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1876. DAVIS, Rear-Admiral C. H., ed. G. M. ROBESON, Secretary of the Navy. NARRATIVE OF THE NORTH POLAR EXPEDITION. U.S. SHIP POLARIS, CAPTAIN CHARLES FRANCIS HALL COMMANDING. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1876. First edition. Presentation copy inscribed by Davis on front flyleaf, undated. 696 pp. 4to., red cloth stamped in gilt and blind. Cloth stained, shelfworn at corners and spine with shallow chipping/fraying at heel and crown. Gilt vignette of dogsled team on front cover bright. Overopened at title page, which is partially detached. Plates: two steel engraving frontispieces, with light foxing; 38 wood engravings plus numerous tail-pieces; two photolithographs (tinted); six maps. Laid in at the end is a detached folding spherical map (extraneous origin) in b/w, "The Arctic Regions|Comprising the Most Recent Explorations of Robert F. Peary, Fridtjof Nansen and F. Jackson|by Prof. Angelo Heilprin| (Drawn by J. Ross)|The Geographical Society of Philadelphia|1897." This map is in good…
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Narrative of the Arctic Land Expedition to the Mouth of the Great Fish River, and along the Shores of the Arctic Ocean in the Years 1833, 1834, and 1835
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Philadelphia: E.L. Carey & A. Hart, 1836. First Edition, First Printing. [American]. Very Good/No Dust Jacket.
Red cloth, spine lettered in gilt. 9.5 inches tall; 456 pp. Without the four page publisher's ads at the front. Illustrated with folding frontispiece map. First U.S. Edition. Ex-library (Bowdoin College, withdrawn bookplate), and pencil marks on the rear paste-down are the only markings. Moderate wear to cloth, spine sunned; foxing, repairs to map; Clean text with occasional margin spotting.. The First American edition of Back's overland expedition narrative from Montreal to the central Arctic, aimed at aiding the second Ross expedition members, received acclaim from Field as a crucial resource-equivalent to Franklin's work-for comprehending the indigenous peoples of the North. During its publication, "The Quarterly Review" lauded its literary style as surpassing any prior accounts on the subject.
Notably, the edition's map is a smaller segment derived from the original map featured in the first London edition released in the same year.
Back covered over 7500 miles, 1200 of which were previously unknown territory. His narrative holds literary esteem and is "full of details about the Cree, Chippewa, Coppermine Indians, and other tribes, upon whom members of the exhibition were obliged to depend during a terrible winter" [Hill]
Back was commissioned to complete the survey of the coast between Prince Regent's Inlet and Turnagain Point but the Terror was beset by ice for nearly a year (August 1837- July 1837), drifting in the pack off northeast Southampton Island.
Ref: Field 65; Sabin 2613; Wagner-Camp 58b:3.
Red cloth, spine lettered in gilt. 9.5 inches tall; 456 pp. Without the four page publisher's ads at the front. Illustrated with folding frontispiece map. First U.S. Edition. Ex-library (Bowdoin College, withdrawn bookplate), and pencil marks on the rear paste-down are the only markings. Moderate wear to cloth, spine sunned; foxing, repairs to map; Clean text with occasional margin spotting.. The First American edition of Back's overland expedition narrative from Montreal to the central Arctic, aimed at aiding the second Ross expedition members, received acclaim from Field as a crucial resource-equivalent to Franklin's work-for comprehending the indigenous peoples of the North. During its publication, "The Quarterly Review" lauded its literary style as surpassing any prior accounts on the subject.
Notably, the edition's map is a smaller segment derived from the original map featured in the first London edition released in the same year.
Back covered over 7500 miles, 1200 of which were previously unknown territory. His narrative holds literary esteem and is "full of details about the Cree, Chippewa, Coppermine Indians, and other tribes, upon whom members of the exhibition were obliged to depend during a terrible winter" [Hill]
Back was commissioned to complete the survey of the coast between Prince Regent's Inlet and Turnagain Point but the Terror was beset by ice for nearly a year (August 1837- July 1837), drifting in the pack off northeast Southampton Island.
Ref: Field 65; Sabin 2613; Wagner-Camp 58b:3.
