Voyages And Exploration from Neil Williams, Bookseller

Toronto : Ryerson Press , nd . Reprint . NF/VG . 8VO . With black and white illustrations and maps. The thrilling story of the adventures of the men who discovered the great Northwest - Radisson, La Verendrye, Lewis and Clark. Illustrations by Remington, Goodwin, Marchand and others. Jacket a little edgeworn, particularly at the spine tips,… Read more about this item

London : Seeley, Servive & Co , 1912 . Second Edition . Very Good . 8VO . The second edition, published in the same year as the first and identical to it with the addition of a new Preface. With 38 black and white photos and a small folding map of Nigeria at rear. A little bit… Read more about this item

London : John Murray , 1886 . First Edition . Fair . 8VO . Illustrated with attractive wood engravings, many full page. Each volume has a striking ornithological hand-coloured engraved frontis. There are a number of maps, mostly two colour, some folding in each volume. Bound in half calf, marble… Read more about this item

New York : Lane & Scott , 1850 . Reprint . Good . 12MO . Quarter bound in worn calf over marbled boards. Several black and white illustrations. Bookplate of the Upper Canada Library System on front pastedown. Boards worn, old dampstains on pages.

Auburn : James M Alden , 1850 . . Good . 8VO . Together with Explorations and Discoveries Made by Admiral D'Urville, Captain Ross and Other Navigators and Travellers' and an Account of the Expedition to the Dead Sea under Lieutenant Lynch. Full page black and white illustrations. Amateur rebacking with brown library tape with typed title… Read more about this item

London : Richard Bentley , 1836 . First Edition . Very Good . 4TO . Containing Descriptions of the Objects of Natural History Collected on the Late Northern Land Expeditions, Under Command of Sir John Franklin, R.N. John Richardson, 1787-1865, was the physician-naturalist on Franklin's two Arctic overland expeditions (1819-1822 & 1825-1826). He was instrumental… Read more about this item

Portland, OR : Binfords and Mort , 1951 . . VG/G . 8VO . The remarkable story of Russia in Alaska. INSCRIBED by the author on the half-title. Map endpapers. Light edgewear, corners mildly bumped. Jacket worn with a number of chips and tears.

Washington : A O P Nicholson , 1855 . First Edition . Very Good . Folio . Volume VI of of Explorations and Surveys to Ascertain the most Practicable and Economical Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean Made under the direction of the Secretary of War 1854-1855. Contains many lithographed plates… Read more about this item

London : Andrew Melrose , 1913 . First Edition . Very Good . 8VO . A very personal memoir of Shackleton's 1907 Nimrod expedition to the Antarctic. Murray was a biologist and manager of the expedition's base camp. He later died while serving on the Canadian Arctic Expedition of 1913-1914. Marston was the expedition artist. Reminscences… Read more about this item

Victoria : King's Printer , 1914 . First Edition . Good . 8VO . Newcombe (1851-1924), physician, natural historian and artifact collector was an important figure in the rush to collect Northwest Coast art and objects, most of which were collected for foreign institutions although he collected for the Provincial Museum later in in his career and ulitmately… Read more about this item

Vancouver : Vancouver Maritime Museum , 1991 . First Edition . Near Fine in Wraps . 4TO . Catalogue of the exhibition in 1991 displayed at the Vancouver Maritime Museum, the Washington State Historical Society and the Canadian Museum of Civilization. illustrated in black and white. Very Light wear.

Toronto : Champlain Society , 1969 . First Edition . Very Good . 8VO . Champlain Publication XLV. Published in an edition of 825 copies of which this is number 647. Transcribed and translated by Wessie Tipping Lamb, edited with an introduction by W Kaye Lamb. With frontis and three plates and four maps. Light wear, some… Read more about this item

London : Duckworth , 1978 . New Edition . Near Fine/Near Fine . 8VO . A concise history of the great navigator's life and voyages. Black and white maps. Blank bookplate on FFEP. Lightest of wear.

Saltspring Island, BC : Sir Francis Drake Publications , 2001 . First Edition . Fine/Fine . 4TO . In which Bawlf advances his theory that Drake salled much farther north than has been generally recognized and in fact spent some time on the coasts of British Columbia. Meticulously researched and beautifully produced. Illustrated with black and white… Read more about this item

Vancouver : The Library's Press , 1959 . First Edition . VG . 8VO . An unpublished account of the Lewis and Clark Expedition and copied by David Thompson of the Northwest Company. To an unknown recipient and transcribed from a copy made by David Thompson in his own hand. This was the only known copy of the… Read more about this item

Toronto : Champlain Society / University of Toronto Press , 1937 . Limited Edition . VG . 8VO . Limited to 550 sets of which this is #29. Campbell's journeys focused on possible immigration opportunities for Highland Scots and provide the earliest and best description of New Brunswick of the time. Bound in gilt-stamped red cloth, TEG.… Read more about this item

London : Hakluyt Society , 2001 . First Edition . F/NF . 8VO . Series III, Volume 6. Black and white illustrations. A fine copy.

London : Hakluyt Society , 2000 . First Edition . F/NF . 8VO . Series III, Volume 5. Colour portait frontis, black and white maps. A fine copy.

London : Hakluyt Society , 1999 . First Edition . F/NF . 8VO . Series III, Volume 2. Colour frontis, black and white illustrations and maps. A fine copy in like jacket.

London : Hakluyt Society , 2000 . First Edition . F/NF . 8VO . Series III, Volume 4. Illustrated in black and white with some colour. A fine copy in like jacket.