British Explorer (47 results)

On 3.5 x 9.5 cm slip of paper cut from letter. In fair condition, lightly aged and worn. On one side, from the conclusion of the letter: 'Yours very truly | Clements Markham'. On the other: '[.] have failed me: so no[.] | [.] you mind my putting [.]'.

Hard back binding in publisher's original red and yellow paper covered boards, blocked and lettered navy back, dark green dyed upper edges. 8vo. 8½'' x 6''. Contains 283 pp with colour and monochrome archive photographs throughout. Spine ends scuffed and turned-in. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with small chips to upper corners and spine end, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. COOK, Captain James.

Unbound pages. Condition: Very Good. 2 pages, illustrated with illustrations, 1 map & 1 portrait. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 23 x 32 cms. Category: Country Life Experience; This item may require more postage than the rates shown for delivery outside the UK. If extra postage is required we will contact you before processing your order and you will be given the details and option to decline the extra cost. Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.

Hard back binding in publisher's original scarlet paper covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Contains 350 pp with map and archive monochrome photographs. Donation copy directly from the publisher to Kent Arts Archive Library, Canterbury, Kent. This has been stored in the trust's archive and has not been circulated as a lending book with label removed from the front free end paper, small reference label to the copyright page. Good condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with sun fading down the spine, not price clipped, £20.00. Member of the P.B.F.A. TIBET (Qing Dynasty).

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black paper covered boards, gilt title and author lettering to the spine, maps to the end papers. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Contains 490 printed pages of text with colour and monochrome illustrations throughout. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 9780300114218 COOK, Captain James.

First Penguin edition in publisher's original illustrated card wrap covers, (soft back). 8vo. 8½'' x 6''. Printer's code number 1 to the copyright page. Contains [xxxvii], 468 pp with monochrome illustrations. In Very Good condition, no dust wrapper as issued. Member of the P.B.F.A. COOK, Captain James.

Popular edition hard back binding in publisher's original burgundy cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back, charcoal black lining papers. 8vo. 7¾'' x 5½''. Contains tissue-guarded portrait frontispiece, (xviii)-i [blank], 42 pp + 32 pp publisher's catalogue dated March 1898 listing new and forthcoming works, with 21 full-page single-sided monochrome illustrations throughout, 2 folding maps. Scattered foxing to the end papers and tissue-guard, rubbing across the spine ends and corners, armorial bookplate to the front paste down 'Henry Buckland | Kiatoa.' Member of the P.B.F.A. NORTH AFRICA [Sudan].

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original cloth covers, gilt lettering to the spine. 8vo 9½'' x 6¼'' 192 printed pages of text. End paper maps, well illustrated. Small mark to the foot of the spine, ink message to the half-title page. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition price clipped dust wrapper with small rubs to the spine tips and corners. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper and can easily be removed should you so wish. Member of the P.B.F.A. COOK, Captain James.

Publisher's original stapled Manilla paper covers. 8vo 7'' x 5'' 64 printed pages of text. Monochrome frontispiece. Light soiling to the paper and in Good condition, no dust wrapper as published. Member of the P.B.F.A. COOK, Captain James.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original chestnut brown covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine, gilt silhouette of Captain Cook to the front cover, colour end paper maps. 8vo. 8½'' x 5½''. Contains 254 printed pages of text. Fine condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with sun fading down the spine, not price clipped. SIGNED dedication by the author to the second front free end paper 'R. S. Snow - Another one for your collection! My best wishes R. Hammond Innes'. Also SIGNED by the author to the title page 'Hammond Innes'. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0002214458 INNES, Hammond (1913-1998).

Singleside printed large-paper cardboard-sheet; large-4to.(ca. 32 x 25 cm). *** ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPH PLATE OF GRANDIDIERS MONUMENTAL WORK, apparently from the printer's stock. - White frame of the sheet with minimal foxing; A BEAUTIFUL SAMPLE. --- MANY MORE PLATES OR SERIES-OF-PLATES OF THE RARE LEMURIFORMES-SECTION (Volume IX, Tome IV, Atlas I [few] / Vol. IX/X, T. V/VI, Atlas II/III [many]) IN STOCK. . .

Singleside printed large-paper cardboard-sheet; large-4to.(ca. 32 x 25 cm). *** ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPH PLATE OF GRANDIDIERS MONUMENTAL WORK, apparently from the printer's stock. - Minimal foxing; A BEAUTIFUL SAMPLE. --- MANY MORE PLATES OR SERIES-OF-PLATES OF THE RARE LEMURIFORMES-SECTION (Volume IX, Tome IV, Atlas I [few] / Vol. IX/X, T. V/VI, Atlas II/III [many]) IN STOCK. . .

