Explorations in central Asia, 1906-08
[Edinburgh]: 1910. 8vo, pp. [225]-240; [281]-293 (i.e. 29 pages); 8 illustrations from photographs in the text; very good. Offprint from the Scottish Geographical Magazine for May and June, 1910. More
Exploration
The captive missionary being an account of the country and people of Abyssinia, embracing a narrative of King Theodore's life, and his treatment of political and religious missions
London: Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, [1868]. First edition, 8vo, pp. xvi, 397, [1], [2] ads; 8 wood-engraved plates; original pictorial blue cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine; binding a bit soiled and small cracks at the spine extremities, but generally a very good, sound copy. More
The true life of Capt. Sir Richard F. Burton... Written by his niece... with the authority and approval of the Burton family
London: H. S. Nichols, 1896. First edition, 8vo, pp. xv, [1], 419; photographic frontispiece portrait; original olive-green cloth lettered in gilt on spine; some wear to extremities with spine ends creased and just beginning to fray, fore corners bumped, and binding very slightly askew but internally fine; overall very good..... More
First ascent of Denali
The ascent of Denali (Mount McKinley) a narrative of the first complete ascent of the highest peak in North America.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1914. First edition, 8vo, pp. xix, 188; gravure frontispiece, 33 plates (including 1 gravure), and a folding map; fine copy in original pictorial blue cloth, stamped in silver, white and gilt. Neate (1978) 768. More
Early mapping of Southeast Asia
[Singapore]: Periplus, [1999]. 4to, pp. 280; map illustrations throughout; pictorial boards; fine in slightly rubbed dust jacket. "The book documents the idea of Southeast Asia as a geographical and cosmological construct, from the earliest of times up until the down of the modern era. using maps, itineraries, sailing instructions, traveler's..... More
New land: four years in the Arctic regions. Translated from the Norwegian by Ethel Harriet Hearn
London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1904. First edition in English, 2 volumes, 8vo, 62 plates, illustrations in the text, 6 maps (1 folding, 2 in rear cover pocket); a fine, bright copy in orig. pictorial blue cloth stamped in silver. Narrative of the second Fram expedition, 1898-1902, under Sverdrup, with..... More
Nyt land. Fire aar i Arktiske egne
Kristiania (Oslo): H. Aschehour & Co., 1903. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, pp. xii, 505, [1]; x, [2], 523, [3]; portrait and 43 plates, illustrations in text, 6 color maps (4 folding, 1 double-page), plus other maps in the text; a near fine copy in publisher's half calf over marbled..... More
A very necessarie and profitable booke concerning navigation
New York: John Carter Brown Library, 1999. Facsimile reprint of the Richard Eden translation of around 1579, 8vo, pp. 16, [2], [86]; original navy cloth, fine. "Eden's translation... is a reflection of Eden's passion for bringing England into the Age of Discovery and the scramble for overseas empire. His choice..... More
Voyaging to Cathay.
New York: Viking Press, [1976]. First edition, oblong 8vo, pp. [16], 202, [3]; illustrated throughout; corner bumped, else near fine in original cloth over boards, dust-jacket with a few short tears at the edges. America's early experiences in the China trade. More
A collection of several relations & treatises singular and curious, of John Baptista Tavernier, Baron of Aubonne. Not printed among his first six voyages. Divided into five parts, viz. I. A new and singular relation of the kingdom of Tunquin, with several figures, and a map of the countrey. II. How the Hollanders manage their affairs in Asia. III. A relation of Japon, and the cause of the persecution of the Christians in those islands; with a map of the countrey. IV. A relation of what passed in the negotiation of the deputies which were at Persia and the Indies, as well on the French King’s as the Company’s behalf, for the establishment of trade. V. Observations upon the East India trade, and the frauds there subject to be committed. Published by Edmund Everard, Esquire
London: printed by A. Godbid and J. Playford, for Moses Pitt at the Angel in S. Paul’s Churchyard, 1680. First edition in English (originally published in Paris in French the previous year); folio, 2 parts in 1; pp. [22], 14, [4], 15-46, [4], 47-87, [1]; 66, [2]; collating [a]² b-e²..... More
Scientific Expeditions
Jamaica, NY: Queens Borough Public Library, 1952. 4to, pp. xvii, 176; green paper wrappers backed in green tape cloth; lightly sunned, ex-Hill library with their library marks on cover and verso of title page, very good. More
True ocean found: Paludanus's letters on Dutch voyages to the Kara Sea, 1595–1596
Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, [1980]. First edition limited to 500 copies, 8vo, pp. [10], 77, [2]; double-page map, and facsimiles throughout the text; original 1/4 black cloth over blue cloth-covered boards lettered and stamped in silver on front cover and spine, scattered minor spotting and fading to spine and..... More
The Niger sources and the borders of the new Sierra Leone protectorate
London: Methuen & Co., 1898. First edition, issued in the publisher's Colonial Library series, small 8vo, pp. vi, 238, [2]; large folding map, 4 plates; extra illustration mounted on front pastedown; original maroon cloth, gilt-stamped spine, extra cloth label ('Africa') also on spine; fine copy. More
Travels in central Asia: being the account of a journey from Teheran across the Turkoman desert on the eastern shore of the Caspian to Khiva, Bokhara, and Samarcand. Performed in the year 1863
London: John Murray, 1864. First edition, 8vo, pp. xvii, [1], 443, [1], 16 (Murray ads dated January, 1864); wood-engraved frontispiece, 11 wood-engraved plates, large folding color map (approx. 16" x 27") in pocket inside lower cover; a very good, sound copy in original green cloth, gilt-lettered spine. Wikipedia notes the..... More
Magnificent voyagers: the U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842.
