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Exploration & Voyages

Exploration & Voyages

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1 Spain and the North Pacific Coast Essays in Recognition of the Bicentennial
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Vancouver Maritime Museum 1992 0969522134 / 9780969522133 Presumed First Edition Soft Cover Near Fine (See description) 4to - over 9¾ 
Previous owner's bookplate, otherwise very good. 
Price: 26.00 USD
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2 Barratt, Glynn Melanesia and the Western Polynesian Fringe
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Univ of British Columbia Pr 1990 077480338X / 9780774803380 First Edition Hard Cover Fine Fine in Brodart 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 
Russia and the South Pacific 1696-1840, Volume 3. 257pp. 
Price: 12.00 USD
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3 Barratt, Glynn R.V Russia in Pacific Waters, 1715-1825
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Univ of British Columbia Pr 1981 0774801174 / 9780774801171 First Edition Hard Cover Near Fine Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 
Small abrasion on ffep and previous owner's bookplate, otherwise fine. 
Price: 40.00 USD
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4 Bickel, Lennard;Shackleton, Hon. L Rt. Shackleton's Forgotten Men: The Untold Tale of an Antarctic Tragedy
New York, New York, U.S.A. Thunder's Mouth Pr 2000 1560252561 / 9781560252566 First Edition Hard Cover Fine Very Good with Light Rubbing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 

Price: 10.00 USD
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5 Bryant, John H.; Cones, Harold N. Ph.D. Dangerous Crossings: The First Modern Polar Expedition, 1925
Annapolis, Maryland, U.S.A. Naval Inst Pr 2000 1557501874 / 9781557501875 First Edition Hard Cover Fine Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 
Illustated with photographs. 
Price: 10.00 USD
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6 David, Andrew The Artists on Vancouver's Voyage to the Northwest Coast of America
Burnaby, BC Vancouver Conference on Exploration and Discovery, Simon Fraser University 1991 First Edition Stapled Booklet Near Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 
32pp. Previous owner's bookplate, otherwise fine. 
Price: 10.00 USD
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7 Dodd Jr., Edward H. Great Dipper to Southern Cross
New York Dodd Mead and Company 1930 First Edition Hard Cover Very Good Minus Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Inscribed by the Author
Some minor moisture stains to lower corner of some pages, not affecting text. Jacket has multiple small chips and tears and is price clipped. 
Price: 45.00 USD
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8 Elliott, T. C. David Thompson, Pathfinder and the Columbia River
Eugene, OR Koke-Tiffany Co. 1925 Reprint Stapled Soft Cover Very Good Plus 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 
12pp. 
Price: 12.00 USD
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9 Engstrand, Iris H. W. Spanish Scientists in the New World: The 18th Century Expeditions
Seattle, WA Univ of Washington Pr 1981 0295957646 / 9780295957647 First Edition Hard Cover Near Fine Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 
Previous owner's bookplate, otherwise fine in dust jacket with slight rubbing and two tiny tears. 
Price: 22.00 USD
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10 Fraser, Walter B. The First Landing Place of Juan Ponce De Leon on the North American Continent in the Year 1513
St. Augustine, FL Self Published 1956 Presumed First Edition Stapled Booklet Good (see Description) 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall 
Moisture damage to rear cover and edges, not affecting text. 27pp. 
Price: 8.00 USD
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11 Golovin, Pavel N. Civil and Savage Encounters: The Worldly Travel Letters of an Imperial Russian Navy Officer 1860-1861
Portland, OR Oregon Historical Society 1983 0875950671 / 9780875950679 First Edition Hard Cover 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 
Fine in fine dust jacket. Translated and annotated by Basil Dmytryshyn and E.A.P. Crownhart-Vaughan. Volume 5 in the North Pacific Studies Series. 
Price: 10.00 USD
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12 Jacobsen, Timothy Discovering America: Journeys in Search of the New World
Toronto, Ontario, Canada Key Porter Books 1991 1550132113 / 9781550132113 First Edition Hard Cover Folio - over 12" - 15" tall 
Light shelfwear and spine fading, otherwise very good in very good plus dust jacket. 
Price: 12.00 USD
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13 Jenness, Diamond Dawn in Arctic Alaska
Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Press 1957 First Edition Hard Cover Giacomo Raimondi 
Very Good, minor bumps to corners and light shelfwear, no dj. Pictorial Boards. 222pp with index. 
Price: 10.00 USD
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14 McCarthy, James Journey into Africa: Life and Death of Keith Johnston, Scottish Cartographer and Explorer (1844 - 79)
United Kingdom Whittles Publishing 2004 1904445012 / 9781904445012 First Edition Soft Cover Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 
248pp. 
Price: 20.00 USD
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15 PLESSIS, Joseph-Octave Le Foyer Canadien (Mai-Novembre) Voyages dans le golfe Saint-Laurent et les provinces d'en Bas
Quebec, Canada Bureaux Du "Foyer Canadien" 1865 Library Binding, Hardcover Good , Ex-Library 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 
Library binding and other usual library markings including rear pocket. Title page is darkened, but otherwise text block is very good. Entirely in French. 
Price: 75.00 USD
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16 Potter, Russell A. Arctic Spectacles The Frozen North in Visual Culture, 1818-1875
Seattle Univ of Washington Pr 2007 0295986794 / 9780295986791 First Edition Hard Cover Fine Very Good (see Description) 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall 
Dust jacket has some rubbing and on tiny tear. "Illuminates the nineteenth-century fascination with visual representations of the Arctic, weaving together a narrative of the major Arctic expeditions with an account of their public reception through art and mass media" 
Price: 34.00 USD
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17 Pratt, Mara L. Yong Folks' Library of American History: De Soto, Marquette, and La Salle
Educational Publishing Company, 1895 
Good Plus. 5" x 7 1/4" hardcover. Paper over boards is worn through at edges, not affecting decorated cover. Owner's name and date stamp on ffep. One page unopened. 5 illustrations. 
Price: 10.00 USD
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18 Rice, Earle Alexandra David-Neel: Explorer at the Roof of the World
Philadelphia Chelsea House Pub 2004 0791077152 / 9780791077153 First Edition Hard Cover Near Fine No Jacket as Issued 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 
Very minor soiling of ffep, otherwise fine. 
Price: 12.00 USD
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19 Rigby, Nigel; Van der Merwe, Pieter Pioneers of the Pacific: Voyages of Exploration, 1787-1810
National Maritime Museum 2005 0948065559 / 9780948065552 First Edition Hard Cover Fine Fine 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall 

Price: 18.00 USD
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20 Smith, R. D. Hilton. Northwestern Approaches: The First Century of Books
Victoria, B.C. The Adelphi Book Shop Ltd., 1969. 1969 First Edition Hard Cover 
Originally published in the British Columbia Library Quarterly, this first book edition is on of 750 copies. Designed to educate librarians about books relating to the exploration of British Columbia. Includes a check-list, index, and 12 plates. Gilt lettering on spine is unreadable, otherwise fine. 
Price: 10.00 USD
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