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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Thoreau's Guide to Cape Cod, with a Biographical Sketch of Thoreau by Ralph Waldo Emerson
New York: The Devin-Adair Company, 1962. Adams, Alexander B. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Jacket edges rubbed with small chip, jacket lightly foxed. Bookplate on front paste-down endpaper.
x, 148 pp. Each of the thirty-two photographs is captioned with Thoreau's own words which was the aim of the editor.....
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 Cruise of the Raider 'Wolf'
Garden City, New York: Garden City Publishing Co., Inc., 1941. Reissue. Hard Cover.
Reissue. No jacket. Spine lightly toned, boards corners bumped, ink name on front free endpaper verso.
xxiii, 270 pp. The Cruise of the Raider “Wolf” is not intended as another war book; it is the story of.....
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.....
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.
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 England in 1831.....
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.....
To Jerusalem and Back: A Personal Account
New York: Viking, 1976. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Lightly rubbed.
Bellow probes the complex identity and indomitable spirit of Israel through interviews with Israelis from all levels of society.
Island Ceylon
New York: A Studio Book / The Viking Press, 1970. Beny, Roloff. First Edition. Large Hardcover.
First edition. Jacket edges rubbed and bumped with a few small chips and small tears.
224 pp. Tipped in color photographs throughout. Famous Canadian photographer, Peny's work is in numerous museum collections. The British.....
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.
xxiv.....
Bush Pilots: Daredevils of the Wilderness
Canada: Folk Lore, 2004. First Edition. Trade Paperback.
First edition. Minor general wear.
236 pp. "It takes a special recipe--one part courage, one part skill, a big dash of crazy--to make a bush pilot. These unique aviators, flying over the vast wildernesses of the United States, Canada and Australia, often.....
The London Perambulator (New Edition)
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1928. Bone, Muirhead. Hard Cover.
New edition. Small stain on front jacket panel, jacket edges rubbed with some small tears. Page ridges lightly foxed.
195 pp. Illustrations by Muirhead Bone. CONTENTS: The Face of London; Portland Stone; A London Calendar; The Four Inns; Londoners; The.....
Heroic Climbs: A Celebration of World Mountaineering (In Association with The Royal Geographical Society and the Alpine Club)
Seattle: The Mountaineers, 1994. Large Hardcover.
A near fine copy in a near fine jacket.
224 pp. "This book encompasses the rich, broad spectrum of adventure that is mountain climbing, in a remarkable selection of first-hand accounts - most never before published - by 40 of the foremost mountaineers of.....
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.....