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190817390Ottawa: S.E. Dawson 1908. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 80 pp with five colored maps four folding b/w illustrations from photographs. Original blue cloth boards with map of Canada and the upper United Stated on front board gilt lettering on front board title hand-lettered on spine. Moderate soiling to boards contemporary ownership signature on front pastedown all else very good. Includes testimony and communications from a number of pioneers missionaries scientists and explorers on forestry fisheries climate mineral resources agricultural potential etc. Peel 1719. S.E. Dawson hardcover books
19282221958<p>First edition. Octavo. Color frontispiece by Saul M. Arkin frontispiece etching by Levon West 2 color plates by Konrad Meindl about 10 b/w drawings by Chauncy Howard Peters 32 sepia-tone photographs 2 facsimiles. Original full red cloth stamped gilt and dark blue on spine and upper cover t.e.g. No dust jacket. Very good rubbing to spine of blue background. 298 pages.</p><p>Inscribed presentation copy signed and inscribed by Chapple to Guy Edward Murchand on front free endpaper: ".with sincere regards of the author and an appreciation of the 'new models'.The Attic Boston 1926 sic!." No other signatures or bookplates.</p><p>Author's travel in Egypt Palestine Lebanon Syria and Iraq. Notable for Levon West's etched portrait of Mohammed something which could never be accomplished by any Islamic true believer.</p> Chapple Publishing Company, Limited hardcover books
1975873Glendale CA: Arthur H. Clark Company 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 249 pp illustrations maps one folding with frontispiece appendices bibliography index. Blue buckram. Boards very slightly bowed else fine. No dust jacket. Western Frontiersman Series XVI. Chaput writes in the Foreword: "Aubry was no obscure petty trader on the frontier. From 1846 to 1854 he was the busiest most effective merchant on the Saint Louis-Santa Fe-Chihuahua-California routes . Along with this mercantile reputation he developed a talent for individual travel that has never been surpassed. His eight-hundred-mile trip on horseback from Santa Fe to Independence in five days is a record most likely to stand forever." Arthur H. Clark Company hardcover books
1813257911London: printed by W. Bulmer and Co. for the author 1813. Quarter Leather. near Very Good binding. 6pp. Complete with 6 engraved plates including the plan and both interior and exterior views; rebound in 20th century morocco with pebbled cloth over boards; dampstaining to the interior most visible on the engravings particularly the plan of the church; else a very nice copy; digital images can be made available upon request. near Very Good binding. printed by W. Bulmer and Co. for the author unknown books
188220755Lyndon VT 1882. First Edition. Softcover. Good. 233 pp ads in original salmon pictorial wrappers with frontispiece of a burro and additional small illustrations in the text. Chips to corners of front wrapper and lower spine previous owner's signature on front wrapper; internally very good. A series of letters written by Chase while traveling and first published in the Vermont Union a newspaper he founded and edited from 1865 until his death in 1902. Here they appear in revised and corrected form published Chase says in the preface due to the "general demand for information respecting New Mexico." He describes various interesting places visited in Trinidad and Denver Colorado and Cimmaron Taos Pueblo Santa Fe Las Vegas and Silver City New Mexico and disusses cattle and sheep ranching railroads gambling halls vigilance committees and more. One letter describes a brief encounter with explorer Paul de Chaillu. In addition to the material on the far west there is a letter on Chicago one on Iowa and Missouri and three on Kansas. Adams Herd 450; Graff 652; Howes C-315; Rader 666. paperback books
1859005221New York: John A. Gray 1859. Very Good wrappers with small chips corner crease at spine top edge. Stitched wrappers. 23 pgs. "Read by appointment before The Congregational Ministers' Meeting of New London County Ct." . Rev. Henry Cheever was the brother of famed abolitionist George Barrell Cheever. and while certainly an avowed abolitionist himself is perhaps best remembered for his documenting of his travels in the Hawaiian Islands. In this SCARCE tract he argues that the teachings of the Bible provide ample reason to withhold fellowship from churches and individuals who tolerate slavery. . First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo. John A. Gray Paperback books
194827327Parlin NJ: Hercules Powder Company 1948. Light blue cloth binding with gilt title lettering to front board. VG. Unpaginated though each issue ~8 pp = 192 pp. Illustrated primarily from photographs. 12' x 9" <br/><br/>Scarce company newsletter that documents company employee 'happenings' throughout the year. Not listed on OCLC nor the Union List of Serials 3rd Edition though the company's Hercules Chemist & Hercules Mixer are represented. Hercules Powder Company hardcover books
199228706Canberra:: Australian National University. Near Fine. 1992. Paperback. 0731514386 . First edition paperback. About fine in black printed wraps. . Australian National University, paperback books
