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1991290447Hull Quebec: Canadian Museum of Civilization 1991. First Edition. Paperback . fiar/No Dustjacket. Larger 8vo. pp. 277 b/w photographs and sketch illustrations Canadian Ethnology Service Mercury Series Paper No 118. old stain on top edge of pages Canadian Museum of Civilization paperback
2018244406Scotch Plains : Morning Sun Books 2018. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. 4to. pp.128 Morning Sun Books hardcover
194717542Germany: Joseph P. Tustin/T. A. Schachenmayer Print Shop 1947. First edition as stated. Paperback. Good. 6 x 8 in. 59 pp. plus map. Signed with an inscription by Tustin dated 1947 on the title pg. Condition is GOOD ; edges worn paper covers mildly soiled with some spots front has an open tear at top. Binding tight and text unmarked. Rare. Travel. Stax. Joseph P. Tustin/T. A. Schachenmayer Print Shop paperback
198170199New York: Parents Magazine Press. Very Good. 1981. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A bright first edition/first printing in Very Good condition with lightly bumped corners soiling and rubbed extremities; Memorable illustrator Jack Kent is perhaps best known as the creator of the King Aroo comics but Kent also authored and illustrated more than 40 children's books. Among them are Fly Away Home Mrs. Mooley and The Biggest Shadow in the Zoo. The Biggest Shadow in the Zoo tells the story of Goober the Elephant who becomes distressed when he can no longer find his shadow; Color Illustrations; 8vo; Unpaginated pages . Parents Magazine Press hardcover
19722113Portland Oregon: Oregon Historical Society 1972. Reprint Edition . Cloth. Vg/No Jacket as Issued. Heavy 4to. 375 pgs.Bibliography. Endpaper maps. b/w illustrs. Blue cloth with gilt titles. Report of a journey made to explore Eastern Siberia in 1735-1741 by order of the Russian Imperial Government. Translated and edited by E.A.P.Crownhart-Vaughan.The only complete and unabridged English translation since its St.Petersburg publication in 1754. <br/> <br/> Oregon Historical Society hardcover
2014312762Washington DC: Smithsonian Inst Pr 2014. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. pp. 384 ""In 1882 the Smithsonian Institution Arctic scientist Lucien McShan Turner traveled to the Ungava District that encompasses Northern Quebec and Labrador. There he spent 20 months as part of a mission to record meteorological data for an International Polar Year research program. While stationed at the Hudson's Bay Company Trading Post of Fort… Smithsonian Inst Pr hardcover
191826680Leipsig: Klinkhardt & Biermann. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1918. First Edition. Hardcover. Bound in paper-covered boards with a leather spine. Owner's bookplate inside the front cover owner's inscription on the fep. Text is in German. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 281 pages . Klinkhardt & Biermann hardcover
20074850044Bucaramanga Colombia: Sic Editoral 2007. Hardcover. Very Good in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. Book is in the Spanish language. Sound binding and hinges. Clean bright pages. Illustrations in color and black & white. Pictorial paper over boards is clean with minor edge rubbing. Poetry prose and art about fruit with erotic themes. 10.0" tall; 158 pages. (Sic) Editoral hardcover
19562035Portland Oregon: Oregon Historical Society 1956. First Edition - Limited to 1000 Copies . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo. iv243 pgs. plus 10 pgs. notes and index. Many pages uncut. Large folding map at end. Cloth covers have the tiniest hint of shelfwear else fine. No names or marks in text. "Being the Correspondence Notices Etc. Of Fathers Blanchet and Demers Together with Those of Fathers Bolduc and Langlois. Containing Much Remarkable Information on the Areas and Inhabitants of the Columbia Walamette Cowlitz and Fraser Rivers Nesqually Bay Puget Sound Whidby and Vancouver Islands While on Their Arduous Mission to the Engages of the Hudson's Bay Company and the Pagan Natives 1838 to 1847". <br/> <br/> Oregon Historical Society hardcover
201129251New Haven & London: Yale University Press. As New in As New dust jacket. 2011. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0300154089 . A most handsome first edition/first printing in unread As New condition in alike dust-jacket. Signed by author and Pulitzer Prize winner Edward J. Larson directly on the title page; Larson's new account of the Heroic Age of Antarctic exploration is the first book to place the famed expeditions of British explorers Robert Scott and Roald Amundsen and others in a larger scientific social and geopolitical context ; 8vo; 2 xvi 326 pages; Signed by Author . Yale University Press hardcover
1945254465Ramsey: Model Craftsman Publishing Corp 1945. Firs tedition. hardcover. Very good/torn and worn. 8vo. pp.111 Model Craftsman Publishing Corp hardcover
199545335New York: St. Martin's Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1995. First Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0312141475 . A beautiful first edition/first printing in Fine condition in alike dust-jacket; Lenz's exploration of the Himalayas is a spiritual adventure that takes him from the snow-capped mountains to the sacred Buddhist sites. He shares his journey with the reader describing the majestic peaks and the extraordinary people he meets along the way.; 8vo; xiv 236 6 pages; FSA . St. Martin's Press hardcover
