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Stories of the Wilds : True Experiences in the Jungles of Guyana by Roy Paul; David A. Granger (Foreword) - November 2002

by Roy Paul; David A. Granger (Foreword)

Stories of the Wilds : True Experiences in the Jungles of Guyana by Roy Paul; David A. Granger (Foreword) - November 2002

Stories of the Wilds : True Experiences in the Jungles of Guyana

by Roy Paul; David A. Granger (Foreword)

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RARE! Phoenix Park, West Bank, Demerara, Guyana: Harpy Books, November 2002. Staple-bound pamphlet. First Edition (stated). Very Good. Stamp of Michael Forde Bookshop to title page, otherwise interior pristine. Rubbing and shelf-wear to covers. Not from a library. 40 pages. Contents: Encounter with a Tiger-Cat, The Year of the Wild Pig, A Night to Forget, Jungle Tug-O-War - Man vs. Beast, Trespasser in the Jungle, The Angry Bull, Bush-master!, Christmas in the Deep South, Diamonds are Fatal.
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  • Place of Publication Phoenix Park, West Bank, Demerara, Guyana
  • Date Published November 2002
  • Keywords anecdotes, adventure, hunting, jungle, short stories, Guyana
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Over Fen and Wold

Over Fen and Wold

by Hissey, James John

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London, England: Macmillan and Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1898. First Edition; First Printing. Leather. Green leather w/gilt page edges and gilt to edges of covers, marbled endpapers and blue ribbon bookmark that is detached; Toning to spine and edges of covers, pages very lightly toning; illustrated; 447 pages .
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Corsica in its Picturesque, Social, and Historical Aspects: The record of a tour in the summer of...
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Corsica in its Picturesque, Social, and Historical Aspects: The record of a tour in the summer of 1852. Translated from the German by Russell Martineau, M. A. In Three Parts.

by Gregorovius, Ferdinand

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Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. London. 1855. First English edition. Octavo. 493pp. Half calf, marbled boards. Spine in six compartments with raised bands, gilt rules, leather label. All edges marbled. Neat signature (M.C.E.S. Douglas) to upper edge of first blank. Shelf wear to extremities and boards.

Ferdinand Gregorovius (1821 - 1891) historian and writer.

Russell Martineau (1831 - 1898), Linguist, translator and librarian of Early Printed Books at the British Museum. The eldest son of James Martineau.

"The entrepot of all the surrounding nations of the continent"
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Nyasaland under the Foreign Office.

Nyasaland under the Foreign Office.

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Second edition with a new introduction and material changes. George Bell and Sons. London. 1906. 8vo. xxxii, 422pp. Photo frontis., 16 further plates, folding coloured map. Original pictorial cloth. Gilt lettering to spine, a little faded. Slight wear to top and tail of spine. Bookseller's plate "Chas E Lauriat Co, Boston" to lower edge of ffep. Endpapers lightly toned, otherwise a bright crisp copy. The new introduction comprehensively addresses the material changes in Nyasaland since the original publication of this book in 1903, and clarifies some areas which "were somewhat misunderstood".
"The book has much to say of wars, chiefs, customs. We commend the chapter on "Big Game" specially. "Nyasa affords probably the finest sport obtainable in Africa today" The Spectator 27 April 1907.
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Fish Hatching.
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Fish Hatching.

by Buckland, Frank T.

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London: Tinsley Brothers, 1863. Hardcover. Excellent. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. Original green pebble-grain cloth, titles to spine gilt, boards blocked in blind. Frontispiece. Contemporary ownership signature to front pastedown. Just a little rubbing at the extremities, minor spotting to edges of textblock. A fresh and attractive copy in excellent condition. First edition. A lovely, fresh copy of this important early work on raising young salmon by the Victorian Era's leading authority on pisciculture. The naturalist Francis Trevelyan Buckland (1826-1880) began his career as a military surgeon in London, where he "eagerly embraced every opportunity of examining curious specimens of natural history, and abnormal growths, describing his observations in his Curiosities of Natural History, begun in 1858". In 1856 he joined the staff of the Field newspaper, and in 1865 he founded his own journal, Land and Water, an 'independent channel for diffusing knowledge of practical natural history,… Read More
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1931 Les Merveilles de la France Ernest Granger Wonders of France Monuments Lux

1931 Les Merveilles de la France Ernest Granger Wonders of France Monuments Lux

by Ernest Granger

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Les Merveilles de la France le pays, les monuments, les habitants By Ernest Granger (The Wonders of France – the country it's monuments and inhabitants) - In French language.
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Beautiful, detailed and illustrated, this book takes the reader on a trip from the country side to the coast and through the time. The book has luxurious binding, 17 colored plates and numerous black and white illustrations.
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Paris, Hachette, 1931.
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Pp.: 443 pages with illustrations + 17 illustrated plates Size: 31 x 23,4 cm
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Binding: Original quarter leather binding. Giltstamped and blindstamped cover and spine cover. Luxurious binding. Condition: Foxing, signs of ageing, paper on some of the plates slightly detached from plates and has dog-ears.
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Tren Ecuador  Libro Fotografico, Illustrado & Testimonial  ( Spanish Language Text )

