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Pridmore, Jay
Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago
160 pages including index and 151 illustrations, including 68 plates in full color. Relates how the museum was founded by Chicago businessman Julius Rosenwald and how it was installed in the imposing Palace of Fine Arts, an architectural monument from the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893. Then he leads an entertaining and informative tour of the Museum, featuring the incredibly diverse exhibits in five "zones" - Energy, Transportation, Space and Defense, The Human Body, and Communications. Traces the fascinating development of twentieth-century technology. Remainder mark upon bottom edge, else as new. Book
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PRIESTLEY Raymond Edward
Antarctic Adventure. Scott's Northern Party. [Facsimile Reissue].
8vo., Facsimile Reissue, with plates, illustrations and maps (a number folding); cloth, a very good, bright, clean copy in the dustwrapper. High quality reissue of the very scarce original edition of 1914, many copies of which were destroyed in a fire at the publisher's warehouse. Spence 943.
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Priestley, Raymond E with a foreword by Sir Vivian Fuchs
ANTARCTIC ADVENTURE: Scott's Northern Party
C. Hurst & Company London 1974. Hardcover Original Cloth. Very Good Condition/Very Good. 1974 Reprint with a new foreword by Sir Vivian Fuchs and 3 previously unpublished poems. x pages 1 to 376 folding map 4 pages of "The songs of Scott's Northern Party" pages 377 to 382. Illustrated Frontispiece plus b/w photos 3 folding maps. Original covers in unclipped dust jacket. Shelf wear to dust jacket. Covers and contents clean and bright a nice copy. Previous owners bookplate verso front cover otherwise contents clean. A letter from Priestley survives in which he states many copies of the first printing of this book 1914 were destroyed in a warehouse fire. An account of Scott's Terra Nova expedition here covering the wild adventures and amazing survival of the so-called Northern Party an episode which may in our time achieve greater popularity than the dour tragedy of Scott's polar march. Rosove 256.B1 Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration. ISBN: 0903983265. ISBN/EAN: 9780903983266. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 4040. . 9780903983266 C. Hurst & Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : 4040 ISBN : 0903983265 9780903983266
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Priestley, Raymond E
ANTARCTIC ADVENTURE: Scott's Northern Party
<p>Fisher Unwin London 1914. First Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition; 382 pages frontispiece with tissue guard plus 97 plate leaves 149 photographs in all 4 diagrams in text 3 folding maps. Original covers with silver pictorial vignettes to spine and upper cover. Shelf ware. Spine slightly sunned and softening lettering still bright 2 plates have been repaired in the margins contents clean. Age toning some minor spotting to some page edges as expected. An account of Scott's Terra Nova expedition here covering the wild adventures and amazing survival of the Northern Party. A letter from Priestley survives in which he says that many copies of this first printing were destroyed in a warehouse fire. Rosove 256.A1 This is the first UK edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 2 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3115. . This book weighs over 1Kg and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries.</p> Fisher Unwin, hardcover
Bookseller reference : 3115
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Priestley, Raymond E
Antarctic Adventure. Scott's Northern Party
London: T. Fisher Unwin. G : in Good condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed and bumped. Rebacked using original spine. Spine faded. Eps renewed. Scattered browning. 1914. First Edition. Blue/silver hardback pictorial cloth cover. 230mm x 140mm 9" x 6". 382pp. B/w photographs and 3 fold out maps. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. . T. Fisher Unwin hardcover
Bookseller reference : e9218
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Priestley, J. B.
Midnight on the Desert
Hardcover with jacket in good condition. Jacket is marked, edge-worn and nicked. Hardcover edges are lightly worn and tanned. Hardcover spine ends are bumped. Page block and pages are lightly tanned and foxed. Light creases throughout pages. Text is clear throughout. Spine is cocked but binding remains intact. HCW Used
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PRIESTLEY, J. B., Jacquetta Hawkes
Journey Down a Rainbow
8vo [22 x 14.5 cm]; xii, 289 pp. original green cloth with gilt spine title lettering, dj (chip at edge, light wear, not price clipped), very good. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Travels in New Mexico to study the culture of the Pueblo and Navaho Indians, their arts and crafts and memorial rites and to Texas to contrast and compare the contemporary cultures. Interesting observations by this famous novelist and playwright and his archaeologist wife.
