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Van Gulik, Robert
Necklace and Calabash A Chinese Detective Story
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1967. First American Edition. Hardcover. A first american edition in very good condition in a like dust-jacket. The jacket bears a small tear to the lower edge near the spine; In Necklace and Calabash the reader is taken on a journey through the exotic world of the Congo. The story follows the fortunes of a young woman Lulu as she is forced to marry an old man she doesn't love in order to protect her family. Lulu's fate is ultimately tied to that of the Congo itself as the country suffers from political unrest and violence. Necklace and Calabash is a captivating tale that is full of excitement and suspense.; Black and white drawings; 8vo; 144 pages . Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 160120
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Van Gulik, Robert
The Given Day An Amsterdam Mystery
San Antonio TX: Dennis McMillan. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1984. First American Edition. Hardcover. A nearly fine first american edition in an equally impressive dust-jacket. Volume is clean and bright; This 1st American Edition is limited to 300 copies. This is Copy Number 5 signed and numbered by Janwillem Van de Wetering author of the postscript. ; 8vo; 137 pages . Dennis McMillan hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 160111
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Van Itallie, Nancy
Fodor's Sweden : The Complete Guide with the Best of Stockholm, the Lakes and the Islands
147 pages, illustrated, maps. eng
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Van Itallie, Nancy (ed.)
Fodor's 93 USA
8vo, 1035 pages, illustrated. eng
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VAN LOON Henrik Willem,
Storia del Pacifico
Con Numerose illustrazioni in nero dell'A. Trad. di Carlo Coardi riveduta e integrata da Rinaldo Caddeo . 8vo. pp. IX - 290. . Molto buono (Very Good). . . .
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Van loon, Hendrik Willem
The Story of the Pacific
No dust jacket. Hardcover. Good condition. Penned dedication on half-title page by Lady Rozelle Raynes. Several items of correspondence from Lady Rozelle Raynes are laid in between front pastedown and FEP. Spine is slightly cocked. Spine ends are bumped. Leading corners are a little worn and bumped. Page block is tanned and foxed. Front hinge is slightly cracked. Pages are a little sunned. Text and illustrations are clear. AF Used
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VAN MARCK, Willy
KENIA. ZOO ZONDER TRALIES. DOKUMENTAIRE KLEURENFILM
Paperback, 235 x 310mm., pagina's niet genummerd, z/w illustratie. In goede staat. enkel tekst , geen film, CD of DVD.
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Van Mele, Paul (Ed.)
Innovations in Rural Extension : Case Studies from Bangladesh
Soft cover and contents in very good clean condition. K Clean Copy
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VAN MOPPES Catherine
A Chacun Sa Chine
18 photographies en noir et blanc hors-texte . - 336 p. , 500 gr.
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VAN NHIEM, Tony.
Des poissons et des hommes. Histoire de la Pêche artisanale et d'amateur.
TOURS, Mame, 1956. Collection ""Découvertes"" - in-8 - Broché avec jaquette illustrée - Nombreuses illustrations hors-texte - 288 pp.. - Exemplaire Non coupé - Très Bon état
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van Someren, Liesje
The Young Traveller in Holland
Hardcover, signed by author on title page. Fourth impression of the 1948 first edition. Jacket is marked and worn, with several nicks and a puncture; loss at spine head and one corner. Slight wear and fading to boards beneath. Page block and early and late pages are foxed. Correction fluid on FEP. All text and images are clear. TS Used
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VANCOUVER (George); LAMB (W. Kayne) Editor.
A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean and Round the World 1791-1795. With an introduction and appendices.
4 Vols., xx, 442; ix, [443]-786; viii, [787]-1230; viii, [1231]-1752pp., illustrs., and folding maps, orig. cloth, d.w's.
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VANCOUVER, GEORGE.
Voyage de Découvertes, a L'Océan Pacifique du Nord, et autour du Monde dans lequel la côte Nord-Ouest de l'Amérique a été soigneusement reconnue et exactement relevée: ordonné par le Roi D'Angleterre, principalement dans la vue de constater s...
