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South Londonby: Besant, Walter

South London
by: Besant, Walter

Hardcover. London, Chatto & Windus, 1st, 1899, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 332 pages plus publisher's ads in rear. Blue cloth covers with gilt design and lettering, top edge gilt. Etching frontispiece by Francis Walker and 119 b&w illustrations. Previous owner's signature on blank page opposite preface, otherwise a clean, bright copy.

Record # 406824

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South Of Zero: The Journal Of John Hale Meredith While with the Clark-Jamison Antarctic Expedition of 191- to 191- by: Ross, M. I. (editor)

South Of Zero: The Journal Of John Hale Meredith While with the Clark-Jamison Antarctic Expedition of 191- to 191-
by: Ross, M. I. (editor)

Hardcover. NY, Harper & Brothers, 3rd pr., Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, dark blue cloth with yellow lettering on spin and front cover, 280 pages. Map endpapers, color frontis and 17 b&w illustrations by John Whiting. This is a fictional account of an Antarctic expedition that appears to be based on the Scott, Shackleton and with a little of the Byrd Little America 1928-30 expeditions. Includes a Forward by J. S. O'Brien, an engineer on the first Little America expedition commenting on the writing skills of the fictional "Jack Meredith" for "... the most realistic of any I have every read." Brief inscription on blank prelim page otherwise clean.

Record # 398200

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Southerner Discovers New England, Aby: Daniels, Jonathan

Southerner Discovers New England, A
by: Daniels, Jonathan

Hardcover. New York, Macmillan, 1st, 1940, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 398 pages. Previous owners inscription on dedication page. Light fading to cloth covers. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 608901

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Spanish Sketchesby: Penfield, Edward

Spanish Sketches
by: Penfield, Edward

Hardcover. NY, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1st, 1911, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, bright yellow paper covered boards printed and decorated in black. Illustrated endpapers. 146 pages, Penfield's graphic impressions of Spain, including the bull fights. With 28 tipped-in color illustrations of various sizes throughout the text. A very good or somewhat better copy spine a bit soiled, edges a bit dusty but overall a handsome copy.

Record # 360864

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Spanish Sunshine by: Elsner, Eleanor

Spanish Sunshine
by: Elsner, Eleanor

Hardcover. NY, The Century Co., 1st, 1925, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket, 365 pages plus index. This entertaining look at life in Spain written by an Englishwoman was the result of a three year stay during the 1920's. This book covers the major Spanish towns, with b&w photos, history and information on facilities, and transportation in each from the 1920s period for the traveler. Some foxing to top edge otherwise clean in the scarce jacket.

Record # 398004

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Spillville (SIGNED COPY)by: Hampl, Patricia

Spillville (SIGNED COPY)
by: Hampl, Patricia

Softcover. Minneapolis, Milkweed Editions, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. 107 pages, b&w engravings by Steven Sorman. Light edge wear to wrappers. Else a very clean, tight copy.

Record # 401932

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Stark's Illustrated Bermuda Guideby: Stark, James H.

Stark's Illustrated Bermuda Guide
by: Stark, James H.

Hardcover. Boston, James H. Stark, 1st, 1902, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 153 pages plus index and advertisements, b&w plates, fold-out maps and illustrations, color map in rear pocket. Gray-green cloth covers. Light edge wear, rubbing to corners. Rear hinge starting to crack. Previous owner's signature on front fly leaf. Else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 851331

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Steamboating on the Upper Mississippiby: Petersen, William J.

Steamboating on the Upper Mississippi
by: Petersen, William J.

Hardcover. Iowa City, State Historical Society of Iowa, 1st, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 575 pages. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Some numbered Stickers on front endpaper. Foxing along edges of dust jacket. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 608299

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Steele's Book of Niagara Falls by: Steele, G. Oliver

Steele's Book of Niagara Falls
by: Steele, G. Oliver

Hardcover. Buffalo , Oliver G. Steele, Revised Ed., 1847, Book: Good, Hardcover, embossed dark brown cloth with gilt lettering on front cover and spine, Tenth Edition with a new series of maps and plates. 96 pages. Folding frontispiece with two maps, Niagara River and Parts Adjacent; and Niagara Falls and Vicinity. another folding plate with a view of Niagara Falls. Both in excellent condition. Six b&w plates. Spine cloth peeling away from spine, top third gone. Binding is still solid, clean inside.

