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Kadas, S.
Mount Athos: an illustrated guide to the monasteries and their history
Ekdotike Athenon S.A. Athens 1980. 1st English edition. Fine/No Jacket. Paper covers wrap-around flaps Folded map at rear intact. Ekdotike Athenon S.A., Athens unknown
Bookseller reference : 33090
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KADIR VAN LOHUIZEN
LES GRANDS FLEUVES DU MONDE. NIGER. YANG-TSEU-KIANG. GANGE. DANUBE. AMAZONE. MISSISSIPPI. OB.
ACTES SUD. 2003. In-4. Cartonné. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos impeccable, Intérieur frais. Non paginé. Environ 200 à 300 pages. Très nombreuses photos en noir et blanc hors texte.. . . . Classification Dewey : 910-Géographie générale. Voyages
Bookseller reference : R160137337
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KADLEC (Karel).
Introduction à l'étude comparative de l'histoire du droit public des peuples slaves.
CHAMPION, 1933, in-8°, P., Champion 1933, VIII-328p., index, grand in-8, broché (bon état).
Bookseller reference : 28054
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Kadota, Neiva Pitta
A tessitura dissimulada O social em Clarice Lispector
São Paolo: Estação Liberdade 1997. Softcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Book is in the Brazilian language. Sound binding. Clean and bright pages. Wraps have light overall handling wear. ; Examination of the writing of Ukrainian-born Brazilian writer Clarice Lispector 1920–1977. Portuguese Edition; 8.25" tall; 148 pages. Estação Liberdade unknown
Bookseller reference : 4620025 ISBN : 8585865806 9788585865801
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KAEHLER SOLVEIGH
MONT-SAINT-MICHEL. ECHO DE LUMIERE.
REVOE. 2000. In-4. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 51 planches de photos en noir et blanc hors texte. Texte en français, anglais, allemand.. . . A l'italienne. Classification Dewey : 910-Géographie générale. Voyages
Bookseller reference : R160134536
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Kaempfer, Engelbert
Exotic Attractions in Persia 1684-1688: Travels and Observations
Washington D.C.: Mage Publishers 2018. First Edition Thus . Hardcover. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. First edition thus; originally published in 1712 in Latin. Printed and manufactured in the USA. Translated and annotated by Willem Floor and Colette Ouahes. 11.5 x 9 inches. Bound in glossy paper-covered hardboards with white black and purple lettering. Unbumped spine head and tail and with sharp corners. Immensely clean binding. Text block firmly bound in and very tight. With xvi and 501 numbered pages all of matte stock. With 58 B&W figures throughout including many some that are full-page. A very clean interior. Previous owner name and date in small neat ink hand to top of a front FEP. Appears very gently read. No dust jacket; as issued A Very Good Plus copy. 3 lbs. 5 oz. The present volume is translated directly from the Latin. The previous German translations are not considered very reliable at least not faithful to the spirit of the original text. And the later Farsi translation was based on a German translation rather than the original Latin. Hence the perceived need for this Latin to English translation. Engelbert Kaempfer 1651-1716 was from Leppe Germany. He was a German naturalist physician explorer and writer known for his tour of Russia Persia India Southeast Asia and Japan between 1683 and 1693. In 1681 Kaempfer visited Uppsala in Sweden where he was offered inducements to settle. His desire for foreign travel led him to become secretary to the second embassy of the Swedish ambassador Ludvig Fabritius whom Charles XI sent through Russia to Persia in 1683. Kaempfer's travelogue of this embassy was later published. He reached Persia by way of Moscow Kazan and Astrakhan landing at Nizabad "in Shirvan" now in Azerbaijan after a voyage in the Caspian Sea. From Shemakha in Shirvan he made an expedition to the Baku peninsula being perhaps the first modern scientist to visit the "fields of eternal fire" around Baku. In 1684 Kaempfer reached Isfahan then the Persian capital. <br/> <br/> Mage Publishers hardcover
Bookseller reference : 008467 ISBN : 1933823917 9781933823911
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Kaeppelin P.
Les règions naturelles de la France les colonies. Cartes d'études.
Paris Librairie Hatier. sd 27p 1 volume In folio en demi-toile cerise.Cartes en couleurs. Quatrième édition.
