Exploration from The Owl at the Bridge

VOLUME TWO ONLY. Of the tombs of Thebes which the writer was able to examine, he writes (p. 177), "I observed every thing I met with, and put into my pockets all the portable fragments I found: among the latter was a charming little patera, of baked earth, a morsel worthy of the best age of the arts... figures of… Ler mais sobre este item

Three bookseller catalogues listing materials relating to travel. Salloch, 132 items; Marlborough, 147 items; Interlibrum, 191 items, index; all illustrated; all stapled in pictorial paper covers; all Good. Sold as a lot. Stock#ofc0322.

Two bookseller catalogues: Howland, 4-79, Full and By, 118 items; Kahn, Men and the Sea, 103 items, 3 illus.; both stapled in paper covers; both Good. Sold as a lot. Stock#ofc0289.

Two dealer catalogues: Pacific Voyages (Reese), 202 items, illus., color pictorial wraps; VG+; Travels by Land and Sea (Harper). Books of Travel and Exploration many illustrated with Color Plates of Scenery, Architecture and Costume, 179 items, 59 pages, illus., blue printed wraps, library date stamp & markings, Good. Dealer catalogues offer information and knowledge. Sold as a… Ler mais sobre este item

Founded to encourage exploration and 'to collect such facts and observations as may tend to the improvement and security of navigation', the Marine Society at Salem in New England (uniquely among East Coast marine societies) included formation of 'a Museum of natural and artificial curiosities' which today flourishes as the Peabody Museum. OFFPRINT. Reprinted from The American Neptune… Ler mais sobre este item

Berkeley & Los Angeles, Universoty of California Press, 1976. Soft Cover. Signed. Offprint, pages 529-536, from First Images of America: The Impact of the New World. Title continues: and the Invention of Printing. Stock#35146. Vg/ offprint.

Providence: Associates of the John Carter Brown Library, 1967. Exhibition of 37 books and 17 maps and prints to accompany a lecture by John Parry. Soft Cover. Typescript. [13] leaves, 28 cm. Good+. Stock#42029x.

Lisboa, Broteria, 1957. The Historical Position of Nobrega in the Foundation of São Paulo. Retrospective Examination & Summary. Separata /offprint da Revista Brotéria LXV, pages 282-290. Soft Cover. Vg/ wrappers. Stock#30031.