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Image for Denmark Delineated; or, Sketches of the Present State of that Country. Illustrated with Portraits, Views, and Other Engravings from Drawings by Eminent Danish Artists (Reprint)

Denmark Delineated; or, Sketches of the Present State of that Country. Illustrated with Portraits, Views, and Other Engravings from Drawings by Eminent Danish Artists (Reprint)

By: A. Anderson Feldborg

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Copenhagen, Rosenkilde and Bagger: 1976

Seller ID: 031776

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Like New

Photographical reprint. Handsome crafted binding. Engraved frontispiece and 23 engraved plates (showing landmarks of Copenhagen and Northern Zealand. Orig. boards. Author was a Dane living in England from the beginning of the 19th century. He made large efforts to open his new countrymens' eyes for the qualities of his native country, despite the Anglo-Danish wars of 1801 and 1807-14. Among the artists behind the plates are C.W. Eckersberg, the founder of Danish Golden Age painting. No writing in the book. vi, 36, 104, 16,4, 74pp. Solid copy. Full refund if not satisfied.
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The Role of the Deserts

By: A. J. McInerny

Price: $40.00

Publisher: London, Channing Press: 1933

Seller ID: 032215

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

McInerny also wrote ?Deserts & The Birth of Civilizations?. Yellow fabric cloth covers showing light soiling. Frontispiece. Illustrated. Distributor's label on title page and Publisher's advertisement page. 43pp., with index and ads. Two plates and maps, 1 folding illustration. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Stanley's Emin Pasha Expedition (First American Edition)

By: A. J. Wauters

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott Company: 1890

Seller ID: 032154

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Large, folding, colored map at rear is present. Brown illustrated cloth. Gold lettering and design on spine and front cover. Decorated end-papers. Gift inscription on front free end paper. 33 portraits and illustrations. xvii, 378pp., with an index. Publisher's ads. Newspaper article laid in (over half title page). Full refund if not satisfied.
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Black's Tourist Guide to Derbyshire: Its Towns, Watering-places, Dales and Mansions

By: Adam and Charles Black

Price: $15.00

Publisher: London, Adam and Charles Black: 15.00

Seller ID: 030881

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Black cloth with gold gilt lettering on spine and front cover. Previous owner's name written inside front cover. Frontispiece. Illustrated. Folding maps (a few closed tears). 272pp., index, with 128pp advertising section. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Adventures of the first settlers on the Columbia River (Great Americana)

By: Alexander Ross

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Readex Microprint: 1966

Seller ID: 033801

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Part of the Great Americana Series. Facsimile reprint of the 1849 Smith, Elder and Co. (London) first edition, with a three-page modern foreword. Red leatherette boards with gilt lettering on spine and front cover. Fine condition. xv, 352pp., with ads. These facsimiles are the most affordable way to study, own and enjoy rare Americana. Leather spine label. Decorated end papers. Illustrated. Solid copy. No writing in the book. Full refund if not satisfied.
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The Andaman Islanders (First Thus)

By: Alfred Reginald Radcliffe-Brow

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Free Press of Glencoe: 1964

Seller ID: 032129

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

An investigation of the physical characteristics, language, culture and technology of a primitive society. A major contribution to the development of modern anthropological techniques. Paperback. Illustrated. No writing in the book. xiv, 510pp., index. Maps. Full refund if not satisfied.
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I Am Going to Italy (First Edition)

By: Anita Daniel

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Coward-McCann, Inc: 1955

Seller ID: 030711

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good +

An intimate guide to Italy. Based on real knowledge and love of Italy. Includes all the details not found in any of the typical guidebooks. Green cloth with gold lettering and design on spine and front cover. No writing in the book. Illustrated end-papers. 250pp. Dust jacket damp-stained. Full refund if not satisfied.
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The Magyars: Their Country and Institutions (Volume 1 of 2) First Edition

By: Arthur J. Patterson

Price: $20.00

Publisher: London, Smith, Elder & Co: 1869

Seller ID: 033455

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good -

Green gilt cloth with gold and black lettering and design. Attractive binding. First Edition. Volume 1 0f 2 only. xxiii, 335pp. Inner hinges split. Ex-library remainders. 2 of 3 maps missing (frontispiece map is present). Binding split at pp192-3. Full refund if not satisfied.
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At Home in Scotland (First Edition)

