Richard C.-editor. THE
CENTRAL AUSTRALIAN EXPEDITION, 1844-1846: THE JOURNALS OF CHARLES STURT. London,
Hakluyt Society: 2002. VG in VG dust jacket. Front endpaper has upper corner
snipped away. There is an ink stamp that says "library surplus
material" on the front endpage, but no other library marks. This is Series
III Volume 10 of the Hakluyt Society. A beautiful book. $33.00
10. Derby & Jackson. SPARKS
FROM A LOCOMOTIVE; OR, LIFE AND LIBERTY IN EUROPE. New
York, Derby & Jackson: 1859. Spine and edges shelf-worn, with some fraying
to edges. There is a chip of cloth missing from the bottom of the spine, about 2
inches. Some discoloration to covers. Scattered foxing. Binding is tight. $18.00
11. Downey, Joseph T. THE
CRUISE OF THE PORTSMOUTH, 1845-1847: A SAILOR'S VIEW OF THE NAVAL CONQUEST OF
CALIFORNIA. EDITED BY HOWARD R. LAMAR. New Haven,
Yale University Press: 1963. Shelf wear, else near VG in dust jacket with chips
and tears to edges. Second printing. $20.00
12. Du Chaillu, Paul B. THE
LAND OF THE MIDNIGHT SUN: SUMMER AND WINTER JOURNEYS THROUGH SWEDEN, NORWAY,
LAPLAND, AND NORTHERN FINLAND. Two volume set. Volumes I (1) and II (2). New
York, Harper & Brothers: 1881. 441 pages. Heavy shelf wear and rubbing to
spine and corners. 2 volumes. $75.00
13. Finney, Ben R. PACIFIC
NAVIGATION AND VOYAGING. Wellington, New Zealand,
Polynesian Society Incorporated: 1976. 146 pages. Shelf wear to spine edges and
corners. Dust jacket has tears and chips to the edges. Signed by the author.
$45.00
14. Forster, Johann Reinhold. OBSERVATIONS
MADE DURING A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD. Honolulu,
University of Hawai`i Press: 1996. Shelf wear to spine edges and corners. Dust
jacket has tears and chips to the edges and a large piece of jacket is torn at
the bottom and taped. $28.00
15. Foss, C. W. GLIMPSES
OF THREE CONTINENTS: A SERIES OF TRAVELS IN INDIA, THE BIBLE LANDS, AND EUROPE. Rock
Island, Illinois, Augustana Book Concern: 1912. Some wear to spine and corners,
else near VG. $18.00
16. Franklin, Burt. FOUTEL'S
JOURNAL OF LA SALLE'S LAST VOYAGE: A REPRINT (PAGE FOR PAGE AND LINE FOR LINE)
OF THE FIRST ENGLISH TRANSLATION. New York, Burt
Franklin: ca. 1960's. $35.00
17. Freuchen, Peter. BOOK
OF THE SEVEN SEAS. New York, Simon and Schuster:
1957. . Shelf wear & sl. Fading to spine, else near VG in edge-worn dust
jacket. $10.00
18. Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. ITALIAN
JOURNEY, 1786-1788. New York, Pantheon Books:
1962. This is the Pantheon edition. Shelf wear to spine and corners, else near
VG in slightly edge-worn dust jacket. Beautiful tipped-in color plage
illustrations throughout. $28.00
19. Hawes, J. TRAVELS
IN THE EAST: THE RELIGION OF THE EAST, WITH IMPRESSIONS OF FOREIGN TRAVEL. Hartford,
CT, Edwin Hunt: 1847. 215 pages. Some wear & rubbing to spine & corners.
Corners rubbed through. A few chips to the cloth at the spine edges. This is the
1847 edition. A rare travel narrative of Jerusalem and Palestine. $50.00
20. Head, Francis Bond. JOURNEYS
ACROSS THE PAMPAS AND AMONG THE ANDES. Carbondale,
Illinois, Southern Illinois University Press: 1967. 174 pages. Some shelf wear
to binding. Dust jacket has some wear to the edges. $6.00
21. Jenkins, John S. EXPLORATIONS
AND ADVENTURES IN AND AROUND THE PACIFIC AND ANTARTIC OCEANS. New
York, Hurst & Company: 1842. 517 pages. Shelf wear to binding and rubbing to
spine and corners, corners bumped. Beautiful gilt-decorated spine, with an
illustration of a ship. $75.00
22. Johnson, Gene. SHIP
MODEL BUILDING. Cambridge, Cornell Maritime: 1961.
. Shelf wear to spine and corners. D.j. has tears & wear to edges. $20.00
23. Johnson, Samuel. A
JOURNEY TO THE WESTERN ISLANDS OF SCOTLAND. London,
Strahan: 1785. Half-leather binding with marbled paper over board covers. Spine
slightly cocked. Wear to corners and slight wear at spine edges. Tightly bound.
