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
London: John Murray, 1863. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Two volumes, pp. xiii, 351, 32 (publisher's ads); 423, with 9 full-page plates, additional illustrations in the text, and a folding map. Bound in three-quarter blue leather over blue cloth, with red spine label, spine decorated in gilt, marbled endpapers. Some..... Item #22087
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
London: Truslove & Shirley, 1891. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Octavo, 148 pp, with eight photogravure plates, folding plan of outrigger canoe, folding chart, and other illustrations. Number 291 of 500 copies issued. Spine lean, rubbed and bumped corners, old tape repair to verso of chart, otherwise clean and sound..... Item #19168
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
London: Geo. Goulding, 1789. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. large 4to, xxix, 360, 47 pp + 17 engraved plates, 5 folding maps and charts. Contemporary calf boards (rubbed through at corners), rebacked with new spine, original marbled endpapers retained. Armorial bookplate of John Bridge on front pastedown, Bridge's name and..... Item #22478
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
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
Paris: Amable Auroy, 1688. Second edition (first published 1683, this edition differs just slightly, with minor adjustments to wording and typography). Two parts in one, pp. 312, 107. No map. A very good copy in an attractive binding of speckled calf and marbled boards, with marbled endpapers, gilt spine in..... Item #22437
London: John Murray, 1855. First Edition. Hardcover. Good+. New edition, carefully revised and condensed. (First published 1854). A good or better set in original cloth bindings with attractive decoration in gilt. Some scattered foxing, front hinge weak on Volume I. Hooker (1817-1911) served as assistant surgeon and botanist on James..... Item #22330
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: J.P. Lippincott and Co., 1875. Hardcover. Near fine. New edition with sixty-eight illustrations on wood. A near fine copy of this beautifully illustrated work. 10.5", 210 pp, bound in brown cloth with decoration stamped in black and gilt. Corners and spine ends rubbed, otherwise a fine copy of this..... Item #22244
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
London: Richard Bentley, 1849. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Two volumes. 7.75" x 4.75", pp xii, [13]-308; vii, [1], [9]-328 pp, in original brown blindstamped cloth, spines decorated in gilt, patterned endpapers with publisher's advertisements. Chipping to cloth at spine ends, old repairs visible at joints, but still an attractive..... Item #22524
Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press, 1948. Hardcover. Very Good. vii, 96 pp + folding maps. Light wear to edges, minimal soiling to boards, small stamp on front free endpaper; else clean and sound. No dust jacket. This volume "provides for the first time an English translation of the third..... Item #1826
