Search Results: Exploration from Dale Steffey Books, ABAA

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co. , 1878. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on front end page - "With regards of the author Henry Carrington". Very Good in original blue cloth stamped in gilt front cover with decoration of Native American war chief, gilt lettering and rules at spine, cloth rubbed at spine ends, spine a bit sunned, front hinge starting. rear fold-out map #1 with 3" horizontal tear and small tears at fold edges, fold-out map #2 Fine. A classic of Western Americana. . SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Fourth Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Glasgow: Printed by Robert and Andrew Foulis for Edward and Charles Dilly, in the Poultry, London , 1768. New modern calf with raised bands and spine label, Embossed in gold similar to original spine, new parchment end papers. Large fold-out map with early tape mend and slight creasing at for-edge, else Fine. Half-title present, Occasional browning, mostly at initial and ending pages, 1/4" dia.marginal brown spot pp.47-60. xxi, [xxii, blank], [2, contents], 382 pages, blanks at end replaced with new parchment. Near Fine overall, in a Fine binding. First Edition, First State of Boswell's first important book. E2 and Z3 are cancels. A handsome copy of this important work. . First Edition. Calf. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Helsinki, Finland: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, 1940. Two volumes in original dustjackets. Both volumes are Fine, Vol.I dustjacket Very Good, 1 1/2" triangular chip bottom edge at spine, tears at spine folds and 2 tears horizontally at spine, Vol. II jacket Near Fine, small chips bottom edge of spine. List of donors laid in. One folding plate (map index), 15 folding maps at rear Vol. II. Numerous black and white photographs in text. A classic scholarly text, ''In the spring of 1906 I received orders from the Russian General Staff to undertake a journey from Russian Turkestan through Chinese Turkestan and Western China and the provinces of Kan Su, Shensi and Shansi to Peiping as the final goal. The object of this expedition was to study the conditions in the interior of Northern China, collect statistical materials and perform various tasks of a military nature'' (Preface). Mannerheim also collected archaeological and ethnographic materials, and manuscripts, and studied… Read More

New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1929. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED on front endpage - "Will H. Hays from Walter Trumbull". Walter Trumbull was a prominent American explorer and writer. He was a member of the Washburn-Langford-Doane Expedition in 1870 that explored the area of Wyoming that would eventually become Yellowstone National Park and he was the son of United States Senator Lyman Trumbull. Will H. Hays managed Warren G. Hardings successful campaign for the Presidency of the U.S. and was subsequently appointed Postmaster General. After a year in that position, he resigned to become most famously known as the first President of Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America (MPPDA), which under his guidance published a blacklist of actors and workers studios should not hire, inserted moral clauses into actors' contracts, and published an informal list of suggested guidelines for film producers. Book is Near Fine, top edge a bit dulled, in a Very Good dustjacket, several edge chips and… Read More

London: Chapman & Hall, 1842. The First Edition, First Issue,.with page 'x' misnumbered 'xvi' to Volume I, six pages of advertisements to the end of Volume II. In the publisher's original cloth bindings, Very Good, cloth repaired at ends of spine of Vol. I, 1/4" of cloth loss at spine ends of Vol. II, cloth starting to open at joints of Vol. II, gift inscriptions dated 1842 at title page and prior owner's name and city dated 1860 front paste down of Vol. I, scattered toning, small ink stains front cover Vol. II. . First Edition. Embossed Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Antarctica: No Publisher, 1971. No dates, circa 1956-1971. No author and no writing of any kind. Archive includes one deck of playing cards titled Operation Deep Freeze Task Force 43, two metal ashtrays, one 4 1/2" dia. and the other 7 1/4" dia., both engraved "U.S. Naval Antarctic Support Activities; and an American United Life Annual Report three ring binder containing 24 pp. with 85 black and white photographs, three- 8" x 10"; two - 5" x 7", and 80 4 7/8" x 3 1/2", and 6 blank pages. One 8 x 10 photograph features a Lockheed C-121J Willie Victor (BuNo 131624) Phoenix 6 aircraft, which was retired following "Deep Freeze '71" in March 1971, and which was not listed on the active duty resume for Deep Freeze operations in its early stages in the late 1950s.So likely the photographs were taken on the 1970-71 expeditions. Subjects of the photographs include equipment and aircraft, personnel, landscapes, both on the ground and aerial, and a… Read More

