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New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1881. Black and White Illustrations. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. SECOND PRINTING. Bound in brown cloth. Cover has gilt drawing of a windmill and black lettering. Gilt lettering on the spine. Translated from Italian by Caroline Tilton. 408pp. CONDITION: Ex-Libris. Previous owners label on inside cover.....
Item #068768
Firenze: Vallecchi editore, 1970. Illustrated. First Edition. Hardcover. Brown cloth with gold lettering, text clean and tight, no writing in the book, top fore-edge of text block age-toned, 160pp., with a map of the destroyed center of Florence and 163 illustrations, Full refund if not satisfied.
Item #023546
Dublin: John Jones, 1804. Hardcover. SECOND EDITION. Green half-bound leather with marbleized paper boards. Spine is rebound with 4 raised bands and gilt lettering and design. Illustrated throughout with 30 plates (some of which fold out) plus an illustrated frontispiece and title page. Covers moderately rubbed, consistent with the book's.....
Item #064656
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1854. Hardcover. Slate-grey cloth covers with gilt lettering to spine. Gilt ship design on spine and front board. Boards are worn with open corners. Exterior hinges cracked and spine backstrip is chipped/peeling at edges (lettering not affected). Interior hinges good. Binding tight. Penciled writing.....
Item #014317
Johnson City, TN: J. Scott Graham, 2003. Illustrated. First Printing. Hardcover. Near fine hardcover in fine dust jacket. Signed by the photographer on the first free end sheet. Gift worthy! Full refund if not satisfied. 12x12x0.
Item #022075
Genealogy Publishing Service, 1995. Hardcover. New copy in shrink wrap. Full refund if not satisfied.
Item #026599
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1983. Illustrated. First American Edition. Hardcover. An unprecedented photographic portrait of Switzerland in 28 panoramic (360 degree) aerial views. Oblong cloth. Near fine condition. Illustrated. 200pp. Dust jacket price clipped. Previous owner's name written and stamped in several places. Full refund if not satisfied...
Item #036687
Boston: Phillips, Sampson & Company, 1857. Illustrated. First Edition. Hardcover. Rebacked. Original black gilt cloth boards. Publisher's ads on end papers. Previous owner's name written inside front cover. Frontispiece portrait. Illustrated. Folding map. No writing in the book. Spine heavily worn with cloth missing. Corners and board edges worn. x......
Item #027068
Philadelphia: Philadelphia Book Company, 1873. Illustrated. First Edition. Hardcover. History of Arctic explorations, including Russian (Deshneff); Depteff, Behring, Schalaroff; Admiral Van Wrangell. Parry's first, second and third voyages.Sir John Franklin's first and second land expeditions. Scoresby's Discoveries. Grinnell expedition. Elisha Kent Kane, M.D. Brown decorated cloth. Previous owner's name written.....
Item #035544
Melbourne: Lonely Planet, 1999. Reprint Edition. Paperback. This is Newby's spell-binding account of his time spent the the Moshulu's last voyage in the Australian grain trade. At age 18, he signed up for the round trip sail from Europe to Australia in the last commercial sailing fleet to make that.....
Item #030931
London | Seattle: Baton Wicks with Mountaineers Books, 1999. Illustrated with photographs. Hardcover. SIX BOOKS IN ONE VOLUME. Eric Shipton (1907-1977) is generally accepted to be one of the great mountain explorers of the twentieth century. Includes: Nanda Devi; Blank on the Map; Upon That Mountain; Mountains of Tartary; Mt.....
Item #061164
Post Mills, VT: Chelsea Green Publishing Company, 1990. Black and White Photographs. First Printing. Paperback. Glossy pictorial paper covers with title front and spine; photographer/traveller information on rear with photos. 183 pp. Condition: Fine unmarked book. Full refund if not satisfied.
Item #074549
Illustrated. Hardcover. Pictorial cover. Illustrated. 85; 11pp. Written in Hebrew and English. Full refund if not satisfied.