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Priestley, J.B.; Hawkes, Jacquetta
Journey Down a Rainbow
No dust jacket. Hardcover. This book was not published in 1900; it does not have a publication date. Original frontispiece by Daniel Briffaud. Rear board has one or two minor scores. Slight wear and rubbing around edges of boards. Spine is worn and rubbed. Binding is sound. Contents are clear. AF Used
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Priestley, Joseph
Navigable Rivers and Canals
Hardcover with jacket. Good condition. With a new introduction by Charles Hadfield. The plastic protected jacket is a little edgeworn, with nicks to the leading corners and spine head. Light wear and fading to the hardcover edges. Faint marks on the page block and one or two pages. The binding is sound; all content, including a fold out map, is clear. CM Used
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PRIESTLEY, Sir Raymond (editor) with a foreword by H. R. H. The Duke of Edinburgh
Antarctic Research; A Review of British Scientific Achievement in Antarctica
4to [28.5 x 23 cm]; xi, 369 pp, 36 color plates, numerous illustrations in text, including tables, charts, maps including 2 folding color maps in pocket at rear (loose as issued). original cloth, silver lettering, slight rubbing on lower spine, else fine. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Spence 942. The 31 chapters are by various experts in their field including Priestley, Vivian Fuchs, Morley, Orr, Wiggins, G. de Q. Robin, Raymond Adie, H. H. Lamb, etc and covers all aspects such as polar travel, navigation, dogs, ice cover, seals, whales, fish and bird life, plants, climate, atmosphere, pack ice, aurorae, ionosphere, etc.
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PRIETO, Manuel de Andres.
TRAS LA HUELLA DE DON DOMINGUERO POR LA COMUNIDAD DE MADRID.
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Prime, William C
Tent Life in the Holy Land
New York: Harper & Brothers 1865. Original brown publishers cloth with gold rule on covers. Illustrated with engravings. Brown coated endpapers. Previous owner's bookplate inside front cover. One signature starting small incidental chip to rear reat coverat upper joint and very mild fraying to ends of backstrip. Else a very good. clean copy of this title dealing with the author's travels through the Holy Land. Hardcover. Near Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Harper & Brothers Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 002241
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PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND - BAGSTER, C. BIRCH.
The Progress and Prospects of Prince Edward Island, written during the Leisure of a Visit in 1861.
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Printed by the Queen's Printer, 1861. Small 8vo. Orig. printed boards, the fragile backstrip preserved, but with afew tears. Some overall browning to leaves and binding.
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Prince Henri D'Orleans / Hamley Bent (Trans) / G Vuillier (Illust)
From Tonkin to India: By the Sources of the Irawadi January '95 - January '96
London: Methuen and Co. 1898. 1st Edition . Hardback. Printed pages: xii 467. Good Plus. 8 x 10.25 inches 20 x 26 cm. Green cloth binding top page edge gilt other edges untrimmed. Marking and staining to boards bumping to corners. Endpaper joints have been neatly repaired. A few occasional light marks and spots of foxing to text. A few pages creased to upper corner. Fold-out map is present and in very good condition. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown endpaper C.E. Rusbridge. A good solid example. Overall condition is Good Plus. Please Note: This is a heavy item and international postage will be more than the standard rate for non-European destinations. Actual Royal Mail postage costs are: USA £21.00; Oceania £30.00; Rest of World £30.00. A postage supplement will be requested after the order has been placed. Size: 8 x 10.25 inches 20 x 26 cm. Methuen and Co. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1206T025
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Prince, Hugh (ed.); et al.
Journal of Historical Geography, Vol. 10, Nos. 1 to 4, 1984
Library-bound in unmarked stiff green cloth, gilt title on spine. Bookplate and barcode on FEP; accession and withdrawn stamps. Contents otherwise in very good condition, clean and sound throughout. TPW Ex Library
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Prince, Hugh (ed.); et al.
Journal of Historical Geography, Vol. 12, Nos. 1 to 4, 1986
Library-bound in unmarked stiff green cloth, gilt title on spine. Bookplate and barcode on FEP; accession and withdrawn stamps. Contents otherwise in very good condition, clean and sound throughout. TPW Ex Library
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Prince, Hugh (ed.); et al.