Singleside printed large-paper cardboard-sheet; large-4to.(ca. 32 x 25 cm). *** ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPH PLATE OF GRANDIDIERS MONUMENTAL WORK, apparently from the printer's stock. - Slight shallow foxing, left corner of the sheet slightly dusty; A VERY GOOD SAMPLE. --- MANY MORE PLATES OR SERIES-OF-PLATES OF THE RARE LEMURIFORMES-SECTION (Volume IX, Tome IV, Atlas I [few] / Vol. IX/X, T. V/VI, Atlas II/III [many]) IN STOCK. . .

Singleside printed large-paper cardboard-sheet; large-4to.(ca. 32 x 25 cm). *** ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPH PLATE OF GRANDIDIERS MONUMENTAL WORK, apparently from the printer's stock. - Slight foxing, right corner of the sheet slightly dusty; A GOOD SAMPLE. --- MANY MORE PLATES OR SERIES-OF-PLATES OF THE RARE LEMURIFORMES-SECTION (Volume IX, Tome IV, Atlas I [few] / Vol. IX/X, T. V/VI, Atlas II/III [many]) IN STOCK. . .

Piece of paper, 11 x 3.5cm, good condition. Surviving text as follows: "ever you wish. Hoping that your readers will find it interesting. Believe me yrs very truly | F.C. Selous||".

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original camel brown paper covered boards, gilt lettering to the spine. Landscape 9¾'' x 10¼''. ISBN 0851776418. Contains 136 pp with monochrome illustrations, diagrams, and very detailed front and side elevations throughout. Without any ownership markings. Fine condition book, in Fine condition dust wrapper. Loosely inserted is an invitation flyer from the Friends of the National Maritime Museum inviting Captain K. C. Horne to the 'Endeavour Reception' to be held on Wednesday April 2nd, 1997, + one other related colour folding flyer. Dust wrapper protected. Member of the P.B.F.A. COOK, Captain James.

On 5 x 13.5 cm piece of paper, cut from the end of a letter and laid down on one side of part of a leaf from an album, the mount carrying a cropped cartoon on the other side. In good condition, lightly aged, with the mount a little ruckled. Simply reads: 'Your sincerely / August Courtauld'. Captioned on mount: 'August Courtauld - explorer'. The cartoon is intriguing. In black ink with pencil guide lines, and cropped at the bottom, it shows a bearded figure in military costume, standing on his doorstep with two trees beside him, confronting a young girl with the face and lorgnette of an old man with a sign which says 'CAUTION / NO ENGLISH / NEED APPLY'. See Image.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original raspberry cloth covers, black title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains 219 printed pages of text with monochrome frontispiece. Authors first book. Age tanning to the page edges. Good condition book in Good condition dust wrapper with horizontal tear across the front cover, 20 mm piece of paper missing across the top of the spine, not price clipped 10s 6d. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. SCIENCE FICTION.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original illustrated teal cloth covers, title and author lettering to the spine and to the front cover. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains tissue-guarded frontispiece, (xii), 468pp + 8pp publisher's catalogue with 41 monochrome illustrations throughout. Lacking the half-title, corners and spine ends rubbed and bumped, foxing to the tissue guard. SIGNED by the author to the front free end paper 'Follett Papsmoresy? With the author's best wishes, Fred Whymper, November 12th 1898.' Member of the P.B.F.A. NAUTICAL (Shipbuilding).

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original burgundy cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back, gilt vignette to the front panel showing Slatin escaping on camel, bevelled edges, charcoal black lining papers, top edge gilt. 8vo. 9¾'' x 6½''. Contains tissue-guarded portrait frontispiece in gravure, (xviii)-i [blank], 636 pp + 32 pp publisher's catalogue dated January 1896 listing new and forthcoming works, with 21 full-page single-sided monochrome illustrations throughout, 2 folding colour maps. Scattered foxing to the end papers and tissue-guard, light rubbing to the high points across the spine ends and corners and in Very Good clean and bright condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. NORTH AFRICA [Sudan].

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered silver back, stone grey lining papers. 8vo. 8'' x 5¼''. Contains 224 pp. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped, 25s. Member of the P.B.F.A. SCIENCE FICTION.

