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• BIRKBECK Morris. NOTES ON A JOURNEY IN AMERICA; from the Coast of Virginia to the Territory of Illinois. James Ridgway, 1818. [10399]
  Third Edition, 8vo, pp 163, folding map, original grey boards, paper spine (rubbed). £390
  
  

• BRETT W H. THE INDIAN TRIBES OF GUIANA. Bell & Daldy, 1868. [6129]
  FIRST EDITION, 8vo, pp x, 500, folding map, 8 coloured plates, illustrations, contemporary brown half calf, a handsome copy. £380
  
  

• BUTLER W F. THE WILD NORTH LAND; being the Story of a Winter Journey, with Dogs across northern North America. Sampson Low, 1874. [5183]
  Second Edition, 8vo, pp 358, folding map, 15 illustrations, contemporary half brown calf, small rubbing to fore-edge. £95
  
  

• CASTLEMAN M. THE HEALING HERBS. The Ultimate Guide to the Curative Powers of Nature's Medicines. Rodale Books, 1991. [11325]
  FIRST EDITION, 8vo, pp 436, illustrations, original decorative boards. £18
  
  

• COCHRANE Charles. JOURNAL OF A RESIDENCE AND TRAVELS IN COLUMBIA DURING THE YEARS 1823 AND 1824. London: Henry Colburn, 1825. [10813]
  FIRST EDITION, 8vo, pp viii, 517; 2 coloured frontispiece, contemporary black half calf, VOL II only. £50
  
  

• CONWAY Martin. ACONCAGUA AND TIERRA DEL FUEGO; a Book of Climbing, Travel and Exploration. Cassell, 1902. [9462]
  FIRST EDITION, 8vo, pp xii, 252, advertisements, map, 27 illustrations, original red cloth, re-cased using original boards, a good clean copy. £250
  
  

• CORMACK W E. NARRATIVE OF A JOURNEY ACROSS THE ISLAND OF NEWFOUNDLAND IN 1822. Longman, Green, 1928. [11401]
  FIRST EDITION, 8vo, pp xviii, 138, textual illustrations, original green cloth, scarce. £110
  
  

• FREMONT J C. NARRATIVE OF THE EXPLORING EXPEDITON TO THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS. Wiley and Putnam, 1864. [9354]
  First UK Edition, 8vo, pp 324, folding map, 4 lithographic plates, later 19th century green polished half calf, neatly re-backed using original spine, a very good, crisp copy. £680
  
  

• FREZIER Amédee François. A VOYAGE TO THE SOUTH-SEA; and along the Coasts of Chili and Peru, in the Years 1712, 1713, and 1714. Particularly describing the Genius and Constitution of the Inhabitants, as well Indians as Spaniards: their customs and manners; their natural history, mines, commodities, traffick with Europe, etc. By Monsieur Frezier, Engineer in Ordinary to the French King. Illustrated with 37 copper-cutts of the coasts, harbours, cities, plants, and other curiosities... With a postscript by Dr Edmund Halley, Savilian Professor of Geometry in the University of Oxford. And an account of the settlement, commerce, and riches of the Jesuites in Paraguay. Printed for Jonah Bowyer, 1717. [10462]
  First English Edition, quarto, pp (xiv), 335, [9 index], 22 engraved charts and plans (15 folding), 15 plates (3 folding), contemporary calf with 19th Century neatly re-backed using original spine, lower joint splitting, a very clean copy. £2500
  "A valuable work for the early descriptions and surveys of the ports on the west coast of South America and for the very early and comprehensive description of the Falkland Islands. Dr Halley's postscript corrects some geographical errors made by Frezier." Ingleton Collection III 6512.
  

