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ALL-AROUND AND PANORAMIC GUIDE OF THE ST. LAWRENCE Embracing Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Toronto, Thousand Islands and River St. Lawrence, Ottawa, Montreal, Quebec, the Lower St. Lawrence, Halifax, St. John, Portland and Saguenay River, the White Mountains, Adirondocks and Saratoga, Atlantic Beaches, Etc. by International Railway Publishing Co - 1900

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ALL-AROUND AND PANORAMIC GUIDE OF THE ST. LAWRENCE Embracing Buffalo,  Niagara Falls, Toronto, Thousand Islands and River St. Lawrence, Ottawa,  Montreal, Quebec, the Lower St. Lawrence, Halifax, St. John, Portland and  Saguenay River, the White Mountains, Adirondocks and Saratoga, Atlantic  Beaches, Etc. by International Railway Publishing Co - 1900

ALL-AROUND AND PANORAMIC GUIDE OF THE ST. LAWRENCE Embracing Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Toronto, Thousand Islands and River St. Lawrence, Ottawa, Montreal, Quebec, the Lower St. Lawrence, Halifax, St. John, Portland and Saguenay River, the White Mountains, Adirondocks and Saratoga, Atlantic Beaches, Etc.

by International Railway Publishing Co

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Montreal: International Railway Publishing Co.. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1900. Hardcover. Rebound in gold-tooled light burgundy buckram with new endpapers; slight musty smell ; Photographs, old engravings and fold-out maps .
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MUSEUM OF THE FUR TRADE QUARTERLY (8 ISSUES)
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MUSEUM OF THE FUR TRADE QUARTERLY (8 ISSUES)

by Hanson, Charles E. Jr., Ed

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Chadron, Nebraska: Museum of The Fur Trade, 1965. Octavo. Eight volumes: Vol. 1 Numbers 1-4, Volume 2, Numbers 1-3, Vol. 3, Number 1. All bound in pictorial paper wraps. A very nice, clean set.
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Souvenir Of Los Angeles And Vicinity

Souvenir Of Los Angeles And Vicinity

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Columbus: Ward Brothers, 1887. Hardcover. Orig. black cloth spine and red cloth decorated and lettered in gilt. Very good. 14 1/2 x 12 /2 cm. 4 pages of text at rear. Fifteen pages of photographs, most with multiple images, depicting Los Angeles when the populaton was approximately 50,000 -- presented are the Sierra Madre Villa Hotel in the San Gabriel Valley, The Raymond Hotel near Pasadena, Hotel Arcadia in Santa Monica, Mrs. Longstreet's residence, and notable landmarks of the time. Modest extremity rubbing.
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FRONTIERS ARE NOT BORDERS A Brief Account of a Journey to Meet and  Understand the Peoples of the...

FRONTIERS ARE NOT BORDERS A Brief Account of a Journey to Meet and Understand the Peoples of the World

by Hanks, Stedman Shumway

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New York: Coward - McCann, Inc.. 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket; DJ is worn and torn at edges. DJ has large tear at top edge. ; With comments by Helen Chappell Hanks. ; B&W Illustrations; 61 pages .
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Adelantamiento de la California
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Adelantamiento de la California

by Kino, Eusebio Francisco (1645-1711)

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36 pages. Octavo (8 1/4" x 6") issued in stiff boards. Edited by Luis Vargas Rea. First edition limited to 75 copies of which this is number 71.This work is from a manuscript in the general archives of the Arizona National Sonora under the letters and relations of Euseio Francisco Kino. Kino's letters, reports and other writings are the best contemporary records beginning in the later 17th century of the history, ethnology and geography of the Spanish frontier located in today's Arizona and Sonora borderlands. Also Kino's descriptions of his 3 years in Baja California are one of the best accounts of a daily life of a missionary in the New World.Kino's work including establishing the Pious Fund of the Californias together with his trail blazing in Baja California, Sinoloa, Sonora, and Arizona led to the Spanish settlement of the state of California 60 years after his death by the Portola & Anza Expeditions. Kino's vision for the Californias and his supply of its restarted missions in Baja is important… Read More
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Roses and Thorns of Paris and London: A Historic and Descriptive Review of the Virtues and Vices...
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Roses and Thorns of Paris and London: A Historic and Descriptive Review of the Virtues and Vices of the Two Greatest Cities of the Earth

