Approximately 150 black and white photographs, almost all either 7 x 9.5 or 5 x 7 inches, showing various aspects of a 1949 archaeological expedition led by Walter Fairservis Jr. (1921-1994), then a graduate student at Harvard. About half with old (now inert) glue residue visible on the backs, most..... Item #21340
New York: Nomad Publishing, 1925. First Edition. Softcover. Very good. 5 x 7 pp, 53 pp, with a map and two tipped-in half tone photographs--one a portrait of Stefansson and one showing him with Robert E. Peary and Adolphus Greely. Wrappers lightly toned, some chipping and short tears to the..... Item #21525
London: Tinsley Brothers, 1863. Hardcover. Very good. Two volumes in the rarest binding state (without Burton’s name or FRGS on the spines), but with a “second edition” slug on the title pages. This state was apparently unknown to Penzer and was probably the result of an attempt to boost sales..... Item #13920
Millwood, NY: Kraus Reprint, 1991. Hardcover. Near Fine. xiv, 283 pp + folding map + illustrations, with maps, illustrations, bibliography, index. Name written on front pastedown; else fine. No dust jacket. Reprint of the 1972 Hakluyt Society edition. Second series, No. 142. Includes documentation of voyages to England, the Canary..... Item #1852
London: T.Cadell and W. Davies, 1804. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Quarto. pp. ix, [3], 632, with 8 plates (including frontispiece), five of which are hand-colored. Recent full calf with new endpapers, original red spine label preserved, three armorial ink stamps on the top edge of the text block. Tissue..... Item #15505
Philadelphia: National Publishing, (1873). Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo, pp 823 + [8] (ads), with map, many engraved illustrations. Original purple cloth with gilt decoration. Spine sunned, boards edgeworn, binding sound and text clean. Contemporary ownership inscriptions of the Berry family of Trumbull County, Ohio and Nevada County, California on front..... Item #1954
London: Tinsley Brothers, 1869. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Two volumes. 8vo, pp xii, 443; viii, 478, [2] (ads), each with engraved frontispiece and title page vignette, folding map in Volume II. Publisher's green cloth ruled in blind, with gilt figure on each front board. Account of Burton's journey from..... Item #20752
San Marino, CA: Huntington Library, 1990. Hardcover. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. 110 pp, bound in green cloth. Clean and tight. Dust jacket has a few rubbed spots. Inscribed in October 1990 by Hayman to Burton scholar and bibliographer James Casada. Huntington Library calendar listing the two-day Burton..... Item #13714
Kraus Reprint Limited, 1991. Hardcover. Near Fine. xlix, 271 pp + folding map + illustrations, with frontispiece, bibliography, index. Name written on front pastedown; else fine. No dust jacket. Vol. III only. Reprint of the 1918 Hakluyt Society edition. Second series, No. XLIII. Please note: the image associated with this..... Item #1857
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1968. Hardcover. Very Good in a No Dust Jacket dust jacket. vi, 285 pp; folding map. Minimal wear to boards, no internal markings, mild spine lean. An account of the life and work of botanist and explorer Sir John Kirk, who traveled extensively with David Livingstone and..... Item #11183
Mexico City: Editorial LAYAC, 1943. First Edition. Softcover. Very good. 9.5 x 7.25 inches, xv, 417 pp, including index and bibliography, illustrations, folding maps and facsimiles, in original colorful printed wrappers. A few penciled check marks in the index, otherwise unmarked, clean and sound. Some pages unopened. Second volume in..... Item #21212
Kraus Reprint Limited, 1991. Hardcover. Near Fine. xii, 212 pp, with index. Minimal wear to edges, name written on front pastedown; else fine. No dust jacket. Reprint of the 1913 Hakluyt Society edition. Second series, No. XXXI. Please note: the image associated with this listing shows another volume in the..... Item #1850
