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FISHER, David E.
Across the Top of the World; To the North Pole by Sled, Balloon, Airplane and Nuclear Icebreaker
8vo [24 x 16 cm]; [xii], 256, [iii] pp, color illustrations from photos, map endpapers, bibliog. original cloth backed boards, silver spine title lettering, silver vignette on cover, dj (not price clipped), fine. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. An account of the first surface voyage to the North Pole by Russian icebreaker, with much historical background on previous travels in the area. The author has written both novels and non-fiction books.
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Fisher, Frank C.
Silk and Chopsticks
Self Published. Good; Spine sunned split starting at head of spine. 1964. Softcover. Light green stapled wraps. An account of the author's trip to Japan Hong Kong Korea and Taiwan to visit with government and business officials in the silk and textile industries. Includes an interesting account of a dinner with geishas. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 26 pages . Self Published paperback
Bookseller reference : 27519
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Fisher, John; Gibbings, Robert [illus.]
The Midmost Waters
London: The Naldrett Press Ltd. G : in Good condition without dust jacket. 1952. First Edition. Cream hardback cloth cover. 220mm x 140mm 9" x 6". 219pp. . The Naldrett Press Ltd hardcover
Bookseller reference : r8969
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Fisher, Julian Monroe
Tales from on the Surface
Graham NC: Big Show Publishing 2000. First Edition . Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 280 pp. Corners slightly bumped. Jacket has minor scuffing and a 1/4" closed tear at the lower edge of the front panel. Signed by the author with a presentation inscription on the first title page. The author's first novel. "The adventures from Monroe's Talkabout the World. <br/> <br/> Big Show Publishing hardcover
Bookseller reference : 001009 ISBN : 0970368003 9780970368003
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Fisher, Margery
The Bright Face of Danger: An Exploration of the Adventure Story
London: Hodder and Stoughton 1986. Hardcover. A few minor marks on jacket and page block. Contents are clean and sound. TS. Hardcover. Very Good. Used. Hodder and Stoughton Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 602939 ISBN : 0340229934 9780340229934
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Fisher, Margery
The Bright Face of Danger: An Exploration of the Adventure Story
Hardcover. A few minor marks on jacket and page block. Contents are clean and sound. TS Used
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Fisher, Raymond H.
The Voyage of Semen Dezhnev 1648. Bering's Precursor with Slected Documents.
London: Hakluyt Society 1981. xiv 326pp index bibliography bw ills maps folding map at rear. Or blue cloth in jacket. Very slight edge wear and minor rubbing to jacket. Voyage by Semen Dezhnev which demonstrated the seperation of Asia and America prior to Bering. Hakluyt Society Second Series Volume 159. First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Hakluyt Society Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 046377 ISBN : 0904180077 9780904180077
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Fisher, Richard B.
The Marco Polo Expedition: A Journey along the Silk Road
240 pages. Index, bibliography, glossary. Nice photography in colour and black and white. "A journey through history, but at the same time an acute observation of central Asia today, its people and its places, and especially its pride in its past, as demonstrated by restoration work to Islamic, Buddhist and Christian monuments all along the route." - from dust jacket. Gift greetings inside front board. Dust jacket price-clipped. Remainder dot to bottom edge of text. Book
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Fisher, Ronald M.
Appalachian Trail The
National Geographic Society 1973. 199 pages 75% of dust jacket present but torn and chipped. Ex-lib Holy Cross Abbey stamps in usual places. Green cloth with silver lettering on spine. Book clean and tight. Sticker residue on first free end paper. Over 125 color photographs. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Poor. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ex-Library Holy Cross Abbey. National Geographic Society Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 000346 ISBN : 087044106X 9780870441066
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Fisher, Ruth B.