Tren Ecuador Libro Fotografico, Illustrado & Testimonial ( Spanish Language Text )

by Mayra Prado & Alejandra Monroy

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2013. Hardcover. Good. Spanish Language Text...Hardcover Edition Issued Without D.J... Good Copy Somewhat Soiled.. .. Not Ex-Library.. Spanish Language Text..
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The Gem of the Mines; A Thrilling Narrative of California Life.
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The Gem of the Mines; A Thrilling Narrative of California Life.

by Frost, Mrs. J. Blakeslee

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Hartford, Conn: J. Blakeslee Frost, 1866. First Edition . Hardcover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 276pp. Brown cloth. Covers edgeworn, spine chipped at head and tail, dampstaining to preliminary pages and last few pages, text is age-toned and there are a few spots and smudges in some margins, the binding is tight. An uncommon book relating the author's observations during her residence of 5 years in California.
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A Portrait of Shooting
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A Portrait of Shooting

by Marchington, John

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Limited edition. Number 974/1100. Antony Atha Publishers and The Game Conservancy. Rugby. 1979. Quarto. 252pp. 12 colour plates, numerous black and white illustrations. Original quarter green morocco, gilt. In original green cloth slipcase. A lovely copy.
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British Somaliland

British Somaliland

by Drake-Brockman, Ralph E.

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London: Hurst & Blackett, Ltd. Good with no dust jacket; Boards scuffed, hinges cracked, pages toned and foxed, shaken. 1912. First Edition. Blue cloth stamped in blind and with two color center cameo of man in loincloth looking at house on stilts stamped on front boards. Titles in gilt on spine. xvi, 334pp. Bibliography, index, glossary. Folding map of the British Somaliland protectorate and adjacent lands at rear. Many illustrations and photo reproductions. The author spent ten years in the Colonial Medical Service in British Somaliland and describes the people, geography, wildlife, livestock, and other topics. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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The Secret of the Ninth Planet

The Secret of the Ninth Planet

by Wollheim, Donald A.

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Philadelphia, The John C. Winston Company, 1959, hardcover, 201 pp, First Edition stated, First Printing, Very Good in Very Good dustjacket. Straight, tight, bright, and clean with no markings, slight spine end and corner wear, tiny exterior dampstain and touch of fade to head of spine. Very brightly-colored, first state dustjacket with thirty-one titles on the rear panel, unclipped and bearing original price, tiny chips to spine-ends and corners, short closed edge tear to top front panel, a few tiny abrasions to front panel, in new Brodart sleeve. A high school senior joins an Air Force expedition attempting the first circumnavigation of the solar system to determine the cause of the sudden dimming of light and drop in temperature around the world.
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South American Journals 1858-1859
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South American Journals 1858-1859

by Peabody, George Augustus

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Salem, Massachusetts: Peabody Museum, 1937. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 209pp. Marbled boards, black spine, gilt spine lettering, top edge gilt, slipcase. Corners lightly rubbed, spine lettering mildly sunned, contents are clean and some pages still unopened. Slipcase is lightly edge-chipped. One of 481 copies printed on Hazelbourn paper by The Southworth-Anthoensen Press.
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A Holiday in Italy
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A Holiday in Italy

by Lucy Andersen

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Walter Scott, London, 1889 revised edition, Very Good Hardcover / no dustjacket, 79 pages, 5" x 7.5", waterstain on front board, otherwise clean and tight, inscribed by author on ffep.
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Panama
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Panama: And The Canal In Pictures and Prose

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This book is an antique but it is in poor condition. The binding is loose and peeling off the spine of this book. The cover is worn substantially on the edged, corners and all over. The previous owners name is written on the inside front board and the front end page. The inside pages are yellowed and tanned and the page is torn. "A complete story of Panama, as well as the history, purpose and promise of its world famous canal - the most gigantic engineering undertaking since the dawn of time. Approved by leading officials connected with the great enterprise. Profusely illustrated by over 600 unique and attractive photographs taken expressly for this book by our special staff." - Panama
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The Journal and Letters of Captain Charles Bishop on the North-west Coast of America, in the...
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The Journal and Letters of Captain Charles Bishop on the North-west Coast of America, in the Pacific and in New South Wal

by Bishop, Charles (1765?-1810), edited by Michael Roe

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lvi+342 pages with frontispiece, 6 maps including two folding maps, bibliography and index. Octavo (8 3/4" x 6") bound in original publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and pictorial representation of the ship Victoria embossed on front cover with cover and blind stamped ruled edges with original jacket. Edited by Michael Roe. Works issued by the Hakluyt Society, second series, volume 131. First edition.In 1794, Charles Bishop sailed from Bristol as master of the Ruby, a trading ship bound for north-west America. He had instructions to procure otter furs fro the Indians and then to proceed to Canton via japan and sell the cargo. During the years 1794-1802, he rounded South America to reach the Pacific coast, then visited the Pacific islands and the coasts of Asia and Australia. In the Moluccas, he sold the Ruby and purchased the Nautilus; correspondingly, the test is divided into two sections. This narrative is Bishop's journal of his voyages and relates a minor epic of adventure,… Read More
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Emin Pasha in Central Africa, being a collection of his letters and journals. Edited and...
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Emin Pasha in Central Africa, being a collection of his letters and journals. Edited and annotated by Professor G. Schweinfurth, Professor F. Ratzel, Dr. R.W. Felkin, and Dr. G. Hartlaub.

