Search Results: Titles starting with N from Aardvark Rare Books

Honolulu, HI: Hui Hanai, 1979. Fifth Printing. Paperback. Good Plus. Volume I only. Trade Paperback, 9 in. x 5.8 in., pp. xvi, [1], 221. Brown paper cover with yellow and white title to front and spine. Light rubbing to extremities; light creasing to upper front corner. Unmarked interior. Offers a discussion in depth of major Hawaiian culture concepts providing insights into both their ancient and modern significance. The publisher is an auxiliary of the Queen Lili'uokalani Children's Center in Honolulu.

Honolulu, HI: Hui Hanai, 1979. First Printing. Paperback. Very Good. Volume 2 ONLY: Trade Paperback, 9 in. x 5.8 in., pp. xi, [1], 333. Acquamarine-colored card covers with yellow and white title to front and spine. Very light rubbing to extremities. Unmarked interior. Traces the ancient Hawaiian social customs, practices and beliefs from birth to old age. Both volumes give a special focus to existing misconcepts and the relevance of old Hawaii to the present day. The publisher is an auxiliary of the Queen Lili'uokalani Children's Center in Honolulu.

London, England: Hodder and Stoughton, Limited, 1936. FIRST EDITION (NAP). Hardcover. Very Good /Good. Octavo, 5.75 x 8.9 in., pp. xvi + 310. Illustrated with twenty-seven full-page photographs with captioned tissue guards. Maps and drawings by Bip Pares. Black cloth boards with light sky-blue title to cover and spine. Light rubbing to extremities. Two small dents to bottom edge of cover. Age-toning to front endpaper map. Rubbing to dustjacket edges. Small chips to three corners and top of rear dustjacket. Light spotting to dustjacket flaps and smudging to rear panel. Protected in mylar. Laid in: original four-page 1936 Prospectus and order form, Nanda Devi, at 25,643 feet, is the second-highest mountain in India, after Kangchenjunga, and the highest located entirely within the country. The ascent of Nanda Devi necessitated fifty years of arduous exploration in search of a passage into the Sanctuary below the mountain. The outlet is the Rishi Gorge, a deep, narrow canyon which is very difficult to… Read More

New York: The Junior Literary Guild and The Viking Press, 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Good. Boris Artzybasheff. Octavo, 6.25 x 9.4 in., pp. 165. Illustrated in blue by Boris Artzybasheff. Gray-green cloth boards with dark blue boat design and title to cover. Publisher's paper spine label. Publisher's blue stain to top-edge. Very light rubbing to extremities. Light brown stain to bottom of spine, and to bottom edge. Graphic endpapers in blue by Artzybasheff. Light foxing up to page twenty-eight only. Rubbing and several chips to edges of dustjacket. Age-toning and spots of light brown stain to dustjacket. Some additional notes on "post-its" temorarily affixed to several pages. Protected in mylar. Newberry Honor Book in 1941. This novelized biography tells the adventures of Fridtjof Nansen, a scientist whose Arctic explorations were full of danger and courage. "And when, honored by all the world, he thought to return to his native Norway, there came a call from the League of Nations.… Read More

Batavia, New York: Adams and Thorp, 1827. Seventh Edition. Pamphlet. Good. 12mo. (7 1/4" x 4 1/2"). Disbound/Removed from larger gathering, remnants of cloth, glue and original stitching to spine. Lacks title leaf. Some stains to first page (heading: "NARRATIVE, &c."), and light tidelines from pp. 45-59, but not at all to obscure. Affidavit at rear dated October 1826 wherein Matthew Bunn swears and testifies to the truth of the contents of his Narrative, essentially notarized by "Millard (misspelled as Millerd) Fillmore" then "Com'r &c. for Erie County". Twenty-four years later, in 1850, Filmore became the 12th President of the United States. The final three pages of this (Seventh) edition contain a "Patriotic Song" composed by Bunn, entitled "St. Clair's Defeat". This issue could either be the 1827 or the 1828 edition. "Matthew Bunn was an Ensign with General St. Clair, enlisting in 1791 at the age of about nineteen. He was captured in the Ohio Country by Indians, escaped, and was recaptured by… Read More

