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First edition, 4to, edition deluxe, limited to 500 copies signed by Peary and Bob Bartlett, xii, 326 pp., 4 photogravures, 112 tipped-in photographic illustrations, large coloured map, modern full blue morocco gilt, gilt pictorial roundel to upper cover, slipcase, a fine example.
£2,500 -
First edition, 8vo,16, xxxvi, 374, [ii] pp., frontispiece, 2 maps, publisher's blindstamped blue cloth gilt, rebacked in blue calf gilt, endpapers renewed, corners worn, blindstamp to title and frontispiece, a very good copy.
£400 -
First edition. 2 volumes, 8vo, viii, 413; vii, [1], 426 pp., 32 pages ads end vol. I, 2 coloured lithograph frontispieces, 8 lithograph plates, folding coloured map, handsome modern dark blue half morocco gilt, old crease page vi vol. I, original cloth sides bound-in at end, neat restoration to outer edge first three leaves (circa 3 mm), a very good set.
£2,850 -
First edition. 2 volumes, 8vo, [iv], 464; [ii], 467 pp., 2 additional engraved title-pages with vignette, upwards of 300 engravings including full page steel engravings and some wood engravings, 2 folding maps, some light spotting, original blue blind-stamped cloth lettered in gilt, neat repairs to extremities, an excellent set.
£450 -
Signed, limited 'General Hubbard' edition, one of 500 copies signed by Peary, 8vo, xxxii, 373, [1, blank] pages. With numerous illustrations, a folding map, and signed limitation page inserted throughout. Publisher's deluxe binding of half blue levant morocco over blue cloth boards, an excellent copy.
£2,000 -
8vo., 8, 4, vi, xx, 259 pp., 3 maps (2 of them folding), original blue cloth, rebacked blue morocco gilt, blindstamps and label at base of spine of the Royal United Service Institution, corners worn, a good copy.
£450 -
First edition. 8vo., xii, 292pp., 2 folding maps (1 in colour), original blue cloth gilt, a fine copy.
£400 -
Second edition. 8vo, xxiv, 258 pp., with a woodcut vignette to title, folding map as frontispiece; frontispiece spotted, offsetting to title, very small marginal hole to p. 21, otherwise internally bright; contemporary half calf with marbled sides, borders roll-tooled in gilt, skilfully rebacked, spine gilt in compartments, contemporary gilt red morocco lettering-piece relaid in one, others with gilt centre-pieces, marbled edges and endpapers, hinges reinforced with buckram; rubbed at extremities, otherwise a very good copy.
£475 -
First edition. 4to., [viii], xxx, [ii half-title], 310, [ii], clxxx pp., errata slip at end, 20 engraved or aquatint maps and plates; [viii], [clxxxi]- cccx pp., half-title, 6 engraved plates, contemporary diced calf gilt rebacked preserving spine, rubbed, large chart with tear repaired, offsetting from plates to title and text, light spotting etc. to plates, a very good copy.
£2,850 -
First edition. 4to, xii, 132 pp, lacks errata slip, modern grey over blue paper boards, in the style of the original binding, a very good copy.
£400