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London: Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, 1863. First Edition. Very Good. 8vo, [6.5x4.5in]; xii, 240 pp., [2] advertisements, frontispiece, with tissue guard, and five illustrations; Dark green blind stamped covers with gilt lettering and design on spine, all edges trimmed; Some shelf wear to covers edges and corners with darkening of spine, corners bumped, joints splitting at top and bottom of spine, hinges cracked and holding, spine slightly cocked. Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards (1831-1892), an English author, artist and Egyptologist, was well known for her travel books and literary fiction and nonfiction works. She also wrote poetry, stories and articles for periodicals. Today she is best know for her work as an Egyptologist and founder of the Egypt Exploration Fund in 1882 (later the Egypt Exploration Society. This book is one of several nonfiction history that Edwards wrote as a result of her travels through Europe. She became enthralled with the story of the Spanish writer Miguel de Cervantes…
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The Story of Cervantes; A Scholar, A Poet, A Soldier, A Slave among the Moors, and the Author of "Don Quixote
by Edwards, Amelia B.
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Stardust; The David Bowie Story
by Edwards, Henry and Tony Zanetta
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New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1986. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1986; First Edition, as issued Dust jacket [7¾"-9¾" tall]; Red Paper boards with half black cloth, gilt spine outlines to black lettering; 433 pp.; Fine /Fine, appears never read. Story of the English rock star David Bowie's music, songwriter, instrumentalist, record producer, arranger, and actor from the 1970', through mid- 1980's. Also explores his problems with drugs, his bisexuality, and relationships with his wife Angie, Mick Jagger, Elizabeth Taylor, Bette Midler, Andy Warhol, Lou Reed, John Lennon, Jimmy Page, Marc Bolan, Iggy Pop and other contemporaries. David Buckley writes in 2005:"His influence has been unique in popular culture—he has permeated and altered more lives than any comparable figure.
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This Cold Heaven; Seven Seasons in Greenland
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New York: Pantheon Books, 2001. First Edition, 1st Printing. Fine/Fine. SIGNED BY AUTHOR,[9.5x6in]; xv, 377 pp., illustrations throughout in text, notes, blbliography and index;.
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A Voyage to Hudson's-Bay, by the Dobbs Galley and California, in the Years 1746 and 1747, for discovering a North West Passage; with An accurate Survey of the Coast, and short Natural History of the Country. Together with a fair View of the Facts and Arguments from the future finding of such a Passage is rendered probable. To which is prefixed, An Historical Account of the Attempts hitherto made for the finding a Passage that Way to the East Indies. Illustrated with proper Cuts, and a new and correct Chart of Husdon's Bay, with the Countries adjacent
by Ellis, Henry
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London: H. Whitridge, 1748. First Edition. Near Fine. 8vo [8x5.5in]; xxviii, 1-96, 89-96 (repeated in [ ]), 97-336, 344 pp., frontispiece folding map of North West Passage and track of ships from England to Hudson's Bay [7x17.5in], nine plates of illustrations with five folding, chapter heading and ending designs; Contemporary mottle calf binding rebacked with ribbed and ruled gilt spine with original spine label, all edges trimmed, head and tail bands; Some shelf wear to edges, covers and corners, overall nice patina and wear, no foxing to map, illustrations or text, folding map and illustrations are in fine condition, hinges repaired and reinforced, binding glue offset to end papers, armorial bookplate of John Lewis along with modern bookplate of Beekman Pool on front end paper, small ink signature of J. Lewis on title page, contemporary, likely John Lewis, handwritten list of illustrations on p. xxviii [did not list illustration on p. 36]. [Hill 540, NMM 798, Sabin 22312, Cooke p.462]. Henry…
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Under Scott's Command, Lashly's Antarctic Diaries
by Ellis, A. R. [Ed]
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London: Victor Gollancz LTD, 1969. First Edition. Very Good/Good. 8vo, [8.75x6in]; 160 pp., nine images on four plates, full-page text map and diagram, lists of expedition members; Dark blue cloth on covers with gilt lettering on spine; Lime green dust jacket with white and black lettering on front and spine, image of Lashly on front; Minimal shelf wear, dark stain on top text edge at spine with some spotting along top; Dust jacket shelf wear at edges and corners with several closed tears and chipping, dark stain on top front at joint running down spine, spine faded. [Rosove 198.A1, Spence 686]. William Lashly (1867-1940) was a Royal Navy sailor assigned to the two Scott expeditions. These are William Lashly's annotated sledging diaries from Scott's Discovery 1901-4 and Terra Nova 1910-13 expeditions. He provides an undistorted picture of what life was like during the expeditions and the joys and sorrows. He was part of the party to find Scott's tent with the bodies of Scott, Wilson and Bowers.
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British Children's Books in the Twentieth Century
by Erye, Frank
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New York: E.P. Dutton & Co, 1971. Revised Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. New York: E.P. Dutton & Co.; 1971; Revised Edition [5.75x8.75"]; Orange cloth covers with black lettering on spine; Cream dust jacket with black border design on covers, black lettering on orange field on covers and spine, critic comments on rear cover; 207 pp. [1], black/white illustrations throughout text, bibliography and index; slight shelf wear to bottom edges, faded orange field on spine. Overall condition Near Fine.
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