On the Borders of Pigmy Land
Published around 1904/5, no mention of other editions, front endpaper removed, ix + 215 pages, illustrated, page edges rough-cut. eng
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Fisher,Leonard Everett
The Death of the Evening Star: The Diary of a Young New England Whaler
New York: DOUBLEDAY 1972. Book. Illus. by Leonard Everett Fisher. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. A square solid tight copy that appears un-read. The plain paper jacket shows just a bit of edgewear. Nice copy. DOUBLEDAY Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 018353
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Fishlock, Trevor
Americans and Nothing Else
London: Cassell 1980. A clean tight and unmarked copy which has light foxing to top edge a small closed tear to one page text still legible with near Fine dustjacket. The author a Times newspaper journalist won a travelling fellowship in the United States and was invited 'to look for America'. He travelled in 38 of the 50 states from the Canadian border to the edge of Mexico from Empire State to Golden Gate travelled mountains desert prairie canyons rivers lakes forests cities and sleepy hollows by car mule canoe bus train tram and plane. For part of his exploration he was in the company of ten other journalists Argentinian Brazilian Cameroonian Ecuadorian Hong Kong Chinese Israeli Japanese Swedish Tanzanian and Thai. A perceptive and fascinating look at America and Americans. NOT EX LIB D4B. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cassell Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 007637 ISBN : 030430638X 9780304306381
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Fishlock, Trevor
My Foreign Country : Trevor Fishlock's Britain
8vo, 276 pages, illustrated. eng
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Fisk George
A Memorial of Egypt the Red Sea the Wildernesses of Sin and Paran Mount Sinai Jerusalem and other Principal Localities of the Holy Land visited in 1842
New York: Robert Carter 1848. Book. Fair. Hardcover. 3rd Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover blind-stamped fine ribbed brown cloth lacking cloth spine. 451 pages with four page publisher's catalog appended. Illustrated with frontispiece and 2 engraved plates. Third edition. Heavily foxed especially all three plates. Mild old dampstain to lower gutter just reaching into text at inside margins. Cloth back-strip lacking. A good example of mid nineteenth century travel literature featuring the Holy Land. Includes brief additional notes on travels through France Rome Naples Constantinople and the Danube. Covers are rough byt tight interior foxed bu readable. Fair. . Robert Carter Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 017578
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Fisk, Wilbur
Travels in Europe. In England, Ireland, Scotland, France, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, and The Netherlands. With engravings. Fourth edition..
New-York, Harper & Brothers, Cliff-Street, 1838. 8°. 22 x 14,5 cm. XV, 688 Seiten. Brauner Ganzlederband der Zeit mit goldgeprägtem Rückentitel.
Bookseller reference : 13795DB
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Fiskovic, Cvito
Dubrovnik
Black and white photographs of Dubrovnik, and seven in colour. xxi, 96 pages. Comes with a 1967 pamphlet of the Hotel Argentina. Fading to spine with light wear to cover extremities. Crease down Index page.
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FISQUET H.
Histoire de l'Algérie, depuis les temps anciens jusqu'à nos jours. Publiée d'après les écrits et les documents les plus officiles
Paris, à la Direction, 1842. In/8 reliure demi-basane , dos lisse à fileets et titres dorés, illustrations : 15 planches (lithographie)deux couleurs et vignettes in-texte, 1 carte en couleur in-fine, 413 p. Nombreuses rousseurs. Enrichi d'un envoi de l'auteur en page de titre.
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FISQUET H.
Histoire de l'Algérie, depuis les temps anciens jusqu'à nos jours. Publiée d'après les écrits et les documents les plus officiles
Paris, à la Direction, 1842. In/8 reliure demi-basane , dos lisse à filets et titres dorés, illustrations : 15 planches (lithographie)deux couleurs et vignettes in-texte, 1 carte en couleur in-fine, 413 pages
Bookseller reference : 16952
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FISQUET, Henri
Grand atlas départemental de la France de l'Algérie et des colonies. 106 cartes gravées sur cuivre par G. Lorsignol.
1 Paris, Librairie Abel Pilon, Le Vasseur successeur, s.d., 2 volumes in-folio oblong reliés demi-chagrin vert et plats de percaline verte à décor or, dos à nerfs ornés, des piqûres.
Bookseller reference : 1542
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Fisset Emeric
Sous l'aile du Grand Corbeau : De Seattle au détroit de Béring
Flammarion Gulliver Dos carré collé 1996 In-8 (13,6 x 21 cm), dos carré collé, 459 pages ; dos et quatrième plat jaunis, par ailleurs intérieur frais, assez bon état. Livraison a domicile (La Poste) ou en Mondial Relay sur simple demande.
Bookseller reference : pl2389
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FISSON PIERRE
VOYAGE AUX HORIZONS
JULLIARD SEQUANA. 1948. In-8 Carré. Relié demi-cuir. Etat d'usage. Coins frottés. Dos frotté. Intérieur frais. 478 pages - Coiffe en tete abimée - Quelques epidermures au dos . Auteur , titre et filets dorés au dos .
