New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1935. 1st Edition. 8vo. A very nice association copy of this important Antarctic Exploration history. Byrd had become the first person to fly over the South Pole in 1929 and this second Expedition almost cost Byrd his life. He was trapped at a weather..... More
Cologne, Germany: Taschen, 2006. Folio. A STUNNINGLY BEAUTIFUL oversized coffee-table book which reproduces the work of Dutch-German mathematician and cosmographer Andreas Cellarius (c.1596-1665). "The Harmonia Macrocosmica is a star atlas written by Andreas Cellarius and published in 1660 by Johannes Janssonius. The first part of the atlas contains copper..... More
Germany: Periodicals Service Co, 1988-06-01. Special Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7. Two Volumes in one. Square Tight Binding.Clean interior, save for small p/o signature and date to front end paper. Blue cloth over boards. The mildest of sunning to spine. Gilt nice and bright. More
London: Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1860. 1st Edition. 8vo. A beautiful two-volume set of this important Discovery & Exploration work on the American West before the Civil War. Domenech was a French Catholic missionary stationed in several mid-western and his job was to not only to attend the..... More
University of Illinois Press, 1970-05-01. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Brick colored cloth with gilt blocked in brown. Square Tight Binding. Clean interior. Jacket Price clipped, Presents handsomely in archival mylar. A superior edition. More
Bellin, Jacques Nicolas. 1st Edition. A beautiful 1764 copperplate engraved map from Bellin's Le Petit Atlas Maritime, Paris, 1747-64, with contemporary hand coloring. An uncommon French map of the Mississippi River delta and the coastline to Mobile Bay, including the fledgling towns of New Orleans, LA and Biloxi..... More
Stockholm, Sweden: Jan Forlag, Fritzes, 1947. 1st Edition. Quarto. Guaguin's facsimile manuscript journal intermingled with vibrant watercolors of images of the natives and daily life of Tahiti. Quarter yellow cloth over yellow typographical paper-covered boards. Square tight binding. Clean interior. Mild rubbing and edge wear. Dust jacket with moderate..... More
London: Charles Dilly in the Poultry, 1787. 8vo. An extremely attractive and well-preserved 1787 edition of this popular 18th-century geographical work, complete with 21 fold-out maps, all in excellent condition. [1], 12, 928pp. [21] map plates, 2 engraved illustrations, charts. Listed in Thomas Jefferson's inventory of the..... More
Boston: Brown & Taggard, 1860. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7. Brown cloth gilt. Square Tight Binding. Clean interior, save for small 1862 inscription to front end paper in richly aged contemporary ink. Mild edge wear to boards with a touch of sunning to spine and extremities. Interior clean..... More
Almelo, Holland: Jacobus Keizer and Jan de Lat (Te Deventer), 1747. 1st Edition. A Beautiful 1747 world map depicting California as an island, with land north and west of it, today's Western Canada and Alaska, labeled "Unknown Land." Australia is labelled 'New Holland' and only the western coast is shown..... More
Philadelphia: Childs & Peterson, 1856. 1st Edition. Two volumes complete. Brown cloth with gilt titling to spines. Elaborate illustration to boards stamped in blind. Elisha Kent Kane was a US navy surgeon who was part of the first Grinnell Expedition which attempted to find the whereabouts of the..... More
Washington, DC: Unites States Coast & Geodetic Survey, 1889. Folio. A beautiful 1889 nautical map of Hawaii printed before the United States overthrew the government of Queen Liliʻuokalani in 1893 and after a constitutional government was established by the minority white agricultural barons in 1887 under the Bayonet Constitution... More
Washington, DC: Unites States Coast & Geodetic Survey, 1888. An interesting map of the Pacific Coast, from the U.S. - Canadian border south into central Mexico. "Constructed from Observations made by Spanish Navigators between 1774-1790 San Blas, Mex. to Vancouver Island" This map is printed in blue ink..... More
HardPress Publishing, 1856. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 1856 1st Edition. Brown cloth with illustrated gilt to spine. Square Tight Binding. Clean interior. Illustrated frontis.Mild rubbing and edge wear to boards. Mild foxing to interior. Overall a handsome and desirable edition. More
The Folio Society, 1993-01-01. Special Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7. Beautiful Folio Society edition of this spectacular 1860 account of African Exploration. Elaborately illustrated brown cloth gilt. Folding map included. Square Tight Binding. Clean interior. Bottom edge of slipcase with a few scuffs, else as new. More
Hartford, CN: American Publishing Company, 1869, 1869. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7. Brown cloth gilt. Square Tight Binding.Clean interior, save for contemporary 1870 U.S. Navy officer signature to front end paper. Frontis with tissue guard. Beautifully engraved title page. More than 200 full-page Plates and in-text illustrations. Mild..... More
S. Andrus, 1818. 3rd Printing. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7. Original leather. Black gilt title label on spine. Square Tight Binding. Clean interior. ELEVEN copperplate engravings and large fold-out map of the west coast of Africa. The incredible true story of an American ship's crew taken into slavery by the..... More
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1909. 1st Edition. Beautiful Map of Antarctica, depicted the route taken by the British Expedition of 1907-1909 under Ernest Shackleton. Taken from the 1909 1st Edition of Shackleton's 1909 'In the Heart of the Antarctic". The map shows the South Victoria Land coastline of Antarctica..... More
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1909. 1st Edition. Beautiful Map of Antarctica, depicted the route taken by the British Expedition of 1907-1909 under Ernest Shackleton. Taken from the 1909 1st Edition of Shackleton's 1909 'In the Heart of the Antarctic". The map shows the Queen Alexandra mountain range and route..... More
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1909. 1st Edition. Beautiful Map of Antarctica, depicted the route taken by the British Expedition of 1907-1909 under Ernest Shackleton. Taken from the 1909 1st Edition of Shackleton's 1909 'In the Heart of the Antarctic". The map shows the mountain ranges and route taken across..... More
Harper & Brothers, 1899. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. 4to - over 9. Two volumes complete. Red cloth with elaborate gilt and color illustration to boards and spine. Square Tight Bindings with beveled edges. Clean interior. 2nd printing with new 25 page preface. Five full-page maps, one folding. 33 full-page and 131..... More
London: Seeley, Service & Co. Limited, 1912-01-01. Early Printing. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6. Early printing of a scarce title in excellent condition. blue cloth with elaborate gilt to spine and gilt illustration with black rule and type to front board. Square Tight Binding. Clean interior, save for small p/o..... More
Baltimore, Md: John Murphy, 1874. 1st Edition. 8vo. 1st Edition Thus, taken from the 17th-century writings of Father White and translated into English. This edition contains both the Latin and English translations. A very early 'Account of the Colony of the Lord baron of Baltimore', extracted from letters..... More