Hermann L. Strack, Antiquarian Book Dealer

De Nederlandsche Pool-Expeditie 1882-83.

Snellen, M. · 1886

€198.00 ($218.22 | £165.19 | ¥34,847)

1886 vii, 164 p., 19 pls, 3 plates of portraits, roy. 4to, later hcloth with original gilt-printed front cover cloth pasted on (outer edges of spine and covers worn). Portraits and several plates foxed, some slightly foxed. Library stamp.

Tafereel van de overwintering der Hollanders op Nova Zembla in de jaren 1596 en 1597.

Tollens, Cz.H. · 1843

€59.40 ($65.47 | £49.56 | ¥10,454)

1843 [6], 62 p., 31 figs, 7 pls, 4to, contemporary cloth. Somewhat foxed. Dutch poem on the hibernation on Nova Zembla by Willem Barents and his crew.

De eerste tocht van de Willem Barents naar de Noordelijke IJszee, 1878. De dagboeken van Antonius de Bruijne en Bastiaan Gerardus Balje.

Mörzer Bruyns, W.F.J. (ed.) · 1985

€49.50 ($54.56 | £41.30 | ¥8,712)

1985 2 vols. 368 p., 36 figs & photographs, 4 maps, cloth (dust jacket).

Robert Edwin Peary. A Record of his Explorations 1886-1909.

Hayes, J.G. · 1929

€27.50 ($30.31 | £22.94 | ¥4,840)

n.d. (1929) xv, 299 p., 7 pls, 4 folded maps, frontispiece, cloth (spine discoloured). Ex libris.

The North Pole or Bust. Explorers of the North.

Rasky, F. · 1977

€22.00 ($24.25 | £18.35 | ¥3,872)

1977 415 p., num. pls & maps, hardbound (dust jacket). Well illustrated work detailing the polar exploration efforts by such famous explorers as Ross, Peary, Kane, McClintock, Franklin, Nansen, Amundsen and others.

Dem Pol entgegen. Auf Grund der wÃñhrend Andrées Polarexpedition 1897 geführten und 1930 auf Bitö gefundenen Tagebücher S.A. Andrées, N. Strindbergs und K. Fraentels herausgegeben von der Schwedischen Gesellschaft für Anthropologie und Geographie.

Andrée, S.A. · 1930

€22.00 ($24.25 | £18.35 | ¥3,872)

1930 xiii, 278 p., 122 figs & pls, 5 maps, portrait, original cloth. Previous owner's name on title-page.

De reis van de ''Stella Polare''.

Savoye, L. · 1904

€35.20 ($38.80 | £29.37 | ¥6,195)

n.d. (ca. 1904) [6], 560 p., 210 figs. & photographs, 12 pls, 2 folding panoramic views, 2 (1 folding) maps, original pictorial cloth. Translated from the Italian by Dr. M. Snellen.

The Polar Regions. A Physical and Economic Geography of the Arctic and Antarctic.

Brown, R.N.R. · 1927

€44.00 ($48.49 | £36.71 | ¥7,744)

1927 ix, 245 p., 21 maps, 1 col. folded map, cloth. First few pages foxed, previous owner's names written in first fly-leaf and half-title.

The mountains of California.

Muir, J. · 1917

€55.00 ($60.62 | £45.89 | ¥9,680)

1917 xiv, 389 p., num. figs & pls, frontispiece, beige embossed and decorated publisherâÇÖs cloth. Right and lower margins uncut. Good early copy of this great clissic that went to many editions and reprints.

Camp Fires on Desert and Lava.

Hornaday, W.T. · 1908

€33.00 ($36.37 | £27.53 | ¥5,808)

n.d. (1908 or 1909 - 1st English ed.) xix, [1], 366 p., 72 figs & pls (8 col.), 2 maps, col. frontispiece, publisher's cloth (spine rubbed and discoloured, outer ends spine worn). Interiorly very good. First English edition of this book.