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FITCH, CL. C. L.
Some Women of France / Agricultural and Commercial Ideas and Photographs of France / Ideals and Morals of France and America
Ames IA: The Allerey Press 1920. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff tan wrappers with white binding cloth spine. 162pp. Numerous illustrations. Very good. Probable sole edition of this unusual trio of Francophiler topics handsomely inscribed by the author in blue fountain pen on the front flyleaf: "With admiration and friendship / for the French / and best wishes! / CL Fitch / Grinnell / June 11-22 1935." Quite unusual and most attractive. The Allerey Press paperback
Bookseller reference : 21150
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Fiter i Vilajoana, Ricard;Marti Rebols, M.
All Andorra
Editorial Escudo De Oro 1984. Fifth Edition. . Soft cover. Very Good. Fifth edition 1984. In very good unmarked condition. Spine uncreased. Slight edge/shelfwear to cover. Price sticker inside back cover. Text in English. 157 photographs accompanied by descriptive text. Size: 8 x 9 1/2 <br/> <br/> Editorial Escudo De Oro paperback
Bookseller reference : 8053-001 ISBN : 8437802733 9788437802732
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Fitsell, Bill & Dawber, Michael
Fitsell's Guide to the Old Ontario Strand: a Cultural and Historical Companion
Kingston Ontario Canada: Quarry Press. Very Good-. 1994. First Edition. Softcover. 1550821210 . 317 pp. Photos. Light edgewear corners bumped. Gift note on the title page. A travellers guide to the heart of old Ontario describing 7 day trips originating from Kingston and covering the area from Brockville through Kingston to Belleville. Includes tall tales history and landmarks. A great book for the explorer. . Quarry Press paperback
Bookseller reference : TRAV0463 ISBN : 1550821210 9781550821215
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Fitter Julian
New Zealand Wildlife : A Visitor's Guide
Bradt Travel Guides 2009. Very Good softcover . Softcover. Very Good. Bradt Travel Guides Paperback
Bookseller reference : 220803-MB71 ISBN : 1841622729 9781841622729
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Fitter, R. S. R.
Home Counties About Britain no. 3.
London Collins 1951 hardcover. Published for the Festival of Britain Office. Includes a cultural and historical narrative photos tours with maps and color title page. -- Hardcover printed with color relief map of the district. Condition: very good with very good dust jacket bright short tear. Collins hardcover
Bookseller reference : 36451
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Fittler James; Nattes John Claude
Scotia Depicta; or The Antiquities Castles Public Buildings Noblemen and Gentlemen's Seats Cities Towns and Picturesque Scenery of Scotland. With Descriptions Antiquarian Historical and Picturesque
London: W. Miller & others. G: in good condition. Cover rubbed with some spine end wear. Foxing to eps and occasional spotting. Plates numbers 25-28 and 26-40 appear to have never been bound in to this copy. Illustrations VG. Armorial book-plate on paste-down with owner's signature in pencil on later prelim page. 1804. First Edition. Green hardback half-leather cover. More images available on request. 290mm x 420mm 11" x 17". 44pp plates. Engraved title and tail piece vignette and 40 of 48 engraved plates. Contains a list of subscribers. Armorial book-plate of Sir John Stuart Forbes Bart of Pitsligo & Fetercairn 'Nec timide nec temere' and signature in pencil on later page. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. . W. Miller & others hardcover
Bookseller reference : g7134
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FITZ Serge
Les marcheurs de l'infini. Récits d'éveil intérieur.
