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Alaska and the Klondike Gold Fields. Containing a Full Account of the Discovery of Gold; Enormous Deposits of the Precious Metal; Routes Traversed by Miners; How To Find Gold; Camp Life at Klondike; Practical Instructions for Fortune Seekers, Etc. Etc. by Harris, A.C - 1897

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Alaska and the Klondike Gold Fields. Containing a Full Account of the Discovery of Gold; Enormous Deposits of the Precious Metal; Routes Traversed by Miners; How To Find Gold; Camp Life at Klondike; Practical Instructions for Fortune Seekers, Etc. Etc. by Harris, A.C - 1897

Alaska and the Klondike Gold Fields. Containing a Full Account of the Discovery of Gold; Enormous Deposits of the Precious Metal; Routes Traversed by Miners; How To Find Gold; Camp Life at Klondike; Practical Instructions for Fortune Seekers, Etc. Etc.

by Harris, A.C

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Philadelphia: Premier Publishing Co., 1897. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. A Foundational Book of Klondike Gold Rush Literature. ------Original pictorial cloth lettered in gilt. Some wear and soiling to cloth with rubbing to extremities; early ownership inscription, Bindings tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate handling wear. 8vo; 21 cm. 8.25 inches tall. 556 pp. Illustrated with engravings & halftones from photographs; Two folding maps one in color. ---------- A popular guide for gold hunters and fortune seekers. An account of the discovery of gold in the Klondike and Yukon, the deposits of this precious metal, routes to the Gold fields, camp life in the Yukon and Klondike, descriptions of the mountains, and rivers, etc. ------- Numerous firsthand accounts, interviews and general information on Alaska. Chapters include How to Get There; Women at the Mines; History and Purchase of Alaska; Topography; 'Strike it Rich' on the Klondike; Gold Mining in Alaska; Gold Crazes of Other Days; and Camp Life and Morals.-------- REF: Tourville, 1958; Wickersham, 3927..
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THE DESERTS OF SOUTHERN FRANCE
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THE DESERTS OF SOUTHERN FRANCE: an introduction to the limestone and chalk plateaux of ancient Aquitaine

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New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1894. Presumed First. Hardcover. Very Good +. 2 volumes. Vol 1 - xxii, plus 296 pages. Vol 2 � xii, plus 303 pages. 6 x 9 in. Blue cloth, with gilt lettering and designs on spines, gilt design on covers. Tissue-protected frontispieces in Vol 1 and 2. Numerous b&w illustrations. Condition is VERY GOOD+, with some very slight bending to ends of spines, corners very slightly worn, some faint staining on both covers. Owner�s large bookplate in 1 and 2 (messy glue to one). Very tight, clean copies. ETS.
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The Taurus Collection: 150 Collectable Books on the Antarctic

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Fine. London: Travellers' Bookshop, 2001. Edition limited to 500 copies, 4to., [x], 197pp., approx. 160 colour illustrations, publisherÕs black cloth with gilt spine titles, dust-wrapper. A Fine copy in Fine dustjacket - As New and signed by Julian Mackenzie on the main title page.A pictorial bibliography of one of the finest collections of Antarctica in private hands. The collection is limited to first-hand accounts, and was assembled with a view to condition. It contains many outstanding copies, some with rare dust-wrappers. The Taurus Collection was formed with two objectives in mind: First was to obtain the finest possible copies of books on the Antarctic; second was to focus on the people and expeditions who went to the Continent when heroism was most important, ie: before the age of mechanization. - from the introduction.The Taurus Collection publication should prove to be a valuable resource for both written and visual documentation for key books important to documentation of exploration of… Read More
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THE POSSIBILITY OF REACHING THE NORTH POLE ASSERTED . A NEW EDITION WITH  AN APPENDIX CONTAINING...
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THE POSSIBILITY OF REACHING THE NORTH POLE ASSERTED . A NEW EDITION WITH AN APPENDIX CONTAINING PAPERS ON THE SAME SUBJECT, AND ON A NORTHWEST PASSAGE BY COLONEL BEAUFOY