By: Astaire, Lesley; Martine, Roddy

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, Abbeville Press: 1987

Seller ID: 033484

ISBN: 0896597679

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

This splendid book provides a rare look inside 27 Scottish houses, castles, country estates and inner-city apartments. The result is an absorbing view into the design, taste and customs of Scotland and the Scottish way of life. Cream cloth with red spine lettering. Illustrated with 292 full-color photos. 240pp., index. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Sketches in Holland and Scandinavia

By: Augustus J. C. Hare

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, MacMillan & Co: 1896

Seller ID: 031775

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good -

Scenes from Holland, Denmark, Sweden, and Norway. Attractive binding. Black cloth with red and gold lettering and design. No writing in the book. Illustrated. Half title page torn with lose (none to text). 134pp. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Tales of Mayaland (First Edition)

By: Blanche Collet Wagner

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Pasadena, CA, San Pasquel Press: 1938

Seller ID: 031766

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good +

This book consists of six delightful stories which children and older people will find charming. The author takes us to ancient Chichen-Itza which was, for a time, the sacred city and capital of the Itzeas, the great Mayan race living in Yucatan. This is the limited first edition (1,000 copies). Illustrated boards. There is no writing in the book. Illustrated. Mylar cover. 88pp. Full refund if not satisfied. Quite a nice copy.
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History of the Donner Party

By: Charles Fayette McGlashan

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Readex Microprint: 1966

Seller ID: 033798

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Part of the Great Americana Series. Howes M102: "Best account of the most harrowing of all overland disasters." Brown leatherette boards with gilt lettering on spine and front cover. Near fine condition. These facsimiles are the most affordable way to study, own and enjoy rare Americana. 193pp. Leather spine label. Decorated end papers. Illustrated. Solid copy. No writing in the book. Full refund if not satisfied.
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The Lost Canyon of the Toltecs: An Account of Strange Adventures in Central America (First Edition)

By: Charles Sumner Seeley

Price: $65.00

Publisher: Chicago, A. C. McClurg and Company: 1893

Seller ID: 032087

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Lost race adventure novel of the discovery of an inhabited ancient Toltec city in Panama. Brown decorated cloth. Original decorated brown cloth, front panel stamped in dark brown, spine panel stamped in gold. Gift inscription on Contents page. There is no other writing in the book. 275pp., with 11 pages of Publisher's ads. Spine cocked. Attractive binding. A clean unmarked copy. First Edition. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Strolls in the Golden Age City of Copenhagen (First Edition)

By: Claus M Smidt; Mette Winge; W. Glyn Jones [Translator]

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Gyldendal: 1996

Seller ID: 031760

ISBN: 8700254088

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Like New

Paperback. Like New Condition. Illustrated. 208pp., index. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Sketches of Residence and Travels in Brazil, embracing Historical and Geographical Notices of the Empire and its several provinces (Volume 2 of 2) First Edition

By: Daniel P. Kidder

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, Sorin & Ball: 1845

Seller ID: 031918

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Full leather with original black leather spine labels (partially gone). Marbled end papers. All page edges marbled. Leather missing from top 1.25 inches of spine. 40% of lower spine label missing. Frontispiece with tissue guard (25% missing). Illustrated (one of 17 illustrations is missing on page 154 - Viscount of Olinda). Moderate foxing. 404pp. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Handbook of the Netherlands East-Indies. Edition 1924 (First Edition)

By: Division of Commerce of the Department of Agriculture, Industry and Commerce, Java

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Buitenzorg, Division of Commerce of the Department of Agriculture, Industry and Commerce, Java: 1924

Seller ID: 032187

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Good

Original flexible cloth. Illustrated. Color frontispiece with tissue guard. Maps (folding color map at rear is present). (8), 334p. plus (17)pages advertisements. Illustrated end papers (maps). Spine lettering (white) is worn. Full refund if not satisfied.
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The Last Grain Race

By: Eric Newby

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Melbourne, Lonely Planet: 1999

