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Freeman, Lewis R.
By Waterways to Gotham : The account of a two thousand mile voyage by skiff and outboard motor from Milwaukee to New York through the Great Lakes, Trent Canal, St. Lawrence, Richelieu, Champlain and Hudson
444p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
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Stuart, Ruth McEnery
The River's Children : An Idyll of the Mississippi
179p., illus. by Harry C. Edwards Hardcover Very good condition, edges worn, frontipiece tissue guard chipped Signed on the flyleaf by the author for Alexander MacKintosh
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Haviland, Maud D. (Maud Doria)
A summer on the Yenesei, 1914
xii, 328 p. illus. 23 cm. Hardcover Ex-library, Very good condition
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Bruce, Wallace
The Hudson
307 p. incl. illus., plates. front., 4 fold. maps. Hardcover Very good condition
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Wilstach, Paul
Potomac Landings
376p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition, birthday card tipped to half-title From the library of artist Eleanor Parke Custis and signed by her of the half-title
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Sterling, Tom, editor
The Amazon The World's Wild Places
183pp. illus.(part col.), col. ports. Hardcover Very good condition
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Ashe, Thomas
Travels in America performed in 1806, for the purpose of exploring the rivers Alleghany, Monongahela, Ohio, and Mississippi, and ascertaining the produce and condition of their banks and vicinity. By Thomas Ashe, esq.
3 vols. (328, 292, 310 p.) Hardcover Very good condition, in later maroon cloth Howes A - 352
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Lucas, Walter Arndt.
From the hills to the Hudson, a history of the Paterson and Hudson river rail road and its associates, the Paterson and Ramapo, and the Union railroads. By Walter Arndt Lucas.
319 p. illus., fold. map. 24 cm. Hardcover Very good condition Purchased by the Railroadians of America and presented to each member
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Kirkpatrick, John Ervin
Timothy Flint, pioneer, missionary, author, editor, 1780-1840; the story of his life among the pioneers and frontiersmen in the Ohio and Mississippi Valley and in New England and the South
331 p. incl. front., plates. 25 cm. Hardcover Very good condition
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Hillary, Edmund
From the ocean to the sky
273pp. 24 cm. Hardcover Very good condition good
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Garrett, John Henry
The idyllic Avon; being a simple description of the Avon from Tewkesbury to above Stratford-on-Avon, with songs & pictures of the river and its neighbourhood
xvi p. 1 l., 268 p. front., plates, ports., fold. maps. 24 cm. Hardcover Very good condition, end-papers foxed and lightly stained
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Magris, Claudio
Danube
416p. Paperback Very good condition
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Hilton-Simpson, M. W. (Melville William)
Land and peoples of the Kasai; being a narrative of a two years’ journey among the cannibals of the equatorial forest and other savage tribes of the south-western Congo, by M.W. Hilton-Simpson . . . With numerous illustrations and eight full-page colour plates and a map
xx, 356 p. plates (8 col., incl. front.) fold. map. 23 cm Hardcover Very good condition
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Anthony, Irvin
Paddle Wheels and Pistols. Illustrated and Decorated by Manning DeV. Lee and Lyle Justis
329 p. incl. col. front., illus. (part col.) plates, col. plates. 24 cm. Hardcover Very good condition
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P.Valery - V.Larbaud - M.Jacob - R.Guillere - M.Jouhandeau - E.Cecchi - Le Pere Francois - J.Riviere
COMMERCE. Cahiers Trimestriels publies par le soins de Paul Valery, Leon-Paul Fargue, Valery Larbaud
formato 24X19,5. Brossura editoriale pagine . Tiratura numerata su carta Alfa da 351 a 2850 (1653) Bella copia
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CARRERE LOUIS
LE SAUMON, POISSON ROYAL. Préface de L. DE BOISSET
P., Librairie des champs-Elysees, 1943. In-8 carré, broché, 173 pages, illustrations dans le texte, avec une copie de page volante en couleurs de Jean Bernard.
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MALLET CH. & PACQUANT J.
LES BARRAGES EN TERRE
P., Eyrolles, 1951. In-8 broché, 345 pp. préface bilingue anglais français.
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COLLECTIF
VALLEE DU LOT Confluences en Lot-et-Garonne.
Bordeaux, Ed. Le Festin, "Cahier du Patrimoine 85", 2007. In-4 broché, couverture à rabats, 333 pp. Abondamment illustré. TB état.
