Search Results: Authors starting with P from David Spilman Fine Books, ABAA & IOBA

London: John Murray, 1815. Second Edition, Revised and Corrected, with Additions. Near Fine. [11x9in]; [i-v], vi-xvii, 373 pp., fold out map of route from mouth of the Gambia and Niger Rivers to "Tombuctoo", several illustrations and tables in text, addenda and appendices; Quarter bound in with modern marbled paper on boards, black leather ribbed spine with gilt lettering on red leather labels, rules and devices, new dark brown stiff end papers; Negligible shelf wear to covers, edges or corners, text and map pages are age-toned at edges with some typical text offsets and bleed through, closed 1.5in at lower hinge of map and small closed tear at a top fold crease, original free end paper shows some soiling, foxing in text is minimal and light. A very good copy with a near fine binding. [Howgego II P4, Printing and the Mind of Man #253]. Mungo Park (1771-1806) was a Scottish country doctor and explorer of West Africa. Park was one of a group of African explorers hired by the Association for Promoting… Read More

Lubbock, TX: Texas Tech University Press, 1995. First Edition. Fine/Fine. Signed by Author [6.25x9.25"]; xvi, 401 pp., 60 black/white images, notes; Dark blue cloth covers with silver lettering on spine, map of Ross Ice Shelf area on front end papers and map of western sledge exploration of Edsel Ford Ranges on rear end papers; Light burnt orange dust jacket with white and blue lettering on front and spine with color image of lone emperor penguin on ice field on front and black/white images of Charles Passel on rear; small green ink star stamp on lower rear end paper, Signed by Passel. Overall condition is Fine. Charles Passel participated in the Third Byrd Antarctic Expedition [1939-41]. The expedition was to look for strategic minerals, map the coastline, and explore new areas of the Ross Ice Shelf and Marie Byrd Land. Passel was assigned with a group of 33 men to the West Base - Little America III Antarctica. In addition to geological and meteorological study, Passel's duties included the… Read More

Lubbock, TX: Texas Tech University Press, 1995. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. [6.25x9.25"]; Dark blue cloth covers with silver lettering on spine, map of Ross Ice Shelf area on front end papers and map of western sledge exploration of Edsel Ford Ranges on rear end papers; Light burnt orange dust jacket with white and blue lettering on front and spine with color image of lone emperor penguin on ice field on front and black/white images of Charles Passel on rear; xvi, 401 pp., 60 black/white images; prior owner stamp on lower front end paper. Overall condition is Near Fine. Charles Passel participated in the Third Byrd Antarctic Expedition [1939-41]. The expedition was to look for strategic minerals, map the coastline, and explore new areas of the Ross Ice Shelf and Marie Byrd Land. Passel was assigned with a group of 33 men to the West Base - Little America III Antarctica. In addition to geological and meteorological study, Passel's duties included the supervision of supplies, the operation of… Read More

London: Longmans, Green and Co., Ltd, 1894. First Edition. Very Good. [8.5x6.5in]; [3] 240 pp. [1] map, tissue covered frontispiece and 20 photograph plateswith several color tinted, numerous photos in text; Forest green cloth covers with embossed blind stamped patterns and beveled edges, black clay-coated end papers, gilt lettering on spine; Minor shelf wear with small dents in front cover and bottom corners bumped, some wear to top and bottom of spine, front hinge loose. [Arctic Bilio 13221, US Edition, NMM 981]. Josephine Diebitsch Peary [1863-1955] accompanied her husband Robert Peary on his second trip in 1891-92 to explore the interior of Greenland. This is her journal on her experiences at McCormick Bay and interaction with the Inuit people. Her observations contributed to the study of the Inuit. This book also includes a short account of the 1892 summer journey to discover the extent of Greenland and confirm that it was an island. This is a good addition to Robert Peary books on his… Read More

New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1910. First Edition, 1st Printing. Near Fine. [9.75x7in]; xxxii, 373 pp., frontispiece, eight hand colored and 100 black and white photographs on 72 plates, colored fold out map at rear, tipped in publisher advertisements for this book and others; Dark blue cloth covers with gilt lettering on front and spine, partially embossed illustration of dog sledge and explorer with American flag in ice field on front, top edge gilt with cut edges; minor shelf wear to bottom edges and spine top and bottom, minor rubbing to rear cover, prior owner ink inscription on front free end paper, chips to folding map edge and small closed tears in map folds and attachment to end paper [map includes Bradley Is (Cook) just north of Crocker Land (Peary), which is a 1st state and 1st printing point] Overall condition is Near Fine. [Arctic Bibliography 13230, Howgego III P10]. Robert Peary [1856-1920] was an active arctic explorer from 1886 in visits and six organized expeditions. This… Read More

