EXPLORATIONS AND MISSIONS from Back Lane Books (Member of IOBA)

The Elusive Mr. Pond: The Soldier, Fur Trader and Explorer Who Opened the Northwest, Gough, Barry. Published by Douglas & McIntyre, Madeira Park, BC, 2015. First Edition. 8vo up to 9½" tall., 272pp. with mapped endpapers, black and white illustrations and maps. Volume is in fine, unread condition and housed in a fine jacket with the lightest of shelf wear.… Read more about this item

The Knights of the Order, Ernie Bradford. Published by Dorset Press, New York, 1991. 8vo up to 9½" tall., 245pp., maps, appendices, bibliography and index. In fine condition; dustjacket has very light shelf wear. An authoritative history of the Knights of St. John, from Jerusalem to Malta, told by the bestselling author of The Great Siege. Known by many names through… Read more about this item

Travels in Arabia Deserta in Two Volumes: Volume I and Volume II, Charles M. Doughty. Published by Dover, 1979. Card covers. 8vo up to 9½" tall. Volume 1: 674pp. with appendix, publishers' catalogue, rear fold out map; Volume 2: 696pp. with index and glossary of Arabic words. Contents are clean without markings, tears or folds, binding is tight; outside outer… Read more about this item

An Account of an Embassy to the Court of the Teshoo Lama in Tibet Containing a Narrative of a Journey Through Bootan and Part of Tibet, Turner, Capt. Samuel. Sub-title: To which are added, views taken on the spot by Lieutenant Samuel Davis and observations botanical, mineralogical, and medicinal by Mr. Robert Saunders. Introduction by Hugh Richardson. Published by Manjusri… Read more about this item

On Yuan Chwang's Travels in India (A. D. 629-645), Watters, Thomas; and Davids, T. W. Rhys (Editor) and Bushel, S. W. (Editor). Published by Munshi Ram Manohar Lal, Delhi, India, 1973. Second Indian Edition; published with permission of the Royal Asiatic Society. 8vo up to 9½" tall. 401pp. + 357pp. with Index of Abbreviations used; Index of the Chinese forms… Read more about this item

New and Complete Manual of Maori Conversation: Containing Phrases and Dialogues on a Variety of Useful and Interesting Topics, Together with a few General Rules of Grammar; and a Comprehensive Vocabulary, S.A. (Suzanne Aubert a.k.a. Sister Mary Joseph). Published by Lyon and Blair, Wellington, New Zealand, 1885. First Edition. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall., 197pp. Brown cloth boards… Read more about this item

God's Mercies: Rivalry, Betrayal, and the Dream of Discovery, Hunter, Douglas. Published by Doubleday Canada, 2007. First Edition. 8vo up to 9½" tall., 416pp. with index. Black boards with silver spine titles. In fine, unread condition; unclipped jacket has the lightest of shelf scuffing and is otherwise fine. "A searing historical work about death, deceit and dishonour, and the rivalry… Read more about this item

The Map That Changed the World, Winchester, Simon. Published by , Harper Collins, New York, 2001. First Edition, First printing. 8vo up to 9½" tall., 329 pp., bibliography, glossary, photographs and illustrations. Beige boards with gilt spine titles. This first issue dustjacket becomes a fold-out of am 1815 facsimile map titled Delineations of the Strata of England and Wales, with… Read more about this item

The Northwest Coast: British Navigation, Trade, and Discoveries to 1812, Gough, Barry M. Published by the University of British Columbia Press, Vancouver BC 1992. First Edition. 266pp. with black and white illustrations and maps; endnotes, bibliography and index.. Blue boards with silver spine titles. Volume is in fine condition; very light shelf wear to jacket.

