Search Results: Travel from Bazaar of Books

"The Battle of the Bears: Life in the North Land" by Egerton R. Young. Illustrated by the author's photographs and pen and ink drawings. Boston/Chicago: W. A. Wilde Company, [1907]. pp. 341. some b. & w. illus. Hardcover, blue cloth with illustrated cover & white and black-stamped title, and white title on spine (extremities quite worn, corners bent and frayed, spine bumped & worn, front hinge cracked, 1 plate detached but present, foxing sparsely in text, all edges are foxed, at some point the covers have got wet- dye from the cover has bled onto the front edge and the cloth is no longer flat on the boards but wrinkled, pencil doodle on back cover, stamp & sticker on front endpaper).Good- condition.Size: 7 7/8" x 5 3/4" (20cm x 14.5cm).

"Black Sand and Gold, True Alaska-Yukon Gold-Rush Story" by Ella Lung Martinsen as told by her father Edward B. Lung. Alaska Centennial Edition. Portland, Oregon: Metropolitan Press, 1967. pp. 423, Index. 58 b. & w. illus. Hardcover, light green cloth with blue titles to front cover and spine (1 lower corner bent, top edge foxed, some foxing to spine, on front free endpaper a signed inscription by author and price in pencil, interior is clean & unmarked). dw., unclipped (some wear, some foxing on flaps, dust jacket is covered by mylar).Very good condition.Size: 8 3/4" x 5 7/8" (22.5cm x 15cm).

"The Cree Journals. The Voyages of Edward H. Cree, Surgeon R. N., as Related in His Private Journals, 1837-1856." Edited and with an Introduction by Michael Levien. Exeter, England: Webb & Bower, [1981]. pp. 276, Biographies. numerous colour illus. (1 fold-out), taken from watercolours by the author. Hardcover, cream & brown boards, in the style of a journal, with cream title on spine (corners bent, edgeworn, spine bumped & worn, waterstains to mostly lower half of both front and back covers, portion of surface removed from both front & back endpapers, and brown stains on back free endpaper, waterstains to lower margin of many pages, some damage at edge of fold-out illus., plus a few other illus. have marks at lower corner. For the illus. with damage the image is mostly unaffected. Previous owner's name and price on front free endpaper). d.j., unclipped (corners worn, top & bottom of spine chipped, 1-inch tear at bottom of spine, wrinkled at bottom of back cover, waterstains mainly on bottom to inside… Read More

"Cross Roads in Ireland" by Padraic Colum. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1930. pp. 375. 15 b. & w. illus. Hardcover, green cloth with gilt title on front cover & spine, top edge wine colour (corners square & rubbed, spine bumped & worn, previous owner's signature and address on front free endpaper, pages toned, dampstains, on last several pages, in top margin, endpapers and edges foxed, and some foxing to margins, otherwise interior is unmarked). dj., clipped (rubbed on spine and cover edges with loss, tattered with chipped pieces missing at top of front & back covers, few short tears, back cover scuffed, inside jacket- dampstained, and toned on spine area & along top).Very Good condition (dustjacket Good condition).Size: 8 1/8" x 5 1/2" (20.5cm x 14cm)

"Darwin of the Beagle" by Bern Dibner. Norwalk, Connecticut: Burndy Library, 1960. pp. 73, Bibliography. numerous b. & w. illus. Paperback (cover toned with various marks, 1/2- inch tear at lower spine with stain and crease, lower left corner dented, foxing on endpapers, interior is clean, but for a single mark).Good condition.Size: 10 3/4" x 8 1/4" (27.5cm x 21cm).

"Diary of the Terra Nova Expedition to the Antarctic 1910-1912 by Edward Wilson. An account of Scott's last expedition edited from the original mss. in the Scott Polar Research Institute and the British Museum by H. G. R. King." London: Blandford Press, [1972]. (First published in 1972). pp. 279, Index, Bibliography. numerous illus. (27 colour, many full-page). Hardcover, beige cloth with author's signature in gilt on cover and gilt title & ship on spine, coloured top edge (corners bent & lower corners dented, text block corner bent, light foxing in margins). dj., unclipped (yellowed, some wear & soiling, lower corners wrinkled, spine faded and a few scratches).Very good condition.Size: 9 3/4" x 7 1/2" (24.5cm x 19cm).++PLEASE NOTE: This is a heavier book. Please contact us for a shipping quote for your destination.

