661. Alaska. Report of International Polar Expedition to Point Barrow,
Alaska. 4to, 695 pp., plain and colored plates of birds, shells and
native implements. Wash., 1885.
$2.50
662. Ansted, D. T., and Latham, R. G. The Channel Islands. Illus. by P.
J. Naftel. Second ed., 594 pp., uncut, gilt, map. Full on natural
history. Published at $7.00. London, 1865.
$2.75
663. Back, Capt. R. M. Narrative of Arctic Land Expedition to Mouth of
Great Fish River, and Along the Shores of the Arctic Ocean in the Years
1833, 1834 and 1835. Valuable Nat. Hist. Appendix by Sir J. Richardson.
The rare Paris ed., orig. paper covers, uncut, paper label, 338 pp.,
map. Paris, 1836.
$2.50
664. Bancroft, Edward. An Essay on the Natural History of Guiana, S.
America; Descriptions of Curious Animal and Vegetable Productions of
that Country; also an Account of the Indian Inhabitants. Interspersed
with Medical Observations. Old calf, 400 pp. London, 1769.
$3.00
665. Belcher, E. The Last of the Arctic Voyages, Being a Narrative of
the Expedition in H. M. S. Assistance in Search of Franklin, during
1852-3-4. With Notes on the Natural History by Richardson, Owen, Bell,
Salter, and Reeve. 2 vols., uncut, maps in pocket. Numerous plates, some
colored. Important papers on Fish, Fossils and recent Mollusca and
Crustacea illus. by plates of new species. London, 1855.
$3.00
666. Bennett, J. W. Account of the Natural Resources, Indigenous
Productions and Commercial Facilities of Ceylon. Large 4to, 10 plates
and map, 428 pp. and Appendix. The beautifully engraved and hand-colored
plates include 5 on Botany. Much passim on all branches of Nat. History.
Cloth, uncut, fine copy. London, 1843.
$4.75
667. Browne, J. Ross. Resources of the Pacific Slope. 678 pp., and A. S
Taylor’s Sketch of the Settlement and Exploration of Lower California,
1532-1867. 200 pp. N. York, 1869.
$2.50
668. Bruce, James. Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile. In
1768-73. 5 stout 4to vols. Sheep, binding worn, copper plate maps and
illus. of an anthropological nature. Vol. 5, which lacks the title page,
relates entirely to Nat. Hist., with many plates, and is particularly
full on birds and plants. Edinburgh, 1790.
$4.00
669. Bruce, J. Same. Vol. 8 of second ed., containing all the plates and
maps of the series. 4to, half calf, cracked. Portrait of Bruce, many of
the plates are on Botany and Zoology. Edinburgh, 1805.
$1.50
670. Carver, J. Travels Through the Interior Parts of N. America in the
Years 1766, ’67 and ’68. 12mo, calf, portrait, 2 folded colored maps,
colored plates of Indians and of the Tobacco Plant; pp. 441 to 526 are
“Of the Beasts, Birds, Fishes, Reptiles, Insects and Plants” of the
interior parts of N. America. The best edition of a rare and valuable
work. London, 1781.
$22.00
671. Carver, J. Travels Through the Interior Parts of N. America, in
1766, 1767 and 1768. Old calf, 504 pp. plates. Last few pages gone.
Complete on Indians and Nat. Hist. As is. Dublin, 1779.
$2.50
672. Ceylon. Voyage to the Island of, on Board a Dutch Indiaman in the
Year 1747. With Account of its Productions, etc. Also Account of St.
Helena and other Islands. By a Dutch Gentleman. Paper covers, 23 pp.
London, 1754.
$1.50
673. Cook’s Last Voyage. Voyage to the Pacific Ocean for Making
Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere. Under Direction of Captains
Cook, Clerke and Gore, in 1776, ’77, ’78, ’79 and ’80. Compiled from
Published Accounts. 2 vols., calf, 445+350 pp., 40 engravings by
Shallus. A much prized edition, fine copy. Phila., 1818.
$3.75
674. Cook’s Voyages. Des Capitan Jacob Cook’s Dritte Entdeckungs-Reise
welche derselbe auf Befehl und Kosten der Groszbrittannischen Regierung
in das stille Meer und nach dem Nordpol hinauf und mit dem Schiffen
Resolution und Discovery, 1776 bis 1780. Aus dem Englischen uberselzt
von G. Forster. 2 vols. 4to, half calf, fine copper plates. Berlin,
1787.