Seller ID: 030931

ISBN: 0864427689

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good +

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 formidable journey. Paperback. Pictorial cover. No writing in the book. 285pp. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Hidden Dublin: Deadbeats, Dossers and Decent Skins

By: Frank Hopkins

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Mercier Press: 2008

Seller ID: 031632

ISBN: 1856355918

Binding: Paperback

Condition: New

Criminal incidents, accidents, whippings, beatings, jail escapes and hangings were all part of Dublin's `brilliant parade' in the eighteenth and nineteenth century, including actors, clergymen, scientists, politicians and rogues and rascals of every hue. Hopkins describes the poverty, soup kitchens, food riots, street beggars and workhouses that were all a feature of Dublin life. He also introduces us to the weird, wonderful, and often downright strange customs and pastimes of Dubliners stretching back to the Middle Ages, such as the `bearing of balls' annual parade by the city's bachelors and...
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Travel and Adventure in the Territory of Alaska

By: Frederick Whymper

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Readex Microprint: 1966

Seller ID: 033797

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Part of the Great Americana Series. Facsimile reprint of the very rare London edition of 1868. Navy leatherette boards with gilt lettering on spine and front cover. Near fine condition. These facsimiles are the most affordable way to study, own and enjoy rare Americana. xix, 331pp. Leather spine label. Decorated end papers. Illustrated. Solid copy. No writing in the book. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands (2 volumes)

By: Harriet Beecher Stowe

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Boston, Phillips, Sampson, and Company: 1854

Seller ID: 034584

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good -

Volume 1 is good plus. Volume 2 is reading copy only. Overall Good minus. Volume 2 page gatherings pulled. Half of spine gone. Inner hinges broken. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Time Runs Out (Signed First Edition)

By: Henry J. Taylor

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Garden City, NY, Doubleday, Doran & Co.: 1942

Seller ID: 030988

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Author's gift inscription on half title page. There is no other writing in the book. Illustrated end-papers (maps). Spine and front hinge a bit faded. viii, 333pp., index. Full refund if not satisfied.
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An Expedition To The Valley Of The Great Salt Lake Of Utah

By: Howard Stansbury

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Readex Microprint: 1966

Seller ID: 033810

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Part of the Great Americana Series. Facsimile reprint recounting the journey of the Mormon settlers of the Rocky Mountain region. Tan leatherette boards with gilt lettering on spine and front cover. These facsimiles are the most affordable way to study, own and enjoy rare Americana. Leather spine label. 267pp. Illustrated. Solid copy. No writing in the book. Full refund if not satisfied.
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The Journal of A Tour To The Hebrides with Samuel Johnson

By: James Boswell

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Limited Editions Club: 1974

Seller ID: 037642

Binding: Leather

Condition: Near Fine

Red half morocco with raised bands. Marbled boards. Top edges gilt. Illustrated end-papers (maps). Limited Editions Club #1865 of 2000. xxviii, 327pp. Lacking slipcase. Solid copy. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Journal of Captain Cook's Last Voyage to the Pacific Ocean

By: Joh Rickman

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Readex Microprint: 1966

Seller ID: 033788

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Part of the Great Americana Series. Facsimile of the rare Cincinnati 1781 London edition. Fine condition. These facsimiles are the most affordable way to study, own and enjoy rare Americana. Original leather grained cloth binding. Decorated end papers. xlvi, 392 (4). Solid copy. No writing in the book. Full refund if not satisfied.
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The Vanishing Irish: The Enigma of the Modern World (First Edition)

By: John A. O'Brien

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, McGraw-Hill Book Company: 1953

Seller ID: 033420

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

A challenging discussion of one of the strangest of modern phenomena: Ireland's declining population. Contributions by various authors. Navy cloth with light blue lettering on spine. ix, 258pp., index. Mylar cover. Previous owner's name written inside front cover. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Culture and Customs of Japan (Cultures and Customs of the World) First Edition

By: Kamachi, Noriko

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Westport, CT, Greenwood: 1999

