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Second edition, revised. Small 8vo. 503 pp. 13 engravings by Branston including additional half-title-page vignette and 3 maps, one being a folding map frontis. of Africa (linen backed), and two additional maps showing the routes for Park (facing p.114) and Denham and Clapperton (facing p.191); very minute tiny marginal bump btw. pp. 448-476. Original gilt and blind- half black calf over marbled boards); extremities a bit worn. Ink inscribed title verso, bookplate of Edmund Westby, and rubber ink stamped J. [John] Kelly (binder's mark) (1837-1861). Signature on verso of title of Merl La Voy (1885â"1953). Very good. For binder, see: Maurice Packer, Bookbinders of Victorian London, p. 84. Merl La Voy (1885â"1953) was a cinematographer. "Merl La Voy was an American pioneer documentary filmmaker, photographer and world traveler. He was probably best remembered by 1920s and 30s movie goers for his South Seas Islands documentaries and as a cameraman for Pathe News. Not long after purchasing his first movie camera, La Voy traveled to Europe to cover the First World War. His film, Heroic France (1917), brought the horrors of war home to American film audiences. After the war he worked for a period of time for the International Red Cross. Later while covering an uprising in China, his wit and quick thinking saved him from being executed by a firing squad after being mistaken for a Russian mercenary. For much of his life, La Voy and his camera lens traveled the four corners of the world, earning him the title bestowed upon him by the press, "The Modern Marco Polo". In 1932 La Voy, who had been a member of the 1912 Parker-Browne Expedition that nearly conquered Mount McKinley, and Andrew Taylor, a well-known Alaskan photographer, led a group that recovered the frozen remains of scientist Theodore G. Koven from the mouth of the Muldrow Glacier on Mount McKinley. Koven, a member of the Carpe Mount McKinley Expedition, had perished the previous year after he and the expedition's leader, Allen Carpe, fell into a crevasse. La Voy's group discovered that Koven had survived the fall and had managed to crawl out of the crevasse, only to eventually freeze to death. Allen Carpe had apparently fallen much deeper into the abyss, for his body was never found. Merl La Voy died in Johannesburg, South Africa on 6 December, 1953." - IMDb.…

1st US edition. x, [2], [13] - 359, [1 (blank)] pp. Engravings, folding map as frontis. 12mo, bound in 6s. 6-5/16" x 3-7/8" General wear, spine panel sun-tanned. Very Good. Linen cloth binding with printed black lettering.

1/4 leather. Condition: Good. Fifth Edition. Engravings; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 550 pages; 1827 William Blackwood, Edinburgh; and T. Cadell, Strand, London. HC. Fifth edition. English translation of Cuvierâs Essay on the Theory of the Earth by Robert Jameson, Professor of Natural History at the University of Edinburgh, âtranslated from the last French edition, with numerous additions by the author and translator, â and augmented with Jamesonâs own extensive Geological Illustrations. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece and nine additional engraved plates. Cuvierâs influential account of the earthâs history and successive geological catastrophes is here presented in one of the substantially expanded Jameson editions, with the translatorâs supplementary geological material forming a considerable portion of the volume. Armorial bookplate of E. Rolfe, Heacham, Norfolk, to the front pastedown; additionally inscribed âBangor Book Society / No. 14 / 1827â to the facing leaf, indicating contemporary institutional ownership. Quarter calf-backed spine over marbled paper-covered boards. Substantial loss of leather to spine, with remaining leather perishing. Boards tenuously attached by cords. Adhesive residue to the second pair of front endpapers from labels or bookplates lost or removed. Scattered light spotting and foxing, heavier on leaves adjacent to the engraved plates. Frontispiece with offset toning from an ephemeral piece once laid in. Good only. . Oversize book may require additional charges for expedited or international shipping.…

Hardcover. 1st edition. pp. iv, 412. 8vo. Freshly re-bound in burgundy cloth with gilt-lettered leather spine labels. Occasional foxing to contents, but generally they are clean and tight. One plate torn, now properly repaired. Else in good plus condition. Published quarterly, containing 32 articles in No. XI and 28 articles in No. XII (bound together with a common Index at end). Sir David Brewster (1781-1868) was a natural philosopher, and educated at Edinburgh University. He became a co-editor of the Edinburgh Philosophical Journal (EPJ) in 1819, with mineralogist Robert Jameson (1774-1854). Together they edited the most prestigious and influential journal of its kind, albeit for a relatively short period, until 1826, when Brewster left and the journal was re-named The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal. Jameson carried on with this journal until his death in 1854. The EPJ carried original articles, letters, and comments from some of the leading scientists and authorities of the day, including Charles Babbage, Humphry Davy, J. F. W. Herschel, Alexander Humboldt, William Scoresby, and Robert Stevenson. This volume contains 11 plates, of which two are folding, and two are maps. Articles include 'Observations of Water Spouts' by Captain Napier, RN, 'Observations on Vision through Coloured Glasses and on the Application to Telescopes', by Brewster, 'Remarks on the Insensibility of the Eye to certain Colours:, by Butter, 'History of the Invention of the Pendulum Clock', by Christian Huygens (with plate), 'Barometrical Observations made at the Fall of the Staubbach', by Charles Babbage and J. F. W. Herschel, and 'Account of a Map by a Slave to the Heir-apparent of Ava', by Francis Hamilton (with map). engravings and maps (illustrator).…

Hardcover. 1st edition. pp. iv, 415. 8vo. Freshly re-bound in burgundy cloth with gilt-lettered leather spine label. Former owner's name stamp to top of title page. Contents show light foxing. Overall, in good plus condition. Published quarterly, this volume containing No.'s XIII and XIV. Sir David Brewster (1781-1868) was a natural philosopher, and educated at Edinburgh University. He became a co-editor of the Edinburgh Philosophical Journal (EPJ) in 1819, with mineralogist Robert Jameson (1774-1854). Together they edited the most prestigious and influential journal of its kind, albeit for a relatively short period, until 1826, when Brewster left and the journal was re-named The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal. Jameson carried on with this journal until his death in 1854. The EPJ carried original articles, letters, and comments from some of the leading scientists and authorities of the day, including Charles Babbage, Humphry Davy, J. F. W. Herschel, Alexander Humboldt, William Scoresby, Robert Stevenson, and James Watt. This volume contains 4 plates, of which two are maps. Some of the 63 original articles are: 'New Inquiries into the Laws which are observed in the Distribution of Vegetable Forms', by Baron Alexander Humboldt; 'Account of a Man who lived Ten Years after having Swallowed a number of Clasp-Knives', by Alexander Marcet, MD; 'On Machinery for Calculating and Printing Mathematical Tables', by Charles Babbage, F.R.S.; 'On the Alloys of Steel', by J. Stodart and Mr. Faraday; 'Description of a New Reflecting Telescope', by David Brewster, etc. engravings and maps (illustrator).…

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First published in the Edinburgh Cabinet Library in 1830. Twelvemo. 359 pp. One leaf of ads tipped in at front. Large folding map and fifteen other illustrations, including plates and text illustrations, and including the two route maps. Original tan muslin, printed in black. Spine darkened, but an unusually fine, clean copy. First American edition. Harper's Family Library, No. XVI.…

Condition: New. Print on Demand pp. 600.