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Leipsic: Karl Baedeker. Good+. 1876. First Edition. Flexible cloth. Red flexible cloth has gilt titles on spine & front cover. Illustrated with 18 maps, 43 plans and 10 views. Text is tight and intact.. Spine ends and front corners are lightly rubbed. Front internal hinge has a paper tear with cover firmly attached. Prior owners signature and 1895 date. First two pages have a small chip from bottom front corner. Rare . Mid-East; Maps & Views; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 610 pages .
NARRATIVE OF A VOYAGE TO HUDSON'S BAY : IN HIS MAJESTY'S SHIP ROSAMOND CONTAINING SOME ACCOUNT OF THE NORTH-EASTERN COAST OF AMERICA AND OF THE TRIBES INHABITING THAT REMOTE REGION by Chappell, Lieut. Edward; R. N - 1817
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NARRATIVE OF A VOYAGE TO HUDSON'S BAY : IN HIS MAJESTY'S SHIP ROSAMOND CONTAINING SOME ACCOUNT OF THE NORTH-EASTERN COAST OF AMERICA AND OF THE TRIBES INHABITING THAT REMOTE REGION
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PALESTINE AND SYRIA Handbook for Travellers
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JOHN W. GOULD PRIVATE JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE FROM NEW YORK TO RIO DE JANEIRO TOGETHER WITH A BRIEF SKETCH OF HIS LIFE & HIS OCCASIONAL WRITINGS
by Goulds, John W.
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New York: Privately Printed. Very Good+. 1838. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Clean aqua-blue cloth with an armorial crest on both covers. Bright gilt spine label. All edges gilt. Interior of text is tight clean & intact. Mostly light and some moderate foxing throughout. Prior owners signature and date on front endpaper. Illustrated with a large fold-out map of John W. Gould's Voyage. Outer folded map panel is age toned and has a mended edge tear. In 1833 Gould sailed abroad the Commerce for Canton via Cape Horn and Valparaiso. He departed the ship in Chile and returned to New York via Rio de Janeiro on the Falmouth. He later returned to Rio on board the Iwanowna. Printed for private circulation only. Nautical; Fold out map; Narrow 8vo 8" to 9" tall; 207 pages .
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(1) A VOYAGE TO SENEGAL.....FROM CAPE BLANCO TO THE RIVER OF SIERRA LEONE (2) TRAVELS IN PARTS OF SOUTH AMERICA... DESCRIPTION OF CARRACCAS (3) A TOUR IN WALES AND...ENGLAND INCLUDING BOTH UNIVERSITIES (4) TRAVELS IN ITALY (SEE FULL TITLE BELOW) Vol IV in Series: a collection of modern and contemporary voyages and travels: scontaining, i. translations from foreign languages, of voyages never before translated. ii original voyages and travels never before published. iii. analyses of new voyages
by Phillips, Sir Richard, Ed: Jean Baptiste Leonard Durand, Francois Dupons, William Mavor, Augutus Kotzebue
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London: Richard Phillips. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1806. First English Edition. Hardcover. . ; Each book was issued seperately at intervals throughout the year with the intention of having each series bound together although they were sometimes bound individually. There were 10 or more volumes in this series. These books were of considerable interest because at the time of publication, they were one of the only sources of information as to current condition in foreign countries. Most travel and exploration books contained historical information. Contemporary 3/4 leather over scuffed marbled boards. Bright gilt lettering on spine. Text tight & intact. Rear hinge cracked with cover firmly attached. Lacks rear blank endpapers. Early owner's ink stamp in front. Condition noted after each book. Titles: (1) "A VOYAGE TO SENEGAL; OR, HISTORICAL, PHILOSOPHICAL, AND POLITICAL MEMOIRS FROM CAPE BLANCO TO THE RIVER OF SIERRA LEONE. ...AN ACCOUNT OF A JOURNEY FROM ISLE ST LOUIS TO…
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TRAVELS IN GUIANA & ON THE ORINOCO DURING THE YEARS 1835 - 1839 ACCORDING TO HIS REPORTS AND COMMUNICATIONS TO THE GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON
by Schomburgk, Robert Herman; Walter E. Roth (translator) Roth and Humboldt
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British Guiana: Argosy. Very Good+. 1931. Second Edition. Hardcover. Clean olive green cloth has dark green titles on spine & front cover viii, 202pp. Interior of text is tight, clean & intact. Six full page b/w Illustrations and a large fold out map. First edition was published in 1841. Ink stamp "The Tourist Bureau Georgetown British Guiana". First edition was published in 1841. Ink stamp "The Tourist Bureau, Georgetown British Guiana". (New Guiana since 1966). South America; B/W Illustrations & Lg. Map; 202 pages .
