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new york: MacMillan, 1882. Hardcover. Good. Large pieces of the top and the bottom of the spine are missing and most of the paper spine label is gone, front and rear hinges split. several of the maps are partially separated at the folds. Book has an old lib label inside front cover stamped discarded, no other stamps noted.

Macmillan and Co, 1883. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1883. No Edition Remarks. 413 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth covered boards. Black and white illustrations throughout. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Some cracking to hinges and gutters with exposed netting. Binding slightly loose. Boards have heavy shelf wear with bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. All surfaces tanned and sunned, particularly spine. Gilt lettering is dulled.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items.

New York: Macmillan and Company, 1881. Hardcover. Octavo, xxv, 524 pages. In Good condition. Bound in the publisher's green cloth bearing gilt lettering to the spine. Boards have moderate wear including slight, whitish spotting, bumped fore corners and fraying to the spine edges. Gilt and red borders and encircled red illustration to the front. Text block has slight age toning to the edges. Frontispiece with tissue guard. Cracking to the hinges and foxing to few interior pages. Partial cracking to the gutter at pages forty eight to forty nine and two hundred eight to two hundred nine. Illustrated. Volume one only. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column J, ND-J. 1380469. FP New Rockville Stock.

New York, NY: Macmillan Company. FR/No Dustjacket. 1882. ........ Cloth. Sm 4to., 740 pp, Hinges broken an separated, cover rubbed, bumped, frayed, frayed maps, page toning .

MacMillan, New York, 1882. First Edition. Hardcover (Half Cloth). Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket. NORDENSKIOLD, A.E. The Voyage of the Vega Round Asia and Europe, New York: Macmillan, 1882.Quarto, first U.S. edition, pp. xxvi, 756, half black cloth over marbled boards, steel engravings, 10 folding linen maps. Chronicles the first-ever complete crossing of the Northeast Passage in 1879, translated from the Swedish by Alexander Leslie. This copy is sound and complete but only a map collector could love it, because the maps are fine while the rest of the book has numerous flaws, including cracked joints, library markings, pink stains, and tape repairs to text leaves. The maps are reproductions of much older work as well as original cartography, such as N. Selander's "The North Coast of the Old World" and G. Bove's "Sketch Map of Taimur Sound." This is the first USA edition. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact.… Leer más

New York: Macmillan, 1882. hardcover. good. Translated by Alexander Leslie. 10 lithographed folding maps, some in color. 4 steel engraved portraits, 298 woodcuts. xxvi, 756pp. 8vo, original green cloth, spine ends and edges of corners lightly worn, edges of covers rubbed, corners bumped. New York: Macmillan, 1882. First American Edition<br/><br/> Lacks frontispiece portrait of the author. A large folding map has a large tear and is chipped on the margin with no loss of text. Another folding map has a chipped margin. Two other folding maps each have a small tear with no loss of text.<br/><br/>

New York: Macmillan and Co, 1882. First American edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Large 8vo. [13], xiv-xxvi, [2], 3-755, [5] pp. Half recent green cloth over marbled paper boards with a portion of the original spine laid down; all edges speckled red. Recent endpapers and pastedowns. Illustrated with five plates (steel-engraved portraits), numerous maps, and full-page and in-text illustrations (engravings). Translated into English by Alexander Leslie. Howgego N30. Nordenskiöld's mission was to establish a trade route along the coast of Northern Siberia. He sailed from Scandinavia, along the northern border of Russia through the arctic sea, and ended up in Alaska and then Japan. He and his crew sailed home via the southern route. Nordenskiöld was praised and hailed for the results of his expedition, and captured the attention of newspapers when at one point he and his crew were stranded by the ice. A fascinating arctic travelogue. A small brown spot on the bottom textblock, overall a sharp and… Leer más

London and New York: Macmillan and Co, 1886. Revised. Hardcover. Very Good. Wilhelm Meyer's Xylographic Institute (engravings). Small 8vo. Pp. 413. [4], 413, followed by 322 pp. of publisher's titles. Frontis. photo port. of Nordenskiold, with tissue guard. With 186 intertextual and full-plate wood cuts, after photos. Bound in dark green cloth with a globe stamped in black on front board, gilt lettering, rules and a polar bear vignette stamped on spine. Of three color lithographed maps called for, one is lacking. Light wear to corners, minor lean to book yet tight binding, bookplate and owner name, moderate foxing, notably to preliminaries. Withal, a sturdy copy with attractive shelf appeal. The preferred edition, as it contains the the whole narrative of the North-East Passage, as well as Nordenskiold's year among the Chukches. In addition, the translation is revised and measurements are reduced to English terms.From the polar collection of John M. Levinson, physician and Explorers Club president… Leer más

London Macmillan & Co. 1882 1st One Volume edition. Hardback, 8.5 x 5.5 inches. In full tree calf leather binding. With decorative gilt paneled boards, raised banding and decorations to spine with maroon leather spine label. Marbled endpapers and all gilt edges. In very good condition. Some minor fading and slight rubbing to spine, also some light sunned top rear edge. Private bookplate to first blank page. No Binders stamp. Some foxing throughout, else pages and plates all clean and tight throughout. LIV, (2), 293 pp. + 24 plates + 3 maps (2 folding). Illustrations in the text.

