Brown's New Plan of Hull
Hull and London: A. Brown & Sons, Ltd. Stapled Binding.
Large fold-out map repaired at one seam with tissue.
Showing at a glance the extended city boundary, parliamentary divisions, municipal wards and new streets.
Adventure
Hero in Disgrace: The Life of Arctic Explorer Frederick A. Cook
New York: Paragon House, 1991. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Jacket edges rubbed, jacket lightly soiled, sticker ghost on rear jacket panel. Boards soiled.
xix, 250 pp. Examines the exploits of the explorer Frederick A. Cook and offers new evidence supporting his claim to discovery of the North Pole
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The Bounty: The True Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty
New York: Viking, 2003. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. A very nice copy. Near Fine.
491 pp. "An account of the actual events surrounding the legendary conflict aboard the HMS Bounty focuses on the court-martial of its ten mutineers, citing the breakdown and exile of Master's Mate Fletcher Christian and Lieutenant.....
The Bounty: The True Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty
New York: Viking, 2003. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Bottom edge lightly bumped.
491 pp. "An account of the actual events surrounding the legendary conflict aboard the HMS Bounty focuses on the court-martial of its ten mutineers, citing the breakdown and exile of Master's Mate Fletcher Christian and Lieutenant Bligh's navigation.....
The Bounty: The True Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty
New York: Viking, 2003. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Corners pushed, jacket corners lightly rubbed.
491 pp. "An account of the actual events surrounding the legendary conflict aboard the HMS Bounty focuses on the court-martial of its ten mutineers, citing the breakdown and exile of Master's Mate Fletcher Christian and Lieutenant.....
The Way to Xanadu: Journeys to a Legendary Realm
New York: Knopf, 1994. First American Edition. Hard Cover.
First American edition. An exceptional copy.
205 pp. The author of One Dry Season describes her wide-ranging odyssey in search of those places that collectively inspired Coleridge's legendary poem, "Kubla Khan," from Inner Mongolia and North Florida, to Kashmir, Ethiopia, and.....
Harry Truman's Excellent Adventure: The True Story of a Great American Road Trip
Chicago, Illinois: Chicago Review Press, 2009. 3rd Printing. Hard Cover.
Third printing. A fine copy in a fine jacket.
262 pp. On June 19, 1953, Harry Truman got up early, packed the trunk of his Chrysler New Yorker, and did something no other former president has done before or since.....
Shadow Cast: A Novel of Vietnam After the Fall
New York: 20th Century Books, 1984. Trade Paperback.
Still in packaging. Fine condition.
228 pp. An explosive adventure story set in the jungle highlands of Indochina after the fall of Vietnam. You've never read anything quite like it. The war in Vietnam as it was then, 1964-1972, and as it.....
The American Heritage Book of Natural Wonders
New York: American Heritage Publishing Co., Inc., 1963. Large Hardcover.
Jacket bumped, torn on spine, chipped on inner flap edges, foxing on the inside. Top of spine bumped, foxing on top of pages, ink spots on front and back pages, ink note on first page.
384 pp. Pictures and describes.....
The Course of Empire: The Erie Canal and the New York Landscape, 1825-1875
Rochester, New York: Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, 1984. Limited Edition. Large Softcover.
Limited edition, one of 1500 copies. Spine toned.
88 pp. A collection of art focusing on the Erie Canal, more specifically on the Rochester area.
New Guinea Expedition: Fly River Area, 1936-1937
New York: Robert M. McBride & Company, 1940. Archbold, Richard; Rand, A.L.; Brass, L.J.; Tate, G.H.H.; Healy, M.J.; Willis, L.A. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. No jacket. Edges rubbed, ink note and ink stamps on endpapers, paper remains adhered to rear paste-down endpaper.
xviii, 206 pp. Fold-out sketch map.....
The Big Sea
New York: David McKay Company, Inc., 1965. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover.
Jacket corners lightly rubbed. Ink gift note on FFE, some pages creased.
158 pp. "Following the time-honored tradition of sea stories, this account of a tense three-day struggle to save a ship (S.S. Kariba) is told in vigorous.....
Belgium and Holland: Handbook for Travellers
Leipsic: Karl Baedeker, 1891. Hard Cover.
Marbled page ridges. Front and rear hinges starting, ink name to front endpaper.
lxii, 401 pp. With 13 maps and 20 plans. CONTENTS: Introduction: A) Belgium, B) Holland; Belgium; Luxembourg; Holland; Maps; Plans of Towns; Abbreviations.
Antarctica: The Worst Place in the World
New York: MacMillan, 1966. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Jacket rubbed.
151 pp. A look at developments at in Antarctica and its recent history.