• GATES R Ruggles. A BOTANIST IN THE AMAZON VALLEY; an Account of the Flora and Fauna in the Land of Floods. Witherby 1927. [10589]
  FIRST EDITION, 8vo, pp 203, illustrations, original green cloth, a little fading to head of spine, dust-jacket. £65
  
  

• HERBERT Agnes. TWO DIANAS IN ALASKA; John Lane, 1909. [10760]
  FIRST EDITION, 8vo, pp xii, 316, advertisements, lacks frontispiece, numerous illustrations, original red decorative cloth. £45
  
  

• HIND Henry Youle. NARRATIVE OF THE CANADIAN RED RIVER EXPLORING EXPEDITION OF 1857; and of the Assinniboine and Saskatchewan Exploring Expedition of 1858. Longman, Green, 1860. [10579]
  FIRST EDITION, 2 vols, 8vo, pp xx, 494; xvi, 472; half-titles, 20 chromolithographs, 3 coloured maps (2 folding, 1 full-page), 4 coloured profiles, many textual wood-cuts, contemporary light brown calf by Bickers, a handsome set. £1200
  During this expedition Hind lived almost constantly amongst the Crees and Chippeways. The attractive coloured plates described as 'chromoxylographs' are in fact wood-engravings tinted from another engraved block in one, two or three tints. Margins are tinted yellow leaving a white border. Staton & Tremaine 3820; Sabin 31934; Abbey    Travel    630.
  
  

• HUBBACK Theodore R. TO FAR WESTERN ALASKA FOR BIG GAME; being an Account of Two Journeys to Alaska in Search of Adventure. Rowland Ward, 1929. [10030]
  FIRST EDITION, 8vo, pp xiv , 232, advertisements, map in pocket, illustrations, original green decorative cloth, zebra endpapers, fine. £750
  
  

• MacCANN RIDE THROUGH THE ARGENTINE PROVINCES; being an Account of the Natural Products of the Country, and Habits of the People; with a Historical Retrospect of the Rio de la Plata, Monte Video and Corrientes. Smith, Elder, 1853. [9885]
  FIRST EDITION, 2 vols, 8vo, pp xiv, (ii), 295; x, (i), 323; coloured frontispieces, folding map, illustrations, original decorative cloth, gilt vignettes, spines faded with small wear to heads, very good. £380
  
  

• MACFARLANE Thomas. TO THE ANDES; being a Sketch of a Trip to South America; with observations by the way on the family, the Church and the State. Bedford Bros, 1877. [10725]
  FIRST EDITION, 8vo, pp xiii, 174, original red embossed cloth, signature on upper margin title-page, very good. £450
  Dedicated to his close friend, the industrialist Joseph Wharton of Philadelphia, on whose behalf the journey to South America was undertaken. Thomas Macfarlane FRSC was a mining engineer, geologist and chemist.
  

• MARRYAT Francis S. MOUNTAINS AND MOLEHILLS. Longmans, 1855. [8991]
  FIRST EDITION, 8vo, pp (ii), 443, advertisements, 8 coloured lithographs, contemporary brown half calf, spine gilt, raised bands, joints and corners rubbed, a good, clean copy. £500
  
  

• MAYNE R C. FOUR YEARS IN BRITISH COLUMBIA AND VANCOUVER ISLAND; An Account of their Forests, Rivers, Coasts, Gold Fields, and Resources for Colonisation. John Murray, 1862. [10409]
  FIRST EDITION, 8vo, pp xi, 468, list of publications, folding map, frontispiece, 16 plates, original brown decorative cloth, inner joint cracked. £420
  
  

• PARKMAN Francis. THE DISCOVERY OF THE GREAT WEST; an Historical Narrative. John Murray, 1869. [9614]
  FIRST EDITION, 8vo, pp 425, frontispiece map, original purple cloth, spine faded. £150
  
  

