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The Arctic World Illustrated : its plants, animals and natural phenomena : with a historical sketch of Arctic discovery down to the British Polar Expedition: 1875-76
London, T Nelson & Son. 1876, First Edition. Hard Cover, Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. [1876 BL] Green bds with bright gilt titles and encised decoration, Gilt to all edges, wear to spine ends and tips, pp viii 339 with 143 nice engraved illus. Light scattered foxing mostly at ends and edges, previous owners book plate mostly removed at front paste down, last page and rear ep creased. Bright text block. OVERWEIGHT. Good.
Ariel Books Professional sellerBook no.: 15350
USD 85,00 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 73.75 | £UK 64.75 | JP¥ 13107]
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Ridan the Devil: And Other Stories. Colonial Library
London, United Kingdom, T Fisher Unwin. 1899, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. George Lewis Becke (1848-1913) was an Australian short-story writer and novelist. In 1869, Becke travelled to San Francisco with his brother Vernon and was away for nineteen months. At 16 years of age, Becke was a stowaway on a ship bound for Samoa. In Apia he took a job as a book-keeper. When Becke was 18, he met William "Bully" Hayes who later became a central character in Becke's writings. After being shipwrecked in 1874, Becke was later arrested for piracy, but was acquitted in Brisbane. Becke was in the Ellice Islands by April 1880 working as a trader. In February 1881 he opened his own store in Nukufetau, later in 1881 a shipwreck caused him to lose all he had; for the next few years worked in New Britain and at Majuro. The twenty-two seafaring stories in this collection are set in Australia, Polynesia, and other South Sea islands. CONDITION Colonial Library Edition, which were printed first to be able to distributed in time for release date. Green vertical ribbed cloth, mildly rubbed to edges with slight soil spots, pp vii 330. Internally very bright and crisp, eps foxed, gift inscription to half title dated 1902. Very scarce collectable title. Very Good/No Jacket.
Ariel Books Professional sellerBook no.: 13743
USD 65,00 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 56.5 | £UK 49.5 | JP¥ 10023]
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Keywords: Australain Biography Pacific
Selected Papers on Anthropology, Travel and Exploration
London, A M Philpot. 1924, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Includes Early Days in Sind; Guide-Book to Mecca; A Trip to Harar; Notes on Scalping; A Day Amongst the Fans; Notes on the Dahoman; Chapters from Travels; Notes on Rome; Spiritualism in Eastern Lands; and Giovanni Battista Belzoni. CONDITION Red verticle ribbed cloth with crisp gilt title (clean and unworn) 240 pages. Untrimmed edges, copy is very bright and crisp with atmospheric spotting to pages at ends. Near Fine/No Jacket.
Ariel Books Professional sellerBook no.: 15217
USD 60,00 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 52 | £UK 45.75 | JP¥ 9252]
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The Wild North Land : The Story of a Winter Journey with Dogs Across Northern North America
London, Burns & Oates. 1915, Re-Issue. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1873 expedition from Fort Garry to Fort St. John, through the Rockies and down the Fraser River to the Pacific. Describes the landscape, the indians, pioneer traders, and settlers. CONDITION Blue bds, wear to spine ends, pp xiii 364 with 15 illus, very bright and crisp copy, partial split to paper at front gutter. OVERWEIGHT. Very Good/No Jacket.
Ariel Books Professional sellerBook no.: 15235
USD 30,00 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 26 | £UK 23 | JP¥ 4626]
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Laplace in New Zealand, 1831
New Zealand, Heritage Press. 1998, First Edition. (ISBN: 0908708459) Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. During the course of an expedition around the world in the corvette "Favorite", Captain Cyrille-Pierre-Theodore Laplace visited the Bay of Islands, where he and his officers carried out detailed scientific work. Their observations of the land and its native inhabitants. CONDITION Card wraps, 155 pages with illus of early contact. Unread copy. As New.
