Early Travellers In Scotland
Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1891. 8vo. xxvi + 300 pages. Plates and folding map. Near-contemporary citron half morocco, marbled boards, top edges gilt. FIRST EDITION.
Travel and Exploration
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St. Helena and the Cape of Good Hope: or, Incidents in the Missionary Life of the Rev. James M'Gregor Bertram of St. Helena
New York: Edward H. Fletcher, 1862. 8vo. 4], xiv, [3], 18-220 pp, 11-page advertisements at end. Complete with engraved frontispiece portrait of Bertram, portrait of the author, and engraved title by J. Bannister. Original embossed brown cloth, gilt-lettered on spine. Binding worn, pale browning and dampstaining. Provenance: James L. Ward.....
Arctic Explorations: The Second Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin, 1853, '54, '55
Philadelphia: Childs and Peterson, 1857-56. 2 volumes. 8vo. Portrait frontispiece with tissue guard. Profusely illustrated (300 engravings including 22 plates); 2 folding maps. Original cloth (varying colors), gilt-lettered on spine. Provenance: Augustus Seward (signature on title), presumably the career Army officer (1826-1876), son of William H. Seward and Adeline Seward.....
The U.S. Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin, A Personal Narrative
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1854. 8vo. 552 pages. Mezzotint frontispiece by John Sartain, map of "Baffin's Bay", 12 engraved and lithographed plates, numerous wood engraved vignettes. Lacks the folding map. Original cloth, stamp-embossed, gilt voyage motif within stamped lozenge. FIRST EDITION, second issue with 1854 title-page.
A Narrative of the Campaign in Russia, During the Year 1812
Hartford: Loomis & Richards for George Sheldon & Co, 1814. First American edition. Octavo. Frontispiece portrait of Prince Koutousoff, two large folding engraved maps (the first with irregular folding creases and 3-in. tear crossing image). (Some foxing.) Contemporary calf, gilt-lettered red morocco spine label. First American edition, complete with frontispiece.....
Sir Edward Seaward's Narrative of His Shipwreck, and Consequent Discovery of Certain Islands in the Caribbean Sea with a Detail of Many Extraordinary and Highly Interesting Events in His Life, from the Year 1733 to 1749 as Written in His Own Diary; Edited by Jane Porter
London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longman. 1832. Three volumes, 8vo. 344 + 359 + 341pp. Contemporary green pebbled morocco gilt. Rebacked to match, owner's name on titles. Second edition.
Arctic Adventure By Sea and Land From the Earliest Date to the Last Expeditions in Search of Sir John Franklin
Boston: Phillips, Sampson & Company, 1857. 8vo. 480 pages. Frontispiece portrait with tissue guard; folding map; several plates and text illustrations. Original blind stamped cloth. FIRST EDITION. Chronicles the search of Sir John Franklin in the arcitc, with the contextualization of several other Arctic expeditions during the same time period.....
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