Search Results: Titles starting with E from David Spilman Fine Books, ABAA & IOBA

Chicago: The Lakeside Press / R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co, 1928. First Edition. Near Fine. [6.75x4.75in]; xxii, 377 pp., frontispiece illustration of Mormon Bar with tissue guard, fold out reporduction of 1851 Jackson map of Mining District, introduction, index; Maroon cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine, gilt device and borders on front, top edge gilt and other edges untrimmed; Minimal shelf wear to covers and edges with small marks on back cover, typical age toning of map and pages, prior owner ink signature on front end paper. This book includes two California Gold Rush memoirs by General John Bidwell (1819-1900) and Reverend John Steele (1832-1905). This Lakeside Classic series of one book issued each December on historic persons or events. The series was started in 1903 and the general format remained the same except for the updates of the covers, color and gilt designs. This is the Red cover period from 1928 to 1953. The following narrative about this book is from WorldCat. John Bidwell… Read More

London: Blandford Press, 1980. Second Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. [2], 191 pp., [3]; 316 black and white and color illustrations in text with notes; Dark blue cloth covers with silver lettering on spine and silver bird image on front cover; Minimal shelf wear to bottom edges of covers, faint stain spot on top edge of text, prior owner address label on front end paper; Cream dust jacket with black lettering on front and spine and color illustrations of birds on front and back with negligible shelf wear, not price clipped. [Rosove 358.B1, Conrad pp. 122, 192]. From the introduction in 'Cheltenham in Antarctica; The Life of Edward Wilson' by D. O. Wilson, Edward Adrian Wilson (1872- 1912) "... was one of the major influences and personalities of the heroic age of Antarctic exploration and has also been recognised as one of the top ranking ornithologists and naturalists in the United Kingdom during this period. He was also one of the last great scientific expedition artists." The first edition of… Read More

New York: E. P. Dutton and Company Inc, 1937. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Near Fine/Good. [8.75x6in]; xxxiv, 301 pp., frontispiece color illustration of Wilson in Antarctica from image, 16 illustrations (all but one from sketches by Wilson), three maps (one folds out), index; Grayish-blue cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine, blind embossed illustration of rising sun over ocean on front, all edges trimmed; Grayish-blue dust jacket with black lettering on front with white bordered black and white illustration of winter travel under the aurora australis, black lettered title in bordered cream field on spine, advertising on back, not priced clipped; Minimal shelf wear to covers, edges and corners, spine slightly darken, some foxing spots and age toning on text block edges, three red ink star stamps and a remove seller label on rear end paper, no other prior owner marks; Some shelf wear to dust jacket with several chips and and closed tears along edges, some rubbing spots and soiling to… Read More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1949. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. [9.5x6.5in]; xxvii, 375 pp., 8 color plates illustrations by Author, appendix (1850 Report to Sec. of State by T. Butler King on California); Black cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine and gilt rules and illustrations on front and spine, yellow dyed top edge, other edged untrimmed; Light green dust jacket with black, white and yellow lettering on front and spine, illustration of San Francisco on front, with black floral pattern on spine, advertisements for Western Americana book series (Oscar Lewis and Robert Glass Cleland, editors) on back; Negligible shelf wear to book, light glue remains of removed bookplate on front end paper; Minor shelf wear to dust jacket with small chips to corners and edges, age darken spine and along edges, light rubbing to surfaces. [Kurutz 618, Volkmann Zamorano 80 #73]. Bayard Taylor (1825-1878) was a travel author, poet and artist. His 1850 two volume book "Eldorado" is his best known work about… Read More

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1932. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. [Reprinted from the 1849 edition][5.25x8"]; Maroon cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine and front, gilt illustration of Indians and horses on front; Dark blue and white dust jacket with red lettering on front; xxiv, 63 pp., [1], 2 plates with black/white illustrations, various illustrations and tables in text, 24" fold out profile map of routes to California with elevations, index; Minimal shelf wear to edges; Dust jacket minor soiling with chips to all edges and corners, closed tear at top of spine and front repaired with tape, prior owner ink name on front endpaper. [Kurutz 663b, Wagner-Camp 175]. Joseph E. Ware published The Emigrant's Guide to California in 1849. In the introduction to this reprint Princeton edition, John Caughey wrote that "Joseph E. Ware was the first to attempt a complete description of the best route for the forty-niners." Ware did not make the journey himself and wrote the guide… Read More

