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First edition of Frankl Hurley's Argonauts of the South
HURLEY, Frank.
Argonauts of the South: Being a Narrative of the Voyages and Polar Seas and Adventures in the Antarctic with Sir Douglas Mawson and Sir Ernest Shackleton.
New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1925.
First edition of Hurley's appreciation of the two principal figures of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. Royal octavo, original publisher's cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated with 75 plates and maps. Provenance: from the Arctic and Antarctic collection of Gerald F. Fitzgerald with his library plate to the pastedown. In near fine condition.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 143724
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Rare Manfred "Dutch" von Ehrenfried Signed Photograph
VON EHRENFRIED, Manfred .
Manfred “Dutch” von Ehrenfried Signed Photograph.
Rare original photograph of Manfred "Dutch" von Ehrenfried. Boldly signed by him, Manfred "Dutch" von Ehrenfried Apollo A9-11B Suit." The photograph measures 8 inches by 10 inches. In fine condition.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 106020
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First Edition of A Long Way Up: The Story of Jill Kinmont; Inscribed by Jill Kinmont
VALENS, E.G. [Jill Kinmont].
A Long Way Up: The Story of Jill Kinmont.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1967.
First edition of this powerful biography of Jill Kinmont. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with photographs by Burk Uzzle and others. Presentation copy, inscribed by Kinmont on the front front free endpaper, "To Dr. Robinson, Thank you for your nice letter. Best Wishes- Jill Kinmont 2-27-67." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Ronald Clyne. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 124068
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First editions of each volume in Jan Morris's Pax Britannica Trilogy
MORRIS, James. [Jan Morris].
Pax Britannica Trilogy: Pax Britannica: The Climax of an Empire, Heaven’s Command: An Imperial Progress, and Farewell the Trumpets.
London: Faber and Faber , 1968-1978.
First editions of each volume in the author's highly acclaimed Pax Britannica Trilogy: Pax Britannica: The Climax of an Empire (1968), Heaven's Command: An Imperial Progress (1973), and Farewell the Trumpets (1978). Octavo, three volumes, original publisher's cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated. Each volume is very good in a near fine dust jacket. Spotting to the top page edges of Pax Britannica and Farewell the Trumpets. Ownership name and numeric marking to the front free cartographic endpapers of Heaven's Command and Farewell the Trumpets.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 144603
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"Everything sounds big in the woods": First Edition of Bill Bryson's A Walk in the Woods; Signed by Him
BRYSON, Bill.
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail.
New York : Broadway Books, 1998.
First edition of this classic chronicle of a “terribly misguided and terribly funny hike of the Appalachian Trail” (The Washington Post). Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Scott, very best wishes- Bill Bryson." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket photograph by Art Wolfe/ Tony Stone. Jacket design by Roberto de Vicq de Cumptich.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 125611
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"There can be nothing in the world more beautiful than the Yosemite, the groves of giant sequoias and redwoods, the Canyon of the Colorado, the Canyon of the Yellowstone, the Three Tetons": First Edition of Outdoor Pastimes of an American Hunter
ROOSEVELT, Theodore.
Outdoor Pastimes of an American Hunter.
New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1905.
First edition of Roosevelt's important collection of first-hand hunting accounts, including a lengthy description of newly created wilderness reserves. Octavo, original cloth, gilt titles to the spine and front panel, frontispiece portrait of Roosevelt with tissue guard present, illustrated with photographs. In very good condition.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 146123
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First Edition of J. Gordon Hayes' Antarctica: A Treatise on the Southern Continent
HAYES, J. Gordon.
Antarctica: A Treatise on the Southern Continent.
London: The Richards Press, 1928.
First edition of Hayes' seminal work on Antarctica. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated with plates after photographs, charts and maps, many folding. From the library of James Stephen “Steve” Fossett with his bookplate to the pastedown of each volume. American businessman and record-setting aviator Steve Fossett became the first person to fly solo nonstop around the world in 2002 in his 10-story high balloon Spirit of Freedom. He completed the 2002 trip in 13 days, 8 hours, and 33 minutes and set records for both the Longest Distance Flown Solo in a Balloon and Fastest Balloon Flight Around the World. Fosset…
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 111268
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RARE ANTIQUE POSTCARD COLLECTION ALBUM
Antique Post Card Album.
Antique postcard collection containing dozens of vintage postcards postdated in the early 1900s. From the collection of Dora Sims. Oblong octavo, bound in decorated cloth. The collection includes postcards with scenic views of Cleveland, Yellowstone National Park, Niagara Falls, the Columbia River Highway, and the Mississippi River, In very good condition. A charming collection.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 116071
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First Edition of My Camera in the National Parks; Signed by Ansel Adams
ADAMS, Ansel.
My Camera in the National Parks.
Boston: Virginia Adams, Yosemite National Park and Houghton Mifflin Company, 1950.
First edition of this breathtaking highly selective collection of Ansel Adams' National Park photographs. Folio, original wrappers and comb binding, illustrated with thirty of Adams' iconic black and white photographs. Boldly signed by Ansel Adams on the front free endpaper. Near fine in good wrappers. Rubbing, small losses, and closed tears to the extremities of the wrappers; front and rear panels, front flap of the wrappers detached.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 146959
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"Israel is the light of a New dawn. As in ancient days, she is again a bridge from the world of darkness to a world of light": First Edition of Leon Uris' Exodus Revisited; Signed by Him
URIS, Leon; Photographs by Dimitrios Harissiadis .
