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Harding, Mike
Footloose in the Himalaya
London UK: Michael Joseph 1989. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Oblong 7.5"x10". 246pp. Grey cloth-covered boards with giltstamped title to spine. Spine slanted. Sun-faded edges. Two corners bumped. Textblock edges foxed. Photographic dust jacket covered in protective mylar. Half title & index foxed. Color photos throughout. Signed by Harding & inscribed "For Jonathan and Tom wishing you 'bond' voyage. The bicycler boy is here now waiting to take this so the only mildly witty thing I can think of is "No man is an island except Fred Madagascar'--To Tip and Top with love" in calligraphic marker to half title. Association copy of the poets Jonathan Williams & Thomas Meyer. Michael Joseph hardcover
Referencia librero : 3789 ISBN : 0718131371 9780718131371
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Harding, Mike
Walking the Peak and Pennines
London UK: Michael Joseph 1992. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Oblong 7.5"x10". 246pp. Green cloth-covered boards with giltstamped title to spine. Textblock edges foxed. Photographic dust jacket covered in protective mylar: inner panels toned. Photographic endpapers foxed. Color photos throughout. Signed by Harding & inscribed "For Tom & Jonathan the poets of Skywinding last keeper's of the grail in FPatsylvania's cultural wilderness" in calligraphic marker to half title. Association copy of the poets Jonathan Williams & Thomas Meyer. Michael Joseph hardcover
Referencia librero : 3788 ISBN : 0718133587 9780718133580
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HARDINGHAM B.G.
Boys and Girls of the British World
With many illustrations in colour . 16mo. pp. 248. . Molto buono (Very Good). . . .
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Hardwick, Mollie
The world of Upstairs, downstairs
256pp. 25 cm. Hardcover Very good condition good
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Hardy RWH. R. W.
Travels in the Interior of Mexico In 1825 1826 1827 & 1828
Glorieta NM: Rio Grande Press 1977. Hardcover. Fine. Reprint of the 1829 edition. 558 pp foldout map with map illustrations appendix index. Fine copy in decorative cloth. "When author Hardy traveled from the mainland to the Baja and around the Sea of Cortes he was confronted with great empty vistas of terra incognita . Lieut. Hardy an Englishman lately an officer in the Royal Navy described Mexico he visited as it was shortly after throwing off the heavy yoke of Imperial Spain. He traveled literally thousands of miles by boat muleback and shank's mare. There were no luxuries for travelers in Mexico in those days" Publisher's Preface. Rio Grande Press hardcover books
Referencia librero : 962
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Hardy, A.C.; Howard, Sidney; Bowen, Frank C.
Shipping Wonders of the World - Romance of the Seven Seas in Story and Picture - Part 17 (Seveteen)
Pages 517-548 Many great black and white photos. Features: Salvage of the "Araby" (continued); The Great Lakes - Colossal engineering feats involving a system of deep water canals have made an outlet to the sea for shipping; Sea Shanties - modern machinery often obviates the necessity of singing shanties even in sailing ships - with great photos of seamen at work; Coastal Motor-Boats - they rendered conspicuous service during the historic raid on Zeebrugge; The Voyages of Captain Cook; Novelties in Ship Design - revolutionary ideas in naval architecture; The "Chelyuskin" Rescue. Moderate wear. Three-hole punched. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
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Hardy, Brian
London Underground Rolling Stock
A clean, unmarked copy with a tight binding. 96 pages. Full of color photos.
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Hardy, Gerry; Hardy, Sue
Fifty Hikes in Connecticut: Short Walks and Day Hikes Around the Nutmeg State
A trade paperback in very good condition with lightly rubbed wraps. Clean, tight, unmarked. ...
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HARDY, Justine
The Ochre Border; A Journey Through the Tibetan Frontierlands
8vo [24 x 16 cm]; 191 pp, color and black and white illustrations from photos on plates, map showing author's route, bibliog. original cloth, silver title lettering on spine, dj (not price clipped, tiny tear at edge), clean, fine and unmarked. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The author's account of her travels from the Spiti Valley in Tibet, from Manali, through the Parvati valley, Pulga, Pin-Parvati Pass, Kaza, etc, with good descriptions of the people, scenes, customs, etc.
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HARE, AUGUSTUS J C:
North-Eastern South Eastern South Western and North Western France. The set of four volumes.