• PIM Bedford. THE GATE OF THE PACIFIC. Lovell Reeve, 1863. [7042]
  FIRST EDITION, 8vo, pp xiii, (i), 432, half-title, 7 engrave maps (2 folding, 1 coloured in outline), 9 lithographs (8 coloured including frontispiece), light foxing in a few places, original blue decorative cloth, string mark on lower cover, the occasional mark but a very bright, clean copy. £320
  An account of Nicaragua, Honduras and the 'Mosquito Shore'. Sabin 62872; Palau 225979
  
  

• POYNTZ John. THE PRESENT PROSPECT OF THE FAMOUS AND FERTILE ISLAND OF TOBAGO; to the Southward of the Island of Barbadoes, with a description of the situation, growth, fertility and mnaufacture of the said island; setting forth how that 100 L in seven years may be improved to 5,000 L per annum. To which is added Proposals for Encouragement of all those that are minded to settle there. John Attwood, 1695. [10922]
  Second Edition, small folio, pp 55, 19th century brown half calf and decorative boards, very good. £5500
  
  

• SAVAGE-LANDOR A Henry. ACROSS UNKNOWN SOUTH AMERICA. Hodder & Stoughton, 1913. [10206]
  FIRST EDITION, 2 vols, large 8vo, pp xxiv, 432; xvi, 504; 2 maps (1 folding), numerous illustrations (some coloured), original decorative cloth, slight rubbing at base of spines and a fore-edge, good and clean. £180
  
  

• SAVAGE-LANDOR A Henry. ACROSS UNKNOWN SOUTH AMERICA. Hodder & Stoughton, 1913. [10207]
  FIRST EDITION, 2 vols, large 8vo, pp xxiv, 432; xvi, 504; 2 maps (1 folding), numerous illustrations (some coloured), original decorative cloth, slight rubbing at base of spines and a fore-edge, good and clean. £300
  
  

• SCHERZER Carl, Dr. TRAVELS IN THE FREE STATES OF CENTRAL AMERICA; Nicaragua, Honduras, and San Salvador. Longman, Brown, Green, 1857. [2131]
  First English Edition, 2 vols-in-1, 8vo, pp xvi, 320; xii, 253, (1) imprint, half-titles, folding coloured map, folding plan coloured in outline, contemporary polished calf, spine richly gilt, gilt fillets and rules on covers, green label, very slightly rubbed, ink inscription on upper free endpaper, an attractive copy. £395
  The first edition appeared at Brunswick in the same year. The author served on board the Austrian frigate "Novara" on her circumnavigation of the globe. Also on board was Hochstetter, well-known for his book on New Zealand. Sabin 77625 (not calling for map or plan).
  
  

• SELOUS Frederick C. SPORT AND TRAVEL EAST AND WEST. Longmans, Green, 1900. [10860]
  FIRST EDITION, 8vo, pp 311, numerous text illustrations, original green cloth, gilt titles on spine and upper board, gilt stag's head on upper board, near fine. £500
  F C Selous, long noted as an authority on hunting big game in Africa, also took time to hunt in Turkey. Ascending the rough slopes of the Musa Dagh and the Maimun Dagh, he bagged wild goat (Capra aegagus). During a hunt on the Ak Dagh (White Mountain) Selous stalked and bagged trophy maral stags. The second half of this work details hunts in the Rocky Mountains. Czech p182
  
  

• SHELDON Charles. THE WILDERNESS OF THE UPPER YUKON; a Hunter's Explorations for Wild Sheep in Sub-Arctic Mountains. T Fisher Unwin, 1911. [10371]
  First UK Edition, 8vo, pp xxi, 354,4 maps (1 folding), coloured frontispiece, 3 colour plates, numerous photographic plates, original bluedecorative cloth. £275
  
  

• SIMPSON George. A JOURNEY ROUND THE WORLD; during the Years 1841 and 1842. Henry Colburn, 1847. [7882]
  FIRST EDITION, 2 vols, 8vo, pp xi, 438; vii, 469; portrait , folding map, contemporary green half calf, slight rubbing to joints, a very good crisp copy. £450
  
  