Exodus Revisited.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1960.
First edition of this monograph of photographs of Uris' visit to Israel. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Marcia and David Straus Shalom Leon Uris." Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Sydney Butchkes. Project coordination by Ilan Hartuv.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 133903
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First Edition of Walter Cunningham's The All-American Boys; Signed by Him
CUNNINGHAM, Walter.
The All-American Boys.
New York: Macdonald and Co, 1977.
First edition of "the best of all the astronaut books" (Los Angeles Times). Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Signed by Walter Cunningham on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, owner name to the front free endpaper. Jacket design by Robert Silverman. Written with the assistance of Mickey Herskowitz.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 142901
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Rare complete limited edition set of Richard Burton's The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night; in the original publisher's cloth binding
BURTON, Richard.
The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night with Introduction and Explanatory Notes on the Manners and Customs of Moslem Men and a Terminal Essay Upon the History of The Nights.
Printed by the Burton Club for Private Subscribers Only, .
Limited edition of Burton's monumental masterpiece. Octavo, 17 volumes, original publisher's cloth with printed paper spine labels, top edge gilt, illustrated, tissue-guarded frontispiece to each volume. One of one thousand numbered sets, of which this is number 807. In very good condition. Underlining and marginal notes in pencil.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 144752
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First Edition of Leonard Bolles Ellis' History of New Bedford and its Vicinity 1602-1892
ELLIS, Leonard Bolles.
History of New Bedford and its Vicinity 1602-1892.
Syracuse: D. Mason & Co., Publishers, 1892.
First edition of Ellis' profusely illustrated history of New Bedford. Large octavo, 2 volumes bound in three quarters morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, illustrated with a profusion of fine tissue-guarded steel-engraved portraits. In near fine condition.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 131249
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Rare 18th century Rigobert Bonne map of Florida and La Louisiane
[FLORIDA],.
Carte De La Louisiane Et De La Floride. [18th Century French Map of Florida].
Paris: Rigobert Bonne, [1797].
Rare 18th century map of North America by Royal Hydrographer Rigobert Bonne. One page, the engraved map extends from Illinois to Florida with one of the earliest insets of Kansas City. Born in the Lorraine region of France, French cartographer Rigobert Bonne (1727-1794) was a skilled cartographer and hydrographer and succeeded Jacques Nicolas Bellin as Royal Hydrographer at the Depot de la Marine in 1773. He published many charts for the Depot, including some of those for the Atlas Maritimeof 1762. In near fine condition. Matted and framed. The entire piece measures 17 inches by 16 inches.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 139014
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First Edition of Countdown; Inscribed by Frank Borman
BORMAN, Frank.
Countdown.
New York: Silver Arrow Books, 1988.
First edition of the astronaut's classic autobiography. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Marge and Bill With Friendship and very Best Wishes! Frank Borman." Fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Mike Stromberg. Written with Robert J. Serling.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 143859
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Rare 18th Century Map of Canada by French cartographer Robert de Vaugondy
DE VAUGONDY, Robert.
A New Map of Canada, Also the North Parts of new England and New York: with Nova Scotia and Newfound Land. [18th Century Map of Canada].
London: c. 1766.
Rare 18th century printing of Robert de Vaugondy's map of 1755 updated to indicate changes resulting from the Treaty of Utrecht. The hand-colored map includes a large inset map of the Great Lakes and is embellished with a large title cartouche. In near fine condition. Matted and framed. The entire piece measures 15.5 inches by 12.5 inches.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 138933
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First Greek Edition of Kazantzakis' England: A Travel Journal
KAZANTZAKIS, Nikos.
Taxidevontas Aglia [England: A Travel Journal].
Athens: Pyrsos, 1941.
Rare first edition in Greek of Kazantzakis' travelogue of England. Octavo, original wrappers. In very good condition with light rubbing.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 116453
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Rare collection of early 20th century photographs of Indian landmarks and landscapes
Indian Landmark Photograph Collection.
Rare collection of black and white photographs taken by John Nort Hall an army photographer with the British military police stationed in India. 15 photographs measuring 8 inches by ten inches, the collection includes photographs of the Taj Mahal, temples, oxen bathing, and local people working and living. In near find condition.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 119534
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First Edition of Carl Cutler's Greyhounds of the Sea
CUTLER, Carl C.
Greyhounds of the Sea: The Story of the American Clipper Ship.
New York: Halcyon House, 1930.
First edition of Cutler's masterwork on the history of the American clipper ship. Quarto, bound in three quarters morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, frontispiece. In near fine condition.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 131492
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Rare large paper edition of Reverend Edwards Forster's translation of The Arabian Nights
FORSTER, Reverend Edward.
The Arabian Nights, in Five Volumes, Translated by The Reverend Edward Forster.
London: Printed for William Miller, 1802.
Large paper edition of this early translation by Edward Forster (1769-1828), based on the French version of Antoine Galland which first appeared between 1704 and 1717. Royal octavo, bound in full period calf with morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, double gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, illustrated with engravings from pictures by Robert Smirke. In very good condition. Small bookplate to the pastedown of each volume.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 145199