De insula Teno ejusque historia commentatio. 1855 1st Edition [ORIGINAL NOT FACSIMILE] by Antonios Moschatos - 1855

1876. DAVIS, Rear-Admiral C. H., ed. G. M. ROBESON, Secretary of the Navy. NARRATIVE OF THE NORTH POLAR EXPEDITION. U.S. SHIP POLARIS, CAPTAIN CHARLES FRANCIS HALL COMMANDING. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1876. First edition. Presentation copy inscribed by Davis on front flyleaf, undated. 696 pp. 4to., red cloth stamped in gilt and blind. Cloth stained, shelfworn at corners and spine with shallow chipping/fraying at heel and crown. Gilt vignette of dogsled team on front cover bright. Overopened at title page, which is partially detached. Plates: two steel engraving frontispieces, with light foxing; 38 wood engravings plus numerous tail-pieces; two photolithographs (tinted); six maps. Laid in at the end is a detached folding spherical map (extraneous origin) in b/w, "The Arctic Regions|Comprising the Most Recent Explorations of Robert F. Peary, Fridtjof Nansen and F. Jackson|by Prof. Angelo Heilprin| (Drawn by J. Ross)|The Geographical Society of Philadelphia|1897." This map is in good… Read More

British Guiana: Argosy. Very Good+. 1931. Second Edition. Hardcover. Clean olive green cloth has dark green titles on spine & front cover viii, 202pp. Interior of text is tight, clean & intact. Six full page b/w Illustrations and a large fold out map. First edition was published in 1841. Ink stamp "The Tourist Bureau Georgetown British Guiana". First edition was published in 1841. Ink stamp "The Tourist Bureau, Georgetown British Guiana". (New Guiana since 1966). South America; B/W Illustrations & Lg. Map; 202 pages .

New York: The Macaulay Company, 1925. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. FIRST PRINTING of First USA Edition. Includes rare original dust jacket. The book measures 227mm tall x 151mm, and has 386 pages, 49 b/w photos, folding map. CONDITION: The book is in nice condition with clean covers, bright gilt, very minor rubbing extreme tips corners (not through cloth, just loss of some color), tight binding, NOT ex-library, previous owner bookplate on blank FFEP otherwise no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, no foxing, tight binding, clean pages. The original dust jacket has a 2cm tear upper rear, two tiny 5mm tears lower front, loss at spine ends up to 6mm deep (but no loss of text or images), price-clipped upper flap corner. PHOTOS ARE OF ACTUAL ITEM BEING OFFERED.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1973. Signed on the title page by the author. First edition / First printing. Green cloth spine, orange paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. A superb copy!

London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1820. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. SECOND EDITION Two Volumes 1820. Complete with all plates and maps. Two volumes bound in early leather spines and corners with marbled boards, marbled EPs. NOT Ex-library. Rubbed spine edges with loss of surface coating, spine joints cracked leather but holding, loss of upper spine leather volume one but stabilized with lacquer, foxing on pages mainly to the first half of volume I, browning to pages due to offsetting of printed text, solid bindings, illustration plates are mostly free of foxing, previous owner name penned to first preliminary blank page of each volume otherwise no owner marks or writing on any pages. From the collection of William E. Davis with his signature and date 1960 on the first blank preliminary page of each volume . Copied from the internet: "William E. Davies (1917-1990) was a USGS (United States Geological Survey) geologist, polar explorer, and recipient of the Antarctic Medal… Read More

2 volumes: xxiii+557 pages with fold out frontispiece map and two additional maps (one folding); vii+550 pages with folding frontispiece map, tables, three maps and appendix. Octavo (8 3/4" x 5 3/4") recased with original leather boards and original spine laid on. Second edition corrected and enlarged. First published in 1817.Hugh Murray was a geographer. Hugh entered the Edinburgh excise office as a clerk, but from the first devoted his leisure to literary pursuits, publishing The Swiss Emigrants in 1804; two philosophical treatises (The Morality of Fiction 1805, and Enquiries respecting the Character of Nations 1808); and another romance, Corasmin, or the Minister in 1814. In 1816 he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, to whose Transactions he contributed, among other papers, one, in 1818, On the Ancient Geography of Central and Eastern Asia, with Illustrations derived from Recent Discoveries in the North of India. In 1817 he enlarged and completed Dr. Leyden's Historical Account… Read More

London: Hurst, Chance, and Co, 1829. Hardcover. Near Fine -. 4 volumes: folded frontispiece in each vol., 99 plates (24 folding); 18 cm. Plain brown paper over boards with printed paper spine labels with title: Londiniana or Reminiscences of the British Capital by E.W. Brayley. Publisher's advertisements on two pages following text in vol. 4. The plates include views, maps, and plans; they were bound in following the table of contents and list of plates in each volume, rather than facing the specified pages of text. Former owner's inscription at head of each title page: Frank Tayler July 1886. Tayler erased the name of the previous owner, which can faintly be seen under his name. In Near Fine- Condition: paper starting to separate over some joints, with slight loss of paper at joints and at head of spines; otherwise a clean and crisp set of this wonderfully illustrated guide to London.

London: H. Allen & Co.. Good+. 1879. First Edition. Hardcover. Rebound in clean maroon cloth over 1/2 leather. Spine with raised bands and gilt title label. Decorated endpaper. (x) 326pp + 40 pages of publishers advertisements. First few pages have a damp stain & approx 1' dampstain on lower corner of last half of book. Preliminary pages (iii) & (v) have a professional page mend. Travel: Bombay, Agra, Delhi, Lahore, Kashmir, Ladakh, Leh, Belgaum, Benares, Allahabad, Meerut and Kashmir. Asia, India, Travel ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 326 pages .

This edition has been professionally rebound in tan calf leather. It is very distinctive copy of this exploration narrative. Many Illustrations. Octavo. 508 pages plus Harper selections catalog. A nice folded map enclosed in rear pocket. Decorated endpapers.

First House edition of this famous report. 1845. Complete in original binding except for the gigantic map which is available in full size color thick glossy paper professional reproduction ($25 extra if desired). Pagination: 583 pages, 22 plates, 4 maps, all blanks present. Includes fascinating pencil diagram of oil rig on back of map. Oil rig drawing titled "Sheffield Oil Company. Warren(?), Co., Pa." That pencil drawing is the only interior writing or ownership marking anywhere in the book. Condition is a mixed bag. Original half leather marbled boards show heavy wear and looks like they were professionally rehinged in the distant past. Binding is sound. Pages show moderate to heavy toning and foxing. Some plates have weird 'dot' foxing I have never seen elsewhere (see scan). Marbled endpapers. A nice well maintained copy suitable for reading and research with a cool drawing. Howes F372; Wagner-Camp 115:2; Graff 1436. House Doc. No. 166. Feel free to inquire. Please see scans of the book you will… Read More