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London: John Murray, 1853. First Edition . Hardcover. Vg+/No Jacket. 8vo. xv, [1] 417 pgs. 4 colour lithograph plates with tissue guards. All in excellent condition. 2 b/w plates & several in text illustrs.Folding colour map at end.(no tears) Blue, blind stamped cloth with gilt decoration to front cover & gilt titles along the spine. Recently recased with a new cloth back with original cloth over. Original endpapers preserved. Excellent restoration overall. No names, no marks in text, not exlibris. Priority shipping recommended. Additional photos available if required. Inquiries welcome. (Cooke & Holland, The Exploration of Northern Canada, 1978,pg.182)

London: Richard Bentley & Son, 1886. 1st U.K.edition . Full-Leather. Near Fine/No Jacket. Heavy 8vo. Superb 19th century binding, given as a 2nd class prize at Queenwood College (Hampshire ?) Royal blue hard-grained morocco leather with gilt & blind tooled decorations in the Art Nouveau style.Only minor wear to spine ends and corners.Rear hinge of Vol.II starting but secure. Aeg. Inside dentelles.Six panels with raised bands and fine gilt tooling to spines.Ribbon bookmarks bound in. Small bookplate on each front pastedown endpaper. Light creases to ffep's.Typical light foxing to prelims with other trivial scattered foxing within the text.Text is generally bright and fresh...bindings tight. VOLUME I. pgs.xxv,428 (one leaf) 17 b/w full-page illustrations,including frontis portrait of Greely that has offset to partially detatched tissue guard. Multiple in-text illustrations.5 maps (1 folding) VOLUME II. pgs.xiii,444. 26 b/w full-page illustrations,including frontis. Multiple in-text… Leer más

London: John Murray, 1848. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Volume I - xvii, 385 pgs. 8 woodcut illustrs.(including frontis) and 1 tinted lithograph plate. 3 folding charts at end (1 colour) Volume II - xi, 395 pgs. 2 woodcut illustrs. and 5 tinted lithograph plates (including frontis) 2 folding charts at end. Several of the colour plates are a tiny bit trimmed along the fore-edge. Both volumes have been recently rebacked with the original spine laid over. New title labels have been placed between panels. Endpapers have the shadow of a bookplate removal. No names or other marks in text. Typical scuffing to marbled paper over the boards. Leather is moderately scuffed. (see photos) Priority shipping recommended. Sir James Brooke (1803-1868), was an army officer and the first Rajah of Sarawak from 1841. Mundy accompanied Sir Thomas John Cochrane to Borneo in 1846, where, in co-operation with Brooke, set against the rebellion of Borneo pirate tribes. Much of that detail is included here.… Leer más

London: Joseph Mawman, 1802. First Edition . Hardcover. Vg/No Jacket. 4to. Volume I: xxiv, 396 pgs. Frontis and 7 plates, with the "bear fighting" plate inserted as frontis in Volume II. Large folding map called for in Volume II is bound into Vol.I. Volume II: viii, 380 pgs. Frontis and 8 plates (5 in colour) plus examples of Finland and Lapland music. 2 volumes in early 20th century half leather bindings, with noted misbound plate & map, contemporary bookplate in each volume, typical offsetting from plates, map hinges tender. Acerbi (1773-1846) was an Italian naturalist and composer, and this record of early travels in Scandinavia describes the customs of the people, detailed observations on natural history, with much on the people of Lapland in Volume II. His travels were considered remarkable at the time having explored and documenting life in remote areas little visited by travellers. Additional photos available if required. Inquiries welcome.

London: Richard Bentley, 1838. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Volume I: xii, [1] 403 pp. 6 b/w plates. Folding map. *As Found; all plates & map from each volume are gathered in volume one. Volume II: vi, 441 pp. Errata. Page 435 incorrectly follows pg, 440. Rebound in brown cloth with red leather title labels. J.S. Polack (1807-1882) lived in New Zealand during 1831-37 and 1840-50. As an enterprising businessman and land speculator, Polack traded in timber and flax and in 1835 set up the countries first brewery. He also learned the Maori language and warned against the destructive effects of unorganized European settlement on Maori society, while arguing the benefits of systematic colonization. This two volume work, published in 1838, was the first of two successful books Polack published about his experiences in New Zealand, and is still regarded as an important and impartial source about the period immediately before the Treaty of Waitangi. The Treaty, signed in 1840,… Leer más

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1968. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. First Canadian Edition (1st printing) Winner of the Governor General's Award for poetry, 1968. x,245 pgs. A fine copy. Dust jacket is essentially fine but has typical age toning along the spine. Not price clipped. Trivial wrinkling at the flap folds and spine ends with the tiniest nick at the bottom of the spine and center bottom of the front panel. Close up photos can be available if needed.