The Lost Vikings
New York: Cosmopolitan Book Corporation, 1931. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. No jacket, corners lightly bumped, ink note on front endpaper, pages faintly toned.
x, 267 pp. "Features juveniles who discover a Lost Race of Vikings in Alaska." "John Ernest Bechdolt (1884–1954) was an American short story writer, novelist.....
Kaaterskill Clove: Where Nature Met Art
New York: Black Dome, 2004. First Edition. Large Softcover.
First edition. Spine faded.
223 pp. The heart of the Catskill Park, home to spectacular Kaaterskill Falls--New York's highest--and Rip Van Winkle, the Clove helped launch the Hudson River School and became America's first mountain resort destination. With 175 illustrations, many.....
Narrative of a Voyage to the Pacific and Beering's Strait, to Co-operate with the Polar Expeditions: Performed in His Majesty's Ship Blossom, Under the Command of Captain F.W. Beechey, R.N.
Philadelphia: Carey & Lea, 1832. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First American edition. Boards rubbed with some loss from spine label and light spots to boards, foxed throughout, Oxford bookstore bookplate on front endpaper.
xi, 493 pp. 8vo. 24-page publisher catalog bound in following text. Originally published in two volumes in.....
The Searchers
Cleveland, O. / New York, N.Y. The World Syndicate Publishing Co., 1935. Hard Cover.
Surface tear on front jacket panel, some chips and tears to jacket edges, jacket spine lightly toned.
245 pp. An adventure tale of a group of boys who set out on a sailboat for the island.....
Advanced Backpacking: A Trailside Guide (Trailside Make Your Own Adventure) (A Trailside Series Guide)
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1998. Hildebrand, Ron. First Edition. Soft Cover.
First edition. Includes bellyband. Top page ridge lightly soiled.
224 pp. Illustrations by Ron Hildebrand. This book is for hikers who find themselves looking to see what's over the next ridge. It's for people who have wondered.....
The Dragon's Triangle
New York: Wynwood Press, 1989. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Jacket edges lightly bumped.
208 pp. "The Devil's Sea, also known as the Dragon's Triangle, the Formosa Triangle and the "Pacific Bermuda Triangle", is a region of the Pacific around Miyake Island, about 100 km south of Tokyo. The.....
Wedding of the Waters: The Erie Canal and the Making of a Great Nation
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 2005. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Front corner damaged.
448 pp. 8vo. "The epic account of how one narrow ribbon of water forever changed the course of American history. The building of the Erie Canal, like the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge.....
Voyage Fait par Ordre de l'Imperatrice de Russie Catherine II, Dans le Nord de la Russia Asiatique, Dans la Mer Glaciale, Dans la Mer d'Anadyr, et sur les Cotes de l'Amerique, Depuis 1785 Jusqu'en 1794, in Two Volumes.
Paris: Chez F. Buisson, Imprimeur-Libraire, 1802. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First French translation of the work published in English the same year. Lacks the large atlas volume. Rebound with new end sheets. Bottom corner torn from last text page in first volume (no loss of text), faintly foxed throughout.
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A Voyage to the South Seas, Undertaken by Command of His Majesty for the Purpose of Conveying the Bread-Fruit Tree to the West Indies in His Majesty's Ship Bounty Commanded by Lieutenant William Bligh, Including an Account of the Mutiny on Board the Said Ship and the Subsequent Voyage of Part of the Crew in the Ship's Boat from Tofoa, One of the Friendly Islands, to Timor, a Dutch Settlement in the East Indies.
Adelaide: The Limited Editions Club / The Griffin Press, 1975. Ingleton, Geoffrey C.; Dunstan, Douglas A. Limited Edition. Large Hardcover.
Limited edition, #1182 of 2000 copies, signed by illustrator and designer and hand-numbered on limitation page. Includes publisher's slipcase and onion skin jacket. Jacket spine absent, wear and several small.....
A Panorama of Rural England
New York: Chanticleer Press. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover.
Second printing. No publisher date (circa early - mid 1900s). No jacket. A few pages lightly creased.
318 pp. With 48 plates on colour and 137 illustrations in black-and-white. Introduction by Edmund Blunden. Edited by W.J. Turner. CONTENTS: English Villages; English Country.....
The Earth, Its Wonders, Its Secrets: Strange Worlds, Fantastic Places
Pleasantville, New York: Reader's Digest, 1998. 2nd Printing. Large Hardcover.
Second printing. No dust jacket.
160 pp. Exploring some of the world's most unusual ecosystems, hundreds of full-color photographs and illustrations capture the unique flora and fauna that exist in remote and isolated habitats, explore the interdependence of all living.....