Journal of Historical Geography, Vol. 8, Nos. 1 to 4, 1982
Library-bound in unmarked stiff green cloth, gilt title on spine. Bookplate and barcode on FEP; accession and withdrawn stamps. Contents otherwise in very good condition, clean and sound throughout. TPW Ex Library
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PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
50th Reunion Yearbook. Princeton Class of 1935. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition; original printed wrappers, a near fine copy. SCARCE
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PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
Class of 1935. 25 Year Record.. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper; black cloth, upper board blocked in blind and lettered in orange, backstrip lettered in orange, a near fine copy. VERY SCARCE.
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PRINCETON UNIVERSITY, Princeton
The Freshman Herald. Class of Nineteen Hundred Thirty-Five. PRINCETON CLASS OF 1935
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece and very numerous portraits; black cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, backstrip faded else a very good, bright, clean copy. Alumni include Foster Dulles and William Dinsmore.
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PRINCETON UNVERSITY
Princeton University 1935 Commencement Week. PRINCETON CLASS OF 1935
Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with photographs; limp black leather, upper wrapper blocked in gilt, leather stitched, a very good, bright, clean copy.
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Pringle, M A
A Journey in East Africa Towards the Mountains of the Moon
Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons. G : in Good condition without dust jacket. Heavy discolouration / dampstains to cover especially spine. Text block clean and tight. No map. 1886. Reprint. Blue hardback cloth cover. 210mm x 150mm 8" x 6". xxx 386pp. . William Blackwood and Sons hardcover
Bookseller reference : c1772
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Prioleau, John
Little Motor Tours. England Scotland Wales Holland France & The Alps
London: Martin Secker. G : in good condition plus without dust jacket. Cover faded. Ownership details on fep. 1927. First Edition. Red hardback cloth cover. 160mm x 100mm 6" x 4". 181pp. Maps. . Martin Secker hardcover
Bookseller reference : g9630
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Prioleau, John
The Adventures of Imshi. A Two-Seater in Search of the Sun
Boston: Little Brown & Co. G: in good condition without dust jacket. Ex-lib. Cover rubbed. 1923. First US Edition. Brown hardback cloth cover. 220mm x 160mm 9" x 6". 358pp plates. 24 b/w plates. . Little, Brown & Co hardcover
Bookseller reference : e1234b
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PRIOR, James
Voyage Along the Eastern Coast of Africa, to Mosambique, Johanna and Quiloa, to S. Helena, to Rio de Janeiro, Bahia, and Peranmbuco in Brazil, in the Nisus Frigate
8vo [22 x 13.5 cm]; [v, includes ads], [i, errata page], 114 pp, 2 folding maps/charts, fine engraved aquatint plate of view of town and fort of Mozambique. later cloth, title lettering on spine paper label, only slight foxing on few margins, interior is clean and fine, unmarked. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. A narrative of voyage in 1812-13 by Prior who was a surgeon in the Royal Navy in his youth. National Maritime Museum 216. Borba de Moreas 689: 'The author describes Rio. . . the dirtiness of the houses. He comments on the English commerce in Rio. He describes Salvador, the ill-smelling lower city and the high city with the cathedral, theatre, library. . .comments on the manners and customs, the women, dress, architecture, slave trade, jewelry industry. Prior arrived in Pernambuco, describes the city, new bridge, cotton trade. . .'. With much on Mozambique, eastern Africa, etc. Includes a folding chart of road and harbour of Mozambique and a large foldout map of Africa, Indian Ocean, Atlantic to South America, showing the author's routes.
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PRJEVALSKI N.
MONGOLIE ET PAYS DES TANGOUTES .
1880 . Hachette , In 8° relié 1/2 chagrin havane .Dos à nerfs orné de caissons dorés .Tranches dorées .LVI ,340 pp.(Quelques rousseurs prononcées) ;
Bookseller reference : 29749
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Proenza Anne
"Carnet de voyages : L'Europe de l'intérim (Collection : ""Textuel"")"
VediorBis. 2001. In-8. Relié. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 93 pages augmentées de nombreuses illustrations en couleurs dans et hors texte. Texte sur deux colonnes. Contre-plats illustrés.. . . A l'italienne. Classification Dewey : 910.4-Voyages
Bookseller reference : RO20213743
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Prodromidès Maxime
Angkor - chronique d'une renaissance
Kailash 1997 283 pages collection civilisations & sociétés. 14x2 4x21 8cm. 1997. Broché. 283 pages.
