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The Deep Well - 1st US Edition/1st Printing
by Nylander, Carl
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- Used - Good+ in Good dust jacket
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- 1st US Edition; First Printing
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- 1970
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New York: St. Martin's Press. Good+ in Good dust jacket. 1970. 1st US Edition; First Printing. A first American edition/first printing in Good+ condition with heavy denting and wear to the boards and bumped corners in a Good dust-jacket with heavy chipping and tearing; Author writes of the most ancient cities of the world; 8vo … Read more about this item Item Price
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Crossing Antarctica - 1st Edition/1st Printing
by Steger, Will, and Jon Bowermaster
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- Used - Fine in Fine dust jacket
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- First Edition; First Printing
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- 1992
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- 1/4 Cloth
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- 9780394587141
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1992. First Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0394587146 . A most attractive first edition/first printing in Fine condition in Fine dust-jacket with minimal soiling and edgewear; tells the story of three adventurers who set out to cross the continent by ski. The book is filled with… Read more about this item Item Price
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Farthest North - 1st US Edition
by Nansen, Fridtjof
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- Used - Near Fine
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- 1st US Edition; First Printing
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- 1897
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- Original Cloth
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€469.00
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New York: Harper & Brothers. Near Fine. 1897. 1st US Edition; First Printing. Original Cloth. A bright set of the first US edition in Nearly Fine condition. A most handsome and collectible documentation of historical significance. All four folded maps present. Arctic Bibliography 11983; The Nobel Laureate's account of his three-year long expedition. In 1893 Fridtjof … Read more about this item Item Price
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The Last Step: the American Ascent of K2
by Ridgeway, Rick
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- Used - Fine in Very Good- dust jacket
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- 1980
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- Hardcover
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- 9780898860078
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Seattle, WA: The Mountaineers. Fine in Very Good- dust jacket. 1980. Hardcover. 0898860075 . A handsome edition in Fine condition in a Very Good- dust-jacket with rubbing, soiling and some open tears ; Rick Ridgeways account of his extraordinary ascent of K2, the worlds second-highest mountain, is a riveting tale of adventure and endurance. Ridgeway and his… Read more about this item Item Price
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Ambassadors in White: The Story of American Tropical Medicine
by Wilson, Charles Morrow
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- Used - Good in Good dust jacket
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- c1942
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- Hardcover
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New York: Henry Holt and Company. Good in Good dust jacket. c1942. Hardcover. Good condition with soiling and edgewear to the boards and pages in an alike dust-jacket with the edges of the foldovers clipped, scuffing, and chipping and tearing to the trim; The story of American tropical medicine. The epic of the men from Carlos Finlay,… Read more about this item Item Price
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The World Encompassed: Francis Drake and His Great Voyage - 1st US Edition/1st Printing
by Wilson, Derek
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- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
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- 1st US Edition; First Printing
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- c1977
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- 1/4 Cloth
- ISBN
- 9780060146795
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- 1
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New York, Hagerstown, San Francisco, London: Harper & Row, Publishers. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. c1977. 1st US Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0060146796 . A first American edition/first printing in Very Good condition with a bookplate on the front pastedown, some fading and other wear around the board edges, and page edge soiling in a… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Ice Master: The Doomed 1913 Voyage of the Karluk - 1st Edition/1st Printing
by Niven, Jennifer
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- Used - Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
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- First Edition; First Printing
- Published
- 2000
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- 1/4 Cloth
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- 9780786865291
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New York: Hyperion. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2000. First Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0786865296 . A first edition/first printing in Fine condition in a Very Good+ dust-jacket; The doomed 1913 voyage of the Karluk. An epic tale of true adventure that rivals the most dramatic fiction. Drawn from the diaries of those who were… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Blind Horn's Hate
by Hough, Richard
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- Used - Good in Good dust jacket
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- 1971
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- Hardcover
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- 9780393054293
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New York: W. W. Norton & Company. Good in Good dust jacket. 1971. Hardcover. 0393054292 . An edition in Good condition with an owner's bookplate on front end paper, page edge soiling and edgewear in an alike dust-jacket that is price-clipped and shelfworn. A small portion of upper edge of book and dust-jacket show a narrow dampstain;… Read more about this item Item Price
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Archibald The Arctic - 1st Edition/1st Printing
by Fleming, Archibald Lang
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- Used - Very Good in Good+ dust jacket
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- First Edition; First Printing
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- c1956
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- Hardcover
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New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc.. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. c1956. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A first edition/first printing in Very Good condition with two small coffee stains on the front board. Some edge wear to spine. In a Good+ dust-jacket with rubbing to edges; The adventurous life story of the famous Scotsman who dared the… Read more about this item Item Price
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Maps and History: Constructing Images of the Past
by Black, Jeremy
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- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
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- 1997
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- Hardcover
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- 9780300069761
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New Haven And London: Yale University Press. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1997. Hardcover. 0300069766 . An edition in Very Good+ condition with bumped corners inan alike dust-jacket that is shelfworn ; Constructing images of the past. Explores the role of the historic atlas as a reference tool and discusses its impact on the presentation… Read more about this item Item Price
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North to the Orient
by Lindbergh, Anne Morrow
