Search Results: History / Geography from Bygone Books

Rutland, VT: Academy Books, 1995. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 1st edition, 4to, red cloth with gilt titles, 210 pages, b/w photographs throughout, pull-out map, index. Condition: NEAR FINE book / NEAR FINE jacket: very faint spotting to page edges, owner name on fep; slight discoloring to jacket at top edge, old price sticker on rear panel. Nice copy of this uncommon book. Stone structures and other cultural relics have been found in the Green Mountains of Vermont as well as precise alignments with ancient astronomical events such as summer and winter solstices... who built them??

Newton Abbot, Devon, UK: Redwood Burn / David & Charles, 1979. Soft cover. Very Good. Large ordnance survey map, cartographical notes by Dr. J. B. Harley, 1970. 2nd impression 1979. Condition: VERY GOOD map in a VERY GOOD envelope: map is in nice condition excepting a few small red and blue penned lines under town names, a few faint spots, very slight creasing; slipcase envelope has light edgewear and some creasing to bottom corner. Nice condition with no tears to the map.

California: McClatchy Newspapers, 1950. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Centennial Vignettes. Murray Olderman. California. McClatchy Newspapers, [1950]. Description: Centennial Vignettes, a collection of cartoons by Murray Olderman, a feature staff cartoonist of the McCaltchy newspapers, celebrating the centennials of California: 1948 - 100th anniversary of the discovery of gold in CA; 1949 - 100th anniversary of the Gold Rush; 1950 - 100th anniversary of California's admission to statehood. Quarto stpaled wraps, 32 pages, each of a cartoon vignette of a person important to California history drawn by Murray Olderman, that originally appeared in the newspapers between 1948 and 1950: includes Kit Carson, Peter Lassen, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Larkin, John Fremont, William Tecumseh Sherman, Joseph Revere, etc. A Walt Disney "B" on rear cover. Condition: NEAR FINE: very slight wear.

Palm Desert, CA: Dean Publications, 1974. Soft cover. Very Good. Palm Desert, CA: Dean Publications, 1974. 4to, stapled wraps, 49 pages, 3-color illustrations. Condition is VERY GOOD+ with little wear, clean and tight. Includes the Park history, information on hiking, camping, geology, plants, animals, fishing and boating, seasons, facts of life, a road guide and park map, family fun games and an index - what's not to like? An excellent and fun guide.

Stroud, UK: Sutton Publishing, 2000. 1st Edition . Hardcover. VG+/Very Good. 1st ed., 8vo, red boards, 224 pages, b/w illustrations, bibliography. Condition: VERY GOOD+ book / VERY GOOD jacket: book has slight toning to pages, old price on fep; jacket has slight edgewear to top edge, small tear to top right corner. Uncovers the stories of the privileged women of the Georgian dynasty over a period of 200 years, from the English Civil War to the first 20 years of Queen Victoria's reign [quoting the jacket].

Halifax, NS: Government of Nova Scotia, 1935. Soft cover. Very Good. William E. Degarthe. Will R. Bird. Historic Nova Scotia. Drawings by William E. Degarthe. Halifax, NS: Government of Nova Scotia, no date. [Originally published in 1935]. 8vo, stapled wraps, 115 pages, b/w illustrations throughout, color illus on front and rear covers (lithographed in Nova Scotia). Condition: VERY GOOD with small chip at spine tail, slight edgewear, staples on title page slight rusty. A terrific piece of Canadian memorabilia. On the cover: "Nova Scotia has the proud distinction of being the only Province of the Dominion of Canada and the first Colony of Great Britain to possess a flag of its own. The Flag of Nova Scotia traces its origins to the Charter of New Scotland granted in 1621 to Sir William Alexander (afterwards the Earl of Stirling) by King James VI of Scotland and I of England.

NY: Harper & Row, 1988. First Edition . Hardcover. VG+/VG+. 2 volumes [ ISBN for volume 2: 0060158999 ] 1st edition of both volumes [ stated, number line ], 8vo, blue cloth , 591, 572 pages, b/w illustrations, bibliography and notes in each volume. Condition is VERY GOOD+ books / VERY GOOD+ jackets: both volumes are in very nice condition with some light spotting to the top page edge and slight edgewear to the jackets (spine head crease to vol. 2, slight edgewear to vol. 1...).

Boston, MA: L. C. Page & Company, 1910. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. With sixteen illustrations in color, reproduced from original paintings by eminent British artists, and forty-eight duogravures from English photographs; also indexed maps covering routes. 8vo, illustrated boards with gilt titles, top edge gilt, deckle edges, 402 pages, many illustrations as noted (all present and accounted for), 2 fold-out maps. Condition: VERY GOOD / no jacket: a few scuff marks to the covers, some pages are uncut and a handful, opened by an idiot, have small chips; faint discoloring to the overhanging pages, very faint smattering of foxing but plates are unaffected. A lovely book really and 7000 miles of delightful British adventures await you.

Washington DC: USGPO [ United States Government Printing Office ], 1951. Soft cover. VG. 4to, stapled wraps, 21 pages of text, 10 fold-out charts (all present). Condition is VERY GOOD: light edgewear to paper covers, staples show faint rusting stains on title page, all charts are presnt and in excellent condition. The "Standard Chart and Map Symbols" published by Texaco Waterways Service is laid-in (this is a folded broadside, dated 9/51)

Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books, 1993. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Cassandra Austen. From the Reign of Henry the 4th to the Death of Charles the 1st, by a partial, prejudiced, & ignorant historian. 2nd printing, 8vo, blue boards, xii, 34, transcript pages, illustrated with color facsimiles. Introduction by A.S. Byatt. A Note on the text by Deirdre Le Faye. A complete facsimile of the original hand-written text, with watercolor illustrations by her sister Cassandra, followed by a transcript of the text. Condition: NEAR FINE book / NEAR FINE jacket. Austen's brilliant parody of Oliver Goldsmith's 4-volume "History of England."

Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2009. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. 1st edition [NAP], 8vo, illustrated wraps, 128 pages, b/w photographs, map frontispiece, select bibliography, index. Condition: NEAR FINE: very slight rubbing to rear cover edges, appears unread. Beginning with Samuel de Champlain's discovery of the lake bearing his name, this book offers nostalgic photographs of the four islands that served as the birthplace of Vermont.

Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 1967. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st edition [no additional printings noted], 8vo, gray cloth, 585 pages, chronological table, bibliographical note, index. Condition: VERY GOOD book / VERY GOOD jacket: light rubbing to book edges, faint spotting to pages edges; jacket has light edgewear, one small chip to rear panel. Derived from the newspapers in the Burney Collection of the British Museum, this book offers a view of the world of 1792-93 through the eyes of a contemporary reader of the London daily papers.

Montpelier, VT: Lakd Champlain Islands Trust / George Little Press, 1979. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Douyglas Johnson, Carolyn Bates [photographs]. 8vo, stapled wraps, 56 pages, b/w drawings and maps and b/w photographs. Condition is VERY GOOD with minor edgewear, rubbing along the spine, internally clean and tight.

Shelburne, VT: Shelburne Farms, 1997. 1st Edition . Soft cover. VG+. Bonnie Acker, Holly Brough. 1st edition of 1997, 4to, softbound, 502 pages, cover illustration by Bonnie Acker. Written and edited by Amy B. Demarest, illustrations by Bonnie Acker and Holly Brough, photographs by Lou Borie. Condition is VERY GOOD+ with a small crease to front cover, two large creases to rear cover, last few pages have a tiny crease at fore-edge, internally clean and tight. An indispensable guide to studying the Lake Champlain Basin, its history, geography, geology, ecology, complete with math and language arts exercises, field trips, and more!

Bruxelles: Albert, Cartes-Vues Marque Albert, 1900. Soft cover. Very Good. Vintage Postcard Folder: Souvenir de Waterloo. Unused. 10 Cartes-Vues Artistiques avec l'Historie de la Bataille et des Monuments [10 Artistical views with the Story of the Battle and the Monuments]. Alb. Dohmen, Albums et Catalogues en Phototypie. 9 Rue Chambéry, 9 Bruxelles: Albert, Cartes-Vues Marque Albert, Les Plus Jolies [no date, circa 1900]. All 10 black and white postcards are present and unused; views include: La Butte; Le Lion; Monument francais; Ferme "La Belle Alliance"; Ferme "Le Papelotte"; Ferme de Mont St-Jean; Ferme de la Haie-Sainte; Ferme Hougoumont; Vue générale des Monuments; Monument des Belges [The Hill, The Lion, Wounded Eagle, The farm "La Belle Alliance," The farm "La Papelotte," the farm of Mont St-Jean, Farm of the Haie-Sainte, the Hougoumont farm, general view from the hill and monuments, Monument of the Belgians]. Condition is VERY… Read More

Bruxelles: Albert, Cartes-Vues Marque Albert,, 1900. Soft cover. Very Good. Vintage Postcard Folder: Souvenir de Waterloo, Coloris Aquarelle. Unused. 10 Cartes-Vues Artistiques avec l'Historie de la Bataille et des Monuments [10 Artistical views with the Story of the Battle and the Monuments]. Alb. Dohmen, Albums et Catalogues en Phototypie. 9 Rue Chambéry, 9 Bruxelles: Albert, Cartes-Vues Marque Albert, Les Plus Jolies [no date, circa 1900]. 6 x 3 5/8 in. All 10 color postcards are present and unused; two tissue guards are also present. Views include: La Butte; Le Lion; Monument francais; Ferme "La Belle Alliance"; Ferme "Le Papelotte"; Ferme de Mont St-Jean; Ferme de la Haie-Sainte; Ferme Hougoumont; Vue générale des Monuments; Monument des Belges [The Hill, The Lion, Wounded Eagle, The farm "La Belle Alliance," The farm "La Papelotte," the farm of Mont St-Jean, Farm of the Haie-Sainte, the Hougoumont farm, general view from the hill… Read More

Auburn: Derby and Miller, 1852. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 1st edition. 12mo, contemporary blind-stamped red cloth with gilt titles and decoration on spine, 327 pages, [8] pages publisher ads, engraved frontispiece with tissue guard of Mary and William Howitt (they are described beginning on page 144. The Howitts together wrote over 180 books! - though Bartlett repeatedly states: "you would not take her for an authoress." She is most famous for her poem "The Spider and the Fly."). Condition is VERY GOOD -: ex-library with class # on spine in white, some residue and "discarded" stamp on rear endpapers, front endpaper has "Property of Avon Free Public Library, Avon, Conn" and a penned name of Thomas Williams, light rubbing and small tears to extremities, light general soiling to boards, light scattered foxing, Take a tour of London with Bartlett, where you will meet all manner of people, places, and tales.… Read More

Halifax, NS: Bureau of Information and Publicity, 1947. Soft cover. Very Good. Nova Scotia Bureau of Information. Where to Stay in Nova Scotia, 1947. Halifax, NS: Bureau of Information and Publicity, 1947. 8vo, stapled wraps, [48] pages, map in center. Condition is VERY GOOD with minor edgewear, staples have some typical rust, internally clean and tight.