New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1910. First Edition, 1st Printing. Near Fine. [September 1910] [9.75x7in]; xxxii, 373 pp., frontispiece, eight hand colored and 100 black and white photographs on 72 plates, colored fold out map at rear, tipped in publisher advertisements for this book and others; Dark blue cloth covers with gilt lettering on front and spine, partially embossed illustration of dog sledge and explorer with American flag in ice field on front, top edge gilt with cut edges; minor shelf wear to bottom edges and spine top and bottom, minor rubbing to rear cover, prior owner ink inscription on front free end paper, chips to folding map edge and small closed tears in map folds and attachment to end paper [map includes Bradley Is (Cook) just north of Crocker Land (Peary), which is a 1st state and 1st printing point] Overall condition is Near Fine. [Arctic Bibliography 13230, Howgego III P10]. Also includes an original 1909 Frederick Stokes promotional sepia photograph [9x6in] with… Read More

New York: Doubleday, Page and Company, 1907. First Edition. Very Good. [10.25x7.5in]; xx,411 pp., frontispiece color illustration from photograph, 97 illustrations and images on 32 double-sided plates, two color fold out maps at rear, index; Dark green cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine, stamped globe and borders with gilt and color eagle on front, all edges trimmed; Minor shelf wear to covers, edges and corners with fraying of corners and rubbing to all edges, faint age toning and some stain spots to text and frontispiece, offset darkening to front end paper from prior owner bookplate, bookseller stamp on rear end paper. [Arctic Biblio 13226]. Robert Peary [1856-1920] was an active arctic explorer from 1886 in visits and six organized expeditions to Greenland and the Arctic islands. This is a narrative of his fifth expedition and first attempt to reach the North Pole using the "Peary System" His ship, the Roosevelt, traveled through the Smith Sound - Robeson Channel to Cape Sheridan on North… Read More

Los Angeles: The Ward Ritchie Press, 1968. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. [10.5x7.25in]; xvi, 256 pp., 4 maps and 49 black and white illustrations, index; Burgundy cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine and gilt cross on front, tan end papers, all edges trimmed; Burnt orange dust jacket with black lettering on front and spine, illustration of padrè in white field on front; Minimal shelf wear to dust jacket, several chips on back top edge and corner, spine color faded.

Boston: Estes and Lauriat, 1881. First Edition, 2nd Printing. Very Good. [9x6.75in]; x, [2], [19]-567 pp., 66 illustrations on 64 plates including frontispiece; Publishers teal pebbled cloth covers with gilt and black lettering on front and spine, black designed borders and gilt illustration of mountain men telling stories around a campfire on front, all edges trimmed, tan floral patterned end papers; Some shelf wear to edges, corners and surfaces with rubbing, corners frayed, several splits to rear joint with old repairs, soiling to rear cover. [Wagner-Camp53 306, Cowan64 p.481]. De Witt Clinton Peters (1829-1876) was an author of over 26 works of western pioneer life and know as the biographer of Christopher Houston "Kit" Carson (1809-1868). This book is a later printing from, "The Life and Adventures of Kit Carson" first published in 1858. This revised edition, by Estes and Lauriat, was a popular edition that had several printings in the 1880's. Kit Carson was a frontiersman, trapper, soldier,… Read More

San Francisco: The Book Club of California [Grabhorn-Hoyem printers], 1972. First Edition. Limited to 450 copies [10.25x7in]; xix, 73 pp. [1] colophon, frontispiece portrait of Rezanov, 15 illustrations in text, two maps; Light brown paper covers on boards, black lettering on paper label on spine, panoramic illustration on front, spine and back cover of sketches of the California coast by Vancouver 1798, all edges trimmed; Original plain cream dust jacket; Minimal shelf wear to book, some rubbing to bottom edge and slight faded strip along top edge. [Hill 1354, BCC #140]. Nikolai Petrovich Rezanov (1764-1807) was a Russian nobleman and statesman, and explorer that promoted Russian settlement of Alaska, the Pacific Northwest and Alta California. He organized the Russian-American Company to develop settlements. Rezanov was named as the Russian Ambassador to Japan and traveled their as part of a circumnavigation exploration (1803-06) led by Iurii Lisyansky. After concluding treaties with Japan, Rezanov… Read More

Washington: Wendell and Van Benthuysen, 1848. First Edition. Very Good. Excerpt of pages 1 to 74 of Ex. Doc. 1 [8.75x5.5in]; [2], 4-73, [1], various reports with tables and three fold out maps (described below); Rebound in gray speckled paper wrappers with facsimile printing of report title page on front, tipped in loose to a red leather binding with a loose end paper and hand written ink title page with list of documents regarding the "Foreign Relations of the United States (the volumes from which these documents were taken were very incomplete)"; Some shelf wear with age-toning, soiling and light foxing to text, British Foreign Office black ink oval stamp and Foreign and Commonwealth Office Library round purple ink stamp on title page, library filing blue ink stamp with writing on verso of title page, same Foreign Office stamp on first page of text, occasional light pencil notations and underlining throughout, ink numbering of leaves in upper right corner of odd numbered pages, maps in very good… Read More

