2013. London: Silverbear an Imprint of Polarworld, 2013. Small 8vo, 176 pp. illustrated with b&w photographs, in original decorated grey cloth, pictorial endpapers, in a matching slipcase. New. § Limited edition, one of 60 copies signed by the editor, by Jan Morris, and Peter Hillary (Edmund's son), with a portrait..... More
1945. London: Peter Lunn, 1945. 8vo, 117 pages. With ten full-page color plates and illustrations in the text. Original yellow cloth, dust-jacket. § First edition, sprung but a very good copy. More
1783. [London:P. Elmsly, circa 1783] 6 1/4 x 9”, single engraved plate with title in the lower margin. Minor foxing; very good. § A fold out plate from an early edition of Travels in the Two Sicilies 1777-1780, by Henry Swinburne. More
1785. London: printed for J. Osborne and T. Griffin, in St. Paul’s Church-Yard, and J. Mozley, Gainsbrough, M.DCC.LXXXV [1785]. Sm. 8vo, ix, [3], 212 pp. Early or original calf, red morocco label. Early signature of Julia Aglionby and bookplate of Staffield Hall (home of the Aglionby-Fetherstonhaugh families). Free endpapers removed..... More
1947. San Francisco: The Colt Press, 1947. Sm. 4to, 82pp. Seven color wood engravings by Mallette Dean. Cloth-backed decorated boards, paper spine label printed in blue and brown. A fine copy. § First book appearance of this work, limited to 500 copies printed by the Grabhorn Press for the Colt..... More
1987. New York: Facts on File, Inc. for Bison Books Corp., 1987. Large 4to, 319 (1)pp., with 171 plates included in pagination. Original blue cloth, stamped in silver to backstrip, original pictorial dust jacket; nearly 200 illustrations, most of which are full-folor reproductions of maps. Title page cut out, fragment..... More
1891. London: Lawrence and Bullen, 1891. 8vo, (i-vii), viii, (1)-259 pp. With seven full-page engravings and numerous vignettes by A. D. McCormick. Blue cloth with gilt backstrip and green coated endpapers. Corners bumped, page edges a little browned. Small loss to top margin of p. 129 due to the signature..... More
1926. San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1926. 4to, 119 pages. Colored map frontispiece; 11 b/w maps, one folding map. Front cover and 4 decorative initials by Valenti Angelo. Blue paper over boards, with illustration of Francis Drake. Blue paper covered slipcase. Very good. § Limited to 100 copies. Also includes..... More
1950. Lausanne: Editions Jean Marguerat, [ca. 1950]. 4to, 19pp. followed by 80 original photographs. Mapped endpapers. Original off-white cloth stamped in blue to upper board and backstrip. Illustrated dust-jacket with 3-inch closed tear to top of front cover. Some edgewear. Very good. § First edition. Text in French and..... More
1977. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, 1977. 4to, x, 326 pp. Illustrated, some in color. Original blue cloth in dustwrapper, unclipped ($18.95). Near fine. § First edition. Chronicles an unsuccessful attempt of K2. Neate R82. Galen Rowell (1940-2002) was a veteran rock and mountain climber, photographer and journalist. In..... More
1879. Boston: Lee and Shepard, Publishers & New York: Charles T. Dillingham, 1879. Small 8vo, 282, (6, ads) pp. Original pink wrappers, printed with title and 3pp. of ads. Edges of wrappers worn with a few small chips, slightly larger chip to head and foot of backstrip, pages toned but..... More
1882. London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1882. 2 vols., 8vo, iv, 294; iv, 319 pp. Publisher’s brown cloth, decorative stamping in red on upper cover and in blind on lower cover, gilt titles on backstrip, green patterned endpapers. Very good with just a touch of wear to crowns..... More
1813. London: J. Johnson, 1813. 4to, 8 plates from the 1813 (third) edition. The plates are clean and in good condition hand-coloured with the standard palette, measuring 26.5 x 20.5 cm. § The plates are - "A Free Coromantyn Negro", "A Private Marine...." , "The Mecoo and Kishee Monkeys", "The..... More
1796. London: J. Johnson, 1796. Vol I only. 4to, xviii, 407 (i.e. 415), (7, index, plates, errata) pp., with 40 hand-coloured plates as called for including hand-coloured frontispiece and title page vignette. Very good in contemporary brown calf with gilt rules, decoration, and titling to spine with five raised bands..... More
1813. London: J. Johnson, 1813. 4to, 3 uncoloured plates by Blake, from Vol II; Size 26.5 x 20. 5 cm. Rather browned and foxed in places, particularly to the edges. § Third edition. The plates are: "The Quato... Monkeys", "Limes, Capsicum....", "Flagellation of a Female....". Essick, William Blake's Commercial Book..... More
1962. London: Mitre Press, 1962. 8vo,xxiv, 437pp. With a portrait frontispiece, 16 plates, and 5 illustrations in the text. Original red cloth, dust-jacket a bit worn and chipped at edges, very good. § First edition of the journal, which was published in 1796 by Johnson as “Narrative, of a Five..... More
1971. Barre: Imprint Society, 1971 2 vols., 4to, xviii, 220, [223]-480pp. [vol. I] xviii, 407 (i.e. 415), (7, index, plates, errata) pp., frontispiece, engraved title-page, 39 plates and 2 folding maps; [vol. II] iv, 404, (7, index, plates, errata) pages, engraved title-page and 40 plates. Blue cloth backed marbled paper..... More
1813. London: J. Johnson, 1813. 2 vols. in one, 4to, [vol. I] xviii, 423, (4, index, list of plates); frontispiece, engraved title-page, 40 plates including 2 folding maps; [vol. II] iv, 419, (5, index and list of plates) pp.; with a frontispiece, engraved title-page and 39 plates. Very early marbled..... More
1796. London: J. Johnson, 1796. 2 vols., 4to, [vol. I] xviii, 407 (i.e. 415), (7, index, plates, errata) pp., frontispiece, engraved title-page, 39 plates and 2 folding maps; [vol. II] iv, 404, (7, index, plates, errata) pages, engraved title-page and 40 plates. Contemporary calf rebacked, lettered in gilt, some browning..... More
1793. London: Johnson, 1793. Single plate, in fine condition. § Essick, William Blake’s Commercial Book Illustrations, XXXIII #13. More
1867. New York: G. P. Putnam & Son, 1867. 8vo, 185pp. Original green cloth with gilt to backstrip. Blind-stamped border to front and rear covers. Some mild wrinkling to cloth and some edgewear, especially to head and heel of spine. Yellow endpapers, lacking yellow front free endpaper. Previous owner’s name..... More
1897. London: Chatto & Windus, 1897. 8vo, (viii), 486, (2), 32 (ads dated September 1897) pp. Original ribbed maroon cloth with blind-stamped decoration, lettered in gilt on upper board and backstrip, top edge gilt, others uncut, floral printed endpapers. Cloth lightly rubbed, uncut edges foxed, a little musty. A solid..... More
