England In Colour
London: B. T. Batsford Ltd., 1974. Very Good in a Very Good Dust Jacket.
Great explorers from the eighteenth to the early twentieth century, such as Cook, Bligh, Livingstone, Stanley, Scott, and Shackleton, whose heroic expeditions and voyages filled in the "Blank Spaces On the Map", to present day.
"We shall not cease from exploration / And the end of all our exploring / Will be to arrive where we started/ And know the place for the first time." T.S. Eliot
London: B. T. Batsford Ltd., 1974. Very Good in a Very Good Dust Jacket.
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1871. First Edition, First Printing. A Near Fine Hardcover. Is it possible to connect two continents by a telegraph line through Bering Strait? Richard J. Bush thought it was possible even though he encountered challenges such as a sinking ship, shortage of supplies, annoying.....
Boston: Estes and Lauriat, 1880. A Very Good Hardcover. This large and elegant child's book continues the series of sending a teacher and his boys off on an expedition of learning in foreign lands.In this case, the party go to Scotland, and through England to Belgium, Normandy and Paris; the.....
London: Edward Arnold. 1907. A Good Hardcover. A complete guide to salmon and salmon fishing, focusing on salmon found in Scottish waters. This comprehensive volume deals with everything from their natural history and habits, to their habitats, how to successfully catch them, and beyond. It is ideal for those with.....
New York: Putnam, 1947. First Edition, First Printing. Near Fine Hardcover in a Very Good Dust Jacket. Pre-statehood description of Alaska, to satisfy the growing curiosity about her people and her possibilities. Illustrated with several B/W photographs. One of the mid-20th century books that shifted Alaska from unattainable to "The.....
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1992. First Edition, First Printing. Near Fine Hardcover in a Near Fine Dust Jacket. Surveys the history of the Antarctica Peninsula, from its exploration to its exploitation to the researches of contemporary scientists and explores the evolution of its unusual animal life. Winner of the John Burroughs.....
Etna, CA, Native Daughters of the Golden West, 1965. Eschscholtzia Parlor No. 112. A history of Etna, California with many historical photographs.
New York: Hawthorne, 1963. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good in a Very Good Dust Jacket. From the oar, through the sail and steam, and then to atomic power, the progress of civilization has depended to an immeasurable degree on the development of ships - ships used for communication, exploration.....
London: David Bogue, 1848. First Edition, First Printing. A Very Good Hardcover. Originally published in 1848, this classic guide provides historical, practical, and invaluable directions for bottom-fishing and trolling. Dive into the depths of angling techniques as Carpenter shares his expertise and insights still relevant to help you become a......
New York: Outing Publishing Company, 1913. First Edition, First Printing. A Very Good Hardcover. The author discusses shelter equipment, clothing, food, snowshoeing, skiing, and winter hunting, wildlife in the winter woods, care of frostbite, and more.
Girard, Kansas: Haldeman-Julius Publications, 1948. Soft cover. Hereward Carrington was a well-known British-born American investigator of psychic phenomena and author. His subjects included several of the most high-profile cases of apparent psychic ability of his times, and he wrote over 100 books on subjects including the paranormal and psychical research.....
Girard, Kansas: Haldeman-Julius Publications, 1947. Soft cover. Hereward Carrington was a well-known British-born American investigator of psychic phenomena and author. His subjects included several of the most high-profile cases of apparent psychic ability of his times, and he wrote over 100 books on subjects including the paranormal and psychical research.....
Milano: Edizioni CELIP, 1996. Orlandi, Piero, photography. Very Good in a Very Good Dust Jacket. This bilingual study of Milan is showcased with wonderful photography as it takes you through the history of the city and its journey towards tomorrow.
USA: World Publications LLC, 2001. Dave Hall. First Edition, First Printing. Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket.
London: The Religious Tract Society, 1889. A Very Good Hardcover. Background Information:James Chalmers was a Scottish-born missionary, active in New Guinea. On 4 January 1866 Chalmers sailed in the missionary ship John Williams to Australia.Chalmers was initially disappointed to find the island partially Christianized, but soon found there was much.....
Ottawa: Photogelatine Engraving Co., 1925. Wraps of limp card-stock. A lovely representation of architecture and city scenes with historical photographs. Subjects: Architecture in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Buildings; Travel.
Monterey, California: Bay Publishing Co., 2003. Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Through beautiful color photography and richly told stories, Wine Style Monterey County showcases the history and character of the people and places that influence Monterey County's wine country.
New York: Chief American Office, c1935. Soft cover.
USA: Villard, 2002. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good Hardcover in a Very Good Dust Jacket. Child has everything he needs for an Ian Fleming-type mountaineering drama: a great setting in the Pamir Alai region of Kyrgyzstan; a cast of quick-witted American mountaineers (three men and one woman); a backdrop.....
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1964. Third Printing of this Revised Edition, Reprint of a classic work first published in 1895 The author was a military engineer stationed at Yellowstone. He supervised some 400 miles of road construction and designed the Roosevelt Memorial Arch at Gardiner, Montana.
London: John Walthoe et.al. 1740. The plate is from a collection of voyages and travels, some now first printed from original manuscripts, others now first published in English. To which is prefixed, an introductory discourse (supposed to be written by the celebrated Mr. Locke) intitled, The whole history of navigation.....
New York: Basic Books, 2013. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Remarkable.... Clarke is one of the most gifted historians of American religion, with particular mastery of the antebellum southern Christian mind.... Clarke probes deeply and sympathetically into the culture of the Africans whom the Wilsons were seeking.....
London: Seeley & Co. Limited, 1911. First Edition, First Printing. A Very Good Hardcover. William Carpenter Bompas (1834 - 1906) was a Church of England clergyman and missionary in northwestern Canada, first Anglican bishop of the Athabasca diocese, then of the Mackenzie River diocese and then of the Selkirk (Yukon).....
Rio de Janeiro: Amazonia, 1996. Near Fine Hardcover in a Near Fine Dust Jacket. A beautiful photo exploration of Belem, Brazil. Text in English and Portuguese. Background Information:Belém literally Portuguese for Bethlehem, is a Brazilian municipality, the capital and largest city of the state of Pará in the country's north.....
Italy: Archeolibri, 2007. Spiral bound. Ancient Rome reconstructed to its original magnificence; An archeological guide to Imperial era monuments as they were and as they are today.