The Fight for Everest: 1924, Lieutenant-Colonel E.F. Norton, And Other Members of the Expedition. Published by Edward Arnold & Co., London, 1925. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; 372pp. with 32 plates from photographs, 8 of them in color, plus a folding map and folding panorama map. Dark green cloth boards with gilt titles front and spine.… Read more about this item

Everest 1933, Ruttledge, Hugh. Published by Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1934. First Edition. Gift card from The Lord Provost of Edinburgh dated 1934 pasted to free endpaper. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; xvi, 390pp. 58 sepia photographic plates plus frontispiece, 3 diagrams in text and 4 maps (3 folding); chronology of the expedition; index. Black cloth boards with… Read more about this item

The North-West Passage by Land: Being the Narrative of an Expedition from the Atlantic to the Pacific, William Milton; Cheadle W. B. Fitzwilliam. Published by Prospero, 2001. Continued title: "Undertaken with the View of Exploring a Route Across the Continent to British Columbia Through British Territory, by One of the Northern Passes in the Rocky Mountains." 8vo up to 9½"… Read more about this item

Vikings: The North Atlantic Saga, William W. Fitzhugh, Elizabeth Ward. Published by Smithsonian Books, Washington, DC., 2000. First Edition. Smithsonian Institute letter laid in, introducing the book and providing background information on the Viking Exhibition. Illustrated card covers. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall., 432pp. color photographs, drawings, maps etc. In fine condition.

The Worlds of Christopher Columbus, Phillips, William D., Jr. & Carla Rahn Phillips. Published by Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1992. First Edition. 322pp. illustrated, charts, drawings, engravings, maps, index. Blue cloth boards with silver titles. Contents are in fine unread condition; light top edge sunning to front boards; light top edge ruffle to dustjacket

Around the World in a Dugout Canoe: The Untold Story of Captain John Voss and the Tilikum, MacFarlane, John; Salmon, Lynn J. Published by Harbour Publishing, Pender Harbour, British Columbia, 2020. First Edition. 268pp., illustrated. In fine, unread condition and housed in a fine, unclipped jacket. Anticipating fame and wealth, Captain John Voss set out from Victoria, BC, in 1901, seeking… Read more about this item

Island of the Blue Foxes: Disaster and Triumph on the World's Greatest Scientific Expedition, Bown, Stephen R. Published by Da Capo Press, 2017. First Edition. Quarter black over blue boards. 326pp. with illustrations, maps, bibliography, index. In fine, unread condition and housed in a fine jacket. The immense 18th-century scientific journey, variously known as the Second Kamchatka Expedition or the Great… Read more about this item

The Naturalist on the River Amazons. A Record of Adventures, Habits of Animals, Sketches of Brazilian and Indian Life, and Aspects of Nature under the Equator, During Eleven Years of Travel, Henry Walter Bates. Published by John Murray, London, 1891. Sixth Edition. x, 395pp. with frontispiece, map and illustrations; rear section of publisher's ads. Green cloth boards with gilt illustration… Read more about this item

A Narrative of Travels on the Amazon and Rio Negro, With an Account of the Native Tribes, and Observations on the Climate, Geology, and Natural History of the Amazon Valley. Alfred Russel Wallace. Published by Ward, Lock and Co., London, Edinburgh and New York, circa 1889. New Edition. 12mo up to 7½" tall., 363pp., with frontis-portrait; map; 10 black and… Read more about this item

The Town, Conrad Richter. Published by The Franklin Library, Franklin Center, Pennsylvania, 1978. 8vo up to 9½" tall., 362pp., illustrated by Conrad Hack. Full dark brown leather with gilt titles to banded spine and gilt design front and rear; all edges gilt; moire endpapers with matching ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints; printed on archival paper. Limited… Read more about this item

A Mission Doctor Sees the Wind of Change, Doell, E.W. Published by Archer House Inc, New York, 1963. First American Edition. 8vo up to 9½" tall., 211pp. Grey cloth boards with black spine titles. Ghost mark to free endpaper, light outer-edge dusting and otherwise volume is in fine condition; jacket has light edge ruffling. A memoir of mission doctor E.W.… Read more about this item