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By: N/A
Price: $35.00
Publisher: New York, The Science Company: 1887
Seller ID: 003148
Some Articles: Topographical Survey of the United States by Henry Gannett with tables and 3 illustrations; Junker's Travels in Central Africa with map and The Dermo-Tensor Patagii Muscle by R. W. Shufeldt with 3 illustrations. ex.mus. mailing label and numbers on front cover. Slight soiling around edges, otherwise VG exterior. Interior is clean, tight and VG+. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $50.00
Publisher: Cambridge, The Science Company: 1885
Seller ID: 003159
Some articles: "The Solar Eclipse of March 16" with illustration; "The Hudson-Bay Expedition of 1884" by Wm. P. Anderson with 2 illustrations and foldout "Chart showing the track of the 'S.S. Neptune' Hudson's Bay Expedition 1884"- Chart is 13"x10"; "The Annisquam Seaside Laboratory"; and "The Prehistoric Congress at Lisbon". Some soiling to paper covers. Side edge with tears. Some chipping to bottom edge. Small watermark a... View more info
By: N/A
Price: $35.00
Publisher: Cambridge, The Science Company: 1885
Seller ID: 003164
Article by Famous American: A. W. GREELY "The scientific results of the Lady Franklin Bay expedition" with full page illustration of "The station of the Greely Party at Lady Franklin Bay". Other articles: "Footprints in the rocks of Colorado" by H.W. Parker with 2 illustrations; and "Successful extraction of a bullet from the brain" with 2 illustrations. Under News and Notes, a paragraph on the "remarkable halo seen in Orleans, France ... View more info
By: N/A
Price: $45.00
Publisher: New York, The Science Company: 1885
Seller ID: 003230
With Science Supplement. Articles by Famous Americans: F.W. PUTNAM "Man and the mastodon" (found in Worchester County, Mass.). In Letters to the Editor: ALPHEUS HYATT "Cruise of the Arethusa"; and EDWARD S. HOLDEN "The care of pamphlets". In Science Supplement:" The Nordenfelt submarine boat" with illustration. Other articles: "The International Geological Congress at Berlin"; " Localization of Functions in the Brain"; plu... View more info
By: Bell, Alexander Graham, Prof. W. H. Brewer, Prof.S.P. Langley and Prof. C. A. Young
Price: $150.00
Publisher: Washington, Government Printing Office: 1884
Seller ID: 001178
4 separate reports by Famous Americans: 1. Report of the Eclipse Expedition to Caroline Island, May 1883 by Prof. C. A. Young, pp.10-146, 22 Figures ( illustrations, charts/graphs, maps). 2. Wave-lengths in the Invisible Prismatic Spectrum, by Prof.S.P. Langley, pp. 147-162, 5 Tables, 4 Figures, 4 Plates (fold-out graphs) 3. Subsidence of Particles in Liquids, by Prof. W. H. Brewer, pp.163-175 and 4. Formation of Deaf Variety of Human Race, by Alexander Graham Bell pp.1... View more info
By: Brown, F. Martin
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Denver, Denver Posse of The Westerners: 1971
Seller ID: 006907
First-Hand Account of Hayden's 1854-55 Missouri River Expedition. The F. V. Hayden Letters to S. F. Baird. Exclusive: First Time in Print. 72 pp. Glossy magazine cover. Light wear to edges, corners bent. Interior tight, clean. Magazine in VG+ condition. View more info
By: Clune, Frank
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Sydney, Angus and Robertson LTD: 1943
Seller ID: 007125
"Mr. Clune is a bright example of the truth of the saying that it is not the length of time a man spends in a country that entitles him to speak with authority on it, but the capacity to see and hear and understand, coupled with the desire to know." 237 pp. Green cloth covers with black title lettering on spine. DJ in Good- to Good condition with wear to edges, small tears along back flap fold, heavy brown packing tape (?) reinforces the top and bottom edges of t... View more info
Price: $60.00
Publisher: Washington, Government Printing Office: 1846
Seller ID: 003748
29th Congress. 1st Session. Doc. No.168. House of Representatives. "Transmitting The report, journal, and map of Captain J. Allen, of the first regiment of dragoons, of his expedition to the heads of the rivers Des Moines, Blue Earth, &c, in the northwest..." .(Research done indicates that the Map mentioned was not issued.) 18 pp. Report of an expedition into the Indian country (Sioux).Submitted by W.L. Marcy, Secretary of War.(President James K. Polk). Mild foxi... View more info
Price: $55.00
Publisher: Washington, Government Printing Office: 1877
Seller ID: 004980
44th Congress, 2d Session. House of Representatives. Report No. 181. The Committee on Naval Affairs...to authorize and equip an expedition to the Arctic Seas, submit the following as their report: "that the object of the bill, to authorize the President to fit out an expedition to the north pole, and to establish a temporary colony for purposes of exploration...The plan is known as "Polar colonization"and has received hearty indorsement from such distinguishe... View more info
Price: $50.00
Publisher: Washington, Government Printing Office: 1844
Seller ID: 005485
Colonial Settlements--Western Coast of Africa. 28th Congress, 1st Session, House of Representatives Navy Dept., Doc. No. 244. Read, and referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. May 4, 1844. Discussion of Commodore Perry's experience in Africa and discussions of trade possibilities with the native tribes. 42 pp. Disbound government document. Back page edge is significantly chipped. Light foxing/browning throughout, but text is easily legible. Overall documen... View more info
By: Keating, William H., A.M. &c.
