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Kingdon Ward, F.
The Romance of Gardening.
London: Jonathan Cape 1935. 271pp appendices bw ills. Green cloth no jacket. Very light toning to page edges. Kingdon-Ward's experiences and ideas regarding his travels and plant hunting gardening and the science of botany. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. Jonathan Cape Hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 051840
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KINGDON WARD, Capt. F. (Frank)
The Romance of Plant Hunting
8vo [22.5 x15 cm]; xi, 275, 12 [ads] pp, frontis, plates from photos, foldout map, general index, plant index. original cloth with gilt vignette and lettering on front cover & spine, lightly foxed on title page, fine, clean copy in very good dust jacket (light wear, small chip) with a loose extra 3-page appendix (about 6 x 4 inches, photocopy, from later edition. The author, perhaps the most famous plant hunter of the twentieth century, describes his travels in Yunnan, Burma, China, Tibet searching for new plants but also describing the countryside and peoples and gives his own feelings and philosophy of plant collecting, travel, nature, etc. There was a later reprint but in reduced format compared to this first edition. Not usually found in a jacket.
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KINGDON WARD, Captain Frank
The Mystery Rivers of Tibet; A Description of the little-known Land Where Asia's Mightiest Rivers Gallop in Harness Through the Narrow Gateway of Tibet, Its Peoples, Fauna, & Flora
8vo [22 x 14 cm]; 316, [iv, ads] pp, illustrations from photos, 4 maps including large folding map at end, index. original pictorial cloth, spine title lettering, tiny tear at spine end, but a fine and clean copy, covers bright and unworn pristine and fresh. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. One of the greatest explorers of the early part of this century and, perhaps, the most famous plant hunter of all times, Kingdon Ward travelled extensively in Burma, China and Tibet. He introduced numerous plants to western gardens including the Tibetan poppy and rhododendrons. This is a detailed description of the area with much on the geography, the people, and the plants he found, including over 200 new species. It is one of his scarcest books. Coats (The Plant Hunters): 'His most important and interesting journey.' Schweinfurth IV. Marshall 2070. Yakushi K191.
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KINGDON WARD, F.
Plant Hunter in Manipur
8vo [20.5 x 14 cm]; 254 pp, frontis, 11 other plates, folding map showing author's route, index. original cloth, sliver spine title lettering, near fine and clean in dust jacket (not price clipped, very light use). A picture of this book is available upon request by email. A fine narrative of the author's travels with his wife in Manipur (Assam, Burma) on a plant hunt, where he describes the flora, fauna, scenery, people. He discovered the Lilium Makliniae which is now in the market. The author became familiar with this area between Assam and Burma, when he was employed by the US army in world war II searching for crashed aircraft.
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KINGDON WARD, F.
Plant Hunter in Manipur
8vo [20.5 x 14 cm]; 254 pp, frontis, 11 other plates, folding map, index. original cloth, dj (short tear, slight wear at spine ends), name erased on title page, very good copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. A description of the famous plant hunter's adventure with his wife together with descriptions of the flora, fauna and scenery. On this expedition, he discovered a new lily, Lilium Mackliniae, that was introduced to the world of gardening soon after. The author became familiar with this area between Assam and Burma, when he was employed by the US army in world war II searching for crashed aircraft.
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KINGDON WARD, F.
Plant Hunter's Paradise
8vo [20.5 x 14 cm]; 347 pp, frontis, 12 other plates, 2 folding maps, appendices. original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, one of the blank front free endpapers removed leaving one blank endpaper, otherwise a clean near fine copy, covers bright, no ownership marks. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Traveling in the mountains and valleys of Burma and adjacent areas, including the unexplored country on the Burma-Tibet frontier, in 1922, 1926 and 1930-31, this famous botanical explorer describes plants, nature and native customs in his usual readable way. There are appendices on zoological specimens collected and new plants he introduced to Europe that he found in Burma.
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KINGDON WARD, F.
