Wallis, Helen [ed.]

Carteret's Voyage Round the World / 1766-1769 (Two Volumes)

Cambridge, Printed for the Hakluyt Society at the Cambridge University Press, 1965. Hardcover. pp. xii, 273; vi, 275-564. Bound in sky-blue cloth with lettering and decoration in gilt and blind. Maps and illustrations present as called-for. Light shelfwear, bookplate to ffeps, white ribbon page marker taped to rfeps, contents unmarked, binding sound; very good in good- slightly edgeworn, spotted and sunned dustjackets, with clear tape affixed to spines, creasing, two short and one 1" closed tear to volume II. Works issued by The Hakluyt Society, Second Series, Part 2, No. 124 & 125. "Derived from the abstract retained by Philip Carteret after his voyage and the journal he compiled from it and other papers in about 1773..A collection of documents, 1756-1811, relating to the preparations, to the voyage itself, and to its aftermath. .

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Book number: 069004

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Wallis, Helen [ed.]

Missions to the Niger / the Journal of Friedrich Horneman's Travels from Cairo to Murzuk in the Years 1797-98 / the Letters of Major Alexander Gordon Laing, 1824-26 / the Bornu Mission 1822-25 / Parts I-III (Four Volumes)

Cambridge, Printed for the Hakluyt Society at the Cambridge University Press, 1966. Hardcover. pp. xii, 406; xiv, 306; xii, 309-595; x, 599-798. Bound in sky-blue cloth with lettering and decoration in gilt and blind. Maps and illustrations present as called-for. Light shelfwear, minor spotting/scuffing to volume I, slight bump to rear board on volumes II and IV. Bookplate to ffeps, with ribbon page markers of various colours and materials taped to rfeps, contents unmarked, binding sound; very good in good, slightly worn, spotted and sunned dustjackets, showing short, closed tears along edges. Works issued by The Hakluyt Society, Second Series, Part 2, Nos. 123, 128-130. "With Laing's letters are included his ‘Cursory remarks on the course and termination of the great river Niger', his ‘Notes on Gadamis', his only surviving letter to his wife, and the newspaper report of his death..the Narrative of Travels and Discoveries in Northern and Central Africa in the years 1822, 1823, and 1824 by Major Denham, Captain Clapperton and the late Doctor Oudney (2nd edition, 1826)..Includes previously unpublished documents relating to the mission. Each volume contains a glossary of Arabic terms. .

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Book number: 069007

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Wells, William V.

Explorations and Adventures in Honduras, Comprising Sketches of Travel in the Gold Regions of Olancho. .

New York City, Harper & Brothers, 1857. 1st edition. Hardcover. pp. 588. Royal 8vo. Bound in original brown cloth blocked in blind to the boards, and lettered in gilt to the spine. The folding map is in very good condition. This copy has been professionally re-backed, with new endpapers, and is now a very sturdy volume in good plus condition. The preliminary pages are lightly stained at the foredge, and bottom right corner. After about p. 35, this staining is negligible and then disappears. Occasional very light foxing. Ill.: maps, b&w illustrations.

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Book number: 9900034215

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Keywords: Latin America;Central America;;;;;;; maps, b&w illustrations

Wilbers, Stephen

Canoeing the Boundary Waters Wilderness; a Sawbill Log

Charleston, The History Press, 2012. Paperback. pp. 158. 8vo. Black & white photographs. Light shelfwear; very good. .

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Book number: 076363

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Wilford, John Noble

Mapmakers

New York, Vintage Books, 1982. Paperback. pp. xi, 414. 8vo. Black and white illustrations. Moderate general shelfwear, creasing to front cover, dampstain to edge of textblock; good+. .

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Book number: 073856

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Keywords: Cartography; History; Land; Countries; Exploration

Wilkins, Charles

Circus at the Edge of the Earth; Travels with the Great Wallenda Circus

Toronto, Mcclelland & Stewart, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. pp. 270. 8vo. Contains black and white illustrations. Signed by the author to half title page. Light general shelfwear; very good in very good dustjacket. .