Beautiful new leather spine with red leather label. A nice edition of Johnson's
classic Scottish narrative. $250.00
24. Lorenz, D.E. THE
'ROUND THE WORLD TRAVELLER: A COMPLETE SUMMARY OF PRACTICAL INFORMNATION. New
York, Fleming H. Revell: 1927. 464 pages. Some shelf wear to binding and rubbing
to spine and corners. Hinges are starting to crack. $10.00
25. Lunn, Sir Henry. ROUND
THE WORLD WITH A DICTAPHONE: A RECORD OF MAN & MOVEMENTS IN 1926. London,
Epworth Press: 1928. . Shelf wear to spine and corners, else Vg in edge-chipped
dust jacket. $20.00
26. Lyell, Sir Charles. A
SECOND VISIT TO THE UNITED STATES OF NORTH AMERICA. Two volumes. New
York, Harper & Brothers: 1849. Two volumes set. Some wear and rubbing to
spine and corners, else near VG. Pages have scattered foxing. The author
travelled extensively in New England, down the Mississippi River, the American
South and the Midwest. He wrote a detailed and interesting narrative of his
travels in America. Pages have scattered foxing. The author travelled
extensively in New England, down the Mississippi River, the American South and
the Midwest. He wrote a detailed and interesting narrative of his travels in
America. $125.00
27. MacDonald, Alexander. IN
THE LAND OF PEARL AND GOLD: A PIONEER'S WANDERINGS IN THE BACK-BLOCKS AND
PEARLING GROUNDS OF AUSTRALIA AND NEW GUINEA. London,
T. Fisher Unwin: 1913. . Wear, fading and rubbing to spine and corners. Spine
cocked. $30.00
28. Marchant, William. IN
INDIA.Translated from the French of Andre Chevrillon. New
York, Henry Holt: 1896. Shelf wear and rubbing to spine and corners. $22.50
29. M'Clintock, Captain. IN
THE ARCTIC SEAS. A NARRATIVE OF THE DISCOVERY OF THE FATE OF SIR JOHN FRANKLIN
AND HIS COMPANIONS. Philadelphia, Porter &
Coates: ca. 1885. 375 pages. Slight shelf wear and rubbing to spine and corners.
Beautiful green pictorial covers. This edition appears to have been printed
about mid 1880's. $30.00
30. M'Clintock, Captain. THE
VOYAGE OF THE 'FOX' IN THE ARCTIC SEAS. A NARRATIVE OF THE DISCOVERY OF HTE FATE
OF SIR JOHN FRANKLIN AND HIS COMPANIONS. Philadelphia,
J.T. Lloyd: 1860. 399 pages. This is the 1960 edition. Heavy shelf wear to spine
and corners, with rubbing and discoloration to spine. One signature is slightly
protruding from the text block, but binding is tight. $33.00
31. McMahon, William. A
JOURNEY WITH THE SUN AROUND THE WORLD. Cleveland,
Ohio, Catholic Universe: 1907. Some wear and rubbing to spine and corners, else
near VG. $65.00
32. Meany, Edmond S. VANCOUVER'S
DISCOVERY OF PUGET SOUND: PORTRAITS AND BIOGRAPHIES OF THE MEN HONORED IN THE
NAMING OF GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURES OF NORTHWESTERN AMERICA. Portland,
Oregon, Binfords & Mort, Publishers: 1957. 344 pages. VG in lightly worn
dust jacket. $15.00
33. Miller, Leo E. IN
THE WILDS OF SOUTH AMERICA: SIX YEARS OF EXPLORATION IN COLOMBIA, VENEZUELA,
BRITISH GUIANA, PERU, BOLIVIA, ARGENTINA, PARAGUAY, AND BRAZIL. New
York, Charles Scribner's Sons: 1918. 424 pages. Shelf wear to spine and corners.
Corners are rubbed. Binding clean and tight. Overall near very good condition.
