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What I Saw in New York; or a Bird's Eye View of City Life by Ross, Joel H - 1851

What I Saw in New York; or a Bird's Eye View of City Life

by Ross, Joel H

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Auburn, New York: Derby & Miller, 1851. First Edition, First Printing. A Good Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket Issued.
Bound in blind-stamped red cloth with gilt lettering to spine. x, [11]-326 p. + 10 pages of advertisements. front., illus. 19 cm. Work is illustrated with frontispiece and three-page pictorial representation of "manual alphabet."

Book shows light handling wear, Binding is firm with a hint of a lean. Previous owner's name is written on blank preliminary page. Pages exhibit scattered light foxing with a clean otherwise bright text.
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  • Date Published 1851
  • Keywords New York City

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Report of the Canadian Arctic Expedition 1913-18; Volume XIV: Eskimo Songs; Southern Party -...
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Report of the Canadian Arctic Expedition 1913-18; Volume XIV: Eskimo Songs; Southern Party - 1913-16 (Series: Canadian Arctic Expedition 1913-18 14.)

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Ottawa: F.A.Acland 1925. (Hardcover) 506pp. Very good, no dust jacket. Frontispiece, musical notation. A previous owner's name in pencil on the front endpaper. Songs of the Copper Eskimos. Locale: . Series: Canadian Arctic Expedition 1913-18 14. (Arctic/Polar, Eskimos, Inuit, Music, Songs).
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Farewell to Steam in Canada

Farewell to Steam in Canada

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Belleville: Mika Silk Screening [1965]. (4to paperback) 68pp. Very good plus. 3 black and white plates, 20 hand screened color plates, illustrated cover, black and white illustrations, index. "Canadian Steam Locomotives in Story and Pictures". Illustrations by R. Lott, N. Mika & K. Sprackett. (Railways, Locomotives, Steam Engines).
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Things as They Are

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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1834. First Edition . Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 252pp. Brown cloth, paper spine label. Cover faded, spine label chipped but readable, first and last few pages heavily foxed and stained, rest of contents only occasionally foxed, author's name written on title page ( author's autograph?) and page 2, binding is tight. The observations during his tavels through some of the middle and northern states. Howes D-609.
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Sinai, the Hedjaz, and Soudan: Wanderings  Around the Birth-Place of the Prophet, and Across the...
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Sinai, the Hedjaz, and Soudan: Wanderings Around the Birth-Place of the Prophet, and Across the Aethiopian Desert, from Sawakin to Chartum (Folios)

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Missions to the Niger Volumes 1 through 4
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Missions to the Niger Volumes 1 through 4

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4 volumes. xii+406 pages with 8 maps (3 folding), 4 illustrations including frontispiece, appendices, bibliography and index. The Journal of Friedrich Horneman's Travels from Cairo to Murzuk in the Years 1797-98 and The Letters of Major Alexander Gordon Laing, 1824-26 With Laing's letters are included his 'Cursory remarks on the course and termination of the great river Niger', his 'Notes on Gadamis', his only surviving letter to his wife, and the newspaper report of his death; xiv+306 pages with frontispiece. The Bornu Mission 1822-25. This and the following volumes reprint most of the Narrative of Travels and Discoveries in Northern and Central Africa in the years 1822, 1823, and 1824 by Major Denham, Captain Clapperton and the late Doctor Oudney (2nd edition, 1826). This volume begins Denham's narrative. Includes previously unpublished documents relating to the mission. Each volume contains a glossary of Arabic terms; xii+309-595 pages with 7 maps (2 folding), 30 illustrations including… Read More
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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

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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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The Parsons Collection: Rare Pacific Voyage Books 2 Volumes
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Hordern House, Sydney, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). As New/As New. Size: Quarto. 2-volume set (complete). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Dust Jacket is in as new condition, apart from normal shop shelf wear - contains no tears or chips or other damage. Dust Jacket un-clipped. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Books on Books; Australia; Australian History; Antiquarian & Rare. ISBN: 1875567461. ISBN/EAN: 9781875567461. All our pictures shown here are of the actual item, not stock photos. Inventory No: 13697. . 9781875567461 This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries.
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South America : Observations and Impressions
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South America : Observations and Impressions

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NY: The Macmillan Company, 1912. Hard cover in original cloth. Published NY: The Macmillan Company, 1912, third printing, November, 1912. 8vo., xxiv+611pp.+5 maps in color (4pp.ads). Panama (pre-canal), Peru, Incas, Andes, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil. Blue cloth with gilt tiles, previous owner name on fly leaf, else near fine, clean, bright.. Hard. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo.
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The Spanish Conquerors

The Spanish Conquerors: A Chronicle of the dawn of empire overseas

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New Haven, Yale University Press, 1919.8vo. 238pp, three plates and three folded maps (color). Original cloth binding, with gold to front and spineFair condition with library markings, some cover and spine wear and staining, tight binding, the inside hinges are split, pages have stains and library markings.
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What I saw in New York; or, a Bird's-eye view of City Life.
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What I saw in New York; or, a Bird's-eye view of City Life.

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What I Saw in New-York: Or, a Bird's Eye View of City Life

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What I Saw in New-York: Or, a Bird's Eye View of City Life

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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

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

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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

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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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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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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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