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New York: Eastburn & Co. Good+. 1818. New Edition. Hardcover. First printed in 1775 and 1776 as “Probability of Reaching the North Pole Discussed, ” this edition of Daines Barrington’s work includes the Appendix by physicist Mark Beaufoy. Later nineteeth century 3/4 leather over speckled paper cover boards. Spine with raised bands and gilt . (xiii) 14 to 187pp. Top edge gilt. Interior of text is tight and intact. Light to moderate foxing. Last 4 pages have a damp stain on bottom corner. Illustrated with map of the North Pole frontispiece and pictorial title page. Polar, Arctic; Fold out Map; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 187 pages .
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Observations on the epidemical diseases in Minorca. From the Year 1744, to 1749. To which is...
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Observations on the epidemical diseases in Minorca. From the Year 1744, to 1749. To which is prefixed, a Short Account of the Climate, Productions, Inhabitants, and Endemial Distempers, of the Island.

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Fourth edition. Printed for T. Cadell and G. Robinson. London. 1779. Octavo. Lacking half-title, xxiv, 311pp. Full calf, spine renewed, original boards showing small areas of surface wear. Spine in six compartments with raised bands, gilt lettering, blind tooling and leather label. Hinges reinforced. Spotting to title and prelims, and occasionally elsewhere. Circular Medical Society of London stamp to title; Unobtrusive 'Withdrawn By The Wellcome Library' to verso of title page. Neat lettering to upper margin of title page, and to verso of ffep.
Cleghorn, George (1716–1789), physician. Stationed in Minorca 1736-1749. The comprehensive introduction which covers the Minorquines, festivals, witchcraft and evil, climate, agriculture, wine, minerals, the natural history of the island, lists of plants and animals, together with the native names of several species, is followed by seven chapters on epidemical diseases, plus weather and Meteorological tables.
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Through Persia from the Gulf to the Caspian
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Through Persia from the Gulf to the Caspian

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First edition. Smith, Elder & Co. London. 1909. 8vo. x, 331, (8) ads. Photo frontispiece, 28 further photographs on 19 further plates as indexed, folding map. Original cloth, gilt lettering to spine, gilt motif to upper board. Edge untrimmed. Slightly darkened to spine. Slightly rubbed to corners. Occasional light foxing/spotting. Offsetting from a ribbon bookmark to p.181. Small nick to head of spine. Signature of M C Choal, 31 Queens Gardens, Ealing to ffep.
Francis Bradley Bradley-Birt (1874-1963) ICS, FRGS, diplomat and writer. "The record of a journey home from India by one of the many overland routes"
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The U. S. Naval Astronomical Expedition to the Southern Hemisphere During the Years...
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The U. S. Naval Astronomical Expedition to the Southern Hemisphere During the Years 1849-'50-'51-'52 Volume 1 Chile

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Washington: Washington: House of Representatives 33d Congress 1st Session Ex. Doc. No 121, 1855, 1855 Leather/ Paper. Very Good. First Edition. Travel Geography. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. slight rubbed, minor foxing, complete 556 pgs, index, all foldout maps, panoramic view, charts, colored illustrations, marbled feps, boards. scarce Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. First Edition.. Leather/ Paper. Very Good.
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Sketches from a Tour Through Holland and Germany
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Sketches from a Tour Through Holland and Germany

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London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd., 1889. Navy blue with bright gilt titles and decoration on cover and spine. 271 toned pages followed by several pages listing other publications. Pencilled price on fep. Black and white engravings. Chipped to head and heal of spine and tear across top of spine. Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and lifelong learning.. Decorative Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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La Estrella Polar
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La Estrella Polar: En el Mar Artico 1899-1900