Potts Point NSW: Hordern House, 2004. First Edition. Fine/Fine. [11.25x8.5in]; xi [introduction], 690 pp.,732 articles with 4000 names of persons and ships, index of persons, index of ships; Gray green cloth covers with gilt lettering on front and spine, all edges trimmed, three gold page mark ribbons, light gray illustration of explorers looking at map on a promontory overlooking land on front and back end papers; Pictorial color illustration on dust jacket of Gill painting of Australian "Desert Interior" circa 1846 [also on end papers], black lettering on front and spine; Publisher prospectus tipped in. Raymond Howgego (1946- ) is an independent researcher, scholar and traveler. He has been researching the history of travel and exploration for much of his adult life. His first book in this series, Encyclopedia of Exploration To 1800, was issued in 2003 was the distillation of that research that took some fifteen years to complete. This book is the second in the series and cites more than 10,000… Read More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1999. First Edition, Later Printing. Near Fine/Near Fine. [9.25x8.25in]; 211 pp., frontispiece of Endurance trapped in ice and heeled over, many images from Frank Hurley of the 150 that were saved with the rescue; Black cloth covers with silver lettering on spine, all edges trimmed; Speckled brown dust jacket with black and white lettering on front and spine, image of Endurance beset in the ice on front; Minimal shelf wear to edges. Ernest Shackleton (1874-1922) lead the Imperial Trans-Antarctic expedition in 1914-1917. It was a complex plan that involved landing the Polar party on the Weddell sea ice shelf to travel an unknown route to the South Pole. A second team was landed to lay supply depots on the Ross Ice Shelf for over 400 miles to the Beardmore Glacier. These depots were to supply Shackleton's northern journey from the South Pole to the Ross Sea. The expedition did not achieve the objectives as the Endurance was beset and crushed in the ice covered Weddell Sea… Read More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2010. First Edition, Later Printing. Near Fine/Near Fine. [9.25x8.25in]; 211 pp., frontispiece of Endurance trapped in ice and heeled over, many images from Frank Hurley of the 150 that were saved with the rescue; Black cloth covers with silver lettering on spine, all edges trimmed; Speckled dark brown dust jacket with black and white lettering on front and spine, image of Endurance beset in the ice on front; Negligible shelf wear to edges, corners or covers, dust jacket has small closed tear on front top edge by joint. Ernest Shackleton (1874-1922) lead the Imperial Trans-Antarctic expedition in 1914-1917. It was a complex plan that involved landing the Polar party on the Weddell sea ice shelf to travel an unknown route to the South Pole. A second team was landed to lay supply depots on the Ross Ice Shelf for over 400 miles to the Beardmore Glacier. These depots were to supply Shackleton's northern journey from the South Pole to the Ross Sea. The expedition did not… Read More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2000. First Edition, Later Printing. Near Fine/Near Fine. [9.25x8.25in]; 211 pp., frontispiece of Endurance trapped in ice and heeled over, many images from Frank Hurley of the 150 that were saved with the rescue; Black cloth covers with silver lettering on spine, all edges trimmed; Speckled brown dust jacket with black and white lettering on front and spine, image of Endurance beset in the ice on front; Minimal shelf wear to edges. Ernest Shackleton (1874-1922) lead the Imperial Trans-Antarctic expedition in 1914-1917. It was a complex plan that involved landing the Polar party on the Weddell sea ice shelf to travel an unknown route to the South Pole. A second team was landed to lay supply depots on the Ross Ice Shelf for over 400 miles to the Beardmore Glacier. These depots were to supply Shackleton's northern journey from the South Pole to the Ross Sea. The expedition did not achieve the objectives as the Endurance was beset and crushed in the ice covered Weddell Sea… Read More

Chesire, CN: Graphics Press, 2005. First Edition, Later Printing. Fine/Near Fine. Chesire, CN: Graphics Press; 2005; First Edition, Later Printing [8.75x10.75]; light gray cloth cover with dark gray ink lettering on spine; White dust jacket with black lettering on front and spine and color illustrations and graphics on front and back covers; 126 pp. [1] colophon; graphics, illustrations and images throughout text; Small dent on bottom edge of back cover, minimal shelf wear and soiling to dust jacket with small water stain on bottom edge of back cover. Overall condition is Near Fine.

London: Vanity Fair, 1909. First Edition. Fine. Vanity Fair artist Kite, pseudonym of unknown artist. [15.5x10.5in]; Hentschel-Colortype illustration caricature by Kite [pseudonym of unknown artist], "The South Pole" (Lieutenant Shackleton) with black ink autograph "Ernest Shackleton" on card paper [2.5 x 4.5in]; Framed archival mounting on black matte. This Vanity Fair issue was after Shackleton returned from the "Nimrod" Antarctic Expedition [British Antarctic Expedition 1907-09] which he and three others reached 88 degrees south or 112 miles from the South Pole. They turned back due to doubtful food and fuel supply to return safely to the expedition's base at Cape Royds. He later commented to his wife that "...I thought, dear, that you would rather have a live ass than a dead lion." For the discovery of the route to the South Pole, discovery of the magnetic pole and the first ascent of Mt. Erebus, he was knighted by King Edward VII. The investiture ceremony was later than when this portrait was… Read More

