London: Tinsley Brothers, 2001. Limited Edition. Hard Cover.
#378 of 500 copies, printed in facsimile in 2001 after the 1863 original. Edges lightly foxed, otherwise an excellent copy.
viii, [2], 303; 295 pp. Fold-out map follows text of first volume. A first-hand account by scholar Sir Richard Francis Burton, based.....
Hull and London: A. Brown & Sons, Ltd. Stapled Binding.
Large fold-out map repaired at one seam with tissue.
Showing at a glance the extended city boundary, parliamentary divisions, municipal wards and new streets.
New York: Paragon House, 1991. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Jacket edges rubbed, jacket lightly soiled, sticker ghost on rear jacket panel. Boards soiled.
xix, 250 pp. Examines the exploits of the explorer Frederick A. Cook and offers new evidence supporting his claim to discovery of the North Pole
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New York: Viking, 2003. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Bottom edge lightly bumped.
491 pp. "An account of the actual events surrounding the legendary conflict aboard the HMS Bounty focuses on the court-martial of its ten mutineers, citing the breakdown and exile of Master's Mate Fletcher Christian and Lieutenant Bligh's navigation.....
New York: Viking, 2003. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Corners pushed, jacket corners lightly rubbed.
491 pp. "An account of the actual events surrounding the legendary conflict aboard the HMS Bounty focuses on the court-martial of its ten mutineers, citing the breakdown and exile of Master's Mate Fletcher Christian and Lieutenant.....
New York: Penguin Books, 2004. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback.
First printing. Edge wear.
491 pp. "An account of the actual events surrounding the legendary conflict aboard the HMS Bounty focuses on the court-martial of its ten mutineers, citing the breakdown and exile of Master's Mate Fletcher Christian and Lieutenant Bligh's navigation talents."
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New York: Knopf, 1994. First American Edition. Hard Cover.
First American edition. An exceptional copy.
205 pp. The author of One Dry Season describes her wide-ranging odyssey in search of those places that collectively inspired Coleridge's legendary poem, "Kubla Khan," from Inner Mongolia and North Florida, to Kashmir, Ethiopia, and.....
New York: 20th Century Books, 1984. Trade Paperback.
Still in packaging. Fine condition.
228 pp. An explosive adventure story set in the jungle highlands of Indochina after the fall of Vietnam. You've never read anything quite like it. The war in Vietnam as it was then, 1964-1972, and as it.....
New York: American Heritage Publishing Co., Inc., 1963. Large Hardcover.
Jacket bumped, torn on spine, chipped on inner flap edges, foxing on the inside. Top of spine bumped, foxing on top of pages, ink spots on front and back pages, ink note on first page.
384 pp. Pictures and describes.....
Rochester, New York: Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, 1984. Limited Edition. Large Softcover.
Limited edition, one of 1500 copies. Spine toned.
88 pp. A collection of art focusing on the Erie Canal, more specifically on the Rochester area.
Rochester, New York: Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, 1984. Large Softcover.
Covers lightly toned.
88 pp. A collection of art focusing on the Erie Canal, more specifically on the Rochester area.
Chicago: S.C. Griggs and Company, 1874. First Edition. Hard Cover.
U.S. Secretary of State Robert Lansing's copy, with his bookplate on front endpaper, and his ink name and date on flyleaf. (these were purchased from a family library in Henderson Harbor, NY, near his birthplace in Watertown, which included many.....
Toronto: Collier-Macmillan, 1969. Angier, Vena. 9th Printing. Mass Market Paperback.
Ninth printing. Spine and front cover creased, edge wear, page ridges foxed.
285 pp. Illustrated by Vena Angier. A practical and indispensable guide for anyone venturing into the outdoors and backcountry, this classic resource by wilderness expert Branford Angier is.....
New York: Robert M. McBride & Company, 1940. Archbold, Richard; Rand, A.L.; Brass, L.J.; Tate, G.H.H.; Healy, M.J.; Willis, L.A. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. No jacket. Edges rubbed, ink note and ink stamps on endpapers, paper remains adhered to rear paste-down endpaper.
xviii, 206 pp. Fold-out sketch map.....
New York: David McKay Company, Inc., 1965. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover.
Jacket corners lightly rubbed. Ink gift note on FFE, some pages creased.
158 pp. "Following the time-honored tradition of sea stories, this account of a tense three-day struggle to save a ship (S.S. Kariba) is told in vigorous.....
New York: Army and Navy Journal / D. Appleton & Company. Small Hard Cover.
No publisher date. No jacket. Boards rubbed and creased, ink name and address on front paste-down endpaper.
246 pp. Includes black-and-white illustrations. CONTENTS: Part I. Drill: Introduction; Orders, Commands and Signals; School of the Soldier; School.....
New York: The F.M. Lupton Publishing Company, 1890. Reissue. Hard Cover.
Reissue. U.S. Secretary of State Robert Lansing's copy, with his bookplate on front endpaper (these were purchased from a family library in Henderson Harbor, NY, near his birthplace in Watertown, which included many other works owned by him). No.....
Leipsic: Karl Baedeker, 1891. Hard Cover.
Marbled page ridges. Front and rear hinges starting, ink name to front endpaper.
lxii, 401 pp. With 13 maps and 20 plans. CONTENTS: Introduction: A) Belgium, B) Holland; Belgium; Luxembourg; Holland; Maps; Plans of Towns; Abbreviations.
Southampton, Ontario: 1994. Stapled Binding.
A fine copy.
20 pp. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs and ads. The evolution of the Huron boat style.
New York: Cosmopolitan Book Corporation, 1931. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. No jacket, corners lightly bumped, ink note on front endpaper, pages faintly toned.
x, 267 pp. "Features juveniles who discover a Lost Race of Vikings in Alaska." "John Ernest Bechdolt (1884–1954) was an American short story writer, novelist.....
Philadelphia: Carey & Lea, 1832. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First American edition. Boards rubbed with some loss from spine label and light spots to boards, foxed throughout, Oxford bookstore bookplate on front endpaper.
xi, 493 pp. 8vo. 24-page publisher catalog bound in following text. Originally published in two volumes in.....
Cleveland, O. / New York, N.Y. The World Syndicate Publishing Co., 1935. Hard Cover.
Surface tear on front jacket panel, some chips and tears to jacket edges, jacket spine lightly toned.
245 pp. An adventure tale of a group of boys who set out on a sailboat for the island.....
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1998. Hildebrand, Ron. First Edition. Soft Cover.
First edition. Includes bellyband. Top page ridge lightly soiled.
224 pp. Illustrations by Ron Hildebrand. This book is for hikers who find themselves looking to see what's over the next ridge. It's for people who have wondered.....
New York: Penguin Books, 2012. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback.
1st printing. An exceptional copy.
xv, 423 pp. "He knew nothing of celestial navigation or of the existence of the Pacific Ocean. He was a self-promoting and ambitious entrepreneur. His maps were a hybrid of fantasy and delusion. When he did.....
New York: Perennial, 2004. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback.
1st printing. Faint toning.
458 pp. Ferdinand Magellan's daring circumnavigation of the globe in the sixteenth century was a three-year odyssey filled with sex, violence, and amazing adventure. Now in Over the Edge of the World, prize-winning biographer and journalist Laurence Bergreen.....