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Barcelona, Maucci, 1903
8º. 2 vol. Tomo I: XV pp + 421 pp; Tomo II: 291 pp. 243 ilustraciones, 2 panoramas, 3 mapas, 1 plano en color. Holandesa de época en tela, con grabado seco al frente y en verso, lomo en piel con títulos en dorado. Excelentes condiciones. Narración muy completa con episodios de caza, aventuras y técnicas de supervivencia. Contiene fotografía de la isla de Northbrook (75 x 24), foto de la bahía de Teplitz (98 x 24), 1 mapa litográfico de la misma bahía, 1 mapa de la ruta de H. Cagni,
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1830 Lot 5 Books Voyage du Jeune Anacharsis en Gréce Barthelemy
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1830 Lot 5 Books Voyage du Jeune Anacharsis en Gréce Barthelemy

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Lot of 5 books Voyage du jeune Anacharsis en Gréce By Jean Jacques Barthelemy (Voyage of the young Anacharsis in Greece) – In French language. Vol. 1, 2, 3, 4 5. Complete work.
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Jean Jacques Barthelemy's famous "Voyage du jeu Anacharsis en Gréce". He had begun it in 1757 and had been working on it for thirty years. The hero, a young Scythian descended from the famous philosopher Anacharsis, is supposed to travel to Greece for instruction in his early youth, and after making the tour of her republics, colonies and islands, to return to his native country and write this book in his old age, after the Macedonian hero had overturned the Persian Empire. In the manner of modern travellers, he gives an account of the customs, government, and antiquities of the country he is supposed to have visited.
Pp. (1): 476Pp. (2): 486Pp. (3): 502 + /2/ of indexPp. (4): 509 + /1/ of index – atlas missing Pp. (5): 470 + /2/ of index
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Report of The Exploring Expedition To The Rocky Mountains In the Year 1842 and To Oregon and...
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Report of The Exploring Expedition To The Rocky Mountains In the Year 1842 and To Oregon and North California in the Year 1843-'44. House Doc. No. 166. (1845)(1st edition)

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First House edition of this famous report. 1845. Complete in original binding except for the gigantic map which is available in full size color thick glossy paper professional reproduction ($25 extra if desired). Pagination: 583 pages, 22 plates, 4 maps, all blanks present. Includes fascinating pencil diagram of oil rig on back of map. Oil rig drawing titled "Sheffield Oil Company. Warren(?), Co., Pa." That pencil drawing is the only interior writing or ownership marking anywhere in the book. Condition is a mixed bag. Original half leather marbled boards show heavy wear and looks like they were professionally rehinged in the distant past. Binding is sound. Pages show moderate to heavy toning and foxing. Some plates have weird 'dot' foxing I have never seen elsewhere (see scan). Marbled endpapers. A nice well maintained copy suitable for reading and research with a cool drawing. Howes F372; Wagner-Camp 115:2; Graff 1436. House Doc. No. 166. Feel free to inquire. Please see scans of the book you will… Read More
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Alaska and the Klondike Gold Fields Containing a Full Account of the Discovery of Gold ; Enormous...[etc]

by A.C. Harris

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J.R. Jones, 1897. Hardcover. Good. . Fading to spine. Splitting at inner hinges but binding is hanging on, textblock intact and sturdy. General age wear. Pages clean, binding sturdy.
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Alaska and the Klondike Gold Fields. Containing a Full Account of the Discovery of Gold; Enormous...

Alaska and the Klondike Gold Fields. Containing a Full Account of the Discovery of Gold; Enormous Deposits of the Precious Metal; ... How to Find Gold; Camp Life at Klondike. Practical Instructions for Fortune Seekers,.. Mrs. Gage's Experiences ..