2008 Editions Lanore, 2008 - In-8, Broché - 158 p. - Nombreuses illustrations en noir et blanc in-texte.
Bookseller reference : 91666
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Fitz-Patrick, David G.; Kimbuna, John
Bundi. The Culture of a Papua New Guinea People
Nerang: Ryebuck 1983. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Laminated Boards. First Edition. Large 4to. 166pp photographs mainly colour throughout. The Bundi live in the Highland fringe of the Bismarck ranges in PNG. Near fine pict. hardcover. <br/> <br/> Nerang: Ryebuck, 1983 hardcover
Bookseller reference : 18285 ISBN : 0959178600 9780959178609
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Fitz-Simon, Christopher
The Irish Village
London: Thames and Hudson. 1986. 128pp 150 col photographs. As new. Photographs and commentary on villages and village life in all parts of Ireland. First Paperback. Soft Cover. Fine. Illus. by Robin Morrison photog. Oblong 4to. Thames and Hudson. Paperback
Bookseller reference : 002345 ISBN : 0500274886 9780500274880
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Fitzgerald, C. P
A Concise History of East Asia
London: Heinemann 1966. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Original red boards gilt title to spine 310 pages. Appendix bibliography index illustrated endpapers black and white photographic plates maps. Previous owner's stamp to flyleaf very slight chipping creasing to top edge of dustjacket. A short but comprehensive history of China Japan and South-East Asia by the Professor of Far Eastern History at Australian National University. A tight bright copy of a classic work on this subject. <br/><br/> Heinemann hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1708617
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Fitzgerald, Frances
Fire in the Lake : The Vietnamese and the Americans in Vietnam
New York: Vintage Books : Random House Inc. 1972. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Third Printing. A close study of the history of the conflict in Vietnam and the evolution of America's involvement there the various policies adopted and changes made thereto political and cultural issues the impact of foreign interventionist efforts from other nations - including the Soviet Union and Red China - all presented from the point of view especially of the Vietnamese themselves and with a thoughtful overview of the war and its ultimate effects. Softcover contains maps notes bibliography indexed 635pp. book shows the occasional tiny pencil mark creasing to rear cover. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Vintage Books : Random House, Inc. Paperback
Bookseller reference : 00012274 ISBN : 0679723943 9780679723943
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Fitzgerald, Mary Anne
Nomad: Journeys from Samburu
<p>New York: Viking 1993 1st Am. ed. 289pp. illus. hardback tall 8vo: near Fine in a Very Good dj.</p> New York: Viking hardcover
Bookseller reference : 22392 ISBN : 0670848468 9780670848461
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Fitzgerald, Edmund Valpy Knox
The Political Economy of Peru 1956-78: Economic Development and the Restructuring of Capital
Cambridge Univ Pr 1979. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. <br/> <br/> Cambridge Univ Pr hardcover
Bookseller reference : 314380 ISBN : 0521222893 9780521222891
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Fitzgerald, William Walter Augustine
Travels in the Coastlands of British East Africa and the Islands of Zanzibar and Pemba. Their Agricultural Resources and General Characteristics
London: Chapman & Hall Ltd. Worn condition. Cover rubbed and marked. Spine faded. Some closed tears to fold out maps 1 map detached. Ex-lib. Newcastle-upon-Tyne Reference Library. 1898. First Edition. Red/gilt hardback cloth cover with gilt palm tree motif. More images available on request. 230mm x 160mm 9" x 6". 774pp. Maps and Illustrations. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. . Chapman & Hall Ltd hardcover
Bookseller reference : r0280 ISBN : 071290445X 9780712904452
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FITZGERALD (F. Scott) / Traduit de l'américain par TOURNIER (Jacques)
La Ballade du Rossignol roulant
Paris, Belfond, 1993. Grand in-8 broché, couv. ill. à rabat, 75 p. Illustrations in-t. Carte. Très bon état.
Bookseller reference : 15837
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Fitzpatrick, James A
Fireside Travels in North America
255p. illus. Bound in Mission Leather slightly worn at extremities. Hardcover Very good conditon
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FITZROY Captain Robert
A Narrative of the Voyage of HMS Beagle. Selected and edited by David Stanbury. NEAR FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE
8vo., First Edition thus, on laid paper, with coloured frontispiece, plates and endpaper maps; cream green pictorial cloth, gilt back, brown top, a near fine copy in publisher's board slip-case.