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Melot, Michel
Chateaux of the Loire
Hardcover. Condition is good throughout. Dust jacket is protected by a clear plastic wrapper. Ex-library with minimal stamps. Ex-Library
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Marton, Andrew M.
China's Spatial Economic Development: Restless Landscapes in the Lower Yanzi Delta
Transferred to digital printing, 2004; this copy a recent print in as-new condition. Minor shelfwear to printed boards: contents clean, sound, bright throughout. Used
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Rivista Coloniale Anno XIV Marzo 1919 - E16918
RIVISTA COLONIALEAnno XIV Marzo 1919Organo dell'Istituto Coloniale ItalianoMensile IllustrataRedattore Capo Dott. Giuseppe Piazza formato 18x25,5 cmin buono stato salvo gore umidità (gr. 115)E16918
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Marie Claire n° 8 April 1989 Cover: Gail - E8242
marie claire n° 8 April 1989COVER: GailInside: Robert Palmer, Virgin Mary in Medjugorje, Billie Holidayexcellent condition ( gr. 624)E8242
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Campiti (David) et Al Rio.
Comix Box. Révéler ce qu'il y a au delà de la vérité. Exposure.
SL, Glass House Graphics, février 2000. Une revue de format in 8° de 16 pp.; sur beau papier glacé; une bd américaine illustrée en couleurs. Comme neuve. Peu courant. Erotique.
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Rivière (Frédéric).
Quelques jours dans la Vie de Julie.
Un volume broché de format in 8° en hauteur; de 96 pp.; couverture illustrée. Comme neuf. Texte peu fréquent et très "chaud". Voir Photo.
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Rio (Michel).
Alizés.
Un volume broché de format poche de 126 pp.; couverture illustrée. Comme neuf. Voir photo. Peu fréquent.
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Clark, Elmer T.
THE SMALL SECTS IN AMERICA. Revised Edition.
256 p. Inked ownership on front paste down. 230mm. Original full cloth binding, rubbed and worn at extremities. Hardbound. Good. A useful history of the multitude of sects and churches that have grown up in the fertile soil of the USA. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PAG010A
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Browne, George Waldo.
THE ST. LAWRENCE RIVER. Historical - Legendary - Picturesque.
pp. vii, 365. Illustrated. 235mm. Original binding. Original dust jacket, price clipped. Hardbound. Very good. Reprint of the 1905 edition. AMER BX 3
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Baldwin, Leland D.
THE KEELBOAT AGE ON WESTERN WATERS.
268 p. + Illus. Map endpapers. Original full cloth binding; spine repaired. A wonderful study of this important era of boats, boatmen, commerce, and adventure. PA 15
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Edmunds, Henry R.
A FURTHER SUPPLEMENT To An Act, Entitled "An Act To Establish A Board Of Wardens For The Port Of Philadelphia And For Other Purposes," Approved March Twenty-Ninth, One Thousand Eight Hundred And Three, Providing For The Repeal Of Compulsory Pilotage On Co
5p. Includes contemporary newspaper clipping listing business supporting the passage of the Act. Tall 8vo. Original front printed wrap. Lacks rear wrap. Removed. Spine needs repair. Scarce. PA PAMPH 19_36 BX1
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Post, Charles Frederick.
TWO JOURNALS OF WESTERN TOURS, BY CHARLES FREDERICK POST: One, To The Neighborhood Of Fort Duquesne (July-September, 1758); The Other, To The Ohio (October, 1758-January, 1759.
pp. 177-291. 8vo. Disbound. PA PAMPH 20_34 BX7
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Pennsylvania Planning Board.
PENNSYLVANIA PLANNING. To inform those who are interested and to interest others. Vol. 1, No. 5.
20p. Illustrated with maps and charts. XLib. Tall 8vo. Original pictorial wraps. XLib stamp on front cover. PA PAMPH 20_3 BX7
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Iwanicki, Edwin.
THE VILLAGE OF FALLS OF SCHUYLKILL.
pp. 326-341. Small 4to. Original printed wraps, slightly stained. PA PAMPH 20_31 BX7
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Flippo, Herbert N.
TECHNICAL MANUAL FOR ESTIMATION LOW-FLOW CHARACTERISTICS OF PENNSYLVANIA STREAMS. Bulletin No. 15.
pp. vii, 86 + Large Folding Pocket Map. 4to. Original pictorial wraps. Very nice copy. PA PAMPH 20_15 BX1
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Dean, Libby.
