PEARY, ROBERT E

The North Pole. Time-Life Classics of Exploration Series

Amsterdam: Time-Life Books, 1985. Reprint. Brown padded leather cover with gilt/red tooling and red title panels. 210mm x 140mm (8" x 6"). xii, 2326pp. Facsimile edition.. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket as issued .

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Book number: tle13

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PEARY, ROBERT E

The North Pole. Signed Copy

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1910. Edition de Luxe limited to 500 copies. Half leather marbled board cover. 300mm x 230mm (12" x 9"). xii, 326pp. 116 illustrations from photographs and fold out coloured map. Signed by Robert E. Peary and R.A. Bartlett, [Master of the 'Roosevelt'.].. VG : in very good condition. Modern rebind. Light corner staining on last four index leaves with no impact on text. Teg .

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Book number: d3000ab

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Keywords: Exploration Arctic Exploration Autographed Editions

PINKERTON, JOHN; MORLEY, HENRY [ED.]

Early Australian Voyages Cassell's National Library No 43

London: Cassell & Co Ltd, 1886. First edition thus. Blue hardback cloth cover. 150mm x 100mm (6" x 4"). 192pp.. G : in good condition without dust jacket. Spine faded .

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Book number: cnl136

Catalogue: Exploration

Keywords: Exploration 1850 - 1900 Antiquarian

A LADY PIONEER [MAZUCHELLI, ELIZABETH SARAH]

The Indian Alps and How We Crossed Them Being a Narrative of Two Years Residence in the Eastern Himalaya and Two Months' Tour Into the Interior

London: Longman's Green & Co, 1876. First Edition. Maroon/gilt hardback cloth cover with bevelled edges. 270mm x 190mm (11" x 7"). 249pp. Fold out map and 10 chromolithograph coloured illustrations by the author with text drawings.. G+ : in good condition plus. Cover lightly rubbed with minor wear to outer joint of upper board and at spine head. Small chip at top of fore edge. Some offsetting. Aeg .

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Book number: g8725

Catalogue: Exploration

Keywords: Exploration Asia 1850 - 1900 Antiquarian Travel

PRIESTLEY, RAYMOND E

Antarctic Adventure. Scott's Northern Party

London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1914. First Edition. Blue/silver hardback pictorial cloth cover. 220mm x 130mm (9" x 5"). 382pp. B/w photographs and 3 fold out maps.. G: in good condition without dust jacket. Reproduction blue and silver cloth cover. Eps renewed. Lower margins trimmed. Some light scattered browning. Ex. lib .

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Book number: e9218a

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PRINGLE, M A

A Journey in East Africa Towards the Mountains of the Moon

Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1886. Reprint. Blue hardback cloth cover. 210mm x 150mm (8" x 6"). xxx, 386pp.. G : in Good condition without dust jacket. Heavy discolouration / dampstains to cover, especially spine. Text block clean and tight. No map .

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Book number: c1772

Catalogue: Exploration

Keywords: Exploration Africa 1850 - 1900 Antiquarian

PRUEN, S TRISTRAM

The Arab and the African: Experiences in Eastern Equatorial Africa During a Residence of Three Years

London: Seeley and Co. Ltd, 1891. Cheaper edition. Maroon/gilt hardback cloth cover. 200mm x 130mm (8" x 5"). vii, 338pp; 2pp catalogue. B/w plates and line drawings.. G : in Good condition without dust jacket. Cover lightly rubbed. Light foxing to title page .

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Book number: e2353

Catalogue: Exploration

Keywords: Exploration Africa 1850 - 1900 Antiquarian

RALEGH, WALTER; GALVAO, ANTONIO; ROWSE, A L [INTRO]

The Discoverie of Guiana [and] the Discoveries of the World

Cleveland Ohio: The World Publishing Co, 1966. Facsimile Reprint. Illustrated white card covers with ribbon ties. 200mm x 150mm (8" x 6"). 112pp, 96pp; 19pp. Boxed with accompanying introductory pamphlet by A L Rowse.. G : in good condition without dust jacket in presentation box .

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Book number: j9580

Catalogue: Exploration

Keywords: Exploration American History

RALEGH, SIR WALTER [RALEIGH]; HARLOW, V T [ED.]

The Discoverie of the Large and Bewtiful Empire of Guiana [Guyana]

London: The Argonaut Press, 1971. Facsimile Edition. Tan leatherette cover. 260mm x 200mm (10" x 8"). cvi, 182pp. Frontis portrait, title page woodcut, fold out map and facsimile plate. Edited from the original text with introduction, notes and appendixes of hitherto unpublished documents. Fifth publication of Argonaut Press.. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket. Slight spine lean .