Plant Hunter's Paradise
8vo [20.5 x 14 cm]; 347 pp, frontis, 12 other plates, 2 folding maps. original cloth, dj (chipped at edge), near fine and clean copy in good dj. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Travelling in the mountains and valleys of Burma and adjacent areas, including the unexplored country on the Burma-Tibet frontier, in 1922, 1926 and 1930-31, this famous botanical explorer describes plants, nature and native customs in his usual readable way. There are appendices on zoological specimens collected and new plants he introduced to Europe that he found in Burma.
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KINGDON WARD, F.
Plant Hunter's Paradise
8vo [20.5 x 14 cm]; 347 pp, frontis, 12 other plates, 2 folding maps, appendices. original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, lower corner chipped, very good copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Traveling in the mountains and valleys of Burma and adjacent areas, including the unexplored country on the Burma-Tibet frontier, in 1922, 1926 and 1930-31, this famous botanical explorer describes plants, nature and native customs in his usual readable way. There are appendices on zoological specimens collected and new plants he introduced to Europe that he found in Burma. The American edition was first published the following year.
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KINGDON WARD, F.
Plant Hunter's Paradise
8vo [20.5 x 14 cm]; 347 pp, frontis, 12 other plates, 2 folding maps. original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, dj (chipped, worn at edge, not price clipped), near fine and clean copy in good dj. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Travelling in the mountains and valleys of Burma and adjacent areas, including the unexplored country on the Burma-Tibet frontier, in 1922, 1926 and 1930-31, this famous botanical explorer describes plants, nature and native customs in his usual readable way. There are appendices on zoological specimens collected and new plants he introduced to Europe that he found in Burma. The American edition was first published the following year.
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KINGDON WARD, F.
Plant Hunter's Paradise
8vo [20.5 x 14 cm]; 347 pp, frontis, 12 other plates, 2 folding maps, appendices. original cloth, spine title lettering, dj (chipped at spine end, price clipped), clean and fine in good+ dj. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Traveling in the mountains and valleys of Burma and adjacent areas, including the unexplored country on the Burma-Tibet frontier, in 1922, 1926 and 1930-31, this famous botanical explorer describes plants, nature and native customs in his usual readable way. There are appendices on zoological specimens collected and new plants he introduced to Europe that he found in Burma.
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KINGDON WARD, F. (Frank)
A Plant Hunter in Tibet
8vo [20.5 x 14 cm]; 317 pp, frontis, illustrations from photos, 2 maps including double-page map with route in red and folding map of Himalaya East of the Tsangpo in blue & black, index of places, plant index, persons index, animal-bird index. original cloth, gilt lettering, spine lightly faded but lettering clear, trifle foxed in margin of title page, bookplate on endpaper, near fine, clean copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The author, plant collector and geographer and winner of the Royal Geographical Society Gold Medal, describes the people, nature, scenes during his plant hunting expedition in Tibet where he found numerous plants new to Europe.
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KINGDON WARD, F. [Frank]
Plant Hunting on the Edge of the World
8vo [22 x 15 cm]; 383 pp, frontis, 15 other plates from photos, 3 maps, plant list, index. original black cloth, gilt spine title lettering, covers bright, interior with light foxing, mostly marginal, very good clean copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. A narrative of two journeys by this famous plant hunter and geographer, to Burma and Assam, to collect seeds and plants and to explore unknown mountain ranges. The appendix lists plants collected by the author that were in cultivation at the time of publication, but he is acclaimed for introducing thousands of plants to the west found through southeast Asia. Yakushi K195.
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KINGDON WARD, Frank
Burma's Icy Mountains
8vo [20.4 x 14 cm]; 287 pp, frontis and plates from photos, 2 foldout maps. original cloth, silver title lettering on spine bright, fine and clean, unmarked in very nice dj (not price clipped, light wear at spine ends). A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The author, described as the last of the great plant hunters, traveled to Burma a number of times. He describes his two expeditions, in the late 1930's, to the more inaccessible and previously unexplored parts of Burma, including Burma's 20,000 foot mountains, with a good description of the geography, topography, botany, people. The illustrations include local people, orchids, views, suspension bridge, etc. Neate W16. Because of his familiarity with this area, he was employed by the US army in world war II searching for crashed aircraft.