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Fitzroy Maclean
A PERSON FROM ENGLAND
New York: Harper and Brothers 1958. Hardcover. Very good. 6 x 9 in. Cloth boards. Condition is VERY GOOD ; covers clean minor shelf wear. Binding tight. PO's name on ffep text unmarked. Trav. Stax. Harper and Brothers hardcover
Bookseller reference : 52223
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Five Star Travel Corporation
Forbes Travel Guide New England 2011 Forbes Travel Guides
Five Star Travel Corp 2011. Paperback. Acceptable. Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Five Star Travel Corp paperback
Bookseller reference : G1936010879I5N10 ISBN : 1936010879 9781936010875
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Five Star Travel Corporation
Forbes Travel Guide South 2011
paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
Bookseller reference : 1936010925.G ISBN : 1936010925 9781936010929
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Five Star Travel Corporation
Forbes Travel Guide New England 2011 Forbes Travel Guides
paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
Bookseller reference : 1936010879.G ISBN : 1936010879 9781936010875
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Five Star Travel Corporation
Forbes Travel Guide South 2011
Brand: Forbes Travel Guide 2011-01-01. paperback. New. 5.25x0.75x8.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Brand: Forbes Travel Guide paperback
Bookseller reference : DADAX1936010925 ISBN : 1936010925 9781936010929
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Five Star Travel Corporation
Forbes Travel Guide South 2011
Brand: Forbes Travel Guide 2011-01-01. paperback. Used: Good. 5.25x0.75x8.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Brand: Forbes Travel Guide paperback
Bookseller reference : SONG1936010925 ISBN : 1936010925 9781936010929
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FIYTO; FEDERATION of INTERNATIONAL YOUTH TRAVEL ORGANIZATIONS
WHO is WHO in FIYTO 1989; FEDERATION of INTERNATIONAL YOUTH TRAVEL ORGANIZATIONS
: FIYTO; FEDERATION of INTERNATIONAL YOUTH TRAVEL ORGANIZATIONS 1989. Soft cover. Very Good. B00K: Very Good/ 1989 . B00K: Very Good/ $29.11 WHO is WHO in FIYTO 1989; FEDERATION of INTERNATIONAL YOUTH TRAVEL ORGANIZATIONS 1989 Maroon Spine With No Title Soft Cover BooK: Very Good/ 192 Numbered Pages That Were Lightly Read And Are Clean And Tight To The Spine Shelf Edge And Corner Wear. Printed On Off White Paper. Acquired From The Estate Of D. S. Harris This Book Is Hard To Find Will Be Packaged And Shipped Carefully To Avoid Shipping Damage And Will Make It An Excellent Addition To Your Own Personal Library Collection Or As A Gift. = World Wide Shipping = AVAILABLE = <br/> <br/> FIYTO; FEDERATION of INTERNATIONAL YOUTH TRAVEL ORGANIZATIONS paperback
Bookseller reference : 008192
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Fjortoft, Kjell
Rapport fra Svalbard. En del av Norge
Oslo: Grondahl & Sons Forlag 1972. HB. Quarter green cloth and blue paper covered boards blue lettering on spine 8vo 180 pp. map endpapers. "Med Fotografier Av Forfatteren." No marks in book binding tight. Minor soiling edges of text block. In illustrated dust jacket that has been placed in plastic sleeve. Book condition VG in VG DJ. Text in Norwegian. Grondahl & Sons Forlag hardcover
Bookseller reference : GE6634
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Flack, Jeremy
Spitfire: The Legend Lives On
UK: Osprey Publishing 1992 This commemoration of the Spitfire aircraft illustrates the surviving airworthy examples of the Spitfire which have been restored repainted in different squadron markings and camouflage colours and continue to entertain thousands of spectators at airshows across Britain. This book is a follow-on from "Spitfire: A Living Legend" and includes all the new aircraft that have subsequently been restored. Osprey Publishing unknown
Bookseller reference : 010733
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FLACOURT (Etienne de).
Histoire de la grande isle Madagascar.
Paris Pierre Lamy 1658 2 parties en un volume in-4, 12 ff. lim. n.ch., 384 pages pour la première partie - 9 ff. n.ch., 42 pages pour la deuxième partie. Plein maroquin vert, dos à nerfs orné, double encadrements de filets dorés avec fleurons aux angles sur les plats, double filet doré sur les coupes, dentelle dorée intérieure, tranche dorée (Petit, successeur de Simier).
Bookseller reference : 14782
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Flader Susan
Exploring Missouri's Legacy: State Parks and Historic Sites
Columbia MO: University of Missouri 1992. Very Good Hardcover with Very Good dustjacket. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. University of Missouri Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 200129-MYB21 ISBN : 0826208347 9780826208347
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FLAG, Green
The Jewish Travel Guide 1961
12mo [18 x 12 cm]; 248 pp, illustrations to ads, indexes. original heavy paper printed wraps, spine label, withdrawn stamp, cover lightly rubbed, spine end with large chip, interior is clean and near fine. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. A country by country listing of all Jewish related organization, restaurants, schools, clubs, kashrut, synagogues, hotels, agencies, etc, listed by city, with population figures. This was published each year and is a useful current picture.
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