1914, ISBN: 25a416a84826851dcf6c5dd5905c9557

London: Seeley, Service & Co. Limited, 1912 . First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 9" by 6". Not Stated. A first edition detailing the author's time amongst the Eskimo tribes of Labr… Mehr…

London: Seeley, Service & Co. Limited, 1912 . First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 9" by 6". Not Stated. A first edition detailing the author's time amongst the Eskimo tribes of Labrador, from the library of an Antarctic explorer. Detailing the day-to-day lives and habits of the Eskimo people encountered by Sutton in Labrador.With the ownership bookplate of Sir Philip Lee Brocklehurst, a member of the Nimrod Expedition to Antarctica led by Ernest Shackleton. He was awarded the Silver Polar Medal in 1909, and was due to join Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition in 1914, but was deployed to Flanders instead.Written by Samuel K. Hutton.Containing forty-seven illustrations and two maps, one of which is a folding map.The first edition of this work.A fascinating memoir of the Eskimo tribes, owned by an important Arctic explorer. In the publisher's original full cloth binding. Externally generally smart, with just a little bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Ownership bookplate to the front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound, with just a slight strain after the front endpaper. Pages are occasionally a little spotted, but otherwise bright. Very Good Indeed, Seeley, Service & Co. Limited, 1912, 3, London: John Murray, 1914. First English edition, published the same year as the first American. Inserted frontispiece and other illustrations from photographs by Kermit Roosevelt, two maps including a large fold-out coloured map at the end of the volume.. Thick 8vo, In the original blue-green cloth, lettered in black on the upper cover and pictorially decorated and gilt-lettered on the spine. xiv, 374, including index. A very good copy, clean and the binding tight, light mellowing to the spine panel and a bit of age evidence to the tips. FIRST EDITION OF A CLASSIC WORK BY ROOSEVELT. After losing the election of 1912, Roosevelt determined to make one more trip for hunting and exploration, and having been extended invitations to speak at Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires, he chose the southern continent as his destination. He proposed to ascend the Paraguay River, strike across its plateau, meet the tributaries of the Amazon River, and make his way through an unexplored regions in Central Brazil to the outposts of civilation on that great river. The journey proved much more perilous than the party had expected. On the fourth day they struck heavy rapids, and from there on they were obliged to cut routes through the matted jungle to portage around numerous cataracts. Their forty days' provisions shrank rapidly, and to their disappointment the forest harbored few animals they could shoot for meat. Insects plagued them; a cooling swim in the river was made almost impossible because of the man-eating fish; most of the party had malaria; Roosevelt wounded his leg on a rock and inflammation set in, making it necessary to carry him across the portages, and he was later struck by fever. He even determined to shoot himself if his condition did not improve. It did, however, and on the forty-eighth day they met a rubber-gatherer--the first human they had seen--and continued the journey without incident. Originally undertaken for the Museum of Natural History of New York as a study of native Brazilian wildlife, this expedition, led by Roosevelt and Colonel Rondon of the Brazilian Army, became of geographical importance as well., John Murray, 1914, 0<

2016, ISBN: 25a416a84826851dcf6c5dd5905c9557

Chicago: Aldine Publishing., (c1968). Green cloth.. Ex-library: VG+/VG- dj.. 8vo. Numerous tables, graphs, & other figures.. A comprehensive & authoritative summary of the state… Mehr…

Chicago: Aldine Publishing., (c1968). Green cloth.. Ex-library: VG+/VG- dj.. 8vo. Numerous tables, graphs, & other figures.. A comprehensive & authoritative summary of the state of knowledge about microclimatic environments & effects of climate on plant growth., Aldine Publishing., 3, Chicago:: Lakeside Press / R R Donnelly, December, 2016.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: from the Lakeside Classics series in uniform bindings (uniform in all but color that is); this in green cloth; with the publisher's device in gilt on the front cover; top edge gilt; Fine condition.. 16mo (6.75 inches tall) . Index. Decorated endpapers. Description: Color frontis; includes photographic illustrations, some in color. This is Roosevelt's account of his zoological and geographical reconnaissance through the hinterlands of Brazil. This was originally published in 1914. The title page is printed in red and black. Historical introduction by Dain Borges., Lakeside Press / R R Donnelly, 0<