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London: Staples Press Limited, 1954. First English language edition. Translated from the Norwegian by M.A. Michael. With twenty-one photographic illustrations. A VG+ copy in original gilt-lettered green boards. In a Very Good dustjacket which has light general edgewear including several small chips (jacket is now protected in a clear mylar cover)..
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Across the Roof of the World
by Skrede, Wilfred
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The Appian Way: Ghost Road, Queen of Roads (Culture Trails: Adventures in Travel)
by Kaster, Robert A.
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Chicage: University of Chicago Press, 2014. Reprint. Softcover. In Very Good+ condition: clean, bright, and unmarked, with no creasing of the spine; a nice copy. A fascinating journey by a professor of classics and Latin..
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Barren Grounds: The Story of the Tragic Moffatt Canoe Trip
by Pessl, Fred "Skip"
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Hanover, New Hampshire: Dartmouth College Press, 2014. First edition, first printing. Hardcover in dustjacket. A Fine, new condition copy, in a Fine flawless dustjacket. INSCRIBED by the author on the first blank page: "To ______, In the spirit of the North, Save the Wild! Fred." Scarce signed.. New.
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Drake's Island of Thieves: Ethnological Sleuthing
by Lessa, William A.
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Honolulu: University Press of Hawaii, 1975. First edition, hardcover, 307 pages. A VG+ copy in original burgundy boards, bottom two corner tips bumped, otherwise a nice bright, clean, firmy-bound copy. In a VG+ dustjacket which is slightly faded along the spine. Overall, an excellent copy..
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Excursion Through America
by Mohr, Nicolaus
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Chicago, The Lakeside Press, 1973 First edition thus. First published in Berlin in 1884. A Near Fine copy in dark blue cloth without dustwrapper, as issued..
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The Ghostland People : A Documentary History of the Queen Charlotte Islands, 1859-1906
by Lillard, Charles
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Victoria, British Columbia: Sono Nis Press, 1989. First edition. 318 pages. A history of Western exploration and involvement in the Queen Charlotte Islands. With illustrations, a chronology, bibliography and index. A Fine "as new" hardcover in a Fine flawless dustjacket..
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The Glories of Hindustan
by Nawrath, Dr. Ernst Alfred
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London, Methuen, 1935. First edition. With 240 b.& w. photographs and an endpaper map. In original blue cloth, gilt lettered on spine. Front board has a couple of tiny, faint stains at bottom edge and spine is very slightly faded. Overall, a solid VG+ copy, clean and tight..
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H.M.S. 'Virago' in the Pacific, 1851-1855: To the Queen Charlottes and Beyond
by Akrigg, G.P.V. and Helen B. Akrigg
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Victoria: Sono Nis Press, 1992. First edition. With b.& w. illustrations. Based on the journals and reminiscences of five of the ship's officers and men. A Fine hardcover copy in a Fine dustwrapper..
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Hampshire
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London: A. & C. Black, Ltd., 1926. Second edition (first was 1909). With thirty-two colour plates by Wilfrid Ball R.E. A VG+ or better copy in original blue cloth, top edge blue, gilt lettered on spine, blind lettered and decorated on front board, lacking dustwrapper. An excellent very clean, tight, bright, unworn copy. Neat ink name on front free endpaper, hinges perfect, spine square, overall a lovely copy.. Illus. by Wilfrid Ball R.E..
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India
by Noon, Sir Firozkhan
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London, Penns in the Rocks Press/William Collins, 1941. First edition. With twelve colour plates and twenty-six b.& w. illustrations. A volume in the 'British Commonwealth in Pictures' series. An unrubbed, tight, bright, Fine hardcover copy. In a price-clipped VG+ dustwrapper which has a couple of tiny edge tears and slight chipping at head of spine..
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Ireland and the Irish
by Duff, Charles
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London: T.V. Boardman, 1952. First edition. With numerous b.& w. photographs. A Near Fine hardcover copy in VG+ dustwrapper which has a short tear at top edge of back panel and two miniscule chips at head and heel of spine..
