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By: Bain, J. Arthur
Price: $30.00 USD
Publisher: London, The Walter Scott Publishing Co. Ltd.:
Seller ID: 004408
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. View more info
Price: $200.00 USD
Publisher: Hartford, CT, Columbian Book Company: 1874
Seller ID: 007947
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. View more info
By: Ballantyne, R.M.
Price: $75.00 USD
Publisher: London, James Nisbet & Co.: 1889
Edition: First Edition (No Additional printings)
Seller ID: 011837
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. View more info
By: Bridges, T.C.
Price: $30.00 USD
Publisher: Paris, Fernand Nathan:
Seller ID: 006780
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. View more info
Price: $250.00 USD
Publisher: London, Sampson Low, Marston, Low, & Searle: 1873
Edition: Believed First Edition
Seller ID: 013065
Condition: Very Good Minus
Quality binding with raised bands and gilt embossing on spine. Black leather label with author's name "Butler" is only half there. Marbled endpapers match the somewhat rubbed marbled boards. Minor wear to the leather at corners and edges. Bookplate of Sir George Stephen Bart, who was President of the Bank of Montreal at the time he founded the Canadian Pacific Railway Company and served as its first President. Fold-out map has 3" vertical tear at the top along one of the fold lines. Captain William Francis Butler wrote this book after crossing Northwest Canada in winter by dog-... View more info
By: Butler, Gen. Sir William Francis
Price: $25.00 USD
Publisher: Toronto, Courier Press, Limited: 1911
Seller ID: 008254
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. View more info
By: Cash, C.G.
Price: $15.00 USD
Publisher: London, Blackie & Son, Ltd.:
Seller ID: 008218
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. View more info
By: Clark, Leonard
Price: $25.00 USD
Publisher: New York, Funk and Wagnalls: 1953
Seller ID: 011518
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. View more info
By: Collier, Eric
Price: $15.00 USD
Publisher: London, Companion Book Club: 1959
Edition: Second Edition
Seller ID: 012624
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. View more info
By: Cullum, Ridgwell
Price: $42.00 USD
Publisher: Philadelphia, Lippincott: 1932
Seller ID: 000536
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. View more info
By: Donkin, John G.
Price: $15.00 USD
Publisher: Toronto, Coles Publishing Company: 1973
Edition: Reprint of 1889 Edition
Seller ID: 012402
Condition: Near Fine
Red softcover. Author was as Englishman who served two years in the 17th Lancers before coming to Canada to go into farming. He joined the NWMP in 1884 and served 3 1/2 years. After returning to England he died in the workhouse at Alnick in 1890. This book is in Near Fine condition, with no writing or damage. 289 pp. plus lengthy publisher's catalog. View more info
By: Farrar, Capt. Charles A. J.
Price: $360.00 USD
Publisher: Boston, Lee & Shepard: 1893
Edition: Reprint
Seller ID: 005002
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... View more info
By: Franck, Harry A.
Price: $65.00 USD
Publisher: London, T. Fisher Unwin: 1910
Seller ID: 003995
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. View more info
Price: $20.00 USD
Publisher: New York, Charles Scribner's Sons: 1987
Edition: First American Edition
Seller ID: 011653
ISBN: 0-684-18837-6
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. View more info
Price: $25.00 USD
Publisher: Boston, Little, Brown and Company: 1933
Edition: First ( No Additional printings)
Inscription: Signed by Author
Seller ID: 003446
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. View more info
Price: $15.00 USD
Publisher: Garden City, N.Y., Star Books: 1927
Edition: Reprint
Seller ID: 007559
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. View more info
By: Hanstein, O.
Price: $25.00 USD
Publisher: Paris, Fernand Nathan: 1933
Seller ID: 006779
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. View more info
By: Harwood, David
Price: $15.00 USD
Publisher: London, G. Bell and Sons, Ltd.: 1967
Seller ID: 001342
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. View more info
By: Hodgson, David
Price: $15.00 USD
Publisher: London, William Luscombe: 1975
Edition: First ( No Additional printings)
Seller ID: 003821
ISBN: 0-86002-053-3
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. View more info
Price: $25.00 USD
Publisher: N.Y., Pageant Press: 1957
Edition: First ( No Additional printings)
Seller ID: 006417
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... View more info