Yesterday's Muse Books

Hughes, A.J.

The Book of the Sextant, with Ancient and Modern Instruments of Navigation

Glasgow: James Brown & Son, 1915. Hard Cover.

No jacket. Boards lightly soiled, ink names on front endpaper.

63 pp. Includes black-and-white illustrations. CONTENTS: The Astrolabe; Gunter's Quadrant; The Nocturnal; Cross Staff or Fore Staff; The Back Staff; Principles of the Sextant; Construction of the Sextant; Astronomical Telescopes; Adjustment of.....

Price: $35.00

[No Author]

The Great Explorer; or, The Life Voyages and Discoveries of Christopher Columbus

Boston: G.W. Cottrell, 1870. Small Hard Cover.

No date, circa 1870. Minor loss to spine head and spine base, board corners bumped, pencil name on first blank.

193 pp. A history of Christopher Columbus and his voyages and discoveries. Christopher Columbus, Italian Cristoforo Colombo, Spanish Cristobal Colon, (born between August.....

Price: $75.00

Item #2326802 Putting 'America' on the Map: The Story of the Most Important Graphic Document in...

Schwartz, Seymour I.

Putting 'America' on the Map: The Story of the Most Important Graphic Document in the History of the United States

Amherst, New York: Prometheus Books, 2007. First Edition. Hard Cover.

First edition. Signed by author on front free endpaper verso with inscription, "To Gerry--with personal regards." Jacket edges rubbed, light stain on rear jacket panel.

400 pp. In 1507, a German cartographer created a world map that, for the first.....

Price: $20.00

Stanley, Henry Morton; Stanley, Dorothy (Editor)

The Autobiography of Sir Henry Morton Stanley

Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1909. First Edition. Hard Cover.

First edition. No jacket. Front hinge repaired by previous owner, not crudely but not neatly either, rear hinge weakening, top edge stained, ink gift note on front endpaper.

xvii, 551 pp. With 16 photogravures and a map. Henry.....

Price: $75.00

Stanley, Henry Morton; Stanley, Dorothy (Editor)

The Autobiography of Sir Henry Morton Stanley

Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1909. First Edition. Hard Cover.

First edition. Front hinge weakening.

xvii, 551 pp. With 16 photogravures and a map. Henry Morton Stanley, in full Sir Henry Morton Stanley, original name John Rowlands, Congolese byname Bula Matari (“Breaker of Rocks”), (born January 28, 1841.....

Price: $75.00

Thomasma, Kenneth

The Truth about Sacajawea

Jackson, Wyoming: Grandview Publishing Company, 2002. Talbot, Agnes Vincen. 4th Printing. Trade Paperback.

Fourth printing. Signed by author on title without inscription. A fine copy.

96 pp. The story of Sacajawea written and illustrated for children.

Price: $5.00

Item #2326510 Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition. during the Years 1838, 1839,...

Wilkes, Charles

Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition. during the Years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842. Volumes 1-3 of 5

New York: G.P. Putnam & Co., 1856. Hard Cover.

Three volumes of the five volume set, also lacking the companion atlas. Not the abridged one-volume edition. Reissue of Sabin 103994, Howes W-414. All plates called for are present (folding map and 8 plates in v. 1, 3 folding maps and.....

Price: $600.00