Ariel Books Professional sellerBook no.: 15482
USD 28,00 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 24.5 | £UK 21.5 | JP¥ 4318]
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Keywords: 0908708459
The Territory
Sydney, Australia, Angus & Robertson. 1951, First Edition. (ISBN: 1111111111) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Story of the first hundred years of white exploration, pioneering, and settlement in Australian tropic north. Cattle-droving over unknown wildernesses, tragic encounters with Aborigines, the efforts to establish settlements that were cut off from the world and inevitably covered by the relentless growth of vegetation, the first crossing if the continent, the building of the Overland telegraph Line, and the incredible lives of men and women of three generations. CONDITION Has original New Paper review from the Darwin Star tipped in along with tipped in envelope with gift inscription from Edith Buchanan decendant of pioneer explorer family the Buchanans'. Red cloth bds with Gilt spine title, Map frontis illus, Pp [2] 454 with numerous woodblock illus by Elizabeth Durack. Copy is bright and crisp, unworn with silver fishes bottom edge of rear bd, DJ has chips to spine ends and tips, spine front reinforced with archival tape, rear flap has 7 cm close split at edge, price clipped. Overall a very nice copy. Very Good/Good.
Ariel Books Professional sellerBook no.: 17093
USD 36,00 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 31.25 | £UK 27.5 | JP¥ 5551]
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Keywords: 1111111111
Bush Life in Australia and New Zealand
London, United Kingdom, Swan Sonnenschein & Co. 1892, 2nd Edition. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Originally published in 1891 with the inclusion of "His Vissitudes of" prefixed to title in this 2nd cheaper edition with erratta in the Authors last name. with additional text. CONDITION Red bds with Black letteing and illustrated front, gilt spine title, Lemon eps, Pp iv [2] 366. Spine darkened, light staining to bds, bottom cnrs bumped. Front ep removed and paper toned due to cheaper paper type used in this edition of this scarce title, else nice clean copy with very odd mark to interior, loss to edges of some pages from trimmed at production. Very Good.
Ariel Books Professional sellerBook no.: 16992
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Iceland; Its Volcanoes, Geyers and Glaciers
London, John Murray. 1860. (ISBN: 00000000000) Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Purple cloth, gilt spine title and geyser decoration to front, pp x 335 with nice engravings and fold out map to rea. CONDITION Cloth worn to spine ends with splits at head, split to front hinge with old amateur repair using cloth, o'w copy motly bright, fold out map to rear foxed, large publishers cat bound in back. Good.
Ariel Books Professional sellerBook no.: 15347
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Keywords: 00000000000
Among the Mongols
London, London Missionary Society. 1882, First Edition. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Author was a Scottish Protestant Christian missionary in China and Mongolia. He served with the London Missionary Society not dated was published on his 1882 trip back to London. His trek across Mongolia at the time Gilmour went to the field in 1870, Mongolia embraced that vast territory between China proper and Siberia, stretching from the Sea of Japan on the east to Turkestan on the west. CONDITION Green cloth with black embossed illus and bright gilt titles, very slight sheld wear, presentation plate to ffep dated 1885. Copy is very bright and crisp, 288 pages with numerous nice engraved illus through out. Light dust spotting to eps. Near Fine.
Ariel Books Professional sellerBook no.: 16056
USD 95,00 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 82.5 | £UK 72.5 | JP¥ 14649]
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The Life and Times of Sir Julius Von Haast : A New Zealand Pioneer Explorer
Wellington, New Zealand, Self Published. 1948, First Edition. (ISBN: 1111111111) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Detailed and thorough study with a forward by Gilbert Archie. Contents include Journeys with Hochstetter in Auckland and Nelson regions, geology of ancient Canterbury, people of Canterbury, exploration of rivers Rangitata and Ashburton, Southern Alps, West Coast gold and glaciers, gold rushes, Moa and Moa hunters, Maori curios, Glaciers and Volcanoes of Banks Peninsula, his educational persuits and his home life, influential friends, papers and correspondences. CONDITION Blue cloth with gilt tiles, ex library with minimal markings and presentation label to Nelson Girls College (partially removed along with library pockets at rear). Pp xxi (1) 1,142, illus, 21 plates (3 plates named in index being plates 7, 9 & 10 weren't ready in time for publication) and 4 folding maps bound in at rear. Copy is bright and tight, original DJ in plastic cover, has tear top front tape repaired, chips to spine ends and tips, tape ghosting to covers and end pages. OVERWEIGHT. Good/Good.
