The Forsters and the Botany of the Second Cook Expedition (1772 - 1775) de Nicolson, Dan H. & Fosberg, F. Raymond - 2004

London: Spencer & Co.. 1910. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition. Black& White frontispiece with tissue guard plus 5 more black and white plates. Marbled endpapers. Blue boards with gilt to face & spine. Gilt page edges. Foreword by William James Hughan. 148 pages . 1st Edition. Hardback.

NY: Random House, 1993. FINE condition in FINE dust jacket. HARDCOVER. 1993. FIRST EDITION. AS NEW, bound in umber and maroon with gold titles wrapped in an exquisitely photographed dust jacket. Square and tight, UNREAD, original price intact. 'Unconventional, highly entertaining, instructive and beautifully written --Publishers Weekly.' 394pp. Index. Wonderful gift.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

NY: Scribners, 1983. FINE condition in FINE dust jacket. HARDCOVER. 1983. FIRST PRINTING of REVISED EDITION. AS NEW, bound in green cloth with map drawings on front and back endpapers in hunter green pictorial dust jacket. Square and tight, UNREAD, original price intact. 'A former cultural attache at the American Embassy in London shares his knowledge of many places most tourists never see.' 'The author seems to have gone everywhere, read everything and eaten in every kind of place along the way. --Smithsonian.' Illustrations. Index.. Revised Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

London: London: Printed for Thomas Kelly No. 17 Paternoster-Row, 1821. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. First edition, large quarto; viii + 724pp. In original half leather binding, very worn, boards detached, spine backstrip missing, opening and closing leaves loose with marginal chipping and creasing without loss of text, text block otherwise sound with unobtrusive sporadic light staining and soiling only, complete with engraved portrait frontispiece, extra engraved title page and 16 full page engraved plates. Despite its tired condition, still a complete working copy of this early illustrated biography in first edition.

Boards have water stain.DJ with clipped corners and water stains.Feathered edges to pages.

New York: Silk Publishing Co.. Very Good. 1923. Hardcover. Volume 16, 1923. January to June (No. 1-6). Clean brown cloth. Hard binding with gilt lettering on spine. Marbled page edges & endpapers. Containing 6 magazines published on the 15thday of each month. Silk industry's technical authority. Text tight & clean. Profusely illustrated with B/W photographs and drawings. Some color. Vol. 16, No. 2 with a few mended page edge tears. Internal markings only, "Smithsonian Institute, National Museum. " Business ; B&W Drawing & B/W Photo; 4to 11" - 13" tall .

New York: Silk Publishing Co.. Very Good. 1925. Hardcover. Volume 18, 1925. July to December (7-12). Clean brown cloth. Hard Binding with gilt lettering on spine. Marbled page edges & endpapers. Containing 6 magazines with covers, published on the 15th day of each month. Silk industry's technical authority. Text tight, clean & intact. Profusely illustrated with B/W photographs & drawings. #12 magazine with 3 mended edge tears. Internal markings only, "Smithsonian Institute, National Museum." Business; B&W Drawing & B/W Photo; 4to 11" - 13" tall .

Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists, Denver, CO, 1982. Softcover (Spiral Bound). Fair Condition. Size: 4mo - over 9 3/4" - 12" tall. 131 pp. Text contains minor marks and annotations. Previous owner's inscription on front cover. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 pound. Category: Environment & Ecology; Science & Technology. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 001375. .

J.B. Lippincott, 1940. Hardcover. Good/No DJ. Printing not stated, presumed first. Zebra patterned cloth-covered boards, showing some soiling. Spine faded. Overall light shelf wear. Page edges soiled and/or age toned but interior is bright and fresh: only marking is POS on FFEP. Stated 85 aquatone illustrations. Though there is a split at p.361 the book still handles well - the binding nonetheless feels loose to the touch with a slight roll developing at the tail. 376 pages with index. True account of the travel adventures of the author & her husband, Martin, renowned big game hunter & photographer, focusing on their years on the shores of Lake Paradise in Africa.

Seeley, Service & Co, 1915. Cloth. Very Good. Part of the publisher's 'Library of Romance' series; 351pp, (1pp publishers advertisements). Original dark blue cloth covers titled and decorated in red,white and gilt, with huskies and men dragging a sledge on front cover, musk ox on spine. This edition is one of the earlier ones having more illustrations than the later editions. The preface is dated 1906 and a Publishers note on page 8 brings attention to various expedition leaders and publishers for the use of their illustrations. Frontispiece + 21 b/w illustrations + 2 maps all as called for in list of illustrations. Shelfware, rear cover stained. Previous owners signature dated 1918 on front pastedown, some foxing mainly to eps and page edges. A rare item. Good. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Antarctic; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 2787. .