by EMIN. PASHA

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547 pages. Black cloth boards; gilt lettering on spine. Spine detatched on one side. JWSC LLC is listing this property on behalf of a private collector's estate. Documentation on file indicates this book was purchased by the estate in the 1970s from (a UK dealer). Additional photos available.
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TRAVELS IN EGYPT AND THE HOLY LAND

by WILSON, WILLIAM RAE

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London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, 1823. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. pp: [viii]ix-xii [1]2-544. FIRST EDITION. Bound in brown half-leather over marbled boards, title in gilt within a red title piece. The first edition of the author's first book. William Wilson (1772-1849) inherited a substantial sum from an uncle, and decided to indulge his passion for travel. He travelled throughout Europe and The Middle East and wrote a series of books. This was his first, and it was the most popular, going through several editions. This is a good copy as all plates, including the frontispiece, have been excised. The boards show moderate wear, heavier at the spine ends. The front hinge is cracked. The text block is mainly clean with a few marks of unknown origin.
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The Silence Of The North

The Silence Of The North

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By Olive A. Frederickson with Ben East. AUTOBIOGRAPHY. RARE. 1972 Crown Publishers Inc., NY. The Silence Of The North, The Incredible story of a woman's fight for survival in a merciless winter of the Canadian Wilderness during the 1940's. Adapted as a film in 1981 and directed by Allan King. VG/GOOD $5.95 unclipped dust jacket. USED. 5 ¾ X 8 ½. 209 pages. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
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Voyages in Search of the North-West Passage, 1741-1747: Volumes I & II: The Voyage of Christopher...
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Voyages in Search of the North-West Passage, 1741-1747: Volumes I & II: The Voyage of Christopher Middleton, 1741-1742; The Voyage of William Moor and Francis Smith, 1746-1747.

by Barr, William (1950- ) and Glyndwr Williams (editors)

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2 Volumes: Volume 1 subtitled: The Voyage of Christopher Middleton 1741-1742 xii+333 with 8 maps, 3 illustrations including frontispiece, bibliography and index; Volume 2 subtitled: The Voyage of William Moor and Francis Smith 1746 1747 xv+393 pages with frontispiece, 13 maps, 6 illustrations, bibliography and index. Octavo (8 3/4" x 5 1/2") issued in blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and gilt sailing ship to front cover. Translated by Anthony Mango. Second Series, volumes 177 and 181. First edition.The eighteenth century saw a resurgence of hope that a Northwest Passage - that elusive target of European seamen over the centuries - might yet be found. Prompted by the Irish MP Arthur Dobbs, the Admiralty sent the Furnace and Discovery to Hudson Bay in 1741 in search of navigable passage to the Pacific. The expedition was commanded by Christopher Middleton, until his resignation in March 1741 a sea-captain in the service of the Hudson Bay Company. With his actions closely scrutinized by his former… Read More
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Russian Embassies to the Georgian Kings (1589-1605)
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Russian Embassies to the Georgian Kings (1589-1605)

by William Edward David "W E D" Allen (1901-1973) editor

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2 Volumes: xxxii+368 pages with frontispiece, five folding maps and ten plates; ix+[369]-640 pages with frontispiece, two folding maps, six plates, bibliography and index. Octavo (8 3/4" x 5 1/2") issued in blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and gilt sailing ship to front cover. Translated by Anthony Mango. Second Series, volumes 138 and 139. First edition.By the early sixteenth century the loosely knit kingdom of Georgia had disintegrated from the strong monarch of the middle ages to a number of small states and principalities. This internal disunity made the Georgians easy victims of the power politics of the neighboring Ottoman and Safavid empires, and by the end of the century the southward drive of the Russians intensified the struggle for military and diplomatic control over the whole of the Caucasian isthmus. As a result of this struggle seventeen embassies were exchanged between the Russian tsars and the Georgian kins ruling in Kakheti during the years 1564-1605. W E D Allen and Anthony… Read More
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Touraine and Its Chateaux

Touraine and Its Chateaux

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London: The Medici Society, 1928. Gilt titles on quarter calf with leather labels to spine, four raised bands and five compartments with small gilt designs on brown calf leather with marbled paper sides. There is just a little light wear to spine and to board edges and a small mark to back. Internally there are marbled endpapers and pages are very clean, tight and unmarked with age darkening to map bound in at rear. Bellegarde printing in France. First published in France in 1926, this luxury edition is the first English one rather than the more common cloth bound. 156 pages and map with coloured extra title page. Illustrated throughout with beautiful sepia tint photographs. Uniform with 'The Picture Guides' series. 3. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good TEG/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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