Bookseller reference : 106682
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KAEPPELIN PAUL
GEOGRAPHIE COURS MOYEN CERTIFICAT D'ETUDES LA FRANCE LES COLONIES LES 5 PARTIES DU MONDE.
A.HATIER. NON DATE. In-4. Cartonné. Etat d'usage, Couv. légèrement passée, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur acceptable. 75 pages - textes sur deux et trois colonnes - coins frottés - quelques figures en noir et blanc et en couleurs dans le texte - quelques illustrations en noir et blanc dans le texte - nombreuses cartes en couleurs dans et hors texte.. . . . Classification Dewey : 910-Géographie générale. Voyages
Bookseller reference : R240086682
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KAESER, Daniel:
Utopistes, Poètes, Aventuriers.
Editions à la Carte, 2009, in-8vo, 206 p., envoi sur 8 lignes pour Tita et Pierre Languetin signé par l’auteur,
Bookseller reference : 122775aaf
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Kaete, George
An Account of the Pelew Islands,situated in the western part of the Pacific Ocean; composed from the journals and communications of Captain Henry Wilson, and some of his Officers, who, in August 1783, were there shipwrecked, in the Antelope, a packet belonging to the honourable East India Company. To which is addes, a supplement, compiled from the journals of the Panther and Endeavour, two vessels sent by the honourable East India Company th those islands in 1790.
London, Bulmer & Co., 1803. 5. Aufl. 4°. XVII, 244 S., 4 nn. Bll., 72 S. Mit Front., gef. Kte. u. 19 (v. 20). Kupf.-Taf. HLdr. Verg. Rü.-Tit. Stark gebr. stockfl. Kt. rest. mit Fehlst. Bibliotheksstemp. auf Front., Tit. u. Widmung. Half calf. Gilt title on spine. Time-stained. Map repaired with defective spots. Library stamp on Frontispiece, title-page and dedication. 5
Bookseller reference : 9329AB
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KAFETZAKIS, G.:
Spinalonga. The Island of the Living Dead.
<p>From the diaries of lepers who spent their lives on the dry rocks of the Venetian fortress of Spinalonga. Spinalonga is an island in the Gulf of Elounda north-eastern Crete in the municipality of Agios Nikolaos Lasithi. The island was maintained as a fortress for centuries under Venetian rule. It later became a refuge for Muslim families fearing persecution and finally a leper colony in the early 20th century. It has been uninhabited since 1962; though it has undergone some restoration work in the years since. Today it is the second most visited tourist site in Crete and sixth in Greece overall. Pp.64 inscribed by the editor to front free endpaper. Paperback. VG.</p> paperback
Bookseller reference : 52849
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Kagle, Steven E. (Ed.)
America: Exploration and Travel
Bowling Green Ohio: Bowling Green State University Popular Press 1979 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First No Additional printings. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Yellow cloth on boards. Travel and the American Identity. Foreign Travelers in America. American Travelers Abroad. Exploration and the American Naturalists.Travel and Exploration as a Theme in American Literature. No writing or damage. 205 pp. Bowling Green State University Popular Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 011592 ISBN : 0879721340 9780879721343
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Kahaner, Larry
AK-47 : The Weapon That Changed the Face of War
Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons 2007. Book. Fine. Soft cover. First Paperback Edition. FIRST PRINTING of the First Paperback Edition. A fascinating history of the development and usage spread of the Soviet Avtomat-Kalashnikov AK-47 infantry assault rifle - based upon the Nazi German 'Sturmgewehr' of World War Two and the world's first assault rifle - and then improved upon by the Soviet developers ultimately producing a very reliable relatively simple and highly durable weapon suitable for usage in all conditions and everywhere and popularly used throughout the Third World in a variety of insurgencies civil wars and terrorist actions - and still widely in use today. Softcover illustrated notes indexed 258pp. A very nice copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. John Wiley & Sons Paperback
Bookseller reference : 00016049 ISBN : 0470168803 9780470168806
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Kahin Sharon; Rufe Laurie
In the Shadow of the Rockies: A Photographic History of the Pioneer Experience in Wyoming's Big Horn Basin
Powell WY: Northwest Community College 1983 textblock very clean and tight; covers rubbed and moderately edge-worn; 91pp. Wraps. Very Good. Illus. by Photos. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Paper Back. Northwest Community College paperback
Bookseller reference : DC999 ISBN : 0961194804 9780961194802
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Kahl, Joseph A.
