Shackleton’s Last VoyageSubstantial Account, Pre-Dating Author’s BookTitle: The Voyage of the Quest.Author: WILD, Commander Frank.Publisher: London: Royal Geographical Society, 1923. Pre-Dates BookItem is in ORIGINAL Condition, With Blue Wrappers – As Issued, Complete with All the Ads!!!Notes & Condition: This is the official … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: April 2023
Literature – Theatre – FilmWorks of Peter Ulrich Weiss1960sDocument ArchiveFrom New York City’sMiss Joan DavesRenowned Female Literary AgentWho RepresentedSix Nobel LaureatesIncluding Martin Luther King, Jr. New York City, Frankfurt, Stockholm, etc., 1961-1966. Substantial archive of documents concerning the publication and … Continue reading
Three Autographs of Hardy AmiesIn Volumes From His Personal LibraryWith Bookplate and Signature1928-1933 Germany, 1928-1933. Three (3) original signatures of Hardy Amies, the couturier for Queen Elizabeth for some thirty-nine years, contained in three books from his personal library, and each … Continue reading
Russian Far EastPioneering Navigation and CommerceEarly Steam ShipsOn the Amur and Shilka Rivers1861-1880Two Primary Source Manuscript DiariesOf an English EngineerContracted by the Amoor Shipping CompanyIncludes a Rare 1858 Mapof the Amur RiverNikolayevsk-on-Amur, Chita, Sretensk, Blagoveshchensk, TransBaikal villages, 17 May 1861 … Continue reading
Waziristan Campaign 1936-1939Primary Source PhotographsBy Tundan of KabulKing’s Royal Rifle CorpsMarching Through Khyber PakhtunkhwaWaziristan, 1936-1939. Two albums of photographs taken by professional Afghani photographer known simply as Tundan, while accompanying the King’s Royal Rifle Corps through the passes and plains … Continue reading
Title: The British Trans-Greenland Expedition, 1934. Author: LINDSAY, Martin.Publisher: London: Royal Geographical Society, 1935. Precedes Book.Item is in ORIGINAL Condition, With Blue Wrappers – As Published – in Two Issues, Complete with All the Ads!!! Notes & Condition: This is a fascinating … Continue reading
Title: A Journey in Dutch Guiana. Author: Ivan Sanderson.Publisher: London: Royal Geographical Society, 1939.Item is in ORIGINAL Condition, With Blue Wrappers – As Issued, Complete with All the Ads!!! Notes & Condition: The author spent one year in Dutch Guiana on a zoological … Continue reading
Rare Early TreatiseNile Palestrina MosaicRosetta StoneMonuments of Ptolemaic EgyptReveals Ancient Ways of Life PIERALISI, Sante Title: Osservazioni sul Musaico di Palestrina. [Observations on the Palestrina Mosaic] Rome: Salviucci, 1858. Large Folio, measuring 56cm x 39cm (15.5 inches x 22 inches). … Continue reading
Title: Antarctic Icebergs. Author: KEMP, Stanley; WORDIE, J. M.Publisher: London: Royal Geographical Society, 1933.Item is in ORIGINAL Condition, With Blue Wrappers – As Issued, Complete with All the Ads!!! Notes & Condition: Examination of Antarctic iceberg variation, particularly the properties of the … Continue reading