Record # 398282

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STRIKING POSES: CREATING A VISUAL DIALOGUEby: Fallon, Max James

STRIKING POSES: CREATING A VISUAL DIALOGUE
by: Fallon, Max James

Hardcover. San Francisco, MustSeeBooks, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 128 pages, b&w photographs by Fallon. Dramatic BxW portraits from around the world, with an ongoing dialogue between the photographer and the writer. The concept is to encourage the readers to use their cameras to really engage the people they come in contact with when they travel - the camera grants you access! You see an eclectic mix of people in rather unique environments - humanity staring back at you.

Record # 351529

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Sultry Climates: Travel and Sex since the Grand Tourby: Littlewood, Ian

Sultry Climates: Travel and Sex since the Grand Tour
by: Littlewood, Ian

Hardcover. London, John Murray, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 248 pages with index. This text sets out to explore the sexual motives of travel. It argues that the British have inherited from the 19th century three main versions of the tourist - the connoisseur, pilgrim or rebel - these identities having both a sexual as well as a cultural life. Clean copy.

Record # 397704

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Summer In Alaska, A - A Popular Account of the Travels of an Alaska Exploring Expedition Along the Great Yukon River, from Its Source to Its Mouth, in the British North-West Territory, and in the Territory of Alaska

Summer In Alaska, A - A Popular Account of the Travels of an Alaska Exploring Expedition Along the Great Yukon River, from Its Source to Its Mouth, in the British North-West Territory, and in the Territory of Alaska

Hardcover. St. Louis, J.W. Henry, reprint, 1893, Book: Good, Hardcover, 416 pages, dark blue cloth w/gilt lettering. (C) 1891, so second edition, with illustrations from photographs and sketches. Light rubbing, shelf wear, a good plus copy of this narrative of a 1200 miles raft trip. Previous owner's bookplate paste down. wear to top & bottom spine.

Record # 9123

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Summer in Alaska, A by: Schwatka, Frederick

Summer in Alaska, A
by: Schwatka, Frederick

Hardcover. St. Louis, J. W. Henry, 1st , 1893, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 418 pages. B&w frontispiece with b&w illustrations throughout. Decorated endpapers. Blue cloth cover with gilt titles. Some edgewear and soiling to cover. Front hinge cracked. Foxing to edges. Previous owner's signature on front flyleaf.

Record # 851654

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Tahitit: Voyage Through Paradiseby: Eggleston, George T.

Tahitit: Voyage Through Paradise
by: Eggleston, George T.

Hardcover. New York, Devin-Adair Company, 1st, 1953, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, decorated boards with a black cloth spine. 252 pages, b&w photographs, map end paper. Light edge wear, rubbing to covers. Hinges weak. Previous owner's signature on front fly leaf. Else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 850893

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Taking Libertiesby: Graham, David

Taking Liberties
by: Graham, David

Hardcover. Boston, Pond Press, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 78 pages, color photographs by Graham. Like new in a bright dust jacket. Graham's delightful look at the curious and the oddly juxtaposed in 68 color photographs made along the American roadside. Introduction by Robert Venturi.

Record # 602405

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The Alps: Hotels, Destinations, Cultureby: Schoellgen, Sebastian

The Alps: Hotels, Destinations, Culture
by: Schoellgen, Sebastian

Hardcover. NY, Monacelli Press, 1st, 2023, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in pictorial boards, 267 pages in color. This lavishly illustrated and engaging book is the authoritative guide to the most exclusive Alpine destinations in Europe. Notable hotel expert and 84 Rooms Founder, Sebastian Schoellgen, presents a uniquely curated selection of 84 luxury and family-run boutique hotels in the five Alpine countries (France, Switzerland, Italy, Austria, Germany) in over 180 superb photographs with lively storytelling and practical information, too. Featured throughout are insider guides by the author and such tastemakers as hotelier Arnauld Zannier, who map out the most stylish and scenic places to shop, dine, stroll, and wind down after a long day on the slopes. Clean copy.