CRITTERS, ANGELS AND STARS.
np. Drawings by Anne Scarlett. 8vo. Original green printed wraps. PA PAMPH 20_17 BX2
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Brandywine River Museum.
THE BRANDYWINE HERITAGE. Howard Pyle, N.C. Wyeth, Andrew Wyeth, James Wyeth.
121p. Profusely illustrated with paintings and art, some plates in color. 4to. Original color pictorial wraps, foxed. PA PAMPH 20_2 BX3
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Haley, James L.
THE BUFFALO WAR. The History of the Red River Indian Uprising of 1874.
pp. xvi, 290 + numerous photographs and maps. Top and fore edges foxed. 8vo. Original gold lettered cloth spine over paper covered boards. Original dust jacket, slightly worn. Book Club edition. Hardbound. Very good. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! LOC W17
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Bacon, Sir Francis (1561-1626).
ON GARDENS. Two Essays by Francis Bacon and Abraham Cowley.
37 p. Title and chapter initials highlighted (rubricated) in red. Very slim square 24mo. 4 x 5" Original full polished calf binding by Riviere; raised bands; gilt lettered. Some scuffing, but still nice. Top edge gold gilt. Bookplate of A. Squire, showing a knight on horseback, and with the motto: Foy pour Devoir. Ink gift inscription across front flyleaf (1919). This little gift book was prepared by the famed Riviere firm to demonstrate their typographic and binding specialities. Very rare. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PLANTS W131
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Smithsonian Institution.
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. 1881.
839 p. Illustrated. 8vo. Mildly XLib. Modern library buckram binding. Includes important papers by the most noted authors on topics such as: Astronomy; Geology; Mineralogy; Chemistry; Zoology; Physics ; Botany; Anthropology; and Ethnology; Indians; Native Americans. The paper on Smithsonian Exchanges is especially valuable. as are the studies about Indians, including: "Aboriginal Works at the Mouth of the Klikitat River, Washington Territory" by T. M. Whitcomb. **PRICE JUST REDUCED!
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Singmaster, Elsie.
PENNSYLVANIA'S SUSQUEHANNA.
pp. 14, 236. Many photo illustrations. Map end papers. 4to. Original publisher's cloth binding, corners bumped. Original dust jacket worn with loss. Signed by the author on title page. Well written history of Pennsylvania's beautiful 'Heart River'. PA 21 x2
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Gannett, Henry (Arranged by).
LISTS OF ELEVATIONS PRINCIPALLY IN THAT PORTION OF THE UNITED STATES WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. Department of the Interior. U.S. Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories. Miscellaneous Publications No. 1. Third Edition.
72p. 8vo. New wraps. NH 5
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Park, Mungo.
LIFE AND TRAVELS OF MUNGO PARK; With The Account of His Death From The Journal of Isaaco, The Substance Of Later Discoveries Relative To His Lamented Fate, And The Termination of The Niger.
248p. Illustrated with full page engraved plates. Decorated title page. Des Forges Antiquarian Bookseller's label. Damp stained. Slight age stain. 12mo. Original full cloth binding, spine darkened. Nice copy. Harpers' Family Library. No. CV. AFRICA/6.
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Stieler, Karl; Wachenhusen, H.; Hacklander, F. W.
THE RHINE FROM ITS SOURCE TO THE SEA. Two Volumes. Translated By G. C. T. Bartley From the German. New Edition, Revised and Corrected. Illustrated.
Two Volumes. Illustrated with numerous full page photographs, printed in photogravure, with tissue guards. Large color folding tissue map in volume two. Top edges gold. XLib. 8vo. Original full red cloth bindings, elaborately decorated in gold. Spines faded. Hardbound set. Though Xlib, still a handsome set with beautiful photographs. TRAVEL/2. **PRICE JUST REDUCED!
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Riviere, Bill.
THE CAMPER'S BIBLE.
176p. Illustrated with numerous photographs and drawings. 4to. Original full printed wraps. Nice copy. GAMES BOX 4
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Botkin, B. A. (Editor).
A TREASURY OF MISSISSIPPI RIVER FOLKLORE. Stories, Ballads, Traditions and Folkways of the Mid-American River Country. Foreword by Carl Carmer.
pp. xx, 620. Signed by the editor. Large 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket, worn. Hardbound. AMERICANA BOX 4
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Bowles, Samuel.