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KINGDON-WARD, Captain Frank
Plant Hunting in the Wilds
8vo [22 x 14.5 cm]; [79, i, ads] pp, frontis, plates from photos. original blue cloth, spine slightly faded, fine copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Perhaps the most famous of twentieth century plant hunters describes his travels in China, Tibet and Burma, his adventures crossing rope bridges, rafting in Indo-China, searching for plants and having interesting conversations with the people including the Grand Lama in Tibet.
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KINGDON-WARD, Frank
Pilgrimage for Plants
8vo [21.5 x 14.5 cm]; 191 pp, frontis (portrait), plates from photos, bibliog, index, endpaper maps. original green cloth, title lettering on spine, dj (not price clipped, tiny tear), name on endpaper, else fine and clean in very good jacket. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Kingdon-Ward, the last of the great plant hunters, describes his life and adventures, in this, the last of his books. He made 23 expeditions for plants, mainly in Assam, Burma, China and Tibet, over a forty year period, and is described in this book. Many species of plants have been named after him. William T. Stearn of the British Museum wrote a useful bibliographical introduction, including a year by year account of Kingdon-Ward's explorations, with references to the resulting publications. Stearn also compiled a list of all known publications of him, including periodicals and books. Yakushi K204. Schweinfurth 25. Marshall 27871.
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KINGDON-WARD, Frank
Pilgrimage for Plants
8vo [21.5 x 14.5 cm]; 191 pp, frontis (portrait), plates from photos, bibliog, index, endpaper maps. original green cloth, title lettering on spine, dj (large chip on rear panel, price clipped, light wear), light abrasion on title where label was removed, else clean, sound, near fine in good+ dj. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Kingdon-Ward, the last of the great plant hunters, describes his life and adventures, in this, the last of his books. He made 23 expeditions for plants, mainly in Assam, Burma, China and Tibet, over a forty year period, and is described in this book. Many species of plants have been named after him. William T. Stearn of the British Museum wrote a useful bibliographical introduction, including a year by year account of Kingdon-Ward's explorations, with references to the resulting publications. Stearn also compiled a list of all known publications of him, including periodicals and books. Yakushi K204. Schweinfurth 25. Marshall 27871.
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KINGDON-WARD, Frank
Return to Irrawaddy
8vo [23.5 x 16 cm]; 224 pp, frontis, 45 illustrations from photos, mostly full-page, folding map, index. original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, dj (chipped at edge, tear, price clipped), clean, bright and fine in good+ jacket. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The author, one of the most famous plant hunters of the twentieth century and discoverer of thousands of plants, explored the almost unknown jungles and mountains of Northern Burma, known as the Triangle (or golden triangle), an area that has now become famous for its connection to drug production. He writes of the plants, animal and bird life and the customs of the local peoples. He describes 14 species of orchids and about 60 species of rhododendrons found there. Includes an index of flora and fauna. Yakushi K84.
