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1989255538Sterling: TLC Publishing 1989. paperback. very good/no dustjacket. 4to. pp. 32 TLC Publishing paperback
19744190030Rio de Janeiro: Livraria José Olympio Editora 1974. Softcover. Very Good in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. Book is in the Portuguese language. Signed by author with additional inscription on half title page. Sound binding. Clean tanned pages. Wraps have light overall handling wear. Novel by Brazilian author Oswaldo França Júnior 1936-1989. 8.25" tall; 187 pages; Signed by Author. Livraria José Olympio Editora unknown
19724190034Rio de Janeiro: Editôra Sabiá Limitada 1972. Softcover. Very Good in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. Book is in the Portuguese language. Signed by author with additional inscription on half title page. Sound binding. Clean off-white pages. Wrappers have light overall handling wear. Novel by Brazilian author Oswaldo França Júnior 1936-1989. 8.25" tall; 121 pages; Signed by Author. Editôra Sabiá Limitada unknown
19694190021Rio de Janeiro: Editôra Sabiá Limitada 1969. Softcover. Very Good in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. Book is in the Portuguese language. Signed by author with additional inscription on half title page. Sound binding. Clean tanned pages. Wraps have light overall handling wear. Novel by Brazilian author Oswaldo França Júnior 1936-1989. 8.25" tall; 187 pages; Signed by Author. Editôra Sabiá Limitada unknown
1969010329Toronto: The Champlain Society 1969. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine. Heavy 8vo. The Publications of The Champlain Society Volume XLV. Limited to 850 copies; this volume not numbered and uncrested on the spine. ix 330 xix pgs. b/w illusts. Maps. A fine unmarked copy. <br/> <br/> The Champlain Society hardcover
1965018026<p>San Francisco CA: John Howell Books 1965. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 9-1/2" x 12" Cloth; 113pp; Tan patterned cloth boards with gilt titling to spine protected by clear plastic sleeve boards square clean & bright text unmarked binding is tight VG condition. Edition limited to 1250 copies. 20th century translation of Father Francisco Garces' record of travels in Arizona and California from 1775 to 1776. Includes frontispiece color painting of Lipan Warrior and foldout map in rear. Illustrated.</p> John Howell Books hardcover
199715340New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1997. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0375400516 . A beautiful unread first US edition/first printing in Fine condition in alike dustjacket; The non-fiction account of the orchestrated kidnappings of ten Colombian journalists by the Medellin drug cartel in 1990. Márquez began his book as the story of only one of the kidnapped journalists an old friend but soon saw the need to expand his work to include the others. Behind the demands of powerful cartel leader Pablo Escobar was protection from extradition to the US for drug trafficking; 8vo . Alfred A. Knopf hardcover
2002BOOKS071875IGuanajuato Mexico 2002. PB. fine wraps softcover. B&W illustrations. First published in 1971. Text in Spanish. 85pp. unknown
006337Tehran Iran: Mirdashti Farhangsara Book. Illus. by Photos By Afshin Alizadeh. Good Plus to Very Good. Hardcover. First No Additional printings. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Original dark blue paper boards. Unclipped colour photo DJ. Compiled and translated by F. Ghani. Text in English with some Arabic. One tiny chip from front DJ. 122 pp. Photo history of the empire from the Seventh to Fourth Centuries B.C. culminating in the development of Iran. Heavy book may need extra postage. Mirdashti Farhangsara hardcover
198651127New York: Viking. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1986. First Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0670810681 . A sprightly first edition/first printing in Fine condition with some light page edge soiling in a Fine dust-jacket; New Lands New Men is an account of the Second Great Age of Discovery which began in the fifteenth century and lasted until the seventeenth century. The Age of Discovery saw Europeans explore and colonize all of the Americas East and West Africa Australia and much of the Pacific Ocean. Goetzmann examines the causes and consequences of this age of exploration and he provides a vivid portrait of the people and cultures that were swept up into the expanding European world.; 8vo ; 528 pages; TBC . Viking hardcover
2009055967Montreal Quebec Canada and France: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts/Somogy Art Publishers 2009. Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Color illus. paper covered boards. Slight erasure mark at top corner of front flyleaf otherwise new. 320 pp. fully illus. A lovely production. Catalogue to accompany exhibition. Montreal Museum of Fine Arts/Somogy Art Publishers Hardcover
196646471New York: Harcourt Brace & World Inc. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1966. 1st US Edition; First Printing. Cloth. A smart first edition/first printing in Fine condition in Near Fine little edge-worn dust-jacket; A collection of articles from the 1950s and '60s written and selected by the author which give us fresh perspectives on the familiar and carry us into unfamiliar territory. Like other works from Golding these too are marked by his characteristic wit and wisdom. Golding won the 1983 Nobel Prize in Literature and he was posthumously named the third greatest British writer since 1945 out of 50 by Time Magazine in 2008 ; 8vo; 1-6 7-175 176-8 pages . Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc. hardcover
11284Jena: Verlegt bei Eugen Diederichs 1925. Hardcover. Very Good. Very good octavo hardcover in reddish binding without dust jacket. Wear and rubbing along the edges of the boards with bumping to the head and heel of the spine as are the corners of the panels. Corners also have a bit of fraying. Boards are slightly bowed. Some browning along the edges of the boards and edges of the pages. Page edges are also lightly foxed. Small tear in binding by the title page. 448 pages with footnotes. Text of this work is in German on Indian philosophy and theosophy. <br/><br/> Jena: Verlegt bei Eugen Diederichs, 1925. hardcover