Paris, L'Imprimerie de la République, AN VIII (1800). 4to. a. Imperial folio. Bound in 4 uniform contemp. blue hcloth with marbled boards. Gilt lettering on spines. Minimal wear to extremities. Atlas with small repairs to spine-ends. (2,= htitle),XII,491 (6, incl. htitle),516 "(6, incl. htitle),562 pp. and 7 + 6 + 5 engraved plates (incl. 1 map), all with tissue-guards. Atlas volume (66 x 47 cm.): 4 pp. (incl. htitle) and 10 double-page folded maps and 6 engraved plates (landfalls - profiles). A fine clean copy, wide-margined. 1 leaf a bit brownspotted, 2 leaves a bit frayed in right margin, 2 leaves slightly brownspotted, 2 leaves with loss of a bit of lower corner. Atlas clean and fine, some minor marginal brownspots.
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Vanderbilt, Gertrude Lefferts
THE SOCIAL HISTORY OF FLATBUSH : AND MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE DUTCH SETTLERS IN KINGS COUNTY
8vo; 1st edition. Original boards. 8vo. 351 pages with maps and plates. 20 cm. In English. Gertrude Lefferts (1824- 1902) was a prominent New York public figure. She married into the famous Vanderbilt family and dedicated her life to improving the condition of New Yorks African American community, though, certainly, in a very do-gooder "White Savior" kind of way. Her writings on the lives of Dutch citizens in New York was very popular and she is often overlooked as a pioneer of womens historians in the twentieth century (Brooklyn Historical Society, 2018). SUBJECTS: Dutch Americans - New York - Social life and customs. Very good condition. Previous owners writings on notes page and on title page. Overall very good. (AMR-54-59)
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Vandercook, John W.
Dark Islands
Hardcover in acceptable condition. No jacket. First edition. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Light edge wear and marks on hardcover. Page block and pages are lightly foxed. Previous owner's name penned on tanned FEP. Light creases on a few pages. Binding is visible on one or two pages but remains intact. Contents are clear throughout. HCW Used
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VANIER Nicolas
L'odyssée blanche. Photographies hors-texte.
Broché. 266 pages.
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VANIER Nicolas
L'Odyssée Sibérienne : Le Rêve Utile
Du lac Baïkal jusqu'à la Place Rouge de Moscou , 8 000 kms en traineau avec ses 10 chiens : un voyage extraordinaire restitué par 250 photographies couleurs superbes . Nicolas Vanier est comparé à Jack London pour sa façon de voyager . - 320 p. , 950 gr.
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VANSLEB Johann Michael & VANSLEBEN
Nouvelle relation en forme de journal, d'un voyage fait en Egypte. En 1672. & 1673
- Chez Estienne Michallet, A Paris 1677, in-12 (8,5x15,5cm), (16) 423pp. (17), relié. - Edition originale, rare et précieuse. Reliure en pleine basane brune d'époque. Dos à nerfs orné. Ensemble épidermé. Manques aux mors en coiffe de tête ; et de queue pour le mors supérieur. Un coin émoussé. Importante relation pour la connaisance occidentale de l'Egypte. Vansleb, philologue et théologien allemand, se mit au service de Colbert pour un voyage projeté en Ethiopie, mais il n'alla jamais plus loin que l'Egypte, où il passa 20 mois à observer et collecter des informations, multipliant les excursions et voyages. Vansleb ne revient jamais sur les descriptions qui ont déjà été faites par d'autres (les pyramides), conscient de livrer à ses lecteurs des informations entièrement neuves. Si ce n'est pas la première relation sur l'Egypte, c'est la première d'un homme résidant longtemps dans le pays ; c'est de toutes façons une des premières, mais la toute première de cette façon. L'auteur s'était déjà rendu une première fois en Egypte, il en avait tiré une narration en Italien, mais il ne possédait pas cette connaissance de l'arabe qui permet le contact avec la population, et il n'était pas demeuré dans le pays. [ENGLISH DESCRIPTION ON DEMAND]
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VARIGAS François
Dix Chiens Pour un Rêve : Propos Recueillis Par Jean-François Chaigneau . Préface De Paul-Emile Victor
Paris France Loisirs 1983 Grand In 8 Livre personnalisé par un article de journal sur la page de garde et un nom . Voyage dans le grand Nord canadien illustré de cartes et photographies . - 232 p. , 700 gr.
