THE SOUTH SEAS
London: Adam and Charles Black, 1908. Hardcover. vii, 82 pp. Blue boards, gilt spine lettering, 12 color plates. Some rubbing to extremities, small tear at spine, owner name to FFEP, one loose plate, typically toned, otherwise sound.
Travel & Exploration
PILGRIMAGE TO MECCA
Tunis: Sud Editions, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. 208 pp. Folio, Cream hard covers, gilt stamped spine and front cover lettering. Color illustrated throughout with color photos and art reproductions. "Published with the compliments of Ministry of Information, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia." Very faint toning to extremities.....
SPANISH HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYS
New York: Macmillan, 1900. Hardcover. xii, 448 pp. Mustard boards, gilt lettering, gilt head edge, imagery of woman, donkey, and cityscape to cover, frontispiece, deckled fore and tail edges. Owner bookplate to FPEP, front hinge cracked, a bit of rubbing to tips, sharp and clean otherwise.
FOUR TRAVEL JOURNALS: THE AMERICAS, ANTARCTICA AND AFRICA, 1775-1874
London: Ashgate for the Hakluyt Society, 2007. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. x, 404 pp. Large 8vo, navy cloth, gilt spine lettering and society emblem to front cover, blind-tooled spine borders. A pristine copy; DJ has a small scuff to head of front, crisp and bright otherwise.
SOUTHERN ARABIA
Reading, UK: Garnet, 1994. Hardcover with DJ. xi, 455 pages Black cloth, gilt lettering to spine, 31 plates, including fold out color maps. Pristine copy. DJ crisp and bright.
THE "FRAM" EXPEDITION: NANSEN IN THE FROZEN WORLD
Philadelphia: A. J. Holman & Co., 1897. First Edition. Hardcover. viii, 9-560 pp. 8vo, publishers cloth, gilt lettering and bust of Nansen to spine, white and black stamped scene of polar shipwreck to front cover. "Profusely Illustrated" with frontispiece and in-text B/W illustrations. TIps rubbed, spine a bit toned, hinges.....
THE HARD YEARS
London: Victor Gollancz, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. 256 pp. Royal blue cloth, gilt spine lettering. Frontispiece and 32 B/W plates. Tips a bit rubbed, clean and tight otherwise; DJ tips rubbed, still bright in mylar wrap.
FIRST FOOTSTEPS IN EAST AFRICA
London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1966. First Edition Thus. xiii, 320. 8vo, red cloth. Pristine copy. DJ tips a bit worn, small chip to head, wrapped in mylar.
THE DISCOVERY OF THE SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS 1819-1820: THE JOURNAL OF MIDSHIPMAN C. W. POYNTER
London: Ashgate for the Hakluyt Society, 2000. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. xv, 232 pp. Large 8vo, navy cloth, gilt spine lettering and society emblem to front cover, blind-tooled spine borders. A pristine copy in like DJ.
ENLIGHTENED OBSERVERS
Beirut: American University of Beirut, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. ix, 198 pp. 12mo, green finished cloth, gilt lettered and ruled. Light foxing to head, clean and sharp otherwise. DJ tips a bit worn, clean and bright otherwise in mylar wrap.
LONDON
New York: Macmillan, 1936. Joseph Pennell. Hardcover. xi, 176 pp. Finished blue cloth, gilt lettering to front board and spine. With 55 black and white etchings and drawings. Owner inscription to FFEP, toned, finger soiling to half title, light rubbing to tips, sound and clean otherwise. DJ clipped, toned, small.....
WILLIAM ROBERT BROUGHTON'S VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY TO THE NORTH PACIFIC 1795-1798
London: Ashgate for the Hakluyt Society, 2010. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. lxxxii, 315 pp. Large 8vo, navy cloth, gilt spine lettering and society emblem to front cover, blind-tooled spine borders. A pristine copy in like DJ.
