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

London: Blackie and Sons, 1938. First Edition. Near Fine. 8vo, [8.5x6in]; xv, [1], 240 pp., 24 plate leaves with 54 images and 5 sketches, 4 maps in text and 2 folding, bibliographical notes on members of Scott's 1901-04 Discovery expedition and index; Dark blue cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine, black and white map on front end papers, all edges trimmed; Minimal shelf wear with slight bumping of corners, slight fading on upper front joint and top and bottom of spine, top text edge darken with age and dust, prior owner pencil marks on end papers, Steve Fossett bookplate on front end paper. [Rosove 37.A1, Taurus 129, Conrad p 111, Spence 129]. Louis Charles Bernacchi (1876-1942) was an Australian physicist, astronomer and Antarctic explorer. He was the magnetic and meteorological observer for Borchgrevink's Southern Cross expedition (1898-1900) that was the first to winter over at Cape Adare on the Antarctic continent. This expedition was the first of the Heroic Age of Antarctic exploration… Read More

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1944. Later Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons; 1944; Later Edition [6x9"]; Blue cloth binding with gold debossed lettering on front and spine and illustration of Virginia City, Nevada Territory, birds eye view and notable buildings on front and back endpapers; Cream dust jacket with black and red lettering and illustrations on cover and spine; [2], xii, 407 pp., 25 black/white illustrations including frontispiece; Dust jacket minimal soiling and shelf wear at edges; Overall condition is Near fine. The Comstock Lode on Mt. Davidson near Virginia City, Nevada, was the first major silver discovery in the late 1850's. This discovery created a Utah Territory "Silver Rush" similar to the 1849 California Gold Rush.

Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University Press, 1949. First Edition. Fine/Very Good. [5.75x8.75"]; [1], x, 189 pp.,[1], 19 black/white illustrations including frontispiece; Pale yellow binding with yellow lettering on red decorative field, map of central California on front and back end papers; Dark red dust jacket with illustration of miner and yellow lettering in black field on cover and spine and other yellow and black lettering, colophon of Stanford University Press on spine and binding, advertisements for other related books on back of jacket [later printing of jacket with ink stamped notice of changes in pricing]; Dust jacket is age toned and has some shelf wear with closed tears and missing chips to top and bottom of spine with minimal text loss. Samuel Cutler "Sam" Ward (1814 -1884) was a banker, poet, author, Forty-niner, gourmet and lobbyist in Washington, DC. He was also the brother to Julia Ward Howe, companion of Longfellow. He left for California in 1849, after bankruptcy in New York, to try… Read More

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1947. First Edition. Fine/Very Good. Garden City, NY; Doubleday & Company, Inc.; 1947; First Edition [6x8.75"]; Dark green binding with gilt lettering and devices on spine, illustration of San Francisco in 1868 on front endpapers and image of the city in the late 1940's on back endpapers; Light green dust jacket with white and black lettering and illustration of 1840's waterfront. image and narrative of author on back; [1], xv,518 pp., nine black/white images and illustrations; Bookseller stamp on back pastedown endpaper; Dust jacket slightly soiled and darken spine with minor shelf wear, price clipped; Overall in very good to fine condition.

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

New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1913. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Very Good. [November], 8vo [9.5x6.75in]; Vol. I [2] xxiv, 443 pp., folding map, sepia portrait frontispiece, 6 photogravure plates, 10 colored plates, 2 folding plates, 101 plates of 133 photographs, 2 facsimile extracts from Scott's diary and 7 sketches in text [photogravure and colored plates from sketches and painting by E.O. Wilson, photographs by Herbert Ponting], Vol. II xiv, [1], 376 pp.[4], folding map, sepia portrait frontispiece, 8 colored plates, 3 double page plates, 72 plates of 104 photographs, 7 folding maps and 8 sketches in text, tissue guard in front of each frontispiece; Dark green blue cloth covers, gilt lettering and rule on spine, top edge gilt with other edges cut; Vol. I & II minor shelf wear, spines lightly faded, bookplate of Ernest John Knapton on front end papers, Vol. I front hinge loose and cracked at title page with bookseller stamp on bottom of front free end paper. [Rosove 290A1b, Spence… Read More

London: Smith, Elder and Company, 1913. Second Edition. Very Good. London: Smith, Elder & Co.; 1913; Second Edition, two volume set [6.75x9.25"]; Dark blue cloth covers with blind stamped borders and gilt lettering on front and spine with gilt rule, top edge gilt with other edges uncut; Vol. I [2] xxvi, 633 pp., folding map with tipped in explanatory note at rear, [2] advertisements, sepia portrait frontispiece, 6 photogravure plates, 10 colored plates, 2 folding plates, 101 plates of 133 photographs, 2 facsimile extracts from Scott's diary and 7 sketches in text [photogravure and colored plates from sketches and painting by E.O. Wilson, photographs by Herbert Ponting], Vol. II xiv, [1], 534 pp.[2], folding map at rear, sepia portrait frontispiece, 8 colored plates, 3 double page plates, 72 plates of 104 photographs, 7 folding maps and 8 sketches in text; Vol. I shelf wear and rubbing to covers and spine, corners bumped and bent, cover boards cracked in places with cloth ribbing, top and bottom of… Read More