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Kinglake Alexander William
Eothen: Traces of Travel Brought Home from the East
Charleston SC.: BiblioBazaar 2007. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Softcover 2007 edition. Text and covers in very good condition. Binding firm. Pages unmarked and clean. . BiblioBazaar Paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 020787 ISBN : 1426410794 9781426410796
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KINGLAKE A W
Eothen
London: Harrison & Waide 1864 green cloth gilt to spine and gilt eastern traveller smoking pipe on a horse bevelled boards mottled and gilt rubbed some surface insect marking top of lower joint split old ink name and date to title "J Maddock Hughes Birralee 1878" some ink ofset to tissue frontis guard armorial bookplate to paste down of John Maddock Hughes 'Deo Non Fortuna' there is an earlier plate underneath this chocolate coloured endpapers some light foxing frontis and title nearly detached 319pp frontis and one plate some minor water marking to bottom margin of some pages early travels in Palestine Jordan area originally published 1844 New Edition with the preface to the first edition. New edition. Pictorial Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7 - 9 tall. Harrison & Waide hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 010393
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KINGLAKE A W
Eothen
London: George Routledge & Sons 500 gram rate green cloth gilt to spine name and date to paste down lacks fep soiled endpapers and closed edges marker stripe to closed bottom edge xii 288pp undated but circa 1920s has the preface from the first edition issued in the Routledge Universal Library recounts early travels in Palestine Jordan area originally published 1844. reprint. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5 - 6 tall. George Routledge & Sons hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 008172
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KINGLAKE A W
Eothen
London: Nelson 500 gram rate blue cloth name and address to fep tidy copy 287pp undated but circa 1960s early travels in Palestine Jordan area originally published 1844. reprint. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6 - 7 tall. Nelson hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 005301
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Kinglake, Alexander
Eothen
British: Icon T2 1963. Solid with light wear on the covers from rubbing. "30c" writtten on the top left corner of the inside front cover. 1st Printing. Paperback. Very Good. Icon T2 paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 35989
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Kinglake, A. W.
Eothen
Leipzig: Tauchnitz 1846. Leather rubbed esp at corners and head and tail of spine; marbled boards; light foxing to endpapers; contents vg; 308p. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. First Thus. Half-Leather. G/No Jacket. Tauchnitz Hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 70132
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Kinglake, Alexander (Intro By Frank Baker)
Eothen
London: Icon Books 1963. Book. Good . Mass Market Paperback. First Icon Books Edition. G Edgewear tear creases scuffing browning/NO DUST JACKET. Near Eastern travel book originally published in 1844. Cover design by Philip Grainger. Icon Book T2. Expanded condition report/scan on request. Icon Books Paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 020947
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Kinglake, AW. A. W.
Eothen
Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons 1885. Cabinet Edition. Original blindstamped red cloth with brown coated endpapers. Old owner's book label inside front cover. Kinglake first published 'EOTHEN' in 1844. This edition reprints the preface to the first edition. A classic of Near Eastern travel Kinglake describes the Greek Archipelago Syria Palestine Beirut and many other exotic locals in the still uncorrupted Mediterranean world of the 1840's. Cloth slightly age soiled else a sound clean good copy. Reprint. Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. William Blackwood and Sons Hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 002341
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Kinglake, AW. A. W.
Eothen Everyman's Libray #337 Travel & Topography
New York N.Y.: J.M. Dent & Sons 1948. Good Hardcover Everyman's Library #337 Travel and Topography 1948 previous owner's bookplate. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Cover. J.M. Dent & Sons Hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 200201-MYB28
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Kinglake, Alexander
Eothen Konemann Travel Classics
Konemann 1997. Very good hardcover with very good dust jacket. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Konemann hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 230108-RD79 ISBN : 3895086916 9783895086915
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Kingsbury, Karen
A Moment of Weakness
Multnomah Pub 2000. Paperback. As New. 411 pp. Romance that last through time or does it. <br /> Multnomah Pub paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 03023 ISBN : 1576736164 9781576736166
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Kingsbury, Patricia & Robert
AROUND THE WORLD PROGRAM: Pakistan
New York: Nelson Doubleday Inc. 1958. stickers have been glued in place on pages 64 pages pictorial covers. corners slightly bumped. 1st Thus. Trade Paperback. G to VG. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Nelson Doubleday, Inc. Paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 001716
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KINGSFORD, William
The Early Bibliography of the Province of Ontario, Dominion of Canada, with other Information; A Supplemental Chapter on Canadian Archaeology
12mo [19 x 13 cm]; 140, addendum, index. original red cloth, gilt spine lettering, black cover lettering, cover vignette, spine slightly faded but clean fine copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The bibliography is well annotated with descriptions and comments on each book and a good introduction.