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- Keywords Arctic exploration; Polar exploration; Native Americans; Cree, Chippewa, Coppermine Indians; Arctic Ocean; Arctic regions; Arctic regions; Canada; Description and travel; General; Northwest Territories; Polar Regions; Scientific expeditions;
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NARRATIVE OF THE NORTH POLAR EXPEDITION. U.S. SHIP POLARIS, CAPTAIN
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From Red Sea To Blue Nile Abyssinian Adventure - WITH Rare Dust Jacket
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New York: The Macaulay Company, 1925. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. FIRST PRINTING of First USA Edition. Includes rare original dust jacket. The book measures 227mm tall x 151mm, and has 386 pages, 49 b/w photos, folding map. CONDITION: The book is in nice condition with clean covers, bright gilt, very minor rubbing extreme tips corners (not through cloth, just loss of some color), tight binding, NOT ex-library, previous owner bookplate on blank FFEP otherwise no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, no foxing, tight binding, clean pages. The original dust jacket has a 2cm tear upper rear, two tiny 5mm tears lower front, loss at spine ends up to 6mm deep (but no loss of text or images), price-clipped upper flap corner. PHOTOS ARE OF ACTUAL ITEM BEING OFFERED.
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The Deltoid Pumpkin Seed.
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New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1973. Signed on the title page by the author. First edition / First printing. Green cloth spine, orange paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. A superb copy!
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THE HISTORY OF GREENLAND: INCLUDING AN ACCOUNT OF THE MISSION CARRIED ON BY THE UNITED BRETHREN IN THAT COUNTRY. FROM THE GERMAN OF DAVID CRANTZ. WITH A CONTINUATION TO THE PRESENT TIME; ILLUSTRATIVE NOTES; AND AN APPENDIX, CONTAINING A SKETCH OF THE MISSION OF THE BRETHREN IN LABRADOR. 1820 TWO VOLUMES
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London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1820. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. SECOND EDITION Two Volumes 1820. Complete with all plates and maps. Two volumes bound in early leather spines and corners with marbled boards, marbled EPs. NOT Ex-library. Rubbed spine edges with loss of surface coating, spine joints cracked leather but holding, loss of upper spine leather volume one but stabilized with lacquer, foxing on pages mainly to the first half of volume I, browning to pages due to offsetting of printed text, solid bindings, illustration plates are mostly free of foxing, previous owner name penned to first preliminary blank page of each volume otherwise no owner marks or writing on any pages. From the collection of William E. Davis with his signature and date 1960 on the first blank preliminary page of each volume . Copied from the internet: "William E. Davies (1917-1990) was a USGS (United States Geological Survey) geologist, polar explorer, and recipient of the Antarctic Medal…
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The story of Captain Cook's three voyages round the world
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1871 Captain Cook Voyages Australia Tahiti Hawaii Arctic Pacific Illustrated"Remember, the greater the opportunity, the fewer are those who see it."
– James Cook
James Cook was an 18th-century British explorer known for these three major world voyages. The initial reason for his expeditions was to seek clarification and discover unknown regions in the Southern Hemisphere, mainly Australia and the surrounding islands. While on this excursion, Cook and company were able to discern many astronomical mysteries, meet local tribes, helped develop means of determining longitude lines, and find several important sea routes.
This 1871 edition is a narrative of all three of Cook's Voyages focusing on the most interesting parts including Tahiti, crossing the Antarctic Circle, New Zealand, Sea Lions and other discoveries in the South Atlantic, Hawaii and its King, Cook slain by Natives, return journey from China, and more. This 1871 edition includes 37 full-page black and white illustrations!
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Omoo ; A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas; & The Post and the Paddock: With Recollections of George IV., Sam Chiffney, and Other Turf Celebrities 1st Edition - 2 Books Bound as One
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London, United Kingdom: George Routledge/Piper, Stephenson & Co, 1850. Omoo, Early Edition. Brown Marbled bds with Black Leather spine and cnrs, bright Gilt title in Burgundy flag to spine, pp ix 242.. BOUND with The Post and the Paddock, Nice frontis engraving by H. Beckwith, pp vii 232. CONDITION Very nice copy with mild wear to bds, named to both title pages with partial erasure causing minor damage to titlepage of Omoo, minor page browning o/w tight and clean.. Re-Issue. Half-Leather. Very Good/Not Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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TRAVELS IN GUIANA & ON THE ORINOCO DURING THE YEARS 1835 - 1839 ACCORDING TO HIS REPORTS AND COMMUNICATIONS TO THE GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON
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British Guiana: Argosy. Very Good+. 1931. Second Edition. Hardcover. Clean olive green cloth has dark green titles on spine & front cover viii, 202pp. Interior of text is tight, clean & intact. Six full page b/w Illustrations and a large fold out map. First edition was published in 1841. Ink stamp "The Tourist Bureau Georgetown British Guiana". First edition was published in 1841. Ink stamp "The Tourist Bureau, Georgetown British Guiana". (New Guiana since 1966). South America; B/W Illustrations & Lg. Map; 202 pages .