The Measurement of Modernism: a Study of Values in Brazil and Mexico
Univ. Of Texas 1968. Hardback. Very Good/Worn. <br/> <br/> Univ. Of Texas hardcover
Bookseller reference : 318895
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KAHN Axel
Entre deux Mers , Voyage Au Bout De Soi
Paris Stock 2015 In 8 Récit de voyage passionnant , poétique et drôle . Voyages . - 252 p. , 450 gr.
Bookseller reference : 019842
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KAHN Axel
Entre deux Mers , Voyage Au Bout De Soi
Récit de voyage passionnant , poétique et drôle . Voyages . - 252 p. , 450 gr.
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Kahn AxeL
Entre deux mers voyage au bout de soi
Stock. 04-2015. In-8. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 244 pages. 1 carte en noir et blanc en début d'ouvrage.. . . . Classification Dewey : 910.4-Voyages
Bookseller reference : RO80209930
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Kahn Axel
Entre deux mers, voyage au bout de soi
stock. 2015. In-8. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 244 pages.. . . . Classification Dewey : 910.4-Voyages
Bookseller reference : RO80221600
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KAHN Serge
Jean-Baptiste Charcot. Explorateur des mers, navigateur des pôles
Grenoble, Glénat, 2006, in-4 rel. cart. (25 x 33), 191 p., coll. "Exploration de la terre", ouvrage présenté par Jean Bastié et la Société de Géographie, préface de Anne-Marie Vallin-Charcot (petite-fille du commandant Charcot), riche iconographie en n. et en coul. (documents inédits issus des archives de la famille Charcot), bel envoi de l'auteur à Monique Delort Azzopardi, fille du marin qui a servi en 1933 comme quartier-maître timonier sur le "Pourquoi-Pas ?", jaquette, bon état.
Bookseller reference : QWA-19426
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Kahn, Herman
Things to come; thinking about the seventies and eighties [by] Herman Kahn..
x, 262 p. 24 cm. Hardcover Very good condition good
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Kahraman, M. Kemal
Japanese Wind in the Ottoman Palace
Istanbul: TBMM National Palaces Publication 2016. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Quarto. 192 pages. Purple pictorial hardback. Light wear to the binding. A sound copy and clean within. Illustrated throughout with color photos. Text is in English. <br/> <br/> TBMM National Palaces Publication hardcover
Bookseller reference : 043992 ISBN : 6056279154 9786056279157
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Kai & Harroy Jean Paul Curry-Lindahl
National Parks of the World Volumes 1 and 2
Golden Press January 1972. Trade . Very Good. Very Good Softcovers in Very Good Slipcase. Light shelfwear to covers. Pages clean and tight in bindings. Pictures available upon request. A locally owned independent book shop since 1984. Golden Press unknown
Bookseller reference : 259232
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Kaiser Franz-W.
Parijs, stad van de moderne kunst (1900-1960
, Ludion, 2012 softcover, 248pp, 28.8x24.4x2.5 cm . NIEUWSTAAT ISBN 9789461300331.
Bookseller reference : 33444
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Kak ( Pavle )
Saint Séraphin est de retour
Desclée de Brouwer - Théophanie - 1999 . In-8°, broché, 151 pages, bel exemplaire.
Bookseller reference : 17026
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kalender,
Kalender - calender 2013, Brussel, Bruxelles, trafic.
, Plaizier, 2013-2013 kalender 2013 met 12 foto's van Brussel. 30x30cm spiraalband aan bovenzijde.
Bookseller reference : 38191
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Kalmbach
Model Railroader January 1963 to December 1963
Milwaukee: Kalmback Publishing 1963. First edition. hardcover. very good/no dustjacket. 4to. All 12 issues of the 1963 bound together in one volume heavy volume additional postage costs will apply Kalmback Publishing hardcover
Bookseller reference : 258709
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Kalmbach
Model Railroader January 1962 to December 1962
Milwaukee: Kalmbach Publishing 1962. First edition. hardcover. very good/no dustjacket. 4to. All 12 issues of the 1962 bound together in one volume heavy volume additional postage costs will apply Kalmbach Publishing hardcover
Bookseller reference : 258711
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KALMOUKS et TARTARES -
Voyages chez les Peuples Kalmouks et les Tartares.