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- Used - Very Good in Fair dust jacket
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- First Edition; First Printing
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- c1935
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- Hardcover
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€65.66
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New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company. Very Good in Fair dust jacket. c1935. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A first edition/first printing, this stated sample copy is in Very Good condition with some aging to the pages, minor bumps and dents around the sunned board edges in a Fair dust-jacket with edgewear, some small closed tears and… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Space Around Us - 1st Edition/1st Printing
by Tyler, A. Edward
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- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
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- First Edition; First Printing
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- c1964
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- Cloth
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New York, Evanston And London: Harper & Row, Publishers. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. c1964. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. A first edition/first printing in Very Good condition that is inscribed and signed by the author on the front free endpaper in a clipped alike dust-jacket that still bears the price on the front foldover and… Read more about this item Item Price
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In Search of Genghis Khan
by Severin, Tim
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- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
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- 1st UK Edition; First Printing
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- 1991
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- Cloth
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- 9780091747794
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London: Hutchinson. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1991. 1st UK Edition; First Printing. Cloth. 0091747791 . A handsome UK first edition/first printing in Very Good condition in alike dust-jacket showing some scuffing; A stunning story of synthesis of exploration, living history and adventure; 8vo; 276 pages . Item Price
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Icemen: a History of the Arctic and its Explorers
by Conefrey, Mick and Tim Jordan
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- Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
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- 1998
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- Hardcover
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- 9781575000381
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New York: TV Books. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1998. Hardcover. 1575000385 . Near Fine condition with some minor shelfwear in a price-clipped alike dust-jacket with similar wear; Co-authored with Tim Jordan. An investigation of man's relationship wih the Arctic; also explores the Arctic's increasing political significance in the modern age; 8vo; 189 pages;… Read more about this item Item Price
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Gold, Glory and the Gospel: The Adventurous Lives and Times of the Renaissance Explorers - 1st Edition/1st Printing
by Wright, Louis B.
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- Used - Very Good in Near Fine dust jacket
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- First Edition; First Printing
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- 1970
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- Hardcover
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New York: Atheneum. Very Good in Near Fine dust jacket. 1970. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A Very Good first printing with wear mostly from aging in a Near Fine dust-jacket that is shelfworn; An account of the adventurous lives and times of the Renaissance explorers, from Prince Heny the Navigator to Sir Walter Raleigh; 8vo; 363… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Valley of Mexico: Studies in Pre-Hispanic Ecology and Society - 1st Edition/1st Printing
by Wolf, Eric R. (editor)
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- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket
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- First Edition; First Printing
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- 1976
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780826303981
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Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1976. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0826303986 . A first edition/first printing in Very Good+ condition with light edgewear in a price clipped Very Good- dust-jacket with minor edgewear and scuffing; Studies in Pre-Hispanic Ecology and Society. A School of American Research Book;… Read more about this item Item Price
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Secrets of The Great Pyramid
by Tompkins, Peter
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- Used - Very Good in Good dust jacket
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- c1971
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- Cloth
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New York, Hagerstown, San Francisco, London: Harper & Row, Publishers. Very Good in Good dust jacket. c1971. Cloth. An edition in Very Good condition with a cocked spine, edgewear and fading to the boards in a Good dust-jacket that has edgewear and is "waved" on lower edge as if some water contact had been made; appendix by … Read more about this item Item Price
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Gila Monsters and Red-Eyed Rattlesnakes: Don Maguire's Arizona Trading Expeditions, 1876-1879
by Maguire, Don
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- Used - Fine in Fine dust jacket
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- First Edition; First Printing
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- 1997
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- Cloth
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- 9780874805376
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Salt Lake City, UT: University of Utah Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1997. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. 0874805376 . A first edition/first printing in Fine condition in alike dust-jacket with little edgewear; Don Maguire's Arizona Trading Expeditions, 1876-1879. 'Edited by Gary Topagesing; 8vo; 245 pages . Item Price
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Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West
by Ambrose, Stephen E.
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- Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
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- 1996
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- 1/4 Cloth
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- 9780684811079
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New York, London, Toronto, Sydney, Tokyo And Singapore: Simon & Schuster. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1996. 1/4 Cloth. 0684811073 . An edition in Near Fine condition with negligible wear to the board edges in a lightly soiled alike dust-jacket ; Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the opening of the American West; 8vo; 511 pages; TBC;… Read more about this item Item Price
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Christopher Columbus - 1st Edition/1st Printing
by Bradford, Ernle
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- Used - Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket
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- First Edition; First Printing
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- 1973
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- Cloth
- ISBN
- 9780670221561
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New York: The Viking Press. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1973. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. 0670221562 . A gorgeous first edition/first printing in Near Fine condition in Very Good dust-jacket with a two inch closed tear to upper front panel and minor edgewear; In this profusely illustrated biography of Christopher Columbus, Bradford focuses on… Read more about this item Item Price
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