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Washingon, DC: J.R. Jones, 1897. Octavo. subtitle continues: Mrs. Eli Gage's Experiences of a Year Among the Yukon Mining Camps; Mrs. Schwatka's Recollections of her Husband as the Alaskan Pathfinder; Prosaic Side of Gold Hunting, as seen by Joaquin Miller, the Poet of the Sierras. Embellished with many Engravings Representing Mining and Other Scenes in Alaska. 528p. Original dark yellow cloth, decoratively stamped front cover and spine. A good copy with large color fold-out map in front. Folding map in detail of the Klondike. Edge wear, light soiling but nice tight binding. Many illustrations including : Claim No. 3 on Miller Creek where Joseph Beaudreau took over $100,000 in gold; mining camps with log houses. The chapter on preparation minimizes the extreme cold and shows the cost of mining equipment, a medicine cabinet and heavy clothing. It is likely most people would see it as if under funded a recipe for disaster. This remains one of the most fascinating accounts of life in the Alaska gold… Read More
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Alaska and the Klondike Gold Fields Containing a Full Account of the Discovery of Gold;
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np: (G. W. Bertron), 1897. Expanded Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. 8vo. Pp. xi, 556. Frontis. scenic painting. Illustrated with a large color fold-out route map tipped in to the title page, a smaller fold-out US Survey map, black & white photo reproductions, engravings and woodcuts. Tan publisher's cloth, titles stamped in gilt with stamped color illustrations on the cover and spine, decorated endpapers, marbled edges. Owner ink initials on the front pastedown, covers and leaves else crisp, square and bright in a tight binding, color fold-out map with a single half-inch closed tear. This edition includes the supplementary Chapter XIII "Advent of Winter." A very well preserved copy of a broad and deep account of early Klondike mining, the land and the life. Several editions were published by various publishers in short order, presumably to meet voracious demand from prospective prospectors. Smith, in Pacific Northwest Americana, cites six publishers, with the Chicago edition published 1897, the… Read More
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Alaska and the Klondike Gold Fields containing a full account of the discovery of gold; enormous...
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Alaska and the Klondike Gold Fields containing a full account of the discovery of gold; enormous deposits of the precious metal; routes traversed by miners; how to find gold; camp life at Klondike; Practical Instructions for Fortune Seekers, Etc., Etc.

by A.C. Harris

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Washington: J.R. Jones, 1897. Good with scuffed extremities, overall moderate wear and hinges starting.. 8vo. 528 pp. plus three [3] illustrated plates. Folding chromolithographic map removed. With frontispiece and illustrated throughout with half-tones and wood-engravings. Original dark yellow cloth, decoratively stamped front cover and spine. First edition, one of six editions published in the same year in places as disparate as Chicago and Philadelphia. "Including "Mrs. Eli Gage's Experiences of a Year among the Yukon Mining Camps; Mrs. Schwatka's Recollections of her husband as the Alaskan Pathfinder; Prosaic Side of Gold Hunting, as seen by Joaquin Miller, the Poet of the Sierras" [title-page]. Wickersham 3927. Tourville #1958.
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Alaska and the Klondike Gold Fields. Containing a Full Account of the Discovery of Gold; Enormous...
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Alaska and the Klondike Gold Fields. Containing a Full Account of the Discovery of Gold; Enormous Deposits of the Precious Metal; Routes Traversed by Miners; How To Find Gold; Camp Life at Klondike; Practical Instructions for Fortune Seekers, Etc. Etc.

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Alaska and the Klondike Gold Fields. Containing a Full Account of the Discovery of Gold; Enormous Deposits of the Precious Metal; Routes Traversed by Miners; How To Find Gold; Camp Life at Klondike; Practical Instructions for Fortune Seekers, Etc. Etc. A very good hardcover. Decorative glossy, leather bound. Except for a small chip at the top of the spine, an excellent copy. Embellished with many engravings representing mining and other scenes in Alaska. There are maps and illustrations throughout and 2 fold-out maps. The binding is excellent and the pages are clean. No foxing. No dust jacket as published. First edition. A heavy book that weighs about 1.2kg or 2.75 pounds. I will cover the extra shipping to Canada and the Continental United States for regular mail.
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South American Journals 1858-1859
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South American Journals 1858-1859

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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

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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

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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

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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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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

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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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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)

by William Edward David "W E D" Allen (1901-1973) editor

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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...
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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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