199521917China & Colorado: Not Published 1995. Group of materials includes: "Baldy Mountain Resort" 2 copies development project brochure 54 pgs of very professional-appearing computer-generated color photographs of proposals for development of this skiing resort some folding information on the Asian sports market including Olympic aspirations site overview demand for skiing and golfing facilities in China resort infrastructure the 'villages' of the resort; with a "Private Placement Memorandum" of 12 illustration pages essentially the stock offering for the resort; several typed letters signed from the Colorado-based resort marketer regarding developments in the project travel by the investors to the site more; and a shorter booklet titled "Grand Opening 1995-1996 Ski Season Baldy Mountain Resort Mongolian Yurt Skiing Village" with objectives strategies tactics budget for the set-up of this possible phase of the operation; all these materials clear-covered spiral or side-post bound standard 8 1/2" x 11" size; light wear; in very good condition; interesting glimpse at the proposed development of sporting activities in China by Western venture capitalist investors. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Not Published Paperback books
197798543San Xavier del BAC: n. pub 1977. 54p.8.5x11 inches introduction brief historical sketch profusely illustrated with Schaefer's b&w photos of the old Franciscan mission wraps. n. pub unknown books
1972223141New Delhi: Trimurti Publications 1972. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/near Very Good dust jacket. B0006C8JTG; DJ protected with Mylar Cover. Very Good binding / near Very Good dust jacket. Trimurti Publications unknown books
1997263144Oxford University Press USA 1997. Hard Cover. Fine binding/Fine dust jacket. A pristine copy with no marks of any kind. The dustjacket is protected with a new mylar cover. Fine binding / Fine dust jacket. Oxford University Press, USA unknown books
1967798171967. Paperback. Very Good. All issues in original wrappers. 24cm. <br/><br/> paperback books
1912004661Washington D.C.: The Carnegie Institute of Washington 1912. Very Good 1/2 leather 1/2 marbled clot with red leather title labels and gilt lettering gilt rules marbled endpages edges of page block with red speckles. Leather rubbed prior owner name stamps front endpage. Contents are clean tight and free of markings. Tight binding. SCARCE in the hardcover and in collectable condition. . First Edition. Cloth and Leather. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. The Carnegie Institute of Washington Hardcover books
1994184096HISTORY STAFF CIA 1994-01-01. Paperback. Good. Moderate wear to the covers. Clean has a good binding no marks or notations. HISTORY STAFF CIA paperback books
1709CA1100viii24412 pages with engraved map folding plan and four engraved illustrations in text and index. Quarto 9 ¾" x 7½" bound in period calf with modern rebacking original gilt spine leather laid down and ruled gilt edges to cover. Translated by Joh Stevens. First English Edition.<br /><br />This is a highly regarded chronicle of the conquest and colonization of Peru by Spaniards in the latter part of the 16th century and is lauded for its at the time objectivity. Cieza de Leon's Chronica was to appear in 4 sections this translation being the first part only all that was available of the history until the latter part of the 19th century.<br /><br />Pedro Cieza de León was a Spanish conquistador and chronicler of Peru. He is known primarily for his history and description of Peru Crónicas del Perú. He wrote this book in four parts but only the first was published during his lifetime; the remaining sections were not published until the 19th and 20th centuries. Cieza de León was born to a family of Jewish conversos1 around 1520 in Llerena a town in southeastern Extremadura less than 60 mi from Portugal. Although recently converted from Judaism to Catholicism the family enjoyed good social standing in the region because of their networks and business dealings. His father Lope de León was a shopkeeper in the town and his mother Leonor de Cazalla was a native of Llerena. There is scant documentary evidence of the young Cieza de León’s childhood and little is known of his early life before his voyage to the Americas. Given the fact that he left home at 13 it is unlikely that Cieza de León received more than a rudimentary education. In 1536 in Córdoba at 16 Cieza de León was greatly surprised to learn of the discovery of the land of the Incas and so decided to go to Seville to embark on his journey to South America to see for himself the artifacts of precious metals which had been brought to Spain from Cajamarca. In light of the prohibition of entry into the Spanish colonies for Jews and Jewish converts to Catholicism Alonso López and Luis de Torres attested for Cieza de León that he was not prohibited. Jewish converso Pedro López de Cazalla secretary of Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro conqueror of the Incan Empire was also his first cousin. He returned to Seville Spain in 1551 and married a woman named Isabel López de Abreu. Here he published in 1553 the first part of the chronicles of Peru Primera Parte. He died the following year leaving the rest of his work unpublished. His Second Part of Chronicles of