Riferimento per il libraio : 009047
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VARIN, PAUL.
Expédition de Chine.
Paris, Michel Lévy Freres, 1862. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine. A paperlabel pasted on lower part of spine. Slightly rubbed. Stamp on title-page. 348,(1) pp., 2 folded maps and 2 folded plans. Internally clean.
Riferimento per il libraio : 54458
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VARNET (François-André)
Géographie du département du Rhône. Avec une préface de M. A. Vachez. Ouvrage orné de 24 armoiries, de 4 cartes en noir et de 19 cartes hors-texte
Lyon, chez tous les libraires, s.d. (1898) in-8, [4]-VI-446 pp., avec 4 cartes dans le texte, et 19 hors-texte "in fine", toile crème, dos lisse, titre poussé sur le plat supérieur, tranches mouchetées (reliure de l'éditeur).
Riferimento per il libraio : 198817
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VARENNES DE MONDASSE.
La Découverte de l'Empire de Cantahar.
A Paris, chez Pierre Prault, 1730. In-12 de (8)-373-(3) pp., maroquin rouge, triple filet doré en encadrement sur les plats, fleuron en forme de soleil aux angles du cadre et fleur de lys aux angles intérieurs, dos orné à nerfs, tranches dorées sur marbrure (reliure de l'époque).
Riferimento per il libraio : 9523
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VARENDE de la Jean (Albert Brenet)
L’Ecole Navale
Amiot Dumont, Paris, 1951. Grand In/4 broché, couverture illustrée, 77 pages., illustrations en bordeaux et 2 planches rempliées en couleur de Albert Brenet peintre de Marine.
Riferimento per il libraio : 5086
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VARIGNY (C. de)
Quatorze ans aux îles Sandwich
1874 Paris, Hachette et Cie, 1874, in-12 de (4)-III-(1)-350 pp., reliure moderne cartonnée verte à la Bradel, pièce nom d'auteur et de titre de chagrin vert, dos orné de filets dorés, Initiales G.P. dorées en pied, réparation de papier au verso de la Carte dépliante placée en frontispice, bon exemplaire.
Riferimento per il libraio : 20906
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VARIOUS AUTHORS
Samling af de bedste og nyeste Reisebeskrivelser i et udførligt Udtog, hvori gives en nøiagtig Efterretning om adskillige Landes og Folks Religion, Regierings-forfatning, Handel, Sæder, Naturhistorie, og andre merkværdige Ting. Vol. 1 - 3 (out of 15).
Kiøbenhavn, Gyldendals Forlag, 1789 - 1790. 8vo. Uniformly bound in three contemporary full calf bindings with five raised bands and richly gilt spines. All edges coloured in red. Light wear to extremities. Ex-libris pasted on to pasted down front end-papers. WIth light occassional brownspotting, otherwise a nice and clean set. (4), 572 pp. + 1 plate (4), 616 pp. + 3 plates (4), 512 pp.
Riferimento per il libraio : 61639
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VARGAS, C. Manual M.
Proyecto de una VÝa de Comunicaci¾n de la Mesa Central a la Costa de Papantla, pasando por el distrito de Tlatlauqui, promovido ante la asamblea del estado por el diputado a la misma
8vo [21.5 x 15 cm]; 19 pp, large lithographed map [56 by 31 cm between neat lines]. original blue heavy paper wraps with title lettering in border on cover, very light stain, upper corner of margins of pamphlet chipped, few tiny wormholes on blank portion of map, overall very good. A picture of this book is available upon request by emai The author describes the proposal for a railroad with the potential route surveyed and describes the benefits of such a route, and provides a section on the resources of the area, and the agricultural sector in some detail. Palau 352380. This is a presentation copy, signed by the author in ink, to General Juan N. Mendez, a prominent Puebla political figure. The author describes a project for a communication line, a railroad, from Central Mesa to the coast of Papantla, passing by the district of Tlatlauqui. The large map is titled 'Croquis del trazo de una nueva via proyectada de la Mesa Central ß la costa de Papantla por Tlatlauqui'.