Record # 384771

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The Baltic States: Latvia, Lithuania and Estoniaby: Hebe Spaull

The Baltic States: Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia
by: Hebe Spaull

Hardcover. London, A & C Black, 1st, 1931, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust Jacket, 81 pages. 4 color, 8 b&w illustrations. One in the "Peeps at Many Lands" series. Clean copy.

Record # 398158

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The Brave New World (SIGNED COPY)by: Nearing, Helen & Scott

The Brave New World (SIGNED COPY)
by: Nearing, Helen & Scott

Hardcover. Harborside ME, Social Science Institute, 1st, 1958, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket, 247 pages. SIGNED BY THE NEARINGS on the front fly leaf. The authors have also written about homesteading and living off the land - both were vegetarians. Scott Nearing was an American radical economist, educator, writer, political activist, pacifist, and advocate of simple living. This volume describes their experiences on trips to the Soviet Union and People's China in 1957-58. Light tanning to endpapers, otherwise clean.

Record # 387883

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The Brooklyn and Rockaway Beach Railroad: The Canarsie Railroadby: Fausser, William W.

The Brooklyn and Rockaway Beach Railroad: The Canarsie Railroad
by: Fausser, William W.

Softcover. NY, William W. Fausser, 1st, 1976, Softcover, 68 pages. White coated paper stock covers with title and vintage photo ( in blue) on front. White covers show some light soil. This is the story of a small suburban railroad in what is now the Burrough of Brooklyn,which eventually became part of the New York City Transit System. It is also, partially, the story of Canarsie a section of Brooklyn that became the butt of many comedians in vaudeville. No markings.

Record # 379963

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The Charm of the Middle Kingdomby: Marsh, James Reid

The Charm of the Middle Kingdom
by: Marsh, James Reid

Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown & Company, 1st, 1922, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, decorated binding; designed by Decorated Designers (DD). No dj. Cover lettering and design intact, with some loss of gold, but lettering has disappeared from the spine. About 50 pages of black and white photos. A vivid and intimate record of Chinese life, revealing its glamour and fascination, its callousness and disregard of human values. Minor foxing to front endpapers. Clean copy.

Record # 377867

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The Cruise of the Dashaway or, Katie Putnam's Voyageby: Mannering, May

The Cruise of the Dashaway or, Katie Putnam's Voyage
by: Mannering, May

Hardcover. Boston, Lee and Shepard Publishers, 1st, 1868, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 221 pages plus 2 w/ads. Hardcover. "Helping Hand Series". Red cloth boards of inlaid design, gilt lettering. Pen & ink etched frontispiece w/tissue guard, & decorated half-title. In remarkable shape considering age, still a tight book. Edges and pages yellowed a bit with age.

Record # 30463

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The Cruise of the Marchesa to Kamschatka & New Guinea. With Notices of the Formosa, Liu-Kiu, and various Islands of the Malay Archipelagoby: Guillemard F. H. H

The Cruise of the Marchesa to Kamschatka & New Guinea. With Notices of the Formosa, Liu-Kiu, and various Islands of the Malay Archipelago
by: Guillemard F. H. H

Hardcover. London, John Murray, 2nd Ed., 1889, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth stamped in gilt, a little rubbed and bumped at edges. 456 pages with color frontispiece map, 139 illustrations of which 27 are full-page and 14 maps of which some are folding. School ex-library copy with spine label, minimal stamping to front endpapers and title page. Previous owner's inscription on half-title page. Interior clean with no marking, all fold-out maps in great condition. NOTE: The Marchesa a schooner yacht sailed from England in 1881 to the seas of China and Japan the East Indies and New Guinea before returning to England in 1884. First published in 1886 as a two volume set.

