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August 1959 Pulp Magazine-illustrative cover of Sir Edmund Hillary, VG+ copy, unmarked, pages clean, some yellowing to paper, hinge tight with small damage to middle of spine. There is also an article by Gay Talese about Jose Torres the boxer. . Very Good. Soft cover. 1959.

New York: Harper & Brothers. pp. 257 including index--Book Condition VG+ Clean, no marks or inscriptions, some yellowing to pages--evidence of sticker removal ffep--- endpapers have yellowing but no writing, some shelf wear to edges of boards and forecorners. From the Golden Hind Series. No dust-jacket First Edition "The character to be presented in these pages is that of one of the great English explorers--one whose achievements surpassed those of any rival over a period of about a hundred years. From the accession of Charles I to the death of Queen Anne, it is hard to think of any English voyages of discovery at all comparable with Dampier's, or of any travel record half as valuable as his." from the first paragraph of Chapter I. . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1929.

London: A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch. pp. 312---The Second Edition printed for A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch, at the Red Lion in Pater-Nofter-Row: and Fold by T. Tyles in Hull, and T. Hammond in York, MDCCXXXV----internal pages are in very good shape with Latin text in left column and English translation in right. Leather boards are rubbed--hinge tight but separating in front--endpapers have evidence of removal of a paste down both front and back and Kinnaird book plate on front paste-down--some writing in fountain pen under book plate--front free endpaper loose all internal pages tight and present. Hand made paper with watermarks present near inner margin. . Good. Full-Leather. 1735.

Madison, Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin Press. First Edition, 8vo., pp. 275 including bibliography and index--Book Condition VG++ brown cloth boards clean and bright, gilt to spine bright, minor shelf wear, pages clean and unmarked, slight foxing to top of pages, previous owners name on ffep ow pristine--Dust-jacket G w fade to spine, tear to tail of spine and back panel, clipped, evidence of sticker removal from back panel.. Protected in poly-fit sleeve. Excellent reference and/or reading copy. . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1970.

Metucen, N. J. & London: The Scarecrow Press, Inc.. VG++ to Near Fine---edges of pages have yellowed w minor shelf wear to corners of boards---pages pristine, clean and unmarked. . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1979.

Cleveland: The Burrows Brothers Company. Reprint of original edition of 1778 .. One of twenty such copies on hand-made paper. The number of this copy is left blank. Quarter bound in light tan with grayish paper boards. Pages unopened(closed at top) and uncut on edges.Clean; No odor; unmarked. Two pages have tears. Contents: Biographical Sketch of Thomas Hutchins; List of the Works of Thomas Hutchins; A Topographical Description, etc. Index. Illustrations: Hutchin's commission as Captain Lieutenant; Facsimile of original title page; A Plan of the rapids in the River Ohio; A Plan of the several villages in the Illinois Country; A Table of distances between Fort Pitt and the River Ohio. Leather has darkening but whole; title block is paper with some chipping; paper boards have some yellowing to edges and areas of rubbing to back board. Some separation from hinge on pg. 113 ow intact. One of 25 copies on Hand-made paper. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1904.

Cleveland: The Burrows Brothers Company. Reprinted from the original edition of 1778-----VG++ Limited edition of 245 copies----this copies number is not filled in------Pages pristine as is Map and Envelope for map on back paste down----some pages are unopened--Top Edge Gilt---Maroon cloth boards have some shelf wear to edges. Excellent copy. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1904.

Boston: Little Brown and Company. Good + Revised edition---Pages and endpapers clean and unmarked---yellowing to paper----Green cloth boards w gilt to spine and front panel---edge wear to head and tail of spine--Very good clean reading copy-----No DJ . Good. Hardcover. 1933.