Price: $35.00
Publisher: Minneapolis, Ross & Haines, Inc.: 1959
Seller ID: 006107
Performed in the year 1823, by order of the Hon. J. C. Calhoun, Secretary of War, under the command of Stephen H. Long, U.S.T.E. Compiled from the notes of Major Long, Messrs. Say, Keating, & Calhoun. Facsimilie reprint of the report in One Volume. Volume I: 458 pages. Volume II: 248 pages. Appendix with Vocabulary of Indian Languages. Red cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine. Light rubbing to corners, edges, and spine ends. Some small stains to page edges. ... View more info
By: Parkman, Francis
Price: $15.00
Publisher: New York, The Heritage Press: 1943
Seller ID: 005971
Edited from his Notebooks by Mason Wade. "The entire contents of this edition are copyright, 1943, by The Limited Editions Club, Inc. from whom special permission has been obtained by The Heritage Press for the publication of this edition." Related ephemera included is a copy of The Heritage Club Sandglass, Number 2G, discussing the book. 297 pp. Buckram covers with fading/staining to spine, joints, and some staining along cover edges. Red slipcase in Good+ ... View more info
By: Senate
Price: $45.00
Publisher: Washington, Government Printing Office: 1899
Seller ID: 004981
55th Congress, 3d Session. Senate. Document No. 66. Message from the President (William McKinley) of the United States Relative to The Relief Expedition to the Arctic Ocean. "...in the month of October, 1897, reports were received here of the probable lossof the whaling fleet in the arctic regions, and of the likelihood that nearly three hundred men, composing the officers and crews of the fleet, would perish from hunger unless succor could reach them early in the sp... View more info
By: Senate
Price: $350.00
Publisher: Washington, Beverley Tucker Printer: 1859
Seller ID: 006183
According to Acts of Congress of March 3, 1853, May 31, 1854 and August 5, 1854. Senate. 33d Congress, 2nd Session, Ex. Doc. No. 78. Contents of Volume X: Parts III, IV--General report upon the zoology of the several Pacific Railroad routes. Zoological Portion of the reports, by Lieutenant E.G. Beckwith; Nos. 2-5 of Part IV of the report, by Lieutenant A.W. Whipple; Zoological portion of the report, by Lieutenant J.G. Parke; Part IV of the report, by Lieutenant R.S. Wil... View more info
By: Smith, John
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Washington, P. Force: 1837
Edition: Reprint
Seller ID: 007001
...and the Accidents Befell Him Among the French Men of Warre: With the Proofe of the Present Benefit This Countrey Affoords: Whither This Present Yeare, 1616, Eight Voluntary Ships are Gone to Make Further Tryall. Originally printed bt Humfrey Lownes, for Robert Clerke, 1616 - this is a reprint by Peter Force. 36 pp. String-tied. Many pages uncut. Page edges are chipped and some small tears, corners creased. Foxing and browning throughout, text is easily legible. Docume... View more info
By: Taylor, Z.
Price: $22.50
Publisher: Washington, Government Printing Office: 1850
Seller ID: 007068
31st Congress, 1st Session, Senate, Ex. Doc. No. 8. January 4, 1850. Read, referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed. "On the receipt of her first letter imploring the aid of the American government in a search for the missing ships, engaged in an enterprise which interested all civilized nations, I anxiously sought the means of affording that assistance, but was prevented from accomplishing the object I had in view, in consequence of the ... View more info
