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

Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1964. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. [ ]; xii, 323 pp., bibliography; Lime green cloth covers with halfback black spine with gilt lettering, red end papers, all edges trimmed; Minimal shelf wear to edges and corners, spine sunned; Mustard and red dust jacket with black lettering on front and spine, illustration and image on front, image of Gentry and title on back; Some shelf wear and rubbing to dust jacket, chips and tears to spine, complete tear to back panel with stain of old tape repair, price clipped.

London: The Hakluyt Society, 2001. First Edition. Fine/Near Fine. [10x7.25in]; Vol. I - Cadiz to Panama, xcvii, 338 pp., 39 color and monochrome illustrations on plates and in text including frontispiece of Malaspina, 10 sketch maps; Vol. II - Panama to the Philippines, xx, 511 pp., 44 color and monochrome illustrations on plates and in text including frontispiece of Bustamante, 7 sketch maps; Vol. III - Manila to Cadiz, xxi, 487 pp. 30 color and monochrome illustrations on plates and in text including frontispiece of Malaspina, 6 sketch maps, all volumes include appendices and index in Vol. III; Dark blue cloth covers on boards with gilt lettering on spine and illustration of the ship 'Victoria' on front, all volumes include color world map with tracks of the corvettes 'Descubierta' and 'Atrevida' voyages; all edges trimmed; Negligible shelf wear to books or dust jackets, Vol. III dust jacket spine faded. [Howgego I M26]. Alejandro Malaspina (1754-1810) was from Tuscany and joined the Spanish navy… Read More

Cambridge: The University Press, 1915. First Edition. Very Good. Edward S. Curtis. Limited edition [7.625x5.5in 19x14.2cm image, 12.5x9.5in 23x17cm plate]; Brown ink photograph on Japanese tissue with printed title and 1914 copyright, mounted on Val Gelder paper by chine-colle method, protected by tissue guard, top edge trimmed, others untrimmed, plates are not numbered; Light age-toning to fore edge. [Curtis Legacy Foundation, Howes 965] CS. Image - Mamalelekala Cemetery on Village Island The Kwakiutl "The Kwakiutl are one of several Indigenous First Nations that inhabit the western coast of British Columbia, Canada, from central and northern Vancouver Island to the adjacent mainland coast. Kwakiutl bands consist of four clans: the Raven, Killer Whale, Eagle, and Wolf clans ... each claiming their own ancestor, chiefs, oral histories, and entitlement to certain lands, religious rites, and songs and dances associated with particular family names and masks." (from Milwaukee Public Museum and Franz… Read More

New York: Riverhead Books, 2009. First Edition, 1st Printing. Fine/Fine. Double SIGNED [8.5x6in]; 274 pp., notes; Burnt orange paper covers with maroon paper back, gilt lettering on spine and front with gilt design; Pictorial dust jacket with white and yellow lettering on front and spine, reviews for book on back; Negligible shelf wear to book or dust jacket. A fine copy of the tracking down of an unrepentant book thief, John Charles Gilkey.

Philadelphia: S. A. Mitchell Jr., 1874. Later Edition. Very Good. [13.5x10.5in 34.3x26.7cm neatline, 15x12in 38.1x31cm sheet]; Hand colored map of North and Central America with part of South America, with settlements rivers and mountains by hachures, meridian of Washington and Greenwich, route of the Investigator, Captain McClure. on discovery of the Northwest passage from the Bering strait, route of Dr. Kane voyage to west coast of Greenland; a strong impression with overall age toning of map, some offset shadows in top and bottom margin. [Rumsey 3801.008] CS. Samuel Augustus Mitchell, Jr. (---) was a publisher of maps and atlases. His Father (1790-1880) was a teacher, geographer and publisher of maps, atlases, travel guides, textbooks and other related geography works. The publishing company was transferred to his son in 1860 and Mitchell continued to publish popular atlases. In 1860, the "New General Atlas" was published with 81 colored maps on 47 plates. He continued to update, almost annually,… Read More