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New York: s.n., 1900. Hardcover. Very Good +. 518 p.: many full-page and in-text illustrations; 27 cm. Publisher's grey cloth with gilt spine and cover titles; black and red spine and cover illustrations. Title page printed in red and black. No publication information other than the place. Copyright 1900 by C.R. Graham. Advice for Americans travelling to Paris and London by someone who thought they should really stay in the United States. "It is an undeniable fact that Europeans do not know how to live; they have no idea of luxuries, and very little of comforts." [p. 47] The anonymous author emphasizes the scandalous aspects of life in Paris as much as possible (the can-can "consists of high kicking and lascivious posturing by depraved women."). Contains amusing descriptions of restaurants, cafes, and theaters; parks, monuments, cemeteries, and catacombs; cultural and educational institutions; horse races and festivals; and street life with the types of people to be… Read More
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`The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus To Which are Added those of His Companions Volume...

`The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus To Which are Added those of His Companions Volume I, II & III

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New York: George P. Putnam, 1848, 1849. Revised. Original Cloth. Good/No jacket as issued. Three volume set with fold out maps, table of contents and index. Green cloth binding with blindstamp decorations on front cover and spine, gilt lettering on spine. Some edge wear to cover, corners and spine ends bumped, spines a bit faded, interior pages lightly tan with some foxing, pencil notations on front free end paper of Volume 1. Short tear in one map, foxing and wrinkles along with creases.
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THE ROMANCE OF POLAR EXPLORATION: Interesting Descriptions of Arctic and Antarctic Adventure from...
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THE ROMANCE OF POLAR EXPLORATION: Interesting Descriptions of Arctic and Antarctic Adventure from the Earliest Time to the Voyage of the "Discovery". With 24 illustrations

by G. Firth Scott

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Seeley, Service & Co, 1915. Cloth. Very Good. Part of the publisher's 'Library of Romance' series; 351pp, (1pp publishers advertisements). Original dark blue cloth covers titled and decorated in red,white and gilt, with huskies and men dragging a sledge on front cover, musk ox on spine. This edition is one of the earlier ones having more illustrations than the later editions. The preface is dated 1906 and a Publishers note on page 8 brings attention to various expedition leaders and publishers for the use of their illustrations. Frontispiece + 21 b/w illustrations + 2 maps all as called for in list of illustrations. Shelfware, rear cover stained. Previous owners signature dated 1918 on front pastedown, some foxing mainly to eps and page edges. A rare item. Good. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Antarctic; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 2787. .
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Notes on the Bedouins and Wahabys - Volume 2: Collected during his Travels in the East by the...
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Notes on the Bedouins and Wahabys - Volume 2: Collected during his Travels in the East by the late John Lewis Burckhardt (Folios Archive Library)

by Burckhardt, John Lewis

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Garnet is an independent British publishing house that has presided over a wide-ranging and thought-provoking list for over two decades. They maintain a special focus on Middle Eastern and North African issues, expanding from that particular expertise to include distinguished books on an extensive array of subjectsPrinted in Beruit
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Secrets of the Savanna: Twenty-Three Years in the African Wilderness Unraveling the Mysteries of...

Secrets of the Savanna: Twenty-Three Years in the African Wilderness Unraveling the Mysteries of Elephants and People

by Authors: Mark Owens; Delia Owens; Alexandra Fuller (foreward)

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Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, May 2006. Hardcover. First Edition / full number line. Inscribed & signed by both authors on the title page. Fine book in a Fine jacket. Text unmarked. Jacket clean and bright. Laid-in tri-fold pamphlet from the Owens Foundation for Wildlife Conservation. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xxvi + 230 pages. Crossing stick bridges over swollen rivers and battling swarms of tsetse flies, Mark and Delia Owens found their way into one of the most startlingly beautiful, wild places on earth, the northern Luangwa Valley in Zambia. As they were setting up camp to launch their lion research, gunfire echoed off the cliffs nearby. Gangs of ivory poachers were not only shooting the elephants but also virtually enslaving local villagers. Against unimaginable odds, Mark and Delia stopped the poaching by helping the villagers find other work, start small businesses, and improve their health care and education. Living with wild creatures all around (lions sleeping… Read More
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A Dweller in Mesopotamia
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A Dweller in Mesopotamia

by Maxwell, Donald

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First Edition. With 28 fine plates, including 16 in colour and 12 in monochrome, and with 34 line drawings within the text, many of which are quite large, decorated title-page printed in black and red. Publisher's original olive cloth-covered boards backed in buckram and ruled and lettered on the spine in dark green titling to spine. Top edge of pages green with front and bottom edges untrimmed. Sound and firm with no staining or foxing to contents. A very clean and tight copy, the text clean and fresh, the plates all very fine, the binding solid.Maxwell, an official artist sent by the Imperial War Museum, was a most original writer, artist and traveler.
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All-Round Route and Panoramic Guide of the St. Lawrence: Embracing Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Toronto, Thousand Islands, and River St. Lawrence, Ottawa,

