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The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky Mountain Life, Illustrated By Peter Pendrey / Folio Society Edition

By: Parkman, Francis, Introduction By Martin Ridge / Folio Society

Price: $14.13

Publisher: London, England, London, UK: Folio Society, 1975, 1st Folio Edition, 2nd Printing: 1975

Seller ID: 149214

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

----------hardcover, a Near Fine copy, no dustjacket as issued, in a lightly rubbed near Fine slipcase, lino-cut illustrations in b&w by Pendrey, 309 pages, a nice edition, likely an unread copy, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo
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To the Ends of the Earth, with 47 illustrations ---by Francis K Pease ( Arctic / Antarctic / Falklands related)

By: Pease, Francis K

Price: $390.43

Publisher: London, England, London, UK: Hurst and Blackett, 1935, 1st edition, First Printing: 1935

Seller ID: 165036

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good (see description)

-----------hardcover, overall a solid Good to Very Good example, blue cloth, some light soiling to boards, some fraying at tips tips, some foxing to paper, front blank endpaper has been removed, no dustjacket, book has 284 pages plus ads, b&w photos throughout, a quite scarce book relating Pease's adventures from 1925 to 1934 onboard The HMS Discovery, he details his voyages from pole to pole, with stops in South georgia, the Cape, the Falklands, Tristan, etc., --- Pease had an excerpt from this book printed in Fifty Strangest Stories Ever Told from 1937 titled Gripped By An Iceberg ---from th...
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Image for 4 VOLUMES NARRATIVE OF EXPEDITION OF AN AMERICAN SQUADRON TO CHINA SEAS AND JAPAN, PERFORMED IN YEARS 1852, 1853, 1854 UNDER COMMAND OF COMMODORE M C PERRY, UNITED STATES NAVY / Observations of the Zodiacal Light, from April 2 1853 to April 22 1855, Etc

4 VOLUMES NARRATIVE OF EXPEDITION OF AN AMERICAN SQUADRON TO CHINA SEAS AND JAPAN, PERFORMED IN YEARS 1852, 1853, 1854 UNDER COMMAND OF COMMODORE M C PERRY, UNITED STATES NAVY / Observations of the Zodiacal Light, from April 2 1853 to April 22 1855, Etc

By: Perry, Commodore M C ( Matthew Calbraith ); Francis L Hawks; Rev. George Jones

Price: $567.93

Publisher: New York, NY, N.Y. / New York: AMS Press / Arno Press, 1967 ( Facsimile Reprint of the 1856 Beverley Tucker of Washington Edition ), 1st ARNO/AMS Edition, First Printing: 1967

Seller ID: 155757

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+ ( see Description )

------------4 volumes (ONE SHIPPING PRICE ), three are hardcovers, one is a map portfolio, all are Very Good+ copies, a bit of dustiness to black cloth, a bit of sunning to the spines, some smudging to the bottom edges of the text blocks just due to the size and thickness of these books, all 3 books are about 8.75 x 11.25 inches, map portfolio is roughly the same size and in a matching black binding, all maps are prresent (with 2 of the maps being listed on the front panel of the portfolio but actually being in the book -as issued), a bit of age toning to endpapers, 537 (volume 1 ), 414 + 14 +...
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Mackinac Island: Its History in Pictures / Mackinac State Historic Parks ( Michigan Local History )

By: Petersen, Eugene T / Mackinac Island State Park Commission / Mackinac State Historic Parks

Price: $18.39

Publisher: Michigan, Mackinac Island, MI: Mackinac State Historic Parks, 1973 (likely 1990 or so), 1st Edition, Later Printing: 1973

Seller ID: 155830

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+ ( see Description )

------------hardcover, about 9.5 x 11.25 inches, a Very Good+ copy with a bit of light rubbing, some sunning to the spine and board edges, 103 pages, b&w photos, contents include: Foreword; Introduction; Identification map; Soldiers, Fur and Fish; The Visitors; The park, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo
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Image for Bolsheviks and the Bottle: Drink and Worker Culture in St Petersburg 1900 - 1929 -by Laura L Phillips / Northern Illinois University Press ( Alcohol / Vodka )

