Exploration/Adventure from Trench Books

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1924. Tan Cloth. Good+/No Jacket. Sound copy with soiling to boards, interior unmarked. Illus with numerous B&W photos and maps. "The Final Mysteries of Exploration", from the South Pole, to Mount Everest and the Holy Cities of Islam, nine unexplored regions (at that time). Not ex-library.

New York: Macmillan, 1965. Fourth Printing . Tan Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Soiling/foxing to covers, bookplate and crossed out name on half-title page. Map endpapers, many B&W photos. Life in the desert for a family of four.

Sun Oil Co., 1936. Paperback. Very Good. Light wear to covers, clean and unmarked. Ten brief excerpts from Thomas' adventure books. Slim paperback booklet (36 pgs). appears to have been a giveaway item for Sun Oil (Sunoco) stations.

Harrisburg PA: Stackpole, 1981. Black Cloth. Very Good+/Very Good+. Clean and unmarked; appears unread. Price clipped jacket shows minimal wear at spine ends. The various species that live in the mountains - from 3000 to 29000 ft. Illus with numerous B&W photos.

New York: Century, 1927. First Edition . Green Cloth. Very Good+/No Jacket. Corners bumped, minimal wear. Inscribed on half-title page: "For Sterling from Clyde". "A tale of twenty-five hundred miles of wandering on horseback through the southwest enchanted land". B&W photos.

New York: Citadel/Kensington, 2017. First Edition . Blue Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good+. Clean and unmarked. Jacket shows minimal rubbing. True, modern day adventure in the Antarctic. Illus with numerous photos, some in color.

New York: Viking, 1937. First Edition . Illustrated Cloth. Very Good/Good+. Minimal wear, clean and unmarked. Jacket shows edgewear, yellowing, spine soiled. "A naturalist in search of strange creatures".

New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1998. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+/Good+. Light wear to covers, clean and unmarked. Jacket shows rubbing, two closed 1" tears. "A Pictorial Chronicle of the Sinking and Recovery of the United States Mail Steamship 'Central America' - The Ship of Gold". Oversized volume, hundreds of color photos, very detailed. Extra postage outside… Read more about this item

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1930. Reprint . Green Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Spine a bit yellowed, light wear, inscription on back of frontispiece; sound copy. "The Prince of Vagabonds in the Land of the Vikings". Numerous B&W photos and maps.

New York: Permabooks, 1950. First Edition . Hardcover. Good+/No Jacket. Light wear/soiling, pages yellowed; sound and unmarked. Pocket sized volume, full of treasure tales."The road to gold is long and cold....".

Chicago: Beckley-Cardy, 1944. Illustrated Cloth. Good+/No Jacket. Moderate wear/soiling to covers; old price in corner of flyleaf, otherwise unmarked. The story of the exploration of a mountain; illus with numerous B&W photos. The author was a popular writer of non-fiction for young people, this title is his least common book.

Garden City: Garden City Books, 1956. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Clifford Geary. Sound copy, light soiling to edges, address label inside front cover. Jacket complete, worn at spine ends, soiled with small tears, label on rear flap. "The Exciting Story of a Great New Frontier". One of the "Real Book" series for young people. Author Hal Goodwin also… Read more about this item

Cambridge MD: Cornell Maritime Press, 1959. Blue Cloth. Very Good+/Good+. Minimal wear at corners, clean and unmarked. Jacket shows edgewear, light soiling. "Dangerous Marine Animals: That Bite-Sting-are Non-edible". Written by an MD, well illustrated. You'll need this on the desert island!

Garden City: Doubleday Doran, 1933. Green Cloth. Good+/Good+. Cloth covers somewhat faded, light wear, stains to top edge, unmarked. Jacket shows edgewear, light soiling. The story of Arthur Radclyffe Dugmore, artist, scientist, and adventurer. Illus with numerous B&W photos. True story!

New York: Abingdon Press, 1960. Gold Cloth. Fair/Poor. READING COPY ONLY. Covers and first few pages are water stained. Jacket complete, quite worn.

New York: William Morrow, 1952. Book Club (BCE/BOMC) . Hardcover. Good+/Poor. Clean and unmarked, nice copy. Jacket worn, complete but quite ragged. "A Six Year Adventure in th Gilberts". A look at the Western Pacific in the early part of the last century.

Garden City: Blue Ribbon Books, 1942. Reprint . Gray Cloth. Very Good+/Good+. Letter"S" embossed in corner of end papers, otherwise a nice sound copy, clean and unmarked. Jacket shows rubbing, somewhat faded. True WWII story of the author's transatlantic journey as part of a convoy of freighters.

New York: Pantheon, 1992. First American Edition . Blue Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good+. Light foxing to edges of rear flap. Nice unmarked copy; probably unread. "Travels in the Pacific". The author's journey through the western Pacific.

New York: Thames & Hudson, 1988. Blue Cloth. Very Good+/Very Good. Inscription on flyleaf, otherwise a nice clean copy. Jacket shows light wear/soiling. "A History Based on Underwater Archaeology". Detailed, illustrated history, written by numerous experts in the field. Oversized volume; extra postage outside the US.

London: Macmillan, 1964. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Geoffrey C. Ingleton. Light soiling to top edge, otherwise a sound copy, clean and unmarked. Jacket shows wear to edges, cello tape repairs from back. Vol. 5 in the 'Great Stories of Australia' series. "Whaling in the Australasian Seas". Well illustrated.