Three Pages, 12mo, bifolium, good condition. "Dear Mr. a Beckett | I haved sent the circulars you forwarded to me to the under-mentioned Naval Officers, and hope some of them (they all reside in and about London) will respond[.] | Believe me | Yrs v. truly A| [squiggle] Markham". He begins his list of thirty (30) names of Admirals, Vice Admirals, Rear Admirals, Captains. creating separate lists of Active and Retired officers. SEE IMAGES of all three pages. Note: a. [Wikipedia] "He was a younger son of Gilbert Abbott à Beckett and Mary Anne à Beckett, brother of Gilbert Arthur à Beckett and educated at Felsted School. Besides fulfilling other journalistic engagements, Beckett was on the staff of Punch from 1874 to 1902, edited the Sunday Times 18911895, and the Naval and Military Magazine in 1896."; b. Beckett "Recollections of a Humourist", p.231: "Arthur William À Beckett. CIRCULAR PROPOSING EMPIRE DAY 1. That the Victoria Day Celebration Committee be formed and . circular suitable for distribution founded upon the Hon .Secretary's letter to the Morning Post of January 23rd , 1899 .".

Cloth. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. The first edition of Sledge: The British Trans-Greenland Expedition 1934 by Martin Lindsay, inscribed by polar explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson to a fellow arctic explorer, Major General Julius K. Lacey. (illustrator). First Edition, First Issue. Octavo, xi, [1], 342pp, [3]. Publisher's blue cloth, title stamped on spine. Stated "First published 1935" on copyright page. Boards rubbed and soiled, cloth spine sunned. Wear to rear paste down. Complete with 48 photographic plates, a frontispiece and a folding panorama by Andrew Croft. Light foxing throughout, occasional foxing to plates. Solid text block. Also complete with five maps, one a fold-out in fine condition. In the publisher's scarce dust jacket, with "21s. net" on front flap, light soiling to spine, wear and shallow chipping along top edge, solid hinges, a very good example. (Arctic Bibliography, 10171)This copy is inscribed on the front endpaper: "For Captain Julius Kahn Lacey / with best wishes for his Greenland investigations from / Vilhjalmur Stefansson / July 23, 1940." The 1934 British Trans-Greenland Expedition, led by Sir Martin Lindsay (1905-1981), began in May 1934 and lasted for about three months. The team covered approximately 570 miles, mapping the previously unexplored Crown Prince Frederick Mountain Range, the highest peaks in Greenland. They utilized lightweight, specially designed sleds and Greenland huskies for transportation, navigating the harsh Arctic environment. Despite facing temperatures as low as -30°F (-34°C), the expedition collected important scientific data on the ice cap's thickness, weather conditions, and glaciology. This expedition was followed in 1940 by a survey led by United States Air Force Captain Julius K. Lacey, who detailed possible locations for port facilities and air bases in Greenland, prior to U.S. involvement in World War II. Lacey went on to command the 384th Bombing Group during WWII and was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, Silver Star, and Air Medal, all with Oak Leaf Clusters. Signed.

Folio (215 x 275 mm). 1 p. With the letterhead of Mohamed El-Chafai Bomboatman, a stamp dealer in Port Said. Four stamps pasted down, and handwritten signed note. An extraordinary document presenting examples of four stamps designed by T. E. Lawrence for the Arab Revolt, sent directly to His Majesty King George V, who has noted in his own hand: "These stamps are the new issue since the Sherif of Mecca has been on our side", signed simply "Geo". Reportedly, George V (an avid stamp collector) received around 400 Hijaz stamps. - What Lawrence and George V would have both understood was that postage stamps were a useful political tool. As Oriental Secretary at the Arab Bureau, Sir Ronald Storrs (1881-1955), wrote in his memoirs: "Shortly after the Arab Revolution we found that its success was being denied or blanketed by Enemy Press (which was of course quoted by neutrals), and we decided that the best proof that it had taken place would be provided by an issue of Hajaz postage stamps, which would carry the Arab propaganda" (quoted in Beech). Storrs also described how he "wandered with Lawrence round the Arab Museum in Cairo collecting suitable motifs in order that the design in wording, spirit and ornament, might be as far as possible representative and reminiscent of a purely Arab source of inspiration. Pictures and views were avoided, for these never formed part of Arab decoration, and are foreign to its art: so also was European lettering" (Beech). - T. E. Lawrence himself mentioned the stamps in a letter to his brothers in July 1916, excited by the prospect of design and paying special attention to a scheme to use flavoured gum on the back, which involved strawberry essence on the red stamps and pineapple juice on the green stamps. Both red and green are in fact represented here, though with their flavour untested. - The final designs were in fact the work of two men, neither of them Lawrence himself. First, Agumi Effendi Ali, who designed the ¼ piastre stamp (seen in green) and the ½ piastre stamp (seen in red), which David Beech states were inspired by the carved panels on the principal door of the al-Salih Talayi Mosque in Cairo and by the last page of a Holy Qur'an in the 14th century Mosque of Sultan Barquq, respectively. Second, Mustafa Effendi Ghozlan, who designed the 1 piastre stamp (seen in blue), inspired by "an ancient prayer niche in the Mosque of al-Amri at Qus in Upper Egypt" (Beech). This particular collection also includes an orange stamp, interestingly, noted as worth 1/10 piastre. - "Perhaps without this philatelic connection Lawrence might never have become 'Lawrence of Arabia'. For it was on this, his first visit to the Hijaz, that he met one of the sons of King Husayn of Hijaz, Emir Faysal (1885-1933) who was to become successively Commander of the Northern Army in the Arab Revolt 1916-1918, King of Syria from 1918 until 1920 when he was deposed by the French, and finally King of Iraq 1921-1933" (Beech). - A small closed tear, but a fine survival. - David R. Beech, "Hejaz: The First Postage Stamps of 1916 and T E Lawrence", in: The London Philatelist 114 (205), 323-327.