Berne, Société Typographique, 1792. Cont. mottled hcalf, gilt back, titlelabel. Top of spine gone (1 cm.). (4),474 pp., 23 engraved plates and 2 folded engraved maps. Clean and on good paper. A few small rubber stamps on verso of title aand on verso of a few plates.
Bookseller reference : 14739
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KALMOUKS et TARTARES -
Voyages chez les Peuples Kalmouks et les Tartares.
Berne, Société Typographique, 1792. Cont. mottled hcalf, gilt back, titlelabel. Top of spine gone (1 cm.). (4),474 pp., 23 engraved plates and 2 folded engraved maps. Clean and on good paper. A few small rubber stamps on verso of title aand on verso of a few plates.
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KALTBRUNNER D
AIDE-MEMOIRE DU VOYAGEUR - NOTIONS GENERALES DE GEOGRAPHIE MATHEMATIQUE, DE GEOGRAPHIE PHYSIQUE, DE GEOGRAPHIE POLITIQUE, DE GEOLOGIE, DE BIOLOGIE ET D'ANTHROPOLOGIE - A L'USAGE DES VOYAGEURS, DES ETUDIANTS ET DES GENS DU MONDE
J.WURSTER ET CIE. 1881. In-8. Relié toilé. Etat d'usage, Couv. partiel. décollorée, Coiffe en pied abîmée, Quelques rousseurs. 525 Pages. Quelques cartes en couleur dans et hors texte.Quelques rousseurs sans conséquence pour la lecture. Dos et plats tachés. Page de faux titre légerement pliée.. . . . Classification Dewey : 910.4-Voyages
Bookseller reference : RO80187544
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KALTBRUNNER D.
MANUEL DU VOYAGEUR
WURSTER ET CIE. 1879. In-8. Relié. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 762 pages et environ 50 pages d'appendice augmentées de 250 figures intercalées dans le texte et 24 planches hors texte en noir et blanc et en couleurs -. . . . Classification Dewey : 910-Géographie générale. Voyages
Bookseller reference : RO80197454
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Kaltbrunner, D.
Aide-Mémoire du Voyageur. Notions générales de géographie mathématique, de géographie physique, de géographie politique, de géologie, de biologie et d'anthropologie a l'usage des voyageurs, des étudiants et des gens du monde.
1881 xii, 525 p., several figs, 25 col. pls (several double-page), original cloth. With stamp on half-title (Hommage de l'auteur DKaltbrunner).
Bookseller reference : TG02805
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Kaltbrunner, David
Manuel du voyageur. Nouvelle edition. Avec 280 figures intercalees dans le texte et 24 planches hors texte.
Paris, Librairie Fischbacher, 1887. 8°. 21,5 x 14 cm. 16, XV, 762 Seiten, 40 Blatt (Appendix, Register). Schwarzer neuer Pappband, mit eingebundenen Deckeln der Original-Broschur. Mit goldgeprägtem Rückentitel. [4 Warenabbildungen]
Bookseller reference : 13761DB
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Kamau, Kwadwo Agymah
FLICKERING SHADOWS Broadside Excerpt
n.p.: Coffee House Press 1996. First Thus. Soft cover. Near Fine. Fine hand-set letter press broadside 11" x 15 1/2" on fine paper. Paragraph excerpt from Kamau's novel. Cream stock; lead letter enlarged & in rust color. Very slight curve toward one corner easily pressed out & a nice piece to frame. Coffee House Press unknown
Bookseller reference : 5017063
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Kamdar, Mira
MOTIBA'S TATOOS A Granddaughter's Journey from America into her Indian Family's Past
Plume NY 2001 2001. First Thus. Soft cover. Fine. 1st printing thus in pict wraps. 289pp. Illust. Fine. Plume, NY, 2001 unknown
Bookseller reference : 5009028 ISBN : 1891620584 9781891620584
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KAMIL YAVUZ.
How they travel in Turkey. Tourists, origin and people. Cartoons.
As New English Paperback. Mint. Oblong large 8vo. (18 x 19 cm). In English. 60 p., color ills. How they travel in Turkey. Tourists, origin and people. Cartoons.
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Kamler, K.