$4.00
675. Cunningham, Robert O. Notes on the Nat. History of the Strait of
Magellan and West Coast of Patagonia, Made during Voyage of H. M. S.
_Nassau_ in 1866, ’67, ’68 and ’69. 517 pp., map and illus., some
colored. Edinburgh, 1871.
$3.50
676. Dall, W. H. Alaska and Its Resources. Half mor., cracked, map,
numerous plates and cuts, 627 pp., first ed. Contains full Zoological
Appx. Boston, 1870.
$2.00
677. Darwin, Charles. Journal of Researches into the Natural History and
Geology of the Countries Visited During the Voyage of H. M. S. _Beagle_
Round the World. 2 vols., 12mo, illus. N. York, 1846.
$1.50
678. Flint, Timothy. History and Geography of the Mississippi Valley.
With a Condensed, Physical Geography of the Atlantic U. States and the
whole Amer. Continent. 2 vols. in 1, calf, 740 pp. Cincinnati, 1832.
$2.25
679. Forbes, Henry O. A Naturalist’s Wanderings in the Eastern
Archipelago. Narrative of Travel, Exploration, etc., from 1878 to 1883.
With colored frontis., profuse woodcuts, maps and plates. Both
scientific and popular, with systematic lists and descriptions of new
species by J. B. Gibbs. N. York, 1885.
$2.75
680. Forster, John Reinhold. History of the Voyages and Discoveries made
in the North. Trans. from German, New and Original Map of the North Pole
Region. Sheep. Dublin, 1786.
$1.50
681. Franchere, G. Narrative of Voyage to Northwest Coast of America in
1811, ’12, ’13 and ’14. Or the First American Settlement on the Pacific.
Trans. and ed. by J. V. Huntington. 16mo, 376 pp., illus., frontis.
Redfield, 1854.
$3.50
682. Gardner, George. Travels in Interior of Brazil, the Gold and
Diamond Districts, etc., from 1836-41. Second ed., 428 pp., full gilt,
frontis., library stamp. London, 1849.
$1.50
683. Gosse, P. H. Letters from Alabama (U. S.), Chiefly Relating to
Natural History. 12mo, illus., rare. London, 1859.
$2.50
684. Gosse, P. H. The Canadian Naturalist. A Series of Conversations on
the Nat. Hist. of Lower Canada. 12mo, orig. cloth, uncut, illus. London,
1840.
$1.25
685. Gosse, P. H. Another. Half calf, gilt.
$1.50
686. Harris, John. Navigantium Atque Itinerantium, or a Compleat
Collection of Voyages and Travels; consisting of above Four Hundred of
the most Authentic Writers; beginning with Hackluit, Purchass, etc., in
English; Ramusio, in Italian; Thevenot, etc., in French; De Bry and
Grynæi Novus Orbis, in Latin; the Dutch East India Company, in Dutch;
and continued, with others of note, that have publish’d histories,
voyages, travels, or discoveries in the English, Latin, French, Italian,
Spanish, Portuguese, German or Dutch Tongues, relating to any part of
Asia, Africa, America, Europe or the islands thereof to this present
time. Fine impressions of the portraits, maps and plates, engraved by
Vander Gucht, etc. 2 vols. Folio, calf. Original edition of this
esteemed collection. London, 1705. Reduced to
$9.00
687. Heilprin, Angelo. The Arctic Problem and Narrative of Peary Relief
Expedition of the Phila. Acad. Nat. Sciences. 165 pp., illus. Phila.,
1893.
$1.50
688. Heilprin’s West Florida. Explorations on the West Coast of Florida
and in the Okechobee Wilderness. With Special Reference to the Geology
and Zoology of the Floridian Peninsula. By Angelo Heilprin. Royal 8vo,
illus. Published by the Wagner Free Institute of Phila., 1887.
$4.00
689. Henderson, Ebenezer. Iceland Journal During 1814-15. 2 vols. Half
calf, many fine engravings and maps. Natural History, Literature and
Antiquities fully considered. A model Book of travel, rarest edition.
Edinburgh, 1818.