Unknown: Boy Scouts of America, 1948. First State. Very Good. [Sheet 22x17in, illustrated neat line 20.5x15.75in] Broadside uncolored printing of illustrated map with detail of roads, trails, base and trail camps, topographical features of peaks, creeks, ponds, mesas, Large compass rose in upper right and decorative cartouche, single vertical and horizontal fold creases (laid flat), small chips and closed tears along margin edges, typical pin holes along top and bottom edges with two below compass rose, several small and pin holes at mid right neat line and in map with minimal loss, light age toning to paper along edges with two small spots in lower right. Scarce with only three library holdings in WorldCat (OCLC) CS. Remington Schuyler (1884-1959) was an American artist and illustrator for pulp fiction magazines and the Boy Scouts of America 'Boys Life' magazine. He also illustrated the 'Boy Scout Handbook', posters and broadsides to be used by the Boy Scouts. He volunteered his services to the Boy… Read More

Philadelphia: Lea and Blandchard, 1849. Later State. Very Good. [8.25x13in neatline, 9.5x14.25in sheet, folds to 6.5x4in. ]; Map of the greater Oregon Territory and covers from 42 N. to 54 N. by 108 W. to 134 W., with inset of Columbia River survey by the Expedition; Mild age toned and some foxing spots, eight panel fold crease lines, right edge missing neat line with no loss of text, closed tear repaired at lower hinge trim.. The map is very detailed with the location of forts, farms, ranches and communities, Indian tribes and general range of influence. The inset of the Columbia River is detailed from a survey by the Exploring Expedition for almost 300 miles. There is a Note on the map of sources from areas not directly surveyed, ... "The Northern part of this Map contains the latest information of the Hudson Bay Company and the Eastern part, that of Lieu. Fremont's U.S.T.E. Exploration on the Eastern Side of the Rocky Mountains." Charles Wilkes was selected to command the first United States… Read More

Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1939. First Edition, 1st Printing. Very Good. SIGNED by Author [7.75x5.5in]; [10], xi-xiv, [2], 3-433 pp. [1], five plates with images and illustrations, fold out map, bibliography and index; Dark orange cloth covers with black lettering and gold illustration on spine paper label, top edge dark red ink and all edges trimmed; Minor shelf wear to covers, edges and corners, slight fading of spine cloth with some dark/light age toning of label, single scratch across label, Signed by Grant Foreman on front free end paper, prior owner ink inscription on half-title.

Cambridge: The University Press, 1915. First Edition. Very Good. Edward S. Curtis. Limited edition [7.625x5.5in 19x14.2cm image, 12.5x9.5in 23x17cm plate]; Brown ink photograph on Japanese tissue with printed title and 1914 copyright, mounted on Van Gelder paper by chine-colle method, protected by tissue guard, top edge trimmed, others untrimmed, plates are not numbered; Light age-toning to fore edge. [Curtis Legacy Foundation, Howes 965] CS. Image - Mask of Octopus Hunter - Qagyuhl The Kwakiutl "The Kwakiutl are one of several Indigenous First Nations that inhabit the western coast of British Columbia, Canada, from central and northern Vancouver Island to the adjacent mainland coast. Kwakiutl bands consist of four clans: the Raven, Killer Whale, Eagle, and Wolf clans ... each claiming their own ancestor, chiefs, oral histories, and entitlement to certain lands, religious rites, and songs and dances associated with particular family names and masks." (from Milwaukee Public Museum and Franz Boas… Read More

London: Longmans, Green and Co., Ltd, 1964. First Edition. Fine/Near Fine. [8.75x6in]; 240 pp., frontispiece image of 1933 portrait of Mawson, 40 images, 2 maps, appendices and index; Gray cloth covers with silver lettering on spine, all edges trimmed; Gray toned pictorial dust jacket with white and red lettering on front and spine; Minimal shelf wear to dust jacket edges, prior owner name in ink on front end paper. [Rosove 220.A1; Spence 781]. From Rosove, "a biography of Sir Douglas by his wife, Lady Paquita, based on published and unpublished writings and personal recollections. Containing material concerning Mawson's relationship with T. W. Edgeworth David and Robert F. Scott, preparations for his 1911-14 expedition, and letters from Mawson to his wile written during the course of the expedition.