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The Lighter Side of English Life
by Moore, F. Frankfort
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Edinburgh: T.N. Foulis, 1914. Second printing, one year after the first. With 18 plates by George Belcher, most in colour. Spine is mildly sunned and front board has two small faint, innocuous stains (hardly noticeable) at bottom, else a very clean, tight and bright copy, close to Near Fine.. Illus. by George Belcher.
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Lincoln
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Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1933. First edition. With nineteen b.& w. plates by R. Walker and a Preface by the Rt. Rev. W.S. Swayne, Bishop of Lincoln 1920-1932. A history and guide to the famous cathedral city in England. Edges mildly age-browned, else a Near Fine copy in original navy blue cloth with gilt-lettering on spine and a small gilt decoration on front panel.. Illus. by R. Walker.
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Narrative of the Narváez Expedition
by Cabeza de Vaca, Alvar Nunez; edited by Harold Augenbraum
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U.S.A.: The Lakeside Press / R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company, 2013. First edition thus. Small hardcover, bound in green cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. Top edge gilt. A Fine copy in new condition.. New.
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Old Belfast
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Belfast, Northern Ireland: Carter Publications, 1951. First edition. "Curious and entertaining sidelights on the history of Belfast" - front flap. A Near Fine hardcover in original blue boards, in a VG+ dustjacket with only tiny erosion at corner tips. An excellent, bright copy.. Illus. by Raymond Piper.
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Pioneers : Narratives of Noah Harris Letts and Thomas Allen Banning, 1825-1865
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Chicago, The Lakeside Press, 1972 First edition thus. A Near Fine copy in dark blue cloth without dustwrapper, as issued..
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Reports and Other Papers Relating to the Two Voyages of the R.C.M. Police Schooner "St. Roch" Through the North West Passage
by Larsen, Staff Sergeant H.A.
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Vancouver: Pierway Inc. / Vancouver Maritime Museum, 2000. First edition thus. A hardcover facsimile edition of the 1945 Royal Canadian Mounted Police reports written by the St. Roch's captain, H.A. Larsen. The St. Roch sailed from Vancouver, B.C. to Sydney, Nova Scotia, 1940-42, and from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia to Vancouver, B.C., 1944. It was the first vessel to traverse the Northwest Passage both ways, and the first to accomplish it in a single season. "These papers include a short history of the St. Roch, navigation reports providing information on ice conditions and navigation difficulties, patrol reports of sledge journeys, a realistic portrayal of the work and working conditions of the police patrols; and tables of air and sea temperatures taken three-times daily during the second voyage, July 29 - September 20, 1944" - (Arctic Bibliography, 14926). Bound in full dark gray cloth with silver lettering, with a new Introduction by James P. Delgado of the Vancouver Maritime…
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The Secret Lives of Alexandra David-Neel: A Biography of the Explorer of Tibet and Its Forbidden Practices
by Foster, Barbara; Foster, Michael
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Woodstock & New York: The Overlook Press, 1998. First edition, first printing. Hardcover in dust jacket. A Fine copy in new condition, in new condition jacket (front flap price-clipped).. As New.
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The Spirit of Ireland
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London: Batsford, 1946-7 Fourth printing. With a colour frontispiece and numerous b.& w. photographs. Dustwrapper art and line drawings by Brian Cook. A Near Fine hardcover copy in a publisher price-clipped Near Fine dustwrapper which has just the tiniest amount of edgewear.. Illus. by Brian Cook.
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Sweet Cork of Thee
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New York: Dutton, 1951. First edition. With engravings by the author. The author's travels in Ireland. A Near Fine hardcover copy in a VG- dustwrapper which has a small skinned sliver to edge of front panel, and very small chips missing at head and heel of spine.. Illus. by Robert Gibbings.
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