Linda Fleming
San Francisco: Rena Bransten Gallery, 1991. First printing. Paperback, 8 plates.
Adventure & Exploration
Perils and Adventures on the Deep
London: T. Nelson, 1853. Hardcover. Small 8vo, rebound in early 20th century red morocco and marbled boards, very good, engraved title page browned and stained, letter-press title page also with some stains, contents otherwise very good, binding quite bright. 326 pp. of shipwrecks and Arctic exploration, etc.
The Most Extraordinary Adventures of Major Robert Stobo
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1965. First printing. Hardcover. Inscribed by Alberts pre-publication! Stated first printing, 1965, hardcover with brown cloth boards in dust jacket, octavo, 423pp., illustrated in b&w. Book near fine with hint of wear to spine ends and corners, binding tight, text clean and unmarked with small shelf stain.....
The El Dorado Adventure
New York, New York, U.S.A. Dutton Childrens Books, 1987. Paperback. Softcover, uncorrected proof in dust jacket. 164 pp. Book is fine. DJ is near fine-. Upper edge of DJ spine shows some bumping and wear. Contents of book are clean with bright, unmarked text.
On the 'Polar Star' in the Arctic Sea, Volume II ONLY
New York: Dodd, Mead, and Co, 1903. First American edition. Hardcover. Volume II ONLY. 1903. First American Edition. Hardcover, 8vo. in green buckram library binding. 702pp. with illustrations, several maps, and one folding plate of Northbrook Sound. Ex-library, with markings on spine, stamps, stickers, plates, and perforated library stamps to.....
The Concrete of Tight Places
Chicago: Green Lantern Press, 2009. First printing. Paperback. First edition, 2009. Softcover, 111 pp., clean unmarked text, Near Fine copy, a bit rubbing to the tips of the covers. With related postcard loosely inserted.
The Stricken Land, Serbia As We Saw It
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1916. First printing. Hardcover. First edition, 1916. Cloth hardcover, 362 pp., illustrated, Good ex-library copy with typical treatments (bookplate, pocket, writing on spine, etc.), tissue-guard at the frontispiece / titlepage is worn and age-toned, soiling and age-toning to the pages and page-edges, light creasing.....
Group of 18 Works by Bernadine Bailey, Including Einar, Maureen Marshall Private Eye, American Shrines in England, Abraham Lincoln Man of Courage, Carol Carson: Books Across the Border, Christopher Columbus: Sailor and Dreamer. The Captive Nations: Our First Line of Defense, Denmark: Wonderland of Work and Play, Famous Latin American Liberators, Famous Modern Explorers, Austria and Switzerland: Alphine Countries, Juan Pance de Leon, Bellsbellsbells, Washington D.C.: Our Nation's Capital, and 4 Copies of From My Heart to Yours, Most INSCRIBED by the Author
New York/ London: Dodd, Mead, and Co./ Houghton, Mifflin/ et al. 1956-1978. First edition. Hardcover. Group of 18 Works by Bernadine Bailey, most of which are INSCRIBED to 'Betty and George' by Bailey. Includes: Einar, Maureen Marshall Private Eye, American Shrines in England, Abraham Lincoln Man of Courage, Carol Carson.....
Travels and Discoveries in North and Central Africa: being a Journal of an Expedition undertaken under the Auspices of H. B. M.'s Government, in the years 1849-1855, VOLUME 1
New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1857. First American edition. Hardcover. Volume 1 only. 1857, First American edition, printed for distribution in the US from the British sheets of Longman. Hardcover, rebacked in slightly later green cloth with the original spine cloth laid-down, gilt title (no publisher imprint on the.....
Travels and Discoveries in North and Central Africa: being a Journal of an Expedition undertaken under the Auspices of H. B. M.'s Government, in the years 1849-1855, VOLUME 2
New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1857. First American edition. Hardcover. Volume 2 only. 1857, First American edition, printed for distribution in the US from the British sheets of Longman. Hardcover, in original green cloth, gilt title (no publisher imprint on the spine. 676 pp. Illustrated -- complete with 2.....
Travels and Discoveries in North and Central Africa: being a Journal of an Expedition undertaken under the Auspices of H. B. M.'s Government, in the years 1849-1855, VOLUME 3
New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1857. First American edition. Hardcover. Volume 3 only. 1857, First American edition, printed for distribution in the US from the British sheets of Longman. Hardcover, in original green cloth. 635 pp. Illustrated -- complete with 3 fold-out maps and 16 chromolithograph plates and 6.....