Cleveland, OH: The Williams Publishing Company, 1888. First Edition. Very Good. 8vo [9x6.5in]; xviii, [1], 9-507 pp. [irregular pagination], frontispiece illustrations of California scenes, two portraits of author, 27 illustrations; Dark brown cloth covers with gilt lettering on front and spine with stamped black inked floral design at top and bottom, all edges trimmed, light green floral patterned end papers; Some shelf wear and rubbing to edges and covers, front hinge cracked and weak, shallow dent across spine, bottom corners bumped, spine lightly sunned. [Kurutz 235a, Cowan II p.206, Graff 1305]. From Kurutz, "Gudde states: "A highly interesting account, mainly of 1850." Ferguson left Cleveland for California in September 1849 by the overland route. He was seventeen when he crossed the Lassen Cutoff and begin mining at Rich Bar outside of Marysville. He provides descriptions of Marysville in 1850 and 51 and the Grass Valley/Nevada City area up to 1852. He then left for the Australia Gold Rush,… Read More

Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo & Co, 1852. First Edition, 1st Issue. Very Good. with separate Map volume , 8vo [ 9.25x6.25in]; [2], 487 pp., 58 plates including frontispiece of Ft. Utah, with 34 tinted lithographic illustrations with three fold out panoramas, fold out facsimile 1710 map of North America, six appendices of data and scientific reports, index; Map Volume - folded map of the blue tinted Great Salt Lake and adjacent country in the territory of Utah surveyed in 1849 and 1850 [44x30in], folded map of a reconnoissance between Fort Leavenworth on the Missouri River, and the Great Salt Lake in the Territory of Utah in 1849 and 1850 [28x68in]; Original dark brown decorative blindstamped cloth covers with gilt lettering, ruled lines and illustration of eagle and shield on spine, light blue end papers, all edges trimmed, Map Vol. bound in dark blue decorative blindstamped cloth covers with gilt lettering on front; Shelf wear to covers, edges and corners, regular fading to covers, corners… Read More

Washington DC: Selmar Siebert's Engraving and Printing Establishment, 1855. First Edition. Very Good. [20.875x18.125in on 22.5x20in sheet]; Title and date in upper left corner, relief shown by hachures and spot heights with drainage, trails and roads, railroad survey lines, trails, Native American territories, communities, magnetic variations, and historic events; Laid flat on archival board; Some age toning along fold crease lines with small chip in center, all neat lines present, prior owner tape repairs to crease lines. [Wagner-Camp 262a:1, Wheat Trans-Miss Maps 823]. From Wagner-Camp, this map was from the Pacific Railroad Reports issued in 1855 Volume II designated by 33d Congress: 2d Session, Senate Document 78. Serial 759 and House Document 91. Serial 792. Volume II consisted of seven reports and Edward Griffin Beckwith (1818-1881) wrote the Section 2 report of the survey along the line of the 41st parallel. In 1853, Beckwith was part of a survey party led by Capt. Gunnison to explore the 38… Read More

San Francisco: Tourist Association of Central California, 1915. First Edition. Very Good. [9x25in, folds to 9x5in]; Ten panel folding pamphlet with detailed map of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition (PPIE), five green tinted images with narratives of attractions from the Monterey Peninsula to Sonoma County, the map of the PPIE, on the verso, details the buildings, attractions and surrounding entrances with information on street car and ferry lines to the PPIE, inset of advertisement for the Tourist Association of Central California; Some minor soiling and age toning, a single ink spot on cover panel along with a partial purple rubber stamp "From the Exposition Information Booth" This pamphlet is one of the several that were used to promote the Exposition and other tourist spots in Northern California. The 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition (PPIE) was a significant event for San Francisco, California and the United States. The planning for the exposition began in 1904, two years… Read More

Paris: M. Bonne, 1787. First Edition. Map. Fine. Gaspard André, Engraver. [9.25x13.5"]; Copper engraving, uncolored as published, detailed map of southern tip of Patagonia with Fireland and the Magellan Strait, five detailed inset maps and decorated with compass rose [Longitude based on Paris Rose line as prime meridian]. Framed. Rigobert Bonne (1727-1795 ) was one of the most important cartographers of the late 18th century. In 1773, he succeeded Jacques Bellin as Royal Cartographer to France in the office of the Hydrographer at the Depôt de la Marine. Working in his official capacity Bonne compiled some of the most detailed and accurate maps of the period. Bonne's work represents an important step in the evolution of the cartographic ideology away from the decorative work of the 17th and early 18th century towards a more detail oriented and practical aesthetic. With regard to the rendering of terrain Bonne maps bear many stylistic similarities to those of his predecessor, Bellin. However, Bonne… Read More