Record # 378351

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The Dead Sea: Myth, History, and Politics (SIGNED COPY)by: Barbara Kreiger

The Dead Sea: Myth, History, and Politics (SIGNED COPY)
by: Barbara Kreiger

Softcover. Hanover NH, Brandeis University Press , reprint, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, pictorial wraps, 228 pages. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on title page. The Dead Sea is unlike any other place on earth. Situated a quarter mile below sea level, so saline it can't support life, surrounded by a desolate landscape, it is not just a geologic feature but a source of mystery connected to religious faith. In elegant and vivid prose, Barbara Kreiger re-creates and analyzes the myths and legends surrounding the site and examines both its natural history and its gradual and difficult exploration. But The Dead Sea (first published as Living Waters in 1988) is more than a detailed and delightful travelogue. It is also an inquiry into the human and political drama that has swirled around this mysterious place for more than 12,000 years. In an afterword to the new edition, Kreiger shows how the sea in the post-Peace Accord era may come to take on a new symbolism: with perpetual need for water and a thriving mineral industry as common bonds, Israel and Jordan, two traditional antagonists whose border bisects the sea, may find themselves joining forces to preserve its fragile ecosystem against the threats of technology and tourism. Tan stain to top corner of text b;ock, otherwise clean.

Record # 382174

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The Descriptive Album of London A Pictorial Guide Bookby: Birch, George H

The Descriptive Album of London A Pictorial Guide Book
by: Birch, George H

Hardcover. London, The Descriptive Album Publishing Company, 1st, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, oblong green cloth covers stamped in dark green and gilt. 100 pages, b/w plates., Contains 108 views of London, with explanatory notes and introduction. Clean copy.

Record # 378059

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The Discovery of the South Shetland Islands. The Voyages of the Brig Williams 1819-1820, as Recorded in Contemporary Documents and The Journal of Midshipman C. W. Poynter by:

The Discovery of the South Shetland Islands. The Voyages of the Brig Williams 1819-1820, as Recorded in Contemporary Documents and The Journal of Midshipman C. W. Poynter
by:

Hardcover. London, The Hakluyt Society, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover,with dark blue cloth covers, gilt lettering on spine and ship design on front. In a light blue dust jacket with some fading. In 1819, William Smith, with a general cargo from Montevideo to Valparaiso, sailed further south round Cape Horn than his predecessors, in the hope of finding favourable winds. He sighted land in 62?S. His report to the Senior Naval Officer in Valparaiso was ridiculed, but on a subsequent voyage he confirmed his discovery, taking surroundings and sailing along the coast. As a result Captain Shirreff, the Senior Naval Officer, chartered his vessel, the brig Williams, and having put Edward Bransfield, the master of his ship, HMS Andromache, in charge, sent her to survey the new discovery. Charles Poynter was one of the midshipmen who sailed with Bransfield. His account of this expedition, which forms the principal part of this volume, recently came to light in New Zealand, and is the only first-hand account of the voyage, during which the Antarctic mainland was sighted for the first time, that appears to have survived. The introduction contains some remarks on the South Shetland Islands, followed by chapters giving a brief look at the history of the Spanish in South America and the British presence in the area, together with the speculation leading to the search for Antarctica and chapters on early nineteenth-century navigation and hydrographic surveying. There were a number of second-hand accounts of William Smith's earlier voyages, and Bransfield's expedition which appeared in reports, journals and books at the time. These are included with brief accounts of other voyages to the South Shetland Islands which took place while Bransfield was in the area, to complete the picture. Poynter's journal explains the reasons behind most of the names given to land features, some of which were not included in the published accounts at the time. There are also three charts and a number of views which are reproduced together with modern photographs of the area. It also contains a large number of geographical positions which enable a track chart of the voyage to be produced

Record # 381709

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The Down East Reader: Selections from the Magazine of Maineby: Fuller, Nathan C. (edited by) introduction by Louise Dickinson Rich

The Down East Reader: Selections from the Magazine of Maine
by: Fuller, Nathan C. (edited by) introduction by Louise Dickinson Rich

Hardcover. Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott, 1st, 1962, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a soiled dust jacket, 256 pages, b&w woodcuts by Pauline Winchester Inman. Stories, articles and reminiscences selected from work by Maine writers published in DOWN EAST. Clean internally.

