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Alaskan Voyage 1881-1883: Johan Adrian Jacobsen. An Expedition to the Northwest Coast of America

By: Adrian. Translated by Erna Gunther. Johan Adrian Jacobsen Woldt (Author)

Price: $21.95

Publisher: Chicago and London, University of Chicago Press: 1977

Seller ID: 009541

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Bindings tight and square. Text clean, Moderate handling wear. Dust Jacket with price is in a new clear protective Mylar sleeve has light shelf handling. ------- Johan Adrian Jacobsen (1853 - 1947) was a Norwegian ethnologist and adventurer. He is mainly known as a collector of ethnographical objects, and a recruiter of indigenous peoples for the ethnographical shows for a zoo in Hamburg. Starting in mid-1881, Jacobsen was hired by the Berlin Museum to gather ethnographic objects and other specimens. His travels took him from the Arctic to South America, North America, Korea, Japan, Siberi...
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Bellinzona, Gateway to the Alps, Key to Lombardy, Capital of Ticion. Bellinzona World Heritage (Unesco World Heritage)

By: Agustoni, Paolo

Price: $24.95

Publisher: Bellinzona E Dintorni, Ente Turistico Di: 2003

Seller ID: 010395

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Text in English. Fine in a Fine Dust Jacket. No Flaws or Blemishes but minimal handling; Still Gift Quality. Text in English. 4to; 10 inches tall; 126 pages. -------- The city is famous for its three castles. The town lies east of the Ticino river, at the foot of the Alps. It stretches along the river valley, surrounded by the southern ranges of the Lepontine Alps to the east and west, and by the Lugano Prealps to the south. [wiki]
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Panoramic Israel; Israel 360

By: Aviad Kleinberg (text)

Price: $49.95

Publisher: Bnei Brak, Israel, Steimatzky; MOD Publishing Hou: 2002

Seller ID: 006683

ISBN: 9650511164

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

No Flaws or Blemishes but minimal retail handling to one picture, creased; Still Gift Quality. Dust jacket has two small tears at corners. Dust Jacket in new clear protective Mylar sleeve has a minor crease and rud to the upper rear corner. Several of the color photographs which are 4 pages wide, opening up to double the width of the book are 53 inches in length.
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Australia for the Visitor

By: Bank of New South Wales

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Sydney, Halstead Press: 1956

Seller ID: 006348

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

First Edition - First Printing. Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Map endpages. Previous owners stamp on endpages. Bindings tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate handling wear. Dust Jacket in new clear protective Mylar sleeve. Light wear with minor wear at spine tips. 8.5 inches tall. 217 pages with index. Fully illustrated with b/w photographs, maps in color.
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The Himalayan Letters of Gypsy Davy and Lady Ba Written On Pilgrimage To The High Quiet Places Among The Simple People Of An Old Folk Tale

By: Barrett, Robert Lemoyne & Barrett, Katherine Lee

Price: $245.00

Publisher: Cambridge, W. Heffer & Sons Ltd: 1927

Seller ID: 009175

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

First Edition - First Printing. 4to; xli, 280 p. : illus. (music), 4 fold. map (1 in pocket) ; 26 cm. Hardcover; Width: 6.25" Height: 9.8" -------- Four folding maps, with textual decorations. Includes an appendix on the "Caravan Vocabulary" of Urdu words the couple employed on their journey. ------- The text is a series of letters detailing a journey through the Himalayan region in Asia and relating some of the folktales told by local villagers. ----------Publisher's olive green cloth with stamped decorations in black and white; white spine titles. Bindings tight and square. ...
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Vino Italiano. The Regional Wines Of Italy

By: Bastianich, Joseph; Lynch, David

Price: $19.95

Publisher: New York, Crown Publications: 2002

Seller ID: 008894

ISBN: 0609608487

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Carefully handled, Text clean, Bindings firm. Previous owner's name on front paste-down. 8vo; 528 pages with index. ---------- Vino Italiano is the only comprehensive and authoritative American guide to the wines of Italy. It surveys the country's wine-producing regions; identifies key wine styles, producers, and vintages; and offers delicious regional recipes. Extensive reference materials on Italy's 300 growing zones, 361 authorized grape varieties, and 200 of the top producers? provide essential information for restaurateurs and wine merchants, as well as for wine enthusiasts.
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To and From Rome.

By: Batten, John Mullin.

Price: $14.95

Publisher: Downingtown, PA:, Published for the Author,: 1914

Seller ID: 003801

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

First Edition. 128 pages. 8 inches tall. Illustrated with double frontispieces. Maroon cloth covered boards Title in gilt on the front. Bindings square and tight; clean text, Minimal handling. Has original plain paper wrappers. The Grand Tour to most important European cities in the time prior to World War I.
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Languedoc

By: Bentley, James

Price: $29.95

Publisher: London, George Philip: 1987

Seller ID: 006551

ISBN: 054001124X

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

No Flaws or Blemishes; Gift Quality. Dust Jacket in new clear protective Mylar sleeve. --- James Bentley has captured brilliantly the particular flavor of this unique region of Southern France. Charlie Waite is one of Britain's leading landscape photographers. The Languedoc is a region to return to again and again.
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Your Guide to New York

By: Bernard, Sid

Price: $21.95

Publisher: New York, Bernard Publications: 1956

Seller ID: 007393

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

From the Introduction: " This is not an ordinary guide book with just plain facts and figures. ...endeavored to show the outstanding features ...and take the reader behind the scenes a little, adding humorous and true stories about Sightseeing." ---- Bindings tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate handling wear. Stapled pictorial wraps. 8 inches tall. 96 pages with index and map on rear endpage. Illustrated with photographs.
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Arctic and Antarctic. A Prospect of the Polar Region