London: John Murray, 1841. Two volumes handsomely rebound in late 20th c. quarter polished calf over marbled boards. Both volumes with the ownership signatures of fellow author J. G. Lockhart (John Gibson Lockhart, 1794-1854, Scottish biographer and author), Tipped at 2nd front end page a one page ALS, dated April 8, 1844, SIGNED BY AUTHOR to Lockhart -"Dear Mr. Lockhart, I return your ? books with many thanks. I hope by the time they reach you the country air will have done you much good. We are off by ? ?? Eliz. Rigby". viii, 293, vi, 286, (4) adverts. pages. Near Fine, browning mainly at front end pages due to paper used for frontispieces, bookplate front paste down Vol. !, rear end page Vol. I a 1" horiz. tear. Elizabeth Rigby's signature quite uncommon. . SIGNED. First Edition. Quarter Polished Calf . Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Association Copy.

Jena: Gustav Fischer, 1900. 549 pp. 2 maps in text, fold-out map at rear Near Fine, small edge tears at folds, 6 chromolithographs, 8 heliogravures, 32 full page plates, and 390 plates in text. Bound in quarter black cloth over paper covered boards, hand-written label at spine, period handwriting title page, small stamp "Konigl. Seminar Lobau" title page. Very Good, a quite well-bound book, and SCARCE in the 1900 First Edition. Carl Chun (1852-1914) was a German marine biologist, a specialist on cephalopods and plankton. Chun's expedition on the "Valdivia" in 1898-99 was the first large-scale German expedition to explore the deep sea.. First Edition. Quarter Cloth . Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Washington, D.C.: American Automobile Association , 1939. RARE automobile travel guide, not located at OCLC, not found in online searches. Near Fine, wrappers lightly soiled. 72 pages, maps, large fold-out map of Mexico at rear. spreads to 16 1/2" x 15" is Near Fine with a small corner crease. With 11 routes with maps. Cover reads : "This Official Guide to Mexico of the American Automobile Association is presented to you through courtesy of Cerveceria Cuauhtemoc, S. A. of Monterrey, Mex. makers of the finest and most popular beers in Mexico * CARTA BLANC - Bohemia". . First Edition. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Near Fine. 9 1/4" x 4 7/8".

Chicago and New York: M.A. Donohue & Co., 1932. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED at front end page - "The great 'Beyond' and other places South of Hoboken- Beer and Skittles Alan Innes-Taylor" and "From one deep-sea diver to another Charles L. Kessler" and additionally SIGNED AND INSCRIBED at half-title page -"The top of the world with City of New York Wm. W. Darling", along with rubber-stamped "Byrd's South Pole Ship / A Century of Progress / 1933". The author lists Kessler as seaman and helmsman, Innes-Taylor as dog-man and chief in handling and attending to the health and well-being of the sled dogs. Darling is described as a fireman and a hard worker, and "The City of New York" was Byrd's flagship for the expedition. A great ASSOCIATION COPY, given the personalization of the inscriptions seemingly presented to a fellow expedition member, who almost certainly is Dr. Dana Coman, medical director on the expedition, as this title came with 2… Read More

London: Seeley, Jackson, and Halliday, 1883. SCARCE, and especially so in lovely condition. xii, 296 pp., with fifteen illustrations. Bound in contemporary polished calf, double gilt rules bordering covers, five raised bands with decorative gilt rules, dark brown calf label in gilt, plain beige end papers, gilt medallion front cover of the Kingston on Thames Tiffins Endowed School. Near Fine, light toning to first and last few pages only, light wear to boards. "It is with the present that this little volume is mainly occupied. No attempt has been made to give any historical sketch of this long-surviving city ; my chief desire has been to awaken fresh interest in its present inhabitants, with many of whom a residence of seven years in Damascus has given me opportunities of forming an intimate acquaintance." . First Edition. Polished Calf. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Philadelphia: The L. D. Caulk Co., 1906. SCARCE early dentistry journal. Paginated 469-532, with approx. 60 pp. of advertisements. Very Good, light soiling to wrappers, wear at head of spine with a 2" tear top edge at spine fold. . First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Printed for C. & J. Rivington, 1828. Two volumes bound in contemporary full vellum, red and black leather labels, ornate gilt decorations at spines. With 8 total plates including a map frontis Vol. I, a chart, a facsimile document, a building view, and 4 plan plates. Prior owner name and "Palazzetto Borghese, 1847" front end page Vol. I. Very Good, boards soiled, moderate toning to end pages, internally clean and bright. Originally published in London in 1820, and SCARCE in either edition, and especially so finely bound. A travel guide and history of Rome. . SIGNED. Second Edition. Vellum. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Advance Uncorrected Proof.