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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 Barringtons 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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PALESTINE AND SYRIA Handbook for Travellers
by Baedeker, Karl
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Leipsic: Karl Baedeker. Good+. 1876. First Edition. Flexible cloth. Red flexible cloth has gilt titles on spine & front cover. Illustrated with 18 maps, 43 plans and 10 views. Text is tight and intact.. Spine ends and front corners are lightly rubbed. Front internal hinge has a paper tear with cover firmly attached. Prior owners signature and 1895 date. First two pages have a small chip from bottom front corner. Rare . Mid-East; Maps & Views; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 610 pages .
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JOHN W. GOULD PRIVATE JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE FROM NEW YORK TO RIO DE JANEIRO TOGETHER WITH A BRIEF SKETCH OF HIS LIFE & HIS OCCASIONAL WRITINGS
by Goulds, John W.
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New York: Privately Printed. Very Good+. 1838. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Clean aqua-blue cloth with an armorial crest on both covers. Bright gilt spine label. All edges gilt. Interior of text is tight clean & intact. Mostly light and some moderate foxing throughout. Prior owners signature and date on front endpaper. Illustrated with a large fold-out map of John W. Gould's Voyage. Outer folded map panel is age toned and has a mended edge tear. In 1833 Gould sailed abroad the Commerce for Canton via Cape Horn and Valparaiso. He departed the ship in Chile and returned to New York via Rio de Janeiro on the Falmouth. He later returned to Rio on board the Iwanowna. Printed for private circulation only. Nautical; Fold out map; Narrow 8vo 8" to 9" tall; 207 pages .
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(1) A VOYAGE TO SENEGAL.....FROM CAPE BLANCO TO THE RIVER OF SIERRA LEONE (2) TRAVELS IN PARTS OF SOUTH AMERICA... DESCRIPTION OF CARRACCAS (3) A TOUR IN WALES AND...ENGLAND INCLUDING BOTH UNIVERSITIES (4) TRAVELS IN ITALY (SEE FULL TITLE BELOW) Vol IV in Series: a collection of modern and contemporary voyages and travels: scontaining, i. translations from foreign languages, of voyages never before translated. ii original voyages and travels never before published. iii. analyses of new voyages
by Phillips, Sir Richard, Ed: Jean Baptiste Leonard Durand, Francois Dupons, William Mavor, Augutus Kotzebue
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London: Richard Phillips. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1806. First English Edition. Hardcover. . ; Each book was issued seperately at intervals throughout the year with the intention of having each series bound together although they were sometimes bound individually. There were 10 or more volumes in this series. These books were of considerable interest because at the time of publication, they were one of the only sources of information as to current condition in foreign countries. Most travel and exploration books contained historical information. Contemporary 3/4 leather over scuffed marbled boards. Bright gilt lettering on spine. Text tight & intact. Rear hinge cracked with cover firmly attached. Lacks rear blank endpapers. Early owner's ink stamp in front. Condition noted after each book. Titles: (1) "A VOYAGE TO SENEGAL; OR, HISTORICAL, PHILOSOPHICAL, AND POLITICAL MEMOIRS FROM CAPE BLANCO TO THE RIVER OF SIERRA LEONE. ...AN ACCOUNT OF A JOURNEY FROM ISLE ST LOUIS TO…
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TRAVELS IN GUIANA & ON THE ORINOCO DURING THE YEARS 1835 - 1839 ACCORDING TO HIS REPORTS AND COMMUNICATIONS TO THE GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON
by Schomburgk, Robert Herman; Walter E. Roth (translator) Roth and Humboldt
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British Guiana: Argosy. Very Good+. 1931. Second Edition. Hardcover. Clean olive green cloth has dark green titles on spine & front cover viii, 202pp. Interior of text is tight, clean & intact. Six full page b/w Illustrations and a large fold out map. First edition was published in 1841. Ink stamp "The Tourist Bureau Georgetown British Guiana". First edition was published in 1841. Ink stamp "The Tourist Bureau, Georgetown British Guiana". (New Guiana since 1966). South America; B/W Illustrations & Lg. Map; 202 pages .
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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 Barringtons 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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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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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 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,…
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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 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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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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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…
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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.
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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…
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