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VARIGAS FRANCOIS.
DIX CHIENS POUR UN REVE
ISBN : 2226019243. ALBIN MICHEL. 1984. In-8 Carré. Broché. Bon état. Couv. convenable. Dos satisfaisant. Intérieur frais. 231 pages- nombreuses photos en couleurs et en noir et blanc hors texte- bandeau éditeur Préface de Paul Emile Victor- Aventure au XXe siècle
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VARIGAS FRANCOIS.
DIX CHIENS POUR UN REVE
ISBN : 2226019243. ALBIN MICHEL. 1984. In-8 Carré. Broché. Bon état. Couv. convenable. Dos satisfaisant. Intérieur frais. 231 pages- nombreuses photos en couleurs et en noir et blanc hors texte
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VARIGAS FRANCOIS.
DIX CHIENS POUR UN REVE
ISBN : 2226019243. ALBIN MICHEL- LE GRAND LIVRE DU MOIS. 1984. In-8 Carré. Relié, Jaquette. Bon état. Couv. convenable. Dos satisfaisant. Intérieur frais. 231 pages- nombreuses photos en couleurs et en noir et blanc hors texte
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VARIGAS FRANCOIS.
DIX CHIENS POUR UN REVE
ALBIN MICHEL. 1984. In-8 Carré. Relié, Jaquette. Bon état. Couv. convenable. Dos satisfaisant. Intérieur frais. 231 pages- nombreuses photos en couleurs et en noir et blanc hors texte Préface de Paul Emile Victor- Aventure au XXe siècle- Guilde européenne du raid
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VARIGAS FRANCOIS.
DIX CHIENS POUR UN REVE
ISBN : 2226019243. ALBIN MICHEL- LE GRAND LIVRE DU MOIS. 1983. In-8 Carré. Relié, Jaquette. Bon état. Couv. convenable. Dos satisfaisant. Intérieur frais. 231 pages- quelques rousseurs en tranches- jaquette en état d'usage- nombreuses photos en couleurs et en noir et blanc hors texte Préface de Paul Emile Victor- Aventure au XXe siècle- Guilde européenne du raid
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VARIGAS François
Dix Chiens Pour un Rêve : Propos Recueillis Par Jean-François Chaigneau . Préface De Paul-Emile Victor
Livre personnalisé par un article de journal sur la page de garde et un nom . Voyage dans le grand Nord canadien illustré de cartes et photographies . - 232 p. , 700 gr.
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VARIGNY C. de
San Francisco. Les placers et les mines. Le chemin de fer de Panama. L'agriculture californienne. Les nouvelles mines d'argent
- Extrait de la Revue des deux mondes, s.l. (Paris) (1886), 15,5x25cm, agrafé. - First edition. Plain paper cover. Rare. [FRENCH VERSION FOLLOWS] Edition originale. Sous couverture muette. Rare.
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VARIGNY Charles de
L'Océanie moderne. I. Iles Fidji, Tonga, Pitcairn, Norfolk. II. Iles Banks, Api, Tanna, Ambrym
- Extrait de la Revue des deux mondes., (Paris) 1887, 15,5x25cm, agrafé. - First edition of these two articles. Plain paper cover. Rare. [FRENCH VERSION FOLLOWS] Edition originale de ces deux articles. Sous couverture muette. Rare.
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VARIGNY Charles de
L'Océanie moderne. III. Iles Pomoutou, Iles Marquises, Nouvelle Calédonie, Australie et Nouvelle-Zélande. IV. Archipel d'Asie, Java, Sumatra, l'Ile d'or, Bornéo,, Les Célèbes
- Extrait de la Revue des deux mondes., (Paris) 1887, 15,5x25cm, agrafé. - First edition of these two articles. Plain paper cover. Rare. [FRENCH VERSION FOLLOWS] Edition originale de ces deux articles. Sous couverture muette. Rare.
