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Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1980. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Stiff gold pictorial wraps. Minor handling wear. Square, uncreased binding, unmarked interior. 1st ptg. xx,530 pp..

New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1917. Book. Very Good. Original Cloth. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Tan cloth, lettered and with front cover decoration in brown. Modest shelf wear, mildly rubbed spine extremities and corners, a few minor spots of exposure to cloth turn-in along bottom rear edge. Minor binding lean, but firm, with clean and unmarked interior. 238 pp., illus., folding map. Foxing to sides of endsheets adjacent to text block only..

London: Spottiswoode, Ballantyne and Co. Ltd., 1967. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Facsimile Reprint Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Complete in two (2) volumes, uniformly bound in green cloth-effect boards, spine panels lettered in gilt. Facsimile rpt. of the original 1844 two-volume edition by Saunders and Otley. xiv,545 + viii,355 pp., errata slip tipped in. Cloth speckled/flecked in a few areas (most notably Vol. II spine panel), minor nick along bottom front edge of Vol. I, text block edges a bit tanned by age, otherwise as issued, with firm bindings, clean interiors, apparently never read..

New York and London: Charles Scribner's Sons/T. Fisher Unwin, 1910. Book. VG-. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Dark blue cloth, lettered on spine panel and with publisher's device on front cover in gilt. xxviii, 308 pp., illus. w/ 64 sepia pictorial plates, color folding map preceding index. Modest shelf wear, a few surface marks to cloth, chipped w/ 1/4" loss along most of crown of spine, abrasion at heel of spine. Toned flyleaves, mild foxing to adjacent leaves, interior showing light scattered foxing and overall age toning. Firm binding..

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1959. Book. Illus. by Reuben Goldberg (photographs). Very Good. Original Cloth. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ivory cloth, lettered in black, illus. in brown. Minor shelf wear, cloth somewhat soiled on both covers from use. 124 pp. includes 40 pp. text followed by b&w plates..

New York: Seminar Press-HBJ, 1972. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Brown cloth, lettered/illus. in copper foil and white. Essentially as issued. xvi,347 pp., illus. First edition..

Dexterville, Barbados, West Indies: Barbados Heritage Publications Trust Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Stiff pictorial goldenrod wraps, oblong format. Light dampstaining to top binding corner of both covers only, not affecting interior, minor crease to top back cover corner, otherwise essentially as issued. 56 pp., illus. w/ vintage b&w photographs..

Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. HARDCOVER, teal blue cloth, lettered in gold foil. 2nd ptg.: 1992. Ex-institutional library copy, non-circulating, with a few marks and stamps but virtually without wear. 276 pp..

Mansfield Centre CT: Martino Fine Books, 1998. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Dark turquoise cloth, lettered in gold foil. As issued. [v],179 pp. Facsimile of original 1909 edition..

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1960. Book. Near Fine. Original Cloth. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Yellow cloth, lettered in black. Cloth is slightly foxed along joint gutters only, with slight binding lean, both pastedowns mildly toned, foxed top text block edge, else fine. 412 pp. Color illus. dust jacket is mildly foxed but otherwise shows only light shelf wear, now in mylar. 1st (thus) of this re-issue: Feb. 1960, with new Fwd. by author..

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934. Book. VG+. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Tan cloth, lettered in black with green accents. Minor binding lean, a few spots of foxing to cover cloth, topstain faded. Gift inscription inked on half-title, otherwise unmarked. 1st ed. (A). Scarce color illus. dust jacket is tanned along spine panel and flap folds, with shallow chipping to corners and spine extremities, general wear, now in mylar..

Houston, TX: Colonial Coins, Inc., 1970. Book. As New. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. INSCRIBED. Blue cloth, lettered in gilt. 100 pp., illus. As new/as issued. Inscribed by author/editor on front flyleaf, full signature, personalized, undated..

Falcon Publications International, 1983. Book. VG+. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. INSCRIBED. Hardcover, dark blue leatherette, lettered in gold. Some rubbing evident along bottom edges, corners slightly curled. Contents a bit toned by age. Firm binding, clean interior. Inscribed by author on front flyleaf, full signature with generic "Best Wishes" inscription, not dated. Pictorial dust jacket shows modest surface rubbing, now in mylar..

New York: Henry Holt and Co., 1921. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Blue cloth, lettered in gilt. Modest shelf wear, endpapers and text block edges a bit toned by age. Firm binding, clean interior. [vii],303 pp..

London: Selwyn and Blount, 1936. Book. VG+. Cloth. Second Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Black cloth, lettered and with front cover device in green. Light shelf wear. Former owner's signature on front flyleaf. Light foxing to several early and late leaves as well as to text block edges. Dust jacket shows a few short (1/4") closed edge tears, with slight creasing along bottom rear edge, now in archival mylar. 285 pp. + 32 pp. publisher's catalog at rear, 23 illus. + map. Occasional neat marginalia. Exceptionally scarce in dust jacket..

Panama, 1977. Book. Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Stiff pictorial wraps. 188 pp., illus. Handling wear with thumbing marks and several creases to covers. Scattered internal underlining and highlighting, generally minor, former owner's signature inked on half-title. Binding square and firm with stress crease..

Prospect Heights, IL: Waveland Press, 1988. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Stiff pictorial wraps. 1st ptg. w/ full number line. [xiii],234 pp., b&w plates. Light shelf wear, light crease to top front cover corner, a few pages showing a minor ink mark..

Stuttgart and Tubingen, Germany: J. G. Cotta'sche Buchhandlung, 1843. Ex-Library. Good. Quarter-Leather. Second Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Black 1/4 leather, marbled paper over boards. Approx. 1/3 of leather is chipped away, revealing cloth underlay. Moderate surface rubbing to paper, rubbed corners and edges with some exposure to underboards. Ex-library, non-circulating, minimally marked/stamped. Two former owner signatures on front pastedown. Lacking endpapers, perhaps original to issue. viii,252 pp. Perhaps lacking an early leaf, given existing pagination, though text appears complete: title pg/verso blank (presumably i/ii), Vorwort (v/vi), Inhalt (vii/viii). Foxed interior, ranging light to moderate. Apparent Second Edition; originally issued in 1836. Scarce..

New York: Macmillan Company, 1940. Ex-Library. VG+. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Deaccessioned from non-circulating museum library, nominally marked/stamped, little actual wear, clear-coated spine panel (slightly age-toned) with hand-written call number on lower portion. Dark blue cloth, lettered in gilt. 1st ptg.: Jan. 1940. xii,340 pp., illus. w/ 40+ b&w plates, rear endpaper map. Only slight shelf wear, virtually as issued, downgraded due only to library markings..

New York and London: F. Tennyson Neely, 1898. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. Original copy in original polished red cloth, lettered in black, probably rebacked in red buckram, with new endpapers. Text block may have been slightly trimmed, as title page lettering is slightly cropped along top edge, no other text affected (most leaves are photographic plates). Unpaginated, approx. 150 pp., illus. w/ b&w photographs of the Spanish-American War and domestic scenes -- views of the military camps and Cuba by war correspondent/novelis Gilson Willetts, of the Dewey Islands by author Margherita Arlina Hamm. Vintage (1900) gift inscription in pencil on front blank preceding main title. Light shelf wear to covers, with a few leaves internally showing light soiling or toning. Very nicely preserved, scarce..