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12679Soft cover. Fine. Facsimile reprint of the original pamphlet printed in London in 1743. Stapled binding printed on faux-parchment. Clean tight unmarked. "Bitter vindication of Knowles' conduct in the disastrous Cartagena expedition during which he served as surveyor and engineer of the British fleet" Swann. unknown books
1974210274Pero; Milano: Editioni Virginia 1974. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. No pencil or ink markings in text. Text written in Italian. Covers clean. Light shelf-wear at top and bottom of dustjacket spine. Very small closed tear at bottom of front dustjacket cover near fold. Very small closed tear at top of rear dustjacket cover at fold. DJ protected with Mylar Cover. Very Good binding / Very Good dust jacket. Editioni Virginia unknown books
199111520Seattle WA: The Mountaineers 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. Translated by Jill Neate. 381 pp extensively illustrated with both color and b/w photographs. Gift inscription on front endpaper else fine in a clean dust jacket with minimal wear. An account of Messner's 92-day 2800 kilometer traverse--on foot--of the Antarctic continent. The Mountaineers hardcover books
199115629Italy: Biblos Edizioni 1991. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Wide oversized quarto. A book of sumptuous color photographs with text in Italian featuring the natural and architectural splendor of Arcipelago Del Leone. English and German translation section at rear of book. A very good copy in pictorial silver boards with cloth spine in matching silver pictorial dustwrapper. This is a large and heavy volume. Additional postage charges may apply. <br/><br/> Biblos Edizioni hardcover books
186121267Boston: Abel Tompkins 1861. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 171 pp 4 pp publisher's ads with frontis portrait of the author. Original black cloth with blind-stamped decoration and image of a ship on each board. Complete but well worn; spine slant corners rubbed through small losses of cloth at head and foot of spine moderate foxing and soiling throughout. A good reference/reading copy. Hall who signed on to the New Bedford whale-ship Condor at the age of 15 suffered so much abuse on board that he and a companion deserted on the coast of Siberia. They spent the winter of 1858-59 at a Russian penal settlement and were rescued the following summer by another New Bedford whaler and taken to Honolulu before returning to New England. "In 1861 Hall published Artic Rovings in an attempt to expoose the abuses of crewmen in the whaling industry. His father making use of letters sent home by his son subsequently brought a lawsuit against Whiteside Captain of the Condor accusing him of abandoning young Hall on the shores of Okhotsk. A judgement of $300 was awarded in favor of the father" Howgego Ocean Islands & Polar Regions H6. Sabin 29745. Abel Tompkins hardcover books
1793New York: Thomas Nelson & Sons. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Undated; owner's signature dated 1959 on front endpaper. 264 pp illustrations with map index. Light wear to edges top corners and spine lightly bumped; else clean and sound. Dust jacket shows light shelf wear. The "living world of Athos" described by "an honored guest" who "knew it as few laymen do" dust jacket having lived there for thirty years. Typed letter regarding the condition of the Serbian monestary on Mt. Athos and its collection of Byzantine art laid in. Thomas Nelson & Sons hardcover books
38236n. p.: Printed in Australia by Posters Pty. Ltd n. d. 1st printing presumed ca 1970s. Some light edgewear. A VG example. Broadside. Various color photographic images including: a blonde wide-eyed beauty in the Coral Cove of the Great Barrier Reef grazing sheep at Tharwa the Todd River Dunk Island Smiggin Holes skiers and Ayers Rock. Title printed in bronze and red lettering. 40" x 25" <br/><br/>QANTAS is an acronym for "Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services". QANTAS is Australia's largest airline and is the oldest continuously operated airline in the world having been founded in 1920 and the second oldest in the world overall. Printed in Australia by Posters Pty. Ltd unknown books
1846253662New York 1846. unbound. 1 page 10 x 8 inches New York City December 8 1846. In this letter a salesman has booked travel for a favored client: "I have sent for you by the steam boat CHAMPION which leaves here this afternoon for New Haven marked as you directed by Springfield railroad with three kegs of printing ink." An interesting memento from the days when steamships were owned by the wealthy railroads who attempted to monopolize travel and trade. In this case the steamboat Champion actually the New Champion 1846 - 1851 would leave the Port of New York and set sail up the Long Island Sound eventually entering the Connecticut River bound for New Haven. The passenger could choose to sail as far up as Springfield Massachusetts or transfer for the much faster train at New Haven all owned by Hartford & New Haven Railroads. Several folds; small chip in the left margin. Very good condition.<br/><br/> unknown books
192722322Isle of Man: Not Published 1927. Red-on-white printed baggage label; approx. 2 3/8" x 8 7/8" size; back with gummed surface for application; some soiling closed edge-tear at right margin and part of the corner chipped away at top right edge no loss to text; in very good condition overall and an interesting ephemeral souvenir of the first iteration of this now-longstanding tradition. . First Edition. Not Bound. Very Good. Not Published paperback books
19918953NY: Lyons & Burford. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1991. Hardcover. 1558211187 . First printing. Bottom rear corner is scraped and fore edge is somewhat soiled else near fine in a near fine short closed tear at the bottom rear corner dust jacket. . Lyons & Burford hardcover books
