Linda Fleming
San Francisco: Rena Bransten Gallery, 1991. First printing. Paperback, 8 plates.
Adventure & Exploration
On Extended Wings: An Adventure in Flight (Scribner Signature Edition)
New York: Scribner, 1987. First edition thus. Paperback. 1987 Softcover, in Very Good+ condition, with the light exterior shelf wear.
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.....
Zigzagging the South Seas
Boston: Bruce Humphries, 1936. First printing. Hardcover. First edition, 1936. Cloth hardcover with silver designs and title in original dust jacket, map endpapers, 262 pp., illustrated, clean unmarked text, Very Good copy in a Good price-clipped dust jacket, minor age-toning to the outer pages and the page-edges, rubbing to the.....
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.....
The Mountain Angels: Trials of the Mountaineers of the Blue Ridge and Shenandoah Valley
Baltimore: John Murphy Company, 1928. First edition thus. Hardcover. Hardcover octavo with red cloth boards in Very Good + condition. Book is in Very Good + condition with corner and edge wear and toning to the text block otherwise binding is tight and pages are clean, bright and unmarked. 125pp.....
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.
A Memoir of Sebastian Cabot with A Review of the History of Maritime Discovery
Philadelphia: Carey and Lea, 1831. First edition. Hardcover. 1831. First edition. Hardcover, tall 8vo. in full original calf, housed in custom grey cloth clamshell slipcase, with title label. 327pp. Fair. Front board, endpapers, and title page detached entirely. Rear board almost entirely detached also. Loss to leather of spine and.....
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.....
Irregulars, Partisans, Guerrillas: Great Stories From Rogers' Rangers to the Haganah
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1954. First printing. Hardcover. Hardcover octavo with green pressed boards in dust jacket signed by the author. Book and jacket are in Very Good condition. Jacket has edge wear, toning and a small tear. Book has corner ding, edge wear and toning to the text.....
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.....
The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson, L.L.D.
New York: Inskeep and Bradford, 1810. Early American printing. Hardcover. Early American printing, 1810, hardcover in original mottled calf boards, octavo, 414pp., not illustrated. Book fair to good with front board almost removed, rubbing and mild cracking to boards and spine, text has some dampstaining to top corner and mild.....
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.....
Around the World in the Yacht 'Sunbeam': Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1879. First edition. Hardcover. Presumed first edition, 1879, hardcover with gilt stamped blue cloth boards, octavo, 479pp., illustrated in b&w + color fold out map. Book VG- with mild wear to corners, rubbing and soil to boards, binding tight, previous owners' stamps to front.....
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.