ARTIC ARTIST: The Journal and Paintings of George Back, Midshipman With Franklin, 1819-1822.
Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1994. Hardcover. Quarto. 403pp. Incl. index. Illustrated. A couple small edge tears bottom of dust jacket spine.
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ADVENTURES IN AMERICANA 1492-1897: A selection of books from the Library of Herschel V. Jones. The Romance of Voyage and Discovery from Spain to the Indies, the Spanish Main, and North America; Inland to the Ohio Country; on Toward the Mississippe; through California; over Chilkoot Pass to the Gold Fields of Alaska. (Three Volumes).
New York: Cooper Square Publishers, 1964. First edition thus. Hardcover. Quarto. Facsimile of original 1928 limited edition. Two volume catalogue, with 300 items described and title-pages pictured, plus 220pp. Checklist compiled by Wilberforce Eames. Brown cloth with red spine labels. Light silverfish damage to fore-edge and some page edges (mostly.....
OUR ARCTIC PROVINCE.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1886. First edition. Hardcover. 8 3/4'' X 6''. 473pp. with index. Folding map at rear. Some light wear to corners, but a tight clean attractive copy.
PAGODA SHADOWS.
Boston: W. G. CORTHELL, 1890. Sixth edition. Hardcover. 7'' x 4 3/4''. 285pp. 1 page of ads. General wear to cloth. Foxing to endpapers. Bookplate to paste down.
THE LAKE OF GENEVA.
London: Adam and Charles Black, 1909. First edition. Hardcover. 9'' x 6 3/4''. 360pp. with index and folding map at rear. Light toning to endpapers. Original decorated cloth in nice condition. A nice clean copy of a very scarce book.
A CARIBBEAN CORRESPONDENCE.
Bloomington: Privately Printed, 1911. First edition. Hardcover. 7 3/4'' x 5 1/4''. 84pp. A trip to Cuba, Haiti, Jamaica, Venezuela etc.
CHINESE HEROES IN THE BOXER UPRISING.
New York: EATON & MAINS, 1902. First American edition. Hardcover. 8 1/8'' X 5 5/8''. 248pp. Soiling to original cloth. Bookplate on paste down. Some toning to endpapers. Binding tight.
MONASTERIES OF GREECE.
London: Tauris Parke Books, 1996. Quarto. 224pp. incl. index. Nicely and profusely illustrated from color photographs by Hellier. Architect's stamp and initials on front endpaper. Dust jacket has light edge wear. "Dramatically sited monasteries, built on cliff-tops or hidden in remote valleys, are one of the most characteristic.....
THE FIJI JOURNALS OF BARON ANATOLE VON HUGEL 1875-1877.
Suva: Fiji Museum, 1990. First edition. Hardcover. 10 2/8'' x 7''. 479pp. with index. Small crease to top of dustjacket.
LAND, LABOR AND GOLD ;.
Boston: TICKNOR AND FIELDS, 1855. First American edition. Hardcover. 7 1/2'' X 5''. Two volumes.441pp. ; 426pp. 8pp. adds. General light wear to original cloth. Foxing to endpapers, toning to pages. Previous owners ink signiture on fly-leaves. Still a nice clean set.
THE ART OF CAPTAIN COOK'S VOYAGES. (Three volumes in four, complete).
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1985-1988. Hardcover. Folio. Four volumes: Volume One: THE VOYAGE OF THE ENDEAVOR 1768-1771. 247pp. incl. index. Volume Two: THE VOYAGE OF THE RESOLUTION & ADVENTURE 1772-1775. 274pp. Volume Three: THE VOYAGE OF THE RESOLUTION AND DISCOVERY 1776-1780. (Two volumes-Text and Catalogue). Continuous pagination, xi-669pp. incl.....
THE CRUISE OF THE WHALER DORADO TO SCAMMON LAGOON. Being the Log Kept by Chas. A. Langlais of the Round-Trip Voyage From The Harbor of Wilmington, California to Scammon Lagoon in Baja California, February 2 to 13, 1956.
San Francisco: Privately Printed. 1956. Hardcover. Quarto. 30pp. Illustrated with photographs. pictorial map endpapers. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR, " to Nat Paschall..." Oatmeal cloth, stamped in blue. Mild toning to edges. Issued without dustjacket.
HIGH SPOTS IN THE ANDES.
New York: G.P. Putnams Sons, 1935. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 320pp. Incl.index and glossary. Blue cloth nice with only very light rubbing. Pictorial endpapers have name and address marked out. Dust jacket has edge wear, small tears, tear with loss to spine end and light rubbing.
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