Voyages and Travels Mainly During the 16th and 17th Centuries: Vol. II (This volume only)
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., no date. Hardcover. Volume two only! Hardcover with blue cloth boards, no date, octavo, 444pp., not illustrated. Book ex-library with sticker to spine, stamps and writing to front endpapers, a couple stamps to front end of text; otherwise mild toning to spine, edgewear.....
The Christopher Columbus Encyclopedia, 2 Vols.--Volume 1: A-K & Volume 2: I-Z & Index
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1992. Second printing. Hardcover. Two volumes. Quartos, cloth hardcovers, 787 total pp., clean unmarked text, Near Fine books, no dust jackets.
The White Death
Seattle, WA: Reynard House, 1981. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo, white cloth in dust jacket. Mild shelfwear to book with contents clean and unmarked. Shallow edgewear to unclipped dust jacket, and two-inch closed tear to top edge of rear panel. Smoky smell to book, else VG.
The Adventures of Robin Day (2 vol set)
Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1839. Hardcover. 2 vol set, 249 + 267 pp. Good+ copies in tan/brown cloth with paper spine labels. Vol II label mostly readable but worn, Vol I worn entirely. Boards show some sunning/scuffing/splotching, corner bumping, and rubbing at joints. Cracks in cloth at spine end of.....
Time and Chance, Adventures with People and Print
NY Farrar and Rinehart 1937. First edition. Large 8vo, cloth, illustrated. VG, no dust jacket. Inscribed very fondly by author on flyleaf.
Algeria from Within
Indianapolis: The Bobbs Merrill Company, 1927. First printing. Hardcover. First edition, 1927. Cloth hardcover in dust jacket, illustrated, 308 pp., clean unmarked text, Very Good copy in Fair dust jacket, a bit of a musty aroma to the book, bookplate on the front pastedown, soiling and heavy wear to the.....
Memorable Description of the East Indian Voyage 1618-25
New York: Robert M. McBride & Company, 1929. Hardcover. Hardcover with red cloth boards in dust jacket, 1929, first American (?), octavo, 168pp., illustrated in b&w. Book near fine with mild rubbing, binding tight, text clean and unmarked. DJ VG with edgewear that includes some tears and their related creases.....
A Voyage in the Yacht 'Sunbeam', Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months
Chicago: J. W. Henry. Hardcover. Circa 1890. Blue cloth hardcover with gilt titles and decorations, 479 pp., illustrated, clean unmarked text, Good copy, bookplate on the front flyleaf, some tearing to the fold-out map, a bit of age-toning to the pages, a bit of age-toning to the covers, covers with.....
Around the World in the Yacht 'Sunbeam'; Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months
New York: Henry Holt and Co., 1891. Early Edition. Hardcover. Early edition, 1891 (first was ca. 1879). Cloth hardcover with gilt titles and decorations, 479 pp., illustrated (including fold-out map), clean unmarked text, Very Good copy, bookplate removal to front pastedown, owner's signature on first blank, age-toning to the page-edges.....
Alaska's Wilderness Rails: From the Taiga to the Tundra
Missoula, Montana: Pictorial Histories Publishing Company, 1982. First printing. Paperback. 1982, First Printing. Softcover, in Fine condition, showing lightest shelf wear, and a previous owner name to the front free end paper.
The Burgess Book of Lies
Seattle, WA: Cloudcap, 1994. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo, cloth in dust jacket. Illustrated in color and b&w. Mild shelfwear to book, with contents clean. Minor wear to unclipped jacket includes sunning to spine.
Alaska: Our Beautiful Northland of Opportunity
Boston: Page Co., 1919. First edition. Hardcover. 1919, First edition. Hardcover. 428 pp. Illustrated in color and b&w, including frontispiece and pullout map of Alaska. Very good. Extremities bumped and rubbed. Rear board discolored in three small spots. Approximately 40 pages and small section of text-block lightly stained. Erasable check.....
History of Brule's Discoveries and Explorations, 1610-1626; Being a Narrative of the Discovery, by Stephen Brule of Lakes Huron, Ontario and Superior, and of his Explorations...
Cleveland: The Helman-Taylor Company, 1898. First printing. Hardcover. First edition, 1898. Cloth hardcover, 184 pp., illustrated, clean unmarked text, Good ex-library copy (bookplate, pocket removal), soiling or discoloration to some of the pages, minor creasing or tearing the edges of some pages, soiling to the covers, rubbing and bumping to.....
The Romance of Antartic Adventure; With Byrd in the Antartic in Picture and Story
N.p. N.p., c. 1935. Paperback. No place, no date (circa 1935). 4to, stapled wraps, circa 50 pp., illustrated, including ads, printed on pulpy paper. Very Good; light soil. Handed out as program during a reading tour, perhaps.