Bookseller reference : 16204
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Prosper Mérimée
Colomba
Librairie Hachette 1930 96 pages IN8. 1930. reliure editeur. 96 pages.
Bookseller reference : 12310
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Prodger (Phillip)
E. O. Hoppe's Amerika: Modernist Photographs From The 1920s
W W Norton & Co 2007 In-4, pleine toile sous jaquette illustrée. Plus de 100 photographies n&b à pleine page. Texte en anglais. 176 p. Très bon état.
Bookseller reference : 27062 ISBN : 393065448
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PROLONGEAU Hubert
LE DERNIER CHASSEUR
In-8 broche, Couverture illustree, Ed. ALBIN MICHEL, 2023, 248 pages, illustre de photographies en couleurs, Gencod: 9782226402578, Très bon état
Bookseller reference : 000761
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PROPIAC (M. le Chevalier de):
Les merveilles du monde, ou les plus beaux ouvrages de la nature et des hommes, répandus sur toute la surface de la terre; ouvrage destiné à l'instruction et à l'amusement des jeunes personnes de l'un et de l'autrre sexe. 7ème éd., rev., corr., augm. Ens. 2 vols.
Paris, Eymery & Fruger, 1829, in-8vo, 404 p. / 376 p., orné de 16 jolies gravures, reliure en demi-cuir originale.
Bookseller reference : 61582aaf
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Probst, Johann Michael.
Neue Post Karte von Bayern. Augsburg, 1797.
570 x 510 mm. Gestochene Karte in 16 Segmenten, auf Leinen aufgezogen und gefaltet.
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Proctor Everitt; Barnett Isa Illustrator
Men Against the Ice
Philadelphia: Westminster Press 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 148 pp illustrated with small woodcuts. Mild rubbing to edges some evidence of erasure on the dedication page. Tight binding unmarked text. Dust jacket has some chipping and small tears. Yong adult fiction based on "the perilous expedition of the fore-and-aft schooner United States to the arctic in 1860. Westminster Press hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 12280
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Proctor, Edna Dean
A Russian Journey
Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Company. Good with no dust jacket. 1900. Revised Edition. Hardcover. 320 pp. Illus. Tissue protected frontis. Yellow cloth boards. Spine sunned. Spine ends bumped worn upper end has tear. Corners bumped and worn. Inscribed and dated by the author on the ffep. A nice early travel book about this American poet's travels in Russia in the late 1860's. Each chapter is preceded by a poem. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; Signed by Author . Houghton, Mifflin and Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : TRAV0366
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PROCTOR, Robert
Narrative of a Journey Across the Cordillera of the Andes, and of a Residence in Lima and other Parts of Peru, in the Years 1823 & 1824
8vo [23 x 15 cm]; xx, 374 pp, with the half title page. original boards, half of original paper spine label lacking, spine wear, interior is clean, quite good with only a slight foxing on few leaves, in a custom made buckram slipcase with gilt title lettering on spine label, bookplate removed from slipcase. A A description of a journey through Peru, Chile and Argentina during those countries struggles for independence. It includes an encounter with deposed Chilean leader Bernard O'Higgins in Valparaiso. Hill 1396. Naylor 16. Sabin 65951. Not usually found in this original condition.