8vo. 479-498 pp., plus 8 black and white photographic plates. Original tan wrappers titled in black. Together with autograph letter signed, 1 p. on one leaf, 210 x 146 mm. An exceedingly scarce offprint by Freya Stark which provides a detailed account of her important travels with archaeologist Gertrude Caton Thompson (1888-1985) and the discoveries made in the Hadhramaut in 1937-38. Together with a signed manuscript letter from Stark to the cellist Sheridan Russell. - Stark was one of the first modern Europeans to explore much of the Middle East, including the Arabian Peninsula. After the famous Thompson expedition described herein, Stark would go on to spend the duration of WWII travelling in Egypt, Iraq, Syria and Southern Arabia, having offered her services to the British Ministry of Information who sent her to persuade government officials and local dignitaries to join, or continue supporting, the Allied cause. - The present volume is of no little importance: Gertrude Thompson was a foremost archaeologist and, like Stark, one of the few women in a field dominated by men. The expedition was successful in undertaking the first systemic excavations in the Hadhramaut region of Yemen, though Stark and Thompson famously clashed, and Stark returned home earlier than Thompson to give lectures on the pre-Islamic inscriptions she and Thompson had discovered, and which Stark had photographed. This volume comprises the content of these lectures, along with photographic plates reproducing Stark's inscription photos. - The letter, written in March 1977, indicates that Stark intended to return from a later Euphrates expedition by July and meet with her friend. It reads: "Fine, dearest Sheridan, I have written 25/7 in my little book, & hope to be back from Euphrates by then - Lovely. Terribly busy! Yours, Freya". - In excellent condition.