Item #041243
Mexico: Centro De Estudios De Historia De Mexico Condumex, 1983. Limited Edition 400 Copies. Paperback. Facsimile reproduction. Limited Edition, 400 made. Paperback. Beige cover with red and black lettering and illustration. Fold out color map. CONDITION: Pages are crisp and clean. Pages are not numbered, approximately 200 pp. Text block.....
Item #069052
Hoboken, NJ: Wiley Publishing, 2010. Illustrated. First Edition. Paperback. Hawaii Day by Day features hundreds of gorgeous color photos of the sights and experiences that await you. Our author, a longtime resident of the Big Island, hits all the highlights, from Pearl Harbor to Haleakala to Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.....
Item #035424
Rome: Salvatorian College, 1925. Illustrated. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. This book was written to help visitors to Rome recall to mind by short descriptions and illustrations, the chief places of interest (in Rome) and their salient features. Oblong. Paper covered printed boards. Personal library bookplate inside front cover. 400pp., index. Full.....
Item #034966
New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1875. 345 Engravings on Wood. New Edition, Revised and Abridge. Hardcover. New, Revised and Abridged Edition, 1875. Francis Wey (1812-1882) was a French art critic and pioneering photography critic. This beautiful volume reveals the ancient and religious metropolis of Rome, as well as being.....
Item #070957
Umschau Buchverlag, 1995. Illustrated. Hardcover. Near fine hardcover in near fine pictorial dust jacket. Very light edge wear to the top of the dust jacket. Full refund if not satisfied.
Item #021907
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1950. Illustrated. De Luxe Edition. Leather. Preface by Christopher Morley. Bound in full brown leather with black leather spine label. Five faux raised bands. Gilt compartments. Label stamped in gilt. Marbled end-papers. Top edge gilt. Marbled end papers. xxix, 370pp., index. Frontispiece color map. Head of spine.....
Item #037565
Unnamed, c. 1909. Hardcover. 'Thrilling stories of adventure and wild animals of the world' taken from cover. Over 300 half-tone illustrations, some taken by author. Color frontispiece. Burgundy cloth boards with black and white illustration pasted on front (both cover and photo faded). Title in faded gold and black. Top.....
Item #065899
Boston: Marshall Jones Company, 1907. Black and White Illustrations. Hardcover. Volume 5, China. Bound in dark green cloth with gilt title on spines. Gilt top edge. Generously illustrated with maps and engravings xiii 739-928pp. CONDITION: Normal shelf, edge and corner wear. Rubbed and spotted. Pages are crisp and clean. Binding.....
Item #074995
New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1842. Hardcover. Two volumes in one book contain the history of the enigmatic Gypsy culture and an original collection of their songs and poetry. Little is known of their jargon, origin, migrations, characteristics, stories and traditions. Brown cloth boards with stamped decor on front, back.....
Item #059950
New York: Burgess, Stringer & Co, 1848. Illustrated. First American Edition. Hardcover. Original brown cloth with both covers having a blindstamped decoration and the spine having gilt lettering. xvi, 296; xii, 336pp. Heads and tails of spines a bit worn and chipped, First front end paper missing from volume 1.....
Item #020296
London: William Bulmer and Co, 1804. Illustrated. Morocco leather. This book describes, in gruesome detail, the forms of punishments for numerous crimes committed in China. Each plate illustrates one type of punishment, ranging in severity, from the milder “Conducting an Offender into Banishment†to the more violent, “Hamstringing a Malefactor.â€ÂÂ.....
Item #038934
Belfast: M'Caw, Stevenson & Orr, 1877. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. Scarce as a First. Green paneled cloth with gold spine lettering. Inner hinges clear-taped and a bit on head of spine. Previous owner's name stamped inside front and rear cover. ix, 622pp., index. Full refund if not satisfied...
Item #036724