Exploration from Mare Booksellers

Montreal/New York: Arctic Institute of North America, Publisher, 1950. Cloth. Good. Maroon cloth. No jacket. Original covers bound in. Pagination varies. Photos, maps, including a few foldouts, and illustrations throughout. A bound volume of the first three years of this journal devoted to the study of the Arctic region, including science and natural history. Includes a few pieces… Read more about this item

New York: The Century Co, 1900. Half Leather. Good. Half leather with black boards. 966 pp. Illustrations throughout. Bound volume of this monthly magazine including two pieces by Theodore Roosevelt, "Fellow-feeling as a political factor," and "Military preparedness and unpreparedness;" "My Debut as a Literary Person," by Mark Twain; "Signs of Progress Among the Negroes," by Booker T.… Read more about this item

New York: Samuel W. Miller, 1934. Wraps. Good. Unpaginated. A photo documentary of the expedition undertaken by Admiral Byrd to the South Pole, mostly using airplanes. Photos by Captain Ashley McKinley, documenting all aspects of the expedition. GOOD condition. Moderate uneven toning to the covers. Minor soiling and scuffing. Extremities scuffed and worn, with a few small chips… Read more about this item

New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1948. Cloth. Good/Good. Stated eighth edition. Blue cloth in unclipped jacket. Appears signed by Donald B. Macmillan on the title page; but while the signature matches examples seen online, it is lacking the middle initial B. 287 pp. Black and white photos throughout. An account of the travels and explorations of Miriam… Read more about this item

St. Louis: James R. Albach, Publisher, 1851. Cloth. Good. Second edition, revised and enlarged. Modern black cloth. Xxiv, 818 pp. A lengthy historical survey of the settling of what was considered the West in the United States in 1850, focusing on events in Kentucky, Illinois and other territories and states in the Midwest. This includes sections on interactions… Read more about this item

New York: Harper and Brothers, 1898. Wraps. Good. Illustrated wraps. Black and white illustrations throughout, including a few by Frederic Remington. Single issue of this magazine, featuring an article by Caroline Sherman Bansemer on Margaret Brent, asserting that she was the earliest American woman to demand the right to vote; an illustrated story by Frederic Remington; a lengthy… Read more about this item

New York: George P. Putnam, 1850. Cloth. Good. Stated author's revised edition, with new edition, revised, on the half title. Blue green cloth. 492 pp. Fold out map of the Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean and Eastern United States, at the front. Volume three only of this work on Columbus, being an account of the lives and explorations of… Read more about this item

New York: Harper and Brothers, 1894. Wraps. Good. Illustrated wraps. Black and white illustrations throughout. Single issue of this long running general interest magazine. This with part five of "Trilby" by George Du Maurier; A Kinsman of Red Cloud," by Owen Wister, illustrated by Frederic Remington; an account of travels in Java, illustrated; Charleston, South Carolina in 1861… Read more about this item

Providence, RI: Providence Public Library Special Collections, Publisher. Wraps. Various. no date, perhaps early 2000s. #15 of 200 copies printed. Side sewn blue wraps. 16 pp. A few color illustrations. Two tales of arctic voyages from journals held in the Providence Public Library's Nicholson Whaling Collection: the Nicholas Bailey journal and Private Schneider's Journal of the Greely Expedition.… Read more about this item

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1926. First Edition. Cloth. Good. First edition. Red cloth. No jacket. 276 pp. Black and white photo plates throughout. An account of the airplane journey around the world undertaken by Edward Evans, accompanied by the author, Linton Wells. Wells, a noted US foreign correspondent, documented their record setting time and their brief experiences in countries… Read more about this item

Cincinnati: Swormstedt and Poe, 1859. Half-Leather. Good. Half leather with marbled boards. 762 pp. Black and white illustrated plates throughout. A bound volume of this monthly journal devoted to literature, poetry and religious topics, produced by members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Includes a portrait of African-American missionary bishop, Francis Burns, in Liberia, with a background of Monrovia… Read more about this item

Salem, MA: Marine Research Society, 1923. Cloth. Good/Fair. Blue paper covered boards with black cloth spine, in unclipped photo illustrated jacket. 75 pp. An account by third officer William Endicott (aboard the Glide) of several months lived on the island of Vanua Levu in Fiji, after a shipwreck in 1831. He talks about the natives, as well as… Read more about this item

No Place: Bison Books, 1995. Trade Paperback. Good. Trade paperbacks. 995 pp., between the two volumes. A few black and white illustrations throughout. Revised edition of the 1935 original, chronicling the life of Kit Carson and his exploration, hunting and other events in the US West, including serving as a scout for Fremont, interactions with Native Americans, etc.… Read more about this item

Boston: Wells and Lilly, 1819. Leather. Good. Full marbled leather with gilt ruling and ornamentation on the spine. Xxix, 376; viii, 414 pp. Title page calls for charts, but NO charts are bound in, nor can any page numbers for charts be found in the contents of each volume. A history of various countries, kingdoms and empires to… Read more about this item

London: Leisure Hour, Publisher, 1898. Half-Leather. Good. Half leather with marbled boards. Original wrappers bound in. 812 pp. Black and white illustrations throughout, including a piece by E. Burne-Jones. A bound volume of this general interest magazine including history, science, travel, literature and poetry. This includes a history and account of Australia; a several page account of chess… Read more about this item

New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1904. Cloth. Good. Drab olive/beige cloth with illustrations in white and lavender, as well as an oval paste down photo on the front cover. 97 pp. Black and white photos throughout. A work for a juvenile audience, discussing the wildlife of the Arctic region and the relationship between the Inuit (or Eskimo)… Read more about this item

Boston: Ticknor, Reed and Fields, 1853. Cloth. Good. Brown cloth decorated in blind. 186 pp., plus 8 pages of ads. A collection of essays on missionary life and work, including some mention of people and work in Burma, Ceylon, India, etc. GOOD condition. Ex-library with a pastedown and pocket in the interior. Minor fading to the covers. Cloth… Read more about this item

New York: J. Emory and B. Waugh et al, Publishers, 1829. Hard Cover. Good. 1829 and other dates. Paper covered board with leather spine. Pagination varies. A few illustrated title pages. A bound volume of various religious and theological tracts, including parables for children. Perhaps of note is an "Epitome of Jewish History," abridged by Dr. Adam Clarke… Read more about this item

New York: Harper and Brothers, 1895. Wraps. Good. Illustrated wraps. Black and white illustrations throughout. Single issue of this magazine, featuring: the first part of a novel by Mark Twain, written under the pseudonym Louis de Conte, "Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc;" part five of "Hearts Insurgent," by Thomas Hardy; an illustrated piece by Charles Dana Gibson… Read more about this item

New York: Harper and Brothers, 1891. Wraps. Good. Illustrated wraps. Black and white illustrations throughout. Single issue of this magazine, featuring an illustrated article on Cairo, Egypt; a legend of Sonora; an article on the Art Students' League of New York (a long running art school in New York City), featuring illustrations by students such as Clifford Carleton,… Read more about this item