Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1883. First edition. Hardcover. 440 pp.; 911 pp. Large 8vo. Bound in brown cloth with gilt lettering and decorations on the spine and black lettering and decorations on the front board. "Jeannette" is outlined in gilt with gilt decorations meant to simulate icicles. On each..... More
Washington DC: The National Geographic Society by the Estate of William Ziegler, 1907. First printing. Hardcover. Large 4to. Half-bound in rich maroon leather with fine-grained maroon cloth, edges of leather are ruled gilt. Spine has a red morocco label with gilt lettering, top textblock is in gilt, and the volume..... More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company [1958], 1958. First American edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [6], vii-xv, [5], 328, [4] pp. Blue cloth with silver lettering on the spine. Illustrated with maps and numerous photographs. The story of Fuchs and Hillary's trek across Antarctica. A Very Good book with mild fading to the..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1886. First edition. Hardcover. Large 8vo. 2 volumes. 428 pp.; 444 pp. Bound in navy cloth with silver lettering on the front boards and the spine panels, and red and gold decorations on the front boards and the spines. With nearly one-hundred illustrations made from..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1986. First printing. Hardcover. 464 pp. Price of $22.95 on front flap of jacket. More
Washington DC: National Geographic (2003), 2003. First printing. Hardcover. 242 pp. Price of $26.00 on front flap of jacket. Includes an index and several color photographs. More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1897. First American edition. Hardcover. Large 8vo. Two volumes, 587 pp.; 714 pp. Brown cloth with gilt lettering and decorations in gold, silver, green, and red on front board. Top edges gilt. Frontispiece with tissue guard in each volume, numerous illustrations and 16 color plates..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1913. First edition. Hardcover. Large 8vo. 2 volumes, 443 pp.; 376 pp. Bound in dark green cloth with gilt lettering on the spine and top textblock in gilt. In two volumes, volume one being the journal of Captain R.F. Scott, volume two being the..... More