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PHILADELPHIA: HENRY T. COATES & CO., 1875 BEAUTIFUL BOOK, NICE LOOKING LIGHT BROWN COVER, DESIGN FRONT AND SPINE IN WHITE, BLACK AND GREEN. GOLD PRINT SPINE. BEAUTIFUL ARTWORK INSIDE FRONT AND BACK, FRONTISPIECE PICTURE CALLED THE PRAIRIE ON FIRE WITH HORSES AND 2 MEN. PREFACE CREATED 1858, NO PUBLISH DATE PRINTED, CIRCA LATE 1800S. TIGHT AND CLEAN INSIDE WITH NO MARKINGS. WONDERFUL STORY OF THE OLD WEST. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.

DENVER: A.B. HIRSCHFELD PRESS, 1953 INTRODUCTION BY JIM BOND. GREAT PICTURE ON FRONT OF TABER WITH TYPEWRITER. THIS IS TABER'S FIRST BOOK, THE SECOND WAS RIFLEMAN IN AFRICA. TERRIFIC COLLECTORS ITEM FOR THE HUNTER, ENTHUSIAST, COLLECTOR. INFORMATION AND PICTURES ARE TREMENDOUS. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY WALLY TABER. NO OTHER MARKINGS. GREAT PHOTOS THROUGHOUT. THIRD EDITION, JANUARY 1953: 10,000 COPIES. VERY GOOD CONDITION, 1/4" SMALL PEN MARK ON FRONT COVER. WALLACE TABER IS A SPORTSMAN WHO MADE A LIVING DOING WHAT OTHERS DREAMED ABOUT. BORN A NATIVE SON OF CHICAGO IN 1915. WONDERFUL SECTION IN THE FRONT ABOUT HIS LIFE. 1776 BOOKSTORE, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.

WASHINGTON: HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE, 1941 RESTRICTED NAVY NAVIGATION TABLES, HUDROGRAPHIC OFFICE PUBLICATION NO. 218. GREAT PIECE OF NAVAL HISTORY. ALTITUDE, ANGLES, AZIMUTH, SEXTANT, RHUMB LINE, REFRACTION, SEA HORIZON, DISTYANCE, RANGES OBJECTS, TEMPERATURE, CONVERSION. NICE LOOKING GREEN COVER, BLACK PRINT, GOLD LINE DESIGN, VERY GOOD SHAPE, SLIGHT WEAR OUTSIDE, CLEAN AND TIGHT WITH VERY SMALL INK MARK INSIDE BACK COVER IN CORNER. TABS ON ALL SECTIONS FOR EASY ACCESS. A hydrographic office is an organization which is devoted to acquiring and publishing hydrographic information. Historically, the main tasks of hydrographic offices were the conduction of hydrographic surveys and the publication of nautical charts. In many countries, various navigation-related services are now concentrated in large governmental organizations, sometimes termed "maritime administration" (however, the International Hydrographic Organization uses the term "hydrographic offices" for its member… Read More

WASHINGTON: HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE, 1941 RESTRICTED NAVY NAVIGATION TABLES, HUDROGRAPHIC OFFICE PUBLICATION NO. 218. GREAT PIECE OF NAVAL HISTORY. ALTITUDE, ANGLES, AZIMUTH, SEXTANT, RHUMB LINE, REFRACTION, SEA HORIZON, DISTYANCE, RANGES OBJECTS, TEMPERATURE, CONVERSION. NICE LOOKING GREEN COVER, BLACK PRINT, RED LINE DESIGN, VERY GOOD SHAPE, SLIGHT WEAR OUTSIDE WITH SMALL SMUDGE UPPER RIGHT CORNER, CLEAN AND TIGHT WITH VERY SMALL INK MARK INSIDE BACK COVER IN CORNER. TABS ON ALL SECTIONS FOR EASY ACCESS. A hydrographic office is an organization which is devoted to acquiring and publishing hydrographic information. Historically, the main tasks of hydrographic offices were the conduction of hydrographic surveys and the publication of nautical charts. In many countries, various navigation-related services are now concentrated in large governmental organizations, sometimes termed "maritime administration" (however, the International Hydrographic Organization uses the term "hydrographic… Read More

NEW YORK: THE GROLIER SOCIETY, 1952 BEAUTIFUL CONDITION, NO INTERNAL MARKINGS, LOOKS NEW, WONDERFUL PICTURES AND HISTORY THROUGHOUT. VOLUME II, VERY NICE INDEX. HEAVY WITH THICK PAGES. 80 COLOR PLATES AND A GREAT NUMBER OF BLACK AND WHITE PICTURES. THIS VOLUME HAS DETAIL AND PICTURES ON THE BALTIC STATES AND CENTRAL EUROPE. DARK BLUE COVER, GOLD PRINT AND DESIGN SPINE, TEXTURED DESIGN FRONT WITH YELLOW AND GRAY. Grolier is an educational publishing company known for its presence in school libraries. It has a strong presence among parents of children under six years old, the target of Grolier's direct mail-to-the-home business. In June 2000 Grolier became part of Scholastic Corporation, which now maintains Grolier Online. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE HISTORY LIVES