Record # 396590

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The Ends of the Earth: The Polar Regions of the Worldby: Isaac Asimov

The Ends of the Earth: The Polar Regions of the World
by: Isaac Asimov

Hardcover. NY, Weybright and Talley, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 363 pages. A comprehensive survey of the geological and natural histories of the Arctic and Antarctic, their importance in myth, legend, and human history.

Record # 374134

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The Frozen Leopard: Hunting My Dark Heart in Africaby: Aaron Latham

The Frozen Leopard: Hunting My Dark Heart in Africa
by: Aaron Latham

Hardcover. NY, Prentice Hall, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Describes the author's experiences traveling through Africa, meeting and talking with warriors, activists, and poachers. 334 pages, clean copy.

Record # 381137

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The Frozen River: Seeking Silence in the Himalayaby: Crowden, James

The Frozen River: Seeking Silence in the Himalaya
by: Crowden, James

Hardcover. London, William Collins, 1st, 2020, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 342 pages, color photos. In 1976 James Crowden left his career in the British army and travelled to Ladakh in the Northern Himalaya, one of the most remote parts of the world. The Frozen River is his extraordinary account of the time he spent there, living alongside the Zangskari people, before the arrival of roads and mass tourism. James immerses himself in the Zangskari way of life, where meditation and week-long mountain festivals go hand in hand, and silence and solitude are the hallmarks of existence. When butter traders invite James on their journey down the frozen river Leh, he soon realises that this way of living, unchanged for centuries, comes with a very human cost. In lyrical prose, James captures a crucial moment in time for this Himalayan community. A moment in which their Buddhist practices and traditions are in flux, and the economic pull of a world beyond their valley is increasingly difficult to ignore.

Record # 378519

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The Great Wall of China: Photographs by Chen Changfen (Houston Museum of Fine Arts)by: Anne Wilkes Tucker and Jonathan D. Spence

The Great Wall of China: Photographs by Chen Changfen (Houston Museum of Fine Arts)
by: Anne Wilkes Tucker and Jonathan D. Spence

Hardcover. New Haven CT, Yale /Houston Museum of Fine Arts, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 168 pages. Chen Changfen (b. 1941) began to photograph the Great Wall twenty years before the Chinese government officially adopted it as the national symbol in 1984. This fascinating book presents a small fraction of his decades-long study of the monumental form and conveys the fertile range of themes and ideas that Chen has investigated, each informed by traditional Chinese art, history, and philosophy. Combining a unique blend of traditional and contemporary technical processes, Chen's richly evocative photographs at once celebrate the remarkable series of building campaigns that produced the Wall and memorialize the thousands of conscripted laborers whose lives were sacrificed to its construction.One of the most striking features of Chen's photographs is their unexpected variety of perspectives and moods, capturing the vicissitudes of weather, time, and human history that have acted upon it. By excluding the people, highways, factories, and modern buildings that encroach on and daily destroy sections of the Wall, however, Chen eliminates major aspects of the Wall's present reality from his pictures. In a thoughtful essay and interview with the artist, Anne Wilkes Tucker probes the meanings of such omissions and guides the reader through Chen's extraordinary images. The Great Wall of China is essential reading for photographers, historians, and travelers.

Record # 360903

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The Hudson by Daylight. Map Showing the Prominent Residences, Historic Landmarks, Old Reaches of the Hudson, Indian Names, &c., With Descriptive Pagesby: Bruce, Wall

The Hudson by Daylight. Map Showing the Prominent Residences, Historic Landmarks, Old Reaches of the Hudson, Indian Names, &c., With Descriptive Pages
by: Bruce, Wall

Softcover. NY, Bryant Literary Union, 1898, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Stiff card covers with black cloth spine featuring a 107" long by 5.5" high colorful long map tacked in at back, folded up, easily detached and suitable for framing. With ad for St. Denis Hotel on back cover. Astor House ad inside back cover. No names, clean text. A fascinating guide book to the Hudson River and adjacent areas with attractive black and white photos and illustrations of scenic spots in the area on the verso of most of the text pages. Gutter cracked at Highlands page, but not affecting integrity of binding. ALSO: Laid in is a folded flyer advertising The Great Hudson Panorama by Wallace Bruce, a picture ribbon book 80 feet in length depicting the shoreline of the Hudson River.

