New York: A.L. Burt. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7. Red cloth gilt with square tight binding and clean bright interior. A beautiful early reprint with very minimal edge wear. Gilt still very bright. No date. Illustrations throughout. Offsetting to end papers from where jacket had been with light tanning to..... More
Brockhampton, 1960-01-01. Hardcover. Light green cloth. Square Tight Binding. Warmly inscribed by Rear Admiral Dufek, presumably to the son of one of fellow Operation Deep Freeze adventurers D-Diroche. Dufek waxes about the possibility of the son going to the Antarctic like his father. Dufek was a WWII hero who commanded..... More
Kingston House, 1951. Hardcover. Half teal cloth. Square Tight Binding.Clean interior. jacket with a few creases and a chip to lower spine. Presents handsomely in archival mylar. More
London: John Murray, 1818. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7. Two volumes complete.Square Tight text blocks. Clean interior. Large folding map of the Tonga Islands intact. All boards present but three of four detached. This set is in need of a re-back. Moderate rubbing and wear to boards, spine..... More
Burt Franklin, 1968-06-01. Hardcover. Brown cloth gilt. Square Tight Binding.Clean interior. Very little wear. More
London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1925. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7. A handsome 1st Edition copy of this mountaineering classic. Blue cloth gilt. Clean interior, save for small p/o name to front pastedown. Mild sporadic foxing throughout. Rear hinge cracked. 32 full-color and black and white..... 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
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
New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1913. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Handsome 1st U.S. Edition set of this classic Discovery & Exploration work. Loaded with maps, historic photographs and illustrations. Two volumes complete. Blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. Square Tight Bindings. Clean interiors. Mild rubbing and..... More
For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O, 1981-01-01. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 4to - over 9. Square tight binding with clean bright interior. small scratch to front board. More
IMPRINT SOCIETY, 1971-01-01. Special Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7. Two volumes complete in original slipcase. Square Tight Bindings. Clean interiors. Little to no wear to books, save for a small discoloration to paper spine label of volume two. Slipcase with very mild edge wear. A handsome set. More