Belfast, Ireland: Henry Lanktree, 1830. Leather-bound. Near Fine. Rebound brown half-leather with gilt tooling, raised bands on spine with gilt tooling/lettering. RARE with all five plates (5 plus frontis), including large folding plate "Denvir's Hotel" Downpatrick. A few stray blue pencil placeholding marks. Previous owner's name (John Henry Blaney) and address (1135 Ellis Street, San Francisco) to first, and final blanks. "A satire on the corpulent Mathew Forde (1785-1837) of Seaforde, Co. Down, see No. 16227. He was Col. of the North Downshire Militia. The allusion in the quotation from Richard III is to his second marriage (1829) to Lady Harriet Savage, a widow. Burke, Diet, of the Landed Gentry, 1847."

London: Johnston.. Johnson & T. Payne, 1813. Second Edition. Leather-bound. Very Good. 2vol. 4to 4to. 2 folding maps 78 plates including 13 by Blake, from drawings made by the Author. Simply but nicly rebound in 1/4 leather over dark brown cloth. Second edition, corrected. List of subscribers. As is frequently seen, some offsetting to pages opposite plates. One of the most famous and fascinating military, travel, and humanistic books of all history. The account of the unsuccessful attempt to put down the revolted Negros of Dutch Surinam. Full title: Narrative of a five years' expedition against the revolted Negroes of Surinam in Guiana, on the wild coast of South America, from the year 1772 to 1777 : elucidating the history of that country, and describing its productions, viz. quadrupedes, birds, fishes [sic], reptiles, trees, shrubs, fruits and roots : with an account of the Indians of Guiana, and Negroes of Guinea. With its first-hand depictions of slavery and other aspects of colonization, this… Read More

New York, New York: William B. Gilley, 1818. Leather-bound. Good Plus. 3/4 leather with marbled paper sides. Recent rebacking with fresh butterscotch calf spine. Five raised bands (plus top and bottom of spine) each hub with gilt to above and below. Moderate foxing and browning throughout, heavier toward the beginning and end, but text still easily readable. Vocabulary appendix. James Hingston Tuckey (1776-1816) was an Irish-born explorer and a captain in the Royal Navy...At the age oif 17 he joined the navy and went to sea, was engaged in expeditions to the Red Sea, and in 1802 helped expand the British colony of New South Wales in Australia. As first lieutenant of the ship The CALCUTTA, Tuckey was captured by the French and was imprisoned for 9 years. While a prisoner, he married Miss Margaret Stuart, a fellow prisoner. After his release, Tuckey was promoted to the rank of commander and in February 1816 sailed to explore the River Congo in the schooner CONGO, accompany by the stores ship… Read More

Dublin, Ireland: J. Stockdale (Self-Published), 1812. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo, 9.5 in. x 6 in., pp. 371, [1], 118 (appendix). Rebound in dark three quarter morocco over marbled boards, double-ruled in gilt. Gilt title to contrasting black panel on spine. Five raised gilt-decorated bands with double gilt band lines. Untrimmed edges. Recent endpapers on laid paper. Damaged title page professionally repaired years ago by piecing in replacements of missing text. An interesting repair)/ Lengthy manuscript inscription on verso of errata page, dated 1892, regarding the rarity and importance of the book, ending with a quote from Lowndes: "Suppressed ... very scarce." Browning to title and erratta pages, and light dampstain to pages 351-363; otherwise clean and bright. Previous owner's signature to final printed page (p. 118 of appendix). William Steel Dickson (1744-1824) was an Irish Presbyterian minister and member of the Society of the United Irishmen, committed to the cause of… Read More

London, England: Geo. B. Whittaker, 1825. First British Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Plus. Matching set of two: Octavo, 9.2 in. x 5.7 in. Deliciously rebound in black calf with gilt title to black and burgundy panels, and five raised bands, to spine. Untrimmed fore- and bottom-edges. Engraved plates all set before page 1, contrary to printer's instructions. Newer marbled endpapers. Bright, clean pages. Spine and hinges tight. Showcase copy. Volume I: pp. xiii, [7], 458; Illustrated with frontispiece and three additional engraved plates and fold-out map (12 in. x 22 in.). Four inch closed tear along map seam. Volume II: pp. vi, [4], 248, 1-146 (appendix), [8] ("Vocabulary of Indian Languages"). Illustrated with frontispiece and three additional engraved plates. Three fold-out charts (8.8 in. x 10.7 in.) of weather data for seventeen New England locations. William H. Keating(1799-1840) was the geologist and historian for Stephan Long's second expedition, exploring the headwaters of the Mississippi.… Read More