New York: Viking Penguin, 2003. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. Signed by author on title page, [9.25x6.25in]; xxv, 452 pp., 8 maps, modern illustration of all six ships at anchor in Orange Bay, near Cape Horn in 1839, 12 plates of illustrations and images, notes, bibliography and index; Black cloth back strip over red paper boards, gilt lettering on spine, blind stamped NP on front, all edges trimmed; Red dust jacket with white and gilt lettering on front and spine shadow image of sailing ship rigging on front, white lettering on back of book reviews; Minimal shelf wear with slight fading to bottom edges. Charles Wilkes (1798-1877) was a naval officer with a science background. He was selected, after a number of other senior officers declined the position, to command the expedition. The United States had one of the largest merchant fleets that were sailing throughout the world and primarily relied on British charts for navigation. The exploring expedition was conceived in 1828 to chart the… Read More

Glendale, CA: The Arthur H. Clark Company Castle Press, 1980. First Edition. Very Good. Book Design by Grant Dahlstrom. Limited to 750 copies, [9.5x6.5in]; 209 pp., frontispiece image of Hutchings and cover image of Hutchings' California Magazine first issue; Red cloth covers with gilt lettering on front and spine, gilt illustration of elephant on front, top and bottom edges trimmed, fore edge deckled; Minor shelf wear, front bottom and back upper corners appear to have a few puppy chew marks, frayed back upper corner, otherwise would be fine condition. [Kruska endnote 3, p. 275]. James Mason Hutchings (1820-1902) was one of the many Englishmen that came to California in 1849 for the Gold Rush. He made his fortune in mining and was one of the early promoters of the wonders of Yosemite Valley and the National Park. As a businessman, he established a hotel in the valley floor and, after named as a State Park in 1864, he claimed land under preemption laws. He lost his claim and was banished from the… Read More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1926. First Edition. Very Good. original 1599 edition][8.5x7in]; xxiv 293 pp. [1], eight tipped in pen and ink illustrations on tan paper, many in text black/white illustrations and designs throughout; Black cloth covers with mustard yellow backstrip, black lettering and ship illustration on spine paper label, illustrated black and tan endpapers; Some shelf wear to bottom edges and to bumped corners, slight wear to top and bottom of darken spine, small chips to paper label with no loss of text, rear hinge cracked and loose, prior owner ink name on half title, bookplate of Russel Van Arsdale Lee on front endpaper [Dr. Lee (1895-1982) was a noted Palo Alto doctor that started the Medical Clinic in 1930 and was on the faculty of the Stanford School of Medicine for 42 years], bookseller stamp on recto of rear free endpaper.

London: Mills & Boon, Ltd, 1922. First Edition. Very Good. 8vo, [7.75x5.25in]; [vi], 11-89 pp., [1], 1-16 pp., advertisements; Light Blue cloth covers with dark blue ink lettering on front and spine, bottom edge untrimmed; Some shelf wear to covers, edges and corners, minor soiling and spots on covers, spine faded with rubbing, front bottom edge worn, corners slightly bumped , some age toning of text with foxing spots on edges. A scarce book rarely forund with a dust jacket [Rosove 30.A1, Spence 114]. From the title page, "... "In the darkening twilight I saw a lone star hover gem-like above the bay." - Shackleton's last entry in his Diary". Harold Begbie (1871-1929) was a well known English author and journalist. From Rosove, he "... met Shackleton between the "Endurance" and "Quest" expeditions and based his book on conversations and interviews with Shackleton as well as recollections of others who knew the explorer." Shackleton died on January 5, 1922 aboard the "Quest" while anchored off of… Read More

San Francisco: The Private Press of Thomas C. Russell, 1922. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. M. Buehler, Illustrator. #134 of 200 Exeter book-paper copies limited to 450 total copies, SIGNED by Russell, 8vo [9.25X6.25in]; xxlix [forward by Russell, article by Mary Lawrence about Clappe, extended table of contents, and illustrations], [2], 350 pp., [1, colophon], frontispiece and 7 line illustrations with tissue guards, 23 Letters richly detailed dark blue illustrated devices at each Letter synopsis and beginning and end of letter; Forest green paper boards, tan linen spine back strip with black lettering on buff paper label, forest green end papers, Exeter book-paper, all edges untrimmed; Minimal shelf wear and rubbing to edges, front lower corner has small rubbed through, faint water stain to back strip front and part of spine, distinctive large art deco bookplate of Carlo Sutro Morbio on front free end paper; Forest green dust jacket with gilt lettering and design on front, buff paper label on… Read More

Canada: Binfords-Mort for The Oregon Historical Society, 1944. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. [9.5x6.25in]; xii, 310 pp., frontispiece of Simpson, five plates of illustrations, bibliography, notes and index; Red cloth covers with black lettering on spine, Canada map on end papers, all edges trimmed; minor small dents to edges and top and bottom of spine; Cream dust jacket with red and black lettering on front and spine, illustration of Simpson on front, advertisement on back.