NEW YORK: A.L. BURT COMPANY, 1915 NICE BOOK, LIGHT GREEN COVER, RED, BROWN AND BLACK IN DESIGN FRONT AND SPINE. LIGHT EDGE WEAR AND DARK EDGE AT TOP OF COVER. FORMER OWNERS NAME INSIDE FRONT. TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT. FRONTISPIECE PICTURE DEPICTS SCOUTS ON ADVENTURE. 27 ENTERTAINING, INTERESTING CHAPTERS. CARTER PUBLISHED MANY FICTION BOOKS ABOUT THE SCOUTS. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.

USA: THE JOHN C. WINSTON COMPANY, 1928 WONDERFUL STORY PUBLISHED AND WRITTEN BY MR.BEAMISH. GREAT DETAIL AND INFORMATION PROVIDED WITH VERY NICE PICTURES THROUGHOUT. GREEN COVER, GOLD PRINT AND PLANE DESIGN SPINE, NICE ARTWORK AND DESIGN FRONT WITH PLANE AND TITLE, ART OF LINDBERGH LISTING CLEAN LIVING- PREPAREDNESS AND COURAGE. CLEAN AND TIGHT, PICTURES HELP TELL THE STORY. Charles Augustus Lindbergh (February 4, 1902 ¿ August 26, 1974), nicknamed Slim, Lucky Lindy, and The Lone Eagle, was an American aviator, military officer, author, inventor, explorer, and environmental activist. At age 25 in 1927, he went from obscurity as a U.S. Air Mail pilot to instantaneous world fame by winning the Orteig Prize¿making a nonstop flight from Long Island, New York, to Paris. He covered the 33 1¿2-hour, 3,600 statute miles (5,800 km) alone in a single-engine purpose-built Ryan monoplane, Spirit of St. Louis. This was the first solo transatlantic flight and the first non-stop flight between… Read More

NEW YORK: THE PLATT & MUNK CO. INC., 1940 NICE LOOKING BOOK, RED COVER, COVER IN LIGHT BLUE, ORANGE, YELLOW, BROWN, DARK BLUE PRINT. CLEAN AND TIGHT INSIDE, BEAUTIFUL ARTWORK, THICK PAGES, LARGER PRINT. Detail on the different planes and flights. FOR THE LOVER OF PLANES, FLIGHTS AND HISTORY. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.

LONDON: LUZAC & CO., 1945 LIGHT BROWN COVER, CLEAN AND TIGHT THROUGHOUT. PREFACE BY PROFESSOR DR. DJANG TSUKUNG. INTRODUCTION BY STRAELEN, LONDON, 1945. VERY INTERESTING BOOK WRITTEN FROM AUTHORS RESEARCH AND AND CONSULTATION WITH MANY INDIVIDUALS KNOWLEDGEABLE OF THE FAR EAST. TOPICS INCLUDE BUT NOT LIMITED TO WORLD STAGE, INFORMATION/ DISINFORMATION, DIPLOMAT OF FUTURE, FAR EAST DRAWS NEARER, VALEDICTORY, BIBLIOGRAPHY. VERY INTERESTING BOOK CONSIDERING HOW IMPORTANT THE FAR EAST HAS BECOME. JAPAN AND CHINA OF MAJOR IMPORTANCE. The Society of the Divine Word (Latin: Societas Verbi Divini, abbreviated SVD), popularly called Verbites or the Divine Word Missionaries, and sometimes the Steyler Missionaries, is a Roman Catholic missionary religious congregation. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.

CHICAGO/ NEW YORK: DONOHUE BROTHERS, 1900 NICE LOOKING GREEN BOOK, BLACK PRINT FRONT, GOLD PRINT SPINE, LIGHT WEAR, PUBLISHED CIRCA 1900, NO DATE, FORMER OWNERS NAME IN FRONT, EIGHT FULL PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS BY WOLLEN. PREFACE FRONT, 18 CHAPTERS. TIGHT AND CLEAN INSIDE. A Final Reckoning is a 1928 American Western film serial directed by Ray Taylor. The film is considered to be lost. It is based on a novel by G. A. Henty. George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 16 November 1902) was a prolific English novelist and war correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include The Dragon & The Raven (1886), For The Temple (1888), Under Drake's Flag (1883) and In Freedom's Cause (1885).