By: Bertram, Colin

Price: $19.95

Publisher: Cambridge, W. Heffer & Sons Ltd.: 1958

Seller ID: 010064

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

New Edition [Entirely Revived] First Published in 1939. -------- Blue ribbed cloth Bindings tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate handling wear with a scuff to top corners. Dust Jacket with price is in a new clear protective Mylar sleeve has some hand soli and light wear. 23.5 cm.; 9.25 inches tall; 123 pages. Illustrated with photographs and wood cuts and fold-out map.
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My Paris Dream: An Education in Style, Slang, and Seduction in the Great City on the Seine

By: Betts, Kate

Price: $14.95

Publisher: New York, Spiegel & Grau: 2015

Seller ID: 007992

ISBN: 0679644423

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

No Flaws or Blemishes; Gift Quality. Dust Jacket with price is in a new clear protective Mylar sleeve. First Edition, First Printing. ----- A charming and insightful memoir about coming of age as a fashion journalist in 1980s Paris, by former Vogue and Harper's Bazaar editor Kate Betts, the author of Everyday Icon: Michelle Obama and the Power of Style
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Ukraine: Nature, Traditions, Culture

By: Bilousko, Oleksandr

Price: $49.95

Publisher: Kyiv, Ukraine, Baltia Druk Publishers: 2005

Seller ID: 007534

ISBN: 9668137205

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

No Flaws or Blemishes; Gift Quality. Dust Jacket is in a new clear protective Mylar sleeve. --- Overview of the history, architecture, geography and culture of Ukraine. Translated into English by Viktor Kotolupov. 99pp, well illustrated with 150 color photographs and color map to inside dust jacket.
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Kalahari

By: Bjerre, Jens; Translated from the Danish by Estrid Bannister

Price: $14.95

Publisher: New York, Hill and Wang: 1960

Seller ID: 005782

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

First American Edition. Illustrated with color and b/w photographs. Publisher's cloth covered boards. Bindings firm. Text clean. Handling wear and moderate shelf handling. Pictorial dust jacket with price has light wear in a new protective Mylar sleeve.
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Boulder Reveries

By: Blatchley, W[illis] S[tanley]

Price: $29.95

Publisher: Indianapolis, Nature Publishing Company: 1906

Seller ID: 009955

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

First Edition, First Printing.12mo; 18 cm.; 7.25 inches tall; 230 pages with index. Illustrated with frontispiece and 9 plates. ------ Publisher's green cloth, gilt titles; Bindings tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate handling wear.Previous owner's name on top of title page. ------- Perceptive and thoughtful essays on nature and life in Indiana (with references to Thoreau). Besides the expected reveries on woodland flora and fauna, includes a look at the Indiana dunes.
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African Odyssey: Travels in Tanzania

By: Bloomfield, Tania

Price: $24.00

Publisher: Toronto, Self published: 0

Seller ID: 008005

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

No Flaws or Blemishes but minimal handling; Still Gift Quality. A lovely self-published photo journal of East Africa.
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Thistledown & Thunder a Higgledy-Piggledy Diary of New Zealand, The South Seas, Australia, Port Said, Italy, Canada and New York

By: Bolitho, Hector

Price: $39.95

Publisher: London, Jonathan Cape: 1928

Seller ID: 007667

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

A story of travel through 14 countries. First Edition, First Printing. Bindings tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate handling wear. Dust Jacket, price-clipped is in a new clear protective Mylar sleeve has light edge wear and hand soiling. Illustrated with photographs. Previous owner's name on Front Endpages.
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Race to Dakar

By: Boorman, Charley

Price: $14.95

Publisher: New York, Little, Brown Book Group: 2006

Seller ID: 009730

ISBN: 0316027111

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Near Fine

SIGNED with an inscription by the author. Unread, Minor handling bumps to fore-edge. ------- "Replete with colorful characters, hair-raising action and enough raw machismo to knock over an elephant." -Kirkus Reviews
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Wild Wales: Its People, Language, And Scenery

By: Borrow, George

Price: $75.00

Publisher: London, John Murray: 1901

Seller ID: 008345

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

This book recounts Borrow's personal experiences and insights while touring Wales alone on foot after a family holiday in Llangollen in 1854, and has come to be regarded as a source of useful information about the social and geographical history of the country at that time. ------- It has been described as "robust, dramatic and cheerful", and the author as "an agreeably eccentric, larger-than-life, jovial man whose laughter rings all through the book". ------ New Impression. Bound in half brown calf and brown cloth with the spine stamped in gilt with five raised bands. Binding...
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Last Climb: The Legendary Everest Expeditions of George Mallory

By: Breashears, David; Salkeld, Audrey

Price: $14.95

Publisher: Washington, DC, National Geographic: 1999

Seller ID: 006030

ISBN: 0792275381

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Describes Mallory's final expedition to Mount Everest in 1924, the mystery surrounding his disappearance, and the discovery of his remains in 1999.

No flaws or blemishes.
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We Sail Tomorrow

By: Brennan, Frederick Hazlit

Price: $14.95

Publisher: Longmans Green and Co: 0

Seller ID: 005842

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

SIGNED by the author with an inscription. Covering trips and adventure in Manila; Shanghai; and the Pacific.

Blue cloth covered boards. Bindings tight and square. Text clean. Some handling wear. Corners lightly rubbed. Lacking dust jacket [seldom seen] 345 pages; 7.5 inches tall.
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