OUR NEW WEST. Records of Travel Between the Mississippi River and the Pacific Ocean. A Full Description of the Pacific Railroad; and of the Life of the Mormons, Indians, and Chinese.
524p. + Plus Engraved Frontis, map and full page plates. Large 8vo. Disbound. ". Over the plains - over the mountains - through the great interior basin-over the Sierra Nevadas-to and up and down the Pacific coast. With details of the wonderful natural scenery, agriculture, mines, busines, social life, progress, and prospects of Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, California, Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia; including a full description of the Pacific Railroad; and of the life of the Mormons, Indians, and Chinese." Rader 432; Flake 767; Sabin 7079. AMERICANA BOX 6
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Glazier, Captain Willard.
DOWN THE GREAT RIVER; EMBRACING AN ACCOUNT OF THE DISCOVERY OF THE TRUE SOURCE OF THE MISSISSIPPI, Together With Views, Descriptive and Pictorial, of the Cities, Towns, Villages. During a Canoe Voyage of over Three Thousand Miles from its Head Waters to
pp. 443, lii [Publisher's Appendix] + Portrait Frontis and full page plates, maps and a large folding map on tissue paper. Inked ownership of Clifton Wright, Oct. 6, 1888 from his father. Floral endpapers. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Front board decorated with a design in gold and black of the Mississippi River and rear board decorated with the source of the river in Minnesota. Gilt lettered and decorated spine. Beveled edges. Small loss at head and tail of spine. Binding slightly soiled. Hardbound. AMERICANA BOX 4.
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Kent Volunteer Firemen.
1972 KENT VOLUNTEER FIREMEN'S INDIAN POW WOW AND FAIR. John J. Gawel, Chief.
np. 8vo. Numerous illustrated advertisements. Original printed wraps. Listed in pen on rear cover are the 16 Indian tribes represented. AMERICANA BOX 4
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(Sweny, Henry Roy).
SIMON SCHERMERHOORN'S RIDE. February 8/9 1690. Writ from facts and traditions as set down in ye old records of ye Massacre of Skinnechtady, and in commemoration of Symon Schermerhoorn's ride to save ye inhabitants of Albany from ye French and Indians.
30 leaves, printed on only one side. Illustrated with reproduction woodcuts and facsimile of an old record. Decorated title. Marbled endpapers. Top edge gold. 8vo. 25 cm. Original half red leather over marbled boards. Gilt lettered spine. Raised bands. Front board detached. Hardbound. Limited Edition. "225 copies printed from type by J.B. Lyon company, Albany, N.Y." This copy numbered 95 and initialed by the author. Manuscript presentation: "To State Historian Victor Hugo Paltsits with the authors regard and esteem. Albany, NY. April 16 - 1911." A famous tale about the ride of Symon Jacobse Schermerhoorn and the destruction of Schenectady, New York in 1690. Very scarce. AMERICANA BOX 7
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Yoder, Sanford C.
HORSE TRAILS ALONG THE DESERT.
pp. (8) 182 + Frontis photo of author mounted on a mustang. Nice line llustrations by Ezra Hershberger. Small 8vo. Original full cloth binding, slightly worn at extremities. Spine lettering faded. Hardbound. Very good. First Edition. Ink presentation "To Dad from Frank & Helen. 12-25-54." The (Mennonite-born) author details life in the west in the early years of the 20th century. Many good insights about the settlers of Saddleback Mountains region and the Columbia River areas of Oregon and Washington. PA07A
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Federal Writers' Project
THE OREGON TRAIL. The Missouri River To The Pacific Ocean. American Guide Series.
pp. xii, 244 + Frontis, Color Map and full page plates. Paste downs and fly leaves stained from unusual dust jacket. 8vo. Original linen binding decorated with drawings of Conestoga wagons. Original coarse grained paper dust jacket. Small loss at head and tail of spine. Slight loss at corners and rear wrap. Spine darkened. OREGON TRAIL is third in the series of main-highway guidebooks prepared by the Federal Writers' Project. Hardbound. Very good. The Federal Writers' Project was one of five independent branches of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) established in the summer of 1935 by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Unlike the Civilian Conservation Corps (1932), where young men worked on roads, bridges, and dams, the Works Progress Administration employed non-construction workers, as well as laborers. In Oregon, the Federal Writers' Project was the most visible white-collar agency of the WPA." - The Oregon Encyclopedia. W11
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