Kraus Reprint, 1991. Hardcover. Near Fine. xxvi, 221 pp + 2 (folding map) + illustrations, with frontispiece, bibliography, index. Name written on front pastedown; else fine. No dust jacket. Vol. III only. Reprint of the 1907 Hakluyt Society edition. Second series, No. XXI. Please note: the image associated with this..... Item #1858
London: John Murray, 1826. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9" - 12" tall. Two volumes in one. lxvii, 335; 269 pp, complete with 38 engraved plates (1 colored) and maps (1 folding), 6 wood-engraved vignettes in the text. Rebound in red buckram with leather spine label, date..... Item #13060
Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. xi, 319 pp, including index. Frontis portrait of Governor Vargas. Original burgundy cloth stamped in guilt. Lower corners and spine ends bumped, small spot of discoloration on rear board. Binding tight and square, text and endpapers unmarked..... Item #13953
London: Frank Cass and Company, Ltd., 1967. Hardcover. Very Good. Facsimile reprint of second edition (1802). vii, 9-287 pp. Red cloth boards are slightly faded and dust soiled; top edge also dust soiled. Binding tight and square, contents clean. Item #13235
Millwood, NY: Kraus Reprint, 1991. Hardcover. Near Fine. xliii, 209 pp + folding frontispiece + illustration, with maps, index. Name written on front pastedown; else fine. No dust jacket. Reprint of the 1943 Hakluyt Society edition. Second series, No. LXXVIII. Includes sections on the Last East-Indian Voyage, Narrative of Thomas..... Item #1855
Kraus Reprint Limited, 1991. Hardcover. Near Fine. lxviii, 586 pp + illustrations (1 folding), with map, index. Minimal wear to edges, name written on front pastedown; else fine. No dust jacket. Reprint of the 1899 Hakluyt Society edition. Second series, No. I. Includes the Journal of Sir Thomas Roe and..... Item #1849
Philadelphia: T.B. Peterson. Hardcover. Very Good. Undated, c. 1843. From the tenth London edition, revised and corrected. xii, 392 pp + [10] pp publisher's ads. Text printed in double columns. Quarter red leather over marbled boards. Leather scuffed, rubbed through at corners. Owner's signature dated 1850 on front free endpaper..... Item #13125
Washington, D.C. Robert Armstrong, Public Printer, 1854. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. House issue. Two text volumes, with two folding maps, 52 lithograph plates, and many additional illustrations in the text; and two atlas volumes containing five large folding maps, all in very good condition. Original blind-stamped browned cloth, sunned..... Item #20610
London: Chapman and Hall, 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First English edition. xvi, 520 pp with illustrations, index, folding map. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettering. Corners bumped and rubbed, mild wear to bottom edge. Hourst explored the Niger from Timbuktu to the sea on behalf of the French..... Item #12969
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1899. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very good. pp. xxiii, 940, + ads, with many plates (including one folding panorama), portraits, and five folding maps. Plates are from photos by the author and drawings by R.W. Macbeth, Clifford Carleton, Harry C. Edwards, E.F.W. Frohawk. Original blue..... Item #20473
Philadelphia: Claxton, Remsen, & Haffelfinger, 1871. Hardcover. Near fine. Reprint, complete in one volume. vi, 9-434 pp. Publisher's green cloth with blind-stamped decoration, gilt lettering on spine. Minor rubbing to corners, previous owner's name and date on front flyleaf; otherwise unmarked, clean and sound. Item #14190
Glocester: R. Raikes for T. Jefferys, 1764. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Quarto, pp. [8], 280, [8], with 7 engraved maps and plates (4 folding). Contemporary calf boards with new, complementary calf spine in six compartments. Some edgewear to boards; minor foxing to endpapers; text and plates exceptionally clean and..... Item #15085
Nendeln: Kraus Reprint Limited, 1967. Hardcover. Near Fine. xii, 288 pp + folding maps, with illustrations, index. Minimal wear to corners, name written on front pastedown; else fine. No dust jacket. Reprint of the 1911 Hakluyt Society edition. Second series, No. XXVIII. Includes chapters on Comendador Loaysa and Juan Sebastian..... Item #1844