Record # 373215

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The Indian Alps and how we crossed them:being a narrative of wo years' residence in the Eastern Himalaya and two months' tour into the interior by: Lady Pioneer A pse

The Indian Alps and how we crossed them:being a narrative of wo years' residence in the Eastern Himalaya and two months' tour into the interior
by: Lady Pioneer A pse

Hardcover. London, Longmans Green & Co., 1st, 1876, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. An early Himalayan travel book by the first English woman to travel so far into the Eastern Himalaya. She and her British Army chaplain husband traversed the Nepal-Sikkim frontier from Darjeeling to Junnoo Mountain, overcoming many obstacles on the way. Although early, it is regarded as a mountaineering classic. 4to, xvi, 612 pages, chromolithograph frontispiece, large folding map, 9 chromolithographs, engraved vignettes, top edge gilt. Original red pictorial cloth with handsome gilt design on cover and spine, as well as elaborate borders.

Record # 367648

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The Islands of England: A Survey of the Islands Around England and Wales; and the Channel Islandsby: J. H. Ingram

The Islands of England: A Survey of the Islands Around England and Wales; and the Channel Islands
by: J. H. Ingram

Hardcover. London, B.T. Batsford, 1st, 1952, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 194 pages. Color frontis plus photographic b&w plates. Clean copy.

Record # 387459

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THE ITALIAN BEACHES From Ventimiglia to Reggio Calabria and Sardiniaby: De Gasperis, Roberto

THE ITALIAN BEACHES From Ventimiglia to Reggio Calabria and Sardinia
by: De Gasperis, Roberto

Softcover. Rome, The Italian State Tourist Department, 1961, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover brochure, 72 pages with fold-out flaps. Illustrated with 2-color maps, b&w photos. Nice, clean copy.

Record # 387850

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The Journeying Boy: Scenes from a Welsh Childhood (SIGNED COPY)by: White, Jon Manchip

The Journeying Boy: Scenes from a Welsh Childhood (SIGNED COPY)
by: White, Jon Manchip

Hardcover. NY, Atlantic Monthly Press, 1ST, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in an unclipped dust jacket, 318 pages. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on the front fly leaf. Author White journeys back to Wales after twenty years away. Clean copy.

Record # 382729

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The Lands of Barbaryby: Furlonge, Geoffrey

The Lands of Barbary
by: Furlonge, Geoffrey

Hardcover. London, John Murray, 1st, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 227 pages. "In North Africa, between the Sahara and the Mediterranean, [are] four...States...Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, and Algeria. Together they form what the Arabs call 'The Maghrib', and Sir Geoffrey Furlonge calls 'The Lands of Barbary'." Black and white photographic plates.

Record # 380845

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The Lure of Old Chelsea by: Reginald Blunt

The Lure of Old Chelsea
by: Reginald Blunt

Hardcover. London, Mills & Boon], 1st, 1922, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth with gilt lettering, 208 pages. 9 b&w photographic plates. Charming guide to this historic section of London. Small ownership stamp to front fly leaf, tiny nicks to cloth corners, otherwise a clean, tight copy.

Record # 387259

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The Map That Is Half Unrolled: Equatorial Africa From the Indian Ocean to Atlanticby: E. Alexander Powell

The Map That Is Half Unrolled: Equatorial Africa From the Indian Ocean to Atlantic
by: E. Alexander Powell

Hardcover. NY, The Century Co., 1st, 1925, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 355 pages, frontis, 64 plates from photos, two colored folding maps each showing author's route, index. . The author, a popular travel writer and explorer, traveled from the Indian Ocean, across Tanganyika and the Congo to the Atlantic, and described the peoples, tribes and nature in some detail. The photographs are by Rexford W Barton and by the author. Corners bumped, fading to gilt on spine, rear hinge cracked.

Record # 380878

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The Men and Birds of Paradise; Journeys through Equatorial New Guinea by: Marshall A. J.; Foreword By Sir William Goodenough

The Men and Birds of Paradise; Journeys through Equatorial New Guinea
by: Marshall A. J.; Foreword By Sir William Goodenough

Hardcover. London, William Heinemann, 1st, 1938, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, green cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine. 299 pages, numerous illustrations from photos. An expedition in northern New Guinea with travels and descriptions of the native peoples, their customs, way of life, nature, etc. Some highlighting, marking in text. Owner's sticker on inside front cover.