George Allen London 1890. Published 1890-1895 and n.d. First editions. Illustrations folding maps. 8vo 7 5/8 x 5 1/4 inches pages: 518; 598; 664; & 409. Original black cloth blocked in red. Half-inch cut into one headband spines dulled. Two conjoined leaves detached but present and undamaged. Heavy extra overseas postage will be requested. George Allen, London, 1890. hardcover
Referencia librero : 20045
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HARFF Arnold von
The Pilgrimage of Arnold von Harff from Cologne through Italy Syria Egypt Arabia Ethiopia Nubia Palestine Turkey France and Spain which he accomplished in the Years 1496 to 1499. Translated from the German and edited with Notes and an Introduction by Malcolm Letts. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION
Hakluyt Society 1946. 8vo. First Edition with illustrations in the text; original series binding of blue cloth upper board framed in blind and blocked in gilt gilt back uncuta near fine copy. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM LETTS WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT PASTE-DOWN. Hakluyt Society Second Series vol. 94. SIGNED COPIES IN THIS SERIES ARE SCARCE. Bridges & Hair p.282. Hakluyt Society, hardcover
Referencia librero : 43797
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HARFF Arnold von
The Pilgrimage of Arnold von Harff, from Cologne through Italy, Syria, Egypt, Arabia, Ethiopia, Nubia, Palestine, Turkey, France and Spain which he accomplished in the Years 1496 to 1499. Translated from the German and edited with Notes and an Introduction by Malcolm Letts. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION
8vo., First Edition, with illustrations in the text; original series binding of blue cloth, upper board framed in blind and blocked in gilt, gilt back, uncut,a near fine copy. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM LETTS WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT PASTE-DOWN. Hakluyt Society, Second Series, vol. 94. SIGNED COPIES IN THIS SERIES ARE SCARCE. Bridges & Hair p.282.
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HARGRAVE, JOSEPH JAMES.
Red river.
Montreal, John Lovell, 1871. Orig. full cloth, gilt back. Back lightly faded. 506 pp. Clean and fine.
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Hariot, Thomas.
A BRIEF AND TRUE REPORT OF THE NEW FOUND LAND OF VIRGINIA. A Facsimile Edition of the 1588 Quarto, with an Introduction by the late Randolph G. Adams.
pp. xviii, (48) [Facsimile]. 12mo. Original paper covered binding, boards decorated with map. Spine lettered in gold. Original slip case, paper title label slightly browned. Hardbound. First of a Facsimile Series Printed Especially for the Members of the History Book Club. VOYAGES BOX 1
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Harley, George Way
Native African Medicine with special reference to its practice in the Mano Tribe of Liberia
Cambridge Massachusetts: Harvard University Press 1941. Large octavo pp xvi 294 not illustrated a score-mark on the front endpaper otherwise very clean internally green cloth in very good condition the dustwrapper is rather worn and torn. VERY SCARCE. Loosely inserted is a sheaf of hand-written notes which I believe to be by C.A. Thorold the bulk of these being "Lecture Notes on Sierra Leone". Another set of notes are written on and almost obscure the upper cover of an interesting pamphlet - "Programme of African Dances to be Given Under the Auspices of The Tribal Headmen of Freetown April 10 11 & 12 1944; the remaining three pages are easier to read. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Rather worn and frayed. Harvard University Press Hardcover
Referencia librero : 014318
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Harlin, John
The Eiger obsession : facing the mountain that killed my father
Medium octavo in DJ; x, 283 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm; index Mountaineering expeditions -- Switzerland -- Eiger. Nordwand -- Besteigung -- Eiger -- Erlebnisbericht. Besteigung -- Nordwand -- Eiger -- Erlebnisbericht. Harlin, John, 1935-1966 -- Death and burial. Harlin, John, 1956- Harlin, John -- Autobiographie. Eiger (Switzerland) -- Description and travel. Eiger -- Nordwand -- Besteigung -- Erlebnisbericht.
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HARLOW, V. T.