Bolsheviks and the Bottle: Drink and Worker Culture in St Petersburg 1900 - 1929 -by Laura L Phillips / Northern Illinois University Press ( Alcohol / Vodka )

By: Phillips, Laura L / Northern Illinois University Press

Price: $42.53

Publisher: Illinois, DeKalb, IL: Northern Illinois University Press, 2000, 1st Edition, First Printing: 2000

Seller ID: 162003

ISBN: 0875802648

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see desciption)

-----------hardcover, about 6.25w x 9.25h inches, a Near Fine example, in a Near Fine dustjacket with sunning to the spine and rear panel, 211 pages, ---"This innovative study of drinking provides rich insights into changes and continuities in everyday life among revolutionary St. Petersburg's workers. Drawing on a wide array of previously untapped sources, Phillips sheds fresh light on issues of revolutionary change, class, and gender as she probes the tenacious resiliency of alcohol-centered culture in the face of state efforts at prohibition. --Readers will find a sophisticated examinat...
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Image for PEROU: Les Royaumes Du Soleil et De La Lune /Musee Des Beaux-Arts Montreal ( French Language Edition ) ( PERU: The Kingdoms of the Sun and the Moon )( Inca / Incan Archaeology, Art, Sculpture, etc )

PEROU: Les Royaumes Du Soleil et De La Lune /Musee Des Beaux-Arts Montreal ( French Language Edition ) ( PERU: The Kingdoms of the Sun and the Moon )( Inca / Incan Archaeology, Art, Sculpture, etc )

By: Pimentel, Victor avec Walter Alva, Ulla Holmquist, Natalia Majluf, Luis Eduardo Wuffarden; Nathalie Bondil / Musee Des Beaux-Arts Montreal

Price: $42.53

Publisher: Montreal, Quebec, Montreal, PQ: Musee Des Beaux-Arts Montreal, 2013, 1st Edition, First Printing: 2013

Seller ID: 161359

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+ ( see Description )

---------hardcover, about 9.75w x 11.25h inches, overseas shipping (anywhere outside of Canada and the USA ) will require additional charges, a Very Good+ example, a few small marks to the covers, small nick at lower spine tip, 379 pages, colour and some b&w photos, spectacular photographic images of stunning archaeological artifacts from the Incan empire as well as pre-Columbian and the later colonial era, all text is in FRENCH, ---" this ambitious volume showcases more than 4,000 years of Peruvian art in approximately 350 diverse, exciting works. A large selection of pre-Columbian treasu...
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Image for Tron Pamiatek Najjasniejszego, Niezwyciezonego Jana iii Sobieskiego Krola Polskiego ( Throne of Relics in Honour of His Royal Highness Jan iii Sobieski King of Poland on the Three Hundredth Anniversary of His Death 1696 - 1996 / Wilanow Palace Museum

Tron Pamiatek Najjasniejszego, Niezwyciezonego Jana iii Sobieskiego Krola Polskiego ( Throne of Relics in Honour of His Royal Highness Jan iii Sobieski King of Poland on the Three Hundredth Anniversary of His Death 1696 - 1996 / Wilanow Palace Museum

By: Pochec-Perkowska, Teresa, Director of the Wilanow Palace Museum; with Zbigniew Wojcik; Wojciech Fijalkowski; Mariusz Karpowicz; Zofia Rozanow and Ewa Smulikowskajerzy T Petruszdzislaw Zygulski Jr

Price: $63.83

Publisher: Warsaw, Poland, Warsaw, Poland: The Wilanow Palace Museum, 1996, 1st edition, First Printing: 1996

Seller ID: 164565

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see desciption)

------------softcover, about 8w x 10h inches, a Near Fine example, a wee bit of very light rubbing, looks new, 251 pages, colour and b&w photos throughout cataloguing the exhibition, introduction and accompanying essays are in English and Polish, captioning and item descriptions are in Polish only, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE ///
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Tiberius -The Life of Tiberius Claudius Nero, Pervert, Murderer, Tyrant ---by Frederik Pohl ---a Signed Copy

By: Pohl, Frederik ( Fred ) writing as Ernst Mason (signed) ( Aka: Edson McCann (with Lester del Rey), James MacCreigh; Donald Stacy; Ernst Mason; Walt Lasly )