"The Japan Expedition 1852-1854: The Personal Journal of Commodore Matthew C. Perry." Edited by Roger Pineau, With an Introduction by Samuel Eliot Morison. City of Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1968. pp. 241, Bibliography, Index. many illus. (some colour). Hardcover, blue cloth with silver title on front cover and spine (corners square but worn, spine bumped & worn, marks on both covers, top edge foxed, interior clean & unmarked). d.w., clipped (dampstained & some foxing, 2 tiny tears, some wear). Dust Jacket covered in mylar (small crack in corner).Very good condition (dust jacket, Good condition).Size: 11 1/4" x 8 3/4" (28.5cm x 22cm).++PLEASE NOTE: This is a heavier book. Please contact us for a shipping quote for your destination.

"Lewis and Clark: Across the Divide" by Carolyn Gilman. Introduction by James P. Ronda. Washington and London: Smithsonian Books, in association with the Missouri Historical Society, [2003]. First edition. pp. 424, Bibliography, Index. 400 illus. (mostly colour). Paperback (lower corner slightly bent, small indentation on front cover, interior clean & unmarked).Very good condition.Size: 12" x 9 1/8" (30.5cm x 23.5cm).++PLEASE NOTE: This is a heavier book. Please contact us for a shipping quote for your destination.

"The Malaspina Expedition 1789-1794 Journal of the Voyage by Alejandro Malaspina, Volume III Manila to Cadiz (Series III, Volume 13)." Edited by Andrew David, Felipe Fernandez-Armesto, Carlos Novi, and Glyndwr Williams. Translated by Sylvia Jamieson. London: The Hakluyt Society and Madrid: The Museo Naval, 2004. pp. 487. 38 illus. (some colour), 6 maps, Appendixes, Index. Hardcover, navy cloth with gilt ship on cover and gilt title on spine (corners bent, lower corner pages bumped (at back), very few tiny spots of foxing on top edge, interior is clean & unmarked). dw. (worn, short tear at top of spine, spine faded, some soiling).Very good condition. (Dust jacket is Good+ condition).Size: 10" x 7 1/8" (25.5cm x 18cm).

"My Life with the Eskimo" by Vilhjalmur Stefansson. New York: Collier Books, [1971]. Third printing of paperback edition. pp. 447, Index. Paperback (spine darkened, owner's signature on front free endpaper, some underlining & notes in text, notes on inside back cover).Very Good condition.Size: 7" x 4 1/4" (18cm x 11cm).

"Off-Trail in Nova Scotia" by Will R. Bird. Toronto: The Ryerson Press, [1956]. signed by the author. pp.314. 27 b. & w. illus. Hardcover, blue cloth with silver title on spine (spine bumped, corners & spine worn, foxing to all edges, interior clean & unmarked). dw (tattered and chipped, larger piece missing from back cover, dust jacket flap detached from front but inserted, dampstained).
Good condition. (Dust jacket- fair condition).
Size: 8 1/4" x 5 5/8" (21cm x 14.5cm).

"South with Endurance: Shackleton's Antarctic Expedition 1914-1917; The Photographs of Frank Hurley" by Frank Hurley. New York: BCL Press, [2001]. pp. 320. numerous b & w and colour photo., many full page. Hardcover, blue gray cloth with silver title on spine (top & bottom of spine and corners worn, gift inscription, on the half title page, ruled out with black marker, page margins yellowing and two indentations on back cover). dw. (scratch on back, edges slightly worn, bit soiled).Size: 11 3/4" x 12 3/8" (30cm x 31.5cm).Good condition.

"Through Bosnia and the Herzegovina on Foot During the Insurrection, August and September 1875" by Arthur J. Evans. New York: Arno Press & The New York Times, 1971. Reprint edition. (The Eastern Europe Collection). Originally published in a Second edition in 1877. pp. 445. many b. & w. illus. Hardcover, gold cloth, red & black titles on front cover and spine (foxing on covers & spine, top edge foxed, lower corners slightly bent, priced in pencil on front free endpaper, otherwise interior is clean & unmarked).Very good condition.Size: 9 1/4" x 6 1/4". (23.5cm. x 16cm).

"Watkins' Last Expedition" by F. Spencer Chapman. With an Introduction by Augustine Courtauld. London: The Vanguard Library (Chatto & Windus in association with William Heinemann Ltd.), [1953]. pp. 244. Hardcover, tan cloth, with gilt title on blue label, on spine (top of spine worn, 1 corner bent, dark top edge, heavy tanning to pages throughout, but otherwise clean & unmarked). d.j. (soiled, edges worn, few nicks, few small pieces missing, small hole on back cover, price on front cover).Good condition.Size: 7 1/8" x 4 1/2" (18cm x 11.5cm).