Ariel Books Professional sellerBook no.: 17192
USD 80,00 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 69.5 | £UK 61 | JP¥ 12336]
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Keywords: 1111111111
From the Ocean to the Sky UNCORRECTED PROOF
New Zealand, Hodder & Stoughton. 1978, First Edition. Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1977 jetboat expedition from the mouth of the Ganges River to its source. Uncorrected proof printed prior to layout being complete with no appendices or index, illus present though yet to be assigned eventual placement. Dated for release April 1979, assume this copy is actually late 1978. CONDITION Card wrap unworn (faded to edges and a little toned) 268 pages with photo plates in colour and b/w. Bright and crisp copy. Very Good.
Ariel Books Professional sellerBook no.: 15675
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Ten Decades: The Australian Centenary Story of the London Missionary Society
London, London Missionary Society. 1895, First Edition. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Not Dated [1895 Ferguson]. Includes New Zealand and Polynesia. CONDITION Brown cloth decorated with map in Black with bright Gold and Silver gilt (lightest shelf wear) Lemon eps are lightly toned with name inside front and a notation to rear, 207 pages with 9 illus and a map. A nice bright copy. #Australian History#. Very Good/No Jacket.
Ariel Books Professional sellerBook no.: 14405
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Omai, Pacific Envoy
Auckland, New Zealand, Auckland University Press. 1977, First Edition. (ISBN: 0196479525) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. SIGNED. Omai met Samuel Wallis in 1767 and Captain James Cook in 1769 in Tahiti.[1] In August 1773 he embarked from Huahine on the British ship HMS Adventure , commanded by Tobias Furneaux becoming the second Pacific Islander to visit Europe, after Ahu-toru who was brought to Paris by Bougainville in 1768. CONDITION Red bds (unworn) personal inscription from the Author to dedication page, xviii, 364pp, tipped-in colour plates, B/W plates, drawings, maps. DJ has mild fading to spine and faintest wear to spine ends and tips. Overweight. Near Fine/Near Fine. Signed by Author.
Ariel Books Professional sellerBook no.: 15425
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Keywords: 0196479525
Far Away Up the Nile
London, United Kingdom, Longmans, Green & Co. 1924, First Edition. Hard Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. John Millais (1865 -1931) was a British artist, naturalist, and travel writer. He travelled extensively around the world in the late Victorian period detailing wildlife often for the first time. He is noted for illustrations that are of a particularly exact nature. In 1921 he travelled with his son Raoul Millais to the southern Sudan and mapped for the first time large areas of Bahr al Ghazal. CONDITION Red bds (damp stain to leading edges, cloth buffed at tips) pp 254 with 48 plates illus by the author and his son, two photo illus and one map. A pretty good copy internally near fine condition, very bright and clean. OVERWEIGHT. Very Good/No Jacket.
Ariel Books Professional sellerBook no.: 14961
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Keywords: Egypt Nubia Hunting Sudan Dinka
New Guinea Headhunt
New York, U.S.A. The Macmillan Company. 1947, 2nd Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Author and artist in 1926 she traveled to the Solomon Islands and Papua-New Guinea with her friend. CONDITION Black bds, map to front ep, pp x 441 with wood block illus and photo plates. Copy is mostly bright with odd mark and slight foxing to ends. Has paper tape reinforcing to hinges though no gutter split apparently just a precaution. Good/No Jacket.
Ariel Books Professional sellerBook no.: 15348
USD 40,00 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 34.75 | £UK 30.5 | JP¥ 6168]
Catalogue: Exploration