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Kingsley Jason & Mitchell Levitz
Count Us In: Growing Up with Down Syndrome
New York: Harcourt Brace and Company 1994. Signed by authors on inside cover. 8vo size trade paperback; 182 pages plus a section of black and white photographs on glossy stock From back: "In this ground breaking volume Mitchell Levitz then age 22 and Jason Kingsley then age 19 share their innermost thoughts feelings hopes and dreams their lifelong friendship - and their experience growing up with Down syndrome." A Reading Copy with wear and creasing to covers curled page corners at the front of the book; name on fep; autographed copy sticker on front cover. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning. Signed by Author. Trade Paperback. Reading Copy/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Harcourt Brace and Company Paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 003009 ISBN : 015622660x 9780156226608
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Kingsley Charles
Westward Ho! Or The Voyages and Adventures of Sir Amyas Leagh Knight
New York: The Heritage Press 1947. very good green cloth hardcover with no dust jacket. Color illustrations by Edward A. Wilson. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Illus. by Wilson Edward A. The Heritage Press Hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 181018-MG32
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KINGSLEY Charles
At Last a Christmas in the West Indies illustrated
London: MacMillan 1910 shilling edition red cloth blind dec boards gilt spine sunned head and tail rubbed offset toning to fep name at head of half title binding showing at front hingebetween fep and half title x 334pp = 6pp adverts 40 engraved illustrations The West Indies Trinidad Monos La Brea Montserrat etc. reprint. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5 - 6 tall. MacMillan hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 002865
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Kingsley, Charles; Robert Bernard Martin (editor)
Charles Kingsley's American Notes: Letters from a Lecture Tour 1874
Princeton NJ: Princeton University Library 1958. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Dark blue cloth lettered in gilt. ix64 pp. As issued though lacking dust jacket and with slight binding lean original to issue. Princeton University Library Hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 060767
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Kingsley, Charles
Charles Kingsley's American Notes: Letters from a Lecture Tour 1874; Edited by Robert Bernard Martin
Princeton N.J.: Princeton University Library 1958. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. 10 62 2 p. 4 leaves of illustrations; 24 cm. Dark blue cloth with gilt-stamped spine title. Light brown dust jacket printed in black and blue. "Chart kept by Charles Kingsley on His Crossing to America 1874 and Sent to His Son Grenville" on endpapers. Contains 24 letters written by Kingsley from Jan. through July 1874. During that period he travelled across North America and visited Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Mark Twain President Grant and the Governor General of Canada. Book is in Near Fine Condition: upper page edges slightly soiled; otherwise clean and tight. Dust jacket is in Near Fine Condition: back section very lightly soiled. Princeton University Library hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 006908
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Kingsley, Mary
To the Congo and the Cameroons
London: Penguin 2007. First printing of this edition. Paperback. Very Good . Penguin Great Journeys no 16. Pp 113. A clean unmarked copy in printed wrappers. <br/><br/> Penguin paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 85571 ISBN : 0141025514 9780141025513
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Kingsley, R.
Victorian Architecture and Furniture
UK: Quantum Books 1999. Hardcover. As New/No Jacket. Centuries of Style series. Glossy pictorial hardcover with no dust jacket. Presents a history of the Victorian age and provides photographs of architecture and furniture in detail along with commentary. Shows the homes and locations of the buildings and furniture. Size: 8 1/2 x 8 1/2 <br/> <br/> Quantum Books hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 4328-0015 ISBN : 1840132833 9781840132830
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Kingsley, Charles
Westward Ho!
London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. 1949. very good hardcover with no dust jacket. 1949. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. Hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 180725-MG8
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Kingston Wm. H. G.
Mark Seaworth's Voyage on the Indian Ocean
New York & London: Street & Smith 1900. Hardcover. Very Good. 2 218 8 p. frontispiece and 3 leaves of illustrations; 19 cm. Publisher's red-brown cloth with red stamped spine and cover titles; red black and grey stamped illustration on front cover. One of many popular novels of exploration and adventure by English author William Henry Giles Kingston 1814-1880. Pages 214-218 contain "A Midnight Adventure" by Minnie Douglass. Publisher's advertisements for boys' adventure titles on 8 unpaginated pages following text. This is one of three or more cover designs used by Street & Smith for this title. In Very Good Condition: cover is lightly soiled; tear from lower edge of pp. 167-68 with minor loss from margin but not impacting text; internally clean and tight. Street & Smith hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 005962
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Kingston, WHG. W. H.
