Travel And Adventure from Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB

Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre [1-55054-977-4] 2003. (Hardcover) 400pp. Very good in very good dust jacket. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. Book about Sir Francis Drake. Time Period 1577-1580 & 16th Century. (Travel, Adventure and Adventurers, Sea Adventure, Travel, Voyages and Travels).

London: Folio Society 2000, 2nd printing. (Hardcover in slipcase) 269pp. Fine, no dust jacket. In near fine slipcase. Maps, photographs, appendices, index. A small, light dent in the slipcase on the front. Locale: Tashkent. (Travel).

Rodale [1-57954-872-5] 2004, 1st printing. (Hardcover) 278pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Map endpapers, bibliography. Locale: Brahmaputra River--Tibet; Tibet; Tsangpo River--Tibet. (Travel, Kayaking--Tibet).

Toronto: Macmillan of Canada 1970. (Hardcover) 551pp. Good to very good, no dust jacket. Frontispiece, maps, folding maps, bibliography, index. All edges and the edges of the covers as well as part of the back cover, are smoke-stained, a previous owner's name on the front endpaper. Book about Alexander MacKenzie, Sir. Time Period & 19th… Ler mais sobre este item

Norwalk: Easton Press 1981, Collector's Edition. (Hardcover) 327pp. Near fine, no dust jacket. Green leather decoratively stamped in gilt with raised bands on the spine. All edges gilt, moire endpapers, ribbon page marker, illustrations, sources of quotations. A previous owner's name on a bookplate on the half-title page. Publisher series: Masterpieces of American Literature.… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Modern Library [0-679-64100-9] 2000. (Hardcover) 205pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Map endpapers, photograph, map, index. Locale: Arctic; Siberia. (Travel, Personal Narratives--Siberia).

London: Picador [0-330-33585-5] [1994]. (Hardcover) xcv, 607pp. Very good plus in very good plus dust jacket. Ribbon marker, maps, glossary, index. Book about Robert Falcon Scott. Publisher series: Picador Travel Classics. Introduction by Paul Theroux. Locale: Antarctic. (Travel, Explorers--Antarctic, Polar Exploration).

Edinburgh: Scottish Mountaineering Club 1952, 2nd edition. (Hardcover) 145pp. Very good in good to very good dust jacket. Map rear endpapers, frontispiece, photographs, line diagrams, index. The bottom of the spine is bumped, the dust jacket is chipped and lightly soiled. Locale: Central Highlands--Scotland; Scotland; United Kingdom. (Travel, Guidebooks, Mountain Climbing).

Montgomery: Community Communications [1-58192-025-3] 2000, 1st edition. (Folio hardcover) 136pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Signed with an inscription by Mike Grandmaison. Color photographs, indices. Photography by Mike Grandmaison. Locale: Hamilton--Ontario; Ontario. (Travel).

Edmonton: Hurtig Publishers [0-88830-153-7] 1979, 1st edition. (4to) 143pp. Near fine in very good dust jacket. Signed with inscription by the photographer. Color photographs. The dust jacket is lightly edgeworn. Photography by J.A. Kraulis. Locale: Rocky Mountains. (Travel, Photography).

London: J.M. Dent 1904. (Hardcover) 350pp. Good to very good, no dust jacket. Green cloth with beveled edges, richly decorated in gilt. Top edge gilt, color frontispiece with tissue guard , illustrations, maps, 49 color plates, index. Fading to the edges of the covers and the spine which has a 2" tear at the bottom,… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Chapman and Dodd 1923, a numbered copy form a limited edition of 275. (Hardcover) 219pp. Very good plus in good dust jacket. Signed and numbered by the author. Black cloth with titles and illustration in gilt. Patterned endpapers. Light toning on the title page, the dust jacket has been reinforced on the inside with… Ler mais sobre este item

London: John Murray 1820. (Hardcover) 520pp. Good to very good, no dust jacket. Signed by Paul Kane. Marbled boards over red leather spine. Pseudonym of Washington Irving. From the library of Paul Kane. (Travel).

New York: Macmillan Company 1930. (Hardcover) 139pp. Very good in good to very good dust jacket. Illustrations, photographs, folding plans. The dust jacket is soiled along the sides and spine and there is offsetting to the endpapers. (Travel, Tall Ships).

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart [0-7710-8167-7] 1975. (Hardcover) 255pp. Very good in very good dust jacket. Frontispiece, illustrations. Illustrations by Terry Shortt. (Travel, Birds, Travel).

London: Paul Hamlyn 0-600-0-600-35949 [0-600-0-600-35949] 1970. (4to) 151pp. Very good in very good dust jacket. Illustrated endpapers, frontispiece, illustrations, maps, index. The covers are slightly splayed. Book about Matthew Flinders. Locale: New South Wales. (Travel, Exploration, Sea Adventure).

New Haven: Yale University Press [0-300-10092-2] 2003. (Hardcover) 506pp. Near fine in fine dust jacket. Maps, black & white and color illustrations, appendix, bibliography, notes, index. The book has a slight lean. Book about Captain Cook & James Cook. Locale: South Seas. (Travel and Adventure, Voyages and Travels).

London: Thomas Tegg and Son 1836. (Hardcover) 397pp. Poor. Brown cloth spine and corners with marbled boards. Plates. Ex-library with the library bookplate pasted to the front inner board, a two-line stamp on each of the 4 plates, the front board is detached and a previous owner's label on the front endpaper. Pseudonym of Washington… Ler mais sobre este item

London: John Murray 1935, Cheap edition. (Hardcover) 497, 431pp. Very good in very good dust jacket. Frontispieces, folding maps, photographs, appendices. The dust jackets are laminated. Book about R.F. Scott. Vol. 1 The Journals of Captain R. F. Scott. Vol. 2 Being the Reports of the Journeys and the Scientific Work Undertaken by Dr.… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson [0-297-82481-3] 1999. (Small 4to) 160pp. Very good plus in very good plus dust jacket. Color photographic endpapers, black and white and color photographs, index. Book about Dylan Thomas. Locale: Wales. (Travel).