London, England: Geo. B. Whittaker, 1825. Leather-bound. Very Good. Octavo, 8.5 in. x 5.3 in., pp. 1-458 (Volume I), [3], vi, 1-248 (Volume II), 1-146 (appendix), [10] (Vocabulary of Indian Languages). Illustrated with engraved frontis, fold-out map (11.25 in. x 21 in.), and six additional engravings. Full calf wiith decorative gilt frame to front and back. Gilt title on red panel, gilt fleurons, and six raised bands to spine. Marbled edges. Light rubbing to extremities; a few chips to back board. Previous owners' signatures to front pastedown. Light olive-green library tape repairs to front and rear hinges. Map in VG+ condition. Tight textblock. (Howes K20). William Hypolitus Keating (1799-1840), scientist, educator, and attorney, was born in Wilmington, Delaware, and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1816. Having continued his studies for a time in Europe, he returned to his alma mater in 1822 as professor of mineralogy and chemistry as applied to agriculture and the arts, a… Read More

Pristina, KOSOVO: Zeri, 2000. First Edition. Paperback. VERY GOOD TRADE PAPERBACK. A bit of creasing and curlng to corner of rear cover, and previous eight pages. Translated from the Albanian by Engjellushe Morina. 191 pp. Photographs. Signed Only (no inscription) "Ramush Haradinaj" on front free endpaper. Corners bumped and creased. Softcover original. A book-length interview with Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) leader (and, briefly, Prime Minister of Kosovo) Ramush Haradinaj, describing his early and student life, after which his conscience compelled his entry into the war for the liberation of Kosovo. He participated in a number of arms-smuggling operations across dangerous borders, successfully prevented a wholesale massacre of his village by the Belgrade-led Serbs, and forming the AAK (Alliance for the Future of Kosovo) entered politics. In 2004-2005 . He briefly served as Prime Minister of Kosovo, before being accused of war crimes. He met the charges in a forthright manner, determined to prove… Read More

London: Printed for S. Baker and G. Leigh in York Street; and T. Davies, in Russel=street, Covent-garden, 1768. Second Edition. Leather-bound. Good only. Full old calf. Leather cracked and worn. Front board reattached. Remnant red leather title label Lacking frontis. Stamps on title & 3 other leaves. Clean copy internally. [iv], viii, 258 (last blank) Apparently a line-for- line reprint of the 1st edition published in the same year, reset, with the mispagination at pp.168/99 corrected. Tew 162.

Philadelphia, PA: Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1845. Third Edition. Hardcover. Good Plus. Octavo. Quarter-bound dark-blue pebbled cloth over simple leather spine, with gilt lettering. Wear to extremities -- particularly edges of leather, but solidly bound. Some occasional pencil bracketing within and light age- toning to pages. Two fold-out Maps and one Plan, all printed on bank-note paper. The first map, a frontispiece opposite title page, is entitled: "Map to Illustrate The Route of The Church of Scotland's Deputation". The blue (coloured) lines mark the Homeward Route of Drs. Black and Keith, and red lines indicate the route. The second map, of Palestine, shows in a red coloured line, the map of the route. The third "map" is a non-folding Plan of Jerusalem. Throughout the book are numerous in-text engravings and a handful of full-page engravings as well. 555 pp., including Appendices and Index. This Narrative was purported to be one of the best known travel books ever published...besides… Read More

London: Heinemann, 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Plus in Good Dust Jacket. Dark blue cloth with titles in gilt and Heinemann imprint in black. Text bright with some light foxing to edges and preliminary pages and margins. Light wear to top and bottom of spine, corners a bit nudged, textblock tight an square. Dust jacket has one inch spine chip at top of spine where title once was, general wear to edges and fols, and some closed tears. Jacket is now in a protective mylar cover.