$2.75
690. Hickson, Sydney J. Naturalist in North Celebes. Narrative of
Travels in Minahassa, the Sangir and Talaut Islands, Notices of the
Fauna, Flora, Ethnology, etc. Uncut, unopened, as new, 392 pp., illus.,
maps, col. frontis. London, 1889.
$3.00
691. Higgins, Henry H. Notes by a Field-Naturalist in the Western
Tropics, etc. 12mo, 205 pp., map and illus.; much on Botany. Liverpool,
1877.
$1.75
692. Hochstetter, Ferdinand Von. New Zealand—Its Physical Geography,
Geology and Nat. Hist. Col. plates, maps, royal 8vo, rare. Stuttgart,
1867.
$2.75
693. Holland, Henry, M. D. Travels in the Ionian Isles, Albania,
Thessaly, Macedonia, etc., in 1812-13. 4to, fancy figured old calf,
cracked, 531 pp., 12 plates and map. Catalogue of Officinal Plants of
Cephalonia, 8 pp. London, 1815.
$1.75
694. Hooper, Capt. C. L. Report of Cruise of U. S. Revenue Steamer
_Thomas Corwin_ in the Arctic Ocean, 1881. 4to, illus., colored plates
of fungi, 147 pp. Wash., 1884.
$1.75
695. Hutchings, J. M. Scenes of Wonder and Curiosity in California.
Tourist’s Guide to the Yosemite Valley, Big Tree Groves, Natural Caves
and Bridges, Mt. Shasta, etc. Map, 292 pp., over 100 illus., rare, first
ed. N. Y. and San Francisco. 1870.
$2.25
696. Imlay, George. Topographical Description of Western Territory of N.
America. With Account of Soil, Climate, Natural History, Agriculture,
Manners and Customs. Also, The Discovery, Settlement and Present State
of Kentucky, and Essay towards the Topography and Natural History of
that Important Country. By John Filson. Second ed,. with Considerable
Additions. Calf, 433 pp., plus Index, etc., 3 folding maps. A valuable
historic work. London, 1793.
$16.00
696A. Jarman, Robt. Journal of Voyage to South Seas in the Japan,
Employed in Sperm Whale Fishery, under command of Capt. John May. 12mo,
242 pp., name on title. London (1838?).
$2.50
697. Kirkpatrick, Col. Wm. Account of the Kingdom of Nepaul.
Observations made during a Mission to that Country in 1793. Illus. by a
Map and other fine Engravings. Another of the earlier books on the Terra
Incognita of Thibet, with the fine large map. A beautiful aquatint plate
of the Khalidge Pheasant. Vocabulary of 3 Nepaul Languages. 4to, half
calf, 14 plates and map, fine copy. London, 1811.
$3.00
698. Knox, John P. An Historical Account of St. Thomas, W. I., with its
Rise and Progress in Commerce, Geological Structure, Natural History and
Botany, etc. Map and view of St. Thomas. 12mo, pres. copy from author.
N. York, 1852.
$2.75
699. Laing, John. A Voyage to Spitzbergen. Account of Country, Zoology
of the North, Whale Fishery, etc., with Appendix. 12mo, half calf, 165
pp. Second edition, corrected and enlarged. Edinburgh, 1818.
$2.00
700. Le Bruyn, Cornelius. Travels in Muscovy, Persia and the East
Indies; Also Isbrant’s Travels through Russian Tartary to China, etc.
With above 320 copper plates of Maps, Cities, Costumes, Birds, Fishes,
Plants and Antiquities. Trans, from the original French. Some of the
folding copper plates are of unusual excellence, the second volume full
of Natural History. Frontis. by Picart and portrait of Le Bruyn by G.
Kneller. 2 vols. Folio, old calf, peeled, but sound. London, 1737.
$5.00
701. Le Bruyn, C. The Same, in French. First edition. 2 vols. Old calf,
very rare, best impressions of the engravings. Amsterdam, 1718.
$6.00
702. Maximilian. Bresil, Quelques Corrections Indispensables a la
Traduction Francaise (1) de la Description d’un Voyage au Bresil par le
Prince Maximilian de Wied. 109 pp., paper, scarce. Francfort sur Le
Mein, 1853.
$1.75
703. Meredith, Louisa A. Tasmanian Friends and Foes, Feathered, Furred
and Finned. Second ed., 259 pp., gilt edges, colored plates from
drawings by the Author, etc. London, 1881.