Seller ID: 032073

ISBN: 0313301972

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Their society has been changing rapidly in modern times, yet for most Japanese, cultural traditions retain their importance in daily life. This volume highlights those traditional Japanese elements in modern society, providing an engaging examination of religious rituals, classic and modern literature, performing arts, fine arts and handicrafts, housing, clothing, women's roles and family life, holidays and festivals, and social customs. The book gives students a deeper understanding of Japan beyond popular stereotypes of an Asian economic powerhouse. Pictorial cover. No writing in the book....
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Image for Shipping Guide (Captain's Guide) On Charter Parties, Bills of Lading, Manifests and Other Ships Documents for Shipping Offices, Captains, Mates, Agetns, Brokers, Schools, et cetera

Shipping Guide (Captain's Guide) On Charter Parties, Bills of Lading, Manifests and Other Ships Documents for Shipping Offices, Captains, Mates, Agetns, Brokers, Schools, et cetera

By: Knud Strandgaard

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Copenhagen, G. E. C. Gad: 1951

Seller ID: 030833

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

A historical survey on the continental ideologies from the points of view of shipping. The book in extracts was broadcast over USA radio stations in 1950. Green publisher's cloth with gold lettering on spine and front cover. Text is crisp and clean. 320pp., index. Mylar cover. Some pieces missing from dust jacket. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Peoples of Central Asia: Ulalic and Altaic Series Volume 26 (First Edition)

By: Lawrence Krader

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Bloomington, IN, Indiana University Publications: 1963

Seller ID: 032131

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

The purpose of this volume is to introduce the reader to an area which is a part of the Soviet Union, Central Aisa, including Kazakhstan focusing on the indigenous people of those areas and their traditional cultures. Paperback. A few small closed tears on rear hinge. Both maps are located in a pocket at the back of the book. Contents: I. Ecology and Economy. II. Languages. III. Formation of Peoples. IV. History. V. Religion. VI. Family and Society. VII. Demography. VIII. Cities. Includes 4 Appendices. No writing in the book. xiv, 319pp., index. Full refund if not satisfied.
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A Journal of the Overland Route to California (Great Americana)

By: Lorenzo D. Aldrich

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Readex Microprint: 1966

Seller ID: 031980

Binding: Leatherette

Condition: Near Fine

Facsimile reprint. Navy leatherette. No writing in the book. Full refund if not satisfied. 48pp. Part of the Great Americana series.
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Anglo-American Landscapes: A Study of Nineteenth-Century Anglo-American Travel Literature (First Edition)

By: Mulvey, Christopher

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Cambridge and New York, Cambridge University Press: 1983

Seller ID: 031969

ISBN: 0521237556

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

During the nineteenth century some hundreds of Englishmen and Americans visited each other's country and then published account of their journeys in the form of travel books. In his examination of the aesthetic values inherent in such books and the national prejudices and preconceptions betrayed by their authors, Christopher Mulvey has written a fascinating and entertaining chapter in nineteenth-century cultural history. The apprehensive Englishmen went to America as to a laboratory in which democracy was under investigation - as if to an England of the future. The sentimental American went to...
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National Geographic Atlas of China

By: National Geographic

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Washington, D. C., National Geographic: 2009

Seller ID: 030955

ISBN: 1426203276

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

Maps in this atlas were created by using advanced satellite and digital imaging, GPS and other technologies. Paperback. Pictorial cover. Illustrated. 128pp., index. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Narrative of Voyages and Excursions on the East Coast and in the Interior of Central America. Facsimile of the 1827 Edition

By: Orlando W. Roberts

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Gainesville, FL, University of Florida: 1965

Seller ID: 037767

ISBN: 0813001994

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

1965 facsimile of the 1827 edition, Latin American Gateway Series. Metallic blue hardcover stamped in gilt, about 6" tall, folding map attached to inner front cover. Light rubbing to the extremities, firm binding, clean pages, no names or other markings. Describes a journey up the River San Juan and passage across the Lake of Nicaragua to the City of Leon. Introduction By Hugh Craggs. Mylar cover. Laid in frontispiece folding map. 302pp., index. Full refund if not satisfied.
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The Kalmyk Mongols. A study in continuity and change (First Edition)

By: Paula G. Rubel

Price: $100.00

Publisher: Bloomington, IN, Indiana University Publications: 1967

Seller ID: 032130

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

This book is volume 64 of the Uralic & Altaic Series, Thomas A, Sebeok, Editor. It is the study of an immigrant group in the United States which emigrated from the Soviet Union. First edition paperback. Very Good condition. Illustrations. xiv, 282p. Original wrapper. No writing in the book. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Jamaica Gallery (Signed First Edition)