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VARIN, PAUL.
Expédition de Chine.
Paris, Michel Lévy Freres, 1862. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine. A paperlabel pasted on lower part of spine. Slightly rubbed. Stamp on title-page. 348,(1) pp., 2 folded maps and 2 folded plans. Internally clean.
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VARIOS AUTORES
MARAVILLAS SECRETAS DEL MUNDO
Quien crea que conoce los lugares más sorprendentes del mundo debería reconsiderarlo. Este libro está dedicado a los sitios que pasan más desapercibidos sean misteriosos cautivadores o disparatados. En sus páginas hay eucaliptos arcoíris pueblos fantasma un puente hecho con árboles un museo submarino un pueblo llamado Hell (infierno) y una piara de cerdos caribeños nadadores. Esta fascinante obra con su colección de 360 lugares extraordinarios desde misteriosas maravillas naturales a rarezas históricas y construcciones poco comunes adonde no llegan las multitudes es la compañera de aventuras perfecta para viajeros de curiosidad insaciable.
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10 SMALL PORTFOLIOS OF REAL SILVER PRINT PHOTOGRAPHS OF FRANCE: VANNES BAYEUX ROSCOFF CHATEAU & MANOIRS DE BRETAGNE JOSSELIN PETITES EGLISES RURALES DE BRETAGNE CAEN LANGEAIS QUIMPER LES CHATEAU DE LA LOIRE
Paris: N.D. ND Phot. 1928. Very good. Each photo is 2 3/4 x 3 3/4 inches. Each portfolio has 12 photos so 120 in total. No date but I know these were all purchased in 1928. Photos are numbered and a list is printed on flaps of the portfolios. Condition is Very Good; The portfolios have some edge wear tears and a few missing bits photos are all excellent with no foxing staining etc. N.D. [ND] Phot. unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 49918
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8 SMALL PORTFOLIOS OF REAL SILVER PRINT PHOTOGRAPHS OF FRANCE: PARIS EN FLANANT SERIE 1 PARIS EN FLANANT SERIE 3 SAINTE CHAPELLE MONT SAINT MICHEL CHARTRES BLOIS CHATEAU DE LA LOIRE CHINON CHATEAU DE LA LOIRE LOCHES.
Paris: Editions D'Art Yvon 1928. Very good. Each photo is 2 3/4 x 3 3/4 inches. Each portfolio has 20 photos except the 2 Chateau de la Loire which have 10 each so a total of 140 photos. No date but I know these were all purchased in 1928. Photos are numbered and a list is printed on flaps of the portfolios. Condition is Very Good; The portfolios have some edge wear and a few missing bits photos are all excellent with no foxing staining etc. Editions D'Art Yvon unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 49917
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ARCTIC: Journal of Arctic Institute of North America Volume 19No 1 March 1966 to Volume 31 No 3 September 1978 - 51 Issues
<p>Arctic Institute of North America 1972. First Edition. Wrappers. Good/No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition; Original wrappers. Shelfware covers grubby contents clean. Good. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 5 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Antarctic; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3083. . This book is extra heavy or expensive and as such may involve extra shipping charges to some countries.</p> Arctic Institute of North America
Riferimento per il libraio : 3083
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CARTE DE FRANCE ROUTIERE ET KILOMETRIQUE
Paris: Petit Parisien c. 1930. folding map. Very good . 39" x 35 inches. Folds neatly into 5 x 8" with linen backing. Map is in color. No date appears to be c. 1930. Condition is VERY GOOD ; very clean no damage colors bright. Excellent for framing. Travel/Ephemera. Stax. Petit Parisien unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 50230
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Eagle Omnibus: Number 3: On Trail with the Redskins and Other True Stories
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, a little sunning and rubbing to spine ends and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked with pieces missing from edges and corners. 184pp. Six tales from different authors of notable historical figures set in India, Canada, Africa, South Seas and Cairo.
