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"I recited and followed this song of the Places in Between as a map. Rory": First Edition of Rory Stewart's The Places In Between; Lengthily inscribed by Him
STEWART, Rory.
The Places In Between.
London: Picador, 2004.
First edition of the author's first book. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers. Signed by the author on the title page with the following inscription, "I recited and followed this song of the Places in Between as a map. Rory." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Cover photograph by Rory Stewart.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 91569
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First Edition of Seven Miles Down: The Story of the Bathyscaph Trieste; Signed by Jacques Piccard
PICCARD, Jacques and Robert S. Dietz.
Seven Miles Down: The Story of the Bathyscaph Trieste.
London: Longmans, Green and Co., Limited, 1962.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by legendary explorer Jacques Piccard on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Books signed by Piccard are rare.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 143057
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"How much does one imagine, how much observe? One can no more separate those functions than divide light from air, or wetness from water": First Edition of Elspeth Huxley's The Flame Trees of Thika; Signed by Her
HUXLEY, Elspeth.
The Flame Trees of Thika: Memories of an African Childhood.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1959.
First edition of Huxley's autobiographical work based on her early life among white settlers on her father's coffee plantation in Kenya. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Elspeth Huxley on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, bookplate to the front free endpaper. Jacket design by Rosemary Seligman. Uncommon signed.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 129827
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First on the Moon; Inscribed by Buzz Aldrin
ARMSTRONG, Neil; Michael Collins; Edwin [Buzz] E. Aldrin.
First On The Moon: A Voyage With Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1970.
First edition, early printing of this work, which describes the events leading up to and during the Apollo 11 mission, the first manned landing on the Moon. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by Buzz Aldrin on the half-title page, "To Bob Best Wishes Buzz Aldrin." Fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Written with Gene Farmer and Dora Jane Hamblin. Epilogue by Arthur C. Clarke.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 144499
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"Who wishes he was in the Hindu Kush at this moment": First Edition of Eric Newby's A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush; Lengthily Signed by Him
NEWBY, Eric.
A Short Walk In the Hindu Kush.
London: Secker & Warburg, 1958.
First edition of the author's classic work. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "With best wishes from Eric Newby who wishes he was in the Hindu Kush at this moment 10.6.59." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Don Foster.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 132612
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“I turned to the animal world from the world of men; my heart was heavy with the tragedy of the night": First Edition of Isak Dinesen's Out of Africa; Finely Bound the Harcourt Bindery
DINESEN, Isak [Karen Blixen] .
Out of Africa.
New York: Random House, 1938.
First American edition of the author's masterpiece, a lyrical meditation of the years she lived in Kenya. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and ruling to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 141302
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Rare Wrapper Edition of A Journey Through Kansas; with Sketches of Nebraska
BOYNTON, C.B. and T.B. Mason.
A Journey Through Kansas; with Sketches of Nebraska: Describing the Country, Climate, Soil, Mineral, Manufacturing, and Other Resources.
Cincinnati : Moore, Wilstach, Keys, 1855.
Rare wrapper-bound issue of the second book on Kansas. Octavo, original wrappers, with a folding map of Nebraska and Kansas by Boynton. The pictorial advertisement for the publisher on the rear wrapper features a picture of the establishment. With "Sixth Thousand!" printed at the top of the front wrapper. In good condition with some wear to the spine and extremities. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise case. Rare and desirable.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 76010
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First on the Moon; Signed by Astronaut Buzz Aldrin
ARMSTRONG, Neil; Michael Collins; Edwin E. Aldrin.
First On The Moon: A Voyage With Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1970.
Early printing of this work, which describes the events leading up to and during the Apollo 11 mission, the first manned landing on the Moon. Octavo, original black cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Buzz Aldrin on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket with light wear. Written with Gene Farmer and Dora Jane Hamblin. Epilogue by Arthur C. Clarke. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 140419
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William Alexander's Picturesque Representations and the Dress and Manners of the Chinese; finely bound in full morocco
ALEXANDER, William.
Picturesque Representations and the Dress and Manners of the Chinese. Illustrated with Fifty Coloured Engravings, with Descriptions.
London: Printed for James Goodwin, c. 1829.
Finely bound example of Alexander's profusely illustrated work on t19th century China. Octavo, original full straight-grain morocco richly decorated in gilt, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, all edges gilt, illustrated with fifty hand-colored engravings. In good condition. Rare.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 133048
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First Edition Eleanor Roosevelt’s India and the Awakening East; Signed by Her
ROOSEVELT, Eleanor.
India and the Awakening East.
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1953.
First edition of Eleanor Roosevelt's account of her travels through the Middle East and India. Octavo, original half cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated with 32 pages of photographs. Signed by Eleanor Roosevelt on the half-title page. Very good in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 115782
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"IT IS ONLY A QUESTION OF ACCLIMATISATION FOR FROST-BITE, HUNGER, WEARINESS AND OTHER DISCOMFORTS…": FIRST EDITION OF EDWARD SHACKLETON’S ARCTIC JOURNEYS; FINELY BOUND BY THE HARCOURT BINDERY
SHACKLETON, Edward.
Arctic Journeys: The Story of the Oxford University Ellesmere Land Expedition.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1937.
First edition of Shackleton's expedition, illustrated with 45 photographic prints, in-text illustrations, and five maps, including one folding map at rear. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and ruling to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, gilt signature to the front panel, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 140961
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First edition of Sven Hedin's Fran Pol Till Pol; inscribed by him and with the scarce preface
HEDIN, Sven.
Fran Pol Till Pol. [From Pole to Pole].
Stockholm: Albert Bonniers Forlag, 1911.