Adventures in India
George Routledge n.d. 1893. V.g./No Jacket. Pictorial hard covers Presentation inscription on front pastedown. vi 186 pp. George Routledge hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 6640
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Kingston, WHG. W. H.
Lusitanian Sketches of the Pen and Pencil Vol. II only
London: John W. Parker 1845 Book. Illus. by The Author. Good Plus. Hardcover. First No Additional printings. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original blindstamped red cloth on boards. Volume II only of a two-volume set. No writing. Mild hand soil to cover and faint foxing spots to endpapers. In internet reviews Kingston is rebuked for stating "eight knots an hour" when a knot is a sea mile per hour making Kingston's reference to time redundant. In another the comment is made that Kingston referred offhand to the prevalence of illegitimacy in this travelogue through northern Portugal. Only in 1851 did Kingston publish the first of the adventure stories for boys that made him famous. Volume II has 364 pp. John W. Parker hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 006635
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Kingston, W. H. G
My First Voyage to Southern Seas: A Book For Boys
USA: T. Nelson and Sons Paternoster Row 1888. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7 - 9" tall. Hardcover Book Probable First Printing 1888. Over One Hundred Year-old Hardcover Book in Good Condition. The Kingston Library for Boys Series. With Fifty-three Engravings. Bound in blue pictorial cloth with imprinted circular rope around raft w/sail and boys at sea; spine with gilt panel blue lettering blue embossed anchor design. Generally clean mottled along fore-edge and lower corner is mottled with wrinkled cloth; sewn binding is tight and solid spine bowed; corners and spine ends are scuffed; lower rear corner bumped. Frontis an engraving of Port Louis. Fifty-three monotone engravings of delightful sailing vessels sea scapes islands native populations etc. Top edge gilt. Internals although toned are in remarkable good--very clean and unmarked no tears no creases. Chapters with enlarged illustrated first initial. Kingston was a prolific and successful writer of adventures stories for boys. This adventure takes place in the Indian Ocean. Good reading for anyone enjoying great adventures of mutiny fires wild animals Ceylon Africa even involving a boa constrictor. 448 pages. 5.5 x 7.75 inches. T. Nelson and Sons Paternoster Row London England 1888. T. Nelson and Sons, Paternoster Row hardcover
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Kingston, William HG illustrated, GSRonald (illustrator) G. S.
PETER THE WHALER: His Early Life and Adventures in the Arctic Regions
The Venturer Press UK 1930. Edition Unstated. Cloth. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Undated copy; Circa 1930s 246pages illustrated G.S.Ronald illustrator b/w illustrations maps on end papers. Black cloth covers with gilt titling. An account of his family and early life why he went to sea etc. His first experience of Sea Life description of a North American Emigrant Ship his first introduction to ice. Peter the Whaler was characteristic of many adventure stories which captured the imagination of Victorian youth. Nice illustrative etchings by Ronalds. Shelf wear slight wrinkling to top of spine end papers age toned contents clean. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Antarctic; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1279. . The Venturer Press hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 1279
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Kingston, H. G.
