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Chicago: Harved Publishers, 1955. 1955 edition. 8vo. Cloth. 660 p. + Atlas section with 16 color maps. Illustrated with black and white drawings. Signed by author. Weather charts and tips on what to wear on endpapers. A comprehensive and attractive travel guide to Europe, including extensive itineraries, shopping and dining guides, tips for ocean travel, trip preparation, recommended hotels and other lodging, plus individual chapters on specific countries and regions. Fine.. Signed by Author. Cloth. ... more information

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New York: W. W. Norton, 1983. First American edition. 8vo. Cloth. 281 p. Owner's bookplate. Fine in near fine jacket in mylar cover.. First American Edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1954. Reprint. 8vo. Cloth. 680 p. Illustrated by Bertram Greene. Maps by Erwin Rais. Index. A readable and lively history and biography of Christopher Columbus and his ocean voyages. Pristine fold-out maps. Fine.. Reprint. Cloth. Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by Greene, Bertram and Erwin Raisz. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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New York: Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 2002. 8vo. Soft cover. 246 p. The story of a singular event of the modern age in which thousands of spectators come together with celebrated aviators and artists, including Franz Kafka, Louis Bleriot, Giacomo Puccini, Glenn Curtis, Max Brod, and Gabriele D'Annunzio. Spotless. Fine.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Des Moines: Meredith Publishing Company, 1964. No edition stated. Green cloth binding, gold decoration and titles. Photographic endpapers. 208 pp. heavily illustrated with color and black and white photographs of famous gardens. Guide to historic homes and gardens, manual of landscaping and planting ideas, handbook of regional flowers, tree and shrubs, catalog of special gardens (topiary, perennials), collection of excellent gardening photography. Dustjacket has chip in rear and some edgewear. Very good in ... more information

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Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office, 1917. First edition. 8vo. Cloth. 607 p. Illustrated with photographs, maps, and charts. Includes annual reports of the departments and museums that make up the Smithsonian Institution, as well as financial reports and a report on buildings and equipment. The majority of the volume is taken up with articles on scientific discoveries and natural history, including news from the stars; distance of the heavenly bodies; census of the sky; gun-report ... more information

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Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office, 1916. First edition. 8vo. Cloth. 544 p. Illustrated with photographs, maps, and charts. Includes annual reports of the departments and museums that make up the Smithsonian Institution, as well as financial reports and a report on buildings and equipment. The majority of the volume is taken up with articles on scientific discoveries and natural history, including a review of astronomy for 1913; utilization of solar energy; constitution of matter ... more information

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Mississauga, ON, Canada: Random House of Canada, Limited, 1996. Protected with mylar jacket.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1954. First edition. 8vo. Cloth. 254 p. Maps on endpapers. An adventure novel based on the true exploits of explorer Cabeza de Vaca. Jacket has edgewear and several tears at ends of spine and corners. Near fine in very good dustjacket in mylar cover.. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Pittsburgh, PA: Carnegie Museum of Natural History, 1983. Presumed first edition. 4to. Soft cover. 206 p. Illustrated. Maps. Photographs. By developing extraordinary adaptations, plants, animals, and humans have won a precarious existence in the ruthless, beautiful world of the Arctic. Discusses the challenges of survival in this frozen world. Light shelf wear. Near fine.. Soft Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

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London: Chatto & Windus, 1955. First edition. 8vo. Cloth. 143 p. Early humor by Buchwald. Jacket has spotting and moderate egewear. Endpapers tanned. Very good in good, priceclipped jacket.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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New York: G. P. Putnam, 1866. New York: Putnam, 1866. First edition. 12mo. Green leather binding, blindstamped ruling, gold titles and decoration to spine. 509 pp. Engraved frontispiece, protective tissue, vignette dated 1862. Antique ex-library. Walks through 19th century California, Thuringian forest, Franconian Switzerland, New York State, Canada, New Jersey. Sketches of the Brownings. Edgewear to extremities, boards rubbed and skewed, moderate foxing. Good condition.. First Edition. Full Leather. Good. ... more information

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London: Bloomsbury, 1989. 4to. Cloth. 240 p. Gazetteer, bibliography, index. Color and black and white photographs and illustrations. A tour of the most ;mystical and enchanted places on earth, from the Garden of Eden to Mount Fuji, Ohio's serpent mound to Camelot. Beautifully illustrated. Fine in fine dustjacket in mylar cover.. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

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Chicago, IL: Rand McNally, 1922. Chicago, IL, Rand McNally, 1922. First edition. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY WILLIAM D. BOYCE TO SENATOR JAMES A. REED. 8vo. Lush green silk with gilt lettering embossed on spine and front board, endpapers decorated with a map of Australia and New Zealand, text block top edge gilt, illustrated with black and white photographs throughout, advertisements for other books by W.D. Boyce in rear of book, 381 pp. A fascinating look at Australia and New Zealand by famed American entrepre ... more information

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New Rochelle, New York: Arlington House Publishers, 1975. New Rochelle, NY, 1975. First edition. 8vo. Copper-brown cloth with maroon lettering embossed on spine, blind stamp on front board, illustrated with map and two black and white photographs, 184 pp. The first candid book about moving to Australia; the Faulks reveal the good and the bad and refrain from painting the continent as the Promised Land. They find that it is indeed a place to get away from it all, for the newspapers and TV commentators concen ... more information

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New York: William Morrow and Company, 1989. First edition. 8vo. Cloth. 447 p. Black and white photographs. A foreign correspondent trains his eye on his own country. Fine in near fine jacket in mylar cover.. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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New York: St. Martin's Press, 1978. First edition. 8vo. Cloth. 267 p. Bibliography. Index. Black and white photographs. Remnant of sticker on front of jacket. Near fine in very good jacket in mylar cover.. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Henry Holt & Company, LLC, 1997. New York: Holt, 1997. First edition. 8vo. Hard cover binding. Previous owner's inscription inside in pencil, else new/unread. Very good in near fine dustjacket, protected with a mylar cover.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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New York: MacMillan, 1946. First edition, first printing. 8vo. Cloth. 288 p. Black and white photographs. The author asserts that this might be the last book written about Cape Cod by a contemporary. It is a book about the Cape in its prime -- the 70 years between the clipper ship era and the age of automobiles. Minor edgewear. Near fine.. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Boston: Ginn & Company, 1922. Revised edition. Revised by Leroy Phillips. 12mo. Cloth. 136.+ p. Color maps. Black and white illustrations and photographs. A charming little guidebook to the city of Boston, Massachusetts. Gilt lettering and decoration on front. Fading to spine. Owner's name. Near fine.. Revised Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

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