NEW YORK: Charles Scribners Sons, 1899 NICE LOOKING DARK BROWN COVER, WHITE DESIGN ON FRONT WITH ELEPHANT HEAD AND NAZI SYMBOL. WAS A SWASTIKA WITH THE ELEPHANT SYMBOLIZING HIS CONNECTION WITH INDIA. FORMER LIBRARY BOOK OF CARNEGIE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, NORMAL LIBRARY MARKINGS. TIGHT AND GOOD SHAPE. VERY INTERESTING BOOK ABOUT SOME OF KIPLING'S TRAVELS. From Sea to Sea and Other Sketches, Letters of Travel is a book containing Rudyard Kipling's articles about his 1889 travels from India to Burma, China, Japan, and the United States en route to England. Joseph Rudyard Kipling ( 30 December 1865 18 January 1936) was an English journalist, short-story writer, poet, and novelist. He was born in India, which inspired much of his work. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.

BOSTON: D. LOTHROP COMPANY, 1890 GRAY COVER WITH BLACK DESIGN AND PRINT FRONT. MOSCOW ART IS FRONTISPIECE. OVERSIZED BOOK WITH BEAUTIFUL ARTWORK AND DETAIL THROUGHOUT. PAGES THICK. 3 PAGES LOOSE AND GOOD SHAPE, A FEW PAGES SOMEWHAT LOOSE AND ATTACHED. FORMER OWNER INSCRIPTION IN FRONT AS GIFT TO JOHN YINGLING, CHRISTMAS 1892. WONDERFUL ARTWORK. ABOUT 100 CITIES THROUGHOUT. LONDON, PARIS, TOKIO, BROOKLYN, BOMBAY, MOSCOW, LIVERPOOL, MEXICO, CINCINNATTI, PITTSBURGH, MONTREAL, VENICE, LOUISVILLE, BELFAST, SEOUL., MANY OTHERS. Elbridge Streeter Brooks (April 14, 1846 January 7, 1902) was an American author, editor, and critic. He is chiefly remembered as an author of numerous works of fiction and nonfiction for children, much of it on historical or patriotic subjects. His byline for most of his writing was Elbridge S. Brooks. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.

NEW YORK: BOOKS, INC., 1941 LIGHT GRAY TEXTURED COVER, GOLD DESIGN FRONT, RED REINFORCED SPINE. LIGHT WEAR OUTSIDE AND FADING SPINE. TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT. BEAUTIFUL ARTWORK BY RHEAD. FORMER OWNERS NAME INSIDE FRONT. BEAUTIFUL COLOR ARTWORK FRONTISPIECE. SHAKESPEARE MOST FAMOUS WORKS. INTERESTING AND ENTERTAINING. Jonathan Swift (30 November 1667 – 19 October 1745) was an Anglo-Irish[1] satirist, author, essayist, political pamphleteer (first for the Whigs, then for the Tories), poet, and Anglican cleric who became Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin,[2] hence his common sobriquet, "Dean Swift". Gulliver's Travels, or Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. In Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of Several Ships is a 1726 prose satire by the Anglo-Irish writer and clergyman Jonathan Swift, satirising both human nature and the "travellers' tales" literary subgenre. It is Swift's best known full-length work, and a classic of English literature. Swift… Read More

Garden City, New York: HANOVER HOUSE, 1961 THIS FAMILY REFERENCE WORLD ATLAS IS A WONDERFUL COLLECTOR ITEM. SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC TABLES, COLOR PAGES ON WHAT A MAP IS- WHAT A MAP DOES- HOW TO USE A MAP- WHAT SCALE MEANS- PROJECTION: GLOBE TO FLAT- SYMBOLS- MAN'S STORY IN MAPS, AND THE WORLD ATLAS IN COLOR. THIS IS TERRIFIC. DON'T MISS THIS ITEM. 1776 BOOKSTORE, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.

UNITED STATES: RAND, MCNALLY & COMPANY, 1893 VERY NICE LOOKING DARK BLUE COVER, GOLD DESIGN AND PRINT FRONT AND SPINE. TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT. THREE PARTS, 28 CHAPTERS AND NICE APPENDIX, WONDERFUL DETAIL OF GLAZIERS TWO EXPLORATIONS AND OTHER EXPLORERS. FOR THE LOVER OF EXPLORATION, HISTORY AND THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. The Mississippi River is the primary river, and second-longest river, of the largest drainage basin in the United States. From its traditional source of Lake Itasca in northern Minnesota, it flows generally south for 2,340 miles (3,766 km) to the Mississippi River Delta in the Gulf of Mexico. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.