Record # 381532

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The Mississippi River in 1953: A Photographic Journey from the Headwaters to the Deltaby: Sharp, Charles Dee

The Mississippi River in 1953: A Photographic Journey from the Headwaters to the Delta
by: Sharp, Charles Dee

Hardcover. Center for American Places, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 232 pages. The Mississippi River flows through American history and culture as a mythic waterway brimming with tragedy and hope, and awash in passionate ambitions and harsh realities. In 1953, a young Charles Dee Sharp traveled twice down the Mississippi (first by towboat and then by car along the renowned river road Highway 61) to make a documentary film of it, taking black-and-white photographs of the river, its communities, and its people. While Sharp's documentary never came to fruition, the striking images he captured survived as moving and evocative historical testaments to a lost era, now collected in his new book The Mississippi in 1953. These images create a vivid portrait of America's heartland a half century ago, and they are enriched with excerpts from Sharp's original trip journal, intriguing anecdotes from the people he encountered along his journey, and an engaging environmental history of the river by historian John O. Anfinson. The Mississippi in 1953 offers an original and poignant look at the living artery of the American landscape and how it molded the United States into the nation it is today.

Record # 351272

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The Mountain Roadby: Dreier, Thomas

The Mountain Road
by: Dreier, Thomas

Hardcover. Boston, The Stratford Company, 2nd pr., 1935, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Hardcover, green cloth with bright gilt lettering, 334 pages. An loving exploration of New Hampshire's country roads with personal anecdotes by the author, 16 b&w plates. Dust jacket with big chip to top of spine, book is tight and clean.

Record # 387285

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The Niagara Belt Line: Niagara's Scenic Trip Around American and Horseshoe Falls...Great Gorge Route and International Railway Buy it!by: N/A

The Niagara Belt Line: Niagara's Scenic Trip Around American and Horseshoe Falls...Great Gorge Route and International Railway Buy it!
by: N/A

Softcover. Buffalo NY, Great George Route and International Railway., Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Single folding sheet with text and photographs printed on one side and a single full-color panoramic illustration on the other, circa 1923. Mild wear.

Record # 374630

Price: $15.00 
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The North American Tourist by: N/A

The North American Tourist
by: N/A

Hardcover. NY, A. T. Goodrich, 1st, 1839, Book: Good, Hardcover, publisher's ribbed dark green cloth, gilt-lettered at the spine. Cloth tight and sound. 12mo, With four views and nine (of 10) maps, all in very good condition. The map opposite page 78 pertaining to the Niagara Falls area has been excised. Previous owner's 1840 ownership signature on reverse on copyright page bleeds through to title page. Water stain to front endpapers, affects first 10 pages, otherwise tight and clean.

Record # 398265

Price: $400.00 
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The Pacific Northwest and Alaska Issued By The Union Pacific Systemby: Union Pacific

The Pacific Northwest and Alaska Issued By The Union Pacific System
by: Union Pacific

Softcover. Omaha NE, Union Pacific System , 1929, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover booklet, 44 pages, stapled green paper covers with embossed design stamped in gilt and red. A travel guide for passengers on the Union Pacific, b&w illustrations throughout. Excellent condition, bright, unmarked.

Record # 387559

Price: $20.00 
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The Penrose Guide to Oxford and the University-Containing 100 Photographs and Plan by: Charles A. Palmer

The Penrose Guide to Oxford and the University-Containing 100 Photographs and Plan
by: Charles A. Palmer

Oxford UK, Penrose and Palmer, 1st, nd, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, light tan stapled wrappers, 64 pages with 100 b&w photos. Center spread map. Bright, unmarked copy with bookseller's small sticker on front.