19511781London: John Murray 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. xiii 341 pp illustrations from photographs map with index. Light wear and pale spotting to boards; internals clean and sound. No dust jacket. Second volume of Stark's autobiography told through her self-edited correspondence including letters from her first journey Canada to Baghdad into Persia the Persian Summer Journalism in Baghdad and the last of Baghdad from 1928-1933. John Murray hardcover books
19833685NY: Harper & Row. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1983. Hardcover. 0060151897 . The author's second book. Ron Hansen blurb. First printing. Fine in a very near fine price clipped dust jacket. . Harper & Row hardcover books
189818J & D Editions. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Near Fine dust jacket. Slipcases. Near Fine binding / Near Fine dust jacket. J & D Editions unknown books
2072Paris Imp. Eugene Marz 1897-1898. Image:27 3/4 x 38 1/2. Margins: 42 1/2 x 30. Beautiful red blue green scenes of Biarritz coastline and seashore. this poster is an advertisement for a holiday during the winter to visit Biarritz on the western French coast near Spain. In fine condition with the usual folds. unknown books
196843572USA: United Air LInes Inc 1968. Light wear and a touch of toning to edges. A VG example. Broadside. Large reproduction of a watercolor illustration of the SS Constitution a three-mast ship. Unsigned but presumed to have been illustrated by Jebary. 40" x 25" <br/><br/> United Air LInes Inc unknown books
195527519Jamaica Plain: Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University 1955. First edition. Cloth. Fine. Very heavy and wide clothbound volume. 1144 pp. Maps in pocket at rear of volume. Illustrated with additional fold-out maps within the text. A fine copy. Not issued with dustwrapper. A thorough recordation of and study of various people and groups who made exploratory botanical visits to the American West during the period 1790 to 1850. Due to the size and weight of this volume additional shipping charges may apply. Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University unknown books
008193London: A & C Black Ltd. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Attractive illustrated travel book with full color paintings by Forestier. Very good elaborately decorated clothbound volume. <br/><br/> A & C Black, Ltd hardcover books
39678n. p.: Brazilian Tourism Authority Embratur Ministry of Industry and Commerce n. d. Ca. 1980s. Minimal wear to edges. A VG example. Broadside. Large color photographic image of a sunny Brazilian beach with a piece of the Brazilian flag and a superimposed map at the bottom of the image. Title printed in black to white margins. 28" x 21" <br/><br/>"Graficos Bloch S.A.". Brazilian Tourism Authority Embratur, Ministry of Industry and Commerce unknown books
39677n. p.: Cruzeiro Varig Airlines n. d. Ca. 1970s. Minimal wear. A VG example. Broadside. Full size landscape collage of three color photographic images of the nightlife in Buenos Aires Oblong format: 17-1/2" x 24" <br/><br/>In 1975 Cruzeiro Brazil Airline’s began to be acquired by Varig the largest Brazilian airline and the merger was finally completed in the early 1990s. Cruzeiro Varig Airlines unknown books
1920198Portland ME: Thomas B Mosher 1920. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. viii 215 pp. Limited edition of 700 copies for sale in America. Original green textured paper boards with paper spine label. Corners rubbed uneven sunning to rear board; contents clean and sound. Gissing's journal of travel in southern Italy including Naples Cotrone Catanzaro Reggio and elsewhere. No dust jacket. Thomas B Mosher hardcover books
19647774Cambridge: Published for the Hakluyt Society by the Cambridge University Press 1964. 1st edition. Lt Blue cloth with gilt lettering & cover device. NF/VG sp sunned. 230 pp including index illustrated 8vo. <br/><br/>Hakluyt Society Series II Volume CXXII. Published for the Hakluyt Society by the Cambridge University Press hardcover books
270264Canada: Canadian Government Travel Bureau. A. C. Leighton. Original poster. Color lithograph. Measures 40 x 30 inches.<br/><br/> This striking circa 1950 travel poster promotes vacations in Canada. Issued by the Canadian Government Travel Bureau it features the painting by A.C. Leighton and depicts Mount Eisenhower of the Canadian Rockies. Now known as Castle Mountain between 1946 and 1979 it was called Mount Eisenhower in honor of the WWII General.<br><br>Poster is in good condition with some edge wear and verso repair. Some minor creasing and foxing. Minor loss in lower right corner. <br><br>Alfred Crocker Leighton 1901 - 1965 was a British born Canadian painter who came from Great Britain and settled in Canada in 1925. He was fascinated by the Canadian Rockies and made several paintings depicting the mountains. This is a beautiful example of his work.<br/><br/> Canadian Government Travel Bureau unknown books
1784WRCAM50195London 1784. Engraving. Folio. Matted suitable for framing with the mat cut to near the plate mark. Very good. An individual plate from the atlas to Cook's THIRD VOYAGE. - ALASKA AND THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. unknown books
1919228863New York; Chicago; London; Edinburgh: Fleming H. Revell Co 1919. Hard Cover. near Very Good binding. Illustrated; No pencil or ink markings in text but rubbing to front pastedown where paper has been removed. Front hinge a little weak but holding well. Brown cloth binding. Closed tear at top of front board at spine. Moderate edgewear to boards; Not Ex-Library. near Very Good binding. Fleming H. Revell Co unknown books
194611159New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. First American edition. 464 pp plus index xiv; folding map. Orange cloth boards. Lower corners lightly bumped previous owner's signature on title page; else fine. Dust jacket lightly toned but still quite attractive. A self-described "racily written swashbuckling book" covering the history of the Caribbean from the early European explorers to the pirates to the age of revolution. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
