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Celestial & Terrestrial Exploration

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Lot 63

Group of 7 Assorted Exploration Books Plus a Collection of ...

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Group of 7 Assorted Exploration Books Plus a Collection of Stereoscopic Cards. [V.p., 1825-1932]. 8vos and 1 4to. Most are illustrated. Publisher's bindings, one bound in calf, one with dust jacket. Some general wear, soiling, tears, ownership markings, Generally fair or better. VARIOUS EDITIONS. Titles include: The History of the Pirates? (1825, later edition, lacking frontispiece, in calf), Recollections of Mexico (1846, cloth), Report of a Geological Survey of Wisconsin, Iowa, and Minnesota (1852, 4to, cloth), Lights and Shadows of Yosemite (1926, early printed appearance of Ansel Adams, cloth), Forty Years for Labrador (inscribed by the author with a sketch, Sir Wilfred Grenfell), Little America (signed by Byrd), Van Loon's Geography (inscribed by Van Loon with an original color drawing, later printing, in jacket with tape repairs). And with stereoscopic cards of Jerusalem by Underwood and Underwood in original case with booklet.