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THE POSSIBILITY OF REACHING THE NORTH POLE ASSERTED . A NEW EDITION WITH AN APPENDIX CONTAINING PAPERS ON THE SAME SUBJECT, AND ON A NORTHWEST PASSAGE BY COLONEL BEAUFOY
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New York: Eastburn & Co. Good+. 1818. New Edition. Hardcover. First printed in 1775 and 1776 as “Probability of Reaching the North Pole Discussed, ” this edition of Daines Barrington’s work includes the Appendix by physicist Mark Beaufoy. Later nineteeth century 3/4 leather over speckled paper cover boards. Spine with raised bands and gilt . (xiii) 14 to 187pp. Top edge gilt. Interior of text is tight and intact. Light to moderate foxing. Last 4 pages have a damp stain on bottom corner. Illustrated with map of the North Pole frontispiece and pictorial title page. Polar, Arctic; Fold out Map; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 187 pages .
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Journey of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile
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NY: Harper & Brothers, 1864. First edition. Hard cover in original cloth. Published NY: Harper & Brothers, 1864. 8vo., 590pp., plus 6pp. publisher's ads, illustrated with engraved plates, including a large fold-out color map. Blind embossed brown cloth with bronze spine titles, yellow endpapers. Gentle wear at the heel and crown, else very good plus, binding sound and tight, pages, plates and map clean with no foxing. . 1st. Hard. Very Good Plus/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo.
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In Darkest Africa
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NY: Charles Scribner's & Sons, 1890. First American edition. Two volumes, hard covers in original cloth. Published NY: Charles Scribner's, 1890, first printing. 8vo., 6 1/2" x 9", xiv+547; xvi+540, 45 full-page engravings (including frontispieces), plus approximately 100 illustrations within the text, plus three folded color maps in pockets (two large, one small). Dark green pictorial cloth with gilt titles and blind embossed African continent, brown endpapers. Stanley's detailed account of the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition (1886-1889), in which he led 400 armed men through the Congo and Ituri rain forest in an unsuccessful bid to rescue the Equatoria governor. The expedition suffered heavy losses through death and desertion. Nevertheless, Stanley made several interesting discoveries and negotiated treaties with tribal chiefs that served Britain's colonial interests. Sweating indications along the front edge of the boards with some dye bleed residue spots on front edge of…
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Narrative of the Arctic Land Expedition to the Mouth of the Great Fish River, and along the Shores of the Arctic Ocean, in the Years 1833, 1834, and 1835
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Edmonton: M.G. Hurtig LTD. Booksellers & Publishers (1970), 1970. Later edition. Hardcover. Very near Fine/Near Fine. Small 8vo. [7], viii-xxvii, [2], 2-663, [1] pp. Navy cloth with gold lettering blocked in black on the spine. Green endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $8.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Illustrated with several black and white plates and with a folding map in the rear of the volume. The first Hurtig edition. A reprint of the nineteenth-century work. Minor sunning to the spine panel and a small crease to the rear panel.