Colonising Expeditions to the West Indies and Guiana, 1623 - 1667
8vo [22.5 x 14.5 cm]; xcx, 262 pp, 6 folding maps including 3 large folding maps in rear pocket, two plates including frontis portrait and other portrait, bibliog, index. original blind-stamped blue cloth, gilt vignette on both covers, gilt lettering on spine, slight wear at spine ends, rear internal hinge cracked & repaired, endpaper bookplate of Edison W. Brown, MD, very good+, interior clean and fine. A picture of this National Maritime Museum 310. Chapters include colonization of St. Christopher, Nevis and Barbados, the voyage of Sir Henry Colt in 1631, Admiral de Ruyter's West Indies raid in 1665, Trinidad and Tobago, Guiana. The 82 page introduction provides an excellent historical perspective, while the book includes original documents not available elsewhere.
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Harmon, Carole & Robinson, Bart
Byron Harmon: Mountain Photographer
Banff: Altitude Publishing 1992. Book. As New. Paperback. Signed by Authors. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Title page signed by Best Wishes Carol Harmon. Altitude Publishing Paperback
Referencia librero : 14703 ISBN : 1551530783 9781551530789
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Harold H Carstens
Railroad Model Craftsman June 1963 - May 1964 Volume 32
Ramsey: Model Craftsman Company 19641963. First edition. hardcover. very good/no dustjacket. 4to. All 12 issues of the 1963/64 bound together in one volume heavy volume additional postage costs will apply Model Craftsman Company hardcover
Referencia librero : 258717
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Harold H Carstens
Railroad Model Craftsman June 1961 -May 1962 Volume 30
Ramsey: Model Craftsman Company 19611962 . First edition. hardcover. very good/no dustjacket. 4to. All 12 issues of the 1961/62 bound together in one volume heavy volume additional postage costs will apply Model Craftsman Company hardcover
Referencia librero : 258716
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Harold H Carstens
Railroad Model Craftsman June 1960 - May 1961 Volume 29
Ramsey: Model Craftsman Company 19611960. First edition. hardcover. very good/no dustjacket. 4to. All 12 issues of the 1960/61 bound together in one volume heavy volume additional postage costs will apply Model Craftsman Company hardcover
Referencia librero : 258718
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Harold H Carstens
Railroad Model Craftsman June 1962 -May 1963 Volume 31
Ramsey: Model Craftsman Company 19621963. First edition. hardcover. very good/no dustjacket. 4to. All 12 issues of the 1962/63 bound together in one volume heavy volume additional postage costs will apply Model Craftsman Company hardcover
Referencia librero : 258715
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Harold S Williams
Shades of the Past or Indiscreet Tales of Japan
Charles E. Tuttle Company 1959. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Used - Very Good. Jean Williams. Signed by the author in Japan. Spine binding and cover all fine. Contents very clean inscription on inside cover hidden beneath the dustcover. Dustcover has usual thumbwear and is slightly faded but overall good though with a repaired tear of around two inches. 357 pages. Charles E. Tuttle Company hardcover
Referencia librero : 4355
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Harold S Williams
Tales of the Foreign Settlements in Japan
Charles E. Tuttle Company 1958. 1st Printing. Hardcover. Used - Very Good. Jean Williams. Signed by the author in Japan. Spine binding and cover all fine; nice deep red boards. Contents very clean inscription on inside cover hidden beneath the dustcover. Dustcover has usual thumbwear and is slightly faded but overall good. 351 pages. Charles E. Tuttle Company hardcover
Referencia librero : 4354
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Haroun Tazieff:
SOUTH FROM THE RED SEA
VG/G (clean dj lightly worn and chipped upper edge, one small tear bottom corner of front cover, turquoise cloth with black titles on spine, neat ink signature front free endpaper, scattered speckles outside page edges, contents clean and bright throughout) octavo 213pp. Exploring the Red Sea bed with Captain Cousteau, and a trip to central Africa. 8 b/w plates.
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Harper, Charles G
From Paddington to Penzance. The record of a summer tramp from London to the land's end.
London, Verlag Chatto and Windus, 1893. 8°. 22,5 x 15,5 cm. XXIV, 272 Seiten. Dekorativer Halblederband der Zeit auf 5 Zierbünden mit goldgeprägtem Buchschmuck und Rückentitel, goldenem Kopfschnitt, rauem Außen- und Fußschnitt und marmorierten Vorsätzen. [4 Warenabbildungen]
Referencia librero : 3007FB
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HARPER, Henry H.