Peru describing the Incas was translated by Clements Markham and published in 1871 for the Hakluyt Society. In 1909 the fourth part of his chronicle focusing on the civil wars among the Spanish conquerors was published under the title Third Book of the Peruvian Civil Wars. The third part of Cieza de León's Crónicas del Perú which examined the discovery and conquest of Peru by the Spaniards was considered by historians to be lost. The document eventually turned up in a Vatican library and historian Francesca Cantù published a Spanish version of the text in 1979. Though his works are historical and narrate the events of the Spanish conquest of Peru and the civil wars among the Spaniards much of their importance lies in his detailed descriptions of geography ethnography flora and fauna. He was the first European to describe some native Peruvian animal species and vegetables.<br /><br />Condition:<br /><br />Expertly rebacked some light rubbing to extremities foxing old book plate on front pastedown else very good. unknown hardcover books
19462603Cincinnati: A Talaria Book 1946. Third Edition. Cloth. Fine/near fine. Garland for a City poems by B.Y. Williams and Annette Patton Cornell. Illustrations by Caroline Williams. Octavo 78pp. Beige cloth title in gilt on spine decorative gilt illustration on cover. Stated "Third Printing" on copyright page published in 1947. In publisher's scarce dust jacket near fine condition $3.00 retail price on front flap bright illustrations. Complete with 20 illustrations of Cincinnati landmarks with associated poems. A Talaria Book unknown books
2004226932Honolulu Hawaii U.S.A.: City and County of Honolulu 2004. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. contents clean and binding sound. Very Good binding. City and County of Honolulu unknown books
1807008502Londini: Oxford: at the Clarendon Press 1807. 3 volumes bound as 6 in contemporary full diced calf the backs gilt with mottled calf labels the covers with blind tooled border inside gilt rule border. plain brown end papers small stamp of R. Parker. Very Good Plus scattered light toning boards lightly rubbed bindings solid. A quite handsome set . New Edition. Full Diced Calf. Very Good Plus/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Oxford: at the Clarendon Press Hardcover books
198413226New Carlisle OH 1984. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8.5 x 11 inches stapled binding. Very slight cover wear else a fine copy signed on the first page by the compiler. A compilation of "historical facts and anecdotes that have been brought together to give the reader a picture of the way early settlers of the Old Northwest lived worked and worshiped. unknown books
1894045748New York: Longmans Green & Co 1894. First Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Very Good Condition. Light sheflwear scattered mild foxing. 276pp ads. This is the first US edition. Size: Octavo 8vo. Previous owner's book-plate inside front cover. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Inventory No: 045748. <br/><br/> Longmans Green & Co hardcover books
1999142471999. Softcover. VG. Color wraps. 68 pp. 49 color plates. Binder's statement essays by Elisabeth R. Agro S. A. Neff Jr. Angling Artisan: Caught by Trout Piscatorial Books and Fine Binding Stanley I. Grand Angling Bound: The Bindings of S. A. Neff Jr. and exhibition listing. unknown books
1898006576Cleveland: Cleveland Hydraulic-Press Brick Company 1898. RARE early pictorial survey of Calfornian New Mexican and Mexican Spanish Mission architecture. With 24 spectacular full page black and white photographs and 8 pages consisting of title page 6 pages unsigned text and concluding page with information on The Cleveland Hydraulic-Press Brick Company. Photographs signed Franklin Co. Eng. Chi.cago. Very Good in string-tied green paper covers corner chips to covers and a 3" closed tear front cover stain top corner title page. Starting with the "Oldest Church in America" the Church of San Miguel Santa Fe and including the Cathedral of Mexico Missions of San Juan Bautista Santa Barbara Santa Cruz and San Juan De Capistrano among others. . First Edition. String Tied. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Cleveland Hydraulic-Press Brick Company Paperback books
200441443New Haven:: Yale University Press. As New in As New dust jacket. 2004. Hardcover. 0300103891 . Color and black and white illustrations throughout. First edition. As new in like dust jacket. . Yale University Press, hardcover books
028875Manuscript. Very Good. quarto two pages inscribed on a four page bi-folium old folds and creases remains of sealing wax free frank and Schoolcraft Michigan postal stamp in good legible condition. Cobb writes to relatives back home with news from the West family news hard times and also touching upon political matters: "the times are said to be very hard produce very low money scarce so much for Vanburenism and Slavery and the Whigs are wide a wake for Harrison and Slavery and I am like old Billy Wood of two evils I choose neither. The Locofoco Dems & Whigs have almost ruined our country it is time to look out for honest men I am traveling a circuit this season there is a little moral virtue left in our country and much kneed sic of a general reform Death is at hand and we must get ready for it" <br /> books
