London: John Murray, 1856. 8vo. xvi, 456 pp., plus 32 pages publisher’s advertisements. FIRST EDITION. Complete with half-title, frontispiece, small vignette of Prince Tshukuma on the title page, large folding plate of plans of the ship Pleiad, folding map of rivers. Half morocco over linen, gilt spine; a very nice... More about Narrative of an exploring voyage up the rivers Kow’ra and Bi’nue (Niger and Tsadda) in 1854

London: John Murray, 1863. Two volumes. 8vo. viii, [ii], 351; vi, 423 pp. FIRST EDITION. Separate frontispieces, 7 full-page illustrations plus numerous text illustrations and 1 folding map. Contemporary half-calf and marbled boards; a very nice copy, though without the publisher's advertisements often found in Volume I. First edition of... More about The naturalist on the River Amazon

St. Louis: Thompson, [1899]. Two volumes. Folio. 784 pp. FIRST EDITION. With over 1200 illustrations, maps and photographs, including many in color. Green cloth titled in gilt on front cover and spine, patterned end-papers, all edges marbled. Boards soiled and rubbed, very good. Introduction by Major General Joseph Wheeler. Includes... More about Our Islands and Their People. As seen with Camera and Pencil

Amsterdam: Wetsteins & Smith, 1730. Two vols. 12mo. [viii], 341; [ii], 276, [11] pp. First Edition of French Translation. Complete with 7 engraved plates (including frontispieces in both volumes), titles in red and black, woodcut ornaments and initials. Contemporary calf, gilt spine with raised bands, hinges worn, exterior rubbed and... More about Les voyages et avanture du capitaine robert boyle: ou l’on trouve l’histoire de mademoiselle...

Edinburgh: Constable and Co., 1829. Two volumes. 12mo. xxxiv, 326; vi, 262 pp. New (third) edition. Each volume with half-title, author portrait in Volume I, engraved view of St. Petersburg in Volume I and of Irkutsk in Volume II, folding map in Volume II. Cloth-covered boards, morocco spine label, new... More about A pedestrian journey through Russia and Siberian Tartary to the frontiers of China, the frozen...

London: Henry Colburn, 1839. Three volumes and the separately bound appendix to volume 2. 8vo. xxviii, (4), "597" [= 601]; xiv, (2), 694, (2); viii, 352; xiv, "615" [= 638] pp. With 8 folded engraved charts and maps loose. First edition. First issue. With 44 lithographed plates, most with tissue... More about Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years...

Leipzig: Thomas Fritsch, 1696. Folio (330 x 210 mm). [xxvi], 898, 899-943 col., [76] pp., including two half-titles and index. Title in red and black with engraved printer's device, woodcut chapter initials, head- and tailpieces. Text in Greek and Latin in parallel columns. Bound in full period calf, spine elaborately... More about Greek:] Pausaniou Tes Hellados periegesis. Hoc est, Pausaniae graeciae descriptio accurata, qua...

Cleveland: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1903-04. Three volumes. 4to. 670; 699; 775 pp. FIRST EDITION. Illustrated. Green cloth titled in gilt on spines, gray end-papers, top edge gilt. Ex-libris with usual markings, spines sunned, extremities rubbed, otherwise very good. Though these were originally published by Putnam this set has an... More about Christopher Columbus; his Life, His Work, His Remains. as Revealed by Original Printed and...