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Passages in Foreign Travel [2 Volumes. complete] by Jewett, Isaac Appleton (1808-1853) - 1838

Passages in Foreign Travel [2 Volumes. complete]

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Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1838. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good Hardcovers. Very Good/No Dust Jacket As Issued. Two volumes. [Complete] 8vo; iv, 319; vii, 369 pp.

Publisher's blind-stamped blue cloth, spines lettered in gilt. Bindings tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate handling wear. Spines a touch sunned. First Edition, First Printing.

Each volume in this set is neatly signed on the front pastedown by "George F. Houghton." Houghton (1820-1870), was a Vermont attorney, editor, historian, and a founder of the Vermont Historical Society. The author, Isaac Appleton Jewett, travelled in England, Scotland, France, Germany, Italy, and Switzerland with chapters on London, Paris, the French and Italian Opera houses, and 'second-rate restaurants.'

REF: Smith, American Travellers Abroad J23
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Passages in foreign travel
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Passages in foreign travel

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Passages in Foreign Travel. (Volume I only)

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PASSAGES IN FOREIGN TRAVEL

by JEWETT Isaac Appleton

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1st edition 1838. Charles C Little & James Brown - Boston, USA.. Two volumes of travel notes, including chapters on London, Paris, French & Italian Opera Houses etc. Original (or contemporary) plain boards with paper spines. Worn & stained. Contents somewhat foxed & a little water stained in places otherwise clean. Priced for both volumes. .
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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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Across the Continent. A Summer's Journey to the Rocky Mountains, the Mormons, and the Pacific...

Across the Continent. A Summer's Journey to the Rocky Mountains, the Mormons, and the Pacific States...

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Springfield, Mass., S. Bowles & Co.; NY, Hurd & Houghton, 1865. First Edition. Hard Cover. xx, 452 p., fold. map; 20 cm. Advts. [2] p. at front and 6 p. at end. The second issue with the added pages on California and the mines by William Ashburner. Published in 32 Letters. Bowles, publisher of the influential Springfield Weekly Republican, friend of the Dickinsons (thought to be Emily's secret love), claims to be the first to cross the country just to see it. Wagner-Camp 410: 2; Flake 767; Sabin 7077; Graff 370; Cowen p. 67. Good+, original brown publisher's cloth, spine faded; sound, tight copy, folding map repaired & vg; some foxing. Stock#OB956.
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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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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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