Harrison, Carl H.

A Tramp on the Line; Harri 's on Tour

Victoria, BC, Friesen Press, 2013. Paperback. 8vo. Light shelfwear; very good+. Signed by author on title page. .

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N° du livre: 054600

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

[Captain James Cook] Hawkesworth, John LL.D. / Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, and Captain Cook

An Account of the Voyages Undertaken by Order of His Present Majesty for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere

London, W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1773. 1st edition. Hardcover. 4to. This is the first printing, first state, of the famous account of what is now described as 'Cook's First Voyage', although primary credit for the creation of this account is given to John Hawkesworth (who had been commissioned by the Admiralty to edit Capt. Cook's papers). Note: there was a second edition published in the same year, containing a Preface by Hawkesworth (Beddie 650). Volume I of our offering ends at page 676, and shows page 139 as numbered 139-360 (as called for in Beddie 648). It contains 18 of the 21 charts and plates called for in this volume, lacking two charts and one plate (or 'cut' as it is called). Volume II has a large tide mark across the top of the first third, or so, of the contents. Page 189 is misnumbered 191. Old worm hole to margins of pages 119-161. Contains 16 of 22 charts and plates (five folding charts, seven folding plates, and four single page plates). The text is complete in 410 numbered pages. Volume III text commences at page 411 and concludes at page 795. All nine plates and charts are present, including the very large folding chart of New Zealand (Cook was the first to confirm that New Zealand was, in fact, an island). Lack of nine plates/ charts. The text shows foxing, severe on a few pages but, on the whole, the text is perfectly readable and, if professionally restored, the plates and charts would be magnificent. Ill.: charts and engravings.

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N° du livre: 9900042259

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Mots-clés: Voyages;Maritime;Nautical;Exploration;Navigation;;;; charts and engravings

Head, George

Forest Scenes and Incidents in the Wilds of North America; Being a Diary of a Winter's Route from Halifax to the Canadas

Toronto, Coles, 1980. Paperback. 8vo. Ink owner's name to verso front cover; very good. .

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N° du livre: 058567

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Hearne, Samuel

A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay, to the Northern Ocean; Undertaken by Order of the Hudson's Bay Company, for the Discovery of Copper Mines, a North West Passage, Etc, in the Years 1769, 1770, 1771, and 1772

New York, Da Capo Press, 1968. Hardcover. pp. 458. 4to. White binding, contains multiple foldout maps and plates. Lightest shelfwear. Transparent glassine dustjacket with some tears to edges; near fine in very good dustjacket. Originally published in London, 1795. .

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N° du livre: 083203

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Hearne, Samuel

A Journey from Hudson's Bay to the Northern Ocean; Undertaken by Order of the Hudson's Bay Company for the Discovery of Copper Mines, a North West Passage, &C. In the Years 1769, 1770, 1771, & 1772

Edmonton, M. G. Hurtig Ltd, 1971. Hardcover. pp. 458. 8vo. Black & white maps and illustrations. Bound in red cloth with black and gilt spine label. Lightest shelfwear; very good+ in very good dustjacket showing rubbing. Housed in very good- card board slipcase. .

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N° du livre: 076549

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Hearne, Samuel

Voyage de Samuel Hearne, Du Fort Du Prince de Galles Dans la Baie de Hudson, a L'Ocean Nord, Entrepris Par Ordre de la Compagnie de la Baie de Hudson; Dans Les Années 1769, 1770,1771 Et 1772, Et Exécuté Par Terre, Piur la Découverte D'Un Passage Au Nord-Ouest. Traduit de L'Anglais, Et Accompagné de Cartes Et de Planches [Two Volumes]

Paris, Imprimerie de Patris, an VII, 1799. Leather Bound. pp. lviii, 373; 332, xxix. Black leather spines over mottled green and black boards; gilt lettering to spines. Missing the maps and 2 of the 4 called-for plates. Edges scuffed, leather splitting at front joint of Vol. I, ink name, contents clean and unmarked, bindings sound. Sabin 31183 calls for "5 maps, 4 plates", of which this set has only two: IV and VII. .

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N° du livre: 083898

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

HEDIN, Sven

Through Asia / 2 Volumes

New York City, Harper & Brothers, 1899. Hardcover. pp. xviii,1255. Royal 8vo. Complete two volume set in original cloth binding. The cloth on both volumes is bright and unmarked, although the spines are darkened, and the cloth of the spine of volume I has closed tears at both ends. Light rubbing to the edges. The front hinge of volume I is cracked although the endpapers are tight. Several pages loose (but present). The rear hinge of volume II is also splitting but nothing is loose. Contents clean and bright. First published in 1898, by Methuen, in London. This is the first American edition. See Nerhood, 'To Russia and Return' 415.Sven Anders Hedin (1865-1952) was a Swedish explorer and geographer. In 1885, he went to Persia as a tutor and was attached to a Swedish-Norwegian embassy to the Shah in 1890. He made many journeys into uncharted areas, particularly in the Himilayas (1893-1898), the Gobi Desert, and Tibet. This title records his impressions while on a journey to make astronomical measurements during the Anglo-Russian boundary dispute of 1893-1894. His account contains much information on the local peoples' way of life and contains two large folding maps - both coloured - and numerous black-and-white photo plates, taken by Hedin, as well as reproductions of some of his sketches. .