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Footprints of Travellers - Volume 1
Cassells 1850. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. Cassells 1850. Extracts from many writers - Hard Covers - but split from pages at front - otherwise clean and readable text. Happy to answer any questions and will gladly email a scan of book. Hard Back. Fair/No Jacket. <br/><br/> Cassells hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 001141
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FUR SEAL ARBITRATION: Proceedings of the Tribunal of Arbitration Convened at Paris under the Treaty between the United States of America and Great Britain 1892 Waters of Bering Sea Vol 5 Appendix to Case of Her Majesty's Government. Vol. III & IV
Government Printing Office 1895. Edition Unstated. Cloth. Very Good. 3 folding maps2 very large. Brown cloth covers with gilt tiling to spine. The tribunal was convened "under the treaty between the United States of America and Great Britain concluded at Washington Feb. 29 1892 for the determination of questions between the two governments concerning the jurisdictional rights of the United States in the waters of the Bering Sea."Part of a series of volumes recording the resolution of jurisdictional rights between the United States and Great Britain regarding seal hunting in the Bering Sea. This volume consists of the appendices to the Case presented on the Part of the Government of Her Britannic Majesty. Fur Seal Arbitration Volume IV Great Britain's Case. Fur seals were an important industry in the late nineteenth century. The United States claimed exclusive rights to the sealing industry in the Bering Sea. The United Kingdom disputed this claim and the matter was eventually sent to international arbitration. The award which was signed and published on 15 August 1893 was in favor of Great Britain on all points. The question of damages which had been reserved was ultimately settled by a mixed commission appointed by the two powers in February 1896 the total amount awarded to the British sealers being $473151.26 - in excess of $10 million in present-day inflation-adjusted dollars.Shelfware signs of old worm damage to spine cover minor spotting. Very Good. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 2 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Antarctic; 19th century; History. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 2855. . This book is extra heavy or expensive and as such may involve extra shipping charges to some countries. Government Printing Office hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 2855
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PICTURES AND PORTRAITS OF THE LIFE AND LAND OF BURNS AMERICAN SCENERY BEAUTIES OF THE BOSPHORUS CANADIAN SCENERY SCENERY AND ANTIQUITIES OF IRELAND ALL BOUND AS ONE
London: George Virtue 1839 etc. Full leather. Good. 9 x 11 in. 5 books with plates all published by Virtue. Bound as one in black morocco with gilt. Gilt text edges. Condition is GOOD ; front board deatched but present spine leather loose holding along rear hinge. Text binding is fine. Numerous engraved plates some have foxing many don't. Travel. Stax. George Virtue hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 51307
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PLEASURE CRUISES BY THE STEAMSHIP KAISERIN MARIA THERESIA 1904 NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD BREMEN
Berlin: unstated 1904. Hardcover. Very good. 5 x 7 in. 64 pp. Semi-rigid cloth covers. Rear inside cover has a fold-out with diagrams of the three deck lkevels of the ship. Condition is VERY GOOD ; covers toned at edges with light wear to corners and spine ends. Binding tight. Text very clean fold-out excellent. Trav. Stax. unstated hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 55467
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Various - Editors: M Vahl (Cheig Editor), GC Amdrup, LBobe, ADSJensen G C L B D S J
Greenland: Volume III The Colonization of Greenland and its History until 1929
Copenhagen & London: C.A. Reitzel & Humprey Milford Oxford University Press 1929. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition Card wrappers as issued. 468 pages illustrated with maps tables b/w photographs. Large coloured folding map at end of Volume. Shelf wear covers grubby small splits. Contents clean. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 2 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Antarctic; 1920s; History. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3016. . This book is extra heavy and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries. Copenhagen & London: C.A. Reitzel & Humprey Milford, Oxford University Press, paperback
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ICELAND PAPERS Volume I SCIENTIFIC RESULTS OF CAMBRIDGE EXPEDITIONS TO ICELAND 1932-38