London: Trubner & Co., 1886. First Edition . Hardcover. Vg+/No Jacket/Decorative Cloth. viii, 335 pgs. b/w text illustrs. including 2 maps; one as frontis and 1 folding, plus, a folding panorama illustration of the breakwater at Ponta Delgada.The folding map of the Island of San Miguel has been professionally reinforced with Japanese paper along the outside & centre fold creases. Expect, typical light age toning to pages & pull outs. Original brown cloth with gilt figure to front cover, lightly scuffed. The book has been rebound with a new cloth spine and the original cloth laid over. Original endpapers remain. Name in pencil to the verso of the frontis map. A scarce title, restored. Other photos available if required. "A Political, Commercial and Geographical Account, Containing What is Historically Known of these Islands, and Descriptive of Their Scenery, Inhabitants, and Natural Productions; Having Special Reference to the Eastern Group Consisting of St. Michael and St. Mary, The… Leer más

London: Hurst and Blackett, 1860. First Edition . Hardcover. Vg/No Jacket. Heavy 8vo. xiii, 570 pgs. 82 b/w illustrs. and colour frontis. Folding map at end with one short tear along the inner fold. Half leather binding with marbled paper over boards, endpapers & edges. Recently recased with new backstrip and strengthened hinges. Leather on the corner tips has worn through to the boards. (see photo) Subtitle reads; With Adventures Among the Mountain Kirghis; and the Manjours, Manyargs, Toungouz, Touzemtz, Goldi, and Gelyaks: the Hunting and Pastoral Tribes. In the preface the author explains that his previous work, "Oriental and Western Siberia" was nothing more than "descriptive narrative of a remote part of the globe" and that this present work is information of a more 'elevated character', intended to satisfy the geologist, botanist, ethnologist and other scientific scholars.

London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1848. 1st U.K.edition . Hardcover. Vg/No Jacket. Full leather contemporary bindings, with gilt decorated spines, marbled edges and matching endpapers. xi, 495; ix, 536 pgs. Folding map at the end of volume 2. Contemporary gift inscription to the first blank page of volume 1 and bookplates to the front pastedown endpapers of each volume. Weakened outer hinge at the top of vol.1. This is the first English edition and account by German scientist and explorer, Adolph Erman, of the 1828-29 Norwegian expedition to Russia and Siberia to study the north magnetic pole. The American edition; Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard, 1850, does not include the map of this edition. An excellent, clean set. Additional photos available if required. Inquiries welcome.

Larchmont, New York: the Author Self Published, 1972. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Vg Slipcase. Heavy 4to. 780 pgs. Multiple illustrs. and photographs. Treatises on the life and work of the "Patriarch" of violin makers. Inventory of 700 known or recorded Stradivari string instruments. Index of 3,500 names of past or present Stradivari owners. Photographs of 400 Stradivari instruments with 1,500 views. The author single handedly researched, wrote, edited, published and received orders for this definitive work on Strads. Cloth along the spine has slight concave due to the weight of the volume. Several bumps to the front of slipcase.(photo) A volume of 3.8 kg that will require additional shipping charges for all destinations.

Peking: Chinese Classic Arts Publishing, 1959. 3rd Printing . Decorative Cloth. Vg+/Vg+. Heavy Folio. Unpaginated. All text in Chinese language; with 18 pages of Introduction, list and explanation of plates, followed by 100 tipped-in, captioned, colour plates, single mounted with opposing blank page. Publishing information on the last page indicates a 3rd printing with no indication of a 'limited edition'. (according to my translator) A scarce collection; excellent condition in original dust jacket with very light wear around the edges and corner tips. Original card slipcase included. Parcel weight over 6kg. Expect a request for additional shipping charges to all destinations. More photos and actual shipping costs quote on request.

Jerusalem: American Colony Photograph Studio, 1914. No Binding. Near Fine. Two original, hand coloured photographs, by the American Colony Studio, Jerusalem, circa 1914. Studio name embossed lower right corner on each photo. Visible photo size is 8.5 X 11 inches. Frame size is 14.5 X 17 inches. Old Bedouin Woman and Ramallah Peasant Spinning Wool. Matted and framed in Glasgow by Porteous & Co. Both, excellent examples. Please appreciate that my photographs were taken under low light to help buffer the glare from the glass. The American Colony in Jerusalem was started in 1881 by Anna and Horatio Spafford of Chicago and was later joined by a group of Swedish-American Christians. They engaged in philanthropic work among the people of Jerusalem building the trust of the local Muslim, Jewish, and other Christian communities. The photographic division of the American Colony was established in about 1900 as a means of income for the communal group, and soon expanded to a full time enterprise with… Leer más

Edmonton, Alberta: Revillon Wholesale Limited, 1926. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 4to. Northern Hardware Company Catalogue No.79 for1926. "For Merchants Only". xviii, and 440 pages with b/w illustrations for every item, several product advertising pages in colour and 4 pages of paint sample chips at the end. A wonderful collection of hardware items from A to Z with descriptions and pricing. Original text block has been (not recently) rebound in green cloth with the original red cloth and titles laid onto the front cover. Expect some light scuffs and staining (photos available) Back hinge is split but secure. An uncommon example from a company that eventually became a fixture in many Northern Canadian communities.