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1935. Very Good, cloth at spine evenly lightened, small bumps top corners, small cracks at hinges, in a Very Good dust jacket, chips at corners and spine ends, spine lightened. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1928. RARE -SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on end page following half-title page - " To an old and tried friend Dana Coman. Arthur Walden Sept. 1/30". In 1927 Walden helped train sled dogs and drivers for Admiral Richard E. Byrd’s Antarctic expedition, and he led the dog-sled freighting of the supplies from the ships to Byrd's base camp "Little America". Walden later became the original breeder of the Chinook sled dog. In 1930 Walden, considered to be one of the most respected and heralded pioneers of the Klondike and Alaskan gold rushes, was presented a photographic album by Admiral Byrd that contained over 500 images of the Antarctic expedition of 1928-30. Dana Coman (Dr Francis Dana Coman (1895-1952) ) was with Byrd’s first and second expeditions to Antarctica and was a personal doctor of Admiral Byrd. He later had a mountain named after him by Finn Ronne of the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition of 1947-48. Later… Read More

London: Whittaker, Treacher & Co., 1832. Second British Edition, London, 1832, two volumes. In signed Root and Son bindings, half black morocco over marbled boards, back with ornate gilt floral decorations and gilt lettering on red and brown labels, five raised bandslined in gilt, end pages marbled. Very Good Plus, wear to headband of Vol. 1 and rubbing at tips both volumes. Only the occasional scattered bit of toning, and uncommon thus. 24 lithographed plates by August Hervieu, 14 in Vol. I, 10 in Vol.II. . Second British Edition. Half Morocco. Very Good Plus/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Philadelphia: M. Carey & Son, 1817. Volume I only of the First American Edition, issued without the maps and plates. 340 pages. Bound in contemporary paper covered boards. Very Good Minus, front board nearly detached with broken joint, rear joint starting to open but hinge holding well, boards soiled and rubbed at edges, moderate toning and foxing throughout, title and dedication pages uncut. Koster's classic work on the North of Brazil, first published in England in 1816, with a 2nd edition following in 1817. This 1st American Edition published and printed by Carey July 16, 1817. While the English editions are valued for their maps and prints, this American edition much the scarcer. No copies in current commerce, last auction record 1986. Shaw & Shoemaker,; 41213. Sabin, No. 38272.. First American Edition. Paper Covered Boards. Very Good Minus. Tall 8vo.

Chicago: DONOHUE, HENNEBERRY & CO , 1899. Illustrated. In green and black cloth with gilt decorations and stamping. Very Good, front hinge split, rear hinge starting. pages browning, a bit of rubbing to cloth at spine tips, prior owner name front endpage. 540 pages. "Heroes, Trappers, Explorers, Adventurers, Scouts and Indian Fighters". . Later Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued.

Oslo, Norway: Dreyers Forlag, 1961. Full pale-blue calf, gilt ruled and decorated boards, top edge gilt. Near Fine, light foxing fore edge, in a Very Good Plus dustjacket, 2 small chips at head of spine, small spot of soil rear panel. Twelve articles concerning the Nobel Prize winner's life and work, emphasizing achievements in exploration, art and humanitarian activities.. First Edition. Full Calf. Near Fine/Very Good Plus. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co, 1892. Very Good in the original green cloth, gilt title at spine, with 142 illustrations from sketches by the artist, color fold-out map at end of book (Near Fine), 384 pp. including Index, frontispiece photograph of author, rear end pages toned, cloth lightly rubbed at tips, a bit of lean to spine, a quite handsome copy. SCARCE in the London 1st edition, Price was an artist for "The Illustrated London News". . First British Edition. Cloth. Very Good -/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.