The last place on Earth. Orignally published under the title Scott and Amundsen
New York: Atheneum, 1985. 8vo, pp. [7], 8-565, [3]; original pictorial wrappers; photographs and maps throughout; very good. Rosove 175.B5. More
New York: Atheneum, 1985. 8vo, pp. [7], 8-565, [3]; original pictorial wrappers; photographs and maps throughout; very good. Rosove 175.B5. More
London & New York: Macmillan, 1871. First edition, 8vo, pp. xi-[xii], 275; 3 folding maps, 1 folding table, 1 plate, 2 illus. in text; spine faded, else very good in orig. red cloth. An early owner has attached pertinent and not all together uninteresting non-acidic 19th century clippings to the..... More
London & New York: Macmillan, 1871. 8vo, pp. xi, 276; 3 folding maps, 1 folding table, 1 plate, 2 illus. in text; original red cloth (soiled), gilt spine, fore-edges a bit water damaged, spine toned; endpapers foxed, Edward Chenery Gale bookplate. Lande 1243. More
Oslo: Gyldendal Norsk Forlag, 1965. Later printing, 8vo, pp. 284; text in Norwegian; 40 plates, text illustrations; full blue cloth, fine in a rubbed and chipped dust jacket. Laid in are some clippings and manuscript notes on Nordic exploration and the Vinland map. Helge Ingstad and his wife Anne were..... More
Paris: Le Mercier & Boudet, 1741. First edition, 12mo, pp. xxxii, [8], 486, [2]; contemporary full calf, gilt-decorated spine in 6 compartments, morocco labels in 2, red speckled edges; ex-St. Stanislaus Novitiate House Library, Guelph, Ont. (closed in 1971) with labels and a bookplate on upper pastedown and shelf label..... More
Paris: Nicolas Le Clerc, 1711. First edition, 12mo, pp. [24], 431, [11]; contemporary full calf, gilt-decorated spine in 6 compartments, red stained edges; spine label perished, boards rubbed and upper board starting, upper pastedown lifting, ex-St. Stanislaus Novitiate House Library, Guelph, Ont. (closed in 1971) with labels and a bookplate..... More
Paris: Nicolas Le Clerc, 1731. First edition, 12mo, pp. xlviii, 449, [17]; contemporary full calf, gilt-decorated spine in 6 compartments, red stained edges; spine label perished, boards rubbed and lower board starting, ex-St. Stanislaus Novitiate House Library, Guelph, Ont. (closed in 1971) with labels and a bookplate on upper pastedown..... More
Paris: Nicolas Le Clerc, 1722. First edition, 12mo, pp. xl, 418, [10]; folding map of the southern coast of India; contemporary full calf, gilt-decorated spine in 6 compartments, red stained edges; small split on lower joint; ex-St. Stanislaus Novitiate House Library, Guelph, Ont. (closed in 1971) with labels and a...... More
Paris: Nicolas Le Clerc, 1749. First edition, 12mo, pp. xliii, [5], 480; folding plate of chayaver plant; contemporary full calf, gilt-ruled spine in 6 compartments, red stained edges; spine worn, upper joint starting, lower flyleaf loose, large tear to plate neatly mended on verso; ex-St. Stanislaus Novitiate House Library, Guelph..... More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1932. Reprint edition, 8vo, pp. xix, [1], 199; facsimile frontispiece and copyright page of original 1846 edition and 2 other plates; a very good copy in somewhat tattered dustjacket with 2" x 1" loss in center of spine panel and a couple 1/2" chips out along..... More
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, and Co., 1886. First edition, 8vo, pp. xxviii, 338; xv, [1], 572, 36 (ads); gravure frontispiece portrait, wood-engraved vignette title page, 6 maps (2 folding, some in color), 14 plates, numerous wood-engraved illustrations in the text; original pictorial red cloth stamped in black, white and gilt..... More
Paris: chez Estienne Robinot, 1713. First edition, 12mo, pp. xxxiv, 386; engraved folding map (bound in upside down and with a 2-inch tear entering from the stub); full contemporary calf, red morocco label on gilt-decorated spine, sprinkled edges; rubbed and worn, but sound; a good copy; the map is very..... More
London: printed for A. Bell at the Cross-Keys and Bible in Cornhill, B. Lintott at the Cross Keys in Fleet-Street, and J. Baker in Pater-Noster-Row, 1714. First edition in English, 8vo, pp. [2], xxi, [9], 191,194-205, [5]; title page within a double-ruled border, large folding engraved map showing most of..... More