Price: $106.43

Publisher: New York, NY, N.Y. / New York: Ballantine, 1960, 1st Edition, First Printing, Canadian Imprint: 1960

Seller ID: 165695

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good (see description)

----------paperback, a Very Good copy with a bit of light rubbing, a bit of age toning to the paper, signed and inscribed by Pohl "to John", any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo /// SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///
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Tiberius -The Life of Tiberius Claudius Nero, Pervert, Murderer, Tyrant ---by Frederik Pohl ---a Signed Copy

By: Pohl, Frederik ( Fred ) writing as Ernst Mason (signed) (Aka: Edson McCann (with Lester del Rey), James MacCreigh; Donald Stacy; Ernst Mason; Walt Lasly )

Price: $106.43

Publisher: London, England, London, UK: Panther, 1963, 1st UK Edition, 2nd Printing: 1963

Seller ID: 165696

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good (see description)

----------paperback, a Very Good copy with a bit of light rubbing, a bit of age toning to the paper, store stamp, signed without inscription by Pohl, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo /// SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///
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Aston Remembered - Yesterday and Today -by Victor J Price ( Birmingham England / Local History )

By: Price, Victor J; Foreword By The Rt. Hon. Denis Howell, MP

Price: $12.71

Publisher: England, Studley, Warwickshire, UK: Brewin Books, 1989, 1st Edition, First Printing: 1989

Seller ID: 159370

ISBN: 0947731458

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good+ ( see Description )

-----------softcover, about 5.75w x 8.25h inches, a Very Good+ copy, faint crease on front cover along the spine, a wee bit of rubbing to covers and corner tips, gift inscription, 100 pages, b&w photos, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo
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Llandinam: A Glimpse of the Past -by Jeremy Pryce ( Powys Area, Wales / Local History )

By: Pryce, Jeremy (written and Compiled by)

Price: $35.43

Publisher: Wales, Wales: Jeremy Pryce, 2002, 1st Edition, First Printing: 2002

Seller ID: 156336

ISBN: 0954408209

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

----------hardcover, about 8.5 x 11 inches, a near Fine copy in a Near Fine dustjacket, 164 pages, b&w photos as well as some colour, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo
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Image for A Tribute to Sir Winston Churchill as Broadcast By Radio Station CFRB, Toronto January 24, 1965 / Script By John Collingwood Reade, Narration By Jack Dennett

A Tribute to Sir Winston Churchill as Broadcast By Radio Station CFRB, Toronto January 24, 1965 / Script By John Collingwood Reade, Narration By Jack Dennett

By: Reade, John Collingwood (script), Narration By Jack Dennett ( Sir Winston S [ Spencer ] Churchill related)

Price: $42.53

Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, Toronto, ON.: CFRB Radio Station, 1965, 1st Edition, First (and Only ) Pressing: 1965

Seller ID: 162529

Binding: Record Album

Condition: Near Fine (see desciption)

------------33 and 1/3 record album, album looks new so a Near Fine record, in a lightly rubbed Near Fine plain black sleeve with silver label lettered in black, a scarce Churchill related item, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED///
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Image for Shadow People: Inside History's Most Notorious Secret Societies ( Assassins; Templars, Illuminati; Freemasons; Priory of Signl; Druids; Kabbalah; Rosicrucians; Triads; Mafia / Cosa Nostra; Yakuza; Wicca; Skull Bones; Conspiracy Theorists )

Shadow People: Inside History's Most Notorious Secret Societies ( Assassins; Templars, Illuminati; Freemasons; Priory of Signl; Druids; Kabbalah; Rosicrucians; Triads; Mafia / Cosa Nostra; Yakuza; Wicca; Skull Bones; Conspiracy Theorists )

By: Reynolds, J L ( John Lawrence )

Price: $16.97

Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, Toronto, ON: Key Porter Books, 2006, 1st Edition, First Printing: 2006

