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Washington: U.S. House of Representatives, 1855. Hardcover. Good. Volume I - Chile: Its Geography, Climate, Earthquakes, etc. Folding panoramic view of Santiago nearly 6 ft. in length. Folding map of Chile in three sheets. Ten full page plates: map, plans, views, one color portrait of Araucanian chief. Volume II - The Andes and Pampas: Minerals, Indian Remains, Mammals (Spencer F. Baird), Birds (John Cassin), etc. Illustrated with color plates (3 of Indian artifacts, 15 of birds), b&w plates, woodcuts, maps. Bound in decorated original brown cloth. Outer rear hinge of Volume I starting. Damps stain to top edge of many pages of Volume I. Cover scrape to Volume II with backstrip partially reglued, foreedge dampstain to the first few pages. Two additional volumes, principally covering astronomical observations, were published (not included here). Spencer Baird and John Cassin were contemporaries and friends, Baird at the Smithsonian and Cassis at the Academy of Natural Sciences. Both were eminent naturalists of the 19th century and made major contributions to science based on their museum work. Cassin, in particular, classified the birds collected on U.S. expeditions to many parts of the world. A thoroughly interesting work with a unique selection of maps and plates.
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The U.S. Naval Astronomical Expedition to the Southern Hemisphere During the Years 1849-’50-’51-’52. Volume 1: Chile.
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The U.S. Naval Astronomical Expedition to The Southern Hemisphere, during The Years 1849-'50-'51-'52 (Vols. 1 & 6 only)
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Washington, D.C.: House of Representatives, A.O.P. Nicholson, Printer, 1856. First printings. Good. James Melville Gilliss (1811-1865) was an astronomer, United States naval officer and founder of the United States Naval Observatory In 1848 he obtained $5,000 from Congress for a naval astronomical expedition to Chile in order to more precisely measure the solar parallax He headed the expedition from August 1849 until his return in November 1852 The expedition successfully completed the planned astronomical observations and also made valuable observations of the earth's magnetic field, earthquakes, geography, politics and natural science The specimens of fauna and flora brought back from Chile formed the earliest part of the Smithsonian collection from Latin America The results of the expedition were published in as six-volume treatise The observatory and staff he left in Chile became the nucleus of Chile's astronomical program, previous to this there was no astronomical tradition in Chile Gilliss…
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The U.S. Naval Astronomical Expedition to the Southern Hemisphere, during the Years 1849-'50-'51-'52, Volume I, Chile.; Chile, Its Geography, Climate, Earthquakes, Government, Social Condition, Mineral and Agricultural Resources, Commerce, &c.,&c
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Washington: A.O.P. Nicholson, 1855. hardcover. very good(-). 556 pages. 4to, 1/2 brown calf, marbled boards; quite rubbed and with some repairs & reinforcements. Extensively illustrated with 7 lithographs (6 tinted, 1 hand colored) and 7 maps (3 folding but loose in front of book). The hand colored lithographic plate is a "Portrait of an Araucanian chief." One of the tinted lithographs is the nine panel folding plate (one section partially detached at a fold), "Panoramic view from Santa Lucia." Washington, D.C.: A.O.P. Nicholson Printers, 1855. First Edition. Very good(-).<br/><br/> This is Volume 1 of a 4 volume set covering the US Naval Astronomical Expedition to the Southern Hemisphere from 1849-1852. This volume deals with Chile.<br/><br/>
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The U.S. Astronomical Expedition to The Southern Hemisphere during the years 1849-'50-'51-'52. 2 Vols.
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Washington: A. O. P. Nicholson. Very Good. 1855. Hardcover. 2 vols. Includes large full-color pull-out "Panoramic View from the Summit of Santa Lucia, Santiago". ; Folio 13" - 23" tall; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail. .
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Gilliss, J.M., Lieut., Lieut. Archibald Macrae, [et al.]. THE U.S. NAVAL ASTRONOMICAL EXPEDITION TO THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE, DURING THE YEARS 1849-'50-'51-'52. [2 volumes] VOLUME I. CHILE: ITS GEOGRAPHY, CLIMATE, EARTHQUAKES, GOVERNMENT, SOCIAL CONDITION, MINERAL AND AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES, COMMERCE, &C., &C. [and], VOLUME II: REPORT OF JOURNEYS ACROSS THE ANDES AND PAMPAS OF THE ARGENTINE PROVINCES..BY LIEUT. ARCHIBALD MACRAE. 33d Congress, 1st Session, House of Representatives. Ex. Doc. No. 121. Washington, A.O.P. Nicholson, 1855. New half morocco lettered in gilt on the spines with marbled paper over boards. New endpapers. xiii, [1], 556 pp., one folding color panorama, three of four folding maps, and ten full-page plates (1 color); ix, [2], 300 pp., one folding map, 35 full-page plates (18 color) and 11 woodcut text-figures. The color illustrations largely depict indigenous ornithological specimens and local antiquities, un-colored plates illustrate native reptiles, fishes, and fossils. Volume 1…
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The U.S. Naval astronomical expedition to the southern hemisphere, during the years 1849–'50–'51–'52. 2 Vols. (vols 1 & 2 of 4)
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Washington. : A.O.P. Nicholson, 1855.. 1st edition.. Contemporary half brown morocco over stippled cloth, raised bands, gilt decorations, marbled endpapers. . Front board detached on vol 2, ffep torn, covers shelfworn, contents very good. . 4to.. 15 colored plates of birds, 3 colored plates of Indian antiquities, a colored plate of an Indian, 9 plates of scenes (7 tinted), 17 zoological plates, 6 maps (4 folding), and a folding colored panoramic view 11 woodcuts
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The U.S. Navy Astronomical Expedition to the Southern Hemisphere During The Years 1849-'50-'51-'52 VOLUME II
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Washington: A.O.P. Nicholson, printer, 1855. First edition, 2 volumes only (of 4), 4to; engraved frontispiece, 50 hand-colored and plain plates, including 5 folding maps and panoramas; additional text illustrations in Vol. II; original brown pictorial cloth gilt, recased; some minor foxing, contemporary ownership signature at head of vol. II title page, else a very good, sound set. These two volumes devoted to Chile, the Andes, and the Pampas. Sabin 27419.