New York: Robert M. McBride and Company, 1922. First American Edition. Near Fine. 8vo [9.5x6.5in]; [2], xxvi, 306 pp., [2], frontispiece image of Terra Nova ice-bound, 97 plates, some with bluish tint, of 173 images, 2 illustrations, facsimile image of diary and 1 map in text; Dark Blue cloth covers with gilt lettering and decorative seal on front an d spine, blind stamped border on front, top edge trimmed and others untrimmed; Minor shelf wear to edges and corners, back hinge and small dent to lower front edge professionally repaired, bookseller stamp on lower front end paper. [Rosove 251.A3, Conrad p.183]. Herbert G. Ponting (1870-1935) was a professional war and nature photographer before Scott selected him to be part of Scott's lastexpedition, the Terra Nova Expedition 1910 to 1913. From Rosove, "Ponting was the first professional photographer to accompany an Antarctic expedition.... Ponting dragged as much as two hundred pounds of equipment on his sledge .... Ponting's photographic are was more… Read More

New York: Robert M. McBride and Company, 1923. Second American Edition. Near Fine. 8vo [1 on p. 1], [8.75x6in]; [2], xxvi, 306 pp., [2], memoriam, 51 plates of 173 images, including frontispiece image of Terra Nova ice-bound without tissue guard, 2 illustrations, facsimile image of diary and 1 map in text; Orange cloth covers with black ink lettering between ruled lines on front and spine, all edges trimmed; Minimal shelf wear to edges, spine slightly darken, several spots to top edge, Steve Fossett bookplate on front end paper. [Rosove 251.B2 variant b binding, Conrad p.183]. Herbert G. Ponting (1870-1935) was a professional war and nature photographer before Scott selected him to be part of his last expedition, the Terra Nova Expedition 1910 - 1913. From Rosove, "Ponting was the first professional photographer to accompany an Antarctic expedition.... Ponting dragged as much as two hundred pounds of equipment on his sledge .... Ponting's photographic are was more than sufficient contribution, but… Read More

London: I. Stockdale and G. Goulding, 1789. First Edition. Very Good. [13.25x15in to imprint lines, 15.25x16.875in sheet]; Title in upper right corner with June 17, 1789 and publisher in bottom center, faint sculptor name on bottom left, no neat lines or location references, shows Portlocks and Gouldings Harbors with Hills and Hogans Islands, depth soundings reflecting track with anchorage and hazards noted, also drawn are peaks, ridges and forested areas; Minor age toning at edges, edges chipped, issued folding with six panel crease lines. [Wagner Maps 741, Hill 1376, Lada-Mocarski 42]. Nathaniel Portlock (1748-1814) and George Dixon (1748-1795) both serviced with Captain Cook on his third voyage that included the Pacific Northwest. They became partners in the King George's Sound Company in 1775 for fur trading on the northwest coast of America. Portlock's referenced book, issued at the same time as Dixon's, described a three year voyage of the King George (Portlock) and Queen Charlotte (Dixon)… Read More

Los Angeles: The Ward Ritchie Press, 1974. First Edition, 1st Printing. Near Fine/Near Fine.

New York: Sol Lewis, 1981. First Edition. Slipcased. Near Fine. Limited to 350 numbered copies, #347, Reprint of 1931 Grabhorn edition (158), [14x10in]; [10], 272 pp., frontispiece fold out illustration of Pueblo de Los Angeles, 15 illustrations with three fold out, two fold out and color maps, several vignettes in text and margins; Tan full leather with brown lettering on spine with rib designs, all edges trimmed, red and black ink title page, light blue silk moire doublures end papers, dark brown ribbon marker; Light brown-rust buckram cloth slipcase; Near fine covers and text with negligible wear, a very good slipcase with little fading along edges and minor fraying at top and bottom seams. [Kurutz 515, Hill 1379 and 1434 (1931 edition)]. H. M. T. Powell wrote one of "... the most important and highly celebrated overland narratives." on the California Gold Rush. He left Greenville, Illinois in April 1849 with a small group of others seeking fortune in California. Eight months later, after… Read More

Denver: Fred A. Rosenstock | The Old West Publishing Company [Lawton Kennedy, Printer], 1959. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. Limited to 1,250 copies, [10.5x7in]; 221 pp., frontispiece portrait of Pritchard, three maps (two fold out by J. Goldsborough Bruff and one by George H. Goddard), Chart of Travel by Morgan in rear pocket, notes and list of diaries kept on South Pass Route in 1849, index; Brick red cloth covers on boards with gilt lettering on spine and illustration of river boats on front top edge trimmed and ink speckled, other edges untrimmed; Cream dust jacket with red and black lettering on front with red line border and red lettering on spine; Minimal shelf wear to bottom edges and corners, small stain on top text block and splatter spots to front cover, age toning and spotting to fore edge; Some shelf wear to dust jacket with small ships and closed tears to top edges and corners, age toning to surfaces and darkening of spine, red lettering on spine faded, stain on lower front and… Read More