London: Victor Gollancz, 1955. First British edition, 8vo, pp. 335, [1]; color map endpapers, double-page map, 78 illustrations on rectos an versos of 32 plates; 5 diagrams in the text; fine copy in original brown cloth, gilt-stamped spine, dust jacket with a handful of shallow chips. More
Paris: Saillant & Nyon [et] Pissot, 1775. First edition in French, 4to, pp. xi, [1], 259, [3]; 3 engraved folding maps, 9 engraved folding plates, 11 folding tables (in the pagination), other tables in the text; slight rubbing, but generally a very good, sound copy in contemporary full speckled calf..... More
New York: Francis P. Harper, 1895. Edition limited to 1150 copies (copy no. 167), this one of 1000 on "fine book paper," 3 volumes, 8vo, frontispiece in volume I, facsimile letter, map of the falls of St. Anthony, 6 other large folding maps in the cover pocket of volume III;..... More
Hartford: R. W. Bliss and Co., 1881. 8vo, pp. xiii, [1], 15-406, [2] ads; wood-engraved frontispiece, wood-engravings throughout, many full-page; original brown cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine; front hinge cracked, spine ends slightly chipped, some spotting and rubbing; a good, sound copy. More
Hartford: R. W. Bliss and Co., 1881. Subscription edition, abridged from the original London edition; 2 volumes in 1, pp. xiii, [14]-406, [2] ads; with a map showing the author's route from Benguella to Durban and more than 60 engraved illustrations, including 23 full-page plates; original plum cloth stamped in..... More
Cambridge: printed at the Riverside Press, 1897. 8vo, pp. [8], 153, [1]; original green cloth, decorated in gilt and black, gilt title on spine, t.e.g.; textblock cocked, light rubbing, near fine. Presentation copy from Prentiss to "Miss Raynes, for helping make the book." On the relationship between the Jeannette's expedition..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1892. First American edition, 8vo, pp. xxiv, 384; gravure frontispiece portrait, folding map printed in color; 142 illustrations from sketches by the author, 42 of which are on plates; publisher's pictorial blue cloth stamped in gilt and silver; a near fine, sound copy. Price "was..... More
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1915. First American edition, 8vo, pp. 382, [1]; frontispiece portrait, 3 folding maps, 148 photographic illustrations on 96 plates; spine slightly faded else a near fine copy in original pictorial blue cloth stamped in silver on upper cover and spine, t.e.g. The English edition was published..... More
New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1915. First American edition, 8vo, pp. 382, [1]; black and white photographic portrait frontispiece, 3 folding maps, 148 photographic illustrations on 97 plates; original blue pictorial cloth (minor soil spot to upper cover) stamped in silver, t.e.g.; frontispiece reinserted with some roughness to the..... More
Boston: The Prince Society, 1885. Edition limited to 250 copies, small square 4to, pp. vi, [2], 385, [1]; slightly later full green cloth, gilt title on spine, gift plate from the estate of Dr. Otto L Schmidt (president of the Illinois State Historical Society); touch of scuffing to boards and..... More
Kjøbenhavn og Kristiania: Gyldendal Boghandel, Nordisk forlag, 1919. First edition, 8vo, pp. [3]-596, [12]; original pictorial front wrapper bound in; vignette title page printed in red and black, folding map, 7 full-page maps, 33 plates (8 in color), plus numerous maps and illustrations (largely from photographs) in the text; contemporary..... More
St. Paul: Price McGill Co., n.d., [1893]. First edition, 8vo (approx. 7½" x 5¼"), pp. [5], 8-365, [2] Price-McGill ads, [1]; original pictorial wrappers; very good. Issued as no. 21 in the publisher's Idle Hours Series. Five in OCLC as of 3/16, only Virginia and UCLA in North America. St..... More
[Paris]: Hachette, [1962]. First edition, sq. 8vo, pp. 198, [8]; illus. throughout, many full-p., a number in color; very good copy in the jacket. More
[St. Paul, MN]: Pogo Press, 2001. First edition limited to 500 copies signed by the author at the colophon; 8vo, pp. xi, [1], 219; illustrations and maps throughout; as new in the dust jacket at the published price. Presentation copy to "Jack [Parker], Thank you for your help, Tom Reiersgord..... More
London: The Hudson's Bay Record Society, 1951-1952. Limited edition for subscribers only, of which this is no. 513; 2 volumes, thick 8vo, pp. xciii, [2], 382, xiv; lxii, [1], 313, [1], xiii, [1]; original blue cloth, gilt-stamped spines, t.e.g.; second volume slightly skewed, corners bumped, else a very good, unopened..... More
London: Waterlow & Sons, Ltd., 1886. Second edition (first published in 1880 under a different title, and without the photographic frontispiece); 12mo, pp. [4], 96; mounted Woodburytype frontispiece portrait of the explorer; original paper-covered boards with Burton's signature printed in gilt across upper cover; some rubbing, else every good. The..... More
London: Published by Ashgate for the Hakluyt Society, 2006. First edition, Vol. I (of two) only, pp. xiii, [1], 406; black and white portrait frontispiece, text maps and illustrations; original cloth in blue printed dust jacket; about fine. Hukluyt Society, Series III, Vol. 16. More
London and Newcastle: Adam & Co., n.d., [ca. 1875 or after]. 4to, pp. viii, 632; lithograph frontispiece and title page, color map, plus 22 tinted lithographs on 20 sheets; publisher's quarter brown morocco, stamped in gilt on spine; front free endpaper miscreased, occasional foxing, modest wear; generally, very good and..... More
London: printed for J. Payne and J. Bouquet [et al.], 1752. First edition, 8vo, [2], [2], vi, 84, [1]-95pp., with the scarce leaf of adverts preceding the title, otherwise collating as in Streeter, with 2 folding maps and folding plate of plans; full contemporary calf, gilt spine with original morocco..... More
Leipzig: Friedrich Fleischer, 1820. 4to, pp. [2], iv, xxvi, 197, [3]; tables, compass roses, and a few small illustrations in the text; original blue paper-covered boards, spine perished but not the printed spine label; the binding sound, corners and edges worn. Text volume only, without the atlas containing 27 plates..... More
London: John Murray, Albemarle-Street, 1819. First edition, 4to, pp. [4], xxxix, [1],, 252, [2], cxliv (appendix); 32 charts, elevations, and plates, including 3 folding maps and charts, 15 hand-colored aquatint plates (4 folding), 5 sepia plates, 2 uncolored plates, 3 folding elevations, 4 engraved meteorological plates (3 folding), plus other..... More
Edition limited to 300 copies, 8vo, pp. [2], 30; inserted color portrait of Burton, 7 full-page maps (2 printed in color); fine in original blue wrappers printed in gilt. More
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London: John Murray, 1821. First edition, 4to, xii, 132pp., single engraved headpiece repeated 21 times, text in double column; original drab paper-covered boards, paper label on spine; near fine, and preserved in a fleece-lined clamshell box. "Weekly newspaper Nov. 1, 1819 - March 20, 1820, edited by Edward Sabine, with..... More
Lausanne: Editions Payot, [1965]. Second edition, 8vo, pp. 198, [2]; numerous photographic plates, illus. in text; very good copy in the jacket. More
New York: The British Book Centre Inc, [1954]. 8vo, pp. [6], 7-226; photograpic plates throughout; original orange cloth; dust jacket, unclipped, slightly worn around the edges; otherwise very good. Spence 1036. More
