Biographies - Adventurers

Lanham, Maryland, U.S.A.: Barnes & Noble Imports, 1995. Hardcover. Second edition. Near fine, top of spine has been bumped lightly. Prince Eddy's upbringing, his university and military careers, his alleged "secret marriage", his links with the Jack the Ripper murders, his early death, and the central mystery of his life - his sexual orientation. . ISBN: 156619993x. Prince Eddy Homosexual Gay. more information

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Hardcover. Viking Oneil, first, 1990. In good condition, slight spine twist, boards show wear on edges, DJ has edgewear. The story of an Australia long gone.. ISBN: 0670902950. more information

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University of New Mexico Press, 1975. Hardcover. As new. Stories of seven later Maya archeologists: Teobert Maler, Alfred P. Maudslay, Sylvanus G. Morley, Frederick A. Mitchell-Hedges, Herbert J. Spinden, William E. Gates, Frans Blom. Their approaches to archeology varied with their personalities.. ISBN: 0826303633. First Edition. MAYAS ANTIQUITIES SOCIAL SCIENCE ARCHAEOLOGY. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: St. Martin's Press, 1989. Hardcover, ex-library. St Martin's Press, first US edition, 1989. In very good condition, usual library markings. The adventures of a country vet who is also a country minister.. ISBN: 0312029993. VETERINARIANS MEDICAL VETERINARY MEDICINE GENERAL. more information

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Seattle, WA, U.S.A.: Aviation Book Company, 1978. Hardcover, ex-library. Aviation Book Company, 1978. In very good condition, usual library markings. Exceptional pilot of the 1920s, half owner-chief pilot of the famous Gates Flying Circus, and the first to fly the Pacific non-stop.. ISBN: 0911721045. AIR PILOTS AERONAUTICS HISTORY TRANSPORTATION AVIATION PILOTING FLIGHT INS TRUCTION. more information

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Hoboken, NJ, U.S.A.: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2000. Hardcover, ex-library. John Wiley & Sons, first, 2000. In very good condition, usual library markings. The first killer was not the cold.. ISBN: 0471377902. POLAR REGIONS DISCOVERY EXPLORATION BIOGRAPHY HISTORY SCIENCE BIOLOGY. more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Pocket Books, 1992. Hardcover. Pocket, 1992, first. In near fine condition. On a clear sunny Saturday in June, Coontz and his son take off from Colorado in a 1942 Stearman open cockpit biplane.... ISBN: 067174884x. First Edition. AIR TRAVEL UNITED STATES DESCRIPTION. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1999. Small hardcover. Algonquin Books, first, 1999. In very good+ condition, slight soiling of DJ and top of book pages. By Edward Cameron Dimock. Journeys in India. He went in 1955 and stayed for three years.. ISBN: 1565121538. First Edition. INDIA DESCRIPTION TRAVEL ASIA. more information

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Hardcover, bookclub edition. Praeger Publishers, 1973. In very good condition, with a good DJ. The story of family who lost their 43-foot schooner after being attacked by killer whales - it sunk in 60 seconds! Alone, with only an inflatable rubber raft and a 9-foot fiberglass dingy, these six people battle against the ocean.. more information

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Scranton, PA, U.S.A.: Salem House Publishers, 1987. Hardcover. Salem House, 1987. In near fine condition, rear of DJ has creases in plastic overlay. A solo walk across Iceland!. ISBN: 0881622583. ICELAND DESCRIPTION TRAVEL EUROPE GREENLAND. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Putnam Publishing Group, The, 1979. Hardcover, ex-library. Seaview, 1979, stated first edition. In good+ condition. The remarkable adventures of an animal doctor in the wilderness.. ISBN: 0872235386. VETERINARIANS MEDICAL VETERINARY MEDICINE GENERAL. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Avalon New York, 1999. Hardcover. Seal Press, first, 1999. In very good condition, remainder mark. A woman's account of surviving the Everest tragedy.. ISBN: 1580050239. EVEREST MOUNT CHINA NEPAL MOUNTAINEERING MOUNTAINEERS SPORTS RECREATION. more information

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Hardcover, ex-library. The World Publishing Company, first edition, 1961. In good condition, usual library markings. The heroic story of fifty years in the mission fields afar.. First Edition. more information

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Riverside, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster, 1990. Hardcover. Simon & Schuster, first, 1990. In very good condition. The story of a woman who loved gorillas.. ISBN: 0671633392. WOMEN UNITED STATES BIOGRAPHY ANTHROPOLOGISTS. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Ballantine Books, 1996. Trade paperback. Ballentine, first, 1996. In very good condition. Lyon, France and an English restaurant.. ISBN: 0449910474. RESTAURANTS FRANCE TRAVEL EUROPE. more information

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Viking Press, 1981. Hardcover. Viking, 1981. In very good condition, DJ has piece missing at top of front cover, bottom back of spine has been bumped. His mother died at six, his young wife died in 1893, and he wrote on black bordered stationary for the rest of his life. While childless, he was a founder of the Boy Scouts.... ISBN: 0670135755. EVANS ARTHUR JOHN SIR 1857. more information