$2.50
704. Miscellanea Curiosa. Collection of Some of the Principal Phenomena
in Nature Accounted for by the Greatest Philosophers of this Age; Being
Discourses before the Royal Society. Also Collection of Curious Travels,
Voyages and Natural Histories of Countries. In 3 vols. Second ed., with
Additions. 12mo, old calf, cracked, frontis. of Walpole’s, rare maps,
plates, etc. 8vo. London, 1708.
$6.50
705. Merriam, Fisher, Etc. The Death Valley Expedition. A Biological
Survey of Parts of California, Nevada, Arizona and Utah. Fully illus.,
maps. Part 2. All published, about 400 pp., paper covers, uncut. Wash.,
1893.
$2.75
706. [Mitchell, S. K.] A Tour Through Part of Virginia, in the Summer of
1808. A Series of Letters, including an Account of Harper’s Ferry, the
Natural Bridge, Wier’s Cave, etc., etc. Stitched, uncut, 31 pp., rare.
N. York, 1809.
$2.50
707. Mitchell, Maj. T. L. Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern
Australia, with descriptions of the recently explored region of
Australia Felix and of the Present Colony of New South Wales. 2 vols.
Uncut, numerous plates and cuts, some colored, full of Nat. Hist., an
early authority. London, 1839.
$4.00
708. Pallas, P. S. Travels Through the Southern Provinces of the Russian
Empire in 1793 and 1794. 2 vols. 4to, superb hand-colored copper plates
of the people and scenery. Boards, uncut. London, 1802.
$8.00
709. Pallas, P. S. Voyages. Vol. 1, with Appendix of His Voyages en
Differentes Provinces de L’Empire de Russie et dans L’Asie
Septentrionale Traduits de L’Allemand. Numerous engravings illus. of the
Costumes of the People, Botany, etc., of Northern Russia. Stout 4to,
mor., gilt edges, large maps. Of value to the Botanist and Geographer.
Paris, 1788.
$2.50
710. Packard, A. S. The Labrador Coast. Journal of Two Summers. Cruises
to that Region, with Notes on its Early Discovery, on the Eskimo,
Geology and Nat. Hist. Maps and illus., as new. N. York, 1891.
$2.75
711. Pacific Railroad Survey Reports. 13 vols., 4to. Includes about 7000
pages text and hundreds of full-page illus. and col. plates of the Nat.
Hist. of the U. S. West of the Mississippi Valley. Wash., 1855 to 1860.
$7.50
712. Perils and Adventures of the Deep. 12mo, full gilt, 326 pp., illus.
London, 1850.
$1.25
713. Pococke, Richard, F. R. S. A Description of the East and some other
Countries. In 3 folio vols. Vol. 1, Observations on Egypt; 76 plates,
frontis. and maps, 310 pp. Very full on Archæology and Ethnology. Five
Botanical plates by Ehret and List of Plants. Vol. 2 (in 2 part vols.),
part 1, Palestine, Syria, Mesopotamia, Cyprus and Candia; 36 plates and
maps. Part 2, Islands of the Mediterranean Archipelago, Greece, Italy,
Germany, etc., 67 plates and maps. List of Plants of South Europe, Asia
Minor and Palestine, with 8 plates by Ehret. Folio, half calf, gilt
figured backs. 2 vols. in 3. London, 1743-45.
$6.75
714. Roberts, Wm. Account of the First Discovery and Natural History of
Florida. Details of the Several Expeditions and Descents Made on that
Coast. Illus. by general Map, and Some Particular Plans and Geographical
Description of the Country by T. Jefferys. 4to, calf, 102 pp., 7 maps
and plates. Brought $42.50 at Barlow Sale in 1890. London, 1763.
$35.00
715. Russell, A. Natural History of Aleppo. Description of the City and
Natural Productions of the Neighborhood. With Account of Climate, People
and Diseases, particularly the Plague. A Second ed., enlarged and illus.
by copious Notes, by P. Russell, M. D., F. R. S. 2 vols., 4to, old calf,
15 plates of N. History and 2 others. Names on titles. London, 1794.