• SIMPSON George. A JOURNEY ROUND THE WORLD; during the Years 1841 and 1842. Henry Colburn, 1847. [10818]
  FIRST EDITION, 8vo, pp xi, 438, portrait frontispiece, folding map, original purple blind stamped cloth, VOL I only. £195
  
  

• TROLLOPE Anthony. NORTH AMERICA. Chapman Hall, 1862. [10586]
  FIRST EDITION, 2 vols, 8vo, pp viii, 467: viii, 494; engraved folding map (creased), contemporary brown half morocco, handsome. £550
  
  

• VALOIS Edward. VIEW OF MELROSE AND SURROUNDINGS, taken from the Ursuline Convent, Westchester Co. NY. G Schlegel, 1868. [10663]
  Hand Coloured Lithograph, 570 x 755 m, tipped in to a modern portfolio. A Key below the image lists the Principal Buildings. £950
  
  

• WATERTON Charles. WANDERINGS IN SOUTH AMERICA, THE NORTH-WEST OF THE UNITED STATES, AND THE ANTILLES in the Years 1812, 1816, 1820, and 1824. With original instructions for the perfect preservation of birds, etc for cabinets of natural history. Macmillan, 1825. [9903]
  FIRST EDITION, quarto, pp viii, 261, portrait frontispiece (of a 'Nondescript'), frontispiece and title page foxed, a page with an ink splash, contemporary brown quarter calf, corners rubbed, joints cracked with small loss at head and tail of spine. £250
  Waterton writes about his visit to Audubon where he saw his paintings.
  "In April 1812 Waterton left Stabroek to collect 'a quantity of the strongest Wourali poison; and to reach the inland frontier fort of Portuguese Guiana'. He entered the watershed where legend had established Lake Parima and the fabulous city of Manoa. He reached Fort São Joachim where the commandant told him he had been forty years in Guiana and had never met anbgody who had seen the lake. Waterton returned to England in 1813." Howego W16
  
  

• WHITTINGHAM Ferdinand. BERMUDA; a Colony, a Fortress and a Prison; or, eighteen months in the Somers Islands. Longman, 1857 [10834]
  FIRST EDITION, pp x, 287, advertisements, folding map, 8 coloured plates, ink spot in the margin of a plates, some marginal browning of a few plates, original brown blind stamped cloth, neatly re-backed using original spine, spine faded. £900
  
  

• WILLIAMSON James A. THE CARIBBEE ISLANDS UNDER THE PROPRIETARY PATENTS. UP, 1926. [9225]
  FIRST EDITION, 8vo, pp viii, 234, map, original red cloth. £120
  From the Library of J C Beaglehole.
  

• WILLIS N P. CANADIAN SCENERY; Illustrated in a Series of Views by W H Bartlett. Virtue, 1842. [9211]
  FIRST EDITION, 2 vols, quarto, pp 128; 116; advertisements, map, 117 plates, portrait frontispiece, vignette on title-pages, contemporary black full calf, gilt, gilt spines and raised bands, aeg, a very handsome set. £650
  
  

• WOOD Walter E. VENEZUELA; or, Two Years on the Spanish Main...with illustrations by the Author. Jordison, 1896. [5921]
  FIRST AND ONLY EDITION, 8vo, pp (viii), xxxii, 196, map, 17 plates including frontispiece, a little foxing or soiling of the first few leaves, original brown decorative cloth, a trifle rubbed but a good copy of an uncommon book. £145
  The author was sent as general manager of an expedition to build a railway.
  

• ZARATE d'Augustin de. HISTOIRE DE LA DECOUVERTE ET DE LA CONQUETE DU PEROU. Compagnie des Librarires, 1742. [8532]
  FIRST EDITION, 2 vols, pp 360; 479; contemporary speckled calf, spine gilt with raised bands, small wear to head of spine, joints rubbed, internally clean and crisp, a handsome set. £280