Search Results: a history of exploration from the by percy sykes

ABC-CLIO, LLC. Used - Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

George Routledge and Sons, Limited, 1935. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1935. Second Edition. 374 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Contains black and white photographic plates, with some fold-out maps. Pages and plates are lightly tanned and foxed throughout, heavier to endpapers. Cracking to gutters of a few pages with exposed binding. Fold-out plates are lightly tanned with some creasing and slight tearing to edges. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends with small splits. Notable sunning to spine and edges.

New York: Macmillan. Good with no dust jacket. 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. Spine titles faded to illegible. Very light pencil marks in margins throughout. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 374 pages .

NY: HarperTorchbooks, 1961. Book. Good+. Soft cover. 426pp, illustrated. The history of explorers and conquerors, including Alexander the Great, the Vikings, Marco Polo, Vasco da Gama, Columbus, the conquistadors, Magellan, Captain Cook, more. Creased fron cover. Good+.

London: George Routledge & Sons, 1935. Second Edition . Hardcover. Good. A good copy in red cloth. Spine a little faded. Some mainly fore-edge and end-paper foxing. Bookplate. Pp.xiv,374. Many maps and illustrations.

George Routledge and Sons, Limited, 1935. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1935. Second Edition. 374 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Rough-cut pages. Black and white illustrated and photographic plates. Noticeable foxing and light tanning to pages and plates. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Light cracking, creasing and staining to gutters but binding remains firm. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild staining, tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier tanning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean.

London: Routledge & Sons Ltd, 1934. Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. 374 pages.6 gatefold maps, some chapters: Expedition of Alexander the Great, Marco Polo, Ibn Battuta, Capt. Cook, Exploring the Antarctic... light smudges to covers with a few spots. ; 6 3/8 x 10

London: George Routledge & Sons, 1934. Hardcover. Near Fine. Hardcover book, gilt lettered spine on bright red covers, spine strip conserved, light soiling wear to margins - good+ to very good; book is very good (impressed stamp back cover inside bottom: Circulation Library, Harrods, London and personal bookplate inside cover); all text, maps and illustrations are fine and clear; color front, XIV, 374 pages, 24 black-and-white illustrations and 35 maps, folding or double fold.

New York: Harper Torchbook, 1961. Paper bound, first Torchbook edition, illustrated with numerous maps, xl + Pp426. Includes appendix and index. Tight and unmarked - a very good copy. 500 grams. All books in stock and available for immediate shipment from Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Other: Other. Very Good. Hardcover. NY: Macmillan, 1934. 374 pages, hardbound. Ex-library with usual markings, nice fold-out maps, clean contents and a tight green cloth binding. A good copy. .

London: George Routledge and Sons Limited, 1935. Cloth. Good+/No Jacket. Second Edition. Complete with Fold-Out Maps. 374 Pages,10" Tall. Red cloth cover with gilt lettering to spine. Previous owner's name on endpaper. Spine colour faded and slight patchy fading to front & back. Hinges sound and Binding firm. Pages in very good, clean condition. Weighs 1.1 kilos so Shipping outside UK will be a little extra. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

New York: The Macmillan Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1934. 1. Hard Cover. Publisher's full red cloth, gilt lettering on spine. Illustrated with B&W maps and plates.. Volume shows mild wear and rubbing, lettering on spine rubbed, spine sunned, former owner's label on fep, name of former owner's written and stamped on ffep, else near fine. VERY GOOD. . Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall. xiv, 374 pp .

New York.: Harper Brothers. , 1961.. First edition. . Soft cover. . Near fine copy (very light shelf wear). . Octavo. . Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Maps.

Routledge & Kegan Paul. GS117 1950, hardcover, scheurtjes in stofomslag / tears in dustjacket

London: Routledge, 1934. Hardcover without dust jacket; includes full colour frontispiece and 24 b&w illustrations; 35 maps, many of which fold-out to larger sizes, and all of which are in excellent condition. Spine is sunned and split at rear head, rubbed at both ends. Corners are bumped and marks to both front and rear. Small ink mark to front paste down; tanned page block and foxing to end papers and some internal pages. Text is clear and pages are clean throughout. AD. Hardcover. Good. Used.

George Routledge and Sons, Limit, 1934-01-01. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. 1935 second edition on red cloth

London, George Routledge & Sons Ltd, 1934.. First Edition; 8vo; pp. 374; frontispiece, fold-out maps, multiple b/w illustrations, index; original red worn cloth, lettered in gilt on faded spine, some underlining; otherwise a very good copy.

New York, The Macmillan Company, 1934, third edition, with a new appendix. . original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, dj (old clear tape repair, worn at edges, not price clipped), short tear to a margin, list of illustrations re-mounted, else a very good, clean copy in good jacket. . large 8vo [25.5 x 16 cm]; xiv, 426 pp, colored frontis from painting, 24 full-page plates from early sources, 44 maps including many folding, detailed index. . A useful and authorative survey with a surprising amount of detail, covering all parts of the world, eg, detailed chapter on exploration of Tibet, several chapters on Arabia, the discovery of Siberia and Japan, Australia, Marco Polo, etc. The new appendix of 52 pages describes exploration in recent times, published just before the death of the author, and includes additional chapters on Bashakard and Makran, Mecca, south-eastern Tibet, Valley of the Assassins, Gobi Desert, Hadhramaut, the Yemen, Central Asia, Southern Lut, New Hebrides, Manchuria, Nile-Congo… Read More

1934. London, Georg Routledge & Sons, 1934. Royal8vo. orig. full cloth. XIV,374 pp., plates and many maps.

London: Routlege and Kegan Paul Ltd., 1949. Third edition. 44 maps. 25 illustrations. 426 pp. White endpapers. Red cloth with gilt titles. Corners bumped, head and tail of spine lightly worn. Beige DJ, not price-clipped. Yellowed spine, chips and wear along the edges. VG/GOOD+. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.