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Life and Adventures of Nansen; The Great Arctic Explorer

By: Bain, J. Arthur

Price: $30.00 USD

Publisher: London, The Walter Scott Publishing Co. Ltd.:

Seller ID: 004408

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good Plus

Original grey hardcover on boards. Cover states The Evergreen Library, and lower spine states Simpkin in usual publisher's name spot. Front hinge lightly cracked, and first free endpaper missing. Over 50 illustrations highlight the adventures and explorations of Nansen, a brilliant inventor, explorer, and (eventually) Nobel recipient. This book is confined to events of 1880-1899. 449 pp.
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The Frozen Zone and Its Explorers; Illustrated

By: Baldwin, Gage and Hyde

Price: $200.00 USD

Publisher: Hartford, CT, Columbian Book Company: 1874

Seller ID: 007947

Binding: Full-Leather

Condition: Fair

Original full brown leather on stiff boards. Title page missing, and pp. 367-8 separated but present. Binding shaken, but holding. 800 pp. Heavy book might need extra postage.
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Blown to Bits or The Lonely Man of Rankata (A Tale of the Malay Archipelago)

By: Ballantyne, R.M.

Price: $75.00 USD

Publisher: London, James Nisbet & Co.: 1889

Seller ID: 011837

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good Plus

Fully illustrated red cloth on boards. Minor corner and edge wear, and lightly cracked hinges. Gift note dated 1889. In the words of a reviewer for The Academy, this is Ballantyne's best work. Much more than a novel for juveniles, it provides an all-round understanding of the 1883 explosion of the Krakatoa volcano. There is romance and comic relief, too, as Nigel meets Winnie. It might best be described as one of those "shots heard around the world." 438 pp.
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La Croisiere Du Vengeur; Au Coeur De L'Afrique

By: Bridges, T.C.

Price: $30.00 USD

Publisher: Paris, Fernand Nathan:

Seller ID: 006780

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good Plus

Original colour-illustrated paper boards. Text in French. Traduit de l'anglais par Suzanne Clot. Bookplate of Beaverbrook (Lord Beaverbrook - Max Aitken) and stamp of The Old Manse Library, Newcastle, N.B., his home town. Date Due slip removed. Cover bright, interior clean. Some wear to spine and lower corner tips. 255 pp.
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The Wild Northland; Being the Story of a Winter Journey, with Dog, Across Northern North America

By: Butler, Gen. Sir William Francis

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Courier Press, Limited: 1911

Seller ID: 008254

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Original red cloth on boards. Previous owner's name. Miffed that he wasn't selected to look for Livingstone, the author set out alone across the far North - "a winter's walk through more distant wilds." - ix. The quality of writing is exceptional. 360 pp.
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The Life and Voyages of Captain James Cook

By: Cash, C.G.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: London, Blackie & Son, Ltd.:

Seller ID: 008218

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

Original illustrated green cloth on boards. Large initials, G.T.P. stamped on first free endpaper. Story is divided into three parts corresponding with three voyages over a period of twelve years. New to me was the knowledge that natives have been surfboarding since at least 1780 ! 192 pp.
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The Rivers Ran East

By: Clark, Leonard

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: New York, Funk and Wagnalls: 1953

Seller ID: 011518

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Grey cloth on boards. One of the scariest books I've seen. I wouldn't have gone with this author for any amount of money ! Price-clipped. 363 pp.
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Three Against the Wilderness

By: Collier, Eric

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: London, Companion Book Club: 1959

Seller ID: 012624

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good Plus

Grey cloth on boards. Appears to be an authentic back-to-the-land experience funded by trapping the Meldrum Creek area of British Columbia. Photos. 286 pp.
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Sheets in the Wind

By: Cullum, Ridgwell

Price: $45.00 USD

Publisher: Philadelphia, Lippincott: 1932

Seller ID: 000536

Binding: Original Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Copyright by Ridgwell Cullum, 1932. Original bright red cloth on boards. DJ has been carefully repaired inside to prevent further damage (Please see scan). There were tiny starting tears at head and foot of spine, and a 3-inch tear in front cover of DJ. 471 pp. plus ads.
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Eastward Ho ! Or Adventures at Rangeley Lakes, Containing the Amusing Experience and Startling Incidents Connected with a Trip of a Party of Boston Boys to the Wilds of Maine

By: Farrar, Capt. Charles A. J.

Price: $375.00 USD

Publisher: Boston, Lee & Shepard: 1893

Seller ID: 005002

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good Plus

Original pictorial tan cloth lettered and decorated in black on boards. Lake and Forest Series. Author was known as an author and publisher of several books on northern Maine. "A story founded on fact." - title page. Hinges cracked. Map of the Richardson Lakes after p. 122 is nearly separated by a gutter tear (not repaired). No writing except previous owner's name. Nine South-End boys from 15 to 18 are planning a two-months' trip. Their first goal is to purchase some rowboats and begin practice in handling them. The last page, 364, promises a second volume of this series, enti...
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A Vagabond Journey Around the World; A Narrative of Personal Experience.