A Journey in Southeastern Mexico; Narrative of Experiences, and Observations on Agricultural and Industrial Experiences
8vo [24 x 18 cm]; xiii, 100 pp, attractive etched frontis plate. original quarter vellum backed cloth covered boards, corners worn, short tears to lower spine, rubbed, uncut, internally clean with nice wide margins, a good sound copy, presentation copy signed by author to H. B. Willon. A picture of this book is availab The well-written account of the author's travels by land and water from Tampico to Tuxpam, with good description of the people, agriculture and customs.
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Harrer Heinrich
La mia sfida al destino - dall'Eiger al Tibet, dall'Alaska al Ruwenzori. Un 'avventura lunga una vita
In 16° br. fig. col. pp. 464, con foto b/n f/t, ben tenuto
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HARRER HEINRICH
SEPT ANS D'AVENTURES AU TIBET
Arthaud. 1953. In-8 Carré. Broché. Etat d'usage. Tâchée. Dos frotté. Intérieur bon état. 271 pages. Illustré de nombreuses photos en noir et blanc (héliogravées) hors texte. Etiquette annotée sur le dos. Tampons et annotation en page de titre. Coll. 'Les clefs de l'aventure', 4. Trad. de Henri Daussy. Orné de 40 héliogravures.
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Harriet Martineau
Society in America. Two Vols. in One
Baudry's European Library Paris 1842. Later Edition. Hardcover Quarter Leather. Good Condition ex-library. Size: 8vo <9 3/4". xvi 275 / 295pp. 2-volume set complete. Hinges reinforced with tape. Spine rubbed and worn with leather perishing on touch. Handwritten title piece. Moderately foxed throughout. Edges browned. Ex-library with minimal stamps and markings. Corners bumped. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Travel & Places; United States; 19th century; Sociology & Culture. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 42018. . Baudry's European Library hardcover
Referencia librero : 42018
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Harrington Charles Kendall
CAPTAIN BICKEL OF THE INLAND SEA
New York; Chicago; London; Edinburgh: Fleming H. Revell Co 1919. Hard Cover. near Very Good binding. Illustrated; No pencil or ink markings in text but rubbing to front pastedown where paper has been removed. Front hinge a little weak but holding well. Brown cloth binding. Closed tear at top of front board at spine. Moderate edgewear to boards; Not Ex-Library. near Very Good binding. Fleming H. Revell Co unknown books
Referencia librero : 228863
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Harriot, Thomas
Wunderbarliche / doch Warhafftige Erklaerung / Von der Gelegenheit vnd Sitten der Wilden in Virginia ... ? (Faksimileausgabe der Ausgabe Frankfurt, 1600).
München, Konrad Kölbl, 1970. ca. 800 S. Mit zahlr. Illustr. Orig.-Kunstlederband. + Wichtig: Für unsere Kunden in der EU erfolgt der Versand alle 14 Tage verzollt ab Deutschland / Postbank-Konto in Deutschland vorhanden +, A
Referencia librero : 7102CB
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Harris
The Geographical Guide; A Poetical Nautical Trip Round the Island of Great-Britain; with Entertaining and Illustrative Notes in Prose Descriptive of its Principal Ports Havens Rivers Creeks and Inlets; Cities Towns Forts and Mountains &c. &c. &
London: J Harris. G : in good condition. Cover rubbed. Title page soiled. Frontis missing. 1805. First Edition. Brown hardback boards with dark brown leather spine. 170mm x 110mm 7" x 4". ii71pp. 13 b/w woodcut vignettea. . And a Particular Description of the General Appearance of the Country as Viewed from the Sea. . J Harris hardcover
Referencia librero : r5978
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Harris, Bill
Chicago: A Picture Memory
Hardcover, very good condition. Light shelf wear to the jacket and slight tanning to the extremities. Internally excellent throughout. DP Used
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Harris, Bill
Paris : A Photographic Journey
The jacket is in good condition with general wearing and slight creasing to the corners and edges. The text and pictures are all clean, bright and tight. Used
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HARRIS, C. A. and J. A. J. de Villiers
Storm Van 'S Gravesande; The Rise of British Guiana, compiled from his dispatches
8vo [22 x 15 cm]; 2 volumes, [x], 372; [viii], [373] - 703, xxxvi [ads] pp, 8 plates complete including 2 folding map, one in color, folding plan, 2 facsimiles from documents, including folding, index. original cloth, gilt vignette, gilt spine title lettering, a clean, fine and bright set, partly unopened. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Following a good historical introduction by Harris and Villiers, Storm's dispatches covering the period of 1738 to 1772 are given, extracted from the original 21 volumes of 300 pages each, describing life in the colonies, produce, trade, ventures, plantations, conditions, police, squabbles, etc, and provides a thorough overview prior to their becoming a British colony.