New York: Stein and Day, 1977. First Edition. Very Good/Very Good. [9.25x6.5in]; 237 pp., 24 illustrations, images and facsimile; Light blue paper cover with black cloth spine back, gilt lettering on spine and author signature on front, all edges trimmed, area and route maps on end papers; Some fading to edges of covers and corners slightly bumped, some small light spotting on top edge; Blue pictorial dust jacket with whit lettering on front and spine; Minor edge wear to dust jacket with a few small chips to top of spine and corners. Douglas Mawson (1882-1958) was an Australian geologist, Antarctic explorer and academic. Along with Roald Amundsen, Robert Falcon Scott, and Ernest Shackleton, Mawson was a key expedition leader during the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. The Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911-14) set out to explore coast land south of Australia. The Base camp was at Commonwealth Bay and recorded some of the highest wind velocities in Antarctica. This book is the story of one… Read More

London: Erye and Spottiswoode, 1947. First Edition. Fine/Very Good. London: Erye and Spottiswoode; 1947; First Edition [5.5x8"] Red cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine, all edges trimmed; light gray dust jacket with black and red lettering on spine and front, red and black ruled border on front, white with black lettering of advertisement on back; 176 pp.; Minimal shelf wear to edges, a few small bleed spots of red cloth color on endpapers; Typical edge wear to edges and corners with some rubbing to surfaces, chips to top and bottom of spine, some fading of red lettering on spine, closed tear at top of spine, small red stain smudge on back. Overall condition is Very Good. Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1874-1965) was a long standing British statesman and world figure that has had a significant influence on world events in the 20th century that are still impacting the world today. This book is an anthology of excerpts of Churchill's speeches and writings grouped in ten chapters. The… 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: The Heritage Press, 1943. First Edition. Slipcased. Very Good. Boardman Robinson. with book note [9.75x7in]; xxi, 615 pp., 29 illustrations by Robinson; Green cloth covers with gilt lettering in red field bordered with wave design on spine and front, top edge stained red, all edges trimmed; Mottled beige paper on stiff board slip case; Minor shelf wear to edges, corners and spine top and bottom; Some shelf wear and rubbing to slip case. Overall condition is Very Good.

Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma, 2011. First Edition, 1st Printing. Fine/Fine. SIGNED by both Authors [9.25x6.5in]; xv, 392 pp., frontispiece of General James Ferguson, 26 illustrations and images, one map of the Utah Territory and routes taken, bibliography and index; Mottled tan paper over boards with similar end papers and darker cloth back strip,black ink lettering on spine, all edges trimmed; Mottle tan dust jacket with stylized and bordered black lettering on front and spine, color illustration of soldiers and horses marching in a snow storm, review and advertisement on back cover; Negligible shelf wear to book or dust jacket, tipped in University of Oklahoma prospectus and book signing advertisement. From the dust jacket, "In 1857, President James Buchanann ordered U.S. troops to Utah to replace Brigham Young as governor and restore order in what the federal government viewed as a territory in rebellion." Buchanann was dealing with several critical issues regarding state's rights in… Read More

San Francisco: Yosemite Publishing Co, 1926. First Edition, Later Printing. Very Good. [7.75x11in, oblong]; Unpaginated, 44 pp., 34 full page sepia-toned images of Yosemite buildings, landscape and visitors; Dark blue cloth covers with gilt lettering in designed borders on front, staple binding; Negligible shelf wear to covers or text, text block separated from cover at staples. Harry Byron Magill was a popular author of travel books and pictorial guides in the early 1900's.