NARRATIVE OF TRAVELS IN EUROPE, ASIA, AND AFRICA IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
London: Johnson Corporation [Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland], 1968. Hardcover. xviii, 244 pp. Burgundy buckram cloth, gilt spine lettering, large, legible type, sewn binding, republication of the Oriental Translation Fund edition. Typically toned, rear hinge starting, owner’s stamp and publication date in blue pen to title page.....
MUSLIM TRAVELLERS
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1990. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. xxii, 281 pp. 12mo, black cloth, silver gilt lettering. Pristine copy in like dust jacket.
KARAKURAM HUNZA: The Land of Just Enough
Karachi: Ma'aref, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover with DJ. xiv, 175 pp. Blue cloth, gilt spine letterin, 22 plates, some color, fold out chart. Owner's inscription and bookseller's stamp to FFEP, slightly bowed, some rubbing away of the cloth's finish at front cover and extremities, sound otherwise. DJ toned, dampstain to.....
K2
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. 334 pp. Quarter red cloth over black finished paper, gilt spine lettering and axe to front cover; 8 B/W plates, 8 color plates. A very clean, sharp copy with just the slightest lean; DJ spine is very faintly sunned with.....
INTO THIN AIR
New York: Villard, 1997. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. xx, [4], 291. Signed by the author directly on the FFEP in blue pen. "Signed by the Author" sticker to front of DJ. Gift inscription to half-title, just slightly bumped at tail of spine, very clean and sharp otherwise.
DESCRIPTION OF EGYPT
Cairo, Egypt: The American University in Cairo Press, 2000. Hardcover. xxxii, 588 pp. All plates and inserts attached, some light shelf wear, sound and unmarked otherwise. DJ some light shelf wear.
PALESTINE
Philadelphia: Grant, Faires and Rodgers, 1875. First Edition. Hardcover. 18mo, royal blue cloth, gilt spine lettering, all edges gilt. About half of FFEP torn out, some typical foxing, covers rubbed, front hinge starting.
THE WILDERNESS AND ITS TENANTS
London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., 1897. Half-Leather. xvi, 461; 566; 533 pp. Half green morocco leather over marbled boards with gilt lettering, borders and floral decoration, three raised bands, gilt heads, deckled fore and tail edges, marbled endpapers. Tips rubbed, extremities have some petina, very clean and sharp.....
HIGH ROAD TO HUNZA
London: Faber and Faber, 1958. Hardcover with DJ. 157 pp. B/w photographs. Foxing, some light rubbing to extremities, sharp and clean otherwise. DJ clipped, foxed.
The Antarctic Challenged
New York: John de Graff, 1956. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. vi, 247. Ex-lib with book plate as only paraphernalia, thumbed, sound otherwise and unmarked; DJ tips rubbed with some loss, wrapped in new mylar.
SOVEREIGNS OF THE SAGE
Palm Desert, CA: Desert Magazine Press, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. xiv, 342 pp. Grey cloth, amber lettering. Signed and inscribed by author. Owner ticket to FPEP, orange stains to FFEP, some light rubbing, sound and clean otherwise. DJ spine sunned, tear to front cover, a few chips to spine, a......
PEDRO PAEZ'S HISTORY OF ETHIOPIA, 1622 (2 VOLUMES)
London: Ashgate for the Hakluyt Society, 2011. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. 2 volume set xxiii, 501; ix, 429 pp. Large 8vo, navy cloth, gilt spine lettering and society emblem to front cover, blind-tooled spine borders. Both volumes pristine in like DJ's.
WHITMAN: An Unfinished Story
Walla Walla, WA: Whitman Publishing Company, 1935. Ernest Ralph Norling. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. ix, 256 pp. Navy boards, gilt lettering, 14 b/w illustrations. Owner initials to FFEP, a bit of light rubbing to extremities, sharp and clean otherwise. DJ a number of tears, some repaired with tape, a few.....