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All-Round Route and Panoramic Guide of the St. Lawrence

All-Round Route and Panoramic Guide of the St. Lawrence

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Montreal: International Railway Publishing Co., 1898. Soft cover. Fair. xvi, 352 p. 21 cm. Hundreds of b&w illustrations. Seven pull-out maps, one in colour. Grey pictorial softcover is worn and creased, chipped at corners. Spine is chipped at both ends and splitting down centre. Binding is splitting at page 192. Maps have a few dog-eared edges. Describes various rail and water routes eg. the 1000 Islands journey from Gananoque to Brockville or Montreal to Ottawa via the CPR. Contains index to places, a list of hotels, classified index to advertisers. Over 30 pages of advertising for railroads, steam lines, coach routes and various businesses.
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Canadian Official Railway Guide with Gazetteer

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c.1915. In good condition. . Binding: Original paper wrappers., Notes: Information on Canadian railways and inland steam navigation routes and connecting railroads in the United States. , Size: 8 vo(150mm x 220mm), Illustration: Illustrated with a profusion of advertisements., Category: Book Canada;Book Transportation Railway;
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South American Journals 1858-1859
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South American Journals 1858-1859

by Peabody, George Augustus

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Salem, Massachusetts: Peabody Museum, 1937. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 209pp. Marbled boards, black spine, gilt spine lettering, top edge gilt, slipcase. Corners lightly rubbed, spine lettering mildly sunned, contents are clean and some pages still unopened. Slipcase is lightly edge-chipped. One of 481 copies printed on Hazelbourn paper by The Southworth-Anthoensen Press.
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A Holiday in Italy
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A Holiday in Italy

by Lucy Andersen

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Walter Scott, London, 1889 revised edition, Very Good Hardcover / no dustjacket, 79 pages, 5" x 7.5", waterstain on front board, otherwise clean and tight, inscribed by author on ffep.
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The Journal and Letters of Captain Charles Bishop on the North-west Coast of America, in the...
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The Journal and Letters of Captain Charles Bishop on the North-west Coast of America, in the Pacific and in New South Wal

by Bishop, Charles (1765?-1810), edited by Michael Roe

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lvi+342 pages with frontispiece, 6 maps including two folding maps, bibliography and index. Octavo (8 3/4" x 6") bound in original publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and pictorial representation of the ship Victoria embossed on front cover with cover and blind stamped ruled edges with original jacket. Edited by Michael Roe. Works issued by the Hakluyt Society, second series, volume 131. First edition.In 1794, Charles Bishop sailed from Bristol as master of the Ruby, a trading ship bound for north-west America. He had instructions to procure otter furs fro the Indians and then to proceed to Canton via japan and sell the cargo. During the years 1794-1802, he rounded South America to reach the Pacific coast, then visited the Pacific islands and the coasts of Asia and Australia. In the Moluccas, he sold the Ruby and purchased the Nautilus; correspondingly, the test is divided into two sections. This narrative is Bishop's journal of his voyages and relates a minor epic of adventure,… Read More
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The Silence Of The North

The Silence Of The North

by Olive A. Fredrickson with Ben East

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By Olive A. Frederickson with Ben East. AUTOBIOGRAPHY. RARE. 1972 Crown Publishers Inc., NY. The Silence Of The North, The Incredible story of a woman's fight for survival in a merciless winter of the Canadian Wilderness during the 1940's. Adapted as a film in 1981 and directed by Allan King. VG/GOOD $5.95 unclipped dust jacket. USED. 5 ¾ X 8 ½. 209 pages. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
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Volunteers in the African Bush: Memoirs from Sierra Leone
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Volunteers in the African Bush: Memoirs from Sierra Leone

