London: Cassel and Company, Ltd., 1921. 8vo. xi, [i], 316 pp. FIRST EDITION, SECOND PRINTING. With frontispiece and 76 plates. Original two-tone publisher’s cloth, some light wear to spine and a few small spots to covers. Inscription to fly-leaf. First edition, second printing of this travel guide. “This book deals..... More
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1899. 8vo. x, [ii], 481, [3] pp. With frontispiece and 6 plates. Original maroon cloth, decorated in blind; some faint wear to lower cover. Fourth edition of this account of mountaineering in the Alps. First published in 1871, this work outlines Tyndall’s various expeditions in..... More
London: Hakluyt Society, 1863. 8vo. [xviii], cxxi, [v], 320 [i] pp. FIRST EDITION OF THIS TRANSLATION. Complete with 2 maps (1 folding). Blue cloth, gilt spine, gilt vignette on front board, both covers blind-stamped, corners slightly bumped and exterior somewhat rubbed; text is clean and bright. An excellent copy with..... More
Berlin: In Taberna Libraria Scholae Realis, 1812. 8vo. lxvi, 550 pp. FIRST EDITION. With the large folding map of Lapland, hand-coloured in outline, l folding engraved table, and 30 engraved plates. Contemporary half-calf over marbled boards, rebacked; interior lightly browned. With a large bookplate from the Academiae Harvardianae donation fund..... More
Vitemberg: Georg. Marcum Knochium, 1725. 8vo. [xvi], 876, [20], 32 pp. SECOND EDITION. Title in red and black. With 48 leaves of plates. In a contemporary full calf binding dated 1729 in blind on the back cover. Overall in excellent condition, with only minor wear. Second edition, greatly enlarged with..... More
[Albany, NY]: Published by the Author, 1876. 2 volumes. 8vo. x, 505; vii, [i], 504 pp. With illustrated half title page in volume 1, and a double page plate in volume 2. Cloth, very good condition; interior excellent. With the bookplates of Theodore Marburg and that of the Johns Hopkins..... More
Milwaukee, WI: Silas Chapman, 1855. 16mo in 8's. The map measures 33 x 23 inches, folded into a folder measuring 3 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches. 72 pp., plus 8 pages publisher's advertisements. FIRST EDITION. Hand-coloured outlines. Original plain green cloth boards. Folding map in brown cloth folder with gilt..... More
New York: Scientific American, Aug. 14, 1897. Folio. pp. [18023]-18038. FIRST EDITION. Newspaper format. With 5 large plates as listed below: 1. Transportation of the packing case containing the balloon, June 14, 1897 2. Inspection of the balloon, July 2, 1897 3. The balloon house in Virgo Bay, Danes Island (gun boat Svensksund) 4..... More