By: Franck, Harry A.

Price: $65.00 USD

Publisher: London, T. Fisher Unwin: 1910

Seller ID: 003995

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

Original maroon cloth on boards. Frontispiece and attached leaf re-inserted. Young American student circles the globe with very little money, no weapons, and no baggage. Wisely, he took a lot of photos with his "Kodak." Endpapers grubby. 502 pp.
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Beyond the Blue Horizon; On the Track of Imperial Airways

By: Frater, Alexander

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: New York, Charles Scribner's Sons: 1987

Seller ID: 011653

ISBN: 0-684-18837-6

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Violet paper boards backed in black. No writing or damage. The author guides the reader on a never-to-be-forgotten zigzag flight halfway around the world. 430 pp.
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The Half Deck; The Story of My First Two Years at Sea (Signed)

By: Grant, Capt. George H.

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: Boston, Little, Brown and Company: 1933

Seller ID: 003446

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Original grey cloth with green lettering and portrait on boards. Unclipped DJ worn all round, with some taped repairs inside. Signed by previous owner and by author on recto of First Free Endpaper. Facs. signature of author under front. photo. A believe-it-or-not autobiographical account of a 14-year-old's first voyage in a tramp steamer of the British Merchant Marine. Great inspiration for your teenaged couch potato! Will he believe it ? 316 pp.
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The Glorious Adventure

By: Halliburton, Richard

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Garden City, N.Y., Star Books: 1927

Seller ID: 007559

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Original black cloth on boards. Gilt spine titles. Previous owner's name. A privileged New Yorker sets out to duplicate the travels of Ulysses. 354 pp.
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Radiopolis

By: Hanstein, O.

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: Paris, Fernand Nathan: 1933

Seller ID: 006779

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good Plus to Very Good

Original colour illustrated paper boards. Text in French. Bookplate of Beaverbrook (Lord Beaverbrook - Max Aitken) and stamp of The Old Manse Library, Newcastle, N.B., which was his hometown. Date Due slip removed. Back cover stained brown along top. Interior clean and cover bright. 253 pp.
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Scouts Indeed!

By: Harwood, David

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: London, G. Bell and Sons, Ltd.: 1967

Seller ID: 001342

Binding: Original Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Original red cloth on boards, pictorial DJ. Gung-ho real-life escapades of Scouts around the globe. B/W photographs. 180 pp.
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Dive ! Dive! ! Dive ! A Sport Diver's Guide

By: Hodgson, David

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: London, William Luscombe: 1975

Seller ID: 003821

ISBN: 0-86002-053-3

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Original green cloth on boards. Colour photo DJ not price-clipped. Equipment, Photography, Wrecks, Archaeology, Biology, First Aid, Seamanship. The fastest-growing sport in Britain ! 176 pp.
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The Ship of Peace

By: Hunt, Elsie Denean

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: N.Y., Pageant Press: 1957

Seller ID: 006417

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Original red cloth on boards. Slight fading to spine. The author and her ulcer-nursing husband take off from their Idaho home in a "covered wagon" complete with canvas which they hitch behind their car. The first night they learn about waterproofing. In hindsight she says, "Vacations spent in our 'covered wagon' have cured him of insomnia, tax jitters, and 'world situation blues'." Humorous and fast-moving true story of a couple who succeeded in getting away from most of life's headaches. 178 pp, including a Bill of Materials for a Covered Wagon. No writing or damage. No...
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Will Weatherhelm; The Yarn of an Old Sailor About His Early Life and Adventures

By: Kingston, William H.G.

Price: $22.00 USD

Publisher: N.Y., E.P. Dutton & Co.:

Seller ID: 009127

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good to Very Good

Original illustrated blue cloth on boards. The author's father, about whom he writes, is a Shetlander who is transplanted to Plymouth. Soon after, he is lost at sea, leaving the author at about the age of twelve to consider his own future on board ship. When his friend Charley is apprenticed to his uncle's ship, he begins badgering his grandmother and aunt to let him go to sea. 469 pp. Normal wear and soil.
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Trade Winds

By: Kornitzer, Louis

Price: $75.00 USD

Publisher: London, Bles: 1933

Seller ID: 000030

Binding: Original Cloth

Condition: Fair

Black cloth, corners worn through to boards, small tears top and bottom of spine, rear hinge cracked. The author shares incidents and anecdotes from his life as a dealer in pearls and gemstones for many years. 279 pp.
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