200613170New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2006. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0399245375 . A lovely first edition first printing in unread Very Fine/Very Fine condition; A Coretta Scott King Honor Book for 2007 Nikki Grimes' The Road to Paris portrays with honesty the travels and journeys of a young girl who shuffles from foster home to foster home all the while being caught in the middle of a black and white world; 8vo . G. P. Putnam's Sons hardcover
19964820023Rio de Janeiro: Livraria Francisco Alves Editora 1996. Softcover. Very Good in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. Book is in the Portuguese language. Sound binding. Clean and bright pages. Wraps have light handling wear. Short writings by Mozambique-born Brazilian author Ruy Alexandre Guerra Coelho Pereira 1931- . Portuguese Edition; 8.25" tall; 225 pages. Livraria Francisco Alves Editora unknown
1901054976Bethlehem PA: Times Publishing Co. 1901. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Dark blue-green cloth lettered in gilt text block edges stained red. An exceptional copy showing very slight wear essentially as issued. xv235 pp. map b&w plates w/ tissue guards. Times Publishing Co. Hardcover
197323296Philadelphia : LIPPINCOTT 1973 . First Edition . 137 pp. . 8VO . Very light wear to priceclipped jacket. LIPPINCOTT unknown
19598364Private Printing. Very Good. 1959. Softcover. Book is clean and tight. Corners and ends of spine are bumped and shelf worn. Signed "Sincerely Ferdinand P. Herff" on title page. Author's story of trip to Hawaii Hong Kong and Japan. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 168 pages; Signed by Author . Private Printing paperback
195851126New York: Harper & Brothers. Very Good in Near Fine dust jacket. c1958. Hardcover. A quaint edition in Very Good condition with some soiling and edgewear specifically to the page edges and spine in an alike dust-jacket with soiling edgewear dampstain and chipping ; The Great Age of Discovery by Paul Herrmann tells the story of the voyages of Christopher Columbus Vasco da Gama and Ferdinand Magellan as well as the exploration of the New World by the Spanish and the Portuguese. The book provides a detailed account of the explorers' motivations and their various encounters with the native peoples and their cultures.; 8vo ; 507 pages; TBC . Harper & Brothers hardcover
197230429New York: Houghton Mifflin Company. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1972. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0395139449 . First edition/first printing in Near Fine condition slightly bumped corners in gently rubbed dust-jacket with one inch closed tear to upper back; After his Walk through Britain John Hillaby covered some 1300 miles in 67 days. Reading the book is a personal adventure in the company a witty cheerful and entertaining companion and some fascinating insights in the cultures of Europe in the later 20th century ; 8vo . Houghton Mifflin Company hardcover
198519321New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1985. First Edition; Second Printing. Cloth. 0394542436 . First edition/later printing in about Fine condition a trace of sunning along edges in alike dust-jacket. From the collection of Betty Anderson legendary art director of publisher Knopf in the late 20th century as evidenced by her small and unobtrusive inventory number on the front paste down; With a foreword by Arthur C. Clarke Barbara Hitchcock invites to a fascinating space-walk with 84 photographs from NASA achives; Color Photographs; Square 4to; FSA . Alfred A. Knopf hardcover
197921972New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1979. 1st US Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0394505794 . First American edition/first printing in Near Fine seemingly unread condition a hint of sunning to edges in alike dust-jacket. From the collection of Betty Anderson legendary art director of publisher Knopf in the late 20th century as evidenced by her small and unobtrusive inventory number on front paste down; Captain Cook's Lost Diary tells the story of Cook's final voyage his discoveries in the Pacific Ocean and his death on Hawaii. The book also includes Cook's famous journals which provide an in-depth look at the captain's thoughts and feelings during the voyage.; 8vo; FSA . Alfred A. Knopf hardcover
196082743Instituto Nacional. Very Good. ca. 1960. Stapled wraps. Collection of six archeological guides to Mexico from 1948 to 1960. El Tajin guide has a folded color plate in text large folded plan in rear. Wear and rubbing to the covers. Palenque has a folding plate in text folded map in rear. Tepoztlan has two foldout plans in text. ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall . Instituto Nacional paperback
198021287New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1980. First Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0394400461 . An attractive first edition/first printing in about Fine lightly sunned condition in alike dust-jacket. From the collection of Betty Anderson legendary art director of publisher Knopf in the late 20th century as evidenced by her small and unobtrusive inventory number; Gold Dust is the story of two brothers Mickey and Vern who inherit a mine in the middle of the Great Depression. The mine is a disaster but the brothers are determined to make it work. They find a way to turn the mine into a profitable operation but they also have to fight the government and the mine's owners to do it. The story is full of suspense and adventure and it is a great example of the power of determination.; B & W Illustrations; 8vo . Alfred A. Knopf hardcover
2001108101United Kingdom: Hakluyt Society 2001. Hb. Very Good/Very Good. Larger 8vo. pp. xv 1 139 sketch maps ""In the summer of 1630 Pieter Van den Broecke returned to Amsterdam after completing his fifth voyage overseas as a commercial agent for various Dutch companies who were then expanding their worldwide trading networks. Van den Broecke used this homecoming to compose a lengthy manuscript describing his experiences and… Hakluyt Society hardcover