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London: John Murray, 1836. First Edition. 3/4 Leather Binding. Good. London: John Murray, 1836. First edition. 8 1/2 x 6 inches: pp. [6], x, [1 - Directions to the printer for the placement of the plates], 663. 3/4 calf leather over marbled paper boards. With 16 plates and tissue guards, fold out map attached in back of book, appendix, and a list of subscribers to the Arctic Land Expedition. Rebacked with recent calf leather around spine. Title, author and date stamped in silver gilt on spine. Original leather on quarter panels and adjacent to spine is worn and rubbed with some cracking. Some wear, scuffing to marbled paper sides. Marbled page edges have some fading. 1836 written in pencil underneath Roman numerals on title page. Spotted foxing, toning to pages.Binding tight. Stamp for A. V. Emmott & Sons Bookbinders, Inc. affixed inside lower edge of back cover. One of the important works of Arctic exploration, being an account of Back's expedition in search of John Ross, who had been missing for…
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London: John Murray, 1836. x,(2),663 pp. Octavo. Original diced grey cloth with blind decoration on the boards. Gilt title on spine. Spine very lightly faded as usual. Corners bumped and have been professionally renewed. Coated yellow endpapers. Untrimmed. 16 plates and large folding map at the end. Plates have a small amount of foxing otherwise the book is very clean. Very scarce in this condition. Contemporary signature on top of title page. Arctic Biblio. 851; Streeter 3705. Back, who had been with Franklin on both of his overland expeditions, was here sent out to locate John Ross, unreported after three winters in the Arctic. He traveled overland to Great Slave Lake, where he received news of Ross' return to England; Back however continued on, descending the Fish (now Back) River then unexplored, to the Arctic Ocean. This copy belonged to Henry Wemyss Feilden the naturalist that accompanied the Nares Expedition 1874/75 on the Alert. In 1895 and 1897, accompanying Henry J.…
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London: John Murray, 1836. x,(2),663 pp. Quarto. Bound in a modern full calf. Heavily gilt spine with five raised bands, marbled endpapers. Edges stained red. Sixteen mounted tissue plates, and large folding map. Plates and some leaves with a small light embossed stamp in one corner else a clean copy in and a very attractive binding. Arctic Biblio 851; Streeter 3705. Back, who had been with Franklin on both of his overland expeditions, was here sent out to locate John Ross, unreported after three winters in the Arctic. He traveled overland to Great Slave Lake, where he received news of Ross's return to England; Back however continued on, descending the Fish (now Back) River then unexplored, to the Arctic Ocean. His companion on the trip was Doctor Richard King whose narrative is also in this catalogue. 1836
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London: John Murray, 1836. x[2], 663[1]pp. Quarto (23 X 28 cm). Large-Paper Admiralty Issue. Original full calf boards with a new calf spine to match; five raised decorative bands and gold gilt lettering and decorations stamped to the spine with two Morocco title labels--one maroon and one black. Original marbled endpapers and edges to match. Sixteen mounted proof plates. Large folding map has some offsetting, very mild foxing and a 1" tear near the hinge that has been professionally repaired. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown. Occasional foxing throughout. Generally, a tight and clean copy in an attractive binding. Artic Biblio. 851; Streeter 3705. Back, who had been with Franklin on both of his overland expeditions, was here sent out to locate John Ross, unreported after three winters in the Arctic. He traveled overland to Great Slave Lake, where he received news of Ross's return to England; Back however continued on, descending the Fish (now Back) River-- then…
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South American Journals 1858-1859
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Salem, Massachusetts: Peabody Museum, 1937. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 209pp. Marbled boards, black spine, gilt spine lettering, top edge gilt, slipcase. Corners lightly rubbed, spine lettering mildly sunned, contents are clean and some pages still unopened. Slipcase is lightly edge-chipped. One of 481 copies printed on Hazelbourn paper by The Southworth-Anthoensen Press.