Round the World
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co. 1875. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 444p. Brown stamped covers gilt spine lettering frontispiece with tissue-guard. Edgeworn and mildly soiled some internal separation but holding text is toned but unmarked. Illustrations by John Andrew. <br/> <br/> J. B. Lippincott & Co. hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 002120
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Kingston, W H G
The Mate of the "Lily" or Notes from Harry Musgrave's log book
Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge London 1881. Early Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket. Early Undated Edition: Date presumed from gift inscription. 2 160 pages plus 4 pages adverts. Gift inscription pencil on front end paper dated 1881. Original covers. Text block splitting in places some spotting to pages but contents clean. "The Mate of the Lily; Or Notes from Harry Musgrave's Log Book" by W. H. G. Kingston is a historical fiction novel written in the late 19th century. The story revolves around young Harry Musgrave who following the disappearance of his father embarks on a perilous sea voyage aboard the brig "Lily" with his uncle Jack Radburn. As they journey through the Java Seas they face numerous challenges including storms pirates and the quest to find Harrys father Captain Musgrave along with other shipwrecked sailors. " Kingston William Henry Giles 1814-1880 English novelist son of Lucy Henry Kingston was born in London on the 28th of February 1814. Much of his youth was spent at Oporto where his father was a merchant but when he entered the business he made his headquarters in London. He early wrote newspaper articles on Portuguese subjects. These were translated into Portuguese and the author received a Portuguese order of knighthood and a pension for his services in the conclusion of the commercial treaty of 1842. In 1844 his first book The Circassian Chief appeared and in 1845 The Prime Minister a Story of the Days of the Great Marquis of Pombal. The Lusitanian Sketches describe Kingston as travels in Portugal. In 1851 Peter the Whaler his first book for boys came out. These books proved so popular that Kingston retired from business and devoted himself to the production of tales of adventure for boys. Within thirty years he wrote upwards of one hundred and thirty such books. He had a practical knowledge of seamanship and his stories of the sea full of thrilling adventures and hairbreadth escapes exactly hit the taste of his boy readers. Characteristic specimens of his work are The Three Midshipmen; The Three Lieutenants; The Three Commanders; and The Three Admirals. He also wrote popular accounts of famous travellers by land and sea and translated some of the stories of Jules Verne. In all philanthropic schemes Kingston took deep interest; he was the promoter of the mission to seamen; and he acted as secretary of a society for promoting an improved system of emigration. He was editor of the Colonist for a short time in 1844 and of the Colonial Magazine and East Indian Review from 1849 to 1851. He was a supporter of the volunteer movement in England from the first. He died at Willesden on the 5th of August 1880." Extract from the 11th edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Ships & the Sea; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3928. . Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge hardcover
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Kingston, William HG. H. G.
Will Weatherhelm; The Yarn of an Old Sailor About His Early Life and Adventures
N.Y.: E.P. Dutton & Co. Book. Illus. by W.W. May and George H. Thomas. Good to Very Good. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original illustrated blue cloth on boards. The author's father about whom he writes is a Shetlander who is transplanted to Plymouth. Soon after he is lost at sea leaving the author at about the age of twelve to consider his own future on board ship. When his friend Charley is apprenticed to his uncle's ship he begins badgering his grandmother and aunt to let him go to sea. 469 pp. Normal wear and soil. E.P. Dutton & Co. hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 009127
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Kingston, William H. G
At the south pole. Or, The Adventures of Richard Pengelly, Mariner. With numerous illustrations.
London, Paris und New York, Cassell Petter Galpin & Co., o.J. 8°. 18,5 x 14 cm. VIII, 415 Seiten. Original-Leinenband mit goldgeprägtem Rücken- und Deckeltitel und Rundum-Goldschnitt.
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 61351CB
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KINGSTON, WILLIAM H.G.
Adventures of Dick Onslow among the Red Indians.
London, Edinburgh, Gall & Inglis, n.date (ca. 1875). orig. full pictorial cloth, gilt. All edges gilt. VIII,319 pp. Frontispiece and 6 wood-engraved plates. Light browning to last 2 leaves, otherwise fine.
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Kington, Miles
Welcome to Kington
Harmondsworth: Penguin 1990. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. First edition first printing as octavo paperback.192 pages Page edges tanned and end paper foxed otherwise Very Good condition. No inscriptions <br/> <br/> Penguin paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 11486 ISBN : 0140131094 9780140131093
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Kininmonth, Christopher
Travellers' Guide: Morocco
383 pages, maps and charts, glossary, select bibliography, index, remainder stamps on the page edges, revised by John Richmond. eng
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