Doctor on Everest
The Lyons Press 2000. 1st edition. Fine/Fine. Hard covers dust jacket Scarcely used. The Lyons Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 36855 ISBN : 1558219293 9781558219298
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Kamm, Henry
Cambodia: Report from a Stricken Land
Arcade Publishing 1999. Paperback. Fine. clean unmarked copy. <br/> <br/> Arcade Publishing paperback
Bookseller reference : 354198 ISBN : 1559705078 9781559705073
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Kamm, Henry
Dragon Ascending: Vietnam and the Vietnamese
Arcade Publishing 1996. Very Good Hardcover with Very Good dustjacket. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Arcade Publishing hardcover
Bookseller reference : 220915-MB80 ISBN : 1559703067 9781559703062
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KAMMERER A.
PETRA ET LA NABATENE .
L'Arabie Pétrée et les arabes du Nord dans leur rapports avec la Syrie et la Palestine jusqu'à l'Islam . 1929 . Librairie Geuthner , Deux volumes in 8° reliés 1/2 chagrin vert lierre à coins .(Reliure moderne) .Un volume de texte (Première couverture conservée) de XIII ,626 pp.7 planches ,4 cartes in fine et 74 figures dans le texte .Un volume d'atlas (Première couverture conservée)
Bookseller reference : 27161
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Kampen, Anthony van
Demonen. Reizen in de Vóór -Tijd. Hart zonder haat. Prauw aan boord. Drie verhalen uit Nieuw-GuineaTrilogie-omnibus.
Bussum: Van Holkema & Warendorf Boek en stofomslag in goede staat. 460 pagina's. Kaartje. Eerste druk in deze uitgave De boeken zijn eerder verschenen als afzonderlijke uitgaven. 1ste / 1st. cardboard / karton - hardcover. good / goed/good / goed. A5 formaat. Van Holkema & Warendorf hardcover
Bookseller reference : 009384 ISBN : 9026960328 9789026960321
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Kandell, Jonathan
LA CAPITAL - THE BIOGRAPHY OF MEXICO CITY
New York: Random House 1988. HC. good w/good dustjacket hardcover slight cant to book block. B&W illustrations. ISBN 0394540697 Slight cant to book block. 640pp. Random House unknown
Bookseller reference : BOOKS074863I ISBN : 0394540697 9780394540696
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Kandell, Jonathan
Passage Through El Dorado. Traveling the World's Last Great Wilderness
New York: William Morrow. 1984. Octavo Size approx 15.5 x 22.8cm. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Black & white maps. 312 pages. Travelling an ever-southeastward course the author discovers the hinterland of South America. Robust professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardback. William Morrow hardcover
Bookseller reference : BIB329095 ISBN : 0688026648 9780688026646
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Kandell, Jonathan
Passage Through El Dorado: Travelling the World's Last Great Wilderness
USA: Avon Books 1991. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Jonathan Kandell explores South America's heartland and finds cruelty and heroism beauty and menace as he travels from the petroleum rich fields of Peru to the cattle and cocaine of Bolivia through inhospitable climate and terrain piranhna infested waters and dangerously unstable government bolstered by greed and corruption. The cast of characters includes hired gunmen camp followers cattle barons narcotics czars explorers and presidents oil executives and road builders-- a remarkable modern-day odyssey. Clean cover with jungle photograph on front orange and greens bottom edge and spine hinge rubbed spine lightly creased; glued binding tight and sound. Page block edges clean. Internals spotless no creasing pages toned. 312 pages with bibliography and index. 5.25 x 8 inches. Avon Books New York 1991. Avon Books paperback
Bookseller reference : 020885 ISBN : 038071499X 9780380714995
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Kandler, Udo
Die Eisenbahn in Köln: Von den dreißiger Jahren bis heute
Ek-Verlag GmbH 2012. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edition Ek-Verlag GmbH 2010. Fine hardcover. Binding firm. Interior clean no writings. Ek-Verlag GmbH Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 016906 ISBN : 3882552433 9783882552430
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Kandler, Udo
Eine Eisenbahnreise durch Good old Germany in den fünfziger und sechziger Jahren
Ek-Verlag GmbH 2020. Book. As New. Hardcover. First edition Ek-Verlag GmbH 2020. Like new hardcover. Binding firm. Interior clean no writings. Ek-Verlag GmbH Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 016909 ISBN : 3844662065 9783844662061
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Kandler, Udo
Walter Hollnagel: Reichsbahn hinter der Ostfront
Ek-Verlag 2014. Book. As New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edition Ek-Verlag 2014. Like new hardcover. Interior clean and crisp. Ek-Verlag Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 016973 ISBN : 3844662014 9783844662016