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Progress in Human Geography Staff
Progress in Human Geography: Volume 12: Books 1 - 4 , 1988
Library bound solid cloth binding collating 4 softcover books. Sticker inside front cover and on FEP. Several stamps on intial pages. Binding very well preserved and contents clean and sound throughout. MB Ex-Library
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Progress in Human Geography Staff
Progress in Human Geography: Volume 1: Numbers 1 - 3 , 1977
Library bound solid cloth binding collating 3 softcover books (ISBNs : 0713171006, 0713171030 , 0713171065). Sticker inside front cover and on FEP. Several stamps on intial pages. Binding very well preserved. 1 essay has some annotations in pencil. MB Ex-Library
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Progress in Human Geography Staff
Progress in Human Geography: Volume 25: Books 1 - 4 , 2001
Library bound solid cloth binding collating 4 softcover books. Sticker inside front cover and on FEP. Several stamps on intial pages. Binding very well preserved and contents clean and sound throughout. MB Ex-Library
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Progress in Human Geography Staff
Progress in Human Geography: Volume 2: Books 1 - 3 , 1978
Hardcover without a dust jacket. Library bound solid cloth binding collating four softcover books (ISBNs : 0713171278 , 0713171308 , 0713171332), Sticker inside front cover and on FEP. Several stamps on intial pages. Binding very well preserved and contents clean and sound throughout. Pencil annotations in front of book. MB Ex-Library
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Progress in Human Geography Staff
Progress in Human Geography: Volume 4: Books 1 - 4 , 1980
Library bound solid cloth binding collating 4 softcover books. Sticker inside front cover and on FEP. Several stamps on intial pages. Binding very well preserved and contents clean and sound throughout. MB Ex-Library
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Progress in Human Geography Staff
Progress in Human Geography: Volume 6 : Numbers 1 - 4, 1982
Library bound solid cloth binding collating 4 softcover books. Sticker inside front cover and on FEP. Several stamps on intial pages. Binding very well preserved and contents clean and sound throughout. MB Ex-Library
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Progress in Human Geography Staff
Progress in Human Geography: Volume 7: Numbers 1 - 4 , 1983
Library bound solid cloth binding collating 4 softcover books. Sticker inside front cover and on FEP. Several stamps on intial pages. Binding very well preserved and contents clean and sound throughout. MB Ex-Library
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Progress in Human Geography Staff
Progress in Human Geography: Volume 8: Numbers 1 - 4 , 1984
Library bound cloth hardcover comprising of four volumes. Sticker inside front cover and on FEP. Several stamps on intial pages. Contents clean and sound throughout. Few instances of penned marginalia. MB Ex-Library
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Progress in Human Geography Staff
Progress in Human Geography: Volume 9 : Books 1 - 4 , 1985
Library bound cloth hardcover comprising of four volumes. Sticker inside front cover and on FEP. Several stamps on intial pages. Contents clean and sound throughout. Several marks in pen and pencil. MB Ex-Library
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Project Consultant: EKREM ISIN.
Caria. Through the eyes of European travellers.
Fine English Paperback. Pbo. Oblong large 8vo. (22 x 22 cm). In English. B/w ills. 160 p. Caria. Through the eyes of European travellers.
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Project Consultant: EKREM ISIN.
Pamphylia. Through the eyes of European travellers.
New English Paperback. Pbo. Oblong large 8vo. (22 x 22 cm). In English. B/w ills. 151 p. Pamphylia. Through the eyes of European travellers.
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Project Manager: SAMIH RIFAT.
Lycia. Through the eyes of European travellers.
Fine English Paperback. Pbo. Oblong large 8vo. (22 x 22 cm). In English. B/w ills. 196 p. Lycia. Through the eyes of European travellers.
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Promotional Travel Brochure
LAS VEGAS HOT SPRINGS NEW MEXICO.; Prepared for the Information of Tourists Tired People Invalids of All Classes and Those Who Seek a Summer or Winter Resort with the Benefit to be Derived from Medicinal Baths and Mineral Waters
Chicago: Rand McNally Co. for the Passengern Department Sante Fe Route 1887. 1st Edition. Card stock covers printed in black & red. Now house in an archival mylar sleeve. Volume professionally refurbished. Covers soiled. Frontis with crinkled top right corner image not affected. Leaf with pp 37/38 with repaired short marginal tear. Overall Very Good. 47 1 pp. Chromolithograph frontispiece. 3 vignetttes. 12 full page wood engravings. Ground plan p. 47. 8vo. 8-3/4" x 6-3/8" <br/><br/>Blurb on front cover: "The Karlsbad of America." Uncommon in commerce. Rand McNally Co. [for the] Passengern Department, Sante Fe Route unknown books
Bookseller reference : 46346
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Promotional Travel Poster
TOUR RICHMOND. Virginia
n. p. n. d. 1st printing ca 1960s. Light edgewear. A VG example. Broadside. Large color photograph of a family enjoying the life-size statue of George Washington sculpted by Jean-Antoine Houdon in the Virginia Capitol building. 37-7/8" x 24-1/2" <br/><br/>This statue by Houdon is the only one Washington physically posed for. unknown books
Bookseller reference : 38938
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