[Washington, D.C. Smithsonian Institution], 1985. First edition, 4to, pp. 303; profusely illustrated in color and black & white; fine in original pictorial wrappers. The catalogue to the National Museum of Natural History's exhibition devoted to the U.S. Exploring Expedition, led by Lt. Charles Wilkes. The expedition was the first international..... More
Masks, mummies, and magicians: a voyage of exploration in Pre-Inca Peru. Translated from the French by Patricia Russell.
Edinburgh & London: Oliver & Boyd, 1965. First English edition, 8vo, pp. [12], 176; black & white photographic plates, maps; fine in original red cloth, dust-jacket with some wear. More
Le monde maritime, ou tableau géographique et historique de l'Archipel d'Orient, de la Polynésie et de l'Australie
Paris: chez Nepveu, 1818. First edition, 4 volumes 16mo, pp. lxiv, 170; [4], 251, [1]; [4], 209, [1]; [4], 234; 4 frontispieces, 1 folding map, and 33 engraved plates (6 being folding aquatints); an uncut copy in original pink marbled wrappers; spines a little faded, edges curled, and contained in..... More
The Zambezi Expedition Of David Livingstone 1858-1863
London: Chatto & Windus, 1956. 2 volumes, 8vo, pp. lvi, 211, [1]; vi, 213-462; color portrait frontispiece, 2 folding maps, 15 color plates from watercolors by Thomas Baines and Dr. John Kirk, and another color plate from a lithograph by T. Picken; fine in original red cloth stamped in gilt..... More
Stanley's Emin Pasha expedition
Philadelphia: L. B. Lippincot Company, 1890. First American edition, 8vo, pp. xvii, [1], 378, [2]; 33 plates and 1 color folding map; publishers brown cloth with gilt image of the "Stanley" steamship on front cover and gilt title on spine; spine faded, textblock split in a couple places; folding map..... More
Stanley's Emin Pasha expedition
London: John C. Nimmo, 1890. First edition, 8vo, pp. xvii, [1], 378, [32] ads dated January, 1890; frontispiece portrait, 32 plates and 1 color folding map (with a short tear, no loss); publisher's green cloth with gilt vignette of the "Stanley" steamship on front cover and gilt title on spine;..... More
The mysterious history of Columbus: an exploration of the man, the myth, the legacy.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1991. First edition, 8vo, pp. xiii, [1], 318, [2]; 3 maps and 7 illlus. in text; covers very slightly bowed, else fine in fine dj. Wilford is a Pulitzer prize winning science correspondent for the New York Times. This copy inscribed and with A.N.s. laid..... More
Hudson's Bay miscellany 1670-1870
Winnipeg: Hudson's Bay Record Society, 1975. Limited edition for subscribers only, of which this is no. 1079, large 8vo, pp. xi, [1], 245, [1]; frontispiece and four maps, two folding; full black cloth gilt in gray printed wrappers; boards spotted, very good. Hudson's Bay Record Society publication no. XXX. More
Across the Everglades. A canoe journey of exploration
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1898. First edition, 8vo, pp. [4], vii-xii, 9-192; folding map; frontispiece plus 36 illustrations from photographs on plates; prelims and terminals a bit foxed, else a near fine, bright copy in original pictorial cloth stamped in gilt, t.e.g. A popular book which went through 6 editions..... More
Christopher Columbus and the new world of his discovery. A narrative... With a note on the navigation of Columbus's first voyage by the Earl of Dunraven, K. P.
London: E. Grant Richards, 1906. Second edition, 8vo, 2 volumes; frontispieces (that of vol. I in color), 16 plates and maps throughout set (some folding) and a couple illustrations in the text; original red cloth with heraldic shield and banner stamped in black and gilt on front covers, lettered in..... More
Cathay and the way thither: being a collection of medieval notices of China
Taipei: Ch'eng-Wen Publishing Company, 1966. Facsimile edition, 8vo, 2 volumes; frontispieces, two maps, text illustrations, one folding map in back pocket; full green cloth, gilt title on spine; spine a little sunned; lacking two folding maps and two plates meant to be inserted in back pockets; good. More
