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Chicago and New York: M.A. Donohue & Co., 1932. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED at front end page - "The great 'Beyond' and other places South of Hoboken- Beer and Skittles Alan Innes-Taylor" and "From one deep-sea diver to another Charles L. Kessler" and additionally SIGNED AND INSCRIBED at half-title page -"The top of the world with City of New York Wm. W. Darling", along with rubber-stamped "Byrd's South Pole Ship / A Century of Progress / 1933". The author lists Kessler as seaman and helmsman, Innes-Taylor as dog-man and chief in handling and attending to the health and well-being of the sled dogs. Darling is described as a fireman and a hard worker, and "The City of New York" was Byrd's flagship for the expedition. A great ASSOCIATION COPY, given the personalization of the inscriptions seemingly presented to a fellow expedition member, who almost certainly is Dr. Dana Coman, medical director on the expedition, as this title came with 2…
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A View of Society and Manners in France, Switzerland, and Germany: With Anecdotes Relating to Some Eminent Characters , in Two Volumes
by Moore, John, M. D
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London: Printed for A. Strahan and T. Caddell, in the Strand, 1793. Two volumes in contemporary tree calf, the backs a bit later with gilt tooled decorations and red and black morocco labels. Very Good, old booksellers label and small bookplate front paste down, Very Good, front end page starting to separate Vol. I, light wear at corners and edges, light soiling. . Eighth Edition. Tree Calf. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin and Co., 1901. A later printing of the 1900 Second Edition, title page dated 1901, finely bound in contemporary crushed brown morocco, unsigned and thus likely an American bookbinder, covers and spine ruled in gilt, five raised bands,top edge gilt, marbled end pages, ribbon marker. Tiny rubs at corners else Fine, a quite handsome copy in fine binding and with the frontispiece and 43 illustrations tipped in, and 22 illustrations on text leaves, all by Joseph Pennell. . Second Edition. Crushed Morocco. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1892. SCARCE in the First Edition and in a fine contemporary binding. Handsomely bound in half calf over marbled boards, the back with five raised bands and richly gilt, page edges marbled to match boards, the binding unsigned. Armorial bookplate and 1892 Christmas gift bookplate of Henley front paste down. Near Fine, tiny rubs at top corners, end pages only are lightly foxed, interior quite clean and fresh. . First Edition. Half Calf Over Marbled Boards. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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London: Richard Bentley, 1853. RARE, last auction records 1915-16 (RBH), no current online offerings. Very Good, bound in contemporary half calf over marbled boards, lettering at spine faded away, five raised bands, plain brown end papers, marbled boards rubbed. xii, 416 pp. Born Feb. 13, 1457, died Mar.27, 1482 from injuries sustained from falling off a horse, Mary of Burgundy was daughter and heiress of Charles the Bold, duke of Burgundy; her crucial marriage to the archduke Maximilian (later Maximilian I), son of the Habsburg emperor Ferdinand III, resulted in Habsburg control of the Netherlands. Mary ruled Burgundy from 1477 -1482. . First Edition. Half Calf. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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London: Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1855. Two volumes handsomely bound in contemporary half red polished calf over marbled boards, the backs intricately tooled in gilt, marbled end papers, top edges gilt, the bookplates of the Right Rev. Nathaniel S. Thomas, second bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Wyoming, serving from 1909 to 192, and Albert Rowe Merrill. Very Good Plus, light rubbing at edges and corners, original cloth spine affixed front paste down of Vol. I, partially covered by bookplate. Internally clean and bright, . New Edition. Half Polished Calf. Very Good Plus/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1781. First edition. Leather. Very Good. 8.5" by 5.5". None. The very scarce first edition of this study of the society and manners of eighteenth century Italy, written by John Moore as he was travelling with the Duke of Hamilton. The complete and very scarce first edition of John Moore's account of his travels across Italy. From 1772 to 1776, Moore accompanied the young 8th Duke of Hamilton, Douglas, and his own son on the journey across Europe.An exciting work looking at the society and manners of Italy in the mid-eighteenth century.Moore was a Scottish physician, also known for his novels and travel works, and for editing the works of Tobias Smollett. Two of his other travel works were 'Journal During a Residence in France' and 'A View of Society and Manners in France, Switzerland and Germany'. With the inscription of 'Johannis Jones' to each front free endpaper. ESTC reference T50759 In full calf bindings, with gilt detailing to back strips. Externally, lovely.…
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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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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,…
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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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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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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…
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