Toronto: The Champlain Society, 1939. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Heavy 8vo. The Publications of the Champlain Society volume XXV. xlvii, 411 pgs. Illustrations & maps. No.82 of 550 copies. Translated into English for the first time by H.H. Langton. Red cloth faded along the spine.Top edge gilt. No names or marks in text. Sagard was a Recollet Brother who in 1623-24 lived among the Hurons, France's main Indian allies and fur trading partners at the time. He kept meticulous notes on all that he saw and did, and his observations of Huron life form one of the most comprehensive written records of their culture in the early years of white contact.

Colorado: the Author Limited Edition, 1985. First Edition/Limited . Hardcover. Fine/Fine Slipcase. Small 4to. Copy #133 of an unspecified number. xi, 99pp. Colour plates. Burgundy half-leather binding in slipcase. A fine unmarked copy.

London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1905. First Edition . Cloth. Vg+/No Jacket. Heavy 8vo. 2 Volumes. Vol.I, xiv, 260 pgs, b/w illustrs., 2 folding maps in colour. Vol. II, viii, 261-541 pgs, b/w illustrs. 2 colour plates, 2 maps (1 folding in colour) Subscribers prospectus included. Original reddish brown cloth with gilt titles on the spine. Top edges gilt. Name plate to front endpapers. Typical foxing to endpapers & preliminary pages, with scattered foxing in the text. An excellent set and account of the author's travels in Northern Europe in the years 1871, 1872, and 1875, with friends, E.R. Alston and Henry Seebohm. "The object of these expeditions was mainly to study the natural history and explore remote regions where he hoped to discover the breeding haunts of several uncommon birds that migrate to Great Britain to rear their young.

Boston: Privately Printed by the Author.Wright & Potter Printing Co., 1931. First Edition . Hardcover. Vg/No Jacket. Heavy 8vo. 1146 pages, Bibliography. b/w frontis portrait plaque & 16 plates. 8343 entries with a 57 page addenda. Original green cloth, lightly scuffed with fading gilt titles on the spine. Previous owner's name on the first blank page and their reference notes on the last blank page. First few pages are lightly creased from careless closing of this very heavy binding (3.1kg) including the frontis and title page. Considered the most comprehensive work on the topic, recording near ten thousand items. "Privately printed in a very small edition and likely never to be reprinted or superseded." A rare find in the open marketplace and prized in private collections, this volume will require special shipping considerations due to size & weight. Other photos available. Inquiries welcome.

London: Longmans,Green & Co., 1903. First Edition . Hardcover. Vg+/No Jacket. xii, 342 pgs. b/w photo illustrs. 2 maps, including a large folding colour map at end with a short tear at the inner hinge, not affecting the map portion. Original grey cloth with very little wear.Light scuffs and crease to the front cover...not unsightly (see photo) Previous owners name in pencil to front endpaper.Clean and fresh text. Accounts of climbs in Alberta & British Columbia,1897-1902 with the last chapter "a note on sport and game in the Canadian Rockies." Lowther,1519. Edwards & Lort, 3407. Whale,1468.

London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1924. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo. 247 pgs. 16 b/w Illustrations. 8 pages publishers ads at end. A very gently used copy with light age toning to endpapers, previous owners name and blind stamp to front endpaper. No other marks in text. Text block with very clean edges. Very good dust jacket with chips along the edges that have been tape repaired a half century ago. (photos) Priority shipping recommended. Inquiries welcome and other photos available if requested. A concise account of Napoleon's career.

London: J. Johnson, J. Nichols, R. Faulder, et al, 1808. Hardcover. Vg/No Jacket. 24mo. 3 Volumes only. Lacking Volume IV, Irish Peerage. Volume I. 402 pgs. plus index.Includes a list of Peers of the Empire who are in the Army and the Navy, an alphabetical list of Latin Mottos with translations etc. Volume II.441 pgs plus index. Lists Viscounts and Barons. Volume III.Scotland.1809. 414 pgs.including index. Three volumes in secure half leather and marbled paper bindings, lightly rubbed and scuffed around the edges and over the covers.(see photos) Typical, light to moderate foxing & paper age toning with volume I most affected. Family crests & Coat of Arms engraved in wood throughout the text. Unfortunately missing Volume IV, Irish Peerage. Other photos are available if required. Inquiries welcome.