Seller ID: 155879

ISBN: 1552637433

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

---------hardcover, a Near Fine copy in a Near Fine dustjacket, 320 pages, b&w photos and illustrations, ---"Roving from the parched wadis of the Middle East, to an isolated farmhouse in rural Quebec, to the crowed boutiques of Beverly Hills, master storyteller and award-winning writer John Lawrence Reynolds explores the most notorious secret societies in history, probing their origins and activities, and revealing secrets maintained and distorted over hundred of years. --Reynolds peels away the layers of speculation, paranoia and fear, and shines a brilliant light on individuals and orga...
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The Secret Service, The Field, The Dungeon, and The Escape -by Albert D Richardson, Tribune Correspondent

By: Richardson, Albert D

Price: $21.23

Publisher: Connecticutt, Hartford, CT: American Publishing Company, 1865, 1st Editon, First Printing: 1865

Seller ID: 164618

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good (see description)

----------hardcover, a solid Fair to Good example, spine has been repaired with a piece of black leather (top to bottom), leather boards with wear and rubbing, some loss to leather on edges and tios, some foxing, still a solid reading copy, all b&w plates present, 511 pages,, ---some chapter portions are: Alabama Unionists; Brutalities of Slavery; Talk about Assassinating Lincoln; The Creoles; A Black Republican Flag; Vice President hamlin -a mulatto; A System of Cipher; A Dancing Little Darkey; Looking at Fort Sumter; Sunday at Niagara falls; Advice to Missouri Slaveholders; Freaks of the K...
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The Pageant of Morayland -by Jamres B Ritchie ( Elginshire, County of Moray, Scotland )

By: Ritchie, J B ( James ); Foreword By Alexander gRant (signed)

Price: $42.53

Publisher: Scotland, Logie House, Dunphail, Scotland ( Elgin, Moray ): The ELGIN COURANT, 1932, 1st Edition, First Printing: 1932

Seller ID: 162746

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good (see description)

-----------hardcover, about 5w x 7.25h inches, a solid Good to Very Good example, light wear and rubbing, sunning to the spine, browning to the endpapers, --- I do not know if this was issued with a dustjacket, inscription on the verso of the front board by a former owner " This book shows the tradition on which Moray rests. I've read these stories over & over and seen where they were created. I hunted all over the county for a copy and ended up getting one from Sandy Grant the publisher", --- this copy has been signed by Grant on the verso of the rear board, 242 pages, b&w photos a...
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Image for Wentworth By the Sea: The Life and Times of a Grand Hotel -by J Dennis Robinson ( Formerly, Great Island, Now New Castle )( New Hampshire Local History / Portsmouth area )

Wentworth By the Sea: The Life and Times of a Grand Hotel -by J Dennis Robinson ( Formerly, Great Island, Now New Castle )( New Hampshire Local History / Portsmouth area )

By: Robinson, J Dennis

Price: $18.39

Publisher: New Hampshire, Portsmouth, NH: Peter E Randall Publishers, 2004, 1st Edition, First Printing: 2004

Seller ID: 163196

ISBN: 1931807213

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine (see description)

----------hardcover, about 9.25w x 10.25h inches, a Fine example, in a Fine dustjacket, 228 pages, b&w photos, ---"When the Wentworth-by-the-Sea Hotel was built in 1873, it joined dozens of other resorts dotting the northern New England landscape. Now 130 years later it remains the one of the few grand hotels in this region. In between 1873 and 2003, the hotel has undergone early success, bankruptcy, resurgence under the guidance of a gilded age tycoon, one month as the social center of a major international peace conference, decades as a prominent family resort and convention center, then...
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Image for Life along the Hudson: Wood Engravings of Hudson River Subjects from Harper's Weekly 1859-1903 (includes a Color Portfolio )(inc. Steamers, Bridges, Catskill Mountains, Convicts at Sing-Sing; Collisions; West Point; Harvesting Ice; Ice Yachting; etc)

Life along the Hudson: Wood Engravings of Hudson River Subjects from Harper's Weekly 1859-1903 (includes a Color Portfolio )(inc. Steamers, Bridges, Catskill Mountains, Convicts at Sing-Sing; Collisions; West Point; Harvesting Ice; Ice Yachting; etc)

By: Ruge, Valice F (ed.) / Haper's Weekly, a Journal of Civilization Iillustrators Include: Winslow Homer; Theodore Russell Davis; John P Newell; C A Palmer; Stanley Fox; J C Babcock; A R Waud; W A Rogers; Harry Ogden; W P Snyder; J E Kelly; Charles Graham;