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Harris, Chris [Signed]
British Columbia's Cariboo Chilcotin Coast - A Photographer's Journey
Signed and generically inscribed by Chris Harris upon title page. x, 262 pages. Gloriously illustrated with colour photography. In 1984 Harris "moved to the Cariboo Chilcotin Coast region of British Columbia where, for over three decades, people had been campaigning to protect this, the largest, most biodiverse contiguous wilderness complex in the termperate world, now called the Chilcotin Ark. This book is a portrait of the men and women who fought for it, and of a planetary refuge in a time of global change. In stories and pictures, Chris Harris brings us home to this intact region of the planet, reprieved from the human rush to dominate it." - dust jacket. This is a hardcover copy with dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A lovely copy. Gift quality. Book
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Harris, Dean
HERE AND THERE IN MEXICO SIGNED COPY
Chatham Ontario: Con. E. Shea. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 178pp. Inscribed in pencil and signed in pencil by the author on the ffep. No publication date stated but ca. 1930's. A very nice copy of the scarce first edition. <br/> <br/> Con. E. Shea hardcover
Referencia librero : 171888
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Harris, Jean (Jean Struven)
Stranger in two worlds
388pp. Hardcover Very good condition good
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Harris, John
Navigantium atque Itinerantium Bibliotheca. Or A Complete Collection of Voyages and Travels; Consisting of above Six Hundred of the most Authentic Writers . Originally published by John Harris . Now carefully revised with large additions and continued down to the present time; including particular accounts of the manufactures and commerce of each country
London: T. Woodward 1744. Hardcover. Good. 2 volumes: vol. 1: 8 xvi 8 984 p. 16 leaves of plates; vol. 2: 10 1056 22 p. frontispiece and 21 leaves of plates: tables; 44 cm. Contemporary half calf with seven compartments between raised bands. Gilt-tooled title in second compartment of vol. 1: Harris's Voyages. Plain light grey paper over boards. Leaves are untrimmed. Title pages in red and black. Vol. 1 imprint: Printed for T. Woodward A. Ward S. Birt D. Browne T. Longman R. Hett C. Hitch H. Whitridge S. Austen J. Hodges J. Robinson B. Dod T. Harris J. Hinton and J. Rivington. Vol. 2 imprint the same except for omission of A. Ward. The dedication to George II with royal crest and signed by Carteret appears opposite the title page in vol. 1. A second dedication "To the merchants of Great-Britain" signed "The author" follows the title page. Index and "List of Charts Maps and Cutts in this Work" follow text in vol. 2. Woodcut head pieces tail-pieces and initial letters. Bookplate of the Museum Library of the University of Pennsylvania on each front fixed endpaper stamped " No longer the property of the University Museum Library." A heavy set; for international shipping they will have to be sent by priority international. Lacking maps except plans of Lima and Canton in v.1 and Peking in v.2 and some other leaves of plates 38 plates present of 61 called for; otherwise in Good Condition: front boards detached but present; lacking most of leather from vol. 2 spine; text blocks are solid; clean and bright. T. Woodward hardcover
Referencia librero : 007220
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Harris, Richard Colebrook
The Seigneurial System in Early Canada: A Geographical Study
Hardcover in good condition. The plastic protected jacket is lightly marked, scored and edgeworn with a few nicks to the edges. Wear and fading to parts of the hardcover. Previous owner's name penned on the FEP and half title page. The binding is sound with clear content throughout. CM Used
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Harris, Stanley E, Jr; Horrell, C William; Irwin, Daniel
Exploring the Land and Rocks of Southern Illinois : A Geological Guide
USA: Southern Illinois University Press 1977. Some wear and tear to jacket mainly at corners. Gift inscription on FEP. Pages clean bright and tight. Well illustrated. First Edition. hardcover. Good/Acceptable. Used. Southern Illinois University Press Hardcover
Referencia librero : 175228 ISBN : 0809307405 9780809307401
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Harris, Walter B.
