1984, ISBN: 4dd700498e62a53ff7e670c1c5395bed

San Francisco: Kayak, 1984. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Sold here as a group are forty three issues (out of a total of 64 ever published) of George Hitchcock's small press poet… Mehr…

San Francisco: Kayak, 1984. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Sold here as a group are forty three issues (out of a total of 64 ever published) of George Hitchcock's small press poetry journal entitled Kayak. All issues in very good condition with some light handling wear and soiling for occasional issues. Beginning in 1965 these issues include the following numbers: 4,5,8,10, 11, 13, 16, 17, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 3, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 43, 46, 47, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 57, 58, 59, 60, 62 and 64. Contributions variously by W. S. Merwin, Paul Blackburn, Douglas Blazek, Robin Magowan, Howard McCord, Stephen Dobyns, Rene Char, Carol Berge, Paul Eluard, Hayden Carruth, Charles Baxter, Yusef Komunyakaa, Charles Smic, Raymond Carver, Everette Maddox, Sharon Olds, Ursula Hegi, M. R. Doty, John Haines, Jack Gilbert, James Tate, William Everson, Michael McClure, Robert Bly, and Philip Levine just to name a small handful., Kayak, 1984, 3, London: Hutchinson, 1914. Second edition. Frontispieces, 120 plates (several folding panoramic views), 4 folding maps. xviii,[1]-318; x, [319]-659, [1, imprint] pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Blue cloth. Spines bumped, some wear, scattered light foxing. Very good minus. Second edition. Frontispieces, 120 plates (several folding panoramic views), 4 folding maps. xviii,[1]-318; x, [319]-659, [1, imprint] pp. 2 vols. 8vo. A spectacular account of travel through Siberia toward the sources of the Yenisei river, across northwestern Mongolia and over the Tian-Shan into Chinese Turkestan to KashgarAn extremely scarce, engrossing account of this little travelled area, which the author and his party traversed, surveyed and mapped during 1910 and 1911, taking numerous photographs, a number included as folding panoramas. In addition to anthropological and geographical accounts of the region, chapters deal with big game hunting, notably the huge, big-horn sheep ovis ammon, of which it is noted "no other beast, for its size, carries such a weight of horn". Also shot were ibex, gazelle, wolf and wild pig. A fascinating book, with a distinguished provenance. Czech (Asia) p. 45, Hutchinson, 1914, 3<

1929, ISBN: 4dd700498e62a53ff7e670c1c5395bed

London: The Hakluyt Society, 1929. First Edition. Second Series, Vol. LXIII. pp.xxxvi, 196, 6 illustrations, folding map. 8vo. Bound in three quarters mottled brown calf, marbled boards,… Mehr…

London: The Hakluyt Society, 1929. First Edition. Second Series, Vol. LXIII. pp.xxxvi, 196, 6 illustrations, folding map. 8vo. Bound in three quarters mottled brown calf, marbled boards, red leather title label. Fine. First Edition. Second Series, Vol. LXIII. pp.xxxvi, 196, 6 illustrations, folding map. 8vo. The four travellers were William Beawes, Gaylard Roberts, Bartholomew Plaisted and John Carmichael on the route through the Syrian Desert to Persia. Cox I, 244, The Hakluyt Society, 1929, 5, London: Hutchinson, 1914. Second edition. Frontispieces, 120 plates (several folding panoramic views), 4 folding maps. xviii,[1]-318; x, [319]-659, [1, imprint] pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Blue cloth. Spines bumped, some wear, scattered light foxing. Very good minus. Second edition. Frontispieces, 120 plates (several folding panoramic views), 4 folding maps. xviii,[1]-318; x, [319]-659, [1, imprint] pp. 2 vols. 8vo. A spectacular account of travel through Siberia toward the sources of the Yenisei river, across northwestern Mongolia and over the Tian-Shan into Chinese Turkestan to Kashgar An extremely scarce, engrossing account of this little travelled area, which the author and his party traversed, surveyed and mapped during 1910 and 1911, taking numerous photographs, a number included as folding panoramas. In addition to anthropological and geographical accounts of the region, chapters deal with big game hunting, notably the huge, big-horn sheep ovis ammon, of which it is noted "no other beast, for its size, carries such a weight of horn". Also shot were ibex, gazelle, wolf and wild pig. A fascinating book, with a distinguished provenance. Czech (Asia) p. 45, Hutchinson, 1914, 3<

1914, ISBN: 4dd700498e62a53ff7e670c1c5395bed

London: Hutchinson, 1914. Second edition. Frontispieces, 120 plates (several folding panoramic views), 4 folding maps. xviii,[1]-318; x, [319]-659, [1, imprint] pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Blue clo… Mehr…

London: Hutchinson, 1914. Second edition. Frontispieces, 120 plates (several folding panoramic views), 4 folding maps. xviii,[1]-318; x, [319]-659, [1, imprint] pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Blue cloth. Spines bumped, some wear, scattered light foxing. Very good minus. Second edition. Frontispieces, 120 plates (several folding panoramic views), 4 folding maps. xviii,[1]-318; x, [319]-659, [1, imprint] pp. 2 vols. 8vo. A spectacular account of travel through Siberia toward the sources of the Yenisei river, across northwestern Mongolia and over the Tian-Shan into Chinese Turkestan to KashgarAn extremely scarce, engrossing account of this little travelled area, which the author and his party traversed, surveyed and mapped during 1910 and 1911, taking numerous photographs, a number included as folding panoramas. In addition to anthropological and geographical accounts of the region, chapters deal with big game hunting, notably the huge, big-horn sheep ovis ammon, of which it is noted "no other beast, for its size, carries such a weight of horn". Also shot were ibex, gazelle, wolf and wild pig. A fascinating book, with a distinguished provenance. Czech (Asia) p. 45, Hutchinson, 1914, 3<

1940, ISBN: 4dd700498e62a53ff7e670c1c5395bed

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co, 1914. 1st Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Book Condition: Good Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket Edition: First Edition Description: Vol 1 - xviii, 31… Mehr…

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co, 1914. 1st Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Book Condition: Good Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket Edition: First Edition Description: Vol 1 - xviii, 318 pp, 2 fold-out maps, 84 B&W plates. Vol. 2 - x, (pagination starts with p. 319 ) 341 pp, 4 maps, 84 B&W plates. With a forward by Lord Curzon, All maps are present and undamaged, Text is clean and unmarked. Volume 1 front hinge is cracked. Both volumes are bound in blue cloth with gold-stamped titles and have some fraying to spine ends, Vol 2 a little more so. Front endpapers, Volume 2, have a signature, date and personal bookplate of Talbot Mundy, (born William Lancaster Gribbon, April 23, 1879 to August 5, 1940) the world traveler and author of "King of the Khyber Rifles." among many many other mystical adventure books on the East and whose works are often cited as precoursers to many of the mid-twentieth century's most notable fantasy and science fiction novels. Included is the original prospectus for ordering these two books Pictures on request. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall., J.B. Lippincott & Co, 1914, 2.5<