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Book number: k3642

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Keywords: Exploration History Cornucopia - Books for Gifts Travel

RALEIGH, WALTER; MORLEY, HENRY [ED.]

The Discovery of Guiana, and the Journal of the Second Voyage Thereto. Cassell's National Library No 67

London: Cassell & Co Ltd, 1887. First edition thus. Blue hardback cloth cover. 150mm x 100mm (6" x 4"). 192pp.. G : in good condition without dust jacket. Spine faded .

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Book number: cnl156

Catalogue: Exploration

Keywords: Exploration 1850 - 1900 Antiquarian

DE RESTE, C BERNARD

Histoire Des Peches, Des Decouvertes Et Des Etablissemens Des Hollandois Dans Les Mers Du Nord. Tome Troisieme

Paris: Chez Nyon, 1801 [An IX de la Republique]. First Edition. Leather cover. 210mm x 130mm (8" x 5"). 378pp. 3 fold out engraved maps and 5 illustrations including 4 of birds. 'Ouvrage traduit du Hollandais par les Soins du Gouvernement, Enrichi de Notes, & Orne de Cartes & de Figures a L'Usage des Navigateurs & des Amateurs de l'Histoire Naturelle.'.. G : in Good condition. Cover rubbed. Outer spine cracked at upper hinge. Ex Royal College of Surgeons Ireland Library .

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Book number: e5991

Catalogue: Exploration

Keywords: Exploration 1750 - 1850 Antiquarian Natural History

ROSS, ALEXANDER

Adventures of the First Settlers on the Oregon or Columbia River: Being a Narrative of the Expedition Fitted out by John Jacob Astor, to Establish the 'Pacific Fur Company', with an Account of Some Indian Tribes on the Coast of the Pacific

London: Smith, Elder & Co, 1849. First Edition. Green hardback cloth cover. 210mm x 130mm (8" x 5"). xv, 352pp. Fold out map.. G: in Good condition without dust jacket as issued. Cover rubbed. Light joint and spine end wear .

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Book number: r9238

Catalogue: Exploration

Keywords: Exploration North America 1750 - 1850 Antiquarian Anthropology

ROSS, JOHN; ROSS, JAMES CLARKE

Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North-West Passage, and of a Residence in the Arctic Regions in the Years 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832, 1833... . . [Together with] Appendix to the Narrative. 2 Volume Set

London: A W Webster, 1835. First Edition. Blue half calf marbled board cover with gilt nautical motifs to spines. 330mm x 260mm (13" x 10"). xxxiv, 740pp; xii, 120pp, cxliv, cii, errata. 50 plates and charts, steel engraved, lithographic or mezzotint, many hand coloured; folding coloured map. '.....Including the Reports of James Clark Ross and the Discovery of the Northern Magnetic Pole.' N.B.: Heavy volumes- extra shipping needed for overseas.. VG : in very good condition. Modern rebind with new eps. Errata leaf to main volume discarded. Variable spotting to steel engraved plates and offsetting, and some occasional spotting to lithographic plates. Repaired close tear to rear folding map .

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Book number: q0641a

Catalogue: Arctic Exploration

Keywords: Arctic Exploration Exploration 1750 - 1850 Antiquarian Cornucopia - Books for Gifts

ROSS, JAMES CLARK

A Voyage of Discovery and Research in the Southern and Antarctic Regions, During the Years 1839-43. 2 Volume Set

London: John Murray, 1847. First Edition. Blue/gilt hardback cloth cover. 230mm x 140mm (9" x 6"). lii, 366pp; x, 447pp. Plates, maps and woodcuts.. G : in good condition. Rebound with modern blue cloth with new eps. Darkening to page edges and light chipping to fore edge of prelim pages. Tape reinforcement to fold out plate in volume I and tape repair at gutter of fold out chart in volume II. Some scattered spotting and foxing to some plates and occasional light pencil annotation .

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Book number: e5315a

Catalogue: Exploration

Keywords: Exploration 1750 - 1850 Antiquarian Australasia South America

RYMILL, JOHN; STEPHENSON, A; MILL, HUGH ROBERT [INTRO.]

Southern Lights. The Official Account of the British Graham Land Expedition 1934-1937

London: Travel Book Club, 1939. Reprint. Grey hardback cloth cover. 240mm x 170mm (9" x 7"). 296pp. B/w photographs and fold-out map to rear.. G : in good condition without dust jacket. Spine darkened .

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Book number: e6754ba

Catalogue: Arctic Exploration

Keywords: Arctic Exploration