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Book number: 070969

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DAMPIER, William / With an Introduction by Sir Albert Gray

A New Voyage Round the World

London, The Argonaut Press, 1927. Limited edition. Hardcover. pp. xxxvii,376,4to. Bound in wine-red cloth over vellum spine with gilt titles. The original woodcut appearing on the title page is by William Monk. All maps present and in excellent condition. Tear to top of spine. Vellum to top of front board abraded at vellum/cloth overlap. Corners of boards rounded, with wear to lower tips. Vellum spine darkened - lettering still bright. Bookseller's ticket to lower right of front pastedown. Hinges tight: contents clean and tight. A good copy, with some cosmetic defects. This edition is the second publication of the Argonaut Press and is limited to 975 copies on Japon vellum, this being designated as copy number 90. Ill.: maps, b&w illustrations.

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Book number: 9900034782

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Keywords: Circumnavigation;Bindings;Nautical;Sumatra;Yucatan;Mexico;Indonesia;; maps, b&w illustrations

Williams, Glyndwr (Ed.)

London Correspndence Inward from Sir George Simpson 1841-42

London, The Hudson's Bay Record Society, 1973. Hardcover. pp. 211. 8vo. Black binding with gilt lettering to spine. Includes fold out map of Simpson's voyage. Lightest shelfwear. Dustjacket lightly scuffed and age toned: near fine in very good dustjacket. Publications of Hudson's Bay Record Society XXIX. .

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Book number: 085787

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Williamson, J.A. (ed.)

The Cabot Voyages and Bristol Discovery Under Henry VII

London, The Hakluyt Society, 1961. Hardcover. pp. 332. 8vo. Bound in blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Contains fold out world map of Juan de la Cosa. Cartography of the voyages by R.A. Skelton. Light shelfwear, slant and darkening to spine, ink inscriptions to ffep. Dustjacket price clipped with nicking and tearing to edges, darkening to spine, moisture marks, smoky odour; very good- in good- dustjacket. .

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Book number: 085238

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Williamson, James A.

The Voyages of the Cabots; English Discovery of North America Under Henry VII and Henry VIII

Amsterdam/New York, N. Israel / Da Capo Press, 1970. Hardcover. pp. 290. 4to. Bound in tan leatherette with gilt lettering to spine. Contains thirteen maps. Light shelfwear; very good+. Originally published by the Argonaut Press, London, 1929. .

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Book number: 083208

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Wilson, Hap; Stephanie Ackroyd

Wilderness Rivers of Manitoba

Port Carling, Ontario, Canadian Recreational Canoeing Association, 2001. Paperback. pp. 160. 8vo. Black & white maps and colour photographs. Some shelfwear and spotting to bottom edge; very good-. .

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Book number: 064908

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Winchester, Simon

The River at the Center of the World; a Journey Up the Yangtze, and Back in Chinese Time

New York, Picador, 2004. Paperback. pp. 414. 8vo. Light shelfwear, some highlighting to map; very good. .

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Book number: 082291

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Wood, Ruth Kedzie

The Tourist's Northwest; with Numerous Illustrations

New York, Dodd, Mead and Company, 1917. Hardcover. pp. xiv, 528. 8vo. Gilt lettering and decoration to front board and spine. Thirty-one black & white illustrations with five black & white maps. Edgeworn, sunning to spine, hinges taped, ink dating and signatures and ghost of pencil notation to ffep. Map on p. 292 shows two closed tears and map on p. 470 shows single closed tear; overall good. .

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Book number: 070619

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Woodcock, George

The Walls of India

Toronto, Lester & Orpen Dennys, 1985. Hardcover. pp. vii, 136. Square 4to. Maps, colour reproductions of paintings. Light general shelfwear; very good in very good dustjacket in Brodart cover. Author and illustrator ink signatures to title page. Ill.: Toni Onley.

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Book number: 068177

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Keywords: Toni Onley

Wright, Ronald

Cut Stones and Crossroads; a Journey in the Two Worlds of Peru

New York, Penguin Books, 1986. Paperback. 8vo. Black and white illustrations, maps and photographs. Very good. .

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Book number: 056731

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