By: Philip Kappel

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Boston and Toronto, Little, Brown and Company: 1960

Seller ID: 031957

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

A Documentary of the Island of Jamaica, West Indies. Includes a card signed by the author laid in. Author's gift inscription on front free end paper. Limited first edition of 1000 signed copies. Illustrated. Not paginated. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Image for Berlin and its Treasures being a Series of Views of the Principal Buildings, Churches, Monuments, etc. with a Selection of Subjects from the Royal Picture Gallery...and An Historical Descriptive Account of the Prussiian Capital

Berlin and its Treasures being a Series of Views of the Principal Buildings, Churches, Monuments, etc. with a Selection of Subjects from the Royal Picture Gallery...and An Historical Descriptive Account of the Prussiian Capital

By: Proprietors Of The Berlin Museum

Price: $150.00

Publisher: Dreaden & Leipzig, A. H. Payne: 1867

Seller ID: 029169

Binding: Leather

Condition: Very Good

Full brown calf. Embossed covers with gold gilt lettering on spine and front cover. Raised bands. Front cover professionally and beautifully re-attached. All page edges gilt. Frontispiece with tissue guard. Engraved in the first style in steel. Marbled end-papers. 252pp. Handsome binding. An attractive book. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Remembering Ahanagran: Storytelling in a Fmily's Past

By: Richard White

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Cork, Ireland, Cork University Press: 1999

Seller ID: 031634

ISBN: 1859182321

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

A sweet memoir of a young woman in Ireland and her painful but successful emigration to the United States. Paperback. No writing in the book. 273pp., index. Full refund if not satisfied.
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On An Irish Jaunting-Car Through Donegal and Connemara (First Edition)

By: S. G. Bayne

Price: $30.00

Publisher: New York and London, Harper & Brothers: 1902

Seller ID: 030715

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

This book was the result of the author's few weeks' tour through the north, west and south of Ireland. Green illustrated cloth with gold and white lettering on spine and front cover. Previous owner's name written on front free end-paper. There is no other writing in the book. Illustrated. Frontispiece with tissue guard. viii, 138pp. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Across the Continent: A Summer's Journey to the Rocky Mountains, the Mormons, and the Pacific States

By: Samuel Bowles

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Readex Microprint: 1966

Seller ID: 033802

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Part of the Great Americana Series. Facsimile reprint. 452 pages plus 6 pages of ads. Fold out map of Western Territories and the Route Traveled. Fine.Red leatherette boards with gilt lettering on spine and front cover. Fine condition. These facsimiles are the most affordable way to study, own and enjoy rare Americana. Leather spine label. Decorated end papers. Illustrated. Solid copy. No writing in the book. Full refund if not satisfied.
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A Visit to Don Otavio: A traveller's tale from Mexico

By: Sybille Bedford

Price: $15.00

Publisher: London, The Folio Society: 1990

Seller ID: 059257

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Introduction by Bruce Chatwin. Bound in full orange with design in red. Black label-like design with gold lettering on spine.. Pale brown end sheets with map in red. Sixteen pages of plates with photographs plus fifteen drawings by Biro in the text. 273 pp. Pale brown slip case. Book in near fine condition. Marks on label-like area of spine, else Fine. Slip case in fine condition. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Nagel's Encyclopedia Guide: Iran

By: Unknown; Illustrated [Illustrator]

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Geneva Paris Munich, Nagel Publishers: 1972

Seller ID: 025930

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Blue cloth, illustrated, writing inside both covers and marginalia, 391pp., index. Full refund if not satisfied.
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The Mapmakers, Revised Edition

By: Wilford, John Noble

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Alfred A. Knopf: 2000

Seller ID: 030904

ISBN: 0375409297

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

The story of the great pioneers in cartography from antiquity to the space age. Author was winner of two Pulitzer prizes. Two toned cloth with gold spine lettering. 10 illustrations. 40 maps. xi, 508pp., index. Dust jacket is not price clipped. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Category: Travel & Exploration