Chicago, IL: Dowst Bros. Co, 1912. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Plus. Matching set of two: Octavo, 8.7 in. x 5.9 in. Volume I: pp. 322; Volume II: pp. 343. Light blue cloth covers with two decorative bands stamped in blind and black title to front. Rubbing to extremities, and light soiling to boards. Bottom corners of Volume I nudged. CLean unmarked interiors.

Dublin: Geo. and Alex. Ewing, 1755. Second edition thus. Hardcover. Very Good Plus. Small quarto. 8.75 in x 7 in., iv, [4], 214. Leather half-calf over marbled boards. Gilt title with seven gilt lines to spine. Title page of Part 2 dated 1726; title page of Part 3 dated 1725. 11 engraved plates, 7 foldout. Rubbing to extremities. Probably rebacked, hinges reinforced, with original spine laid down. Armorial bookplate (2.5" x 4") to front pastedown and below, printed name of James Pollock, Esq. Bookplate is glued atop old handwriting obscuring the name of the company from which the book was purchased. Owner's signature also in ink to top of title page. Light spotting to edges of first 4 leaves of preliminaries. A reissue of the 1726 edition with a new titlepage and preliminaries, and four additional leaves numbered 187-194 in square brackets inserted between pp. 186 and [187]. "A Natural History of Ireland" by Gerard Boate (1604-1650) was first published in 1652, and reissued in 1657. The second… Read More

Dublin, Ireland: Geo. and Alex. Ewing at the Angel and Bible in Dames-Street, 1755. Second Edition. Leather-bound. VERY GOOD. Quarto. 8.9 in. x 6.8 in., pp. iv, [4] (Contents), 213. Contiguous pagination through all three parts. Illustrated with eleven full page engravings, nine of which foldout. Cambridge panelled calf, rebacked, ruled and tooled in blind, with corner fleurons. Gilt title on red panel, gilt designs on all other panels, and five-raised bands. Newer endpapers. No half title page. Original plate opposite p. 212 is torn, with significant portion missing. Two fascimile copies of this damaged plate, one bound (opposite p. 213), and one laid-in, included. Unmarked, bright interior. Three works in one volume, title page listing names of Gerard Boate (Doctor of Physick to the State in Ireland) and Thomas Molyneux (M.D.F.R.S. in England) as authors of the first and third Parts, and a collection of authors for the second book, including William King, Lord Bishop of Clogher, William Molyneux,… Read More

Morgan Hill, CA: Pacific Science Press, 1930. Hanrdcover. Good Plus. Small octavo, 7.8 in. x 5.5 in., pp. 309. Signed by the author on the half title page. Signature is partially smeared. Illustrated with over one hundred illustrations and photographs by the author. Green cloth boards with frame embossed in blid and gilt title to front. Gilt title to spine. Hinge a bit tender at center of spine, but holding. Laid in: Original 5.5 in. x 3.3 in. tri-fold publisher's promotional insert, made from very thin wood: very fragile. Lovely! Charles Kellogg (1868 - 1949) was an American vaudeville performer who imitated bird songs, and later a campaigner for the protection of the redwood forests of California. He was born on a ranch in Susanville, California and grew up in the 1870s observing the animals and birds of the forests and learning outdoor skills. He constructed a mobile home, called the "Travel Log", out of a redwood tree and drove it around the country to raise awareness of the plight of the… Read More

New York: J.J. Augustin Publisher, 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Plus. Octavo, 9.1 in. x 6.75 in., pp. xviii, [2], 222. Coarsely-woven burlap boards with orange title and yarn-ball design to front. Frontispiece photograph of weaver and sheep. Illustrated with many black and white photographs. Orange title to spine. Closed tears to burlap on upper front joint (4") and rear joint (1"). Rear board lightly stained and sunned. Front hinge a bit tender. Unmarked interior. Gladys Amanda Reichard (1893 -1955) was an American anthropologist and linguist. She is considered one of the most important women to have studied Native American languages and cultures in the first half of the twentieth century. She is best known for her studies of three different Native American languages: Wiyot, Coeur d'Alene and Navajo. Reichard was concerned with understanding language variation, and with connections between linguistic principles and underpinnings of religion, culture and context. (from Wikipedia).