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc, 1961. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. [8.5x6in]; 296 pp., [1], 28 black and white images; Pale blue cloth back strip on patterned gray paper boards, white and black ink lettering on spine, all edges trimmed; Black dust jacket with blue, white and red lettering on front and spine, blue tinted image of Wilkins on front and narratives of author and reviews on back; Minimal shelf wear, inscription on front end paper signed by Lady Suzanne Wilkins, tipped in in news paper article that was taped to back end paper; Some edge chips and wear to dust jacket, price clipped, rubbing and fading to spine and edges. Sir George Hubert Wilkins (1888-1958), an Australian, was one of the last great heroes of the Heroic Age of Polar Exploration in the early 1900's. In 1913, he was selected by Vilhjalmur Stefansson to be the photographer on the Karluk to explore the Arctic Beaufort Sea area. He was part of the British Expedition to Antarctic Graham Land in 1920-21, which, of… Read More

New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1940. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. Author inscription [9x6in]; 305 pp. frontispiece image of the six surviving members - Greely, Brainard, Biederbick, Connell, Long and Fredericks, 11 illustrations and images; Dark blue cloth covers with gilt lettering on front and spine, color maps on front and back end papers, top and bottom edges trimmed; Illustrated dust jacket with red and black lettering on front, spine and back, color illustration of rescue ship and surviving explorers, images of contemporary newspaper articles on expedition and rescue; Minimal shelf wear to edges and top and bottom of spine, inscription to Admiral Joseph Strauss by Brainard dated November 21, 1940, handwritten correction by Brainard to plate caption after page 78; Minor shelf wear and soiling to dust jacket surfaces, edges and corners. David L. Brainard (1856-1946) was an US Army Brigadier General and Arctic explorer. He was involved in the Indian wars during the 1870's. In 1881 he… Read More

New York: Little, Brown & Co, 2004. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. Signed by Author; [9.5x6.25in]; ix, 353 pp., notes, bibliography and index; No shelf wear to book or dust jacket. Archibald Robbins was a crewman on the brig Commerce under the Master James Riley. The ship sailed from Hartford for Gibraltar and then New Orleans In June 1815. The Brig was caught in a violent gale off the west coast of Africa and ran aground at Cape Bojador (coast of Western Sahara) in August 1815. This book is a blending of the accounts by Riley and Robbins of the trials and tribulations of the crew in their unsuccessful efforts to avoid the Arab natives, whose customs and style are described, as well as the resourcefulness of the crew in surviving, the wandering in the Sahara and arrival in Northern Morocco, then populated by a mixed culture of chiefly Arabs and Jews, with many Christian slaves. They ultimately arrived in Tangier and the safety of the American consulate in Gibraltar. The Riley and Robbins… 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

New York: Blue Ribbon Books, 1931. Later Edition. Near Fine. New York: Blue Ribbon Books, 1931, Later Edition [Boy's Edition],[6x8.5"]; Blue cloth covers with printed color image of Byrd, black lettering and with Rainbow Binding, photograph images on front and rear end papers; [6],vii - xxiv, 359pp., seven photographs; minor shelf wear to rear cover with wear marks at bottom of spine, gift inscription on recto of fontispiece and pasted bookplate on rear end paper; Forward to Boy's Edition by Paul Siple [boy scout that participated in the Byrd Little America Antarctic expedition]; In near fine condition.

San Francisco: Amos Publishing Co, 1915. Later printing. Staple bound wraps. Near Fine. [4.25x6.25in]; Unpaginated, 32 plates with 110 black and white images, panoramic day and night image of Exposition; Light-blue paper wrappers with raised gilt lettering image of Tower of Jewels on front in gilt borders, image of Palace of Fine Arts on back in gilt borders, image of model of Woolworth building, New York, on inside back cover, two staple binding; Minimal rubbing to covers and spine, faint water spots on front, very little staple rust, small chip at bottom front and spine, corners and edges clean and tight. 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 before the devastating 1906 earthquake and fire destroyed most of the City and caused significant damage to most of the bay area. As part of the rebuilding and recovery efforts for San Francisco, the PPIE… Read More

Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 2010. First Edition, 1st Printing. Fine/Fine. SIGNED [10.25x7.25]; xxii, 458 pp., 21 illustrations and images, 4 maps, bibliography and index; Dark mustard linen cloth covers with black ink lettering on spine, brick red end papers all edges trimmed; Pictorial dust jacket with 1898 color illustration, A Doubtful Visitor, by Charles M. Russell, gold and white ink lettering on front and spine with reviews on back; Negligible shelf wear to book or dust jacket, signed by author on half title page, tipped in University of Oaklahoma prospectus, book signing advertisement, and National Park Service map of Oregon Trail. Will Bagley (1950-2021) was an independent historian who has written about overland emigration, frontier violence, railroads, mining, and the Mormons. Bagley has published extensively over the years and is the author and editor of many books, articles, and reviews in professional journals. Bagley is the series editor of Arthur H. Clark Company's… Read More