New York: D. Appleton & Co, 1873. First Edition. Near Fine. James David Smillie. [12.5x9.25in (32x23.5cm) cut sheet, 9x6in (23x15.3cm) image]; Steel engraving in double matted in wood frame; Small soiling spots not affecting image; a view of Mount Shasta looking north from what appears to be an Indian hunting party camp site in a meadow. [Mount Shasta, 14,179 ft (4,322 m), is the southern most volcano in the Northwest Cascade Range]. [Taft, Artist and Illustrators of the Old West, p 62 & p 298, Samuels' Encyclopedia of Artist of the American West, p 447]. James David Smillie (1833-1909) was a well known painter and illustrator in the late 1800s. He provided many of the illustrations in the Picturesque America, 1872-1874, edited by William Cullen Bryant. This two volume book was very popular in promoting tourism and illustrating the many different views of America. Along with essays are 900 wood and 50 steel engravings based on the country's well known landscape painters. It was sold by subscription… Read More

New York: The Century Co, 1913. Second Edition, 2nd Printing. Very Good Plus. [7.75x5.5in]; xiv, [2], 389 pp., frontispiece illustration of "Hoofed Locusts", 14 plates and 48 half-toned images and illustrations (full page and in text), 4 maps; Original tan linen covers with gilt lettering on front and spine, gilt and dark green ink oval illustration of mountains and rising sun bordered in gilt and pine/sequoia cones on front, and illustrations of cones, mountain sheep and bee on spine, top edge gilt, fore and bottom edge untrimmed; Minor shelf wear to covers, edges, corners and text block, age and minor soiling on covers with faint stain spot on spine, darken spine and gilt, light age toning to text., old stamp residue on bottom rear end paper with book binder mark. [Kimes 293, Curry Kruska 258, BAL 14746, Zamorano 80 #56, Neate M166] MW. John Muir (1838-1914) was a well-known naturalist, preservationist, author, advocate, and founder of the Sierra Club. His writings were poetic in the beauty of… Read More

Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University Press, 1952. First Edition. Very Good/Very Good. [Reprinted in facsimile from the first American edition of 1855] [5.25x7.5"]; Dark Beige cloth covers with black ink lettering ruled border and decorations on front and spine; Beige dust jacket with black and beige lettering on black filed on front and spine, illustration of burial overlooking San Francisco on front cover and barroom illustration with narrative on rear cover; i-xiv introduction, x, [2], 14-393, xv-xxxi editor's notes and index, frontispiece, 8 plates and 17 engravings; Minimal shelf wear to edges, dust jacket chips on corners, large chip along top of spine and triangle chip on bottom of spine, closed tear along front joint, price clipped, no loss of text. [Kurutz 429b]. Samuel Francis (Frank) Marryat (1826-1855) was a sailor, artist, and author. He was the son of Fredric Marryat, a British Naval Captain and English novelist that knew Charles Dickens and admired by Samuel Clemens. In 1850, Frank left… Read More

New York: Time Life Books, 1982. First Edition. Near Fine. New York: Time Life Books; 1982, First Edition [Classics of the Old West][facsimile reprint of London edition 1855] [6x8.5"]; Brown leather covers with gilt lettering on front and spine, gilt rules on spine, darker brown embossed illustration of cow horn, tomahawk and six shooter entwined in rope on front and gold pan with pic ax on spine, marbled endpapers, bookmark gold ribbon, all edged trimmed and gilt, burnt orange/brown marbled endpapers; [1], x, [2], 443 pp., [1], facsimiles of eight colored lithograph plates by Hanhart and Marryat including frontispiece, eighteen woodcuts in text, index [same as 1855 London edition], tipped in two page note from editors, bookplate of Classics of the Old West on front endpaper. Overall condition is Near Fine [Kurutz 429a][Zamorano 80]. Samuel Francis (Frank) Marryat (1826-1855) was a sailor, artist, and author. He was the son of Fredric Marryat, a British Naval Captain and English novelist that knew… Read More