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Las Vegas: as it began--as it grew
by Stanley W. Paher
- Condition
- Used - Very good +
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1971
- Binding
- Cloth
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Gridley, California, USA
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€28.22
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Las Vegas: Nevada Publications, 1971. First Edition. Cloth. Very good +/very good. A very good plus presumed first edition. Scarce. Bottom left corner heavily bumped, otherwise fine. Brown cloth with deep brown title stamping on cover and spine. In a very good, unclipped dust jacket. Jacket is bumped and rubbed on bottom right corner, with shelfwear… Read more about this item Item Price
€28.22
A Puritan in Voodoo-Land
by Edna Taft
- Condition
- Used - Very good
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1938
- Binding
- Cloth
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Gridley, California, USA
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€56.44
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Philadelphia: The Penn Publishing Company, 1938. First Edition. Cloth. Very good/very good. A very good first edition [Zempel & Verkler] in a very good dust jacket. Red cloth boards with black Republic of Haiti motif and black title stamping on spine. map endpapers. Heavy foxing to fore edge and rear edge of dust jacket. Minor loss at… Read more about this item Item Price
€56.44
Colonia Agrippina: Das ist Coeln bey den Alten und zu unsern zeiten ein mechtige Reichstatt [Colonia Agrippina: That is Cologne among the ancients and in our times a mighty empire--- from: Cosmographey oder beschreibung aller Länder]
by Sebastian Münster; Sebastian Henric Petri, Hans Rudolf Manuel, Christoph Schweicker
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- Used - Very good
- Jacket Condition
- none as issued
- Edition
- Facsimile
- Published
- ca. 1965
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Gridley, California, USA
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€37.62
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ca. 1965. Facsimile. Very good/none as issued. Sebastian Münster . Unknown publisher, ca. 1960s reproduction of a 1628 double folio leaf. Very Good but trimmed. Map of Cologne, Germany. German fraktur text. Mounted on hardboard. 8.5 x 13.75" wide Sebastian Münster (1488 1552) was a German cartographer, cosmographer, and a Christian Hebraist scholar. His… Read more about this item Item Price
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Kurtzes und accurates Systema Der Neueren Geographie Nach einer neuen und curieusen Methode, In sich fassende I. Eine generale Besichtigung des Globi Terraquei, oder ein Compendium des wahren Fundaments in der Geographie ... II. Eine particulaire Besichtigung des Globi Terraquei ... : Zu eines jeden Gebrauch [Brief and accurate system of modern geography, By a new and curious method.]
by Patrick Gordon; Johann Bernhard Heinzelmann
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- Used - Very good
- Published
- 1718
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- Leather bound
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- 1
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Gridley, California, USA
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€1,128.72
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Hanover: Ben Nikolaus Förster, 1718. Leather bound. Very good. A lovely old copy of of "A Brief and accurate system of modern geography, By a new and curious method." Translated and expanded by Johann Bernhard Heinzelmann from the sixth edition of Patrick Gordon's "Geography anatomized." Covers countries, customs, religions, and currency of the time and places.Bound in calfskin,… Read more about this item Item Price
€1,128.72
Incidents of Travel in Egypt, Arabia Petraea and the Holy Land
by John Lloyd Stephens
- Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Edition
- First Thus
- Published
- 1970
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Gridley, California, USA
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€47.03
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Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1970. First Thus. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. Frederick Catherwood. A near fine first edition thus, newly edited with an introduction by Victor Wolfgang von Hagen. Illustrations by Catherwood. Rust colored cloth boards. . Small smudge on bottom edge of book, otherwise fine. Dust jacket is very good plus, showing mild shelf wear… Read more about this item Item Price
€47.03
Our Young Folks in Norway
by Augusta W. Kellogg
- Condition
- Used - Good +
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Published
- 1891
- Binding
- Pictorial boards
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- 1
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Gridley, California, USA
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€75.25
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Troy, NY: Nims and Knight, 1891. Pictorial boards. Good +/very good. Scarce. A good plus, very early or first edition. Beautifully written gift inscription (not by the author) from 1894 on first free endpaper. Illustrated. Tipped in is a postcard of winter festivities from 1890. Pictorial boards. Binding is soft, joints are worn. Hinges are sound. Cover… Read more about this item Item Price
€75.25
Look at America: The Central Northwest
by Wallace Stegner; Look Magazine
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- good +
- Edition
- Early printing
- Published
- 1947
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Gridley, California, USA
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€23.52
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1947. Early printing. Hardcover. Fine/good +. Fine early printing in a good+ dust jacket. Green cloth boards with green and yellow stamping on cover and spine. Dust jacket has several tiny closed tears and shelf wear, bottom front corner missing small amount of jacket. Profusely illustrated, including a fold-out map of the region.… Read more about this item Item Price
€23.52
Kentucky & Kentucky II (Two volume set)
by James Archambeault; Thomas D. Clark
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- fine
- Edition
- Early printing
- Published
- 1982
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Gridley, California, USA
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€56.44
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Portland: Graphic Arts Center Publishing Company, 1982. Early printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/fine. Kentucky & Kentucky II (Two volume set) 4th and 7th printings. Near fine hardcover, both with fine dustjackets, now protected in clear, removable archival covers. Book shop label on pastedown and first free endpaper. Mild toning to edges of pages of Kentucky II. Beautiful, full color… Read more about this item Item Price
€56.44
Puget Sound: Sea Between the Mountains
by Eric Scigliano; Tim Thompson
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- fine
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Published
- 2000
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9781558684072
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Gridley, California, USA
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€18.81
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Hong Kong: Graphic Arts Center Publishing Company, 2000. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Fine hardcover in a fine dustjacket. Black cloth board, black endpapers. Dust jacket now protected in a clear, removable, archival cover. Illustrated with full color photographs on glossy paper. 112 pp. Quarto, 9 1/2 x 12 inches tall. An award-winning journalist, Scigliano has written… Read more about this item Item Price
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Love Affair: A Venetian Journal
by Wright Morris
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- fine
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Published
- 1972
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Gridley, California, USA
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€47.03
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New York: Harper & Row, 1972. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/fine. Stated first edition. Near fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Orange cloth boards, gold foil title on spine, author's name embossed on front cover. Color photos and narrative throughout. Glossy paper. Printed in Italy. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown or would be… Read more about this item Item Price
€47.03
India Illustrated with Pen and Pencil
by W. Urwick; Revised & enlarged by Edward P. Thwing
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First Revised Edition
- Published
- 1891
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Gridley, California, USA
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€61.14
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New York: Hurst & Co., 1891. First Revised Edition. Hardcover. Good. Good copy in original publishers bright blue ornate book cloth; title and centerpiece in silver with burgundy accents. All wood engravings present. Text block is solid, hinges have been repaired with archival quality white cloth tape. Cover rubbed, head and tail of spine worn. Previous owner's… Read more about this item Item Price
€61.14