New York: Macmillan and Co, 1882. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. [1], xxvi, 756 pages, [1]. Illustrated with frontispiece engravings, wood cut illustrations, engravings in text, and 10 folding maps. Dark green cloth hardcover with small illustration of Europe and Asia on the front cover. Gilt lettered title on the spine. Appears front hinge was repaired at some point. Rear hinge is cracked exposing the webbing. Light toning to the top text edge and some of the pages. Maps are in good to very good condition. Some creases on the edges of a few of the maps.

London. Macmillan and Co. 1881. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 23cm, the first London edition in 2 volumes, xxv,524 & xviii,464,[1]p., with 5 steel portrait plates, over 240 woodcuts plates and illustrations, maps including 10 folding (on 11 sheets), green cloth, gilt spine titles, ex-library, general and edges worn, still a goood to very good sound working copy, expected for the endpapers text is clean and sound, Burn & Co's. binder's ticket. Original owner's signature on the half title, dated Dec 16.81 (gar). ~ Nerhood #322. Arctic Biblio. 12443. Hill (2)-1232. For the Frist French edition, Paris, 1883-85). ~ "Narrative of the 'Vega' Expedition, 1878-1880, led by Nordenskiold, for the purpose of proving the Northeast Passage navigable by steamship and of doing research in the geography, hydrography, geology and history of the Siberian arctic regions." (AB). "Swedish explorer sails across the Arctic Ocean from the Kara Sea to the Bering Strait, July 21, 1878 - August 14, 1879. He reports on life… Leer más

New York: Macmillan and Co, 1882. First Edition. Hardcover. Good +. 756p octavo, illustrated plus 10 foldout mnaps. Rear inner hinge starting. A good sound copy in green cloth. Bookplates

Macmillan and Company, 1882-01-01. Hardcover. Good. Clean, unmarked pages. Macmillian, 1882. 756 pp. Green cloth. Hardcover. Harvard University Peabody Museum book plate inside cover. Scuff on cover. 10 fold outs, 2 in color. Front hinge weakened. Ships daily.

New York: Macmillan, 1882. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Thick 8vo.,756pp. Beautifully bound in 3/4 maroon leather. 5 steel engraved portraits, 10 lithographed maps, mostly folding, 298 woodcut illus. in text. Square, tight and clean throughout with very light rubbing and wear to edges and hinges. With a historical review of previous journeys along the north coast of the old world. Translated by Alexander Leslie. The voyage was made for the purpose of proving the Northeast Passage to be navigable by ship, with the return home through the Bering Straits. A very handsome, collectable copy.

London 1881, Macmillan. Green cloth, very good, 2 vols.,524+ 482pp.,10 folding maps, 4 engraved plates, 298 wood engraved text plates, very clean, solid copy, complete in original binding, 15 x 23.5 cm., gold stamped. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION The original Swedish edition was published in 1880-81. This the first English language translation. It documents a voyage circumnavigated to Europe & Asia, travelling through the polar regions of Siberia & N. Europe. * The voyage visited many port in Asia. With details of every stop, Siberian islands, frozen in the passage through the Behring Straits, arrival at Nunamo, down to Japan. Arrival at Yokohama, meetings with Japanese marine ministers, Kawamura, Prince Kito-Shira-Kava. * JAPAN: Audience of the Mikado. Of Japanese manners & customs, Imperial gardens, excursion to Asamayama, Nakasendo, Takasaki, baths at Ikaho, massage, hot springs. Voyage to Kobe, purchase of Japanese books, rail to Kyoto, of temples, Japanese swords. On to Nagasaki & Mogi.… Leer más

London: MacMillan And Co., 1881. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 1st Printing FIRTS UK EDITION Two Volumes 1881. Complete with all plates and maps. Two volumes bound in original green cloth, small decoration front covers in red and gilt, gilt lettering spine, original brown coated EPs. Generally clean covers, rubbed corners, no foxing, a few small splits spine ends, from the collection of polar explorer/researcher William E. Davies with his signature and date 1934 on short-title page of each volume, no other owner marks or writing on any pages, solid binding, short stub tear to a couple of the folding maps, complete with all plates and maps, EPs cracked but strong (not loose), no restorations. The volumes each measure 233mm tall x 165mm and have a total of 5 steel engraved plates, 10 lithographed maps, 298 wood-cuts, index. Copied from the internet: "William E. Davies (1917-1990) was a USGS (United States Geological Survey) geologist, polar explorer, and recipient of the Antarctic Medal… Leer más