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Washington, D.C., U.S.A.: Natl Geographic Society, 2001. Hardcover. National Geographic, 2001. In near fine condition, light DJ rubbing. Climbing without the aid of porters or supplemental oxygen..... ISBN: 0792279964. MOUNTAINEERS MOUNTAINEERING HIMALAYA MOUNTAINS DESCRIPTION. more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Atlantic Monthly Pr, 1989. Hardcover, ex-library. Atlantic Monthly Press, 1989, first printing. In very good condition, usual library markings. Whatever you do, do not join the Foreign Legion.. ISBN: 0871133407. First Thus. FRANCE ARMY FOREIGN LEGION HISTORY. more information

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Winston Salem, North Carolina, U.S.A.: John F Blair Pub, 1974. Trade paperback. John F Blair, c. 1974, thirteenth printing, 2004. In very good condition, some cover wear. Read about the famous buccaneer!. ISBN: 0895870320. TEACH EDWARD D 1718 BIOGRAPHY. more information

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New Haven, CT, U.S.A.: Yale University Press, 1999. Trade paperback. Yale University Press, 1999, first. In near fine condition. Adventures of a woman in field biology.. ISBN: 0300084641. ECOLOGISTS RAIN FOREST ECOLOGY WOMEN SCIENTISTS AUSTRALIA BIOGRAPHY AUTOBI OGRAPHY GENERAL NATURE SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY. more information

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Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Hyperion Books, 2004. Trade paperback. Hyperion Books, 2004, first. In very good condition. In 1921, five people ventured deep into the artic... Two years later, only one returned.... ISBN: 078688746x. First Edition. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Dutton/Plume, 1979. Trade paperback. E P Dutton, 1979, second edition. In good condition, corners bumped, pages yellowing. The story of John Merrick, includes photos.. ISBN: 0525476172. Illus. by del Gaudio, Joseph (illustrator). MERRICK JOSEPH CAREY 1862 3 1890. more information

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Golden, CO, U.S.A.: Fulcrum Publishing, 1986. Hardcover, ex-library. Fulcrum, 1987. In very good condition, usual library markings. Peggy is a 63 year old field leader for a Colorado Springs-based search and rescue group - follow her up the mountain.. ISBN: 155591005X. MOUNTAINEERING SPORTS RECREATION. more information

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Orlando, Florida, U.S.A.: Harcourt Brace & World, 1997. Hardcover. Harcourt Brace, first, 1997. In near fine condition. He had heart disease and was discontent - so he took off on a LONG bike ride!. ISBN: 0151930937. First Edition. MOTORCYCLES MOTORCYCLING TRANSPORTATION. more information

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Hardcover, ex-library. Julien Messner, 1958. In good condition, usual library markings, name on front fly leaf. DJ is fair, covered in brodart. Translated from the Danish by Arnold Anderson. Freuchen's own story of the great explorer. Rasmussen asked him to become his partner in establishing a trading station among the Polar Eskimos in the extreme North of Greenland. Rasmussen was part Eskimo through his maternal grandmother.. more information

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Hardcover, bookclub edition. Alfred A. Knopf, 1954. In good condition, front fly leaf torn out, DJ is poor, pieces missing. An Antarctic whaling expedition! Learn about harvesting whales in the early 1950's.. Hardcover. WHALING. more information

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Hardcover, no DJ, ex-library. P F Collier & son, 61st printing, 1968. In good condition, name on front fly leaf, minimal library markings. .And Twenty-Four Years After. A Harvard Classic.. more information

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Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A.: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1992. Hardcover. Farrar Straus & Giroux, first American edition, 1992. In near fine condition. He's 16 when he's shipwrecked and although ten men survive, after three months only two remain alive!. ISBN: 0374385858. First Thus. SHIPWRECKS SURVIVAL AFTER AIRPLANE ACCIDENTS. more information

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Smithsonian Books, US, 1995. Trade paperback. Smithsonian Institution Press, 1993. In very good condition. Inscribed and signed by author to: For Darby, my Sunday-morning friend. Bessie Coleman was the first African American to earn an international pilot's license.. ISBN: 1560986182. Signed by Author. BIOGRAPHY. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster, 2002. Trade paperback. Simon & Schuster, 2002, first. In near fine condition. The story of a man in love with a place, a woman, and a dream.. ISBN: 0743205413. COOKERY GREEK GREECE DESCRIPTION TRAVEL COOKING REGIONAL ETHNIC EUROPE. more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Viking Press, 1998. Small hardcover. Viking, 1998. In very good condition, DJ shows some markings from a sprial binding. She was a boat racer, a chance taker, and inherited a Standard Oil Fortune. She had her doll from childhood, dressed like a man and loved women.... ISBN: 0670880183. ECCENTRICS ECCENTRICITIES LESBIANS MOTORBOAT RACING. more information

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Knopf, 1977. Trade paperback. Knopf, 1977. In very good condition, spine is creased, initials and date on half title page. "I have had an interesting life, though in a hidden way...". ISBN: 0394411048. SCHOLARS EDUCATION. more information

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Hardcover. A H & A W Reed, 1969. In very good condition. They were moving from Perth to Sydney, and it took them six months and 15,000 miles to get there.. AUSTRALIA. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Newmarket Press, 1996. Hardcover. Newmarket Press, 1996, first. In near fine condition. Learn what it's like to live on a houseboat!. ISBN: 1557042721. FRANCE DESCRIPTION TRAVEL HOUSE BOATS AMERICANS FOREIGN COUNTRIES SOCIAL S CIENCE GENERAL SPORTS RECREATION BOATING EUROPE. more information

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