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An Arctic Voyage to Baffin’s Bay and Lancaster Sound
by Goodsir, Robert Anstruther
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- 1850
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- Original blue blind stamped cloth. Gilt lettering on Spine. Skillfully recased.
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Goodsir, Robert Anstruther
An Arctic Voyage to Baffin's Bay and Lancaster Sound, in Search of Friends with Sir John Franklin.
London. Presentation Copy, First edition. 1850. 12mo, viii, 152pp., [8]. Tinted lithograph frontispiece, folding map. Original blue blind stamped cloth. Gilt lettering on the spine. Skillfully recased. Library stamps of the Medical Society Edinburgh of which… Read more about this item Item Price
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Journal of a route across India, through Egypt to England
by Fitzclarence, Lieut.-Col. George Augustus Frederick
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- 1819
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- Polished calf re-backed neatly
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FITZCLARENCE (Lieut.-Col. [George Augustus Frederick]) JOURNAL of a ROUTE ACROSS INDIA, through Egypt, to England. London: John Murray, 1819. First Edition. 4to., pp. [iv] + xxiv+502+[2], complete with 9 fine colored aquatints each with tissue-guard (light offsetting in places through the tissue guards), very impressive large folding "Map of the Seat of War in India" (some offset) 22' x… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Discovery of the North-West Passage
by M’Clure, Robert, Osborn, Sherard
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- 1856
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- Original blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine
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M'Clure, Robert. Osborn, Sherard, ed.
The Discovery of the North-West Passage
London, 1856 first edition, Octavo 21.5 x 13.5 cm. Longman, Brown [&c.]. 406 pages with 26 pages of advertisements dated March 1856. Folding engraved hand-colored map, 4 lithograph plates, original blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine, terracotta end papers with printed advertisements. The text is clean… Read more about this item Item Price
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Desert, Marsh and Mountain Ltd. Edition
by Thesiger, Wilfred
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- 1st Ltd. Edition
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- 1979
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- Original 1/2 brown Morocco w beige cloth boards w slipcase
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Desert, Marsh and Mountain Ltd. Edition
Thesiger, Wilfred. 1979, The first Deluxe Ltd. Edition published by Collins, London.
The Ltd.edition was published in 160 copies and is signed on the title page by Thesiger. This copy is number 65 and is in FINE condition as is the slipcase. Quarto (215 x 275mm). Many fine photos taken… Read more about this item Item Price
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Travels in Egypt, Nubia, Syria, and Asia Minor
by Irby, Charles Mangles, James
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- 1823
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- Original half calf
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IRBY, CHARLES and MANGLES, JAMES.
Travels in Egypt, Nubia, Syria, and Asia Minor; during the years 1817 and 1818.
PRINTED FOR PRIVATE DISTRIBUTION. London. 1823. PRESENTATION COPY. Quarto. First Edition, [xxxiii], Errata, 560pp. Engraved folding map, 3 plans (2 folding), 6 lithographed plates. Contemporary half calf, (Atabey 606, Blackmer 860). Inscribed to: "Louisa Norris from Captain Mangles". Occasional… Read more about this item Item Price
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