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The U.S. Naval Astronomical Expedition to the Southern Hemisphere, during the years 1849- '50- '51- '52, Volume 1: Chile
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Washington: A.O.P. Nicholson, Printer, 1855. Hardcover. Good. First edition. Quarto. Illustrated with 13 plates: 6 topographical tinted lithographs, 1 folding tinted and hand-colored lithographic plate: "Panoramic view from the summit of Santa Lucia, Santiago", 3 folding engraved maps, 1 lithograph portrait of an Araucanian chief printed in multiple colors, and 2 additional maps. Complete. (A fourteenth plate listed in the contents: "Plan of the city of Valparaiso," was not issued in this copy). Contemporary blind-stamped publisher's cloth, with a gilt centerpiece on the front cover. Ex-library copy with spine letters, bookplate, and paper label on the rear free endpaper, else no other markings. Joints are partially split, light intermittent dampstaining in the margins, a good or better sound copy. The plates are very clean and bright.
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Cap'n Kid Goes To The South Pole
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Eric Berry: The Polynesian Triangle, 1968 Funk & Wagnalls. USED. VERY GOOD CONDITION/ VERY GOOD UNCLIPPED ORIGINAL DUST JACKET. SCARCE THUS. States First Published in the United States of America 1968. SUMMARY: THE 3,000 YEAR HISTORY OF POLYNESIA AND ITS PEOPLES. ANTHROPOLOGY. A NICE FIND.
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The Silence Of The North
by Olive A. Fredrickson with Ben East
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By Olive A. Frederickson with Ben East. AUTOBIOGRAPHY. RARE. 1972 Crown Publishers Inc., NY. The Silence Of The North, The Incredible story of a woman's fight for survival in a merciless winter of the Canadian Wilderness during the 1940's. Adapted as a film in 1981 and directed by Allan King. VG/GOOD $5.95 unclipped dust jacket. USED. 5 ¾ X 8 ½. 209 pages. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
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ICEBERGS AND GLACIERS
by Simon Seymour
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New York: William Morrow and Company, inc., 1987. First Edition. Extensively illustrated with large and beautiful photographs. Square 4to, publisher’s original pictorial boards in the original decorated dustjacket. (30). A fine, bright copy. In clear, concise text and exceptional, full color photographs, noted science author Seymour Simon explains how different types of glaciers and icebergs are formed, how they move, and how they affect life on Earth. He also explores some of their mysteries: Can icebergs be used as a source of fresh water for dry lands? And will the ice ages return, covering the continents with glaciers as they did twenty thousand years ago?
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Winter - Notes from Montana
by Bass, Rick
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarter cloth boards with pictorial dust jacket and mylar cover. Signed by author on title page. Dust jacket has sticker residue over the price, otherwise no wear or soiling present. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 162 pp; Signed by Author .
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Remembered Death (aka Sparkling Cyanide) G&D Hardcover w/DJ 1945
by Christie, Agatha
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Christie, Agatha: Remembered Death (aka Sparkling Cyanide) 1945 HARDCOVER WITH DUST JACKET. Unabridged. Please see our stock photo. Used. VG/Fair unclipped DJ. 209 pages. 5 3/8 X 7 ¾. A COLONEL RACE MYSTERY.
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A Journey To The Centre Of The Earth
by Verne, Jules
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Jules Verne: Jules A Journey To The Centre Of The Earth 1959 Dodd, Mead Science Fiction Book Club Edition. Special introduction by Arthur C. Clarke. USED. VG/G original red, black and white Jean Morton dust jacket. Spine of jacket is skinned by price label removal. Beige boards, red topstain, 226 pages, binding is tight. Plot summary:" In Jules Verne's JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH, a geology professor, Otto Lindenbrock, and his nephew Axel discover and decode an ancient document that purports to show that a dormant volcano holds a secret entrance to a series of caverns leading to a subterranean world at the earth's center. In the name of scientific discovery, they follow the instructions and undertake a hazardous journey deep within the earth..."
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Island Folk: The People of Isle Royale
by Peter Oikarinen
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Houghton, Michigan: Isle Royale Natural History Association, [1979]. Softcover book with pictorial wraps. 160p. B&W photos throughout text. This is the original printing, later reprinted by the University of Minnesota Press. Book has been well read and is in very good - condition with wear to the cover image along the edge and reading crease to front cover, corners bumped and shelf wear. Pages are clean and unmarked with light staining on the edge of a few pages. Please see photos for specifics. A portion of all book sales from Babcock & 68th are donated to charity.
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