$4.00
716. Scheffer’s Lapland. Histoire de la Laponie, Sa Descrip. L’Origine,
Les Moeurs, etc. Descriptions and illus. of Natural History. Trans. from
Latin into French by L. P. A. L. 4to, old calf, map, plates and cuts,
full of Anthropology and Archæology. Paris, 1778.
$3.00
717. Simpson, Capt. J. H. Report of Explorations Across the Great Basin
of the Territory of Utah for Route from Camp Floyd to Genoa in Carson
Valley, in 1859. 495 pp., large map, many plates, 4to. Paleontological
Reports by F. B. Meek, has 5 plates; Fishes by T. Gill, 9 plates;
Engelmann’s Report on Botany has 3 plates of Cacti; List of Birds by S.
F. Baird. Wash., 1876.
$3.75
718. Sitgreaves, Capt. L. Zuni and Colorado Rivers. Report of an
Expedition Down. Complete, with the Large Map. Very full on the Indians
and Natural History. Fully illus., fine copy, orig. cloth, rare and
valuable. Wash., 1853.
$3.00
719. Smith, Wm. A New Voyage to Guinea. Sent Out by the Royal African
Co., of England. The Customs, Soil, Climate, Animals, Minerals, etc.
Calf, 276 pp.+Index, plates, rare. London, 1744.
$2.50
720. South Australia, Illustrated. G. F. Angas. Imperial Folio of 60
finely colored plates, with accompanying text, uncut. Bound in half
green Turkey morocco. This pioneer work in the illus. of the vanishing
Peoples, Animals and Customs of the Island Continent, as well as of the
Game and Sports of that Country, is an indispensable part of its
literature. It is to Australia what Audubon, Gould and Elliot’s folios
are to the Old and New Worlds. It now rarely appears in the market.
London, 1846-47.
$45.00
721. Thibet. Account of an Embassy to the Court of Teshoo Lama in
Thibet. Narrative of the Journey by Capt. Saml. Turner. Views by Lieut.
Davis and Observations, Botanical, Mineralogical and Medical by Robert
Saunders. 12 plates and map, 4to, boards, uncut. One of the most
important early works on the exploration of this Forbidden Land. London,
1806.
$3.50
722. Thomas, Gabriel. An Historical and Geographical Account of the
Province and Country of Pennsylvania, and of West New Jersey in America.
Map, 2 titles, 89 pp., half mor., uncut. Fac-simile reprint, N. York,
1848. (London, 1698.)
$2.75
723. Thomson, Sir C. W. The Atlantic, a Preliminary Account of the
general results of the Exploring Expedition of H. M. S. _Challenger_. 2
vols. As new, profusely illus., with charts, maps and plates of Natural
History. N. York, 1878.
$2.50
724. Thorn, Maj. Wm. Memoir of the Conquest of Java, with the Operations
of the British Forces in the Orient. Also a Statistical and Historical
Sketch of Java. 4to, sheep. Plans, charts and views. London, 1815.
$2.75
725. Tyrrell, J. W. Across the Sub-arctics of Canada. Journey of 3200
Miles by Canoe, etc. Through the Barren Lands. List of Plants Collected,
etc. Illus. from Photographs and Drawings by Henning. 280 pp. N. York,
1898.
$2.50
726. Wallace, A. R. The Malay Archipelago. Land of the Orang-utan and
Bird of Paradise. The first American ed., with fine impressions of the
illus., map. N. York, Harper, 1869.
$3.00
727. Wheeler, G. M. Report on Explorations West of 100th Meridian. Vol.
5, Zoology. 4to, cloth, 1000 pp., 45 plates, 3 woodcuts. Mammals, Coues
and Yarrow; Geographic Distribution, Mammals and Birds, Yarrow. Birds,
Henshaw; 16 finely colored bird plates after Ridgway. Batrachians and
Reptiles, Yarrow; 10 plates, 3 colored. Fishes, 7 plates, uncolored.
Insects, 6 plates. Mollusca, Yarrow. Leeches, Verrill. Wash., 1875.
$4.00
728. White, John. Journal of a Voyage to New South Wales, with 65 Plates
of Nondescript Animals, Birds, Lizards, Serpents, Curious Cones of Trees
and other Natural Productions. 4to, boards, copper plate engravings,
plates 1, 2, 46 and 50 missing. New species described by Shaw, Smith and
Hunter. A rare item. London, 1790.
$2.00