Search Results: Travel and Exploration from Brillig Books

NY: The Century Co., (1924)., 1924. Book. Fine. Hardcover. F. First Edition. Octavo, pale blue cloth covered boards decorated in black and gilt mountain scene and gilt titles and spine titles. 462pp. Illustrated with many black and white photographs. 3 fold map of Chile. A very tight internally clean crisp copy with very clear gilt and decoration. spine titles somewhat darkened and a light spot to spine and a touch of soil to exterior page edges and endpapers, else fine. A very attractive copy..

NY: E. P. Dutton & Co., 1973. Book. Fine. Hardcover. F. First U.S. Edition. Quarto, red cloth covered boards. 288pp. including index. Generously illustrated throughout with 45 color and 100 black and white reproductions of paintings and drawings, and four maps (one double page). A comprehensive and entertaining survey of the exploration of Africa from its earliest days to the heyday of Livingstone, Burton et al. A very tight, fresh and unblemished volume in a crisp sharp dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket..

Garden City: Doubleday, (1972). Book. Fine. Hardcover. Octavo, dark green cloth covered boards with gilt spine titles. 192pp. with index. Generously illustrated with many plates in black and white and color. Fine, tight, fresh and unread copy in brilliant, crisp and sharp price-clipped dust jacket..

St. Louis, MO: Cave Books, 1994. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). F. First Edition. 12mo, illustrated stiff gray stapled wraps. 17pp. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, "For Lynn from Red, Richard Watson". A memoir in the form of an article on the general topic of "Why should one go caving?" by the author of "The Longest Cave" and one of the leading explorers of the Great Mammoth Cave of Kentucky. A very tight, clean, crisp, unmarked volume. Soft center crease, else fine. Near fine..

San Francisco: Paul Elder. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. F. First Edition. Octavo, salmon colored buckram with gilt ruled border and black decoration of rising sun and gilt decoration of rising sun on spine. Top edge stained terracotta, other edges untrimmed. 179pp. including index. Illustrated with 72 full page black and white photographs including 9 tipped in. A beautiful copy with shining gilt, absolutely fresh cloth and decorations. Top edge slightly darkened and a discreet prior owner signature on ffep, else fine. A really tight, sparkling virtually as new copy. Very near fine..

NY: McGraw-Hill, (1962). Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. F. First Edition. Octavo, brown cloth covered boards with gilt and copper-gilt decorations and spine titles. Map endpapers. 278pp. including index and bibliography plus biographical note on author. With jacket illustration, map and striking woodcut headpieces by "the Dillons". A very tight, fresh copy with the faint remains of a minor remainder mark on bottom edge, else fine in a dust jacket with faint soil, minor edgewear and a couple of very short edge tears. A very near fine volume in a very good plus dust jacket..

London: Oxford University Press, (1991), 1991. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition. Octavo, black cloth covered boards. Top edge stained pale yellow. 388pp. including selected bibliography and glossary of English place names. An alphabetically arranged dictionary with over 12,000 entries tracing the origins and meanings of English place-names for towns, villages, cities and settlements. A very tight, clean, fresh, unmarked volume in a crisp, sharp, bright dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket..

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1961. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. F. First Edition. Octavo, blue cloth covered boards with gilt titles and spine titles. 199pp. including index and sources. Illustrated with 20 black and white reproductions including a 16th c. plan of Moscow and two maps (one map folding to two and one folding to 1 1/2 pages). A biography of the exporer/adventurer Will Adams. A very tight fresh, clean copy with fresh cloth and bright gilt. Very slight shadow of offsetting to front free endpaper, else a fine unmarked volume. Dust jacket shows light dusting overall and a short closed edge tear to rear panel with a couple of minor edge nicks. With the quite minor defects noted, a very near fine volume in a very good dust jacket. An unusually well preserved copy of this title. Uncommon..

New York: Charles Scribner, 1896. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. First Edition. Octavo, yellow cloth with gilt titles. Top edge gilt, others uncut. xv, [1],288pp. With 107 illustrations mostly full page photographs. A tour of the edges of the Mediterranean from Trieste around to North Africa. Wonderful photographs of locales, natives and early costumes and occupations. A tight sound copy, without bumps rubs or other damage, internally completely fine, clean and fresh but with soiled boards and faded spine else fine..

New York: The Century Company, 1893. Book. Fine. Hardcover. F. First Edition. Octavo, tangerine cloth covered boards with line drawing of olive branch and gilt title. 131pp. Frontispiece black and white portrait photograph of the author. A reminiscence of Provence when it was still almost as rustic as in the 17th century. A tight, square, internally clean volume with darkened spine and darkening to board edges. Decorations and gilt still clear but moderate dust soiling and a small burn mark at base of front board but still a very acceptable volume. Very good minus..

Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1927. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. F. First Edition. Octavo, gilt title, decoration and spine titles. 287pp. including index, plus map of Etah. Illustrated with over 80 black and white photographs and maps. Near fine with the most minimal rubbing at forecorners and a discreet prior owner signature on front pastedown. A very tight, clean and attractive copy..

Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999. Book. As New. Cloth. First Edition. First Printing. Small quarto, sunflower yellow cloth covered boards with blood red spine titles. 355 pp. including index, notes and appendices. At once an historical and compelling modern work on the culture, diversity, geology and challenges facing this greatest mountain range in the world. A scientific, geologic and historical look at the changing environment of the mountains and their ecology under the pressures of greater access, climate change and globalization. This copy is as new, with very fresh bright, cloth and strong colored spine titles; tight, fresh, clean and bright interior; unmarked, unblemished and unread, in a very tight, clean, sharp, crisp, unclipped, glossy dust jacket. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. AS NEW..

Annapolis, MD.: Naval Institute Press, 1986. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. Thick octavo, blue cloth covered boards with royal blue title panel and gilt title, decoartion and border. Blue silk ribbon marker. 646 pp. plus a note on the editors. A faithful reproduction of the rare 1815 second edition of this important classic report of the voyage of Captain David Porter around the Cape of Good Hope to attack British shipping in the Pacific off of Chile. A source for Melville's novel Typee. Faithfully reproduced by the Naval Institute Press, including reproductions of the original drawings, illustrations, maps and charts. A very tight, very clean, crisp, unmarked, unblemished volume with bright, fresh pages and clean unblemished cloth and bright gilt titles. FINE. Without dust jacket as issued. A beautiful copy and quite uncommon..

Missoula, Montana, U.S.A.: Mountain Press Publishing, 1997. Book. As New. Soft cover. First Edition Thus. Thick octavo, brown illustrated stiff wraps (paperback). 446 pp. including indexes, bibliography and extensive notes. Illustrated with black and white reproductions and maps. A vey tight, clean, crisp, square, stiff, glossy, bright, unmarked and unread volume with a flat uncreased spine..

NY: Reynal and Company, (1959). Book. Fine. Hardcover. F. First Edition. Octavo, red cloth covered boards. 192pp. Illustrated with black and white photographs, drawings and map. Fine in dust jacket with a bit of light superficial rubbing and a quite faint dampstain along rear foldover, else fine. A fine, fresh volume in a very good plus dust jacket..

Boston: David R. Godine, (1980). Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. F. First Edition thus. Quarto, green cloth covered boards. Decorative endpapers. 208pp. including index. Introduction by Gavin Kennedy. Illustrated with black and white reproductions. A great copy. No significant defects; just a bit short of fine. Near fine in near fine dust jacket..

Belfast, Ireland: Belfast Telegraph, 1947. Book. Fine. Original Wraps. Oblong small quarto, (12" x 9"), yellow wraps over stapled text block. Unpaginated (40pp) A one page introduction followed by forty full page captiioned chromophotolithographs from photographs of Irish scenes, countryside, bays, ports, cities and people. An evocative nostalgic souvenir item from an era long passed from the scene. A tight, clean, bright volume. Front corners of text page with very small dog ears and one very small spot on rear, else fine. All images fine and perfect. Near fine..

NY: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, (1958)., 1958. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition. Octavo, black cloth with silver titles and decoration. Map endpapers. 356pp. with index. Maps designed by James MacDonald. A comprehensive survey of the history of the search for the Northwest Passage. Fine in dust jacket with superficial rubbing and two closed edge tears at back top fore edges. A very clean fresh copy in a very good to very good plus dust jacket..

New York: Random House, 1971. Book. As New. Cloth. First Edition. First Edition. Octavo, brown cloth covered boards. 307 pp. including index. Illustrated with historical black and white photographs. The early history of air flight told through the stories of the distance, speed, hieight and exploration pilots and airmen. A very tight, clean, fresh volume with bright crisp, unmarked and unread pages, in a very crisp, sharp, clean, price-clipped dust jacket. Quite scarce to have such a pristine matte dust jacket on this title. Fine in fine dust jacket. Virtually as new..

Townsend Mac Coun, 1898. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. First Edition. Large thick octavo, burgundy red cloth covered boards with gilt spine titles. Top edge gilt. 440pp. with index and authorities cited. Illustrated with 11 full page color maps. A very tight sound and generally clean copy. A few light pencil margin lines, prior owner name and date (1888) and printed sticker on front pastedown and ffep. Tiny loss to top of spine and one rub spot. Even with the defects noted a very attractive and better than very good copy. Uncommon..