From Batum to Baghdad
Hardcover, no jacket; gilt and embossed boards, good condition. Boards are a little grubby and worn at the extremities. The spine has some rubbing to the edges, compressed ends and small nicks to the foot. The corners are bumped and nicked, worse at the bottom. Internally both front and rear hinges are cracked but the binding remains solid with no loose pages. There is some minor foxing throughout but the text and image plates remain bright and clear. Fold out map at rear is present but has an open tear in the middle. DP Used
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Harris, William Cornwallis
The Wild Sports of Southern Africa African Collection series
359p., illus. Hardcover Fine condition, leather boards
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Harrison Morton R. President of Oklahoma Travel Association
VISIT OKLAHOMA: TRAVEL STAMP ALBUM. Miss Oklahoma Invites You to Visit the Historical Educational and Recreational Points of Interest in the Land of the Red Men and Oil Wells
n. p.: Oklahoma Travel Association n. d. 1st printing presumed ca 1940. Blue stiff color illustrated paper wrappers with color photographic image of Miss Oklahoma Martyne Woods to center front wrapper. Mild spine wear. Light tanning to edges of back wrapper. Text block separated from wrapper. Previous owner's signature to front wrapper lower margin. Withal a VG copy. 41 pp. Inserted color map of Oklahoma b/w illustrations to each page. 8-1/2" x 5-1/2" <br/><br/> Oklahoma Travel Association unknown books
Referencia librero : 37825
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Harrison Matthews, L
DISCOVERY REPORTS: Vol I. pages 561 to 592 plates XLV-LVI. The Birds of South Georgia
Cambridge University Press UK 1929. First Edition. Softcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 1929 Original Discovery Report 1st Edition thus: Pages 561 to 592 plus 10 pages of b/w photos and 1 in colour of birds heads. Shelf wear there is a small closed tear affecting the rear cover and some of the page edges contents clean. From the introduction. "The following notes comprise a complete list of the birds of South Georgia including the observations made in 1925-27 while the "Discovery" investigations were in progress and the records of previous expeditions". Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 621. . Cambridge University Press paperback
Referencia librero : 621
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Harrison" (Pseudonym of Andres Petit)
Las Carreras de Caballos Guia del Aficionado al Alance del Mas Profano en el Sport
Habana: Imp. Saomz. Arca y Ca 1921. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. 7.25" x 4.5" 43 pp bound in plain black cloth. A fine copy inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper: "Al amigo Diego Jimenez en testimonio de sincero afecto / Andres Petit / Habana 18 Febrero 1922." Scarce Cuban guide to betting on horse races a popular pastime in the first half of the twentieth century before Castro came to power including an explanation of racing terms and conventions and advice on how to analyze data times rider weights course length etc. to pick winners and how and where to place bets. A table at the end lists records achieved at Oriental Park a racetrack founded in Havana in 1915 and operated by the Havana-American Jockey Club of Cuba. Bibliografica Cubana #330. . Imp. Saomz. Arca y Ca hardcover
Referencia librero : 24010
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Harrison, Miranda (editor)
Museum Highlights A Visual and Audio Souvenir: Museum of London
London: Scala Publishers Limited 2003. 8vo size trade paperback with photo illustrated covers; 64 pages profusely illustrated with color photographs and illustrations plus a few black and white illustrations. Also includes audio CD. Contents include: Roman London 50-450 Saxon London 450-1066 Medieval London 1066-1485 Tudor London 1485-1603 Stuart London 1603-1714 18th Century London 1714-1789 World City 1789-1914 20th Century London 1914-2000 Audio CD is stored in a vinyl pocket inside back cover. CD is new. Book has edgewear and a small scrape on top. . Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Scala Publishers Limited Paperback
Referencia librero : 007077 ISBN : 1857592859 9781857592856
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Harrison, Ada M.; Austin, R. S.
Some Tuscan Cities
Hardcover in acceptable condition. No jacket. With 24 plates. Boards, page block and pages are foxed. Spine ends and leading corners are bumped and worn. Nicks on spine head. A few middle pages are creased and nicked. Contents are clear. AM Used
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Harrison, Alfred H.
IN SEARCH OF A POLAR CONTINENT 1905-1907 With Illustrations and a Map
Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers and pocket. Some pages carelessly opened with tears. Rear map index is torn but map portion intact. Fair to Good. Fraying to spine ends. Separation starting to gutters of a few pages. ; 292 pages
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