UNITED STATES: PENNWICK, 1978 BEAUTIFUL BOOK WITH EXCELLENT PHOTOGRAPHY OF IMPERIAL CHINA, 1850-1912. PROTECTIVE COVER IS LIGHTLY WORN. PICTURE OF MANDARIN AND HIS WIFE. RED COVER WITH CHINESE WRITING ON FRONT. TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT. SECTIONS INCLUDE FOREWARD, IMPERIAL CHINA: A CHINESE VIEW, PHOTOGRAPHS, PHOTOGRAPHY IN IMPERIAL CHINA, INDEX OF COMMERCIAL AND AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHERS IN CHINA 1846-1912 AND SOURCES. VERY INTERESTING PHOTOS AND DETAIL. FOR THE LOVER OF HISTORY AND CHINA. WORSWICK WAS A PHOTO HISTORIAN WHO WAS A GUEST CURATOR IN CHINA AND JAPAN. Jonathan Dermot Spence CMG (11 August 1936 – 25 December 2021) was an English-born American historian, sinologist, and writer who specialized in Chinese history. He was Sterling Professor of History at Yale University from 1993 to 2008. His most widely read book is The Search for Modern China, a survey of the last several hundred years of Chinese history based on his popular course at Yale. Harrison Evans Salisbury (November 14, 1908 – July… Read More

HARTFORD, CONN.: AMERICAN PUBLISHING COMPANY, 1886 VERY NICE DECORATIVE COVER, DARK BROWN WITH GOLD DESIGN FRONT AND SPINE. LIGHT FOXING INSIDE FRONT AND BACK. TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT. 60 CHAPTERS. TERRIFIC ARTWORK, TRAVEL DETAIL AND HUMOR THROUGHOUT. FOR THE LOVER OF TRAVEL, TWAIN AND HUMOR. DESCRIPTIONS OF COUNTRIES, NATIONS, INCIDENTS AND ADVENTURES, AS THEY APPEARED TO TWAIN. The Innocents Abroad, or The New Pilgrims' Progress is a travel book by American author Mark Twain. Published in 1869, it humorously chronicles what Twain called his "Great Pleasure Excursion" on board the chartered vessel Quaker City (formerly USS Quaker City) through Europe and the Holy Land with a group of American travelers in 1867. Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 April 21, 1910), known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer. He was lauded as the "greatest humorist the United States has produced," and William Faulkner… Read More

NEW YORK: UNDERWOOD & UNDERWOOD, 1908 VERY NICE LOOKING BROWN COVER WITH GOLD PRINT FRONT AND SPINE. NO INTERNAL MARKINGS OTHER THAN A SMALL STICKER INSIDE THE FRONT AND ERASED NUMBER ABOVE. NO MAPS ARE INCLUDED. RARE BOOK IN VERY GOOD TIGHT CLEAN CONDITION. INTRODUCTION BY JAMES C. EGBERT. BOOK BY DANIEL JAMES ELLISON- WRITES A NICE PREFACE AND HOW TO USE THE BOOK. VERY NICE DESCRIPTIVE, ENTERTAINING BOOK OF ITALY. THROUGH THE IDEA OF THE STEREOSCOPE THAT WAS POPULAR AT THAT TIME. Stereograph- Two stereoscopic pictures or one picture with two superposed stereoscopic images, designed to give a three-dimensional effect when viewed through a stereoscope or special glasses. A WONDERFUL PIECE OF OUR PAST AND LOOK AT ITALY BEAUTY FROM INSIDE. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.

USA: Grosset & Dunlap, 1927 NICE LOOKING GREEN BOOK WITH RED DESIGN FRONT AND SPINE. A CENTURY VAGABOND BOOK OF TRAVEL, FRONTISPIECE A PICTURE OF AN INDIAN NATIVE AND BABY, NO INTERNAL MARKINGS, TIGHT, A STORY OF MCGOVERN'S EXPEDITION, HISTORY AND THE INCAS. William Montgomery McGovern (September 28, 1897 ¿ December 12, 1964) was an American adventurer, Northwestern University professor, anthropologist and journalist. He was possibly an inspiration for the character of Indiana Jones. McGovern's life may be more incredible than the fictional character he spawned. By age 30, he had already explored the Amazon and braved uncharted regions of the Himalayas, survived revolution in Mexico, studied at Oxford and the Sorbonne and become a Buddhist priest in a Japanese monastery. He became a beloved lecturer, war correspondent and military strategist. The Inca society was the society of the Inca civilization in South America. The Inca Empire, which was centred in what is now Peru, Bolivia,… Read More

USA: HOUGHTON MIFFLIN AND COMPANY, 1907 NICE LOOKING RED COVER, GOLD DESIGN AND PRINT SPINE. TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT. GREAT NUMBER ILLUSTRATIONS, 40 CHAPTERS. VERY NICE DETAILS/ TOURS OF POPULAR FRANCE LOCATIONS. FOR THE LOVER OF TRAVEL AND FRANCE. Henry James OM (15 April 1843 28 February 1916) was an American-born British author. He is regarded as a key transitional figure between literary realism and literary modernism, and is considered by many to be among the greatest novelists in the English language. He was the son of Henry James Sr. and the brother of philosopher and psychologist William James and diarist Alice James. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.