The Resources of California: Comprising Agriculture, Mining, Geography, Climate, Commerce, &c., and the Past and Future Development of the State.

Hittell, J.S. · 1869

€60.50 ($66.68 | £50.47 | ¥10,648)

1869 (5th ed.) xxiii, [1], 504, [8] p., publisher's cloth. Library stamps, and previous owner's name tag on first free end-paper. Good firm and solid binding.

L'Est du Canada Français. Province de Québec. Tome Premier.

Blanchard, R. · 1935

€22.00 ($24.25 | £18.35 | ¥3,872)

1935 366 p., 16 figs, 50 pls (including several folding maps), 1 folded map, paperbound. First volume only.

Snail-Shell Harbor.

Langille, J.H. · 1870

€38.50 ($42.43 | £32.12 | ¥6,776)

1870 266 p., 2 pls, frontispiece, decorated green cloth (spine worn on outer ends with piece of lower part missing, bound upside-down). Library stamps, and a few scatterd foxing spots. Still an original copy of this hard to find, rare book.

Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to Acertain the Most Practicable and Economical Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Vol. VII. Part I. No. 1. Report of Explorations from San Francisco Bay to Los Angeles. No. 2. Report of Explorations from Pimas Villages to Rio Grande.

Parke, J.G. & A.H. Campbell · 1857

€49.50 ($54.56 | £41.30 | ¥8,712)

1857 42 p., 5 fine coloured lithographic pls, roy. 4to, disbound (no covers). The plates depict the different landscapes often with the expedition party (including wagons, tent camps etc.). We included from the same work: Appendix B. Report upon the route from San Diego to For...

La province de Québec. Son organisation politique et administrative, ses ressources agricoles, minieres et industrielles.

Girard, A. · 1905

€24.20 ($26.67 | £20.19 | ¥4,259)

1905 318 p., num. pls, col. frontispiece, contemporary hcalf (lower end spine worn, original front cover bound in).

Contributions to the Physical Geography of the United States. Part I. Of the Physical Geography of the Mississippi Valley, with Suggestions for the Improvement of the Navigation of the Ohio and Other Rivers.

Ellet, C. · 1851

€33.00 ($36.37 | £27.53 | ¥5,808)

1851 64 p., 1 fig., 1 folded pl., 4to, disbound. Published in: Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge.

Histoire des Ãëtats-Unis.

Anonymous · 1826

€33.00 ($36.37 | £27.53 | ¥5,808)

1826 (2nd ed.) 166 p., small 12mo (6 x 10 cm), contemporary hcalf. Published in the series ''Bibliothèque economique''.

Cinq mois aux ̑tats-Unis de l'Am̩rique du Nord, depuis le 29 avril jusqu'au 23 septembre 1835: journal de voyage.

Sagra, R. de la · 1837

€198.00 ($218.22 | £165.19 | ¥34,847)

1837 xxviii, 458 p., 3 pls, frontispiece, full blind stamped calf (rebacked, and edges worn). Plates somewhat foxed. A translation from the Spanish by R. Baissas. Sagra was a Spanish-born economist and director of the botanical garden of Havana and travelled through the Unite...

Rachel et le Nouveau-Monde. Promenade aux Ãëtats-Unis et aux Antilles.

Beauvallet, L. · 1856

€66.00 ($72.74 | £55.06 | ¥11,616)

1856 (1st ed.) viii, 304 p., contemporary red hcalf, spine gilt.

Erdbeschreibung und Geschichte von Amerika. Die Vereinten Staaten von Nordamerika. Erster Band: New Hampshire & Massachusetts, Zweiter Band: Rhode-Island, Connecticut, Vermont & New York.

Ebeling, C.D. · 1793

€264.00 ($290.96 | £220.25 | ¥46,463)

1793-1794 lxxiv, 877, [2] p., 1135 p., new hcalf (spine gilt).