Record # 381440

Price: $18.00 
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The Picturesque Tourist: Being a Guide Through the State of New York and Upper and Lower Canada, Including a Hudson River Guide; Giving an Accurate Description of Cities and Villages, Celebrated Place of Escort, Etc

The Picturesque Tourist: Being a Guide Through the State of New York and Upper and Lower Canada, Including a Hudson River Guide; Giving an Accurate Description of Cities and Villages, Celebrated Place of Escort, Etc

Hardcover. NY, J. Disturnell, Revised Ed., 1858, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, embossed green cloth with with gilt design and lettering. 298 pages plus 26 pages of ads. Fifteen plates, maps and full-page illustrations, including the fold-out map. Tissue guard at frontis. Covers travel in upstate and western New York, as well as Canada, by steamboat and rail. The maps depict the Hudson River from New York to Troy, and the areas around Lakes Champlain and Ontario. The illustrations at the end are advertisements for hotels, rail and steam lines. A revised edition of this New York and Canada guide, orginally published in 1844. Small embossed stamp on front fly, otherwise clean.

Record # 383016

Price: $200.00 
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The Polar World A Popular Description of Man and Nature in the Arctic and Antarctic Regions of the Globeby: Hartwig, Dr. G.

The Polar World A Popular Description of Man and Nature in the Arctic and Antarctic Regions of the Globe
by: Hartwig, Dr. G.

Hardcover. NY, Harper and Brothers, 1st, 1869, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, maroon cloth with beveled edges. Engraved frontispiece with tissue guard and profusely illustrated throughout with 163 wood-engravings. The author of several other scientific works here gives a description of the Arctic and Antarctic regions of the globe in both a popular and scientific way. He gives a succinct history of the several polar expeditions, American and European. Covers with edge wear and fraying to spine, gilt blindstamped scene of dog sled on front cover, gilt kayak scene and lettering on spine faded. Interior of book very good, no markings.

Record # 383770

Price: $45.00 
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The Polynesian Journal of Captain Henry Byam Martin, R.N. by: Captain Henry Byam Martin, R.N.

The Polynesian Journal of Captain Henry Byam Martin, R.N.
by: Captain Henry Byam Martin, R.N.

Hardcover. Salem MA, Peabody Museum, 1st, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, price clipped dust jacket. 192 pages with frontispiece, maps, color plates, black and white plates, figures, facsimiles and index. Admiral Henry Byam Martin's first command in the British Navy was Captain of the 50-gun frigate, H.M.S. Grampus, in the year 1846. He was ordered to a sail from Plymouth 'round the Horn to Hawaii for further orders. Those orders sent him to Tahiti for a full year, the fatal year in which the French subjugated the Tahitians by bloody force, made the island a "Protectorate" of France but allowed the glamorous Queen Pomare to be the titular ruler until they took it over completely, as a colony, in 1880. This Polynesian portion of Captain Martin's daily Journal has lain unnoticed in the depths of the British Museum until this publication. But it still sparkles with wit and with acute observations of the personalities and events of that critical year in the struggle between the French and English for the conquest of the Pacific and the hopeless struggles of the poor islanders to defend their homelands and their freedom. Inscription on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 382848

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The Samoan Journals of John Williams 1830 and 1832/Pacific History Series No. 11 by: Moyle, Richard M. (ed.)

The Samoan Journals of John Williams 1830 and 1832/Pacific History Series No. 11
by: Moyle, Richard M. (ed.)

Hardcover. Canberra AU, Australian National University Press, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, b&w frontis portrait, 302 pages. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 378292

Price: $80.00 
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The Schooner Pilgrim's Progress - A Voyage Around the World 1932-1934by: Starr, Donald C.

The Schooner Pilgrim's Progress - A Voyage Around the World 1932-1934
by: Starr, Donald C.

Hardcover. Salem, Peabody Essex Museum & Mystic Seaport Museum, reprint, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 371 pages. Clean, bright copy. Between 1932 and 1934, in the depths of the Depression, Donald Starr and six friends sailed the 85' Alden schooner Pilgrim around the world from Boston by way of the Panama and Suez Canals. Their adventure is recounted with wit and detail in this illustrated book -- a look at bluewater cruising, the Caribbean, the South Pacific, and the Mediterranean before war and tourism altered them forever.

Record # 608352

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