by David Read Barker

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Indianapolis: Dog Ear Publishing, January 2013. Trade Paperback. Fine. Slight reading wear to corners, otherwise pristine. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. Not damaged. Suitable for gifting. 163 pages. The 25 authors of this book were volunteers in the first Peace Corps rural community development project in Africa: Sierra Leone, 1965-67. They are also the first group to tell a collective story of Peace Corps volunteers, anywhere. The Peace Corps was in its infancy then, and memories of John Kennedy were strong among the young volunteers. Sierra Leone was also in its infancy in the first few years after independence, before military coups and tribal warfare became common. The authors forthrightly recount their feelings of loneliness and isolation, and their frightening experiences with secret societies and witchcraft, but their uniquely optimistic "can-do" American attitude brought most through a great life experience.
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Emin Pasha in Central Africa, being a collection of his letters and journals. Edited and...
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Emin Pasha in Central Africa, being a collection of his letters and journals. Edited and annotated by Professor G. Schweinfurth, Professor F. Ratzel, Dr. R.W. Felkin, and Dr. G. Hartlaub.

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547 pages. Black cloth boards; gilt lettering on spine. Spine detatched on one side. JWSC LLC is listing this property on behalf of a private collector's estate. Documentation on file indicates this book was purchased by the estate in the 1970s from (a UK dealer). Additional photos available.
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TRAVELS IN EGYPT AND THE HOLY LAND

by WILSON, WILLIAM RAE

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London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, 1823. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. pp: [viii]ix-xii [1]2-544. FIRST EDITION. Bound in brown half-leather over marbled boards, title in gilt within a red title piece. The first edition of the author's first book. William Wilson (1772-1849) inherited a substantial sum from an uncle, and decided to indulge his passion for travel. He travelled throughout Europe and The Middle East and wrote a series of books. This was his first, and it was the most popular, going through several editions. This is a good copy as all plates, including the frontispiece, have been excised. The boards show moderate wear, heavier at the spine ends. The front hinge is cracked. The text block is mainly clean with a few marks of unknown origin.
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BRNSTN BRS GO TO CAMP (First Time Books)
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Berenstain, Stan and Jan: The Berenstain Bears Go To Camp ( A First Time Book) Random House 1982 First Edition. Number line starts with 1. Ex-lib hardcover library-bound edition Brown cloth boards. Good Condition/ No dust jacket included. A nice find for Berenstain Bears fans.
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Russian Embassies to the Georgian Kings (1589-1605)
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Russian Embassies to the Georgian Kings (1589-1605)

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2 Volumes: xxxii+368 pages with frontispiece, five folding maps and ten plates; ix+[369]-640 pages with frontispiece, two folding maps, six plates, bibliography and index. Octavo (8 3/4" x 5 1/2") issued in blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and gilt sailing ship to front cover. Translated by Anthony Mango. Second Series, volumes 138 and 139. First edition.By the early sixteenth century the loosely knit kingdom of Georgia had disintegrated from the strong monarch of the middle ages to a number of small states and principalities. This internal disunity made the Georgians easy victims of the power politics of the neighboring Ottoman and Safavid empires, and by the end of the century the southward drive of the Russians intensified the struggle for military and diplomatic control over the whole of the Caucasian isthmus. As a result of this struggle seventeen embassies were exchanged between the Russian tsars and the Georgian kins ruling in Kakheti during the years 1564-1605. W E D Allen and Anthony… Read More
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Voyages in Search of the North-West Passage, 1741-1747: Volumes I & II: The Voyage of Christopher Middleton, 1741-1742; The Voyage of William Moor and Francis Smith, 1746-1747.

by Barr, William (1950- ) and Glyndwr Williams (editors)

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2 Volumes: Volume 1 subtitled: The Voyage of Christopher Middleton 1741-1742 xii+333 with 8 maps, 3 illustrations including frontispiece, bibliography and index; Volume 2 subtitled: The Voyage of William Moor and Francis Smith 1746 1747 xv+393 pages with frontispiece, 13 maps, 6 illustrations, bibliography and index. Octavo (8 3/4" x 5 1/2") issued in blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and gilt sailing ship to front cover. Translated by Anthony Mango. Second Series, volumes 177 and 181. First edition.The eighteenth century saw a resurgence of hope that a Northwest Passage - that elusive target of European seamen over the centuries - might yet be found. Prompted by the Irish MP Arthur Dobbs, the Admiralty sent the Furnace and Discovery to Hudson Bay in 1741 in search of navigable passage to the Pacific. The expedition was commanded by Christopher Middleton, until his resignation in March 1741 a sea-captain in the service of the Hudson Bay Company. With his actions closely scrutinized by his former… Read More
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