Illustrated with numerous black-and-white photographs. $50.00
34. Mills, David. THE
ENGLISH IN AFRICA. Toronto, George N. Morang:
1900. . Shelf wear and some rubbing/spotting to cover. With fold-out map at
beginning of book. Map slightly frayed. $45.00
35. Milne, Malcolm. THE
BOOK OF MODERN MOUNTAINEERING. London, Arthur
Barker Limited: 1968. Shelf wear to spine and corners. In edge-worn d.j. $10.00
36. Mountfield, David. A
HISTORY OF AFRICAN EXPLORATION. Northbrook,
Illinois, Domus: 1976. $2.20
37. Nautical Almanac Office. THE
AMERICAN NAUTICAL ALMANAC FOR THE YEAR 1923. Washington,
DC, Gov't. Printing Office: 1921. Binding starting to split in the middle. Softbound
covers. Soiling to covers. Chips and tears to paper edges. $15.00
38. Negri, N. C. THE
VALLEY OF SHADOWS. The Story of an Arctic Expedition. London,
Frederick Muller Ltd.: 1956. Shelf wear, else near VG in dust jacket with chips
and tears to edges. Spine slightly cocked. $10.00
39. Norie, J. W. A
COMPLETE EPITOME OF PRACTICAL NAVIGATION, CONTAINING ALL NECESSARY INSTRUCTION
FOR KEEPING A SHIP'S RECKONING AT SEA... London,
Printed for the Author: 1840. . Full leather binding. Edges of the spine and
corners are worn. Small tear to the leather at the headcap. Some scuffing to
binding. A couple dozen pages have spill stain at the top edge. $100.00
40. Nutting, C. C. FIJI-NEW
ZEALAND EXPEDITION: NARRATIVE AND PRELIMINARY REPORT OF A SCIENTIFIC
EXPEDITION...TO THE SOUTH SEAS. Iowa City,
University of Iowa: 1924. Some wear and rubbing to spine and corners. The
expedition was undertaken by scientists from the University of Iowa. Signed by
the author, with an inscription to his sister. With 57 photographic plates. An
excellent scholarly account of this scientific expedition. The book includes
separate chapters written by scientists on the expedition in the fields of
botany, geology, ornithology and entomology. $150.00
41. Oliver and Munroe Publishers. THE
HISTORY OF DON FRANCISCO DE MIRANDA'S ATTEMPT TO EFFECT A REVOLUTION IN SOUTH
AMERICA, IN A SERIES OF LETTERS. Boston, Oliver
& Munroe: 1809. 300 pages. Full black contemporary binding with raised
bands. Slight wear and rubbing to edges of leather covers and spine. Probably
not original binding, but looks to be 19th century. $90.00
42. Overs, Walter Henry. STORIES
OF AFRICAN LIFE. New York, Edwin S. Gorham: 1924.
Shelf wear, else near VG in dust jacket with chips & tears to edges. Some
soiling to d.j. Signed by author. Good photos of Africa landscapes and people.
Very scarce African narrative. $100.00
43. Parry, William Edward. JOURNAL
OF A VOYAGE FOR THE DISCOVERY OF A NORTH-WEST PASSAGE FROM THE ATLANTIC TO THE
PACIFIC; PERFORMED IN THE YEARS 1819-20. New York,
Greenwood Press: 1968. Some shelf wear, else VG. Facsimile reprint of
original edition. Includes illustrations and foldout maps. $225.00
44. Scull, W. E.. A
JOURNEY AROUND THE WORLD: INCLUDING INTERESTING ADVENTURES IN MANY LANDS. Washington,
D.C., 1901. Spine and edges shelf-worn, with some fraying to edges. Spine
edges are fraying. Corners bumped and rubbed. Numerous illustrations. $30.00
45. Senn, Nicholas. IN
THE HEART OF THE ARCTICS. Chicago, W.B. Conkey:
1907. Some wear & rubbing to spine and corners. Clean & tight copy. Front
cover has a groove at the edge from having a string wrapped around the book for
a long period of time. $75.00
46. Sirna, Anthony and Allison. THE
WANDERINGS OF EDWARD ELY: A MID-19TH CENTURY SEAFARER'S DIARY. New
York, Hastings House: 1954. Shelf wear, else near in near Shelf wear, else near
VG in dust jacket with chips to edges. $8.00
47. Spratt, H. P. ONE
HUNDRED YEARS OF TRANSATLANTIC STEAM NAVIGATION, 1838-1938. London,
Majesty's Stationary Office: 1938. Wrappers. Some wear, else near VG. $20.00
48. Stewart, Robert. LIFE AND WORK IN INDIA: AN ACCOUNT OF CONDITIONS, METHODS, DIFFICULTIES, RESULTS, FUTURE PROSPECTS..OF MISSIONARY WORK IN INDIA. Philadelphia, Pearl Publishing Co.: 1896. Some wear and rubbing to spine and corners, else G+. Small repaired tear to cloth near headcap. Folding color map inside front of book. $50.00
49. Taylor, Bayard. VIEWS
A-FOOT: OR EUROPE SEEN WITH KNAPSACK AND STAFF. New
York, John B. Alden: 1889. Some wear to spine and corners. $10.00
50. Whitcomb, Clara E. & Marian M.
George. A LITTLE JOURNEY TO ITALY...AND SPAIN AND
PORTUGAL. Chicago, Flanagan Company: 1923. Some
wear and rubbing to spine and corners, else G+. $10.00
51. White, Stewart Edward. AFRICAN
CAMP FIRES. New york, Doubleday, Page &
Company: 1913. 378 pages. Some shelf wear to spine and corners. Small tear to
cloth at headcap. Beautiful pictorial binding. A scarce first edition. $55.00