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New York: Pantheon, 2017. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover in Dust Jacket. The Landmark Julius Caesar is the definitive edition of the five works that chronicle the mil¬itary campaigns of Julius Caesar. Together, these five narratives present a comprehensive picture of military and political developments leading to the collapse of the Roman republic and the advent of… Read more

Captain Cook. Hawai'i: Kawainui Press, 1999. New/No Dust Jacket Issued. Beautifuly illustrated history of the ancient Polynesian explorers found the Hawaiian Islands, the most remote in Earth's largest sea; how they navigated, how they viewed themselves and their universe, and the arts, crafts, and values by which they survived and prospered without metals or the fuels and inventions… Read more

San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1991. Limited edition of 400 copies. Hardcover. Fine/None Issued. An indispensable and lovely supplement to the historical literature of the Hawaiian Islands. Tan linen over boards, white spine label printed in black, title-page printed in black and brown, with a map frontispiece. Printed on mohawk superfine paper. No… Read more

New York: Dodge Publishing Company, 1914. Hardcover. Very Good/None Issued. A sympathetic retelling of exploration to the tropical Americas, encompassing the travels of the Spaniards, Sir Walter Raleigh, Sir Francis Drake, William Dampier, Lionel Wafer, the Darien Scheme, ... Original green cloth, gilt, black and gilt pictorial designs on cover and spine. With 8 color plates, 8 black… Read more

Cairo, Egypt: General Organization for Government Printing Offices, 1965. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. The most important geological monograph of Egypt. The Part II. From the Close of the Cretaceous Period to the End of the Oligocene.  The Story of the Submergence of a Continental Border-Land Beneath the Sea. Bindings are tight and square. Text clean,… Read more

Garrettsville, OH: The Western Reserve Magazine, 1976. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. A travel guide with local advertising. ---------- Spiral-bound with wrap-around decorated stiff cardstock. 8.5 inches tall; approximately 125 un-numbered pages. Photo, drawings and maps illustrate the text. ---------- The bindings are tight Text clean, light even toning. Minimal shelf handling wear. --------- The Western… Read more

New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1944. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Poor. A classic of the early ecological movement. Ten stories of life in an animal community in the High Sierras. Green cloth some hand-soiling; The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear. Previous owners' name stickers. Dust jacket has… Read more

London: A & C Black, 1927. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Edwin A. Norbury. Blue cloth with spine and front decorated in black. 8vo; 7.75 inches; 83 pages followed by publisher adverts. Small gift inscription of the front free endpage. The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear. Dust jacket has handling wear… Read more

Atchison, Kanas: The Lockwood Company, 1950. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illustrated stiff wraps; 8 inches tall50 pages with a 4-page bibliography; illustrated with b/w photographs. The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear. Twelfth Edition.

Salisbury: M. O. Collins, 1967. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. The Book compiled by Members of the National Federation of Woman's Institutes to show how the people of their land, live work and play. ------------ White plastic covered wraps with illustration. 8.25 inches tall; 192 pages; profusely illustrated on every page with color and b/w photographs and drawings. The… Read more

Garden City, New York: Garden City Publishing, 1921. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Working North from Patagonia written by the adventurer Harry Alverson Franck. The volume contains valuable information on native inhabitants from the area of Patagonia in South America at the beginning of the twentieth century. --------------- Orange cloth with black tiles and decorations. The bindings are firm… Read more

New York: The Outing Publishing Company, 1907. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Author's expedition 1905-1906 from Hamilton Inlet to Lake Michikaman along the route followed by Leonidas Hubbard, Jr. in 1903. Botanical, geological, and meteorological appendix with tables. ------------ Dark blue cloth with stamped gilt titles with an outdoor scene in three-colors. The bindings are tight and… Read more

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1951. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. A travel narrative of two trips in 1949 and 1950 to the Middle East. The Supreme Court justice is a keen observer but taints his observations with a concern for expansion of Russian influence in the region. His journey includes experiences with the Kurdish tribesmen, Greek girl guerrillas, Arab… Read more

Washington: A.O.P. Nicholson, Public Printer, 1854. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket Issued. Written by one of the greatest nineteenth-century American explorers, this is one of the most interesting accounts of an original exploration of unknown parts of Texas [Marcy] was the first Anglo-American to discover and explore Palo Duro Canyon and Tule Canyon . Marcy described in detail… Read more

New York: National Travel Club, 1932. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First American edition (1000 copies printed). This printing precedes the trade printing for McBride. In the spring and summer of 1931, Wyndham Lewis traveled to Morocco. Escaping the furor that surrounded the publication of his controversial book on Hitler, while in Morocco, Lewis explored… Read more

New York: Hastings House Publishers, 1960. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Tan cloth with blue spine titles and a gilt front emblem; map endpages; photo illustrations; 8vo; 9.5 inches tall; 308 pages with an index. The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear. Dust jacket presents well with minor corner wear. First… Read more

Yugoslavia: Zavod Postojnske Jame, 1958. Hardcover. Very Good. Postojna Cave is a 24,120 m long karst cave system near Postojna, southwestern Slovenia. It is the second-longest cave system in the country as well as one of its top tourism sites. The caves were created by the Pivka River. [wiki] Revised Edition. Includes set of Six folding… Read more

Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 1962. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition - First Printing. Bindings tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate handling wear. Illustrated with numerous b/w photographs and line drawing of maps. 8.75 inches tall. 76 pages. Dust Jacket in new clear protective Mylar sleeve. has top edge wear. … Read more

Saint Paul, MN: J. E. Haynes Publisher, 1923. 2nd Edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Sketches by Margaret A. Thone; Photography by J. E. Haynes. Stiff glued cardstock with titles and decorations in three colors. 12mo 6.75 inches tall; 70 pages with an index. Illustrated with photographic plates and line drawings. The bindings are tight and… Read more

Georfia: Mercer University Press, 1996. Hardcover. New/New. No Flaws or Blemishes; Gift Quality. 4to; 10.25 inches tall; 103 pages; with Chapter Notes, Bibliography and Index. Endpapers are maps of Georgia and North Florida.