Price: $21.23

Publisher: Woodstock, New York, Woodstock, N.Y.: The Overlook Press, 1994, 1st Edition, First Printing: 1994

Seller ID: 162391

ISBN: 0879515236

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see desciption)

-----------hardcover, about 9.75h x 12w inches, a Near Fine example, in a slightly rubbed Very Good+ dustjacket, 90 b&w and colored illustrations, super scenes predominately from the 19th century-, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED///
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Image for Agents of Empire: How E L Mitchell's Photographs Shaped Australia -by Joanna Sassoon ( Australian Photographer / Photographic / Photography History )( ( Ernest Lund Mitchell )

Agents of Empire: How E L Mitchell's Photographs Shaped Australia -by Joanna Sassoon ( Australian Photographer / Photographic / Photography History )( ( Ernest Lund Mitchell )

By: Sassoon, Joanna ( E L [ Ernest Lund ] Mitchell related)

Price: $46.79

Publisher: Melbourne, Australia, Melbourne, Australia: Australian Scholarly Publishing, 2017, 1st Edition, First Printing: 2017

Seller ID: 164174

ISBN: 1925333736

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see desciption)

----------softcover, a Near Fine example, a wee bit of very light rubbing, looks new, 259 pages, b&w photos throughout, ---"For nearly 100 years, E.L. Mitchell's emblematic photographs have shaped ideas about Australia. But who was Mitchell and why did he succeed above his competitors? With unprecedented access to private collections and showcasing his extraordinary photographs, Agents of Empire charts Mitchell's rise from his struggles as a migrant in New South Wales and Queensland to significant image-maker in Western Australia. It then follows the journeys of individual photographs acro...
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Image for The Extraordinary Life of Josef Ganz, the Jewish Engineer Behind Hitler's VOLKSWAGEN -by Paul Schilperoord ( Adolf Hitler )(chapters include: From Tropfenwagen to Volkswagen; Motor-Kritik; The Bug is Born; Nazi Smear Campaign; VWs for the Autobahn; etc)

The Extraordinary Life of Josef Ganz, the Jewish Engineer Behind Hitler's VOLKSWAGEN -by Paul Schilperoord ( Adolf Hitler )(chapters include: From Tropfenwagen to Volkswagen; Motor-Kritik; The Bug is Born; Nazi Smear Campaign; VWs for the Autobahn; etc)

By: Schilperoord, Paul ( Josef Ganz related)

Price: $31.17

Publisher: New York, NY, N.Y. / New York: RVP Books, 2012, 1st English Language Edition, First Printing: 2012

Seller ID: 162591

ISBN: 1614122016

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see desciption)

-----------hardcover, about 6w x 9.25h inches, a Near Fine example, in a Near Fine dustjacket, looks new, small smudge on the bottom edge of the text block, 274 pages, b&w photos and illustrations, ---"The astonishing biography of Josef Ganz, a Jewish designer from Frankfurt, who in May 1931 created a revolutionary small car: the Maikäfer (German for "May bug "). Seven years later, Hitler introduced the Volkswagen. The Nazis not only "took" the concept of Ganz's family car-their production model even ended up bearing the same nickname. The Beetle incorporated many of the f...
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The Flower and Willow World: A Study of the Geisha

By: Scott, A C

Price: $14.13

Publisher: London, England, London, UK: Heinemann, 1959, 1st Edition, First Printing: 1959

Seller ID: 144074

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+ ( see Description )

-----------hardcover, a Near Fine copy but I will call it Very Good+ as there is a bit of age darkening to the upper edge of the text block and a bookplate on the verso of the front board, in a very attractive Very Good dustjacket with a sticker ghost on the front panel, 215 pages, b&w photos and illustrations, contents include: Endless Singing and Dancing; Inside the gay Quarters Many lamps Were Lit; She danced Wonderfully to the Music; Clothes Do Much Upon the Wit; Yesterday was Better than Today; What Times, What Manners; Index, ---"Here, written by an expert for non-experts, is a fasc...
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Category: History