Search Results: Authors starting with V from David Spilman Fine Books, ABAA & IOBA

Harrisburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 1990. First Edition, Later Printing. Fine/Near Fine. Inscribed by Author and another, [9.25x6.5in]; viii, 196 pp., eight plate with 34 black and white images, three maps; Blue paper covers with tan linen backstrip with blue ink lettering on spine, blue end papers, all edges trimmed; Light tan dust jacket with blue and black lettering on front and spine, image of skier looking into crevasse on front with illustration of compass rose, dark brown border strip at top and bottom, summary of book with image of men on back; Negligible shelf wear to book, inscription on title page, "Trapper Creek Alaska, September 2000, For Marie - Come to the next Travel Adventure congress. You could add much to our meetings. 'Dream Big and Dare to Fail' Norman D. Vaughan.", second inscription "Thank you for your input to the Season's Project, with gratitude. Tim Warren" ; Negligible shelf wear to dust jacket. [Conrad p. 256]. Norman Dane Vaughan (1905-2005) was a dog sled driver that was… Read More

Harrisburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 1990. First Edition, 1st Printing. Fine/Near Fine. Inscribed to Fossett by Author, [9.25x6.5in]; viii, 196 pp., eight plate with 34 black and white images, three maps; Blue paper covers with tan linen backstrip with blue ink lettering on spine, blue end papers, all edges trimmed; Light tan dust jacket with blue and black lettering on front and spine, image of skier looking into crevasse on front with illustration of compass rose, dark brown border strip at top and bottom, summary of book with image of men on back; Negligible shelf wear to book, inscription to Steve Fossett on title page, "To Steve Fossett, From one dog musher to another. I hope you enjoy the Iditarod as much as I. I've devoted 16 consecutive years to this race. It's a disease. No doctor can cure me. I hope you do not get it as badly. Sin adventurously. Norman D. Vaughan.", bookplate of Steve Fossett on front end paper; Negligible shelf wear to dust jacket except for slight fading to spine and… Read More

Livourne, France: Didier Robert de Vaugoundy, 1777. Very Good. Folio, [12.5x14.25in neat lines, 17.25x21in sheet]; Title in top center with four inset maps labeled I- Partie Nord-ouest de l'Amerique, II- Nonvelle Grenade, III- Region des Conibas et pays voisins, IV- Extremites de la partie occidentale de la Californie; map covers a large area from 25 to 80 North latitude, Norway to Alaska, and 20 east to 155 west longitude China to the Arctic Circle; Copper engraving on heavy watermarked paper with pictorial relief with mountains, forests and major rivers with location grid and names, both mythical, real and related to present day; Little age toning and small spots, close -tear at bottom edge, single vertical crease fold, top right margin "Suppl 2 Carte", lower left "181-182" and right "R.S" [Wagner maps 637]. This map was one of a 10 map series for the Supplement to Diderot's "Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers" published in 1777. From Rumsey, "This… Read More

Livourne, France: Didier Robert de Vaugondy, 1777. Very Good. [11.5x15in neat lines, 13.5x17in sheet, folds to 9.75x7.5in]; Colored Title in top center with two insert maps of Northeast Siberian coastline (Kaempfer) and Kamchatka Peninsula (Buache 1752); The map, similar to Suppl 2 Carte; Copper Color engraving with pictorial relief with mountains, forests and major rivers with names, both mythical, real and related to present day; Some age toning to edges with several light spots on map, old paper addition to top left margin, nine panel fold creases, top right margin - Suppl. 3e Carte, no plate or page numbers, red ink to top, foredge and bottom trimmed edges. [Wagner NW 637, Rumsey 10402.008] CS. This map was one of a 10 map series for the Supplement to Diderot's "Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers" published in 1777. From Rumsey, "This series of 10 maps was prepared by Vaugondy for the Supplement to Diderot's Encyclopédie. This seminal map series,… Read More

Paris: Didier Robert de Vaugoundy, 1773. Very Good. [11.75x15in, neatline, 13.75x15.5in sheet] Colored map comparing four maps of Hudson Bay - Sanson 1650 (mislabeled 1750), Del'isle 1700, Del'isle 1073 and Henry Ellis Carte de la Baye d'Hudson 1747; Light age toning and soiling, narrow margins, six fold creases, spot in lower margin, small closed tear in right margin, red ink on bottom edge. [Wagner 637; Rumsey 10402.014] CS. This map was one of a 10 map series for the Supplement to Diderot's "Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers" published in 1777. From Rumsey, "This series of 10 maps was prepared by Vaugondy for the Supplement to Diderot's Encyclopédie. This seminal map series, exploring the mapping of North American and specifically the Northwest Passage was one of the first studies in comparative cartography. Philippe Buache's Considerations Geographiques Et Physiques Sur Les Nouvelles Decouvertes Au Nord de La Grande Mer Appellee Vulgairement La Mer… Read More