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Kane Elisha Kent
ARCTIC EXPLORATIONS: THE SECOND GRINNELL EXPEDITION IN SEARCH OF SIR JOHN FRANKLIN 1853 54 55. 2 Volumes Physician Travelers Edition
Arno Press & The New York Times New York 1971. Later Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 1971 Physician Travelers Edition: 2 Volumes 464 and 467 pages illustrated with b/w plates 3 maps and charts 2 folding sketches reproductions of engravings on steel and wood from sketches by the author. Original covers no dust jacket as issued. Minor shelf wear contents clean. A lovely modern set of the account of the voyage to Smith Sound and of the winter on the north-west coast of Greenland with extensive notes on the flora and fauna. No one had yet sailed beyond its northern portals. Kane determined to do so. John P. Kennedy secretary of the navy gave enthusiastic personal support and Henry Grinnell donated the brig Advance. Private subscription financed the enterprise.No trace of Franklins party was found by the expedition but the coasts of Kane Basin were charted and Kennedy Channel was discovered .Meteorological magnetic astronomical and tidal observations botanical glacial and geological surveys studies of animal and Eskimo life established sound foundations for the scientific study of the Arctic.In August 1854 Hayes the surgeon and eight men protesting the commanders resolve to remain a second winter announced their determination to hazard the journey to the South Greenland settlements. Kane sanctioning the withdrawal equipped them from limited supplies. In December they returned to the vessel broken in body and morale. Kane became doctor nurse and cook to a shipful of bedridden men. With indomitable courage he planned and then executed their escape. The Advance still frozen in was abandoned May 20 1855. With the loss of one man the party carrying the invalids reached Upernivik in eighty-three days a retreat which stands in the annals of Arctic exploration as archetype of victory in defeat. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 2 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration. ISBN: 0405017359. ISBN/EAN: 9780405017353. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3765. . 9780405017353 This is a SET of books therefore heavier than a standard volume and will involve extra shipping charges to some countries. Arno Press & The New York Times hardcover
Bookseller reference : 3765 ISBN : 0405017359 9780405017353
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Kane Elisha Kent
Arctic Explorations in the Years 1853'54'55: The Second Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin 2 VOLUME SET
Rediscovery Books Ltd. UK 2006. Paperback. As New/No Dust Jacket. 2006 Facsimile Edition reproduced with kind permission of The Royal Geographical Society: Vol 1: 464 pages Vol 2: 467 pages. Previous owners neat dated signature both volumes otherwise contents clean. Appears unread. The account of the voyage to Smith Sound and of the winter on the north-west coast of Greenland with extensive notes on the flora and fauna. No one had yet sailed beyond its northern portals. Kane determined to do so. John P. Kennedy secretary of the navy gave enthusiastic personal support and Henry Grinnell donated the brig Advance. Private subscription financed the enterprise. No trace of Franklin's party was found by the expedition but the coasts of Kane Basin were charted and Kennedy Channel was discovered Meteorological magnetic astronomical and tidal observations botanical glacial and geological surveys studies of animal and Eskimo life established sound foundations for the scientific study of the Arctic. In August 1854 Hayes the surgeon and eight men protesting the commander's resolve to remain a second winter announced their determination to hazard the journey to the South Greenland settlements. Kane sanctioning the withdrawal equipped them from limited supplies. In December they returned to the vessel broken in body and morale. Kane became doctor nurse and cook to a shipful of bedridden men. With indomitable courage he planned and then executed their escape. The Advance still frozen in was abandoned May 20 1855. With the loss of one man the party carrying the invalids reached Upernivik in eighty-three days a retreat which stands in the annals of Arctic exploration as archetype of victory in defeat. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 2 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration. ISBN/EAN: 9781905748303. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3819. . 9781905748303 This is a SET of books therefore heavier than a standard volume and will involve extra shipping charges to some countries. Rediscovery Books Ltd., paperback
Bookseller reference : 3819 ISBN : 1905748302 9781905748303
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