First edition of Swedish explorer and geographer Sven Hedin's account of his journey through Asia and Europe at the turn of the 20th century. Octavo, two volumes, original cloth, gilt titles to the spine and front panel, pictorial onlay of the globe to the front panel of each volume, patterned endpapers, illustrated with numerous charts, maps, and photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper of volume I to Ella Heckscher. The recipient, Ella Heckscher was a Swedish genealogist and daughter of Legal Counsel, National Financial and Consul General Isidor Heckscher and sister of the famous…
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 138546
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Rare early 18th Century English Map of the State of Florida
A New and Accurate Map of East and West Florida. Drawn from the best Authorities. [18th Century Map of Florida].
London: [c. 1765].
Engraved 18th century English map of the state of Florida; one of the earliest printed maps of the state which appeared in the London Magazine in March of 1765. One page, the map is divided into British East and West Florida, showing South Florida as a group of over 50 islands and a number of wide navigable water routes from the Gulf to the Atlantic. In near fine condition. Matted and framed. The entire piece measures 16.75 inches by 17.5 inches.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 138232
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"How much does one imagine, how much observe? One can no more separate those functions than divide light from air, or wetness from water": First Edition of Elspeth Huxley's The Flame Trees of Thika; Signed by Her
HUXLEY, Elspeth.
The Flame Trees of Thika: Memories of an African Childhood.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1959.
First edition of Huxley's autobiographical work based on her early life among white settlers on her father's coffee plantation in Kenya. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Elspeth Huxley on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Rosemary Seligman. Uncommon signed.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 110441
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First edition of Mark Twain's Innocents Abroad
TWAIN, Mark .
The Innocents Abroad, Or The New Pilgrims’ Progress.
Hartford: American Publishing Company, 1869.
First edition, third state of the author's second book with "The History of the Bible advertisement on page 654. BAL 3316. Octavo, bound in three quarter morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, with two hundred and thirty-four illustrations. From the library of Tiffany Thayer with his bookplate to the pastedown. American actor Tiffany Ellsworth Thayer wrote several novels, including the bestseller Thirteen Women. In a profile in Twentieth Century Authors, Thayer was described as "an atheist, an anarchist – in philosophy a Pyrrhonean – and…
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 127837
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First Edition of Robert Byron's The Road to Oxiana; From the library of Henry Alexander Nesbitt Medd
BYRON, Robert.
The Road to Oxiana.
London: Macmillan & Company, 1937.
First edition of the author's masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece, 15 plates and a map. From the library of Henry Alexander Nesbitt Medd. Medd, who was an architect and best-known for his collaboration with fellow architects, Edwin Luytens and Herbert Baker, in designing New Delhi. He remained in India and in 1939-47 held the role of Chief Architect to the Indian Government. Medd's ownership inscription is on the front free endpaper, there is also the bookplate of Gavin Stamp on the front pastedown, who notes that it was a gift from Medd. Stamp reviewed the Picador edition of this work…
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 111765
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Rare Japanese Western Fashion Collection
Japanese Western Fashion Collection.
Japan: c. 1800.
Collection of six plates depicting the traditional attire of countries west of Japan including England, Germany, Portugal, Holland, Denmark, and Russia. Folio, each painting housed in a custom mat with a mylar guard. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom clamshell box.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 132604
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First edition of Exploring Space With A Camera; signed by five NASA astronauts
CARPENTER, Scott; Charles Conrad; Gordon Cooper; Richard Gordon; Tom Stafford. Edited by Edgar M. Cortright.
Exploring Space With A Camera.
Washington, D.C.: Scientific and Technical Information Division Office of Technology Utilization National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1968.
First edition of this monumental work on space exploration photography, signed by five NASA astronauts. Quarto, original publisher's cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed on the half-title page by five NASA astronauts, with Cooper signing twice, "Faith 7 mission photos by Gordon Cooper," "Gemini V mission photos by Gordon Cooper," "Aurora 7 photos by Scott Carpenter," "Gemini VI and IX photos by Tom Stafford and Crews," "GT-XI Photos by Richard Gordon," and "& Charles Conrad, Jr." In near fine condition. A fine assemblage of signatures.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 141026
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Privately printed signed Limited Editions Club edition of Richard Burton's The Book of The Thousand Nights and a Night; one of 1500 numbered copies signed by illustrator Valenti Angelo
BURTON, Richard F. Illustrated by Valenti Angelo.
The Book of The Thousand Nights and a Night: A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1934.
Privately printed signed Limited Editions Club edition of the unabridged translation of Burton's famed work. Octavo, six volumes bound in half leather over printed paper boards, elaborate geometric and botanical stamping to the spine, illustrated with 1001 drawings by Valenti Angelo. One of fifteen hundred numbered copies made for the members of The Limited Editions Club and signed by the illustrator, Valenti Angelo, on the colophon, this is number 1398. In fine condition. An exceptional set.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 145165
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First Edition of Henrik Johan Bull's The Cruise of the 'Antarctic' to the South Polar Regions; From the Library of Adventurer and Explorer Steve Fossett
BULL, Henrik Johan.
The Cruise of the ‘Antarctic’ to the South Polar Regions.
London: Edward Arnold, 1896.
First edition of Antarctic pioneer Henrik Johan Bull's account of his voyage aboard the steamship 'Antarctic' in search of the elusive Right whale which, arguably, put the first men on the continent. Octavo, original pictorial cloth with gilt titles to the spine, gilt vignette of the 'Antarctic' to the front panel, frontispiece by W.L. Wyllie and illustrations by W.G. Burn Murdoch. From the library of of James Stephen “Steve” Fossett with his bookplate to the pastedown. American businessman and record-setting aviator Steve Fossett became the first person to fly solo nonstop around the world in 2002 in his 10-story high…
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 111093