8vo and 12mo. Together 6 pp. on bifolia. With an autograph note attributed to William Jackson Hooker and an autograph letter monogrammed by the botanist Daniel Oliver. Scientific correspondence by the great botanist with mostly unnamed colleagues, concerning the exchange of specimens and their various designations. The earliest letter is addressed to the American botanist Michael Schuck Bebb, answering questions about willows: "The enclosed herewith contains the best that we can do for you in regard to the willows which Prof. Oliver has drawn up [.] We have no specimen named S. pyrifolia Anders [.]" (Kew, April 1877). - The keeper and librarian of the herbarium in Kew, Daniel Oliver (1830-1916), is also mentioned in the second letter to an unnamed recipient from 19 March 1884. Hooker announces that he has instructed Oliver to send specimens of "Exotic Grasses" to the correspondent and thanks him for contributions to his magnum opus, "Genera Plantarum": "It will give me great pleasure to contribute to your collection of Exotic Grasses, I have instructed Prof. Oliver accordingly. You have laid us under great obligations in the aid you have given us in respect of the Genera Plantarum. Your offer of specimens of [.] Transylvanian Grasses is most welcome [.] but I must beg you to wait till we have sent you some contributions from Kew." The correspondent had inquired about Hooker's famous collaborator George Bentham (1800-84), to which he responds: "You will have been gratified by hearing before this that my venerable coadjutor, Mr Bentham is alive & working hard at the Lilianae for 'Gen. Plant.' He has not been well of late, & I wish that his bodily health was as good as his altogether unimpaired faculties of sight, analysis, memory & judgement! These at 82 are quite wonderful & show no sign of change. A troublesome cough has weakened him a good deal [.]". Bentham, who late in his life had been "converted" to Darwinism by his young colleague Hooker and who co-authored the "Genera Plantarum", died in September that year. - In the final letter of the collection, an aged Hooker thanks his correspondent for two specimens of the genus Impatiens and criticizes the quality of some specimens from the collection of the Austrian hortologist Carl von Hügel: "The two species of Impatiens have arrived & I have examined & named them [.] I have examined & named, as far as I can, all the Asiatic species [.] which I have delayed returning until the plates of several species are completed for the forthcoming Part of 'Hooker's Icones Plantarum' in which they will appear. I have sorted the species according the countries which they inhabit. There are some undescribed species in Baron Hugel's collection but without habitats & the specimens being very poor I think it better not to name them [.]". Carl von Hügel (1795-1870) was a diplomat, botanist and explorer who wrote a famous account of his travels in Northern India, introduced many Australian plants to Europe and was the founder of the Imperial Horticultural Society in Vienna. - The undated note that can be attributed to William Jackson Hooker (1785-1865), father of Joseph Dalton and first director at Kew from 1841 onwards, concerns the identification of an orchid: "I am unacquainted with this plant. It may be Rchb's Sobralia Bletia [.]. At all events it is not S. fragrans - which differs in size & the appendages of the column which in S. fragrans are short blunt and not fringed. I take for granted that the leaves are not hairy beneath as the drawing does not indicate them. If they are you had better look to S. Galeotti [.]". - David Oliver's letter from 12 July 1876 to an unnamed friend and colleague concerns the difficult identification of plants and includes two sketches. In closing, Oliver also mentions Joseph Dalton Hooker's intention to marry his second wife Lady Hyacinth Jardine, daughter of William Samuel Symonds: "Entre-nous [.] our good Chief J Hooker intends to marry Lady Jardine [.]". Hooker and Jardine did indeed marry that year. - Two of Hooker's letters on stationery with embossed letterhead of the Royal Gardens at Kew. The letter from 1909 with letterhead of Hooker's private residence "The Camp, near Sunningdale". Traces of folds. Minor browning and minimal stains. With collector's notes in pencil. - The note by William Jackson Hooker on stationery with stamp of the "Horticultural Society 21, Regent Street". With staple holes and collector's note in pencil. - The letter from Oliver on stationery with embossed letterhead of the Royal Gardens at Kew. Somewhat stained.

Cloth. Condition: Good. First edition of The Naturalist on the River Amazons by noted British naturalist and explorer Henry Walter Bates. (illustrator). First Edition. Octavo, [two volumes], 351pp [32pp ads]; vi, 423pp. Brown cloth, title in gilt on spines, illustration stamped in gilt on front covers. Red endpapers. Binder's ticket on rear pastedown endpaper of Volume I. Spine ends and edges rubbed with some loss of cloth, corners bumped and worn, light soiling to covers. Slight lean to text block of Volume II. Light foxing to preliminary and ending pages of both volumes and fore edge of Volume II. All illustrations present, including 1 fold-out Map of the Amazons (3 cm tear along top edge with light wear along fore edge). Volume I lacking Preface, Table of Contents and List of Illustrations, appears to be a publication error. No notations except for the previous owner's name written on front endpapers. In Volume I, endpapers and text block cracked in a few places, but binding is sound, also a few chips and tears along page edges. (Sabin 3932a) (Wood 225) A good example of this travel account to the Amazon rainforest.

Pas de couverture. Condition: Très bon. Autograph card signed in June 1998. + Photo 22x15 cm (recent print) Size : 15x10 cm. Condition : please see scans. Provenance : personal collection. Certificate of Authenticity and lifetime guarantee. Signé par l'auteur.

Briefkarte mit eigenhändigem Jahr 1963, Unterschrift in Tinte signiert - mit Repro-Porträtfoto unter dunkelblaues Passepartout (4 to) gerahmt (dito : mit eigenhändiger Widmung, Unterschrift mit eigenhändiger Empfehlung (auf der Theron,Arctic 1956) Euro 85,-).

Two pages, 12mo, bifolium, good condition. "Your letter has just been forwarded to me. I am afraid I cannot assist you in yur wish to be selected as the new Chief Officer of the Fire Brigade, as I have already promised to do all I can in the same direction for another naval officer. | I do hope a naval man will succeed in getting the appointment, and that he will do credit to it." Note: The Google list of Chief Officers comprises several naval appointments.