Philadelphia: Childs & Peterson, 1856. First edition, 8vo, 2 volumes, pp. 464; 467, [1]; engraved portrait and engraved vignette title page in each volume, 4 maps (2 folding), 18 beautifully engraved plates and approximately 265 other engraved illustrations in the text; original blindstamped brown cloth, stamped in gilt on spine;..... More
London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Livingston, 1887-86. Second edition of volume I, first edition of volume II; 2 volumes 8vo, pp. xvi, [2], 316; viii, [2], 318; mounted albumen frontispiece portrait by H. S. Mendelssohn, folding map printed in color, 20 wood-engraved plates, plus other wood engravings in the..... More
New York & London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, The Knickerbocker Press, 1926. First edition, 8vo, pp. xv, [1], 369, [1]; pictorial endpapers, frontispiece and 42 plates; original blue cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine; near fine throughout. Lacking the map which apparently is not found in all..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons; London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1912. First edition, 8vo, pp. [6], ix-xxiv, 295, [1]; folding map and 56 photographic illustrations on 48 plates; light wear at the extremities, especially the lower corners and very slight cracking at the top of the spine; original blue pictorial cloth..... More
London: J. & J. Bonwicke, R. Wilkin, S. Birt [et al.]; (vol. II: J. Walthoe, R Wilkins, J. & J. Bonwick, J. Osborne, et al.), 1735. Second edition in English, 2 volumes, small 8vo, pp. [24], 280; 304; 20 engraved maps and plates, a number folding; full contemporary calf, gilt..... More
New York & London: G. P. Putnam's Son's, The Knickerbocker Press, 1912. First edition, 8vo, pp.xx, [2], 405, [1], [8] ads; colored frontispiece, 2 folding maps, 78 plates within the pagination, plus illustrated sectional titles; original pictorial green cloth, pictorial pastedown on upper cover, lettered in gilt on upper cover..... More
New York: Baker & Scribner, 1846. First edition, 8vo, pp. xviii, 19-[430], 26pp. ads; frontis. portrait, folding genealogy; top of spine chiped level with text block, pages slightly browned, extremities rubbed, small cracks in joints, some water-staining on covers, else good in original brown cloth, gilt lettering on spine. Contains..... More
Brooklyn: New England Society of Brooklyn, 1912. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, pp. xi, [1], 387, [1]; [5], viii-x, [2], 389-852; folding map of New England after Capt. John Smith, 1 plate; original olive cloth stamped in gilt on spine; spine lightly sunned else a very good, sound copy. More
Philadelphia: Bradford and Inskeep; Abm. H. Inskeep, New York, J. Maxwell, Printer, 1814. First edition of the first authorized and complete account of the most important western expedition, and arguably the most important book in the field of Western Americana. 8vo, pp. xxviii, 470; ix, [1], 522; 5 engraved plans..... More
New York: Heritage Press, [1962]. 2 volumes, small folio, portraits, folding map, illustrations in the text, color plates after Bodmer; spines solied, very good set in fine slipcases. "Subsequent to the discovery of American itself, the Lewis and Clark Expedition is the most important event in American history" (Alfred C...... More
New York: Heritage Press, [1962]. 2 volumes, small folio, portraits, folding map, illustrations in the text, color plates after Bodmer; slight rubbing to the slipcases, one with two joints neatly repaired; all else very good and sound in original pictorial cloth. "Subsequent to the discovery of American itself, the Lewis..... More
London: printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1814. First English edition and first quarto edition of Lewis and Clark's famous account, 4to, pp. xxiv, 663, [1] ads; large folding frontispiece map (one or two short splits at folds), 5 engraved maps on 3 sheets, small, elongated hole (..... More