London: John Murray, 1874. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (23cm). Two volumes in purple cloth, stamped in gilt on front and spine; brown coated endpapers; xvi,360,6pp;[viii],346,20pp; 6pp publisher's catalogue at rear of vol. I, 20pp catalogue in vol. II; frontispieces, 3 lithographic facsimiles of leaves from Livingstone's journal, 17 full-page..... More

London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1844. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (23cm). Three volumes half-bound in later green morocco and marbled paper, top edges gilt; marbled endpapers; I: [xx],428pp; II: [xii],430pp; III: [xii],436pp; 2 color lithographic frontispieces and dedication leaf, one tinted lithographic frontispiece, large folding map, and wood-engraved..... More

Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1863. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (23cm). Reddish brown publisher's cloth, stamped in gilt; blue-green coated endpapers, front free endpaper reinforced in expert repair; [xxxii],658,[34]pp; 34pp publisher's ads at rear; large folding map in pocket on rear pastedown, 2 engraved portraits, one two-color..... More

Washington DC: 1903. First Edition. First printing. Elephant folio (46cm). Original black cloth, titled in gilt on front; plain endpapers; [4]pp; 22 color maps, numbered 26-47. Straight, sound, and unfaded, cloth rubbed and scuffed with biopredation to edges, but internally largely clean with occasional smudges: around Very Good. Government reproductions..... More

Berlin: Drei Masken Verlag, 1933. First Edition. Account of a filmmaking expedition to Greenland that resulted in the American-German co-production S.O.S. Eisberg (American title: S.O.S. Iceberg), released in 1934 and starring Leni Riefenstahl. With numerous photographic illustrations (cyan-tinted halftones) and a section of line diagrams at rear. Octavo. Gray cloth..... More

Berkeley: University of California Press, 1934. First Edition. First printing. Small octavo. Cloth hardcover; viii,81pp; illus; frontispiece and three inserted leaves of photographic plates (halftones) not reckoned in pagination. Contemporary gift inscription to front endpaper; slight toning to prelims; Near Fine, lacking the dustwrapper. A seminal work in its field..... More

London / Philadelphia: Macmillan / J. B. Lippincott, 1866. First one-volume edition. Octavo (22cm). Half tan calf with marbled paper over boards, all edges marbled; marbled endpapers; xxvi,516pp; 1 tinted lithographic plate, 2 color maps (1 folding), 13 black and white relief plates, numerous in-text wood engravings. Erratum slip at..... More

London: The Hakluyt Society, 1999. Octavo (25.5cm). Blue cloth, gilt-stamped, in blue dust jacket; [xvi],292pp; black and white illus. A straight copy, cloth slightly dusty, top edge spotted, internally clean: Very Good. Jacket rubbed at edges, a few tiny spots to front: Very Good. Hakluyt Society Series III, Volume 1..... More

Elgin, IL: Elgin Press, 1938. First Edition. Inscribed on front endpaper: "Very Sincerely / Desmond Bittinger / Africa." Octavo. Yellow cloth hardcover; 254pp; frontispiece map; 8 unnumbered leaves of photographic plates (halftones). Bright copy with just a touch of soil to board edges; spine cloth a shade sunned, Very Good..... More

London: Tylston and Edwards, 1894. Reprint. Octavo (22cm). Two volumes in black cloth, stamped in gilt, top edges red; black coated endpapers; [xxxvi],209,[1]pp; [x],276,[4]pp; 3pp testimonials at rear of vol. II; 2 maps, 4 chromolithographs. Cloth lightly rubbed, worn at spine ends, front hinge of vol. I cracking slightly, else..... More

New York: Funk and Wagnalls, 1953. Third printing. Octavo. Cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 366pp; 8 unnumbered leaves of photographic plates (halftones). Tight, straight, and unmarked - a Near Fine copy. In the original pictorial dustwrapper, lightly rubbed at extremities, Very Good or better. Narrative of the author's exploration of the Gran..... More

New-York: T. and W. Mercein, 1815. First Edition. Calls for the collecting of geographical and economic data on the state to be relayed back to the Society, providing a list of twenty-nine relevant subjects. These included the names of the contributor's town and county (no. 1); fences ("materials and modes..... More

London: Hurst & Blackett, 1912. First Edition. First impression. Octavo. Maroon cloth, titled in gilt on spine; top edge gilt; xvi,[1]-334pp; illus; folding map and 48 inserted leaves of photographic plates (halftones) not reckoned in pagination. Mild darkening to endpapers; top gilt slightly oxidized, still a tight, straight, Very Good..... More