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li+109+xlvii pages with frontispiece folding map and one other folding map, appendix and index. Octavo (9" x 6") bound in original publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and gilt pictorial representation of the ship Victoria on the cover and edge ruled decorative blind stamp to covers in original jacket. Second Series, Volume 66. First edition. Includes William Methwold's 'Relation',… Read more about this item

xii+602+plate list+[1 ads] pages with folding frontispiece, folding hand-colored engraved map of the St. Lawrence and 27 plates: 25 aquatints (6 folding) and 1 line engraving. Quarto (10 3/4" x 8 3/4") bound in half leather with five raised spine bands with black label in gilt lettering over marbled boards. (Dow, Niagara pages 127-130; Field 687; Lande 433; Sabin 31489;… Read more about this item

xxix+[blank]+[Errata/Directions for Binder]+361+47 pages with large folding frontispiece map, 21 engraved charts and plates (some folding), 7 natural history subjects hand-colored and appendixes (1 Natural History. Appendix 2 " Tables Of The Route"). Quarto (11" x 9"0 bound in half leather with five raised spine bands and red label in gilt lettering over marbled boards. (Forbes 161; Hill p 23;… Read more about this item

xii+191 pages with frontispiece, 3 maps, illustration, appendices and index. Octavo (9" x 6") bound in original publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and gilt pictorial representation of the ship Victoria on the cover and edge ruled decorative blind stamp to covers in original jacket. Edited with Introduction and Notes by Sir C. Alexander Harris, Second… Read more about this item

120 pages with color photographs and maps. Quarto (11" x 8 1/2") bound in original publisher's pictorial wrappers. First edition. Leslie Hindman. Auction date October 31, 2018. Softcover auction catalogue number 624. Library of Steve Fossett. James Stephen Fossett (1944-2007) was an American businessman and a record-setting aviator, sailor, and adventurer. He was the first person to fly solo nonstop around… Read more about this item

48 pages with maps. Quarto (11" x 8 1/2") bound in original publisher's pictorial stapled wrappers. First edition. An exhibition at the library in conjunction with the 2010 Virginia Garrett Lectures on the History of cartography August 2010 through January 2011. Condition: Very good to fine.

xvi+341 pages with 2 colour plates including frontispiece, 13 half tone plates and illustrations, 8 line drawings, 3 maps, bibliography and index. Small quarto (10" x 7") issued in blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and pictorial sailing ship to front cover. Edited by David P Gamble and P E H Hair. Third Series, volume 2. First edition. In 1623… Read more about this item

xii+[13]-372 pages with folding frontispiece colored map, tables, 15 maps (12 folding) and index. Small octavo (7 1/4" x 4 1/2") bound in full leather with spine label. (Clark, Old South 3:10; Graff 141; Howes B45; Sabin 2594) Second edition. The first edition of 1000 copies was published in 1832. Second edition, based largely on Peck's Guide for Emigrants, published in… Read more about this item

xii+689 pages with two folding maps and appendix. Royal octavo (9 3/4" x 6 1/2") bound in original publisher's brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine. (Howes S-423) First edition. An historical record of expeditions to Florida by Hernando de Soto and others from the years 1512-1568. The extravagant reports of the wealth of the countries thus discovered induced enterprising Spanish adventurers… Read more about this item

xv+616 pages with showing HMS Investigator stuck in the ice, folding map with routes added by hand in color and appendix. Octavo (8 3/4" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's textured dark blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and blind stamped ruled edges. (Arctic Bibliography 682; Chavanne 1540; Hill 34; Sabin 2017; Staton & Tremaine/TPL 3408) First edition. Sir… Read more about this item

3 voumes. 636 pages with 6 illustrations. 481 pages with 24 Illustrations. 7 leaves+folded map+156 pages+folding map+96 leaves+178 pages+8 Illustrations. Small quarto (10" x 7 1/4") bound in original full leather with five raised spined bands with gilt lettering to black spine labels. Volume II first edition. Jean-Baptiste Tavernier was one of the most renowned travelers of 17th century Europe. The… Read more about this item

3 volumes. [iv]+572 pages with two maps. 512 pages with map. 598 pages with map, appendix and index. Octavos (8 1/2" x 5 1/2") bound in contemporry calf, rebacked with five raised spine bands with black lables in gilt lettering. Translated from the original Dutch, by Samuel Hull Wilcocke with notes and additions by the translator.(Cox I, p. 307; ESTC… Read more about this item

3 volumes. 432 pages. 272 pages with folding plate and tables. Atlas volume with ten folding maps and plates. Small octavo (7 3/4" x 5") bound in contemporary full mottled calf, spines gilt stamped panel decorations and borders, original leather labels and. marbled endpapers. Housed in a custom crafted enclosure. (Howes P-13; Sabin 58168; Spence 8870. First edition. Pierre Marie François… Read more about this item

xxxiv+516 pages with frontispiece, folding map and appendix. Small octavo (7 1/2" x 5") bound in original publisher's brown cloth stamped in blind, gilt titles on spine. First edition. Frederick Law Olmsted made extensive tours throughout the region from 1852 to 1857. In 1853-1854, with his brother John, he made a celebrated trip across Texas. His route took him from Natchitoches,… Read more about this item

97 pages with frontispiece and partially colored folding profile. Octavo (8 1/2 x 5 1/2) bound in original quarter brown cloth over beige boards. housed in a custom slipcase (Decker 41:172) First edition. George William Featherstonhaugh was a British-American geologist and geographer. He was one of the proposers of the Albany and Schenectady Railroad and was the first geologist to the… Read more about this item

xvi+587 pages with Frontispiece, wood cuts in text and 7 plates. Royal octavo (9" x 6 1/4") bound in original blue blindstamped cloth with gilt-lettered to spine. Housed in a custom enclosure. (Graff 1448; Howes F-390; Sabin 25992; Wagner-Camp-Becker 292:2) First English edition. Considered by Camp to be one of the most interesting books of travel through the Southwest. Froebel traveled… Read more about this item

xx+[folding map]+417 pages with frontispiece map. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 1/2") bound in modern half calf with five raised spine binds and black label in gilt lettering over marbled boards. ( Arctic Bibliography 16124; Field 1411; Lada-Mocarski 115; Sabin 81374; Wagner-Camp 101) First edition. Thomas Simpson was a Scottish Arctic explorer, Hudson's Bay Company fur trader, and cousin of Company… Read more about this item

[12]+286+[10] pages with engraved frontispiece, 60 illustrations in text and 24 plates (some folding) outside collation, including maps of China and Asia, Oriental script specimina (Chinese, Syriac), gods, dresses, animals, etc. Woodcut ornament, stamp on title and index. Folio *13 3/4" x 9 1/2") bound in half leather over marbled boards with 5 raised spine bands with black label in… Read more about this item

xvi+437 pages. Octavo 8" x 5 1/4") bound in original full leather with black and red labels to spine, lettered in gilt housed in a custom enclosure. (Howes P13) First Dublin edition. A British edition of the same year was published in two volumes with a third added later. Pierre Marie François de Pagès, French naval officer, world traveler, and writer,… Read more about this item

6 volumes. lx+434 pages with frontispiece, 7 plates, 15 vignettes (including music scores), 67 woodcuts, tables and one internal folding map; xvi+476 pages with frontispiece, 13 plates, 14 vignettes (including music scores), 46 woodcuts, and 3 folding maps; xv+438 pages with 12 plates, 10 vignettes (including music scores) and 50 woodcuts; xv+539 pages with fold out frontispiece map, 15 plates,… Read more about this item