Stocksfield / Boston / Henley [and] London: Oriel Press / (Routledge & Kegan Paul), (1982). Softcover. First edition. Foreword by Sir Peter Scott. Illustrated by Joby Jones. Octavo. 56pp. Perfectbound in white illustrated wrappers with publisher's unprinted white label affixed to rear cover as issued, obscuring English price. Foxing on..... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1928. Hardcover. First edition. 352pp. Illustrated with black and white photographic plates. Front pastedown with a booksellers ticket and an owners bookplate belonging to DuPont board member and Philadelphia Phillies owner R.R.M. Carpenter, front fly with the owner name of his wife, Margaretta DuPont Carpenter..... More
Toronto: The Coach House Press, (1978). Hardcover. First edition. Oblong small quarto. 159pp. Illustrated with 71 photographic plates. Page edges lightly foxed, near fine in a very good dust jacket with several bumps along the edges, six interior tape repaired small tears. Advance Review Copy, with publishers label on the..... More
Philadelphia: Peoples Publishing Company, (1898). Hardcover. Thick quarto. xxii, P.33-624. lllustrated. Decorative green cloth. Page edges soiled, hinges cracked with cloth tape repair, owner address label on front pastedown lacking the front fly, extremities rubbed with short tears on spine ends and corners, a good only copy. More
New York: Columbia, 1979. Hardcover. First edition. 301pp. Illustrated from black and white photographs, with maps. Faint foxing on page edges, near fine in a near fine dust jacket with a tiny tear on the spine tape mended on verso. The story of the last American frontier town on the..... More
New York: Wilson-Erickson, 1936. Hardcover. Reprint. With reproductions of numerous photographs taken by Louis Palenske. Foreword and epilogue by Rufus Rockwell Wilson. Quarto. 192pp. Owner label on front pastedown, toning on endpapers, modest foxing on page edges, very good in a good only dust jacket with chips and tears, toning..... More
New York: Everybodys Vacation Publishing Co., c 1950. Hardcover. Reprint. 282pp. Extremities a bit worn, else very good being author William Eastlake's copy with his owner stamp on the front free endpaper, lacking the dust jacket. More
Chicago: Rand McNally & Company, (1970). Hardcover. Third printing. Quarto. 245pp. Heavily illustrated from black and white photographs. Bumps at the lower corners and the base of the spine,thus near fine in a toned, very good dust jacket, moderately worn along the edges and spine, with an interior tape repair..... More
Washington, D.C. National Geographic Society, 1935. Softcover. Periodical. P. 400-536. Illustrated. Pictorial wrappers. Faint foxing on page edges, light soiling and rubbing on wraps, very good. Includes: "Exploring the Ice Age in Antarctica," "Sungmas, Living Oracles of the Tibetan Church," "Demon-Possessed Tibetans and Their Incredible Feats," "By Motor Trail Across..... More
Garden City, New York: Garden City Publishing Co., (1929). Hardcover. Reprint. Octavo. 368pp. Illustrated from black and white photographs. Corners bumped, lightly rubbed, else very good lacking the dust jacket. More
Ottawa: Yousuf Karsh, (1960). Unbound. Gelatin silver photograph. 8" x 10", matted in the photographer's mount 10" x 12". Photographer's name stamped on verso. Hillary is pictured in an anorak, sun-burned and wind-blown, presumably as he must have looked after he and Tenzing conquered Everest in 1953. The photograph is..... More
Francestown, New Hampshire: Marshall Jones Company, 1946. Hardcover. Sixth printing. Small octavo. 139pp. A little foxing, near fine in attractive, very good dust jacket with small nicks and tears. More
New York: The New Home Library, (1942). Hardcover. Reprint. Illustrated. Octavo. 370pp. Contemporary owner gift inscription on front pastedown, red dampstain on front board and on page edges, else very good. Explorers noted are Leif Ericsson, Marco Polo, Cabea De Vaca, Richard Burton, and more. More
Chicago: John C. Winston, (1935). Hardcover. First edition. Foreword by Russell Owen. 254pp. Illustrated with photographic plates. Light rubbing and edgewear, very good or better in a price-clipped, very good dust jacket with chips and tears, and interior tape repairs on the spine. Inscribed by Irwin on the frontispiece: "To..... More
(New York): Basic Books, (2002). Hardcover. First American edition. 333pp. Black and white illustrations. Fine in a fine dust jacket. More
Melbourne: Robertson And Mullens, 1941. Hardcover. First edition. Octavo. 249, [6]pp. Illustrated. Fine in a bright, but chipped and worn, good dust jacket. More