Oxford University Press 1939. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. 1st Edition thus: A collection of 17 papers from varous members of the expeditions with folding maps and illustrations many from photographs. Six of the papers are on birds. Green cloth covers with gilt titling to spine. Previous owners signature G.C.L. Bertram on fep. Very Good Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Antarctic; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 2731. . Oxford University Press hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 2731
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Various - Parry, CaptWE; Edited by Sir E Sabine t W E
NORTH GEORGIA GAZETTE and WINTER CHRONICLE 1821
John Murray London 1821. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition: xii 132 pages. Complete 21 issues 1819 - 1820. The newspaper issued by the Parry Expedition which wintered at Melville Island in the Arctic 1819 -1820. Ex Harvard College Library Library bookplate to front pastedown stamps to verso title page otherwise contents clean. Nicely bound in cloth covers with gilt titling to spine. Some very minor foxing to title page and wrinkling of page edges. A very nice copy. Arctic Bib.12547 Sabin 55714. Alone months of sailing separating them from home in the polar winter where the sun never rises the two ships of Captain William Parry's expedition lay encased in ice from November 1819 to March 1820. In order to fully chart the North-West Passage between the Atlantic and the Pacific it was necessary to overwinter in the Arctic something that no other British expedition had done before. To boost morale in these uncomfortable circumstances Captain Edward Sabine 1788-1883 a senior scientist carrying out measurements of natural phenomena founded and edited a weekly magazine which ran for twenty-one issues and was made available to the wider world in 1821. Offering jokes poems stories and thinly disguised gossip the members of the expedition contributed to the magazine with enthusiasm after having first thawed their ink. This book offers unique insight into what polar exploration in the nineteenth century was actually like. First Edition of this weekly "Arctic" newspaper containing poems songs humorous essays established to enliven the dreary months of the Arctic winter originally circulated in manuscript by Parry's crew in 1819-20. Captain Sabine the Editor announced that "this Paper is solely to promote good-humour and amusement. Original contributions on any subject will be acceptable. The sportsman and the essayist the philosopher and the wit the poet and the plain matter-of-fact man will each find their respective places" pp. vii-viii. Aside from contributing to the upkeep of the expedition's morale Sabine's scientific assistance to Parry was invaluable and in 1821 he was awarded the Royal Society's Copley Medal in recognition of his various communications relating to his researches during the expedition see DNB. From the preface we learn that: "The editor of the following sheets feels it incumbent on him to state that at the time they were composed not the remotest idea was entertained of their fulfilling any other purpose than that of relieving the tedium of an Arctic winter; and perhaps of afterwards affording amusement to a few private friends at home. On return of the expedition the interest which the public took in all that had passed during the voyage induced applications for the perusal of the manuscript which could only be gratified by its publication. In consenting to this measure the contributors to the North Georgia Gazette are fully aware that its principal recommendation to the public notice will be considered to arise from the peculiarities of circumstances and of situation under which it was composed; and they trust that they may be allowed to claim from the general reader the same indulgence which they would have received had the perusal of the chronicle been confined to the partial circle to which they originally intended it should have been limited: with this impression no alteration has been attempted in the respective papers in preparing them for the press." First edition of the work in this format and binding and/or set or series. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 2769. . John Murray hardcover
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Syckelmoore's Illustrated Hand Book of Philadelphia Cover Title
William Syckelmoore Philadelphia 1875. Edition Unstated. Hardcover. Good/None Issued. Size: Small 8vo. This copy lacks the title page as do some other copies we have seen online. Burnt Orange gilt stamped cloth over boards 136 pages XIII pages advertisements Index folding map. Corners and spine ends are bumped with chipping at the spine ends cover soiled and worn map has one long tear that has been rather inexpertly repaired with tape as well as a few short tears interior pages are toned front hinge is cracked; interior is clean with no writing or marks and the text block binding is sound. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 0 lbs 11 oz. Category: Travel; Books; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 006500. . William Syckelmoore hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 006500
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