1951334454Wellington: A H And A W Reed 1951. hardcover. good/very good. 8vo large. pp.114. Dustjacket is price clipped. Gently bowed. Light foxing to top and fore-edge. A H And A W Reed hardcover
197270407Garden City NY: Doubleday & Company Inc. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1972. Cloth. Near Fine condition in like dust-jacket with light edgewear. Blue publisher's top stain ; In 1986 a spacecraft called the Challenger was lost during a space shuttle mission. The story of the Challenger's voyage is told through the memories of the people who were aboard.; B & W and Color Photographs/ Illustrations; 8vo; 288 pages; FSA . Doubleday & Company Inc. hardcover
188815231Boston: Houghton and Mifflin. Good. 1888. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. The contents are "fine" but the covers are very soiled. The book is very tight all hinges are intact. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 226 pages . Houghton and Mifflin hardcover
195128367London: Cassell. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1951. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. The book appears "fine" but I graded it down for the foxing on the endpapers. DJ has some rubbing at the corners. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 330 pages . Cassell hardcover
200512209Short Hills NJ: Burford Books. As New in As New dust jacket. 2005. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1580801307 . A wonderful first edition/first printing in As New condition in alike dust-jacket; Bob Madgic's story of 5 hikers who in July 1985 made the choice to climb Yosemite's Half Dome even as the sky darkened & thunder rolled by night's end 2 were dead from a lightning strike with the 3 others wounded & EMT's overseeing a midnight helicopter rescue; 8vo . Burford Books hardcover
2009334421Montreal: Baraka Books 2009. First edition. hardcover. very good/no dustjacket. larger 8vo. pp.371 Baraka Books hardcover
1972337512Cedar Springs Michigan: Wolf House Books 1972. Facsimile of 1913 edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. pp. 369 Wolf House Books hardcover
198021398New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1980. First Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0394511727 . First edition/first printing with sunned board edges else fine in Very Good slightly rubbed 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; Joe McGinniss shows us the Alaska he experienced preposterous glorious grasping and about ten sizes bigger than life ; 8vo . Alfred A. Knopf hardcover
193119036NY: Thomas Y. Crowell. Very Good. 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by McSpadden on the fep dated 1931. Sunned at the spine and around the edges. Spotted on the upper right corner. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 362 pages; Signed by Author . Thomas Y. Crowell hardcover
197552628Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. Very Good in Near Fine dust jacket. 1975. Hardcover. 0395205522 . An edition in Very Good condition with creasing to the spine edges and page edge soiling in a Near Fine dust-jacket barely shelfworn. Book is inscribed by the author "The truth will out" and signed on the front flyleaf ; MeeropolThe story of the Rosenbergs a Jewish family who risked their lives and the lives of their sons to help the United States during World War II is one of the most remarkable stories in American history. This book tells the story of the Rosenbergs from their humble beginnings in Brooklyn to their love for each other and their commitment to fighting for justice and the legacy they left behind.; 8vo; 419 pages; TBC . Houghton Mifflin Company hardcover
200013126New York: St. Martin's Press. As New in As New dust jacket. 2000. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0312203942 . A beautiful first edition first printing in As New/As New condition; Messner searches for answers to the yeti or the "abominable snowman" as he is called to Westerners. Messner's exploits having taken him to Everest and beyond. He calls his encounter with the yeti to be the most harrrowing adventure of all and in this book he addresses the myth the legend and the facts ; 8vo . St. Martin's Press hardcover
1975325254Self-published 1975. hardcover. very good/no dustjacket. 4to. unpaginated. 64 pages. b&w photos and drawings throughout. Self-published hardcover
1881020528Philadelphia PA: J. H. Butler and Co. 1881. Book. Good-VG. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Original binding with burgundy cloth library tape neatly mounted along all edges and binding providing durability. Ex-library typically marked and stamped perforation stamp to title page all maps unmarked and intact. Contents somewhat thumbed a bit toned by age. 12 pp. 6 hand-colored map pages containing a total of 11 maps lacking #5 Roman Empire. Rather surprising given incomplete state that this copy has not yet been sacrified to the plate-breakers. J. H. Butler and Co. Hardcover