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Portland, Oregon: Binfords & Mort, Publishers. Good in Poor dust jacket. 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed, with page-long inscription, by author upon half-title page. "Here is a big game hunting story from the greatest virgin hunting grounds in North America. Describes Bond's 57-day expedition and survey into this remote and almost unexplored region. Highlights… Read more about this item

London: William Heinemann. Good with no dust jacket. 1907. First U.K. Edition. Hardcover. "Gertrude Bell (1868 - 1926) was an English writer and archaeologist who spent much of her life exploring and mapping the Middle East. Here she vividly describes and photographs her 1905 trip to Greater Syria including Damascus, Jerusalem, Beirut, Antioch, Alexandretta, and the… Read more about this item

New York: Boni & Gaer. Good in Fair dust jacket. 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed and inscribed by I.F. Stone in Toronto in April, 1948 upon front free endpaper. Here he documents his experience as "the first newspaperman to travel the Jewish underground in Europe and to arrive in Palestine on a so-called illegal boat. … Read more about this item

U.S. Virgin Islands: Spanish Main Press. Good. 1990. Limited Edition. Paperback. "A handful of people are roaming the world as fulltime sea gypsies, who have cast aside most of their ties to traditional living on land and said good-bye to a lot of possessions in exchange for a less cluttered, simple life afloat. This can be… Read more about this item

Air Ronge, Saskatchewan: Northwinds. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed and inscribed by author upon front free endpaper. Signed again by author upon title page. "Stanley Morris left Wales in the early 1900's to find fortune in Canada. This is his story as he became part of a Canadian … Read more about this item

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. Good. 1881. First American Edition. Hardcover. "Isabella Bird (1831-1904) describes, in the form of letters to her sister, her journey from Tokyo to Hokkaido in 1878. Recounts how she and and an interpreter visited places that few, if any, Westerners had seen before. Records in great detail her responses to… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Fair with no dust jacket. 1943. First Edition. Hardcover. An American woman correspondent describes her experience during the fall of Hong Kong and her subsequent imprisonment in a Japanese prison camp. "What happened to me in Hong Kong is important only as it reflects the type of enemy we face, what… Read more about this item

Saskatoon: University of Saskatchewan. Good in Good dust jacket. 1977. First English Edition. Hardcover. 0888800037 . "At the age of 34 Bernhard Hantzsch left Dresden in July, 1909, with the material support of several German scientific groups to explore the west coast of Baffin Island. He had already carried out summer zoological expeditions to Iceland and… Read more about this item

British Columbia: PRIA. Good. 2008. Second Edition. Paperback. 0973987707 . "This paddling guidebook is the most complete and up-to-date field reference on the Broken Group Islands. It is suitable for all kayakers, from novice paddler to experienced kayak guide. As a reference, it will enhance your preparation, safety, knowledge and enjoyment of kayaking in … Read more about this item

Squamish, B.C.: Elaho Publishing Corporation. Good. 2000. First Edition. Paperback. 0968247229 . "The guide to all the climbs, sport and gear, long and short, stretched along highway 99 for 110 kilometres from Squamish to the edge of the dry B.C. Interior, including the familiar playgrounds of Chek and Rogues, basalt columns, superb crackclimbs and multi-pitch routes along… Read more about this item

Canada: Whitecap Books Ltd.. Good. 2005. First Edition. Paperback. 1552856488 . "Rugged yet serene, the coast of Vancouver Island is unlike anywhere else: wave sculpted rocks, foaming water, an array of wildlife and miles of white sandy beaches. It takes only one trip to get hooked but a lifetime to explore. This book is the… Read more about this item

USA: The Central Committee On the United Study of Foreign Missions. Fair in Fair dust jacket. 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. "Jameel and his sister, Noorah, are starting with their father on a pilgrimage to the Mohammedan shrines. They have some very interesting and exciting experiences and lead us into many strange countries which are not well… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Fair. 1891. First Edition. Hardcover. "As I am quitting Japan a communication arrives from the conductors of 'Scribner's Magazine,' intimating their desire to reprint the articles entitled 'Japonica' in book form and inviting me to prefix a few words by way of introduction. The invitation is welcome because it enables me… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: The Curtis Publishing Company. Very Good. 1942. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. Features: Bible of Baseball - Taylor Spink and his 'The Sporting News' prove fans can take it by the ream; Treasure on the Ocean Floor - Gulf-coast Greeks go down, sponges come up; Tokyo Calls the Tune - Hitler rediscovers the Yellow Peril -… Read more about this item

Canada: Skookum. Very Good. 2011. First Edition. Paperback. 0968336256 . Signed, without inscription, by author upon title page. "From 1872-1879 these special men focused their efforts on locating a serviceable rail route across BC through the mountainous barrier of the Pacific Cordillera and down from the 3000-foot high interior plateau to salt water, where they… Read more about this item

Ottawa: Ireland. Good. 1929. First Edition. Paperback. "Henry Kelsey [c1664-1724] was an English fur trader, explorer, and sailor who played an important role in establishing the Hudson's Bay Company in Canada. He is the first recorded European to have visited the present-day provinces of Saskatchewan and, possibly, Alberta, as well as the first to have… Read more about this item

Canada: McClelland and Stewart. Fair in Fair dust jacket. 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. "Peter Fidler was one of Canada's greatest exploratory surveyors, and one of the few men who laid the framework for all maps of Western Canada. His story is one of bravery, stamina, and above all, loyalty. Fidler has much to tell us… Read more about this item

Ottawa: The Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Very Good. 1984. First Edition. Paperback. 0662145216 . iv, 43 glossy pages. Black and white reproductions of archival photos and maps. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy.; 8vo .

New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, Inc.. Good in Fair dust jacket. 1953. Reprint. Hardcover. "In 1862, at the age of twenty-seven, Anna H. Leonowens became the governess of king Mongkut's children. In those days Siam was a little known, exotic, primitive country. The City of Veiled Women, - a city within a… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Good in Good dust jacket. 1937. First American Edition. Hardcover. "On the New Hebrides archipelago lives one of the most primitive peoples in the world, still practicing cannibalism. In the summer fo 1933 the author arrived there as part of an Oxford University expedition. Fascinated by what he saw, he… Read more about this item