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A Holiday in Italy
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The Journal and Letters of Captain Charles Bishop on the North-west Coast of America, in the Pacific and in New South Wal
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lvi+342 pages with frontispiece, 6 maps including two folding maps, bibliography and index. Octavo (8 3/4" x 6") bound in original publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and pictorial representation of the ship Victoria embossed on front cover with cover and blind stamped ruled edges with original jacket. Edited by Michael Roe. Works issued by the Hakluyt Society, second series, volume 131. First edition.In 1794, Charles Bishop sailed from Bristol as master of the Ruby, a trading ship bound for north-west America. He had instructions to procure otter furs fro the Indians and then to proceed to Canton via japan and sell the cargo. During the years 1794-1802, he rounded South America to reach the Pacific coast, then visited the Pacific islands and the coasts of Asia and Australia. In the Moluccas, he sold the Ruby and purchased the Nautilus; correspondingly, the test is divided into two sections. This narrative is Bishop's journal of his voyages and relates a minor epic of adventure,…
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The Silence Of The North
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By Olive A. Frederickson with Ben East. AUTOBIOGRAPHY. RARE. 1972 Crown Publishers Inc., NY. The Silence Of The North, The Incredible story of a woman's fight for survival in a merciless winter of the Canadian Wilderness during the 1940's. Adapted as a film in 1981 and directed by Allan King. VG/GOOD $5.95 unclipped dust jacket. USED. 5 ¾ X 8 ½. 209 pages. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
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Volunteers in the African Bush: Memoirs from Sierra Leone
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Indianapolis: Dog Ear Publishing, January 2013. Trade Paperback. Fine. Slight reading wear to corners, otherwise pristine. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. Not damaged. Suitable for gifting. 163 pages. The 25 authors of this book were volunteers in the first Peace Corps rural community development project in Africa: Sierra Leone, 1965-67. They are also the first group to tell a collective story of Peace Corps volunteers, anywhere. The Peace Corps was in its infancy then, and memories of John Kennedy were strong among the young volunteers. Sierra Leone was also in its infancy in the first few years after independence, before military coups and tribal warfare became common. The authors forthrightly recount their feelings of loneliness and isolation, and their frightening experiences with secret societies and witchcraft, but their uniquely optimistic "can-do" American attitude brought most through a great life experience.
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Emin Pasha in Central Africa, being a collection of his letters and journals. Edited and annotated by Professor G. Schweinfurth, Professor F. Ratzel, Dr. R.W. Felkin, and Dr. G. Hartlaub.
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TRAVELS IN EGYPT AND THE HOLY LAND
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London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, 1823. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. pp: [viii]ix-xii [1]2-544. FIRST EDITION. Bound in brown half-leather over marbled boards, title in gilt within a red title piece. The first edition of the author's first book. William Wilson (1772-1849) inherited a substantial sum from an uncle, and decided to indulge his passion for travel. He travelled throughout Europe and The Middle East and wrote a series of books. This was his first, and it was the most popular, going through several editions. This is a good copy as all plates, including the frontispiece, have been excised. The boards show moderate wear, heavier at the spine ends. The front hinge is cracked. The text block is mainly clean with a few marks of unknown origin.
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BRNSTN BRS GO TO CAMP (First Time Books)
by Berenstain, Stan and Jan
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- first
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- First Edition
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- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780394951317 / 039495131X
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Berenstain, Stan and Jan: The Berenstain Bears Go To Camp ( A First Time Book) Random House 1982 First Edition. Number line starts with 1. Ex-lib hardcover library-bound edition Brown cloth boards. Good Condition/ No dust jacket included. A nice find for Berenstain Bears fans.
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A Naturalist in the Guianas
by Andre, Eugene
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- first
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- Used - Fair
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- First English edition
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London, Greater London, United Kingdom
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London: Smith, Elder & Co, 1904. First English edition thus. Octavo, pp xii, 310, illustrated (including two chromolithographs by Keulemans), a rather poor copy, lacking the folding map, an ex-Boots library copy in red library cloth, a bit used and weak internally with cracked hinges (through front and rear hinges tight and strong), some plates a little frayed, a small stamp on the front endpaper and a library label on the rear, the cloth rather worn, marked on the upper cover, the spine torn. A useful working copy. [Andre was an explorer and collector of natural history specimens . He wrote a glossary of common and scientific names of plants and animals and put together a collection of 1800 bird skins which are held at Tring. He was a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and a Fellow of the Zoological Society. He travelled largely in Venezuala and Columbia and introduced the Anthurium plant to Trinidad & Tobago, 1915.]. Signed by Author. First English edition. Cloth. Fair.
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Panama: And The Canal In Pictures and Prose
by Willis J. Abbot
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- first
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- Used - Poor
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- First
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Lubbock, Texas, United States
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This book is an antique but it is in poor condition. The binding is loose and peeling off the spine of this book. The cover is worn substantially on the edged, corners and all over. The previous owners name is written on the inside front board and the front end page. The inside pages are yellowed and tanned and the page is torn. "A complete story of Panama, as well as the history, purpose and promise of its world famous canal - the most gigantic engineering undertaking since the dawn of time. Approved by leading officials connected with the great enterprise. Profusely illustrated by over 600 unique and attractive photographs taken expressly for this book by our special staff." - Panama
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